Disclaimer: I based the Clan structure on the Warriors books by Erin Hunter.
This is my newest story about Falconstar and her sister Hawkfeather. After using the cats that Erin Hunter created, I decided to invent my own Clans. My story has only three Clans and used up all my imagination on the story and didn't have any left for the Clan names. That's why I named the Clans MeadowClan, HedgeClan and ForestClan; each describing the main kind of landscape that it covers. I hope you like "The Falcon's Hawk". And for those of you who much rather read a sequel to my other stories I say the following: Be patient. All in good time.
Now here is the prolog. Enjoy and please review.
Prolog
It was a gloomy day. The air smelled of rain and heavy winds pressed the fur to Grasswhisker's body. Cloudstorm's kits would come soon and the medicine cat couldn't stop thinking about how much this day reminded him of the day Cloudstorm was born. That time, a heavy storm had destroyed parts of the camp. The black-and-white tom had been to his den to fetch some herbs and now rushed back to the hazel thicket that held the nursery. Cracks between the twigs were carefully filled with bramble tendrils and leaves so that it was pleasantly warm inside. A black she-cat lay in a deep nest of moss. Her belly was heavy with her unborn kits.
"Cloudstorm, here eat this." The medicine cat shoved some borage and raspberry leaves to the young queen. She was panting.
"Thank you, Grasswhisker. I wish this was already over."
Grasswhisker placed a paw on her belly and could feel this kits move underneath. He flicked his ears.
"This first one is coming now." He mewed.
Another contraction rippled through Cloudstorm's body and a small wet bundle came out. Grasswhisker nipped the kitting sack open and began to lick the little kit. It soon responded and started to mewl. The tom placed it at its mother's belly and waited for the next kit to be born.
"You are doing great, Cloudstorm.", he told the queen. "Here comes the next one."
A few moments later the black she-cat was lying in her nest, exhausted but happy. Two little kits lay in the curve of her belly.
"I am going to tell Foxstep.", Grasswhisker told the queen and left the nursery.
Heavy rain was falling now. The medicine cat tried to make out cats in the clearing. Duskstar their Clan leader was standing on a boulder and gave out orders to some his warriors. Grasswhisker turned around and was about to go to the warriors' den when a red tabby tom stopped him.
"How is Cloudstorm?"
"Foxstep, I was looking for you. Cloudstorm had her kits. You can go to her now."
"Thank you, Grasswhisker."
The deputy vanished into the hazel thicket and Grasswhisker saw the huge shape of Duskstar move toward him. Lightning struck overhead and the thunder that rolled along with it almost deafened the medicine cat.
The brown tabby Clan leader saw Grasswhisker and Foxstep talk to each other and then his deputy went into the nursery. Duskstar wanted to know how Cloudstorm's kitting went. He had almost reached the medicine cat when an enormous bolt of lightning flashed through the sky above them.
"Grasswhisker, how did Cloudstorm's kitting go?"
The black-and-white tom didn't answer and Duskstar saw that the medicine cat's eyes were strangely clouded. A moment later, the Grasswhisker's whiskers twitched.
"StarClan have spoken to me. I had a vision of two huge birds that circled over our camp; a falcon and a hawk. Once in a while they would drop to the ground and pick up prey. But when I saw our camp everything was quiet and peaceful. I looked closer to what the birds were doing and saw that they actually attacked our enemies."
"That is a strange vision that our ancestors shared with you, Grasswhisker."
"Yes, indeed. It seems as though MeadowClan will be protected by a falcon and a hawk. I don't understand this."
Foxstep passed by the two toms on his way to the fresh-kill pile.
"How is Cloudstorm?", Duskstar asked his deputy.
"She is fine, as are the kits."
"Have you decided on your daughters' names?" Grasswhisker asked the ginger tabby.
"Yes, we have. We named them Falconkit and Hawkkit. I am going to bring Cloudstorm some fresh-kill.", he mewed and rushed on.
Duskstar and Grasswhisker looked at each other and then glanced over to the nursery. Falconkit and Hawkkit were in there with their mother. Could the prophecy refer to the newly born kits?
Continues soon...