The thorn barrier rustled as Dandelionpuff entered the camp, her belly swaying with every step. Lionshine ran over to her.
"I was so worried about you! Where have you been?" he demanded, staring at her crossly. Dandelionpuff sniffed with indignation and started walking towards the fresh kill pile with a flick of the tail. Lionshine trotted after her.
"You are so close to your kitting, please Dandelionpuff stay in camp," Lionshine pleaded giving his mate a gentle lick on the head, "Once the kits are born I can watch over them so you can take walks in the woods." Dandelionpuff picked up a blackbird from the pile and headed over to the nursery with Lionshine hot on her tail.
Once she had settled down she purred and said, "I know you will Lionshine. You're a good mate, I just wanted to see the lake on last time before it had completely thawed. I love the look of the frozen lake and I knew that once I kitted I wouldn't be able to leave camp for a while."
Lionshine leaned over and nuzzled her on the cheek. "Next time tell someone please, I was so worried," he murmured.
A loud screech ran across the clearing of the Thunderclan camp. Grasspaw ran from the nursery past the pacing Lionshine to retrieve more soaked moss from the medicine cat den. Lionshine's eye's followed the young apprentice. He was wondering how his mate's kitting was going. Another screech from the nursery sent Lionshine back to pacing.
Goldenfern came over to Lionshine and said, "She'll be alright. She's a strong cat, and she's young. Dewdrop is a great medicine cat and will do everything that he can to keep her safe."
Lionshine sighed and said, "I know all that, but it doesn't keep me from worrying." Yet another screech was heard, then silence.
Lionshine pricked his ears, is it over, he wondered? A small grey cat poked his head out of the nursery and looked around. Spotting Lionshine he trotted over.
"Congratulations Lionshine, you're a father to three beautiful kits," he meowed. Lionshine purred with delight. "Can I go see them Dewdrop?" he asked. "Yes but only for a few moments Dandelionpuff is very tired," Dewdrop replied. With a dip of the head to Dewdrop to show he had heard, Lionshine entered the nursery.
Taking a moment for eyes to adjust to the gloom, Lionshine breathed in the scent of kits, blood, and Dandelionpuff. Dandelionpuff lifted her head from the moss and said, "Lionshine come meet your kits." Padding over softly Lionshine looked down at the three kits. One was a beautiful brown dappled she-cat with a short tail, one was a small black tom with spiked fur, and the other was a ginger tom who was battering Dandelionpuff's flank with strong paws.
Lionshine purred with delight. Dandelionpuff looked at her kits and said, "How's Jupiterkit for the ginger tom, and Thornkit for the spiky fur on the other tom." Lionshine's purr grew louder.
"I love it! And how about Fawnkit for our little brown she-cat," Lionshine suggested. Dandelionpuff's eyes started to close with exhaustion, but she murmured approval of the name. Lionshine dipped his head and nuzzled Dandelionpuff before slowly heading out of the den.
Authors note:
So here's the first chapter to Fawnfur's Destiny. I hope you've enjoyed it. I hope to get the next chapter out to you all soon. Please leave a response on what you think of the story so far and how I may improve my writing. Thanks!
