The Moonpool's got gifts

I think I'm running out of steam for this fic. Or maybe not. It's really hard to tell these days. I just might need long to come up with stuff?

Anyways, please review!

Firestar lazily floated in the Moonpool, thinking about the past few months. They had systematically taken the rest of the clan to be converted over the past few months- a third of the human cats had been taken out every full moon and taken to the Moonpool. After that everyone was converted, they had to spend another few months to make it all permanent.

It had been worth it though. The moment the last mermaids had been taken to their second dip in the Moonpool, the clan threw a festival to celebrate. One good thing about not being a cat- food wasn't hard to get anymore. They had an abundance of food to go around, and everyone went to sleep that night with full stomachs.

There was still a little to iron out though. Mistystar, Onestar, Blackstar, and himself acted as joint leaders, taking care of their home, resolving any problems that arose, and getting everyone settled into their new home.

The deputies were still their second in commands- and they weren't sure if they were going to set up a council or if they wanted to keep four leaders to guide the clan. They weren't sure how the latter one would work- they didn't want to make the old clans apparent if they kept choosing mermaids from their own clans to be their deputies. It was confusing, but they needed to work something out for future generations. Did the founders of the clans have this hard a time shaping things out?

They had taken a look of pages out of the human's books. Mates and families were given their own places to live in. They didn't need to share their space with other mermaids(the warriors den back at the lake was so small and stuffy- so to say that the mermaids from Thunderclan were grateful was an understatement.).

There were a few surprises- like Minnowtail and Mousewhisker announcing that they were going to move in together to make their relationship work. He hadn't even realized that they were interested in each other.

Dovewing and Tigerheart was not a surprise- he never missed the fact that Dovewing snuck out at nights, or the various complaints of Thunderclan and Shadowclan scents being in places where they shouldn't. They were obviously in love with each other.

He smiled as he remembered what happened during the festival. He wanted to celebrate with them all, but there was something he wanted to do more- something he wanted to do before his workload inevitably increased. He had pulled Sandstorm aside and took her to their castle-that-only-Blackstar-still-liked and asked if she still wanted more children.

She had given him a blunt "what are you waiting for?" and the rest spoke for itself. They didn't have any results yet, and they only had that one night to relax- of course there were things that had to be done afterwards.

He wished he had more time for Sandstorm- that's what he gets for taking up the leader mantle yet again. His workload looked like it was finally beginning to die down- so there was hope still.

The moon was starting to come overhead. They discovered that they still went into trances at the sight of moonlight, still trying to get to the Moonpool. It hadn't happened lately because they were at the Moonpool every full moon since their last trance.

The trances were the Moonpool's way of summoning them. They didn't know why it was them and only them, but they didn't care enough to question it. Firestar didn't fight the trances anymore- he willingly surrendered to the haze clouding his mind and let his body take him where it wanted.

The leaders felt a shift in the Moonpool, its magic saturating every corner of the cavern.

You've all done so well

They said nothing, just knowing the Moonpool was pleased with them was enough. It filled him with so much joy that this entity cared more for the mermaids created in its depths than Starclan ever did.

You have all carried out my will and for that I thank you, my champions

The moon came overhead and the Moonpool started bubbling around them, little particles of light and water rising up into the sky. They felt the magic gently converge onto them.

I have a gift for you, my eternal protectors of the oceans

They all writhed in pleasure as the magic overstimulated their tails and bodies. Firestar could feel more fins growing out of his tail, and there was something heavy forming around his head. The bubbling died down once the moon passed by, and they all immediately examined themselves.

He found pectoral, ankle, hip, and heel fins protruding from his tail. His hand rose up to touch whatever was on his head, and he felt cold metal and different corals around his head. He looked up at the other leaders to see what exactly it was. He frowned- a crown? Some kind of circlet maybe?

Onestar groaned, "Great, now even the Moonpool thinks we're kings and a queen. Thanks a lot Blackstar."

Blackstar glared at him, "The Moonpool obviously didn't need me building a castle to give us crowns or whatever they are. It decided that by itself!"

Firestar tried prying the circlet off his head to examine it more, but the thing wouldn't come off no matter how hard he tried. He stopped, fearing that he tried any harder he would rip his head off. The other leaders didn't have much luck either.

Something about what the Moonpool said bugged him though. "Did anyone else catch it calling us eternal protectors of the ocean?" They looked at him confusedly. "We're already protectors of the ocean, what's your point?" Mistystar asked him.

"Yeah, but eternal?" They mulled over its meaning. Surely the Moonpool hadn't made them immortal with that final burst of magic?

"Well, if it did make us immortal, we won't know until much later," Blackstar sounded uneasy as he said it, and Firestar couldn't help but feel the same. He didn't want immortality especially if it meant everyone he cared about growing old and dying without him. He would sooner kill himself.

They made their way back home, where Sandstorm and Brambleclaw were waiting for them, looking disturbed. Firestar frowned, "Shouldn't you both be asleep at this hour?"

"We should, but we felt something go through us at moonhigh. We weren't the only ones who felt it and we don't know what it was," Brambleclaw reported with a tone of unease. He took a look at their new appearances, "What the heck is on your heads?"

"It doesn't come off..." Onestar mumbled.

The leaders glanced at each other, wondering about the first comment, before Firestar smiled widely. Of course the Moonpool wouldn't leave them to watch over the oceans alone. It had spread its magic so that the ones closest to the leaders would share in their immortality!

"What's gotten you so happy?" Sandstorm implored. "Oh nothing much. I don't think whatever went through you both is going to be anything to worry about," he laughed.

"Are you sure?" Brambleclaw asked worriedly. He gave them a nod and took Sandstorm's hand and led her back to the castle. He entwined their tails together as soon as they were in bed. Her face was creased into a frown, "Are you sure this is nothing to worry about?"

"Positive."

She chewed on her lip, "It's just that... I wanted to tell you in the morning but... I'm afraid of what this could mean for our child."

He gaped at her, not sure if he heard her correctly. She smiled at him and led his hands onto her stomach. He could hardly believe it, one night of passion was really all it took? He guessed that mermaids would be closer in terms of humans, seeing how it was already a month- if she was still a cat, they would have been half-way through the pregnancy already.

She said three words that filled him with immeasurable joy:

"Firestar, I'm pregnant."

Le gasp~ Sandy's gonna have kids! So are mermaids considered mammals or fish cause if shes considered a fish then Fires and Sandy are gonna have a ton of kids...

Tell me how I did.