Chapter #12 The New Day -
It was two moons since Blackrose had her litter of five. None of her kits died but instead grew quickly and became strong. Blackrose named all of them except on that looked like Ravenwing. Ravenwing named him Stormkit, after his black pelt with white specks, then there was Fogkit, who looked like Cedarheart and Blackrose. Fogkit was a dark gray she-cat with lighter paws and face. Dewkit was a skinny tom withapale gray coat with darker flecks. His eyes were bright green. Flowerkit was brown like Mousefur. Flowerkit's twin was Luxkit.
Blackrose watched them all play, then looked at her own mother.
"Mousefur, I was wondering, how do you handle it? I feel like there is so much to love."
"That is the beautiful thing about love, you can keep giving it and never run out, because others return it."
Blackrose nodded and Fogkit padded up to her.
"Mommy, Stormkit knocked me over and I got hurt." Fogkit mewed helplessly.
Blackrose looked at her longingly and licked her head, "Feel better?"
"Sort of," She looked up at her mother, "Thank you!"
The dark gray she-cat padded over to Flowerkit and Luxkit, hissing at her brother. Dewkit was asleep currently, next to his brown grandmother. Mousefur looked down at her and Blackrose could tell she was sleepy. Her kitting day was coming up and Blackrose hoped that her kitting would go better than hers.
Spiderleg padded up to Stormkit and looked him in the eye, "Don't hurt your sister, because when I used to hurt my brother, Shrewpaw, he stop paying attention to me and avoided me and it ended up getting him killed by a Monster." Whitefrost, his mate, nodded. Stormkit nodded and walked over to Fogkit to say he was sorry. She nodded and licked his face. He gave her a playful push and they got into a 'sissy' fight. Blackrose purred in amusement. Ravenpaw padded up to her.
"Here," He dropped a plump sparrow at her feet, "I was just on patrol. How is it going?"
Blackrose looked at the black warrior and grinned, "Well Fogkit and Stormkit got into a fight but he said he was sorry for hurting her and well as you can see.." She looked sideways, pass Ravenwing and at her kits. Flowerkit and Stormkit were playing while Fogkit watched. Luxkit was padding over to her mother.
"Mother, I'm hungry!" She squeaked.
Blackrose pushed the sparrow over, but Luxkit spat at it and walked over to Blackrose's side and started suckling. Ravenwing laughed.
"Your a bit old for that, aren't you?"
"No, " She gulped, "I'm not old, Longtail and Goldenflower are though."
"I know just-- I give up!" He licked his brown daughter then Blackrose. He walked over to Stormkit, Flowerkit and Fogkit. He showed them a cool move for fighting and they tried to copy it. Flowerkit landed on her head and Stormkit landed on Fogkit. They shook the dust off their fur and went for it again. A dark shadow flew over head and Flowerkit ran over to Blackrose.
"Mommy, what's that?" She said looking up.
"Why, it's an owl!" She said, "Mooneye!"
The owl looked down and flew to the nursery. Many cats cried out. The owl landed silently with a mouse in its beak and another in it's left talon. He walked over and the cats gazed at him with awe. Firestar burst into the clearing.
"An owl, flee to your den, hide the kits and elders, get the--"
"It's Okay, I know this owl." Blackrose looked at the ginger tom and held his gaze. "His name is Mooneye, he will not eat cats."
The owl made a rumble in his throat that sounded like a laugh. "Hello Blackrose. It's been a while, the last time I was here I had to deliver a item from StarClan, they sent me at the time. You might remember the flower?"
"The black rose!" Blackrose gasped, "That was you. What does the prophecy mean?"
"You shall be a amazing fighter, hunter, and leader during times of trouble. But, that is not what it means..."
Thornclaw and Ashfur gave a questioning glance at the owl. Rainwhisker, Cloudtail, Goldenflower, and Brambleclaw looked at Blackrose oddly. And, Everyone else was sleeping, hunting, or looking at Firestar. The owl was munching on his mice. Ravenwing padded up to his mate and grinned.
"He is really weird."
Blackrose nodded in agreement.
