OMG! Blackheart knows the secret now!
Disclaimer: Don't own warriors. This is a pretty short chappie. The next chappie should be the last or second to last. '(
Chapter 8
"I'm pregnant." Those two words sent Blackheart's head whirling. He managed to stagger backwards a few steps before falling flat on his tail.
"Wait…" he mewed weakly. "No…this cant be happening." Silentwater nodded grimly, her eyes clouded with fear.
"They should arrive very soon." she mewed.
"No…" mewed Blackheart. "You…you're too skinny…We have atleast three more moons." Silentwater stared into his eyes.
"Yes…" she mewed. "They will be arriving this moon sometime." she stared downward. "I'm skinny because I have not been eating."
"You're going to hurt yourself!" Blackheart insisted. "You have to eat to keep the kits healthy. They wont survive without you're food!" Silentwater lowered her head, her blue eyes sparkling with grief.
"But…" she mewed. "I need to still keep it a secret." Blackheart stared at her in terror.
"What about when the kits are born!" he yowled, "How are you to keep it a secret then?" Silentwater looked at him pleadingly.
"I don't know." she admitted, rubbing her cheek along Blackheart's strong shoulder line. Blackheart layed his head on her neck, sighing deeply.
"This isn't going to have a good ending." he murmured. "I can already tell."
Silentwater crawled back into her camp, feeling guilty that she had not stayed to help with the battle. She could see the damage FireClan's attack had left on the camp. The brambles surrounding the kit's den were all torn down, leaving it weak and unprotected. Luckly, by what she could see, most cats were unhurt. Blackfeather…her deputy was dead! She had almost forgotten. But Silentwater knew that she must help her clan right now. Silentwater quickly found Palmheart, who was tending to the hurt cats in her place. Palmheart gave Silentwater a look of understanding, and the white she-cat knew that her friend knew where she had been. Silentwater took the pile of herbs that Palmheart was using to help the wounded, and walked away, brushing her tail against Palmheart's side as she left.
Tanpaw approached Silentwater, limping with his left paw held up.
"Can I have something for my foot?" he mewed. "It isn't bad, I think it just needs some cobwebs to stop the bleeding." Silentwater bent to sniff Tanpaw's foot.
"That it does." she mewed, taking a wad of cobwebs and pressing them to Tanpaw's scratch. Tanpaw winced, then purred.
"Thank you Silentwater." he mewed, brushing his flank to hers as he trotted over to Palmheart, who was patching up the elder's den with Skywing next to her. Palmheart's belly was bulging, and despite all the horrible things happening, Silentwater smiled. Palmheart's and her kits would be born almost at the same time.
Almost a moon had passed before Palmheart finally went to the nursery, her white whiskers twitching nervously. A proud Skywing, now clan deputy, followed her in. Silentwater felt as if all her troubles had melted away as she helped her best friend bring new life into the clan. There was only one kit, a small but handsome fawn colored tom-kit. Palmheart named him Rabbitkit.
Despite the happiness of the clan at the birth of a new warrior, Silentwater now knew that her time would be very soon.
Yay Rabbitkit!
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