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Chapter 10: Dreams do come true.
Shiningdawn and her patrol padded back through the thick leaf-bare blanket that covered the ground of the Thunderclan forest. Flamestrike was on her left and Moonfall was just behind her with Riverpaw, Tigerfoot and Shimmerheart. Shiningdawn had had to beg to get onto the patrol, she hadn't been feeling terrific for about a moon and Flamestrike-being the new deputy and her mate- had refused to let her out of camp until she went to see Ashpelt. The aging medicine-cat had concluded that there was nothing wrong and that she probably just had a stomach bug, but Shiningdawn had to go back to him later that day so he could make sure that everything was alright.
"Have you seen how big Whisperbreeze is now?" Moonfall asked.
"Yes I saw her this morning, she's huge!" exclaimed Shiningdawn. "And tired as well."
"Who wouldn't be after expecting a second litter right after your first one became apprentices," Flamestrike commented.
"Luckily you don't have to worry about that," Shiningdawn purred. She glanced over at Moonfall just in time to see the young cat look away. Shiningdawn knew that there was gossip going around camp, ever since she and Flamestrike had announced that they were mates there was clearly expectation and excitement that there would soon be a litter on the way. She smiled to herself, she couldn't wait until she was expecting, as she had always wanted kits and couldn't imagine having them with any other cat besides Flamestrike.
"That's the good thing about being a tom," Flamestrike meowed. Shiningdawn and Moonfall burst out laughing and picked up the pace, trotting past the ginger tom.
"You can laugh now, but neither of you will be happy when you are in then nursery!" Flamestrike called.
Later Shiningdawn went down to Ashpelt's den to have her check-up.
"How are you feeling today?" Ashpelt asked the ginger she-cat as she sat down in his den.
"I still have these weird cramps," Shiningdawn said. Ashpelt asked her to lie on her side and he pressed his paws lightly to her belly.
"Well, I definitely know what the problem is!" Ashpelt announced.
Shiningdawn pushed out into the clearing feeling dazed. She walked on shaky legs to the group of cats sharing tongues beside the fresh-kill pile. Flamestrike looked up from the squirrel he was eating and purred once he saw her.
"Can I talk to you for a minute?" he asked her. Shiningdawn cocked her head to one side and nodded. Flamestrike led the way over to the warriors den and stopped outside.
"Thornstar told me that there might be a few big battles in the next few moons because of some squabbles on the border with Windclan," he said. "But I don't want you involved."
"Why not?" Shiningdawn asked.
"Because I just found you and I don't want a repeat of the last battle we were in. I don't want to lose you Shiningdawn. I want to put you somewhere where you can't be hurt," Flamestrike told her. Shiningdawn's whiskers twitched and she looked at her paws for a moment.
When she finally spoke she said, "Well then I guess that place will have to be the nursery."
"Why do you say that?" he asked.
"Because Flamestrike, I'm expecting kits!" Shiningdawn announced.