It was almost sundown when Echosong stumbled into RiverClan camp. Her Clanmates were about ready to go to sleep, but fortunately her sister, Whitetail, noticed her. Whitetail rushed over to her sister.
"Thank StarClan your safe, Echosong, I've been looking for you all day!" she cried.
Echosong grunted.
"I didn't know I was so close to having my kits..." she lied.
Whitetail licked her sister's ear.
"All of you are safe now, and that's what matters." she meowed.
Whitetail picked up Ashkit and placed her on her mother's back, then picked up Equinoxkit and together the sisters carried the three exhausted kits to the nursery.
After a good nights' rest, the rest of the Clan was taking notice of their return. Grudgingly, Echosong allowed her Clanmates to cluster around in the entrance to the nursery and have a look at her kits.
'Attention,' she thought, ' great. Just what we all need.'
Echosong was not one to voice her sarcasm, she knew it would be lost on most anyway. Skyleaf, the other queen in the nursery, was not so cautious about her words. She ushered everyone away with her harsh words, but Echosong didn't listen. She was still so tired...
"There, now that those nasty, flea-bitten mouse brains are out of here, you can rest." Skyleaf meowed.
Echosong nodded her thanks and promptly fell asleep, like all three of her kits had.