A/N hey guys! Thanks So Much for all of your wonderful reviews! I'm posting this really fast because I'm leaving for vacation. Ill probably still write while I'm gone, but don't expect another chapter until next week.
Disclaimer- I don't own warriors
enjoy!
Chapter 18
Pepperpaw POV
Tigerpaw soon arrives with Jayfeather, and Nightpaw isn't far behind.
When they sit down Jayfeather looks, er, glances, i mean he turns his head toward me.
"I don't know what Tigerpaw was doing out so late, and I really don't care what you were doing together." He meows
"all I care about I'd that you found Dovewing and alerted me."
He then turns toward Dovewing, who isn't looking well at all. I hear him mutter something under his breath. Is sounds like, "This will be difficult, such a big litter"
Tigerpaw and I just stand there uncomfortably while the medicine cat and apprentice work over Dovewing. Giving her herbs for strength, and giving here a stick to bite on. Tigerpaw is asked to go find a piece of moss and dip it in the WindClan stream-border. I fall into a daze, they sound so worried, nothing is happening.
I am still in this daze when I hear the stick snap and a few seconds later I am given a small black she kit. I am told to lick her fur to keep her warm, and I do. I look down at the kit again. I feel strange holding her. So small, the newest of life. But there is something else.
Suddenly I hear a voice.
"This kit is not of the prophecy, but will still grow to learn more than you want her to know. But trust your hearts, and hers." The last word comes out as a whisper. This snaps me out of my daze and I look around.
The clearing is still chaos. Tigerpaw soon arrives and sets down the piece of moss, and is then given a little pale brown she kit. He starts to lick her fur.
After what seems like an eternity, Dovewing has five small kits. None of them are with her. She is too weak to move and Nightpaw has been sent back to the camp to get another warrior, and some more herbs.
Tigerpaw and I are in charge of keeping the kits warm while Jayfeather works. We are both laying down, curling around a few kits each.
I have the small black she kit whom the StarClan cat spoke about, and her sister, an even smaller black she kit with silver streaks.
Tigerpaw lays just less than a tail-length away, facing me. He has the gray Tom, the little brown she kit, and a little she kit that looks nearly identical to Dovewing. They are all sleeping. Tigerpaw looks at me and smiles.
"This is amazing." He says, nearly whispering
I can see that the kits have an affect on him. I smile. He puts his head down on his paws, and curls tail protectively around the kits.
I look back up at Jayfeather. He has what I can only assume are tears in his eyes. What's happening? Is she...? No. I can see the slow rise and fall of her chest, though her back is to me.
I hear a sound loud enough to be a badger lumbering through the undergrowth. It's Bumblestripe. And Nightpaw of course, but I don't hear her paw steps. They run into the clearing, Nightpaw gives the herbs to Jayfeather, and Bumblestripe runs to Dovewing.
"Is she alright? What's going on?" He asks quickly
Jayfeather takes a deep breath and calmly replies
"She'll be fine." He sounds relived "she already had her kits, the apprentices are warming the over there." He flicks his tail toward us.
Bumblestripe walks over and Tigerpaw lifts his head. "Sh-she had five kits?" He asks surprised
We nod and Bumblestripe's face softens as he sits down.
"Can I see?"
I uncurl myself and sit up, letting him see the two she kits. He smiles when he sees the black and silver kit.
"She looks just like me, but opposite in colors." He meows, and I realize he's right
Tigerpaw assumes the same position I'm in and lets Bumblestripe see the other kits.
"We'll at least I have one Tom" he meows jokingly
"You like them?" Asks a quiet voice, and we all turn around to see Dovewing sitting up.
We all started to talk at once.
"Dovewing!"
Your alright!"
but it was Bumblestripe who rushed over to her.
"Of course I love our kits! Their beautiful." He exclaims
"Lets get back to camp." Jayfeather says, infuriating any further comment.
"Jayfeather." Meows Dovewing "when I get back to camp, I will fall asleep before I even make it to the nursery. I'm naming these kits right here, right now."
Jayfeather sighs, "Go on then."
Dovewing slowly walks over and sits down, followed be Bumblestripe.
"You start, ill let you name the Tom." She meows
"How about Smokekit? For his fur." He suggests. She nods
"I think Leafkit, for the little brown she kit. What about Lillykit for the Black and silver she kit?" She meows and Bumblestripe nods enthusiastically
"I like the name Rainkit." He meows "What about that for the light gray she kit." Dovewing thinks for a moment
"I like it. What about for this black she kit?" She asks
"Hollykit" Whispers the voice again
"What about Hollykit?" I ask
"That's perfect, thank you Pepperpaw."
I hear a noise behind me and I think it's Jayfeather. But I am wrong.
"You have a LOT of explaining to do." Meows Onestar
story for the cliffie but it had to happen :D