Epilogue:
A lot of cats had died in the battle, Violetstar herself had lost her final life. Scarletclaw had become Scarletstar and the new leader of Pineclan with Starlingwing as her deputy.
Ivyheart -or Ivystar as it was now- became the new leader of Lightningclan and had declared to the other two clans that she wouldn't fight Pineclan again as they had lost too many cats last time and had it really been worth it?
The other two clans agreed and, four moons later, a shaky peace had fallen across the lake.
Stormlight had moved one, it had taken a while, and sometimes it was hard, but she had moved on. She had got over what she had had to deal with it and was prepared to move on with her life.
She had tried to have kits again and, this time, it had gone perfectly.
She lay her head against Ace's flank, exhausted. At her stomach lay three, tiny kits. They fidgeted, pushing one another out of the way. None of them had opened their eyes yet, but Stormlight was prepared to wait.
"They're beautiful," muttered Ace.
She hummed in agreement, feeling happy but tired.
"Do you want to name them?" He asked.
She lifted her head slightly, "have you thought of names?"
"Have you?"
She paused, "Yeah, for one of them."
He looked at her curiously, "which one?"
"The tom," she said, nudging the largest kit.
He'd been her first kit and only tom. He was bigger than his two sisters, but not by much. His pelt was a dark shade of brown, patterned with lighter brown markings running down his back.
'He looks like Shadowheart,' she thought sadly.
"Shadekit," she said, "I want to name him Shadekit."
He blinked, "Shadekit? Are you sure?"
"I'm sure," she said quietly.
Then, Ace nodded, "it suits him."
"What about this one?" Asked Stormlight, "you can name her."
She pointed with her tail to the small, silver she-cat with a darker, almost black, stripe running down her spine. She was wedged in the middle of her two siblings and appeared to be the most aggressive one of the three.
"I don't know why," he said, "but I think Violetkit suits her."
Stormlight smiled, "I think it does too."
They glanced at the final she-kit. She was the smallest of the three, with sleek, dark grey fur with silver markings running along her back. Stormlight thought that she looked similar to Ace but different at the same time. There was no denying that she was his kit, but, with the way Ace looked at her, it was clear their youngest kit looked very similar to another cat.
"Amberkit," he whispered suddenly.
Stormlight frowned, "huh?"
"She looks like my sister, Amberkit suits her."
Stormlight glanced down at the smallest kit, "yeah… I suppose it does."
She stood on the boundary between the pine forest and the green-leaf two-leg place. Her paws scraping the small Thunderpath in front of her as she gazed out onto the lush green pine trees that blocked the view of the sky in front of her.
She frowned, narrowing her eyes, should she venture inside? She was already on a clan's territory, she couldn't remember the name of them.
She had shaken off whoever was following her, but she didn't know how long she could keep them off her tail for.
Where was he? When he'd left, she didn't bother following to see what clan he joined, to see whether he was alive or not. Guilt twisted like a knot in her stomach, how could she just leave him? She had promised to look after him, she'd promised that to mother.
Sighing, she glanced back onto the inviting, light green colour of the reed covered territory behind her, watching as the sunlight hit the moors behind it.
The she-cat sighed, she had no idea where she was going. She had managed to shake the cats following her off of her scent but who's to say they hadn't already figured out where she was hiding?
Hiding in the clans was a safer bet than alone, where her scent was mingled with other cats that defended their territory with their life. It was like living in a fortress.
"Hey!" A voice from behind made her jump.
The she-cat swivelled around to see a sleek furred, reddish brown tom crouched into a battle stance, his claws unsheathed.
"What are you doing in our territory?" He asked with a growl.
She made sure to keep her fur flat and her claws sheathed, she wasn't looking for a fight.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb your hunting grounds," she said, "I was looking for the clans."
He relaxed slightly, "the clans? Why?"
She swallowed a fake lump in her throat, "You see, I used to live with my brother but then he left and… I'm on my own and I don't think I can live like that."
"Your brother?" He narrowed his eyes, standing to full height, "who's he?"
"You wouldn't know him," she said dismissively.
He eyed her suspiciously, "why are you here?"
"I want to join your clan."
She was being a bit blunt, she could tell, but she didn't want to stand around here anymore not getting anywhere.
"You want to join Rainclan?" He peered at her.
She nodded, "yep."
"Why?"
"I don't want to be alone anymore."
That was a lie, she was perfectly fine being on her own up until those cats started hunting her down to kill her.
The reddish brown tom regarded her with a couple more seconds of wariness and suspicion, she noted that he had a missing ear, she wondered how he'd got it.
"I'll take you to Snowstar, but I can't promise he'll let you in, he hasn't been overly trusting of cats lately."
"Thank you," she dipped her head.
"Follow me," he gestured with his tail.
She went to follow him before pausing.
"Wait, what's your name?"
He glanced back at her, "Redfall, what's yours."
She paused.
"Amber," she said, "my name is Amber."
A/N: Dab! It's done! I've written a trilogy! I am so proud of myself, you have no idea! Agh! I'm so happy!
Thank you to everyone who has ever reviewed, favourited, followed or even just read this! I've had a blast writing this, I never thought I'd actually finish it, but I have!
Anyway, there will be another series (most likely a trilogy or maybe a duology) coming out (it's in the works) in a few weeks times, so you'll have to sit tight and be patient. I'll post the name of it up on here just to let you guys know.
I'll give you a couple ideas of what will happen:
It will revolve around Stormlight and Ace's kits, the story will mostly be from Amberkit's point of view, but we will get the other two as well.
The plot will also centre of Amber who will be living in the clan.
It will have a bit of a focus on Ace too and his struggles of parenting and trying to not to be a terrible father.
Also, even though I've started setting it up throughout this book and a little in the first one, there will be a relationship that I think we'll take you off guard between to she-cats we know quite well ;)
