A/n-So sorry for the long delay! I been having a bit of writer's block and couldn't decide what to do next. Now I know what to do for the next few chapters. I don't know when the next chapter will be out but I know by September I go back to school so I won't have too much time but I'll manage! Anyway, enjoy!

Hawkfrost POV

The words hit him like an oncoming monster on the thunderpath. He never expected the dark furred apprentice to have that much feelings towards him. Hawkfrost never thought another cat would love him after what happened with Ivypool and him being dead. He thought they were just friends and Darkpaw was just looking out for him, but it explains why no matter what she never left his side. Hawkfrost's mind was in a spin finding the right words to say. There wasn't a doubt in his mind saying he didn't love her back.

"Darkpaw..." Hawkfrost began.

"It's totally ok if you don't, I understand we can still be friends." Darkpaw said with a hit of embarrassment.

"Oh, I do love you Darkpaw." Hawkfrost purred. He began rubbing his head against the fur on her neck.

"You-you do?!" Darkpaw stammered.

"Of course." The tabby purred.

"I'm so happy right now." Darkpaw purred.

Hawkfrost hasn't been this overjoyed ever, he wish this moment could last forever. They began sharing tongues in the sunshine. While Hawkfrost was grooming Darkpaw's pretty smelling fur, he saw something within the sunshine in the distance. He saw shadows of 2 kits play fighting in the short grass. The frosty tom didn't know why he was visioning kits, until he thought about him and Darkpaw.

Could those be our kits one day? Hawkfrost wondered. The thought of him being mates with her didn't seem unlikely at this point. It could be a sign from Starclan that they were meant to be. And the thought of him fathering kits made him kinda excited but worried because of the Dark forest might come after them.

"Great! More kits to fill the nursery!" Squirrelflight's voice startled Hawkfrost thinking she knew what he was thinking about.

"But I don't think it's a smart idea to have kits before you're a warrior." She said.

"Of course!" Darkpaw snapped at the ginger cat.

"Why are you spying on us?!"

Squirrelflight looked at Hawkfrost with disgust.

"To make sure he wasn't gonna kill anyone." She spat.

"Are you even hearing yourself?! Hawkfrost has done NOTHING wrong since he joined the clan. He doesn't deserve this suspension from cats that barely know him! Darkpaw hissed. "And why do you care so much?! What did he ever do to you?!"

"He almost killed my father!" Squirrelflight yelled.

Darkpaw didn't seem she was having any of Squirrelflight's excuses, but she did have a point. Hawkfrost's memory swirled back to that horrific day by the lake were he tricked Firestar into the fox traps and attempted to convince his brother to kill him so he could be leader. In those days, he didn't think about his actions affecting others. He never thought about Firestar's death and how the cats that cared about him would feel losing him. It took Hawkfrost years to understand why Brambleclaw didn't take advantage of the situation Firestar was in and murdered him. All he wanted to do is to help his brother and it wasn't for his own ambition as it wouldn't have helped him personally in Riverclan. But it was all Tigerstar's idea to have him help his brother.

"That was in the past Squirrelflight." Hawkfrost began. "There's nothing in the world I could show how sorry I am. You don't have to forgive me." He brushed Darkpaw's side with his tail and walked away from the cats.

"Hey Hawkfrost!" Sparkpelt came out of the bushes. "Have you seen Alderheart anywhere?"

"No, I haven't seen him since yesterday." Hawkfrost shaked his head.

"Oh...ok." Sparkpelt sighed frowning.

"Why? Is he missing?" The tom asked.

"I believe so, Jayfeather told me to go look for him but I pretty much searched the whole territory. I'm starting to get worried." Sparkpelt vented.

"I can help you look for him, if you want." He offered.

"Oh yes please!"

Sparkpelt sounded very worried about her bother, he just then realized that they were kin. Hawkfrost forgot about his other relations with cats in Thunderclan besides his brother. Also, he keeps reminding himself that the three that everyone thought were Bramblestar's kits weren't his nor his mate's. If they were, it would just make his and Darkpaw's relationship weird. Kinda like the other day were Graystripe was talking about his parents being litter-mates. Thank Starclan for forbidden relationships the tabby tom though as he rushed though the forest with Sparkpelt.

Jayfeather POV

"Where is he?!" Jayfeather was getting upset that his seeing-eye apprentice was gone. Leafpool was asleep in her nest already for the night. He could sense something wasn't right with Alderheart's sudden disappearance, probably due to them getting into a fight. Which could be why he's gone or he got stuck in a hole somewhere running off to Velvet. Velvet! The blind tom now knew where he was. But why? He had no problem just sneaking off to go see her and coming right back, unless-

"OH GREAT!" He exclaimed. Another medicine cat, breaking the code! I sound like my sister right now. Jayfeather thought.

He heard paw-steps coming into the den recognizing the scent was Morningtail.

"I think our kits are coming soon." She meowed quietly snuggling up to him in his nest.

"What are you doing?" Jayfeather asked.

"I wanted to be with you..."

"If you think I'm anything like Fernsong, you're wrong."

"That's one way to talk about your nephew."

Jayfeather snorted at the memory of Fernsong staying at Ivypool's side at all times when she was in the nursery. Mind as well make him a queen too.

"What do you think we should to with the kits?" Morningtail asked. He remembered the little lives growing in her and she was going to kit very soon.

"I think we should just let everyone figure it out on their own." The tom sighed "They really can't do anything to me since I can't be much help anywhere else in the clan. But its not like I'd be too busy worrying about them since I'm a tom."

"What do you think we should name them?" The she-cat purred to change the subject. Jayfeather rested his head on her side and thought.

"If we have any she-kits, l'd name her Moonkit or Briarkit. If we have a tom, I'd name him Rockkit." Naming his kits after cats that where very important to him and that he loved would be his way of honoring them.

My kits...

Darkpaw POV

"I guess Alderheart is missing." Said Firepaw. It was early in the morning and Hawkfrost hasn't gotten back from looking for Alderheart. She was starting to get worried about him because he left with Sparkpelt and other cats may become suspicious that he had done something to her. Squirrelflight especially as her son is missing and her daughter hasn't been seen since yesterday. As for Bramblestar, he doesn't seem too worried about Alderheart but more worried about Sparkpelt. Darkpaw was the only one that knew where he was and why he was gone. She felt sorta guilty for not saying anything but he asked for her not to say anything and planned to keep that promise. She stepped out of the den and took a look outside and saw the dawn patrol leave with Lionblaze in the lead. Perhaps it was a search party for Sparkpelt?

But she remembered that Bramblestar said to meet him for learning new hunting techniques near the lake. Darkpaw quickly grabbed a mouse from the fresh-kill pile and ate it swiftly without choking on it. She dashed out of the camp towards the scent of the lake. Darkpaw always loved the lake and to swim in it. She also had a taste for fish even though that she was a Thunderclan cat and only Riverclan liked the taste of fish. She made it to a clearing that overlooks the lake, Bramblestar was already there.

"I'm here!" She meowed.

"Good, now let's work on your hunting." He grunted. "You are often too heavy on your paws and act with your teeth first. You should always stock your prey with light paws or you'll scare them away."

Darkpaw was never the best hunter so she payed close attention to her mentor.

"And when you do try to catch them, you use your claws to get ahold of them and THEN bite to kill."

Bramblestar wasn't in a great mood at the moment by his tone of voice and felt like if she messed up, he would make her clean the elders bedding and pick the tiny fleas out of Graystripe's long maze of fur!

"How about you go try it while I watch."

"Ok." Darkpaw agreed with the fear of having the taste mouse bile in her mouth.

Can't wait till Hawkfrost is back! She thought.