A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the long wait. I got my computer taken away over the weekend and I finally got it back! I have started a new thing for updating stories. As I had said in Flightstar's Reign, you guys can suggest which stories you want update besides Flight of the Broken. PM me and the fifth message will be the story that I update during the week. Every Sunday, send me new messages. I hope this helps so that I can update the stories that you guys like and not leave them unupdated for a while. So, here is the next chapter of my amazing story, Flight of the Broken!

Chapter 26

Grasswing opened her eyes and looked down at the five kits that were curled up at her belly. As her gaze travelled through her kits, she noticed an odd thing about Bluekit. The poor blue-grey she-cat was born wingless, just like her. I am not going to let her be treated badly, she vowed. No kit deserves what I had faced as a kit. She gazed over at Pebblefall's and Applefrost's nests, which were empty. They must be hunting, she thought.

Then a mewl came from Mosskit. She looked down and gently licked his head and he began to purr, snuggling closer to her belly.

She looked outside and saw Pebblefall and Applefrost running towards her, a grey furry bundle in his jaws. Applefrost clambered up the tree and sat beside Grasswing. He placed the furry bundles down, which started to meow. "We found this kit by the river. She is barely three days old. I know that you already have five kits to take care of, but we can't leave her alone," Applefrost said, nudging the kit closer.

"Of course I will take care of her mouse-brain! What do you want to name her?" The kit crawled slowly to Grasswing's belly and began to suckle. As she cleaned the mud off the kit's pelt, she saw grey flecks dotting its grey fur. "How about Cinderkit?" Pebblefall suggested and Grasswing smiled. Swiftkit stretched, and place his head on her back and went back to sleep and Cinderkit snuggled up beside him. "I see that the others will accept her," Applefrost purred.


It had been a few days since they had taken in Cinderkit and Grasswing loved her as much as her other kits. "Momma?" Mosskit asked and Grasswing looked down at him. He had just opened his eyes yesterday and his were bright green. "Yes dear?" "Could we go outside?" Mosskit asked.

Grasswing chuckled. "Maybe if the others wake up," she replied and Mosskit tipped his head. "When will the others wake up?" Grasswing smiled. Just then, Bluekit's head popped up and she looked at Mosskit. "I'm up!" she purred, her blue eyes sparkling in the sunlight.

She then turned to Cinderkit, who was still sleeping. "Wake up sleepy head!" she purred, shaking her sister. Cinderkit let out a murmur before rolling over and going back to sleep. "Wake up!" she repeated and Cinderkit lazily opened her blue eyes and looked at her sister. "What Bluekit?" she said, yawning. "Help me wake the others. Once everyone is up, momma promised us that she will take us outside!" Bluekit said loudly and Swiftkit opened his eyes. "Outside?" he echoed and Grasswing looked at Bluekit.

"Hold on, I didn't promise anyone that I would take you outside," Bluekit looked at her, wide eyed. "Please?" she begged and the other kits chimed in. Dovekit and Moonkit opened their eyes, and nodded quickly. Grasswing sighed. "Fine, when your father gets back I will take you out for a bit," Grasswing said and Bluekit bounced up and down with excitement. Mosskit peaked outside, watching anxiously for Applefrost and Pebblefall to return.

Mosskit spotted a black pelt not too far ahead and smiled. "I see him!" The other kits rushed over to him, checking if he was right. Grasswing looked out and her voice lowered. "That isn't him," she whispered and two cats, a black one, and a darker grey one continued to walk closer and closer to where they were nested. "Jinx, I think some other cats live here. Cat scent is still fresh," the black tom said and the other cat, Jinx sighed.

"Honestly Smokey. This is our place now. Amber is still young and is injured. Think about our daughter," Jinx said and Grasswing watched her place a black kit with white paws on the ground. "It is safer here than somewhere else," she replied firmly and picking up Amber by her scruff, she began to head towards the tree. "Momma? What's going to happen? Are we going to have to leave?" Swiftkit whispered, scared. "No, don't worry little ones," Grasswing said in a soothing voice. Jinx stood perched on the branch into the opening to where Grasswing lived. Grasswing let out a hiss and Jinx narrowed her eyes, placing her kit on the moss ground. "Get out!" Grasswing growled and Jinx slid her claws out. She spotted six little kits peering out from behind the brown she-cat's legs and one grey kit looked familiar.

The flapping of wings became audible and Jinx snapped her head around to face Applefrost and Pebblefall. "Jinx! Come down!" Smokey's yowl came from outside and Jinx rolled her eyes, picking up Amber and heading back down the tree. Applefrost flew down to the two loners and Grasswing turned to her mother. "Could you watch them for me?" Pebblefall nodded and Grasswing climbed down the tree.

Applefrost landed right beside her and the two mates looked at the three cats. "Why does that funny cat have wings?" Amberkit asked and Jinx hissed. "A freak, probably." Grasswing narrowed her eyes and unsheathed her claws. Nobody talks about my mate like that! Smokey stepped in front of his mate. "I'm sorry for my mate's rude behavior. Our daughter, Amber had been injured and we were looking for somewhere to stay. We didn't know that this was your home," Smokey apologized, dipping his head.

"It's okay. My name is Applefrot and this is my mate, Grasswing." Smokey smiled. "I'm Smokey, this is Jinx, and our daughter is Amber." Jinx looked at Grasswing. "Why are you one of the normal looking cats and he has wings?"

Hurt shone is Grasswing's eyes and she mumbled quietly, "Because, I was born without wings." Applefrost licked his mate's cheek, hoping to cheer her up. "Is it okay if we stay here the night?" Smokey asked and Grasswing nodded. "Of course," she purred. "There is a spot at the roots where it is safe and good for a nest." Grasswing walked off and came back a few heartbeats later with some herbs in her mouth.

She walked up to Amber and placed the herbs on the ground. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you," she reassured and began to chew up some marigold and put it on the scratches on Amber's pelt. Then she stretched some cobwebs over it so that the herbs could be held in place to help heal the wounds. "Better now?" Amber nodded and Grasswing smiled. "Why don't you three rest for now?" Applefrot suggested and Jinx nodded and padded over to the nest and curled up in snuggled up to her mother and began to close her eyes. "Thanks," Smokey said before curling up beside his mate, fast asleep. Grasswing smiled and the two mates climbed back into the hole in the willow tree. When Grasswing had climbed in, she was bombarded with questions from her kits.

"What are they like?"

"Are they scary?"

"Are they big and strong?"

"Do they have wings?"

Applefrost chuckled. "Slow down," he purred and Grasswing plopped down in her nest and the six kits gathered at her belly. "How about instead, I tell you a story?" The kit's eyes lit up and they nodded vigorously. "Okay. How about the story of Flightstar?" The kits curled up, listening to the story. "Flightstar was a large brown tom and the leader of Wingclan. He had five kits, four toms, and one she-cat. When the kits were born, one of them was wingless and everyone in the clan hated the kit except for the kit's mother and only friend…"

Amber listened quietly as Grasswing told the story, straining her ears to pick up every word. She was fascinated about the idea of cats being able to fly over treetops and found the Flightstar cat, to be mean and rough. Momma never tells me stories, she thought sadly. The sweet lull of Grasswing's words made Amber feel drowsy and the black kit closed her eyes and went fast to sleep.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait with the chapter! I hope you guys are happy because I have a headache and I am still nice enough to finish typing and posting it. Jinx, Smokey and Amber will return later in the story o don't think that they aren't important, even a certain white she-cat from the earlier chapters will make an appearance. Remember about the PM thing and I will see you guys in the next update tomorrow with Darkness Rising!

-Grasswing