Chapter Two

Dewshine

As Dewshine bounded away, she could hear the kits' squeaks as they ran up to the elders den. She searched for Sunleaf, but bumped into Redspring, a russet coloured tom. He was looking a bit sad, so Dewshine decided to cheer him up by asking him to go take care of the kits and make sure they didn't try to escape from camp, even though deep in her heart she knew that the five were good enough and young enough not to think of sneaking out. However, the eldest three kits were missing, probably out with Roseheart who had been missing from her den since sun-high, being shown around the ravine. 'Hey Redspring!' she called.

'Oh, umm, hey there Dewshine!' Redspring replied, with a soft smile spreading over his snout. 'I was wondering, because Frostflake is having her kits in the nursery, do you mind looking after the others and making sure that they don't escape?'

'Oh, wow, thanks! Are they Dappleheart and your kits?' he questioned.

'Yeah, mine were born two days ago, and Dappleheart's five days ago, but in the night.' she answered. 'Wow, so Frostflake's are coming now, and Diamondsky's in three days! That is incredible!' Redspring mewed, amazed.

'Do you know where Sunleaf is? I need to tell him about his kits.' asked Dewshine.

'Yep, he's at the apprentices den, telling Dawnpaw his plans for his assessment check tomorrow.' replied Redspring. 'I'd better be off, and I don't mind helping now and then.'

'Bye!' Dewshine meowed as Redspring took off, haring across the clearing. He's a really nice cat. I wonder what was bothering him…

She purred. If the kits tried to escape and explore the forest, Redspring would stop them, or Streamheart, or Sparrowkit. Even though the kit was so young, she knew he had the wisdom of an elder. She pelted towards the apprentices den, before yowling outside. 'SUNLEAF, YOUR KITS ARE COMING!' Sunleaf burst from the apprentice den, leaving Dewshine to tell Dawnpaw everything. Then Dewshine ran off, following Sunleaf, to make sure he didn't interrupt Silvercloud.

Alpinekit

' And that is how Bramblestar, the leader of ThunderClan after Firestar, changed the warrior code.' Streamheart finished his story. Redspring, Ashkit, Silverkit,Alpinekit, Shimmerkit, Sparrowkit, Brightspirit, Fernshade and Russetpelt had been listening silently, and as Streamaheart's voice faded away, everybody let out a sigh of regret. 'That story was so good, it almost made me want to be an apprentice again just so I can hear those fabulous stories again.' Redspring mewed, his voice misty. Everybody suddenly yawned. 'The thing is, they are so good, they make me feel so sleepy, so that I can watch all those events happen right under my nose.' Everybody decided to have a long nap, so they could remember Streamheart's story for as long as they lived. Redspring mewed, 'Do you mind if me and the kits take a nap here with you, because of Frostflake's kits coming?'

'Of course. There's nothing nicer than sleeping with the youngest and a warrior of ThunderClan after a long story. And the oldest ones are probably asleep in the apprentices den tonight.' They all agreed with Streamheart. After a while, everybody was asleep, even Redspring. All of them had a lovely long sleep, even Fernshade, who was known to have bad dreams. Their peace was disturbed when Dewshine padded into the den and woke everybody up, to give them some news. 'Frostflake's kits have arrived, and Sunleaf and her have named them. There were three kits, two toms and a shecat. One of the toms was a patched one, with black, white and ginger patches, the other two were ginger. The ginger tom looks just like Firestar from the tales, and the ginger shecat looks just like Sandstorm, but slightly darker. I think that's because of Sunleaf, you know, him, Aspenleaf, Dawnpaw and Sandpaw are their descendants, but Dawnpaw doesn't look like them, she looks like Leafpool. Anyway, they have been asleep for a while now, so I think it would be fine if the kits moved back into the nursery, and Redspring into the warrior's den.'

'Awww! Redspring's awesome! Can't he stay!' mewed all the kits in disappointment.

'Hmm, let's go see the kits, and then we'll see whether you can stay here with Streamheart, Brightspirit, Fernshade, Russetpelt, and maybe Redspring, if Aspenleaf says so, ok kits?' mewed Dewshine back, trying to lift everyone's spirits up.

All the cats in the den started to move. Dewshine lead the way, and behind her were the kits clustering around Redspring, and behind and around the kits were the elders. It was greenleaf, so it wasn't cold. In fact it was nice and warm, and you could see all of the warriors of Silverpelt looking down on them all. Dewshine had reached the nursery, so she shoved her head in, and made her way towards Sunleaf and Frostflake, who seemed to be both asleep. As the group approached, easily able to fit into the newly expanded nursery, Sunleaf raised his head. 'Oh, hi Dewshine, Redspring, Brightspirit, Russetpelt, Streamheart, Fernshade and kits. Do you want me to show you the kits?' Sunleaf asked.

'Yes please.' everybody spoke, hushed and quiet so they wouldn't wake anybody up.

'This one is Sparkkit,' Sunleaf was pointing towards the only ginger tom. 'This one is Fallkit,' Now he was guesturing towards the patched tom. 'And this one is my only daughter, Honeykit.' He was showing everybody the last kit, a pale ginger shecat.

'Oh wow!' mewed everyone.

'Is there space for these five kits to sleep here along with Redspring and me?' asked Dewshine. 'I think so, but it might be a tight squeeze. Try it, but if it's too tight, I suggest you, Dewshine to stay here, and Redspring, the kits and the elders to sleep in the elders den if that's alright with you.' replied Sunleaf.

' I think we'll just stay in the elders den, but thanks Sunleaf.' The group shuffled out again, saying a quick goodbye to Dewshine, Sunleaf and Dappleheart. ' Wait, where is Diamondsky?' questioned Streamheart.

'Oh. She's in the medicine cat den. Silvercloud didn't want the kit jumping on her in the elders den, because that might make her kits come earlier, and that would be a big risk.' replied Sunleaf.

'Ok, bye then!' They all trotted back to the elders den, with Redspring rejoining them after going to ask Aspenleaf whether he was allowed to sleep with the kits. He had left when the group had started to get out of the nursery. They all arrived back at the den sleepy, and Redspring curled himself around the sleeping kits before falling asleep with the other fully grown cats.

A/N By the way, I have a friend who is writing as well. Her book is called Spirits Above, so check it out if you want to read more warriors! Date 8.3.2017. I am trying to update quite a lot today, I have quite a lot of chapters ready, so just be patient!

-WarriorsErin