Dawn was always an enchanting thing to behold. Golden light, the crispness of the air, it would be a blessing to experience one, especially since it only happened at, well, the crack of dawn. However, Hazelflower did not get to see it. She was fast asleep in the nursery.

Hazelflower was, if you did not know, an expecting queen- and at such a lucky time too! The clan had been running short on apprentices recently, and Hazelflower was due soon. Already, claims were being made on who would apprentice her kits, by ambitious wanna-be-deputies to senior warriors who feared going to StarClan without making a final offering.

A form appeared in the nursery entrance. It was a light brown tabby, with white paws- in other words, she looked almost exactly like Hazelflower.

"Hazelflower," she whispered. The queen did not stir, so she tried again.

"Hazelflower!" she said, louder this time. The queen turned a bit in her sleep, but did not wake up. Rolling her eyes, the she-cat walked forwards a bit and, slowly and carefully, prodded the queen with her front paw. Cracking open her eyes, Hazelflower was greeted by the sight of her sister, Twigfoot.

"Ng, wh't do you want…" Hazelflower mumbled, speech slightly slurred by being so rudely awoken.

"I need to tell you something really important!" Twigfoot quietly exclaimed, in a whisper-shouting sort of way. Hazelflower stared at her, expecting a quick answer so that she could go back to sleep. Twigfoot did not say anything. There was a short silence, before Hazelflower hissed.

"Get on with it," she whispered, irritated. Twigfoot's ear twitched. "I need you to get up first."

Wagging her tail in annoyance, the queen heaved herself up and walked out of her nest. Twigfoot made an excited squeak, and led her out of the nursery, and out of camp.

"Going somewhere?" a deep-sounding voice asked, once they reached the entrance.

"We're just going for a quick walk," said Twigfoot. "It's not much, we're just going around the drinking pool."

Robinfur nodded. The drinking pool was close enough to camp for his comfort, especially since a queen- a heavily expectant one, mind you- was going to be out and about. Twigfoot and Hazelflower continued on.

The walk to the drinking pool was a quiet one, consisting mostly of Hazelflower sleepily stumbling behind her sister and wondering what was so important that they couldn't go later. Shortly after the walk, they came across the pool. Some light shimmered on its surface. The grass around it had dew clinging to it, and the water looked inviting to anyone who was willing to dip into it.

"Twigfoot, why are we here? It's too early." Hazelflower complained. Twigfoot's whiskers twitched.

"You're getting lazy, sister! You use to be running around at this time before you moved to the nursery." She joked. Hazelflower chuckled lightly, before gazing around.

"So why did you bring me here?" She asked. Twigfoot stood still for a moment, before answering.

"Well… I wanted to ask something about your kits…" she began. Hazelflower huffed.

"Really?" She said, annoyed, "That's all anyone's been talking about with me!"

"Hey, let me finish!" said Twigfoot, and she sat down right next to the pool. "I wanted to ask you… what would happen to them if you died?"

There was a long, awkward silence, before Hazelflower let out a flat, "What."

"Hear me out," said Twigfoot, ears back, "I was curious because, well, Webtail's gone, and… if you were gone, what'd happen?"

Hazelflower sat silently, rather offended. She somewhat understood her sister's worry of her death- complications were not at all rare- but how dare she bring up her dead mate. Webtail, may he rest in peace, had been brought to StarClan's welcoming grasp not even two moons ago by a vicious fox, who was wandering the territory.

"I understand if you're angry at me for asking something like that, but I'm just really concerned, you know?" said Twigfoot apologetically, ears still held back. "I care about you a lot, and I care about your kits a lot too. I just… was curious."

Hazelflower sat for a short bit, thinking, before saying, "I'm not sure."

"Oh."

They sat at the pool for a while, admiring it for a bit in total silence. The dew had mostly burned off the grass by then, but the pool still reflected golden light. Twigfoot coughed a bit.

Suddenly, she stood up. Hazelflower flicked her gaze to her sister, confused.

"I guess it's time to head back home," her sister said, and the queen nodded in agreement. They began their walk back home.

EDIT:

11/20/18

i found a typo! i didn't like it!