Chapter 6

Dawnstream woke up with a startle. She realized it was moonhigh. "Nightfall!" She didn't feel or scent him, but his scent was stale. "Nightfall? Where are you?" Nightfall madded in with a huge vole dangling from his mouth. "Ma hove" he mumbled through the vole.

He dropped it and licked her cheek. " I brought this for both of us."

"Thank you, I thought you left."Dawnstream whispered.

"Why would I leave you?"

She shrugged. "It doesn't matter." She bit the vole and began chewing the hind leg.

As soon as they were finished they hid the bones underground and climbed out of the cave. They were near EarthClan territory and hoped they wouldn't get spotted. One EarthClan cat stepped on the imaginary line and chuckled. "What are you two lovebirds doing here?"

This was Falconclaw, the one who kept on staring at Dawnstream during the gatherings. "That is none of your concern, we are on FireClan territory, and there is nothing you can do about it, you got that Falcon?"

Nightfall's pelt bristled. This cat was almost on FireClan border.

Falconclaw hissed. "Keep your fur on, mange-pelt!"
Dawnstream pushed Falconclaw off the imaginary line and hissed. "Get off of our territory! You are the worst piece of fox-dung ever!" Falconclaw leaped on Dawnstream pinning her onto the ground. But Dawnstream was stronger. She pushed him off with her hind legs and slashed his throat. Oh my StarClan! Did I just kill him? That's against the warrior code! I didn't mean it! I was going for his belly! "Nightfall! Let's get out of here! I cannot believe I killed him." She rushed to camp with Nightfall following her.

"Dawnstream! Why did you do that?" Nightfall yelled.

"I meant to slash his belly slightly, I-I don't know what happened." Dawnstream shivered. She had sliced his throat open-not too deep but deep enough to kill him. They had left him there all by himself. Dawnstream regretted every second of it. They had reached camp and every cats eyes had been on them. Dawnstream had a pinch of blood on both of her shoulders telling everyone, she had been pinned. Flaconclaw's claw's were long and pointy which hurt her a lot. The blood had dried up but inside she was feeling sick. Breezepool was the first to speak, " Dawnstream, Nightfall we were worried about you! What happened anyway?"

Dawnstream padded to her den, with her tail drooping. " A stupid thorn poked me two times." she joked. Breezepool was smart and wouldn't believe her under any circumstances. "A EarthClan cat was just fighting me." Breezepool nodded and applied some marigold on her small wounds. "I feel sick too." Breezepool looked up at her and nodded. She inspected her carefully but when she pressed her belly Dawnstream almost vomitted. Breezepool took a huge bark that looked like it could scoop up anything and placed it next to her. "If you need to vomit, vomit there please." Breezepool pressed her hind leg, nothing. Again once her belly and this time, Dawnstream vomitted a little. "Don't ever press there again!" she screeched. Echostar padded in. "What is that noise?" She saw the vomit and backed out. "Oh, I thought someone was injured or something." Breezepool smiled. "Great news, Dawnstream you're going to have kits!" She pressed her belly gently this time. " About, three or... four. Congragulations!" Echostar nodded approvingly. "Congragulations. Nightfall will be very proud." Dawnstream purred. She just became a warrior but she was big enough to have one of her own litter. "I'll tell Nightfall right away."

"I'll dispose this in the dirt place." Breezepool crunched her nose. She dragged it towards the dirtplace.

Dawnstream padded out to Nightfall who was already padding towards her. Their pelts brushed as they sat down. "I'm going to have kits!" Nightfall's eyes widened. "Really? Oh, I'm so proud of you. Our kits will be as strong and beautiful as you." He purred loudly enough for nearby cats to hear. Flamestorm skipped happily to Dawnstream. "So, whatcha purrin' 'bout?" Dawnstream glanced at her belly. Flamestorm purred as well, then exploded. "I'm going to be an uncle!" Everyone gasped and started gossiping. "Oops." Nightfall shook his head slowly. "No, no. It's okay. Everyone will understand she's expecting kits anyway. she's moving to the nursery."

Dawnstream looked puzzled. "You want me to be in the nursery or something?"

Nightfall chuckled. "No, some mousebrains won't give you space in the warriors den. You might feel uncomfortable anyway. I'll visit you everyday." He went to he warriors den and took her nest. "Let's throw this away and let the apprentices handle your new bedding.

"Briarpaw! Get some new bedding and place it in the nursery."

Briarpaw nodded and dashed to the mossy area.

"Well, I'll see you later darling. A moon I'll be like this. And then six moons!" Nightfall licked her cheek and padded away.

Echostar padded out of the medicine cats den. "Breezepool said you're due to about one moon."

Dawnstream's ears flicked up. "She can tell by just examining once?"

Echostar sat down. "She is a medicine cat, she knows these things."

"Yay! We're going to have another kit in the nursery! Sometimes you guys get tired easily!" Stripekit squeaked at his brothers and sister.

Dawnstream nosed him gently. "But you do, too." She looked up at Greyfeather. "From the moment I saw this one, I knew he was going to be hyper and-" Greyfeather cut her off. ", I was so lonely in here. Now that you've joined the nursery gang we can talk and perhaps be good friends."

Dawnstream dipped her head. Briarpaw came in the nursery with fresh bedding. "Thanks Briarpaw" He slid out of the nursery, to his den. "Are you tired?"

Greyfeather shook her head. "Not that much. Just feel lazy. The more you stay her, the more you get-"

"EarthClan's invading!" Amberface yowled. Screeches came out of the camp. Dawnstream recognized a small she-cat snarling at her and Greyfeather. "We're going to take your kits! You've no right to have them!" The cats name was Smallfang? Or Smallfrost? Either way this arrogant she-cat needed to be stopped. "How dare you go against the code?" Dawnstream blocked her from Greyfeather while she hid her kits under an emergancy bush. "Stay there my kittens. Don't come out!" she whispered. Smallfang/frost leaped at Dawnstream and broke her fall. "Expecting kits, ey?" She slashed her shoulder when Dawnstream bit into her neck. Warm blood flooded onto the ground and her mouth. She reached the vein, but if she bit that too, then Smallfang/frost would die. Instead she let go pinning her on the ground hissing. Smallfang didn't do anything she wailed silently and struggled to be free. Dawnstream let her go as she fleed. Nightfall came rushing to the Nursery. Apparently, the fight had stopped when everyone saw Smallfang/frost.

"Oh, Dawnstream! Did you do that to her?" Dawnstream blinked and nodded. "She's not dead is she?" Nighfall shook her head. "No but her throat looks really bad. She's covered in blood."

Dawnstream growled. "She deserved it! She was going to take the kits! I was only defending all of us." At the moment Echostar came in. She saw Dawnstream's mouth in blood. " At least you sort of stopped the fight. EarthClan fleed but our warriors are badly injured. How can Breezepool take care of all of them? I just don't understand why they attacked. Why did Smallfang come in here? Surely it's not to steal kits?"

Dawnstream nodded. "It is. Small..er fang, came to tell us she was gonna steal the kits. I just defended them. I don't think I went to far, yes?"

Echostar twitched her whiskers. "Umm..no. Anyway, Nightfall you look bad, go to Breezepool. Nightfall nodded and shot a glace at Dawnstream before leaving. Echostar sniffed Dawnstreams shoulder which was wounded deeply. "Let's get that shoulder to Breezepool before it gets infected."

Dawnstream padded out slowly to find everyone staring at her bloody muzzle. Flowerstreak hissed. "So you turn out to be a blood-thirsty fox-hearted sister of mine!" Dawnstream leaped in fury at her claws unsheathed. She pinned her to the ground and growled quietly. "Watch out Flowerkit, or else your fate might be the same as Smallfang. From now on you're not my sister. You're just stupid little Flowerstreak who happens to look like my mother." She got off of her and walked to the den. Flowerstreak got up patting off bloodypaw prints that was on her shoulder.

"Keep your fur on scum!" she yelled.

"I will get you one day..." she breathed.

Echostar curled her tail. "Flowerstreak, don't ever say that to a clanmate again. You may be having trouble, but that's between you two, don't let it out in camp."

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