Epilogue

Blossomfall's (yes she is a warrior now, or elder) p.o.v

I watched out from the elders den as the sunset lit the camp.

Flashback:

I staggered up with my friends. The dim outline of spitfire slowly disappeared. Cats from all clans pushed forward, yowling, but all their voices seemed distant to me.

I looked at the feathers on the floor. They were soft again, not sharp like they were when they stabbed into the demon. I looked at beetlewhisker. He looked like he wanted to fly up and escape the crowd of cats. But he didn't, he just looked saddened and lost.

I looked around. Everyone else did as well. What was going on, we defeated spitfire right? So why were my friends so depressed? I stretched out my wings and got ready to fly away.

But my wings! I couldn't feel them stretching as I used the muscles I had used so many times now! I turned my head and stared disbelievingly at my back. My wings were gone!

I looked back at the feathers on the ground. I couldn't escape. I couldn't fly away. I knew that I would never enjoy the feeling of flying through the clouds again.

I watched the grey and white queen next to me yowling in pain. Foxleap was pacing anxiously outside. Hazeltail found out she was having kits a moon after the battle with bloodclan.

Jayfeather was working furiously and suddenly a small bundle was being pushed towards me. "open the sac and start licking it" jayfeather snapped before returning to hazeltail.

I nipped open the light sac and licked the kit. It was white with sandy paws, ears and tail tip. It was a tom. I looked at the little cat, proud of my friends work. I wondered if my kits would be as healthy as this one.

As if reading my thoughts, my kits squirmed a little. I nudged the tom to his mother and he immediately started to drink. I caught flashpaw and finchpaw looking through a small hole in the side of nursery. No doubt flashpaw's mentor ivypool showed them that.

I laughed a little as I though about what finchpaws mentor mousewhisker would think of that, but I knew he wouldn't blame ivypool. Those two… I thought. getting into as much trouble as their apprentices.

Another bundle of fur came out, a tan/cream she-cat with black ears paws and tail tip this time. Jayfeather nipped open the sac and pushed the small kit to her mother to lick.

Hazeltail gave a shrill shriek of pain and the last little kit came out. The kit was light grey, with a white underbelly, white paws, black ears a black tail and small black stripes along her back.

"you can come in foxleap" yowled jayfeather. Foxleap raced in and stared at his kits with pure joy in his eyes. Is that how toadstep would look at our kits?

"Bite open the last she-cats sac", jayfeather told foxleap. Foxleap did so but suddenly a burst of dust came out and it hovered in the air forming a shape I hadn't seen before. It was a bit like a square with out the bottom line and two dots on the end of each line. (a musical note)

5 cats stood around it and a large cat came up but the cats yowled, and suddenly the dust note, cats and large cat disappeared. I stood quiet, jayfeather was deep in thought, foxleap looked worriedly at the kit and hazeltail was watching it blankly.

"name your kits" jayfeather said. "I will think this over and tell you when your done."

The tan cream she-kit mewled and foxleap burst out, "Ember!" hazeltail shook herself out of her daze and nodded, looking at the kit with strong love. "emberkit it is," she said.

The grey, white and black she-kit blinked quickly, but I only caught a quick glimpse of green before she closed her eyes again. "she has beautiful jade eyes," I said.

Hazeltail nodded. "how about jadekit?" she asked foxleap. "perfect." He said. The last tom kit yawned and tumbled over, landing on a pile of webs jayfeather left. I mrowwed with laughter and hazeltail and foxleap joined in.

Hazeltail started licking the webs off the little tom. "how about webkit?" foxleap purred.

Just then jayfeather came back in. we all turned to him and hazeltail tucked her tail around the little grey kit.

"I do not know what that symbol was but from what starclan tells me, either this kit and four others will save the clans, or destroy them." Jayfeather said, and the apprentices slunk away from the hole.

"did you hear that?" foxleap said to his daughter. "you will save the clans." Hazeltail meowed.

At the next gathering, I padded over to ferretclaw. "where is mossyfoot?" I asked. He answered proudly. "taking care of our kits!" he whispered.

"She had them? That's great! Tell me everything!" I squealed softly.

"two toms." He said. "one is light brown with a white belly and a big white patch over his back, his name is carpkit. The other one is jet black and has brown stripes, he is wolfkit." I grinned. "knew you two liked each other since I met you!"

"what about riverclan? Do they know who is the father?" I asked. "no. a riverclan warrior died and he happened to be close to mossyfoot so she is pretending he is the father. She saw him in a dream and he said it was ok."

The gathering started but nothing much was said. Shadow clan had new kits, ashkit(she-cat) and ravenkit(she-cat). Riverclan had lost the warrior obviously and mossyfoot had his kits. Windclan also had kits, dropletkit and stormkit, born to furzepelt and leaftail. And of course hazeltail and foxleap's kits.

000

On the way back from the gathering I felt my stomach cramp up and I squeaked in pain. Toadstep rushed up, "are you ok?" he asked. My stomach convulsed, "I think the kits are coming!" I cried. By now everyone had stopped to see what the commotion was.

Leafpool and brightheart pushed through the crowd of thunderclan cats. Jayfeather was in the camp sorting herbs but I was glad the she-cats were here.

"its too early!" brightheart yowled, "and we have no herbs!" I shuddered at what the though of what that might mean. Toadstep was worried and he paced around uncomfortably.

Mousewhisker turned to finchpaw. "quick get jayfeather to tell you the herbs he needs and bring them back quick!" he told her and she sped off almost as fast as a windclan cat.

I shrieked again as another spasm passed through me. A small bundle dropped out and leafpool got to work on it, pushing it to me. It was a black she cat, with one ginger and white stripe stretching across her back.

Through all the pain, I looked at my kit. This pain was worth it. I looked at toadstep and saw how proud he looked. My smile was cut off as another convulsion cut through my stomach. I could feel the blood pooling out. This was bad I knew.

Then finchpaw raced in, bring with her cobwebs and other herbs. Leafpool thanked starclan as finchpaw laid down her cargo. Brightheart pressed the cobwebs around to soak up the blood.

A shriek ran through me and another kit tumbled out. This one was the spitting image of toadstep, but it had olive-green eyes and a dark ginger tail tip. He was a tom.

I looked at him lovingly as he suckled but anther wave of pain shot through me, and my vision blurred. I could hear toadsteps voice saying, telling me to stay with him. I almost passed out when yet another wet shape slithered out and more blood pooled out. That woke me up.

I watched as brightheart sniffed the kit as leafpool worked, trying to stop the blood. Just then another kit came and brightheart put it with the other kit and turned away, trying to help leafpool.

My head was clearer now. "why… why haven't you cut open their sacs?" I asked leafpool worriedly. She gave me a pitiful look. "I am sorry. They are stillborns." She said gently.

I yowled in grief as the blood subsided. I saw toadstep curl around me and my kits. Then I passed out.

000

I woke up wih toadstep next to me and my two kits under me. But this time I was back in the nursery. Toadstep noticed I was awake and nuzzled me joyfully. "You're ok!" he said relieved. "where are the stillborns?" I said full of grief. Toadstep sighed sadly. "they were buried."

I tried to push down the rising wail of grief and looked at my two asleep kits. "lets name the kits. The stillborn ones too." I said.

"the still borns were both toms. One was all white with a black patch and the other was brown with light ginger dapples. I thought the white and black one could be frogkit?" he suggested. "I love it." I said. "and the other one could be dustkit." Toadstep nodded.

I looked at the two sleeping by my side. "the tom that looks like you can be marshkit?" I suggested. "that's great. And the she-cat can be ebonykit." Toadstep said.

I yawned and toadstep told me to rest and padded out. Before I fell asleep hollyleaf came in. "I'm very proud of you" she said.

"you were a great apprentice and im sure you will be a great mother."

"thank you. I learn from you. You were like a mother to me when I was a kit." I said. hollyleaf purred. "I'm glad to consider you my kit."

Then she left and I curled around my kits and fell asleep.

Flashback over:

I watched as jademoon padded out of camp. I didn't know where hazeltail and foxleap's kit goes, but I trust she will eventually save the clans. Her sister emberheart is a good cat. Sweet and a good hunter, loyal, but I think jademoon feels a bit jealous because the prophecy spread and the few cats that disbelieve in her ridicule her, and she probably wants to be like her sister. I know how that feels.

Webpelt(lol) is jayfeathers apprentice, and helps jademoon with her prophecy. He is good at being a medicine cat and he can even soften jayfeather up!

Ebonypaw and marshpaw were always too excitable, but they were young and I expected as much. I still love them as if they are still kits. Toadstep would be proud. Im glad I will be joining him soon. The elders den is getting a bit crowded.

I watch ivypool and mousewhiskers kits, timberkit, ashenkit and seedkit play around. I can see my stillborn kits up there too. And my friends.

I know since I am youngest of the used-to-be winged cats, I am last to die, but I miss my friends dearly and wont be too sad to leave my clan to join them.

Hollyleaf and toadstep died from a bought of greencough and hazeltail and foxleap died protecting their kits in a battle. Mossyfoot and ferretclaw died together in battle when they both protected each other and their clan accidently killed them. Olivenose and emberfoot died from white cough and beetlewhisker drowned. Furzepelt died saving her kits from a fire and willowshine ate a mouse that had been stuffed with death berries. No one knew who did that.

My body gave one last heave as a cough shot through my lungs and I fell still. I stepped out of my body and looked back as webpelt came in and saw my dead body. My kits wailed and buried their noses in my bodys fur as jayfeather helped webpelt drag out my body.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, and there, hovering above me were all my friends. I felt a small tear come to my eye. I finally saw them again. "come up here and join us," they said. They were hovering in the starlight, how would I get up there?

As if sensing my thoughts, hollyleaf swooped down, "try using you wings" she giggled. I gasped and looked at my back. And there they were.

My wings.

A/N

So there is the end! The reason I had so many kits is that I will use some of them for a new fanfiction, but this one is over and in my new on, it wont be a sequel, just some of the cats in here will be used. I hope you liked it!