A/N: OOH! Scary! Read… the FINAL CHAPTER!
Sunstripe was squished in the nursery next to her best friend, thinking about her mate, Snarltooth. Her best friend was barely moving, but her kits were stirring slightly. Firekit was especially moving about, struggling to get a drop of milk. Sunstripe smiled and pushed him closer to his mother.
Suddenly a ripple flew through her stomach. She struggled not to wail in pain. Nobody was awake, and the only other queen in the nursery had eaten three poppy seeds by mistake. She would not be waking up. Another ripple passed through and she didn't suppress and cry. A noise sounded outside the nursery as a tiny bundle fell into the moss. She licked it frantically and broke the sack before another sharp pain came through her. Another kit fell onto the ground at her feet. She licked its sack off and took a deep breath. It was over.
Another thud sounded. Sunstripe held her breath. A face appeared. Sunstripe screamed. Nobody answered her for help. But the face wasn't fixed on her. It was on the kits. The she-cat bent over, examining her two precious kits. She licked them. One squealed, the other snarled. "Stay quiet, and I won't harm you or the kits," the she-cat hissed. Sunstripe remained silent. Then the she-cat selected Sunstripe's tom. She picked him up in her mouth. Her eyes trailed to Sunstripe's best friend and widened. She dropped Sunstripe's tom, and laughed quietly to herself. Sunstripe nudged her tom closer.
The ugly tabby walked a pace closer to the other queen, then selected Firekit and Stonekit. Sunstripe couldn't stand it anymore. She stood weakly and threw herself at the kit stealer. The larger she-cat shrugged her off and threw her paw at Sunstripe. Everything went black.
Longstar examined the five kits. Two WindClan, stolen from an unknown ginger queen, both tabby toms. One ThunderClan, stolen from unknown black queen, she-cat. And lastly, her prize. Two toms from ShadowClan, stolen from Tearpath herself.
Longstar smiled.
At last.