Robinpaw, I see your point. Yes, they could have leapt out after Blazepaw but I thought Thunderclan was getting a little too big, I wasnt't really paying attention to how many cats were in the clan. I made the fire happen so that I could kill off some of them.
Starclan's P.O.V
"Are you my father?" Poppyfur asked, glaring at a ginger tom.
"Yes, this is your father." Fernleaf purred.
"I'm Berrypelt. Poppyfur you were a great warrior, I watched you and your brothers grow up proudly. You should have been a warrior longer." Berrypelt sighed.
"At least I'm with you and Fernleaf." She purred.
"Cinderpaw!" Redfire gasped, staring at the cream-colored she-cat.
"Redfire! I've missed you!" Cinderpaw purred. She turned to the frightened ginger tom sitting next to Redfire.
"You must be Thistlepaw. Welcome to Starclan, I'm Cinderpaw." She purred.
"I've heard about you." Thistlepaw mewed.
"Where's Whitepelt?" Fernleaf asked, glancing around for her sister.
"I'm right here." Whitepelt purred.
"Goldenflower?" Robinwing called.
"I'm right here my son." a golden she-cat stepped out of the shadows. All the cats who died from the fire were reuniting with their lost family. Daisykit and Shrewkit sat around awkwardly, staring at all the cats with their families. A gray tom padded over them.
"You must be Daisykit and Shrewkit." He purred.
"Y-yes." Shrewkit shuddered.
"Who are you?" Daisykit asked.
"Owlfeather!" Featherwind gasped.
"Owlfeather I thought you were with your father! How did you end up in Starclan?" Cherryblossom asked.
"He was always a clan cat at heart, it never left him." A cream-colored she-cat and a gray she-cat stepped out beside him.
"Hollystar!" Robinwing purred.
"This is my mother, Midnight. You may remember Hollystar saying that Midnight was her sister?" Owlfeather mewed.
"How did you die?" Featherwind asked.
"I was hit by a monster. My father and I were crossing the Thunderpath and the monster hit us. Only I died." Owlfeather mewed.
"Cinderpaw it's all your fault!" a tortoise-shell she-cat hissed suddenly.
"What is Cinderpaw's fault?" Thistlepaw asked.
"We should have told them long ago!" the ginger tom next to her growled.
"Squirrletail, Runningfire what are you talking about?" Frostfang asked.
"About Tigerlily's kits! We would have told them the truth when they were only kits but Cinderpaw said we should leave it!" Runningfire hissed.
"We should have told them. Growing up not knowing who their real mother isn't a good thing to do, I would know. I wish I had told Foxheart when he was young, then at least he wouldn't have been angry with Ashfeather, Crowwing, Nightstripe and Tigerlily. Who knows how Blazepaw and Sandpaw will cope, Foxheart didn't cope well at all." Mossfur mewed.
"He still forgave them. Do you think Blazepaw and Sandpaw will ever forgive Tigerlily for giving them away? Ashfeather didn't give Foxheart away, he stumbled off on his own. Windclan thought he was dead. Tigerlily knew very well her two kits were still alive and in Thunderclan, she just didn't know whether they were Thistlepaw, Blazepaw, Sandpaw or Heatherpaw." Runningfire pointed out.
"I see your point Runningfire but we will just have to give them a chance to cope." Swirlpaw mewed.
"They might make the same decision Foxheart did, if they are loyal enough to Thunderclan they might stay." Squirrletail mewed.
"Are you saying my littermates aren't loyal?" Thistlepaw flared.
"No, just every cat reacts differently. We will just have to wait and see how Sandpaw and Blazepaw cope with the situation" Cinderpaw mewed.
Sandpaw's P.O.V
Rain slowly started pouring down. It didn't take long until it was coming down hard. The Windclan cats and the Thunderclan cats stopped fighting and stared at Tigerlily, Barktail, Nightstripe, Foxheart, Icestorm, Blazepaw and Sandpaw. Blazepaw and Sandpaw's eyes widened.
"What did you say?" Blazepaw asked.
"I said they can't attack Tigerlily's kits. I'm sorry, but you and Blazepaw aren't my kits. You're Tigerlily's kits." Foxheart mewed.
"How?" Sandpaw asked. I can't belive what he's saying!
"Well-"
"No Foxheart, I'll tell them." Tigerlily silenced Foxheart with her tail.
"Alright." Foxheart nodded.
"Moons ago, only warriors and their apprentices were allowed in the camp. Elders and Queens had to find somewhere else on the moorland to stay. We were all scattered. I knew you the both of you would die if you stayed in Windclan. So I made the hardest choice I ever had to make, I took the both of you onto Thunderclan territory where we ran into Foxheart. He promised to take care of you both." Tigerlily mewed.
"So you lied to us?" Sandpaw flared, turning on Foxheart.
"I promised Tigerlily you would never know." Foxheart mewed.
"Why did you choose to tell us now and not when we were kits?" Blazepaw asked.
"Because I promised Tigerlily I wouldn't. Before Redfire died he made me promise to tell you both the truth."
"Redfire knew?" Tigerlily hissed.
"No. He didn't know they were yours, but he knew they weren't Thunderclan born. Everyone who was there when I brought them into the clan knew." Foxheart shook his head.
"Tigerlily, is this true? Did you give away Windclan kits?" Wolfstar growled.
"They would have died if they stayed in Windclan! It was leaf-bare! There was no way they would have survived if I hadn't brought them to Foxheart!" Tigerlily growled.
"We lost two Windclan kits because you!" Wolfstar growled.
"No! We lost two Windclan kits because of you! You were the one who ordered the queens and elders to move out of them camp!" Nightstripe hissed.
"Tigerlily, are these the kits that you told us died?" Barktail asked, glancing at Blazepaw and his sister.
"Yes, these are our kits." Tigerlily nodded.
"Barktail is our father?" Sandpaw eyes widened.
"Yes." Tigerlily mewed.
"Sandpaw, Blazepaw I'm sorry. You were never supposed to know." Foxheart sighed.
"And why not? Why couldn't you tell us you weren't our father?" Sandpaw growled.
"Because I made a promise to Tigerlily." Foxheart hissed.
"So then why didn't you keep it a secret?" Blazepaw spat.
"Because Redfire wanted you to know! He wanted me to tell you the truth." Foxheart scoffed.
"Sandpaw, Blazepaw now you have to make a choice. Will you continue to live in Thunderclan with the cats you grew up with, or will you join Windclan to live with your true parents?"
"I won't live in a clan with cats who have lied to me all these moons." Blazepaw hissed, stepping beside Barktail. Sandpaw glanced around at her clan mates, and to her brother. She took a step beside Blazepaw.
"I'm sorry Cloudwind, you'll have to get a new apprentice. I'm staying with Blazepaw." Sandpaw mewed.
Foxheart's P.O.V
Foxheart watched as Blazepaw and Sandpaw padded away with the Windclan warriors. This is all my fault. I should have told them before, then maybe they would have stayed.
"The fire has stopped. The rain has put it out, we can return to the camp." Wolfclaw reported. He, Grayfur and Lilyflower were sent to check the fire.
"Foxheart, it's not your fault they chose to leave with Windclan." Icestorm mewed, she was interrupted by a loud shriek from Turtleshell.
"She kitting!" Honeyswirl shouted, racing to her side. Whitepaw stumbled over to her mentor.
"We don't have any herbs, they have most likely been burnt from the fire." Whitepaw said nervously.
"She will just have to have her kits without them." Honeyswirl sighed. Grayfur raced to his mates immediately.
"Don't worry. You'll be fine." He murmured softly in her ear.
"She's having four kits!" Honeyswirl announced.
"There's the first one!" Whitepaw mewed.
"It's tom." Honeyswirl purred, placing the tiny gray tom at Grayfur's paws. Grayfur didn't have to be told, he immediately began licking his son.
"Here comes another one! It's a she-cat!" Whitepaw mewed. She placed the ginger she-cat at Foxheart's paws. Foxheart bend down and licked the she-cat furiously.
"This next one is a she-cat." Honeyswirl purred, placing the gray she-cat at Icestorm's paws. Icestorm licked the kit gently.
"Here is the last one, another she-cat." Honeyswirl purred, placing the mewling gray striped kit at Turtleshell's belly. Foxheart and Grayfur did the same.
"This gray striped she-cat will be Skykit." Turtleshell purred.
"And the ginger she-cat will be Firekit, named after the fire that took the lives of many of our warriors." Grayfur said.
"This gray she-cat will be Rainkit, for the rain the put out the fire." Turtleshell purred.
"And the tom will be Smokekit, for the smoke that blinded us one they way to the lake." Grayfur mewed.
"Skykit, Firekit, Rainkit and Smokekit. They're beautiful kits." Wolfclaw purred. The four new kits were his kin, Turtleshell was his sister.
"They are beautiful." Ravenstar purred.
"Will they make it to the camp?" Cedarleaf asked.
"There is no camp." Ivypelt hissed. She refused to speak to anyone after the loss of her brother. Robinwing was the only thing she had left besides her clan and now he was gone. Her whole family was gone, all taken away by Starclan.
"We can rebuild the camp." Foxheart insisted.
"Grayfur, Turtleshell, Foxheart and Icestorm will carry Turtleshell's kits. We will return to camp." Ravenstar mewed. Foxheart picked up Firekit and followed his clan mates, afraid of what they will find at their camp.
