Sunheart sat outside the nursery watching Swiftkit and Firekit play moss ball. Sunheart smiled as she remembered when she used to play that with Vineleaf when they were kits. Vineleaf was watching them from outside the medicine den with the same look on her face. I wonder if Hawkfur did the same with Raventail, Sunheart thought as she stared at her kits. Swiftkit looked so much like his father except for his green eyes and Firekit had blue eyes.
"Hey, Sunheart! How are you and the kits doing?" Dewheart asked as he padded over and sat down beside her.
"We're all just fine," Sunheart answered. "They're just playing moss ball."
"I remember I used to do that with my littermates," Dewheart meowed with a smile.
"I used to play moss ball with Vineleaf all the time," Sunheart replied.
"I think we played a few times, didn't we?" Dewheart recalled.
"I think we did," Sunheart agreed.
"Bramblestar!" Shadowmoon came dashing into camp with a look of rage on his face.
Bramblestar leaped down from his den on the Highledge and stopped in front of Shadowmoon. "What's wrong?"
"More WindClan scent across the border!" Shadowmoon growled in response. "It might be safe to assume an invasion is coming!"
Bramblestar narrowed his eyes. "We can't know that for sure," he argued. "I don't want to start a battle right before leaf-bare and have injured warriors that can't hunt for the Clan."
"But we can't just ignore this!" Dustpelt came up beside Shadowmoon. "We must meet this with our teeth and claws!"
"Dustpelt, ThunderClan honors your courage but I don't want to use herbs we might need in leaf-bare," Bramblestar explained.
"Dustpelt and Shadowmoon are right! We can't ignore them crossing our border whenever they want!" Cloudtail joined the discusion.
"We need to fight WindClan!" Berrynose agreed. The warriors began to murmur their agreement and Sunheart began to get worried. Firekit and Swiftkit then ran over to her.
"Mom! Why are the warriors shouting?" Firekit asked.
"It's nothing dear," Sunheart meowed wrapping her tail around her kits.
"Is our camp going to be invaded by WindClan?" Swiftkit asked.
"Of course not," Sunheart soothed.
The camp suddenly got silent. Every cat's attention was focused on Bramblestar. The leader then lifted his head. "Alright. We will launch an attack on WindClan tonight," he decided. The Clan cheered and yowled with satisfaction. Sunheart stared in horror.
"ThunderClan will show WindClan not to cross our borders!" Swiftkit squeaked.
"What if they come into the camp?" Firekit fretted.
Sunheart quickly pulled her kits closer. "If that happens then you'll be well protected," she meowed. She then quickly picked her kits up by their scruffs and headed over to Vineleaf.
"Sunheart? What do you need?" Vineleaf asked.
"You heard Bramblestar's desicion," Sunheart began. "I need you to watch my kits." Sunheart put her kits down and turned to walk out of camp but Vineleaf stopped her.
"Why?" Vineleaf asked.
Sunheart looked over her shoulder at her sister and her kits. "I've got a battle to stop."