Honeyswirl's P.O.V
"Honeypaw!" Honeyswirl's brother, Cedarleaf and her sister, Cherryblossom raced up to her after she came out from the moonstone.
"It's Honeyswirl now. I got my medicine cat name." Honeyswirl said annoyingly. Calm down, they couldn't have known.
"Sorry." Cedarleaf mumbled.
"Congratulations! Just wait till Willowtail hears about this." Cherryblossom said proudly.
"Oh c'mon, quit fussing about me. Tell me what is so important, you didn't race all the way over here just because you missed me." Honeyswirl rolled her eyes.
"It's Dawnflower. She started kitting but everything went wrong." said Cedarleaf.
"Oh. Poor Darkstorm!" Honeyswirl gasped.
"I know. Now he has seven kits to care for by himself." said Cherryblossom.
"Seven? How's he ever going to care for seven kits by himself?" Honeyswirl asked.
"I don't know. Morningmist of Riverclan and Heatherberry offered to help suckle them." said Cedarleaf.
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"So what did Starclan tell you?" Cherryblossom asked eagerly, changing the subject. Squirrletail told me not to tell anyone about Redpaw and Sunnykit. Starclan has a different path for them to follow. She reminded herself.
"Nothing important. I am just an apprentice after all, if they had anything important to say the would have said it to Frostfang or Hollystar." She lied.
"I suppose your right." Cherryblossom agreed. I hate to lie to them. They're my littermates.
"C'mon then. Let's go see Willowtail and Ravenwing! They'll for sure be proud of you!" Cherryblossom exclaimed. Maybe Willowtail, but I don't think my father would be that proud of me. He wanted me to a warrior but I refused. We haven't gotten along that well.
"Willowtail! Ravenwing!" Cedarleaf shouted to them.
"What's all the excitement about?" Willowtail grumbled. Dawnflower was her best friend, and she was gone.
"Come on, spit out." Ravenwing laughed.
"I got my medicine cat name." Honeyswirl said casually.
"That's great! So what are we supposed to call you now?" her mother asked.
"Try and guess." Honeyswirl smiled.
"Honeypaw, just say it." Ravenwing said annoyingly.
"You have to call me Honeyswirl now." Honeyswirl growled at him.
"Did you say, 'swirl'?" Willowtail asked.
"Yes, that's what I said, why?" Honeyswirl was confused.
"Maybe Starclan is trying to tell me something." Willowtail mumbled.
"What do you mean?" Cedarleaf asked.
"Well, you know that new kits are your kin. Darkstorm is my brother." Willowtail started.
"Yes, we knew that." Cherryblossom said impatiently.
"He named one of his kits, Swirlkit." She said.
"So? It's just a coincidence." Honeyswirl shrugged.
"Just listen. When I was an apprentice, my best friend was a she-cat named Swirlpaw." Willowtail told them.
"Did she get kicked out of the clan?" Cedarleaf's eyes widened.
"No. She was killed. Nobody knows what killed her. She was so young...had her whole life ahead of her. Her brother was devastated."
"Who's her brother?" Cherryblossom asked.
"His name was Swiftpaw. He was captured by Two legs a moon later. I felt so bad for Oakfur, first his mate; who died of green cough, and then his two kits." Willowpelt shook her head.
"That seems kind of strange to me. First Swirlpaw died and then a moon later Swiftpaw goes missing?" Honeyswirl said.
"That was the past. We have to move on now. It happened so long ago. I'm going to go see if Berrypelt wants me to do anything." Ravenwing got up and padded over to the Thunderclan deputy.
"What's gotten into him?" Cedarleaf asked.
"Swiftpaw was your father's best friend." Willowtail explained. The three of them nodded. Wait, Squirrletail said that she was taking me to see Redpaw, Sunnykit and Swiftpaw! He's alive! Ravenwing will be so glad to hear that! She thought happily. I can't tell him. She remembered. Starclan has a different path for them to follow. The clan mustn't know they are alive.
Foxheart's P.O.V
Was I a little too harsh? He thought to himself. He could feel Icestorm's warm pelt up against his flank. Careful not to wake her, he padded up to t he edge of the hill. He looked down on the forest, the place he was leaving behind. Maybe Stormpaw was right, if we leave the forest Redpaw and Sunnykit will never find us.
"Just stop it." He hissed at himself. "Redpaw is dead. He's been dead for about ten moons. He isn't coming back. I've just got to deal with the fact that he's dead!" Foxheart startled when he heard a branch snap behind him. Lionclaw stepped out of the shadows.
"Talking to yourself now." Lionclaw snickered.
"Yea, so?" Foxheart growled.
"If I were Hollystar, I would kick out all cats who aren't pure Thunderclan. She's a fool for letting you, your apprentice and those three jokes for warriors in the clan."
"Well, you aren't Hollystar. And she isn't going to kick us out, Now is she?" Foxheart snarled. He's never liked any of us.
"I'll make sure she does." Lionclaw hissed.
"Go ahead and try." Foxheart spat before laying back down beside Icestorm. Foxheart watched Lionclaw padded over to Silverstreak and lay beside her. Good. If Lionclaw is her mate then she can stop glaring at Icestorm every time I'm around her. Foxheart closed his eyelids and fell asleep.
"Foxheart. C'mon, it's time to go." Icestorm nudged him awake. He opened his mouth and tasted the air, he could smell the familiar scent of dry leaves and mouse. He forced himself onto his paws and shook his red pelt.
"Cats of all clans. We will leave shortly. Make sure every cat is awake and ready to leave when we give the command." Runningstar announced. All the cats nodded.
"I'm going to see if Darkstorm needs help carrying his kits, want to come?" Icestorm asked hopefully. Foxheart padded beside her, their pelts brushing against each others.
"Darkstorm, do you need help to carry the kits?" Foxheart asked. Darkstorm nodded gratefully. Foxheart picked up Cloudkit while Icestorm picked up Swirlkit. Other cats volunteered to help him, he nodded graciously at each one. He picked up Graykit; he glanced around nervously for the other kits, Honeyswirl had Larkkit, Frostfang was looking at it closely, Deerstripe was carrying Deerkit, Willowtail had Lilykit in her jaws, and Cedarleaf had Snowkit.
"Thank you." Darkstorm mewed at the cats. Frostfang padded over to him and murmured something in his ear. Darkstorm frowned. "Are you sure?" He asked nervously. Frostfang nodded.
"Ok." Darkstorm sighed. Foxheart padded over to his mentor when Frostfang went away.
"What was that about?" He asked curiously.
"It was about Larkkit. Frostfang told me he's deaf." Darkstorm said calmly.
"Does Hollystar know?" Icestorm asked, he hadn't noticed her behind him.
"She does now." Frostfang was talking to Hollystar. The clan leader just nodded.
"Cats of all clans! We are leaving immediately." Hollystar announced. Foxheart watched as Fernkit padded over to Icestorm.
"It's not fair." Fernkit grumbled.
'What's not fair?" Icestorm asked.
"The other kits treat me different. We were playing with the kits from the other clans, we were pretending to be clan warriors. We even had clan leaders, I wanted to be the clan leader for Thunderclan but the kits laughed at me. They said I had to be a medicine cat because I was blind." Fernkit explained.
"The other kits just have to get used to you being blind." Icestorm touched her shoulder with her tail.
"Your right." The tiny, fluffy brown kit sighed.
"Fernkit. Come on, it's time to go!" Heatherberry called.
"You know Icestorm, I feel like you're the only cat that really understands me. I hope Hollystar will make you my mentor." Fernkit mewed before padding back over to her mother.
"You really get along with her. Hollystar should make you her mentor. I'm sure if you mentioned it Berrypelt he would talk to her for you." Foxheart told her.
"Maybe. If I did, I would have to teach her new techniques, she can't do the regular techniques that you and me learned." said Icestorm.
"Yea, Stormpaw and I could-"
"But what if she'll never ba a warrior." Icestorm interrupted. "What if Hollystar see's her blindness as a weakness and decides that she can't be a warrior."
"I don't know. I hadn't thought of that." Foxheart murmured.
"Icestorm." Rosepetal padded over to the two of them.
"Hi Rosepetal. Congrats on becoming a warrior by the way." Icestorm purred.
"Thanks. Here, why don't I take Swirlkit. I'm sure Fernkit would be happy to have your company." Icestorm nodded. Rosepetal picked up Swirlkit and padded away.
"I'm gonna go get Fernkit." Icestorm purred. She padded over to Fernkit. The brown kit grinned happily.
"Foxheart, We're leaving now. Pick up Cloudkit and let's go." Foxheart's mentor called. Foxheart turned to thy tiny bundle of fluff. She had her eyes open already.
"You kind of smell funny. I want my mom." The white she-kit mewed. Morningmist from Riverclan suckled her. She must think her clan is Riverclan.
"Well, you better get used to this smell." Foxheart laughed.
"Why?" Cloudkit narrowed her tiny blue eyes.
"Because you're a Thunderclan kit, not Riverclan."
"What do you mean?" she squeaked.
"Well, I'm sorry that I'm the one to tell you, but your mother died during your kitting. Morningmist of Riverclan offered to suckle you." Foxheart explained.
"Oh." she said quietly. Without another word Foxheart picked her up and padded over to Icestorm.
Whitepelt's P.O.V
Five cats sat beside a pool of water. All former Thunderclan cats, who now hunted in Starclan.
"Why don't we just tell the clans that Sunnykit, Redpaw and Swiftpaw are still alive?" Whitepelt said irritably.
"If they knew, would you really think Foxheart, Icestorm or Stormpaw would leave? No, they would stay behind, waiting. They can't abandon Thunderclan now. Their clan needs them." Runningfire, the former deputy insisted.
"Runningfire is right, and you know it." Squirrletail said seriously.
"You've never had kits. You wouldn't understand how I feel." Whitepelt mumbled.
"I have, and I miss them dearly. I just hope Darkstorm can manage without me." Dawnflower mumbled.
"Actually, what you don't know is that I have had a kit." the former medicine cat hissed.
"But you're a medicine cat! You can't have kits." Dawnflower gasped.
"Well I did." Squirrletail scoffed.
"Yes, and what a marvelous cat he turned out to be." the fifth cat, Leafstar retorted.
"He didn't know I was his mother." Squirrletail muttered.
"Now you're defending him? After what he did to us?" Runningfire growled.
"No, I'm not defending him." Squirrletail growled at her old littermate.
"Oh sure." Leafstar rolled her eyes.
"Will you four just stop bickering?" a small cat stepped out of the bush.
"Hello Swirlpaw, your late." Runningfire smiled.
"Sorry." Swirlpaw was embarrassed.
"It's alright." Whitepelt mewed, pleased to see an old friend.
"Dawnflower, I'm sure your seven beautiful kits will manage. I trust Darkstorm will take good care of them." Swirlpaw mewed. Dawnflower just nodded.
"Now, what are we going to do about Sunnykit, Redpaw and Swiftpaw?" Runningfire asked.
"We should let them deal with what they have to." Leafstar said.
"What? But we have to help them find the clans." Whitepelt insisted.
"I know you want what's best for Sunnykit and Redpaw, but we have to let them deal with it on their own. Don't forget they are safe with the Tribe of Rushing Water." Squirrletail reminded her.
"You don't know what it's like when your own kit is part of those three." Whitepelt mumbled.
"Actually, I do. My brother is part of the three." Swirlpaw retorted.
"Stop arguing. I'm sorry, but I agree with Leafstar. We have to let them work it all out." Dawnflower said calmly.
"Fine." Whitepelt muttered. The other cats agreed.
"Then it's settled. We will watch over them, but we will not interfere." Runningfire reminded them as they all padded away.