A/N: Hi! I saw a really cool pic on google for warriors, and it said 'The forests are too big for one cat, that's why there are Clans.' I thought that was so cool! So I saved it to my pics on my computer. Hehe! It's so cool. And I found another that said, 'Find your way to StarClan's light.' These things are so cool!
Chapter 8
Cranepaw, Coralpaw, and Lionwhisper silently padded through the forest dark forest. Their ginger father led them over to some moonlit ferns and a bramble bush. He lifted it up with his paw, and there was a dark cave mouth.
"We have to go in there?" Coralpaw asked, pointing to the cave with her tail.
Lionwhisper nodded. "Yep, in there is a beautiful place. I can't even describe it."
Coralpaw's eyes shone. "Let's go then!" She dove in, and Cranepaw rolled her eyes, but followed with just as much excitement.
Inside it was dark, but she could see some light ahead. She walked on for what seemed like hours. She could see Coralpaw bouncing around ahead of her, and she was facing Cranepaw. That could only mean-
"Check out this cavern!" Coralpaw exclaimed.
Yep. A cavern. It was quite beautiful, actually. There was a large stream(1), and the floor was grass and moss, not stone. Cranepaw kneaded her paws on the soft moss. It was quite nice, so nice someone could live here. There were also flowers of every color: purple, red, blue, yellow, pink. On the other side of the stream there was a stone wall, and a mossy ledge was on it. Cranepaw winced when she heard a crash. She looked over to Coralpaw, who now had her back to the wall, her head on the floor, and her tail hanging over her face, tickling her nose. She sneezed, and Lionwhisper entered the cavern.
"What happened?" he asked, nosing Coralpaw to her paws.
Coralpaw stood up, and shook herself. "I pounced on that flower over there," she said, pointing to a crushed pink flower. "But the stream waves splashed up and I slipped in a puddle."
Their father tilted his head. "That explains the mud path from the flower to you."
Cranepaw and Coralpaw looked at each other and giggled.
"Anyways, we're supposed to be gathering herbs," Lionwhisper said.
Cranepaw nodded. "Right, what does Dapplefur need?"
"Celandine, lavender, and marigold. She said we could find them down here, since she calls this place 'Flower City'(2)."
Coralpaw laughed. "What does celandine look like again?"
"Small yellow, daisy-like flowers," Cranepaw replied, pawing through some green stems.
Coralpaw nodded, and started searching on the other side of the cavern.
"It was quite nice of Dapplefur to let or force us gather herbs for her, instead of letting us pace around, hoping the best for your mother," Lionwhisper said.
"Us?" Cranepaw repeated, looking at him.
Lionwhisper chuckled. "Alright, me. But this is her second litter."
Coralpaw rested her tail on his shoulder. "We know, dad."
"Found some marigold!" Cranepaw said, her voice muffled by the yellow flowers.
"Great! Put it by the cave entrance," Lionwhisper said, still pawing through some stems.
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It had been several hours, and Moonpebble finally gave birth(3). She gave birth to four kits: Meadowkit, a light ginger she-kit who's head was so light it looked white(lol, rhyme); Lunarkit, a quite odd-colored tom because he looked blackish-purple; Lightningkit, a fluffy ginger tom; and Peachkit, a long-furred whitish-cream she-kit.
Dapplefur sat in the entrance to the nursery and watched as Silverslash gave Moonpebble some borage. The black queen smiled weakly, and ate the blue, star-shaped flowers, and fell asleep. Silverslash licked Moonpebble's head, and Dapplefur smiled when she heard her silver tabby apprentice murmur to Moonpebble, "Good job. Your kits are beautiful." Silverslash lifted up her head, and walked over to Dapplefur.
"Good job," the tortoiseshell said.
"Thanks." She then walked off to the medicine cat den.
Dapplefur trotted after her. "What's wrong?"
Silverslash sighed. "I don't know. Did Cranepaw and her sister and father get enough herbs?"
Dapplefur nodded.
Silverslash nodded, then fell asleep(4).
A/N: (1) I don't mean to copy the tunnels in Warriors.
(2) Thats what a dude that I watch on Youtube says.
(3) I know, moooorrrreeee kits. I have A LOT of kits planned for this story. Tehe!
(4) I have NO idea what I was doing there! lol!
Sorry for the short chapter. Writer's block. Tehe! And sorry for the late chapter. I had school this week. Duh! Lol, anyway, hopefully I'll update this weekend. Bye! For now!
