Birth
Squirrelflight sat gasping after the birth of her four kits. Leafpool was there, and her three kits had been watching. Or at least two were watching, the third was blind.
″Oh starclan thank god that is over." she sighed. Ashfur was there with her, and now curled around her.
″They're beautiful" he purred there was a ginger she-cat with white spots, a tortie male, a molted red and black tom with a very fluffy red tail, and the last was a cream she-cat. Squirrelflight purred at him we should name them." Sandstorm and Firestar came in at that moment. They both inhales sharply,
″Oh my, that looks like my father, Redtial." sandstorm purred.
″I was planning on calling him Ravenkit," she smiled at Firestar
"The tortie kind of looks like Spottedleaf." he smiled in return.
″He was going to be called Nightkit."
″I would like to call the ginger one Skykit. Her spots look like clouds on the sky when the Sun sets." Ashfur smiled.
″Its beautiful." Squirrelflight looked at the cream shecat, ″Lilykit for the last one.
"They're beautiful." Ashfur purred.
"They'll make fine warriors." Leafpool sighed, and walked away. Squirrelflight sighed as she watched Lionkit Hollykit and finally little blind Jaykit follow her out. she knew her sister lived for being a medicine cat, she had just strayed from the path of Starclan.
"From here on, you will be known as Hollypaw and Lionpaw!" Firestar called, then he leaned down so only the apprentices could hear him, 'no matter your birth, you can all ways be the best warrior, or in you brother's case, medicine cat. I'm a prime example." Hollypaw and Lionpaw who were nervous looked up at Firestar in surprise and gratitude. Lionpaw went and touched noses with Ashfur, and Hollypaw to Brackenfur. Jaypaw had been apprenticed by Leafpool days before.
"Wow cool your apprentices!" Nightkit and Skykit squealed as they pounced on Hollypaw and Lionpaw. their sister and brother soon followed. the two apprentices laughed, knowing they had tried to do the same thing to Jaypaw the day before, but nearly lost their ears and tail in doing so.
"Yeah, soon you can join us in the apprentices den!" Lionpaw waved his tail in excitement.
"Hopefully we'll be warriors first." came a haughty scoff, 'the apprentices den is much too crowded." it was Berrypaw, the most proud and stupid apprentice in the clan.
"Oh shut it Berrypaw, its only a moon, i doubt you'll be a warrior." Lionpaw spat. he really didn't like the cream tom.
"H-Hi Berrypaw." Lilykit shuffled her paws. obviously the youngest of Squirrelflight's litter didn't share Lionpaw's disdain. (If I accidentally put a warrior name in here that doesn't belong, I'm really sorry.)
"Oh hi Kit." Berrypaw said dismissively. Ravenkit, the usually quiet molted red and black tom stood from where he was wrestling with Nightkit and stalked up to Berrypaw, and stuck his nose in the cream-tom's face.
"Her name is Lilykit." he snarled, his green eyes livid. Lily'kit had her ears down and tail drooped,
"N-no it's OK. I don't expect an apprentice like Berrypaw to r-remember a small kit's name." Lilykit whispered.
"He should. were his clan mates, he should show more respect." Nightkit hissed from his place on the ground, immediately backing up his brother.
"Stop." Hollypaw walked forward, her green eyes haughty, she flicked Berrypaw's nose with the tip of her thick black tail, "you should be ashamed. no real warrior forgets the names of their clan mates, especially a sweet shecat like Lilykit."
"Uhm.." Berrypaw was astonished. two kits and an apprentice had nearly bit his ears off because he called a kit, Kit? he shook his head and walked away flicking his tail in annoyance.
"It's OK, Lilykit. become a great warrior and he'll see you." Skykit purred to her sister. Lilykit looked up at Skykit, here orange-amber eyes hopeful,
"Are you sure?"
"I'm very sure. remember the tales the Elders tell us about Firestar? no one liked him because he's a kitty-pet, or was. now, Sandstorm loves him because he's a great kind leader and and an amazing warrior." Skykit explained. Lilykit looked up and bared her teeth,
"I swear that I'll be the best warrior then!" she squeaked.
"Good to hear." Firestar's deep voice came from above them, "You'll be apprenticed in a moon. too bad, that Daisy's litter is still too inexperienced to become warriors, the Apprentice den is too small. we may have to expand it. good thing its green-leaf." the leader said as if to himself. the kits giggled and decided to visit Leafpool and Jaypaw.
"hi Jaypaw!" Skykit mewled.
"What do you want." he growled back.
"Why are you so prickly?' Skykit purred, bumping his shoulder with her head. Nightkit purred, seeing the blind tom's eyes glitter with affection. the white and ginger she-cat was the only one who had wormed her way completely under the harsh exterieior of the medicine apprentice.
"What ever."he purred, "You guys aren't sick are you?
"No. we just wanted to visit our aunt and cousin." Lilykit purred the cream she-cat was another not even Jaypaw could be nasty to.
"Well don't be too long. Leafpool is sleeping, she was up all night again." Jaypaw's voice rung with worry for his mother. he stuck his nose into the herb store, and sniffed,"will one of you do me a favor and find Sandstorm? ask her to take this old tansy and find some new?" Jaypaw meowed and Ravenkit. the bushy tailed tom took the dried up leaves and went to find Sandstorm.
"Did you really want to be a medicine cat?" Lilykit asked Jaypaw. Jaypaw's fur initially bristled, but then he lay it flat.
"I didn't have much of a choice, did I? I'm blind, and have you ever heard of a blind warrior? i suppose it was partially who my mother is, and because even if I'm blind I can see sense. Starclan must have laid out a path for me, if I was born like this. I think, If I could see, it would be different. I would have chosen the path of a Warrior then." he explained calmly.
"Well... I think you could have been a warrior." Lilykit purred. Skykit purred too, though she did know that if Jaypaw had become a warrior, it would have been very hard for him.