I've been having a few ideas for a sequel to this story and I wanted to have a vote on it. Please review and tell me whether or not to write a sequel. Thanks again for all your support and don't forget to review! Thank you again to Petalwish for giving me the name for Lightkit!
Chapter 12: Any Day
Life in the nursery was hectic. Shiningdawn's kits were two moons old and continuously fell out of her nest. Whisperbreeze had given birth half a moon ago to Lightkit, Morningkit and Skykit. Lightkit was a small she-kit with pale tan fur and big blue eyes, Morningkit was a larger dark grey she-kit with blue eyes as well and their brother Skykit was pale grey and white with green eyes like his mother.
"Can we go outside today Shiningdawn?" Mossykit asked her mother. The tiny she-kit's pale green eyes were wide.
"Okay, but make sure that at least two warriors can see you," Shiningdawn said to her five kits as the pounced onto each other.
"Thank you Shiningdawn!" squeaked Firekit as he and his littermates bounded off.
"He looks so much like his father," Shiningdawn sighed to Whisperbreeze.
Later, after the day's last hunting patrol had arrived back, Flamestrike padded over to Shiningdawn and licked her between her ears.
"How've the kits been?" he asked.
"They played a lot and now they're asleep finally," Shiningdawn answered sleepily. Flamestrike nodded and walked over to Whisperbreeze, muttering a few words to her before returning.
"What do you say to a break away from them and a walk in the forest with me? Whisperbreeze will watch them and make sure they sleep," he said.
"With you? Any day!" She said leaping up and rubbing against him. Flamestrike purred and led the way towards the camp entrance. They walked in silence for a while just with their tails entwined and standing so close that their pelts brushed.
"Where are we going?" Shiningdawn asked eventually. Flamestrike merely smiled and led her through a tiny hole in a one of the bushes. When they emerged the first thing Shiningdawn saw was a beautiful crystal-clear stream.
"It's beautiful!" she gasped, taking a step forward and untangling herself from Flamestrike. Stretching across the stream was a mossy log and smooth rocks lay under the surface of the water. The area around the clearing was soft, sweet-smelling grass and the stream bank was fine, golden sand. Fir and oak trees surrounded the clearing and rose and lavender bushes were dotted throughout.
"I found it this morning," Flamestrike said coming to stand next to her. "I thought it could be a place where the two of us could have some time alone. I've missed sleeping next to you in the warriors den."
"I have too, thank you for showing me this place," Shiningdawn mewed. "I love you so much."
"Not as much as I love you," Flamestrike purred. "Wait there's more," he said as they settled. The two cats curled up together on the soft grass and looked up to the sky. Up high above them, there was a big almost-full moon shining down on them. Shiningdawn purred ecstatically and nuzzled her mate. They stayed there until the sky was almost filled with stars, then Flamestrike sat up.
"We'd better be going," he said. "The kits will be wondering where we are."
"Okay, but promise we will come back again," Shiningdawn meowed.
"I promise," Flamestrike answered.
