Ok, those last two chapters were just fluff, but I needed to have some chapters when Bluekit and Flamekit were still in the nursery.
For that spoiler thing, for those people who want to know stuff like, will Tigerstripe die etc. I'll answer those questions until Friday.
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"All cats of LoneClan, please gather underneath of Bigstone for a clan meeting!"
Midnightsky stepped out of the nursery with her two kits, their pelts glistening.
"I call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon these kits. They would like to become warriors of LoneClan, but must first become an apprentice. Flamekit, from this day forth, until you have earned your warrior name, you will be known as Flamepaw. Emberflame will mentor you."
Midnightsky beamed with pride as her first-born touched noses with his new mentor.
"Bluekit, from this day forth, until you have earned your warrior name, you will be known as Bluepaw. Leafheart will be your mentor."
With the same grace as her mother, Bluepaw stepped forward to touch noses with Leafheart.
Midnightsky jumped as a cat sat down beside her, and then she realized that it was Hawkflight. She leaned into him, drinking in his sweet scent.
"I missed you Hawkflight."
"I'm sorry, but I was a mentor to Sunstripe and I didn't have a lot of free time."
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Tigerstripe's POV
The large gray tabby growled as Midnightsky leaned into Hawkflight. His eyes sought out a familiar pelt. When he saw it, he bounded forward.
"Willowleaf!" He barked out.
"What is it, Tigerstripe?"
"The kits are apprentices now; she'll have kits with him."
"Now, Tigerstripe, don't fret. It's easy as catching a blind mouse. Lure her into the forest and mate with her again."
"But, I had to kill Silverpaw to get her to mate with me that once!"
Tigerstripe saw hatred flash across the calico's face before she started to speak again.
"Oh." She growled, "I didn't know that."
"You said herself that Silverpaw was a runt and that she was of no use."
"It doesn't matter now, what's done is done."
"So, what should I do?"
"What is Midnightsky's most prized possession?"
"Our kits…I'm not going to kill them, Willowleaf!"
"You don't have to!" The elder growled, frustrated, "you just have to make her think that they are in danger!"
Tigerstripe turned around and ran into the clearing.
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Midnightsky's POV
"Midnightsky, Flamepaw is gone!"
The she-cat looked up from the mouse she was eating.
"What?!"
"I don't know, I saw him leave camp without Emberflame and he hasn't come back!"
As the two were running out of camp, Midnightsky saw a familiar fiery pelt in the apprentice's den.
"Flamepaw!" She thought to herself, "that rat, Tigerstripe, how mousebrained does he think I am?!"
She skidded to a stop just outside of camp.
"I saw him in the apprentice's den, Tigerstripe, what are you up to?"
He said nothing, but looked at her with a glitter in his eyes.
"It's the glitter that he had when I agreed to mate with him the first time!"
This time, the young she-cat made the first move, slashing at the tom's legs. As he fell to the ground, he grabbed her by the tail. She scratched his nose and bolted right into the flank of Hawkflight.
He looked at Tigerstripe, then back at her. Then, something in the usually laid-back tabby snapped. He lunged at Tigerstripe, aiming for his throat. Midnightsky watched in horror as the two toms tussled on the ground, a blur of gray and brown fur.
"Stop!"
Both toms broke apart, their fur still bristling.
"Fighting over the same she-cat?! I thought you two were over that." Risingsun mewed over his shoulder.
As soon as he was out of sight, Tigerstripe turned to Midnightsky.
"Your boyfriend won't always be there, Midnightsky." He growled before stalking back to camp.
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Note to viewers: Sunpaw, Emberpaw, Rebelpaw, Fallenpaw, Icepaw and Leafpaw were made Sunstripe, Emberflame, Rebelheart, Fallenspirit, Icestorm and Leafheart.