"Firestar!" exclaimed Cinderpelt. " Are you okay!?" Cinderpelt purred loudly, because Firestar came back from helping SkyClan. Cinderpelt could scent that Firestar was also happy to see ThunderClan again. But there was something below that layer of happiness. Cinderpelt could slightly scent...grief. Cinderpelt seemed shocked to smell grief, just realizing that Sandstorm was...

"Sandstorm is dead." Firestar meowed, his voice full of grief.

He staggered to his den.

Cinderpelt ran to Firestar's den.

"What do you want?" asked Firestar sadly.

"I wanted to check on you, are you ok?"asked Cinderpelt frantically.

"No! Because the one who loved me died! I loved her back! And now I can only contact with her through StarClan! And what hurts even more, I have to choose between Sandstorm and Spottedleaf! No one that I can talk to everyday loves me!" hissed Firestar, clearly stressed.

He wasn't usually this…. stern.

"Actually, there is one more she-cat that loves you." meowed Cinderpelt, her voice quivering.

"Who!?" snapped Firestar, impatiently.

"The she-cat right in front of your paws" whispered Cinderpelt.

Firestar's emerald eyes widened.

"Y-you loved me?" asked Firestar.

"From the moment I became your apprentice, I knew I loved you." Replied Cinderpelt

Firestar's eyes clouded with emotion: Happiness, that someone loved him, grief, that Sandstorm is dead, confusion, whether he should choose Spottedleaf, Sandstorm or Cinderpelt and sadness, because he didn't know all this time.

"Cinderpelt. I'm sorry, I should have known. I… I think I love you back. I never realized I loved you. I never knew you loved me either, I'm such a mouse-brain" meowed Firestar.

"It's okay, I forgive you." Purred Cinderpelt.

*The night after Cinderpelt and Firestar admitted they loved eachother* ~Firestar's Dream~

Firestar woke up on the Highrock, with Sandstorm and Spottedleaf, sitting in front of him.

"Firestar….." purred Sandstorm

"I am glad you sorted it out with Cinderpelt, and Sandstorm agrees with me" meowed Spottedleaf.

"But, aren't you jealous?" meowed Firestar.

"No Firestar." meowed Sandstorm.

"We're just happy to see you happy." purred Spottedleaf.

"T-thank you so much! I'm glad you approve of me and Cinderpelt's relationship " Firestar meowed, happy they were not jealous.

The two she-cats began to fade….

TWO MOONS LATER…..

Cinderpelt meowed, "My kits are coming soon."

Firestar lay beside her on the Sunningrocks.

"They shall be beautiful, shall we go back to camp?" asked Firestar.

"Yes." replied Cinderpelt.

AT CAMP

"Firestar, can you get Leafpaw? My stomach hurts." asked Cinderpelt.

"Yes. I will go get my daughter now." replied Firestar.

Firestar ran to the medicine den.

"Leafpaw!" called Firestar (A/N We're pretending Firestar and Sandstorm had kits before she died)

"Yes Firestar?" replied Leafpaw, padding out of the medicine den.

"Cinderpelt has a stomach-ache." Firestar told Leafpaw.

"Oh! Err…. Yes. I'll be there in a minute. Now, Chervil for stomach-aches… and If she's going to be kitting, I need some Borage Leaves." Leafpaw mumbled to herself, as Firestar was leaving.

Firestar went into the Nursery.

"Firestar, it hurts so bad….. And… Ow!"complained Cinderpelt, until Leafpaw padded in the nursery.

Leafpaw rushed to Cinderpelt's side, with the herbs clamped tightly in her jaws. She felt Cinderpelt's stomach with her paw. She dropped the herbs.

"Cinderpelt is kitting." meowed Leafpaw, quickly. "Firestar, get a thick stick and moss soaked with water, quick!" continued Leafpaw.

"Ok!" meowed Firestar, sprinting out of the nursery.

"It's going to be alright, Cinderpelt….It's going to be alright." Soothed Leafpaw.

"It… hurts!" Cinderpelt's body convulsed, and a tiny kit popped out. Leafpaw broke the kitting sac, and licked it. She then pushed it close to Cinderpelt so it could start suckling its mother's milk. Firestar suddenly dashed in with a stick and moss.

"Here Cinderpelt, bite this when the pain comes, and drink the water afterwards." Advised Leafpaw.

Cinderpelt's body convulsed again , and another kit popped out. Leafpaw once again broke the kitting sac, and gave it to Firestar to lick it. Firestar licked it, until he could hear the tiny breathing of the gray kit. He moved it close to Cinderpelt. Cinderpelt's body convulsed one final time, and the last kit came out. Firestar licked the kit and put it next to Cinderpelt.

"They're beautiful…. All she-kits" Whispered Firestar. "Would you like to name them?" asked Firestar.

"Yes. I'll name the first two, you name the last." First, Cinderpelt picked out a ginger she-kit with a gray spot on its flank. She softly nosed it.

"This one is Spottedkit." Meowed Cinderpelt.

Then she picked out a light ginger she-kit with a darker stripe down its back.

"This one is Sandkit." Meowed Cinderpelt again.

Firestar got the last kit, a gray she-kits kit.

"This one is Bluekit. She may not be very blue, but her gray fur reminds me of Bluestar."

"That's a beautiful name." whispered Cinderpelt.

The End :D

Note: Their three kits became warriors:

Bluefall, Spottednight and Sandstripe.