Since almost no one has been voting for which tom Tigercloud's mate should be, I just chose a tom. You'll see in this next chapter. And possibly the final chapter.
Chapter 19:
Tigercloud stood anxiously waiting in the ThistleClan camp waiting for the patrol to return with her kits and Snowbush. Tigercloud heard a noise coming from the dirt place. She turned toward it. Out came a cat, looking confused.
"Where is everybody?" He asked.
"Snowbush?!" Tigercloud stared at him in shock.
"Why are you shocked that I'm here?" Snowbush asked her.
"I thought you stole my kits!" Tigercloud meowed.
"Well," Snowbush meowed. "I didn't. I was just making dirt."
"Well if you didn't steal them, who did?" Tigercloud asked him.
Snowbush shrugged. "If I knew, I would tell you."
Autumnleaf padded out of the medicine den. "Is Darkpool out here?" She asked.
"I didn't see him when I was at the dirt place." Snowbush meowed.
"Wait- you were in the dirtplace?" Autumnleaf asked.
Snowbush was about to respond but Tigercloud spoke first. "Yes, it's a long story."
"Well have you seen him out here?" Autumnleaf asked the two cats.
"I took a walk with him yesterday." Snowbush meowed.
"Great StarClan." Tigercloud whispered, her eyes wide with fear. "I think I know who took the kits."
Tigercloud raced though the forest. Of course the patrols wouldn't think to follow Darkpool's scent. He had gone on a walk with Snowbush to disguise where he was really going. It was Darkpool who took the kits! Tigercloud stopped as she reached the cliff between ThistleClan and RabbitClan territory.
Tigercloud searched for Darkpool and the kits' scents, but she couldn't find them. Had he thrown them over the cliff? Tigercloud desperately hoped not.
Then Tigercloud heard a faint mew. It was her kits! She ran toward the noise. She came to a clearing and spotted Darkpool. He was growling at something. Or someone. Tigercloud followed his gaze over to a dark gray tom. It was Alphaclaw.
Tigercloud watched the two cats snarl at each other. In the middle of them were Tigercloud's kits. Puddlekit spotted her.
"Tigercloud! Help us!" Puddlekit wailed. Darkpool hear the kit and turned toward Tigercloud.
"You…" he hissed. "killed….Mosspaw! Now I will kill you!" He lunged at Tigercloud. He takes his claws on her chest.
He forced her toward the ground and sat on top of her. Then, his weight was gone.
"How dare you!" Alphaclaw snarled. He takes Darkpool's eyes. As Darkpool tried to lunge at his throat, Alphaclaw tore at Darkpool's neck. Darkpool fell to the ground, blood pooling around his neck. The kits stared in horror. They regained sense of the world around them, and ran over to Tigercloud.
Tigercloud licked them both fiercely.
"Tigercloud, that tom saved us!" Puddlekit meowed. Tigercloud stopped licking them and turned toward Alphaclaw.
"Thank you." She meowed. Alphaclaw nodded. Then, one of the patrols arrived at the clearing.
"What's he doing on our territory?" Wolfwhisker asked Tigercloud.
"He saved my kits." Tigercloud answered and looked gratefully at Alphaclaw.
"From whom?" Wolfwhisker asked.
"Darkpool." Puddlekit meowed. Wolfwhisker shifted his gaze over to Darkpool's body.
"Could you take these two back to camp?" Tigercloud asked Wolfwhisker. "I want to speak with Alphaclaw." Wolfwhisker nodded and lead the kits and patrol away.
Tigercloud padded closer to Alphaclaw.
"Thanks again." Tigercloud meowed, gazing into his eyes.
"Any cat would have done it." Alphaclaw meowed. He leaned over and nuzzled Tigercloud's cheek. "Will you be my mate?" He whispered in her ear.
Tigercloud glanced at him playfully as she started moving away. "Meet me at the border at sunset." She meowed and ran off.
Epilogue:
Tigercloud and Alphaclaw met at the border that night. And every night moon after moon.
The end!
