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-Grace of Masbolle
Shelly gently licked her kit. Then she looked at the black she-cat. There was sadness in her eyes. "Take care of my kit. I love her. Someday, when you tell her about me, make sure she knows I love her. I always have, and I always will. Tell her, that her father loved her, and that I am proud of her." She gently picked up Mistykit, and gave her to the black she-cat. "But I ask this one thing, what is your name?" she asked.
The black she-cat licked Mistykit before answering. "My name is Nightstream. I will love her as my own. I promise when she is grown I will tell her how much her mother loved her, and her heritage. I promise." She looked over her shoulder at another black cat. "My mate will love her as he loves his own kits." She lowered her voice and added, "I am sorry about your mate."
Shelly nodded. "Thank you. I still miss him." Her blue eyes filled with grief. "I must go. I have stayed to long." She turned to go. Then she looked back at her kit one last time. Then the silver she-cat with the blood of all four Clans left the stone clearing, her kit hanging in Nightstream's jaws.
Shelly did not even see the forest she passed through. She felt bad, leaving her kit, and even worse, lying about the kit's father.
She stopped and looked around. She was in a lush forest, with tall trees. The grass was a deep shade of green, and there was a bush where she could rest in front of her. She slipped into the bush. She sat down and thought about what she had done. Her kit would grow up safe from twolegs who stole kits, warm safe and taught how to hunt and defend herself. She would grow up were Shelly, Shelly's sister Sheila, her mother, her grandmother, and her great-grandmother should have grown up. She would be with her father. But, on the down side, she would never know Shelly as her mother. This thought devastated Shelly. She was just about to go back when she heard a sound. She peered through the branches of her bush to see Rowanclaw looking around the clearing she had been in moments before. He was alone. She hissed, trying to get his attention.
His head swiveled around. He padded over. When he was close, he called out, "Shelly is that you?"
She answered. "Yes, it is me." His tail went straight up, and he slipped into the bush with her. He gently touched his nose to hers. "Are you all right?" He asked concern for her shining in his green eyes.
She nodded. "I am okay, but it was hard to leave her there. I didn't like lying about her father." She admitted.
He purred sympathetically. He rubbed his face against hers before he spoke, "I understand. It was hard for me not to say she was my daughter. You were so good in there. I promise I will watch over her. You know I will." He said in all seriousness, staring into her blue eyes, his flank brushing hers.
She nodded. "I know. I just feel like a bad mother leaving her there."
"Why? Nightstream will love her, and so will Ravenwing. They promised. And I am watching her. Your mother and her mother should have lived here, and now she can."
Rowanclaw was echoing her thoughts. Shelly stood up, and gently licked his ear. "I have to go back. I will see you soon?" She asked. He nodded. "I will take you back, in case you met WindClan cats."
The two cats padded together toward her home at the horse place.
Brackenclaw was a bit puzzled about the visit of Shelly, the horse place cat. Several warriors had been killed in the past three moons; several of them had been toms, with no way to tell if one of them had been the father. Also, why had Rowanclaw followed her out of the camp? Why had Rowanclaw insited that Brokenstar not be on camp? He knew that answer. Brokenstar hated any half-Clan cats, and he would despise four-Clan cats, so he would not let Mistykit stay, or he would kill her and her mother. It was best they not tell Brokenstar, after all he had secrets from them, secrests that caused the Clan to see Brackenclaw as their real leader. But back to Shelly, if her own father was RiverClan, why would she not take her kit there? Or to WindClan or ShadowClan? She could have legitanlty takin the kit to any one of those Clans. So why ThunderClan? This was something he would have to puzzle over.
Nightstream carried Mistykit back to the nursery, and set her beside her own three kits. There was Pebblekit, a dark gray she-kit, and Mousekit, a lighter gray she-kit, as well as Blackkit, a black tom, the only tom in her litter. She was glad Brokenstar had not yet visited her after her kitting, he would not know that Mistykit was not her own. Her kits were just two days old; Mistykit seemed to be about the same age. She could do this. Ravenwing pulled his black body into the dark, warm nursery. He came over and looked down at his kits. "Ravenwing, will you accept this kit as your own, until we tell her the truth?" She asked him.
He nodded. "Her real father is dead, so I will be a father to her." He looked at her, love in his amber eyes. "It will be okay. She is young enough to accept you as her mother." He answered her unspoken question. She nodded, and leaned against him, grateful for his strength.
Rippleheart, ThunderClan's medicine cat, slipped through a lush green forest. She did not know where she was. Then she found her self in an unknown clearing. Opposite her was a flame colored tom. He stood, seeing Rippleheart. His green eyes glowed when he spoke, "Rippleheart, I have a new prophecy for you. From four comes one, and the one shall heal the broken." She stared at him. "What do you mean?" She asked. He did not answer. He instead turned and left the clearing. Rippleheart tried to chase after, but he was gone. Then the dream began to fade, and she woke up in her nest in her den.
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