As the silent two warriors ran to the nursery, everybody that needed to be there was there, Sunstar, who was carefully spaced away from the Dovelight and the medicine cat, but was able to see everything that was going on. Rainwing who was already giving Dovelight a lot of herbs and poultices to have right now, and during the birth.
Dovelight's parents, Needlefur and Deerheart were both present, afraid about Dovelight's future. They wanted their daughter to be alive after the birth, so she can watch her kits grow, just as Needlefur did.
Her brother, Tigerear, would have been there if he had been alerted, but he was not told about the whole situation with his sister.
Aspentail was there, along with her two beautiful kits. All three were watching closely, but Aspentail was ready to take Lovekit and Acornkit out of the nursery if she needed to, just in case if anything bad were to happen to Dovelight that she did not want them to see.
Nutwhisker slipped into an empty spot, Stonebird next to him. He glanced at his troubled mate. "Save her! Is she alright?" He yelled at the medicine cat.
Rainwing looked up at the deputy. "Nutwhisker," and before she could speak more, Dovelight was able to croak, "Oh, Nutwhisker..."
"Darling! You better be okay." He said, and tried to come up close to her, but Sunstar pulled him away. "She's struggling," The leader had whispered to her dear friend gently.
He understood her pain, but he couldn't stand to see her struggling and not be right there, exactly by her side, the tips of their fur touching. He missed being close to her, since he had been so busy and not had paid much attention to her lately, and now, he felt bad. The tom never just expected this to happen. The Clan had struggled through a terrible leaf-bare. They lost several warriors, and they could not sacrifice anymore, so each and every warrior left was working hard.
She grunted and growled as she took deep breaths. The queen's pain was to much to handle, it hurt to much. These kits better be worth it... She thought. If this works out okay, I'm sure they'll be graceful. Look at Lovekit and Acornkit! Amazing at one moon old. Those will be my kits one day. She looked over at the kits for a moment and smiled. Both of them smiled back.
The queen then felt a spasm of pain and screamed on the top of her lungs. She took big breaths as she still grunted and screamed.
She better be okay, Dovelight is one of the nicest she-cats that I know. Lovekit thought to herself, watching the queen. It suddenly became to much to watch, but this would be her one day, so she'd had to watch.
Dovelight's eyes widened as she struggled once the first kitten had popped out. She felt like she got scratched in the heart. She swallowed as she saw the first kitten after Sunstar quickly licked her off for Rainwing, because she was to busy.
The first kitten was a tortoiseshell she-cat. She was whining to go back into her mother's stomach, like any newborn would. She was so small and light, so precious.
"Dapplekit." Dovelight whispered, smiling at her kit. She is the cutest thing ever... Starting to get dizzy, her mind started to blur. She knew there were more kits on the way, she couldn't leave yet. The queen struggled to stay with the cats she was with. Hurry up kits, I don't have much time left.
Dovelight had quickly had a juniper berry once Dapplekit was named. It helped a lot. The she-cat struggled with the next one. As it came out, she felt even more pain. She was to weak to name it, but she was able to look at it.
It was a white and gray she-cat, small, but a little more heavy than Dapplekit, just by a tad. She was also whining like Dapplekit.
Dovelight gave her a big smile. Her two kits were wonderful, but there was one more.
Two she-cats, I hope this one is a tom.
The birth of this kit was hard. She was barely able to keep up with the pace of the kit. Rainwing had to give her almost all the herbs that she brought with her that were left with her. Dovelight's mind blurred more then once. You could tell that this was her last day.
"Dovelight, she's leaving!" Nutwhisker cried. He could not stand his mate to leave him. She was to young.
If she died, he would hate this particular kit that was coming out forever. Even if she did survive, he'd still dislike them, for causing him and his mate to much pain, and the horror, every single moment was very lucky, and it was likely that in several moments, she'd go to StarClan.
The last kit had came out. It was an adorable gray tom. He was a little heavy, but smaller then the rest. Unlike his sisters, he was asleep.
It was Nutwhisker's turn to take him, since Sunstar and Deerheart already had one. The tom refused to a s he saw that his mate fluttered her eyes, and glanced at all her kits, smiled, then looked at her mate, as her eyes shut.
"NO!" Nutwhisker yelled as he ran up to her.
Rainwing had got up close to her before the deputy to check to make sure that she was alive or not. She saw a very slight breathing. She forced juniper berries down her mouth, which made the breathing go up a little more. She then quickly dragged Dovelight into the medicine cat den, Nutwhisker following.
Nutwhisker waited at the corner of the entrance, watching Rainwing's every move. Soon enough, Dovelight looked better by a bit. Rainwing let StarClan choose her fate now, it was everything that she could do. Rainwing then faced over to sort her herbs. She let out a big yawn.
Horsetail goes there, Feverfew here, oh, we may need to get a little more of that, have to remember that. Both, actually. She thought to herself.
Lovekit had wandered in, ready to help Rainwing like she always did when she was bored and her brother was being rude. "Can I help?"
The she-cat nodded. "It would be a pleasure."
The kitten sat down next to Dovelight. "I can keep an eye on her."
Rainwing smiled. "That'll be great." She did not face the kit, but only faced her herbs.
Lovekit nodded and laid down next to Dovelight.
After a bit, Nutwhisker silently stepped in, not minding Lovekit. "You know."
The tired she-cat faced over at Nutwhisker. "Yes? Your mate is okay, I think she'll be able to make it."
"You think." The deputy said, slowly unsheathing his sharp claws.
The kitten's eyes widened. "Oh my StarClan," She whispered very quietly, so nobody could hear but her.
Dovelight opened her eye's just a tad, so nobody could see. She was awake, and okay. The Queen just needed to rest, though. She had no time to go back and start her daily life as a mother. She wanted to, but with her condition at the moment, it was not possible, and Nutwhisker would probably make her, like he does make her do a lot of things.
"Nutwhisker, it happens to all she-cats. As you can see, she is almost restored back to health. She will be able to go back to the nursery in a couple of sunrises." Rainwing told her. "Now, you can sit by her, but if you excuse me, I am going to sort my herbs again."
Lovekit decided that she thought it would be a good idea to go and leave. She did not want to be in for any kind of conflict between any cat at the moment. She started to walk out and leave.
"If she doesn't live, it is all your fault, and those idiotic kits!" He hissed, and almost jumped on her when Lovekit turned around and saw the scene.
"STOP!" She cried.
The deputy sheathed his claws as he fell onto the young medicine cat. He quickly got up and ran past Lovekit. He brushed right up against her, pushing her away, which made her fall down.
She felt a little bleeding on one of her back legs once she got up. It wasn't a big deal though. The big deal was that Dovelight almost died, and she had just witnessed the start of a murder.
I have to tell Sunstar, but some cat will find out that I told Sunstar, and tell him, and he'll kill me! Might have to keep this one a secret. I think he gave me that scratch just for a warning. The kit thought. She thought back to when it just happened. She did realized, he did look at her for a moment. Her eyes widened. He was on to her. I am right...I can't tell anyone...
She ran over to the medicine cat. "Are you okay?" Lovekit asked her.
"Yes, just please, do not tell any cat." The medicine cat said. She saw the deputy giving Lovekit the eye, and did not want to trouble the kit at all. She checked the kitten out herself, to make sure she was okay. She thought it was a hard push down to the ground.
The white kitten sat down. "I wasn't going to. He looked at me and I got scared."
Rainwing patted Lovekit's tiny shoulder with the tip of her long tail. "Do not worry, young Lovekit. Your family and I will make sure he doesn't lay one little piece of his fur on you." She told her, reassuringly. That idiot will not lay a hair on me either. Both of us, but most importantly, the kitten. He should know that both Lovekit and I are very powerful, and who knows, what if Dovelight heard it?