2-11-20 9:28 PM

Shooken awake Bluefur sighed, blinking open her blue orbs. It was dark, rain poored outside and it was hard to see. But she made out the white frame of her sister, Snowfur, standing in front of her. A frown on the other queen's muzzle, icy eyes glittering with worry.

"Whats wrong?" Rolling onto her belly Bluefur picked herself up. Careful to not to wake her kits as they snored softly.

Snowfur pointed to the den's entrance. "Firemoon came back with a kit, says it's his sisters, and Thistleclaw is mad, along with others."

Thistleclaw? Feeling her fur start to raise she rushed outside. Ears flattening down as hard, cold droplets of rain hit her blue-gray pelt. Snowfur was right, Firemoon did have a kit, resting just at his paws as he glared over at Thistleclaw.

"It's a kit, how could you turn it away?" Firemoon hissed, disgust in his voice.

The spiky tom lashed his tail, yellow eyes flashing as she walked up. "A kittypet kit, why should we keep it? I say throw it into the woods and let foxes at it."

There was a loud gasp from his mate, followed by many. But the gray tabby didn't seem to care, instead he snorted. "How softhearted can you be?" He glared over at her, for once the anger directed to someone else though. "What do you say to this? He's clearly lying, that isn't his sister's kit--he has another mate!"

Bluefur flicked her ears back. Why did he have to push it so far? Taking a step forward she lashed her tail, shoving past the bristling tomcat. "What's her name, your sister, I mean?" Looking down at the kit she sighed. It looked so small, huddled between Firemoons paws as he stared desperately at her.

"Princess," he mewed, "a Kittypet at our border. She wanted to have at least one kitten following the path she chose for it." He explained, adding "Kittypet kits are given away after they can eat solid food."

Nodding Bluefur glanced over at Pinestar. The brown tabby hadn't spoken the entire time. His green eyes trained onto her, when he merely dipped his head to her and didn't say anything she sighed. "I'll nurse it," announced Bluefur, "Cloudkit, not it." She added, no kit deserved to be just called 'it'.

Firemoon's eyes lit up as he jumped to his paws. "Thank you, Bluefur!" He purred, but closed his mouth as she glared at him.

"I didn't do this for you, I did it for the kit." Picking Cloudkit up she spun around. Whisking past the ginger warrior as he was approached by Pinestar.

"Come, Firemoon. Me and Sunfall will decide a punishment for you," Pinestar padded away, her mate close behind with the bright ginger deputy bringing up the rear.

*

Firemoon sat with his eyes trained onto his paws. The two toms spoke quietly, glancing over at him before clearing their throats. Pinestar wrapped his tail around his hunches, dark forest green eyes narrowed onto the ginger tabby.

"You have disobayed the warrior code by going behind your Clans back and speaking to a kittypet, sister or not. Me and Sunfall have decided to give you apprentice duty's for a moon, you'll clean out the elders den and the nursery, do you understand?"

Dipping his head Firemoon nodded. He didn't see what was so bad about this. He had only seen his littermate, a luxury that they all had other then him. And he gave their Clan new blood, a kit who would he raised to fight and defend ThunderClan. But these cats have their ways, and I'll follow them. "I understand Pinestar," he mewed, "is that all?"

The dark tabby nodded. "Yes that is all, go and see Bluefur now. I want that kit to be raised up our ways, and you to spend more time with her. She didn't need to take in Cloudkit,"

He sighed. "I know. But she did, and I'll deal with it." The response came back a bit more snappy then he wanted, but it was true. Bluefur was his mate. So why have Pinestar poking at it when he had his own secrets? Like being friends among many kittypets. How can he act like this towards me, when all I was seeing is my sister?

But the leader didn't seem to mind. Instead he gave a curt nod, getting to his paws. "Alright then," with that Firemoon left the den. His paws taking him to the nursery, smiling as he dipped his head to Snowfur. But the white she-cat merely glanced at him, her icy eyes giving away nothing.

As he pushed into the nursery he was greeted with the scent of milk. He spotted the blue-gray queen, her toungue rasping over the little white kits head. She glanced up once, ears flicking as she returned her gaze back to the kit. "What do you want?" She finally meowed, her tone brisk and flat.

Pawing at the earth he sighed. "I was just coming to see you. How is he?"

"Fine," the queen hissed, "why didn't you tell me?" Her blue orbs narrowed onto him. "I'm your mate, and you couldn't tell me that you were visiting your sister?"

Firemoon sat down. His tail sweeping over his paws as he focused his gaze. "Look, it was nothing. I just went out to see her every now and then to talk," he shrugged, "I wanted to have the same thing you and Snowfur do. A littermate to share my thoughts with,"

His mate nodded softly, sighing. "I understand, I couldn't think about being seperated from Snowfur." She admited with a frown.

Firemoon crouched down to see his kits and Cloudkit. Emerald eyes shining. He had barely taken time to just be with them, always out doing something or another. Maybe I should try to spend more time here. He nodded, it would be nice. But I also have to clean the elders and queens nest too.

The ginger warrior sighed inwardly. Time had seemed to slow after awhile. And he was always left to spend that time with nothing but patrols. It was nice to have some time with Bluefur once again. He hadn't really realized this until now. How long has she been left to sit in camp with nothing to do? And I just always left..

Curling around Bluefur he rested his head onto her shoulder. "I have to do apprentice work for about a moon," he informed, a bitterness in his tone.

The she-cat nodded, stretching out in the nest. "I'll see that you do." She mewed, eyes narrowing onto him. "And I'm sure our kits would love to help their father with his chores," flicking his ears she laid her head down. Within a few minutes she was sound alseep, followed by the snores of Firemoon.

Sorry it's been awhile since I updated this story, kinda had a idea for another story and spent some time on that. But I promise to finish this story!

2-22-20 3:44 PM