LeopardFang cried out in pain as she lay on her side in the Nursery. CloudCry came in with herbs in his jaws and his apprentice, Juniperpaw, was carrying 2 sticks. Juniperpaw lay one stick down and nudged the other to LeopardFang.

"Put this in your mouth and bite down when it hurts." Juniperpaw mewed and LeopardFang nodded. CloudCry gave her some borage and looked at Juniperpaw. "Eat these Leopardfang. Juniperpaw, knead her belly and comfort her." CloudCry mewed and Juniperpaw nodded. LeopardFang ate the leaves then another howl of pain.

"First kit!" Juniperpaw mewed. "LeopardFang, on three, push." CloudCry mewed and LeopardFang nodded in pain. Juniperpaw kneaded her belly and whispered words of comfort to the queen. "One... two... three!" CloudCry yowled.

"Congratulations LeopardFang, you are a mother of 2 kits. A she and a tom." CloudCry mewed. LeopardFang nodded a thank you and looked at her kits. She heard CloudCry and Juniperpaw leave, but she didn't look up. She looked at the tom, the first born.

"You look like a Tiger, so I shall name you Tigerkit." She mewed licking the toms head and he mewled. She looked at the she and smiled. "You look like me, but more like a cheetah, therefore I shall name you Cheetahkit." LeopardFang mewed then licked the she's head as well then nudged them to her belly to suckle.

LeopardFang closed her eyes to rest when she heard someone come in. She opened an eye and saw FalconClaw, and he looked panicked. "Yes FalconClaw?" She mewed. "The kits... the clan... found out... half-clan..." FalconClaw mewed panting. "They- they- found out? If they find out the father it will be worse... the tom looks just of him!" LeopardFang wailed and then a she-cat shouldered her way in.

Two more she cats, each with three kits padded in and over to the back of the nursery. LeopardFang looked at the first cat that had shouldered her way in. "SnowStar I-" LeopardFang started. "You betrayed us and mated outside of the clan. You know how we like to keep our clan blood pure. We do let in rogues and kittypets who prove worthy, but kits are no acception. you may keep them, but they will be a low class of cat and have no chance of being leader or deputy unless they prove worthy. You and you're kits will sleep in the back of the nursery, get prey last, and are to sit in the back during meetings, do you understand?" SnowStar mewed.

LeopardFang ducked her head and looked at her kits then back up at SnowStar. "I understand..." She mewed silently then picked up her kits and padded to the back of the nursery while the other 2 she's padded to the front and LeopardFang lay down her kits. She looked at Tigerkit and Cheetahkit. "Even though I lost my place, and made us low, it was all worth it to have my own, beautiful kits." She whispered to them then lay down her head, curled her body around them, and fell asleep.