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Leafpool woke with a paw in her face. "Leafpool! Leafpool wake up !" said Jaypaw in a worried tone. Leafpool lifted her head to see the blind in her face. " This better be good or I'll claw your eyes out!" Leafpool growled. "It's Whitewing! She's giving birth now!" he cried. Leafpool got up and ran to the nursery with Jaypaw right behind. Daisy was outside of the nursery. Leafpool nodded to Daisy and went in. Ferncloud was at one end of the nursery with Icekit and Foxkit. Whitewing was at the other end with Birchfall. "How do you feel? " Leafpool asked as she put hear ear next to her stomach. " It hurts, but I fine..." Whitewing cried. A kit had come out now. " Your doing fine. Hang in there! " Leafpool said trying to comfort her. Another kit came out. "Two perfectly healthy kits!" Leafpool said happily. Whitewing gave one of her kits a lick between the ears. " I'll name this one Mosskit and this kit Silverkit !" she said joyfully. " They'll make great ThunderClan cats !" Birchfall purred. The two cats looked happy together. Leafpool had once fallen in love with another cat, but being a medicine cat stopped her from having a mate. Leafpool wished she could still be Crowfeather. She knew she couldn't though. A yowl from outside of the nursery broke her thoughts. "Are you going to have kit too Leafpool? " Jaypaw asked poking his head in. " Get out you stupid furball! I'm coming !" Leafpool said hitting Jaypaw with her tail. " Do you wish you had a mate?" Jaypaw asked curiously. How did he know? " Why do you ask?" Leafpool said tilting her head. " Just because I can't see you dosen't mean I can't sense your lonely! " he answered. " I'm a medicine cat and I can't fall in love! " she hissed. Jaypaw winced at the sudden burst of anger from Leafpool. She licked him on the side of his cheek. " I'm sorry." Leafpool said. " It's okay, I feel lonely too." Jaypaw said backing away from her. Jaypaw turned away and went to the fresh-kill pile. A yowl broke the silence. All the cats turned to the entrance. It was Thornclaw. But where is Cloudtail, Graystripe, and Lionpaw? Thornclaw had a gash on his face and bite marks on his legs. Firestar ran out of his den and up to Highrock. " Thornclaw what happened?" Firestar yelled. "Sh..ShadowClan! They at..attacked our patrol, but it wasn't their type of of behavior." Thornclaw cried. " They've captured Lionpaw!"