The day seemed to end quickly, murmurs of fear spread around Nightclan when they heard of Palestream's sudden weakness. Ebonysplash had refused to leave his mate and kits side, the tom seemed utterly shocked by this. He had even refused to name them; he wanted Palestream to be the one to give his first litter of kits' names.

When Palestream had woken up, the she-cat was extremely weak, as if she were half-conscious the whole time. Ebonysplash let out a sigh of relief as she woke up, the moon was now shining brightly among the clan, and Palestream had slept through the whole day.

"My love, it's time to name them…" Ebonysplash spoke in a soft, caring tone. He looked from Palestream to the newborn kits, a smile on his face. As Palestream looked over her kits, she too, smiled.

"The gray one, the she-kit," Palestream started. "Is going to be… Echokit."

Ebonysplash nodded and looked down at Echokit, his only daughter. Two more kits, both toms, of course, the dark ginger kit, and the dark brown kit with white paws. Palestream looked over her kits and thought for a few moments. Her tail flicked to the dark brown kit.

"Forestkit," Palestream meowed, her eyes glancing at them a bit blankly, as if she was not paying attention. Then again, she wasn't feeling well. Her gaze turned towards the dark ginger kit, the tiniest of her litter.

"How about…" She thought for a moment, her eyes unmoving from the tiny kit. "Rowankit."

Ebonysplash looked at his kits and purred, touching his nose to Palestream's cheek. "They're beautiful, and handsome," he chuckled, looking at his 3 children with a mix of joy and pride in his eyes.

As Flowerkit observed from the nest, a smile came across her face. "Is this how Shadowtail looked like when we were kitted?" The she-kit asked Skyfleck, who curled her tail around her daughter and nodded with a sigh of happiness.

"Yes, and it was the greatest day in my life," Skyfleck responded, licking her daughter's ear. "I have never been happier."

Shadekit looked at his mother, then back at Ebonysplash and Palestream. Will I have a mate one day? And kits of my own? He thought, looking at them for quite some time before settling down next to Skyfleck and sighing.

~2 Moons Later~

"Get it Echokit!" Flowerkit meowed, who was now 5 moons old. She was nearly apprentice size now, but she still preferred to play with Echokit, Forestkit, and Rowankit. Flowerkit tossed a mossball up into the air, seeing a small gray bundle of fur dash to grab it from the air. Echokit caught it in her jaws and threw it at Forestkit. The brown tom was the biggest of the kits, but he was still careful around his sister and younger brother, although he did tease Rowankit from time to time. Forestkit leaped up and caught it in his paws, bringing it to the ground and batting it at Shadekit.

Shadekit, who was bigger than Flowerkit and already looked like an apprentice, had big paws a bulky build. The tom leaped up and slapped it with his paw, sending it flying towards Echokit. The she-kit leaped up and caught it in her jaws, batting it to Rowankit, the tiny tom who barely played.

"Nice throw!" Echokit mewed to Shadekit, who smiled and nodded. Rowankit took the mossball and batted it towards Flowerkit, who nodded as she flung it towards Forestkit.

"Kits, go play outside, you don't all fit in here at once," Skyfleck meowed, and all five kits ran out into the camp.

Forestkit took the mossball and hit it towards Shadekit. Shadekit slammed it with his powerful paws towards Flowerkit, who missed to catch it by a mouse-length.

"No fair! You're stronger than us!" Flowerkit teased, the hit it into Shadekit's face. He smirked and flung it back, getting it caught in Flowerkit's mouth as she laughed at him.

"Ew! Shadekit stop!" Flowerkit hissed as she tried to get the moss off her tongue. Shadekit chuckled and padded off, spotting Morningbreeze and Skyeyes behind him.

"You hit very nicely," Morningbreeze joked with a purr, her blue eyes gleaming down at Shadekit, who puffed his chest out proudly.

"Thanks," he purred, then looked at her. "What's going on?" He asked.

Skyeyes looked at the tom. "We've decided to delay the plan," he stated, his tail flicking as Shadekit tilted his head.

"Why? I thought we had to make Nightclan great again? What's wrong?" Shadekit asked with concern in his tone. He wasn't yet sure what the plan was, after all, he heard it 2 moons ago when he was only a kit.

"We want you to help," Morningbreeze purred with pride in her voice. Shadekit's ears flicked. "We're going to wait until you're an apprentice, then you can help us out."

Shadekit tilted his head, a bit confused. "Me? Help out?"

Skyeyes nodded. "We'll explain it to you when the time comes, but don't worry, we have it all figured out."

The statement frightened Shadekit. What if I do something wrong? What if they don't want me in their group anymore? The look of fear on his face was clearly noticeable to Morningbreeze, who laid her tail on his shoulder.

"Do not fret, Shadekit. We'll tell you everything, we'll work it out as many times as you need to, so don't worry about it," she meowed in an assuring tone.

Shadekit looked up at Morningbreeze and nodded, and then something flooded into his mind. The flashback of Morningbreeze attacking Hawktalon came into his mind. The thought was horrible, the blood on Hawktalon's fur, the horrible scratches and bites the she-cat had to come back to camp with.

You never used to take beatings like this, it's pathetic. Her heard Morningbreeze's cruel his as Hawktalon sat there, bleeding. It was like Morningbreeze could change in a moment, as soft of the warmest nest at one point, but then as cruel as a rogue. There was something about her that made his stomach jerk when he neared her, or perhaps it was the fact that she could change at any moment. That's what frightened him.

Morningbreeze smiled and flicked Shadekit's ear with her tail just before she padded off, to do hunting perhaps.

Shadekit looked at Skyeyes, confusion in his eyes. Skyeyes looked down at him.

"Want to know something, Shadekit?" He asked; his words sort of shocking Shadekit. This tom was part of the group, and yet he wanted to gossip like an elder? Shadekit nodded, waiting for what the tom wanted to say.

"Before she joined Nightclan, Morningbreeze used to be a rogue."

Shadekit perked up, although he was not as shocked as expected.

"I was the one that tore her ears; she was trespassing on Nightclan territory…" As he gazed at his paws a smile came across her face. "I'm glad I patrolled that day."

Shadekit looked at him as Skyeyes seemed to lose his thought and shake his head. "Uh… Sorry Shadekit! I guess we'll talk later then, bye…" He chuckled nervously and dashed off.

Shadekit stared in confusion but shrugged it off, padding back over to play with the kits.

Alright, so I promised that I'd make 2 chapters, and I kept it! So now the kits are named. So, I'm going to be needing suggestions every so often as the story progresses, and right now, Shade and Flower are 5 moons old. So, who do you guys want to be their mentors? Leave a review to let me know!