Ravenpaw padded from the apprentices den to the nursery. Her mother, Blossomheart, was about to give birth to Ravenpaw's new brothers and sisters. Ravenpaw heard a low moan from inside.
"It's okay, Blossomheart." Her father, Swiftfoot soothed. "You've done perfectly with Ravenpaw. This is just the same."
"No it's not!" Blossomheart growled weakly. "This is more kits. Ravenkit- err, Ravenpaw, was just one kit."
"Stop it. Don't waste any energy. You need all of it for the kitting." Birchtail mewed.
Ravenpaw sat quietly outside the nursery. Every so often, she would hear comforting meows from her father or Birchtail, and sometimes Poppypaw, whom had never seen a kitting before. She heard a mew of pleasure from her father.
"Congratulations, Blossomheart. You now have a wonderful set of three kits." Birchtail meowed. "Would you like me to get Ravenpaw?"
"Yes." Croaked Blossomheart.
Poppypaw came padding out and looked surprisingly at Ravenpaw sitting outside. She flicked her tail, summoning Ravenpaw to come in. Ivyfur, the other queen wasn't in the nursery. She and her kits must be somewhere else in camp. I guess to give Blossomheart space. Ravenpaw thought.
"Hello, Ravenpaw. Aren't your three new siblings wonderful?" Swiftfoot asked.
Ravenpaw nodded quickly, before adding, "How many are she-kits?"
"Well, the bright orange one and the blue-grey are the she-kits. The orange one with white paws is the tom." Swiftfoot replied.
"The bright orange she-cat looks like one of the berries Moonblaze pointed out to me." Ravenpaw whispered.
"Berrykit. That's perfect. The she-kit with amber eyes could be Amberkit." Swiftfoot pointed out. "Now, Blossomheart, you can name the tom."
"Squirrelkit." Blossomheart immediately said.
Ravenpaw looked contently at Berrykit, Amberkit, and Squirrelkit. They were the perfect siblings. Suddenly, Ravenpaw remembered that she was supposed to go to the clearing to learn battle moves with Moonblaze. Ravenpaw bowed her head at her parents in dismissal and dashed out of the nursery, running to the camp's entrance.
"What are you doing?" Mosscloud called after her as Ravenpaw sprinted past.
Oakstripes, the other cat guarding camp just shrugged her shoulders and went back to grooming herself.
Ravenpaw scrambled up a tree, determined to make it to the clearing. She leapt to the next branch, soon approaching the clearing.
"Well, well, well…" Growled a voice from above.
Ravenpaw jumped down in surprise, with Moonblaze soon approaching next to her.
"You were supposed to be here at sunhigh. What is it now? Sundown."
"I'm sorry. Blossomheart was having her kits, and, I just, I just wanted to see her."
"I'll talk to Shadestar about this. It's the third time you've forgotten about training. You missed your tour of the territory, because you slept too late, you missed your hunting, because you were busy eating, and now, you've missed battle training because of your mother's kitting. That one, I would say, is the most reasonable."
Ravenpaw bowed her head apologetically. Moonblaze rolled her eyes.
"Alright," Moonblaze said. "Let's practice a front paw blow."