A/N: This is coming along better than I expected! Thank you to Icethroat21, Shadowfeather1210, WildCroconaw, MDwarriorsfan, Countdown to the End of Time, Darkflower830, and anyone I might have missed for your reviews.

"He did WHAT?" Longstar screeched.

"He tried to attack me when I was killing the ThunderClan queen!" Thornpad announced merrily.

Longstar turned on him, fury shining in her eyes. She leaped on him before he could do anything and he yowled his surprise. She scratched his stomach up and ripped at his tail, then bit down on his ear and ripped up. He screamed. "Thornpad! Hold his mouth open!" she yelled. Thornpad's eyes gleamed with pleasure as he pried Spiralpath's mouth open.

"You won't be making any smart remarks anymore," she mewed. He braced himself, but the pain never came, something worst did.

"SPIRALPATH!"

Softmallow came, and she knocked Longstar off of her mate, screaming in terror.

Longstar smashed the queen downward. Her eyes flickered and closed. Spiralpath leaped to his feet and kicked Longstar hard. He yelled for Severedtail and Autumnsecret. In seconds they were at his side, and the three of them carried the queen back to the cave. Longstar didn't pursue. He had been punished enough.

Rosethistle, who had used the trail from the forest to enter their den, examined Softmallow delicately. "Alright, push for me," she asked the queen gently.

Softmallow gasped in pain and pushed, and a tiny bundle fell in the moss. It was not breathing. The shock of Softmallow hitting her head had killed it.

"I'm afraid that's the only one," Rosethistle mewed sadly. Spiralpath thanked her and the medicine cat left after examining the other kits that Softmallow was nursing.

Meadowkit, Seakit, Fawnkit, Dapplekit, Icekit, Shadowkit, all stolen from different clans, were getting along well. They had originally been cared for by the newest queen, forced to mate by Longstar, Orchidfur. But despite the fact that Spiralpath had originally felt bad for the queen after she was forced to mate with the very happy Oakleaf, it quickly faded when she killed Swankit.

Now Softmallow took borage that Autumnsecret (who had been taught the basics by Rosethistle) gave her, along with thyme to help with the shock that she was still recovering from.

It was becoming a tight squeeze in the tunnel room, with Severedtail, Autumnsecret, Softmallow, all the kits, and Spiralpath. That made a total of ten cats. It was difficult, they would have to expand the cave and make it slightly larger.

But they would make it. They always did.