"Silverdawn, push!" A silver tabby queen pushed harder. Blood pooled around her as four kits slid out. The queen collapsed, exhausted. A slim brown cat nosed at her, his warm orange gaze lighting her up.
"Well done. They're beautiful." Shinefall pressed cobwebs onto Silverdawn, but Silverdawn shook her head. Shinefall hesitated, and then nodded. Silverdawn was becoming weaker.
"Talonclaw," she rasped. "Help me name our kits." Talonclaw nodded, then rested his tail on an orange kit.
"Emberkit." He nosed a black kit, who wailed. She was strong. "Nightkit." He saw the brown kit, just like him, and his gaze softened. The kit opened his eyes, revealing a sharp-eyed stare. Talonclaw laughed. "Hawkkit." Silverdawn let her tail curl around the last kit, a gray tabby kit the color of cinders.
"Ashenkit." She laid down, her flanks heaving. "Goodbye, Talonclaw." Talonclaw's wail could have woken StarClan.
"What? No. No! Silverdawn, you're coming with us."
Silverdawn pushed her nose into his fur. "I go to walk with StarClan now…" Talonclaw pressed his foreleg against her, desperately trying to stop the bleeding.
"Oh, Silverdawn… why did you go on that walk… Silverdawn, you just need rest… Silverdawn, don't leave me!" Silverdawn was breathing her last breath.
"I love you, Talonclaw… take care of our kits." Talonclaw curled around her.
"No, no, no! Please, don't go! You had a lifetime ahead of you… we talked about seeing our kits' warrior ceremonies… you said you wanted more kits… you wanted to watch our kits have kits… don't go, don't leave, don't leave our kits! Don't leave me!" His words were wasted. The caring and warm gaze Silverdawn had once carried was now blank and lifeless. The kits wailed, pressing against their still-warm mother, but her flanks were no longer moving. Silverdawn was gone.
AN: So what do you think? This story has been in my idea bank for a long time, and only recently did I decide to publish it. I've already written everything, from beginning to end. It's literally only a few chapters long. Thanks for looking! :)
