Hi, thanks to Frost On Gentle Willow! Thanks for the support, you can choose one of Cherryflower's kits' names! Here's Chapter 1, I'll be updating at least once a week. Thanks again!
Shimmerkit blinked open her eyes. She looked around the small, dark space. Cherryflower was in the corner, her flank rising and falling with every breath she took. Shimmerkit turned back around as her sister stirred. She looked up and saw her mother, who was still sleeping.
"Wake up, Sweetkit! There's so much to see!" she prodded her sister. Sweetkit sleepily opened her eyes. They were bright blue.
"Come on! Let's go!" Shimmerkit urged. Sweetkit flicked her black-tipped tail and they raced off.
"Let's go hide in the bushes," Sweetkit suggested. They squeezed into the bushes that lined the dirt place tunnel.
"Hiding from Blossomheart, are you?" Stormwhisker grunted as he picked up Shimmerkit. She squealed with surprised. Stormwhisker led them back to the nursery.
"Where's Blossomheart?" he asked Mothflight. The tabby queen had just woken up and was now grooming her kits. Mintkit squirmed as her mother checked her pelt for ticks.
"She's at the fresh kill pile," Cherryflower replied.
"Okay, I have to go join a border patrol," Stormwhisker said. "Can you keep an eye on these two kits until Blossomheart comes back?"
"Sure," Cherryflower said. As soon as the kits' father left, Cherryflower turned to Shimmerkit. "Why were you hiding?" she asked.
"It was Sweetkit's idea," Shimmerkit quickly said.
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Hush!" Cherryflower scolded. Suddenly she gasped.
"Get Moleheart-" she wheezed. "It hurts-"
Mothflight stood up and left. Blossomheart squeezed in.
"What's going on in here?" she asked. Then she saw Cherryflower.
"It'll be okay," she murmured. "You're well looked after." She licked Cherryflower between her ears, trying to calm her down. Just then, Moleheart squeezed in with Mothflight behind him. He placed his paws on her stomach.
"What's happening to Cherryflower?" Sweetkit whispered.
"Cherryflower is kitting, my love. It hurts a lot. You should stay where you are. Don't bother anyone." She bent over Cherryflower again. The queen was panting and wheezing.
"There's two more to be born," Moleheart said. Shimmerkit peeked over the edge of the nest and saw two kits nestled in the curve of her belly. She heard Moleheart grunt, and Cherryflower screech.
"Alright, that's it. Good work." Moleheart left the nursery. Shimmerkit scrambled up to the edge of her nest and saw Cherryflower. She was fast asleep. And she had four kits suckling at her belly.