Once again this writing prompt caused be to stay up night after night thinking before I came up with an idea! This story is another of one of my favorite character Silvercloud. But it's a what if! What if Silvercloud had turned Duskstorm down when she was eleven moons old. What if she had become mates with her friend Timberblaze. Well, certainly a lot would have changed.

"Don't you have a patrol to go on?" Silverpaw asked as her good friend Duskstorm as she sat cleaning herself. It seemed like for moons he had sat there watching her and it was starting to make her pelt crawl.

"No I did morning patrol today already," he replied.

"Oh," she meowed.

"So….after sun high do you want to go hunting?" he asked.

Silverpaw shook her head "no thank...Swiftfoot promised to take me hunting and then I am going to spend some time with Timberpaw. Since he's is in the medicine cat den, it must be lonely."

Duskstorm looked disappointed "oh alright then."

"See you Duskstorm," she meowed.

She got to her paws and padded over to her mentor she slipped out of camp and into the territory. She padded along with her mentor. She dashed away in the tree pouncing on a rabbit and killing it.

"Well done. You almost ready for your warrior assessment," Swiftfoot meowed.

Silverpaw smiled brightly "I can't wait! Not that I do like training with you."

Swiftfoot smiled "I know." he meowed.

Silverpaw smiled dashing away, she returned with a mouse.

By sunlight, they had two mice, a rabbit, and three sparrows.

"This will feed the nursery," meowed Swiftfoot.

Silverpaw smiled carrying a rabbit she slipped into camp and padded across camp to the nursery.

Mistykit bounced in her nest "hi Silverpaw!"

"Hi, Mistykit, Longkit, mom," Silverpaw meowed she placed the rabbit down "here."

Stormmist smiled softly "thanks, love."

Silverpaw shrugged "see you I'm going to go see Timberpaw." she turned and slipped out of the nursery and padded over to the medicine cat den.

"Here eat these," she heard Wolffang say.

Silverpaw slipped in "Timberpaw?"

Timberpaw looked up and smiled "hey Silverpaw!"

Silverpaw sat down beside him "how are you feeling?"

"A bit better," Timberpaw meowed.

"I'm glad I would have been really sad if you died saving me," Silverpaw meowed.

"We are clanmates its part of the job," meowed Timberpaw.

Silverpaw chuckled "I guess but some cats slack on the job. Just look at Eaglepelt."

Timberpaw smiled "yeah I guess."

Silverpaw smiled.

"So how is your training going?" asked Timberpaw.

"Good I should be able to have my warrior assessment in the next moon," she meowed.

"What do you mean? Your father isn't just going to allow you to become a warrior?" Timberpaw asked.

"Just because I'm the leader's daughter doesn't mean I get special treatment!" Silverpaw scolded.

"I was teasing," he meowed.

Silverpaw elbowed him "not nice."

Timberpaw smirked "sorry."

Silverpaw stuck her tongue out at him "do you want to share some prey?"

"Sure," Timberpaw meowed.

"What do you want?" she asked.

"Whatever is your favorite," Timberpaw meowed.

Silverpaw padded over to the fresh kill pile and grabbed a squirrel. She placed it beside him.

He nudged it to her "you first."

Silverpaw took a bit "thanks."

"So how're things for you?" Timberpaw asked.

"Good. Being a big sister is a little weird," she meowed.

"How so?" asked Timberpaw.

"I guess just having younger kits with your mother in the nursery," Silverpaw meowed with a shrug.

Timberpaw chuckled "so do you like Swiftfoot as a mentor?"

"Yeah! He's cool. I mean he has really good stories about my dad that my dad would never share with me himself. He also is really good at battle moves but some I can't do because he does them too fast," Silverpaw meowed.

Timberpaw nodded.

"Your mentor is Moosepelt? Must be rough," she said.

Timberpaw chuckled "thanks. No, he's alright I guess a little rough but…"

Silverpaw nodded "thanks what I was thinking."

"How have you been since the attack at the gathering I know you lost your sister," meowed Timberpaw.

"A lot better than my parents," she meowed "no good I guess. Better since Mistykit and Longkit were born since moms came around."

Timberpaw smiled.

"Silvercloud! Silvercloud!" chanted her clanmates.

Silvercloud puffed out her chest as her Clanmates called her name. She saw out of the corner of her eyes Duskstorm step forward to congratulate her. Silvercloud shrugged and padded over to the newly named Timberblaze.

"I love your name!" she said.

"Yours isn't bad either!" he meowed.

Silvercloud pressed her nose to his shoulder.

Timberblaze grinned "come on let's eat before our vigil."

Silvercloud nodded "alright. Squirrel?"

"Always," he meowed.

Silvercloud collected the prey before bringing it back to him she took a bit.

Timberblaze gingerly wrapped his tail around her.

Silvercloud smiled shifting closer to him "Timberblaze?"

"Silvercloud I've had a crush on you forever!" he blurted.

Silvercloud purred "that's what I was about to say."

Timberblaze smiled "will you be my mate?"

"I'd love to," she purred nuzzling his cheek.

Timberblaze purred licking her shoulder.

Silvercloud could see her family sharing a meal across the camp. Her father watching her he smiled. Duskstorm watched from where he sat beside Mistykit sadly he watched them.

Silvercloud purred closing her eyes as she leaned against him.

"Congratulations! You are expecting!" Berrytail meowed.

Wolffang had been out and Silvercloud and Timberblaze couldn't wait to be told so they practically begged Berrytail to check.

They had been warriors for moons and now they were about to be parents.

Silvercloud beamed "you're a father!"

"You're a mother," Timberblaze purred pulling her closer to him.

Silvercloud purred.

"Leave the elders den both of you," Berrytail meowed.

Silvercloud smiled getting to her paws she slipped out of the den "who should we tell first?"

"You're father?" he asked.

Silvercloud purred "alright come on." she padded across camp to where her parents were sharing a vole.

"Dad, mom, we have something to tell you," she meowed.

"What?" Stormmist asked.

"I'm expecting kits!" Silvercloud meowed.

Ravenstar and Stormmist both glanced at each other shock coursing through their veins before they both purred "congratulations!"

Silvercloud purred. She remembered a couple days after Timberblaze and her had became mates when Duskstorm had asked her if she would become his mate. She had gritted her teeth and said no. But now she was sure she had made the right decision. Timberblaze was the perfect tom for her.

"Timberblaze!" Silvercloud yowled.

Timberblaze pushed into the nursery "yes?"

"The kits!" Silvercloud gasped out.

Timberblaze sped off leaving his mate to dig her claws into the nest and grit her teeth. She lashed her tail.

Wolffang pushed in "here." he meowed passing her a stick.

Silvercloud bit down on it. She could hear her mate talking to her parents and siblings outside before he slipped into the nursery and crouched down beside her murmuring to her.

Silvercloud pushed the first kit into the nest with a yowl of pain.

Wolffang began to lick it "a tom."

Silvercloud purred before she hissed in pain.

"Push," Wolffang meowed.

Silvercloud gritted her teeth against the pain flattening her ears. She pushed. Her tail lashing about.

"Keep going," Wolffang ordered.

Silvercloud pushed the second kit and final kit into the moss.

"Another tom," Wolffang meowed.

Silvercloud purred as Wolffang left.

"We should name them before your parents come stomping in," Timberblaze meowed.

Silvercloud looked at her kits one was a silver tom with black tabby stripes and a white paw. The other was a white tom with cream stripes and black underbelly.

"How about Stormkit for the white tom?" Silvercloud asked.

"Love it, what about Stealthkit?" he asked.

Silvercloud looked at him "really?"

He nodded. She purred and nuzzled his cheek before he licked both his sons between the ears.

Ravenstar slipped into the nursery followed by Stormmist "how is she?"

"I'm fine," Silvercloud meowed.

Ravenstar and Stormmist padded over and gazed down at the two tom kits smiling softly.

"Stormkit and Stealthkit," Silvercloud whispered.

Ravenstar purred looking the kits over. Stormmist smiled licking her daughter between the ears.

Every cat in the nursery that night believed she had names her son after her parents but instead she had named him after her best friend Duskstorm. Silvercloud fell asleep curled around her kits.

"Timberblaze could I have some help," Silvercloud meowed as Stormkit raced around camp and a very sick Stealthkit moaned at the curve of her belly.

Timberblaze looked at her mate "Flamepelt just asked me to go on a patrol."

Silvercloud sighed "alright."

Duskstorm plucked Stormkit up by the scruff "hey sit still." he meowed placing him beside his mother.

Silvercloud smiled "thanks."

"How you feeling Stealthkit?" asked Duskstorm crouching so he was eye level with the kit.

"Sick!" he muttered.

"That's not good," Duskstorm meowed.

"Thanks for the help," Silvercloud meowed.

"No problem," Duskstorm meowed sitting down.

Silvercloud smiled at him.

"I can't believe you!" Silvercloud sobbed.

"I…." Timberblaze meowed standing beside a shocked looking Greenheart.

"Silvercloud it's not what it looks like," Greenheart meowed.

Silvercloud sobbed "oh no? You've been cheating on me! I bet all those hunting patrols and border patrols were just you hanging out with Greenheart!"

Duskstorm appeared out in the trees "what's going on?"

"He cheated on me!" Silvercloud sobbed.

Duskstorm came to stand beside her looking at Timberblaze.

"You've been friends with Duskstorm forever!" Timberblaze meowed.

Silvercloud glared at him "friends! Not mates! Do our kits mean anything to you?"

Timberblaze looked at her "of course they do! I love our kits."

"Obviously not!" Silvercloud growled "you are not my mate! You are not my kits father!" she sobbed dashing away.

Duskstorm followed her "hey! I am so sorry!"

"I hate him! I hate Greenheart!" she sobbed.

Duskstorm whipped the tear away from her eyes "come on your kits."

"I can't! They can't grow up without a father!" she sobbed.

Duskstorm looked at his paws "I love you Silvercloud."

She looked at him "I know I like you too but I'm not ready for a mate again!"

"What if I helped you?" he asked.

Silvercloud smiled "I'd love that."