Hey! It's me. (Well you should know) Okay I've got a whole plot envisioned in my mind right now! But ideas are still tolerated!
Disclaimers: I don't own warriors but soon I will take over the world.
Chapter 5
Silentwater crunched down on yet another mouse. She had been feeling hungry all day, and hadn't gotten a chance to eat until now. Palmpaw, now Palmheart padded up to her. Two moons had passed since that night, and Silentwater continued to see Blackheart, though she knew that nothing good would come of this.
Palmheart settled herself down next to Silentwater, purring amusedly.
"You've eaten half the fresh kill pile today alone!" she mewled. "You better stop or you'll be driven out of camp by our half starved clan members!" Silentwater purred.
"I've been so hungry lately!" she mewed. "I don't know what's wrong, and I can't seem to find anything wrong with myself." Palmheart sat up.
"Maybe we should go and see Cedarpelt." she mewed, referring to MoonClan's old medicine cat, retired after training Mapleclaw. Palmheart stood and flicked her tail, and padded toward the elders den. Silentwater stood up to follow, grabbing her mouse and taking it with her.
The two young she-cats entered the elder's hollow, picking their way through the sleeping cats until they came to Cedarpelt, an old ginger tom with amber eyes.
"Hello Palmheart, Silentwater." he mewed, looking up from his chaffinch. "What do you two need?" Silentwater sat down.
"Cedarpelt, I need your help." she mewed. "I have been feeling strange a lot lately, and I have been eating all day, and I'm still hungry." she eyed the half eaten mouse that she had left on the ground. Cedarpelt stood up, stretching his long legs.
"Let me take a look at you." he mewed, padding around the white cat in a circle. He prodded at her belly, and Silentwater flinched.
"Keep still." mewed Cedarpelt sternly, and Silentwater twitched her ears shamefully. Cedarpelt kept his head pressed against Silentwater's flank, and after a while, he stood again, his face looking confused.
"Come with me." he mewed. Confused, Silentwater and Palmheart followed Cedarpelt out of the clearing and into a patch of grass outside of camp.
Silentwater sat down next to Palmheart.
"What's going on?" mewed Palmheart. "Why did we leave camp?"
Cedarpelt silenced her with a flick of his tail, and then turned to Silentwater.
"Silentwater." he mewed. "I think you may be expecting kits." Silentwater felt her fur stand on end. Palmheart turned to stare at her.
"What?" she hissed. "How can you be pregnant?" Silentwater felt her mind spinning. How could this happen to her? She remembered the ominous prophecy, about two kits to come, and one whose heart is black. Wait-one who's heart is black…could that possibly mean Blackheart?
Silentwater motioned for the two cats to come closer, and told them about the prophecy. Palmheart looked confused, but Cedarpelt simply looked content.
"If it was a prophecy," he mewed quietly. "Then I think you are in no trouble with StarClan." Silentwater felt her fur lying flat on her shoulders again; she felt reassured now that the elder had not been angry with her.
"What am I going to do though?" she mewed. "The clan is going to realize that I am going to have kits!" Cedarpelt flicked his tail on her bloated flank reassuringly.
"I don't think we shall tell the clan right away." he mewed. "We will wait until it is noticeable, and then tell them about the prophecy." Silentwater nodded her head, an anxious feeling making her stomach feel sick.
"Thank you Cedarpelt." she mewed, her paws feeling wobbly as she stood up. Palmheart caught up with her as she padded slowly into the forest.
"Well?" she mewed. Silentwater flicked her whiskers.
"Well, what?" she asked. Palmheart flicked her tail in annoyance.
"Who's the father?" she mewed. Silentwater froze.
"Father?" she murmured.
"Well the kits have a father, don't they?" mewed Palmheart in amusement.
"Palmheart, you have to promise not to tell a soul, alright?" mewed Silentwater. Palmheart nodded.
"You can trust me." she mewed. Silentwater raised her delicate head, checking to see that there were no cats around to hear.
"The father is Blackheart." she mewed. Palmheart's eyes registered nothing but shock.
"Oh, wow!" she mewed, shaking her head, as if to clear it. "I didn't see that coming. Oh wait, yes I did." she added. "He was the one at the gathering, wasn't he?" Silentwater blushed and nodded.
"I knew it!" Palmheart mewed, her tail curled in triumph. "But you'd better be careful."
"I will." mewed Silentwater. "I will."
GASP! Yay kits! Now Palmheart and Cedarpelt know! What's gonna happen now?
Review
Jadeclaw