Warriors New Rivals
Chapter 1
"Leafclaw's kits are coming!" Splashpaw called to Lilysnow who was nowhere to be seen.
"Where is she?" Redfeather fretted sniffing every den for her scent.
"I don't know," Splashpaw whimpered.
I don't know how to deliver kits… Splashpaw thought to herself.
"Well find her!" Redfeather whipped his head around to face her.
"No! Leafclaw cannot be left alone, I will deliver her kits," Splashpaw replied sternly.
"Do you know how?" Redfeather asked. Splashpaw didn't want to respond so she simply ran her paw along Leafclaw's stomach.
"Go find her a stick to bite down hard on, she'll need it when the kits come," Splashpaw advised Tumblekit, Tumblekit simply nodded and dashed out of the nursery.
"Gargh!" Leafclaw grunted.
"It's ok you're going to make it through this," Splashpaw soothed her.
I wish Lilysnow was here…
"They're coming!" Splashpaw could feel the kits coming. "Where's that stick?"
"Here," Tumblekit came crashing through the nursery entrance.
"Thank you Tumblekit," Moonpelt replied.
"Here bite on this," Splashpaw advised placing it down in front of Leafclaw. Instantly, she snapped down hard on the stick.
"You're doing great," Redfeather soothed Leafclaw. Leafclaw suddenly had a convulsion in pain and a little kit slid out onto the nursery floor.
"A black tom," Splashpaw praised.
After more groaning and all that, another one of Leafclaw's kits was born.
"And a she-cat," Redfeather licked his mates ear but Leafclaw still seemed to be having some trouble.
"I think there's one more," Splashpaw ran her paw along Leafclaw's stomach. Is that a kit?
"Push Leafclaw!" Redfeather pleaded, Leafclaw gave one last heave and a little she-cat slid out.
"That's the last one," Splashpaw comforted Leafclaw.
"Here, see that we have three beautiful kits, what should we name them?" Redfeather rubbed his mate's cheek with his.
Leafclaw took some long breaths to calm herself down before answering him.
"How about we call this one Coalkit," She lay her tail tip onto the little Black tom with dark brown toes and undercoat, a sudden squeak came from the little grey tabby she-cat.
"And this one Squeakkit," She joked.
"And Swallowkit," Redfeather signalled his tail to the light brown she-cat already suckling on her mother. Soon all the kits were suckling on their mother who was lying on her side grooming her chest fur. Splashpaw padded out of the nursery into the clearing to see Lilysnow dashing through the thorn tunnel.
"What's happened? Am I too late?" Lilysnow fretted.
"No everything's fine, Splashpaw delivered my mate's kits," Redfeather appeared beside her and rested his tail tip on her shoulder.
"Splashpaw?" Lilysnow's eyes instantly lit up.
"Um… Yeah," Splashpaw replied embarrassed by her praise.
"Well then Splashpaw meet me in the medicine den," Lilysnow replied not giving away any emotion.
Am I in trouble? Should I have waited? No I couldn't have, I saved Leafclaw's life and her kits! Splashpaw thought to herself annoyed at how she had reacted. Lilysnow had gone to check on Leafclaw and Splashpaw had gone back to the medicine den as she had been told.
Lilysnow poked her head through the medicine den entrance and then went to sit beside Splashpaw.
"So… You delivered the kits perfectly," Lilysnow praised.
"Yeah…" Splashpaw replied awkwardly.
"I think it's time you became a full medicine cat," Lilysnow meowed.
"Really?" Splashpaw could barely hold herself to the ground the only thing keeping her down was her claws tearing the ground beneath her.
"Are you ok?" Lilysnow rested her tail-tip on Splashpaw's shoulder.
"I am great!" Splashpaw shouted excitedly.
"We will leave tomorrow at sundown," Lilysnow called before Splashpaw burst into the clearing in excitement.
This is the best day ever!