Stormkit puffed out his fur as he stepped onto the snow "Mother! What is this white stuff? Did ThunderClan do this to us?" the little sliver tom squeaked to his mother.

The queen stepped out of the nursery and squinted her eyes and let out a soft chuckle. "No Stormkit, this is called snow, it comes every so often during Leaf-bare" his mother pointed out.

"Moondust, how is Silverkit doing?" a tortoiseshell tom asked, padding past Stormkit. "She keeps coughing Spottedpelt. I think I'm going to have to move her to your den." Moondust fretted as she disappeared back into the nursery.

Stormkit followed her closely and peered over at Silverkit, whose breathing was ragged breaths. "Go away" Moondust hissed at him, shooing him away roughly.

Stormkit felt hurt by her attentiveness to Silverkit instead of him. He lifted up his muzzle to the pale morning sky and watched as fluffy grey clouds rolled towards ShadowClan. Stormkit heard the thrumming of paws coming towards him as an apprentice crashed into him.

Stormkit yelped loudly in fear as his paw began to throb with pain. "Moondust!" he wailed as he limped back towards the nursery. Moondust seemingly not hearing his wail of pain didn't look at him or acknowledge him as she watched over Silverkit.

Stormkit let out a pitiful mewl and was grabbed by the scruff and hauled out of the den. His father began to sniff him over and lifted his hurt forepaw. "Brackenflame, what's in my paw" he squeaked in terror.

His father let out a huff of relief and shoved his muzzle under his son and lifted him on his back. "You stepped on a rather big thorn Stormkit. Let me take you to Cherrynose since Spottedpelt is busy with your mouse-brained mother" he growled in response.

Stormkit was happy to be off his hurt paw as Brackenflame led him to the medicine cat den. Cherrynose sat in the den sorting out herbs as she hummed quietly to herself.

"Cherrynose? Stormkit stepped on a thorn; I didn't want to pull it out without permission from an experienced medicine cat" Brackenflame admitted, acting a bit fidgety around Cherrynose.

Cherrynose looked up, her beautiful, bright green glowing with affection. "Of course Brackenflame." She purred softly as Brackenflame slid Stormkit off his back.

Stormkit rolled on to his side and lifted his paw with the thorn in it.

"This is going to hurt just for a little bit" the pretty ginger she-cat meowed to Stormkit.

Stormkit nodded his head softly and braced as Cherrynose latched her teeth on to the thorn. Cherrynose yanked her head back and pulled the thorn out as Stormkit squealed in pain. Brackenflame licked his kit briskly soothing his son's pain.

"Now I'm going to put Marigold into the wound so your paw won't kit infected" shed meowed before chewing up the marigold leaves. Stormkit lifted his paw again and Cherrynose began to lick the poultice into the spot where the thorn had been.

Stormkit sighed with relief as the pain ebbed away, but not completely. "Stay off that paw for a little while, if you want Brackenflame he can stay in here since the nursery is crowded. It's not fair to Stormkit for his mother to ignore him like this" she meowed.

"Thank you so much Cherrynose" Brackenflame meowed as Blackstar called out his name. "I have to get back to deputy duties, take care of him for me" Brackenflame meowed as he backed out of the shaded den.

"Are you tired little one?" Cherrynose asked softly. Stormkit gaped his jaws in response and layed his head down. Cherrynose curled around him just like his mother used to do before Silverkit got sick a couple moons ago. Stormkit let out a content sigh as he fell asleep, engulfed in the sweet scent of Cherrynose.


Stormkit played underneath the medicine cat as she explored the forest searching for herbs. "Stormkit stop that!" she scolded lightly "It's tickling me" she purred.

"Sorry Cherrynose! It's just the first time I've been out of the camp" Stormkit squeaked as he opened his mouth and inhaled. The scent of mouse flooded into his mouth and he snuck off while Cherrynose was digging for yarrow roots. He felt the wind blowing in his face and trekked through the snow, becoming downwind of the mouse.

Stormkit heard its soft scuffling on the ground and spotted its light brown fur as it searched for something to eat. He waggled his rear and pounced onto his prey and killed it quickly, remembering to thank StarClan for the unusually plump mouse during leaf-bare.

"Stormkit? Stormkit where are you?" he heard Cherrynose call out for him frantically. Stormkit padded proudly towards her scent and spotted her looking under a bush

"Here I am!" he meowed dropped the mouse at his paws. Cherrynose spun around about to scold him for disappearing when she saw the mouse at his paws.

"Did you catch that all by yourself?" she asked. Stormkit nodded his head eagerly and picked it up again. "Let's go show your father! I've collected what I was looking for" she meowed picking up the yarrow roots she had managed to find. As they reached the entrance to the camp Stormkit thought the clan would be forming searching parties to look for the missing kit for he had told no one he was going with Cherrynose.

The clearing was empty until his spotted Brackenflame angrily stalking out of the nursery until he spotted his kit and bounded over to him. "Where have you been? I was worried sick about you" he fretted until he saw the mouse dangling in Stormkit's jaw. "Did you catch that?" Brackenflame questioned a proud gleam in his eyes.

"I did! Look how fat it is!" Stormkit squealed loudly. Brackenflame purred to his son proudly as he looked at Cherrynose. "Mother said it was a good catch!" Stormkit mewed, not noticing his mistake. He watched as Brackenflame stiffen then relax as Cherrynose said nothing.

"I'm glad your mother was with you while you were out of camp." He meowed, glaring at the nursery "Better than Moondust is doing" Brackenflame muttered looking back at Cherrynose. "Is it alright if he calls you that? The clan knows he's not your kit but you're more of a mother to him than Moondust will ever be" Brackenflame asked.

Cherrynose looked around the empty came and nodded, leaning over Stormkit to whisper to Brackenflame. "I'll do anything for the cat I'm in love with" Stormkit felt happiness seep into his veins and warm up his paws as he pranced around Brackenflame and the medicine cat.

"Stormkit take that to Blackstar will you?" his father asked softly, playfully nudging Stormkit towards the leaders den. Stormkit scrambled towards Blackstar's den and meowed before entering the den. "B-Blackstar? I've brought you some fresh-kill" Stormkit meowed nervously.

The old leader looked up wearily and recognized the kit instantly. "Thank you Stormkit" he meowed firmly, sadness lingering in his eyes. Stormkit had heard the story of how his mate had died seasons ago during a fox raid and how Blackstar never recovered properly from losing the love of his life.

Suddenly a thought occurred in his head "I think more kits are on the way" he purred happily, thinking of Cherrynose and Brackenflame.

"You mean Moondust is expecting kits again?" Blackstar asked excitedly. Stormkit had forgotten Moondust was his biological mother and shook his head

"I'm just taking a guess" he mewed softly. Blackstar chuckled and stood up, stretching. "Thank you for my prey little one" Blackstar meowed eating the mouse Stormkit had brought him. Stormkit dipped his head and trotted out of the den towards the medicine cat den.

He noticed Moondust happily padding towards the nursery, speaking to every cat she passed including Stormkit. "Hello little one! I'm expecting kits again! And Silverkit is feeling better" she meowed to him, acting as if he wasn't her kit as she padded back into the nursery.


After a week the news a spread through the clan like a forest fire and Cherrynose and Brackenflame took Stormkit out of the camp to talk. "Stormkit, Cherrynose is expecting kits. My kits! Which means your brothers or sisters" he purred.

Stormkit squealed with happiness at the news and looked to Brackenflame. "What about Moondust? Who's the father to those kits?" Stormkit asked curiously.

Cherrynose shifted her weight uncomfortably and looked to Brackenflame. "My guess would have to be Spottedpelt. He's the only one that's been around Moondust the entire time." She meowed nervously.

His father merely shrugged and thunder boomed above them as snow began to fall. Cherrynose looked up to the sky in horror and looked back to Stormkit and picked him up by the scruff

"C'mon we'd better get back before we all freeze our whiskers off" she meowed around the mouthful of his fur. Once they reached the camp Stormkit noticed Silverkit playing in the fresh snow and he wriggled his way out of Cherrynose's mouth and scampered over to her.

"Stormkit!" she squealed pouncing on him as they rolled around in the snow. "I haven't seen you in moons!" she meowed loudly. Stormkit scoffed and stood up, shaking the snowflakes from his fur.

"I've been training to become a medicine cat!" he meowed seriously, wanting to follow in his foster mother's paw steps. Silverkit let out a purr of amusement and tackled him, trying to pin him down.

"Mouse-brain! You're more built to be a warrior like me" she crowed as she pinned him down. Stormkit burst upwards and pinned his sister down easily.

Suddenly he heard a yowl of worry from Moondust as she batted him with her paw and knocked him off Silverkit. Stormkit tumbled to the ground and hit his head, crying out in pain.

"Moondust! Why did you do that to your kit?" Cherrynose meowed frantically, nosing Stormkit to his paws, sniffing over him to make sure there were no major injuries.

"I don't remember giving birth to Stormkit so why should I treat him like he's mine?" Moondust growled.

Suddenly it dawned over Stormkit; Brackenflame had never taken an interest in Silverkit. Nor did he seem to like Moondust. Stormkit let out a wail of despair and hurtled himself towards the scent of his father as it led him to the leader's den. As the little kit hurled himself into his father's fur he began to weep.

"Please excuse me Blackstar" Brackenflame meowed formally, dipping his head as he picked Stormkit up by the scruff and carried him to the clearing.

"Who am I?" he wailed loudly, fluffing out his fur as snow began to fall. Brackenflame let out a sigh and sat down beginning to tell Stormkit of his past. The part he didn't remember.

"You see Stormkit; I was born to ShadowClan and grew up as a fierce warrior. At my first gathering as a warrior I met this lovely she-cat named Howlsky. I knew she was the cat for me the moment our eyes connected" he meowed bitterly to himself.

"Soon after that gathering we began meeting at fourtrees very often. After moons of our secret meetings she told me she was expecting my kits. We still continued meeting each other and I told her I was leaving my clan for her. Two moons after I had settled into RiverClan she gave birth, gave birth to you little one, dying do to blood loss." Brackenflame meowed sadly.

Stormkit felt horror striking his body as he found out he was half ShadowClan half RiverClan. "What made you move back here with me?" Stormkit asked feebly, shivering in the new fallen snow.

Brackenflame's fur stood on end as he remembered what had happened. "All of RiverClan blamed me for Howlsky dying. When you were a half-moon old I noticed how skinny you were compared to the other kits in the nursery. When I asked you if you were hungry you collapsed on the ground and I picked you up and ran all the way back here. When I saw that Moondust had had a little she-kit of half-blood as well I held it over her until she began to feed you. We pretended to be mates and soon I fell in love with Cherrynose, Cherrypaw back. I'm your father and you're Stormkit. That's all that matters" Brackenflame finished explain.

Stormkit sat in silence as his thoughts raced. He got to his paws and looked around blankly seeing that most of the clan had overheard the story Brackenflame was telling, except for the very last part about him and Moondust.

Stormkit saw all the cats whispering their doubts about him like they used to and he let out a wail of despair and charged out of the camp.


Stormkit stiffly waded through ShadowClan territory and sneezed, snow flying everywhere. He fluffed out his fur and began to shiver violently.

He was half-clan trash and everybody doubted him. Stormkit stamped his paw defiantly and sniffed the air. "I'm going to prove I'm a true ShadowClan cat!" Stormkit yowled into the blizzards wind.

He dove under the snow killing a mouse quickly, than dove again killing another mouse and another. He would bring back fresh-kill for all the hungry. He would prove he was an asset to the clan.

When Stormkit could no longer walk he collapsed on the ground, curling around his fresh-kill. "I did it Cherrynose…" he muttered to himself. "I'm going to feed the clan" he purred weakly as he closed his eyes to sleep.


Stormkit awoke with a start and dug his claws into the soft, plush grass and looked around in confusion.

A pale grey she-cat appeared before him and watched him with content. "My little Stormkit, I wish you didn't have to join me so soon" she meowed softly, the stars twinkling in her fur.

"W-Who are you?" Stormkit asked, tilting his head to the side.

"My name is Howlsky. I'm your real mother" she meowed warmly, padding up to him, licking his head gently.

"I'm in StarClan aren't I?" Stormkit meowed miserably. Howlsky nodded and swept her tail down his spine.

"It's now time to join the ranks with your ancestors. You didn't know it but you are wise beyond your age little one" Howlsky purred, padding alongside Stormkit towards StarClan. Leaving behind the hungry howls of the blizzard.


Hello reviewers! I hope you understood this story right here there was just so much forbidden love in this that I loved it to death. Anyways if you're confused on what happened to Stormkit in RiverClan it was that the queens blamed both Brackenflame and Stormkit so they didn't feed Stormkit properly leading him to collapse in front of his father. And Silverkit is half ThunderClan and half ShadowClan. I hope you all enjoyed this story c: Next story is about Foxstep and Heatherfrost requested by a guest here in Fanfiction. Till next time!