What If Hawkfrost Did Kill Firestar In Sunset?
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Chapter 8
"What… What?" Squirrelflight sputtered. She slowly raised her head, then moaned and lay back down.
"Squirrelflight! You're alive!" Bramblestar mewed excitedly as he pressed his muzzle up against her flank.
"Yes, I am," Said Squirrelflight, slowly struggling to her paws.
"But- But you were dead!" Cried Bramblestar.
"StarClan saved me."
Bramblestar nodded. He turned to the Clan, who had gathered around. "Squirrelflight is alive, and Ashfur will be hunted down, I promise you."
LionClan nodded in agreement and left the clearing.
"Bramblestar…" Murmured Leafpool. Bramblestar turned to face the tabby.
"My kits are coming."
"Oh StarClan!" Bramblestar hissed. "Get into the nursery! I'll get Barkface."
Leafpool was too weak to argue, and she pulled herself across the clearing to the nursery.
"Squirrelflight? Squirrelflight!" Bramblestar called. He spotted the ginger she cat eating a mouse from the fresh kill pile.
Squirrelflight's ear's perked up. "Squirrelflight, Leafpool's kits are coming. Go see her!" Squirrelflight left the half-eaten mouse in the clearing and bounded off to the nursery.
Barkface was sorting herbs in Leafpool's den when Bramblestar entered. "What can I do for you, Bramblestar?"
"Leafpool… Leafpool's kits are coming." Barkface's eyes widened in shock at the medicine cat's betrayal. "You need to help her. She will receive her punishment after."
Barkface nodded, gathered herbs, and rushed off to the nursery.
By now, the entire Clan had gathered in the clearing, staring at the nursery. Expectant looks flew to Bramblestar.
"Leafpool is expecting kits." The Clan gasped in shock and disbelief. WindClan and ThunderClan cats alike turned to the nursery, where they could hear a screech. "And… She's delivering them."
Murmurs broke out throughout the group, and Bramblestar had to end the meeting and search for someone.
He bounded through the crowd of cats and finally found the black tom. "Crowfeather."
"What is it?" He asked.
"The kits that Leafpool is delivering are yours."
Crowfeather was speechless for a few heartbeats, and then he said, "No… She never told me…"
"Go see her, no matter if you still care for her or not. They are your kits." Bramblestar hissed, and Crowfeather padded after Bramblestar as he made his way to the nursery.
"She's got a she-kit and two toms." Barkface proclaimed as Bramblestar headed into the nursery. One black kit tumbled out of the moss nest, and Barkface gently picked it up and put it back to its mother.
"The tom is blind."
One grey tom stared sightlessly into the sky. He turned towards the sound of his siblings.
Crowfeather sat beside Leafpool. Leafpool stared at Crowfeather. "I'm so… so sorry." She murmured.
Crowfeather shook his head. "These kits are yours, and yours only. I want NOTHING to do with them."
Leafpool stared at him in shock. "Please! I can't help them without you. I didn't have the chance to tell you!"
"Fine," Crowfeather grumbled, his stubbornness fading away at the sight of his kits.
"What are their names?"
"The blind tom is Jaykit, the one with the broad shoulders is Lionkit, and the black one is Hollykit." Said Leafpool.
"Beautiful names." Her sister uttered words for the first time.
"The blind one can never be a warrior." Bramblestar spoke to Leafpool. "He can be your apprentice."
Leafpool nodded sadly. "I will give up my post as a medicine cat as soon as I teach him what he should know."
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