Crowfeather stared out after the golden medicine cat. StarClan be with you thank you for waking me up to my feelings. He prayed. For once he just wanted to look out at the lake. In all his time living here he had never just sat and watched the water. Slowly he slipped onto a smooth rock that overhung the water. In the dying moonlight it was a beautiful pinky silver. Lying down so that his paw skimmed the surface of the rippling lake.

Each small wave that met the shore made a calming noise, and looked like a rolling silver wave like the ones he had seen at the Sun drown place but in minature. He didn't realise it but he must have slipped into a light sleep. He had forgotton how little sleep he had got the night before in the uncomfortable barn. Racing around all night on errands for not even his own clan. But the there was what Smoky and Floss had said.

Smoky was seeing someone from his clan and Crowfeather decided to find out who. Even Floss didn't know who. For Floss to not have seen this She-cat they must be pretty sneaky.

He knew he couldn't think about that now. He mind was too tired. Not to mention the rest of him. His eyelids drooped and whiskas dropped. As he fell into a slumber.

His memories reawoke and he dreamed.

He was standing by the stream, waiting for Leafpool. Every sense inside him tingled, yet he was still alert. The had only been seeing each other for two sunrises yet he felt a bond stronger that his faith in StarClan teathered them together. He knew this was ment to be. It felt so right. Saving Leafpool from falling had been a great starting point. After he told her truth, knowing she felt the same way their hearts wound with each other.

Leafpool walked towards him, he could only see her paws for the low hanging branches.. but any secind her beautiful eyes would link with his and her sweet aroma would sweep his senses.

Then the scene changed.

He was bristling standing next to Leafpool facing Cinderpelt. He could see Cinderpelt was equally angry, her eyes blazed like nothing he had seen. He was afraid to leave Leafpool but he had to do as Leafpool told him. He could see a pleading look in her eyes. As he walked away angry yowls met his ears, he flinched and began to turn around...

Again he was somewhere different.

Leafpool was lying by his side and the pool by their side rippled slowly. They had run away to be together. Then a noise alerted him and out stepped Midnight.

A paw was prodding him hard and he noticed he was wet. He sputtered awake opening his eyes.

"Crowfeather where in StarClan's name have you been to?" Ashfoot Meowed urgently.

"Errr... Asleep?" Crowfeather ventered a guess

"Well you should've been in camp. Nightcloud is kitting!" Ashfoot told him "Come on then"

Crowfeather hurried to catch up with Ashfoot but his mother was giving him weird looks.

"What?"

"You still love the other cat, don't you" Ashfoot meowed

"...Err no" he lied

"I know yo do Crowfeather I'm not blind. I heard you meowing in your sleep just now and I see the way you stare into space. Your gaze is full of love but also pain. I'm not going to tell you off I cannot say who you may love and who you may. It is StarClan you must take this up with. But don't hurt Nightcloud too much"

Crowfeather didn't have a reply so he studied his paws and spead up. He could feel Ashfoot's eyes burning into him.

He entered the camp with a swish and headed straight for the nursery. Nightcloud was inside Barkface too. Powerful ripples was coursing up her body.

"There you go Nightcloud, keep going" Barkface meowed calmly "It's going fine"

"Where have you been!" Nightcloud spat

"Shh it's okay Nightcloud he's here now" Barkface meowed

Crowfeather looked down. Two kits were already nestled into Nightcloud's flank and another was on it's way.

Nightcloud let out a quick yowl and the relaxed.

"There you go. Three strong kits." Barkface whispered soothingly "I'll leave you two now"

"Their beautiful" Crowfeather nosed them. The largest a black and white tom mewled sleepily. A smoky grey one yawned and the smallest. A grey and white she-kit kneeded Nightcloud's flank. Nightcloud looked down at her first born and smiled strongly

"He is the strongest. My favorite. I shall call him ... Fogkit!" Nightcloud purred. "You name the others"

She bent down and licked Fogkit on the head before relaxing slowly and sighing. Crowfeather's chest welled up with pride, though he couldn't help wonmdering if he would be more proud with Leafpool kits. That's never going to happen! He told himself. He had to stop living in his dreams.

" Err he shall be called Smokekit" He meowed soothingly to Nightcloud and she didn't seem to care. " And she is... Crystalkit"

"Whatever. I'm tired" She yawned and fell to sleep.

Crowfeather looked down at his kits and purred. Fogkit looked like he would be the bully of the kits. Big and full of mischeif. Smokepaw looked Small and timid. Like he would be a good hunter but not happy with clawing cats eyes out, And Crystalkit. Well Crystalkit looked like a pawfull. She looked cheeky and firey and a fighter.

Crowfeather padded out of the nursery glancing one last time over his shoulder at his sleeping kin. Flopping down in the Warriors den he thought life couldn't be better.

Feathertail padded towards him. Mist swirled around him and he knew he was dreaming.

He went to call out to her but she looked up at him eyes full of pain.

" Beware. One you cannot trust hiding well amongst your loved ones"