Thanks for all the kit names guys! As you can tell, my laptop is charged again. I forgot to write responses to a lot of the reviews, so I'll do that now.
So most of you are wondering who the mysterious cat in the prologue is, and I didn't think he was too important, but I might mention him later on. Anyway, that cat is Molepelt. I actually think I described him wrongly, but whatever.
Double rainbow power123- I know, I know, you were the second reviewer, I should have responded earlier. Don't worry, there's no Dove/Tiger. Also, sorry, but I'm not putting in Jay/Briar, because Jayfeather would never do that.
Pumpkinfur- Sorry, I know you reviewed a while ago, but thanks for the kit names! Do you mind if I use some of the names for kits other than Dovewing? I was thinking about using Pumpkinkit for Squirrelflight. (If she has kits) Oh, and I used Shadekit too, but I used it before you reviewed (it's later on in the story) but thanks anyway!
WildCroconaw- I know you reviewed a long time ago too, but the kit he is referring to is actually several kits, five, I think. (My mistake)
Blossomstripe- Thanks for all the allegiance comments! I basically just copied them out of The Last Hope and made some random cats die or move to the nursery, and so forth. If anyone else sees mistakes in the allegiances or anything, it was me being stupid. ;)
Foxbracken - Phoenix Everren- Wow, you gave quite a few names there! I saw a lot of my personal favorites in there :). I wasn't sure if I should use them, but if you like them too, I think I will.
Bramblewhisker88- Thanks!
ShastamaeFirepool- I've already pretty much decided on kits names, but if you have any good ones, I could definitely change some of them.
Fire in the Willows- Oh, sorry, I didn't know that.
Contrary To Popular Belief- Thanks for the names! I've always loved Dapplekit!
'Guest'- Um, okay.
Now, I know you're probably getting bored, and just want to get to the story, but I have a few more things I have to say. The first thing is that I noticed that I had mistakes in the allegiances and summary, and I want to clarify those. In the summary, I said 'Is Dovewing keeping a secret from Bumblestripe?' and that makes no sense, because she is not, so disregard that comment and I'll change it later. Also in the summary, I said there was only one kit in the prophecy, and there was in the early stages of the story, but I changed that, and now there is more kit. Now on to allegiances- later on in the story *spoilers* Daisy is expecting kits, but Spiderleg is in the elders den, plus, they don't really like each other, so I'm not sure about that. In ShadowClan, I added a new kit to Applefur's litter, his name is Frogkit. Plus, I changed the prophecy, but I changed it after I wrote a few chapters, so if you see anything weird that doesn't make sense, ignore it.
R&R and enjoy!
Chapter Five
Lionblaze threw the smaller cat to the side. It scrambled to its paws and hissed. "What's your name?" demanded Lionblaze once more.
"Frogkit!" spat the tiny tom, still trying to be ferocious. Lionblaze exchanged glances with the rest of his patrol. Frogkit?
"And you're out of your camp and in ThunderClan territory, because...?" Lionblaze glared down on the kit. Frogkit was about to say something when there was rustling and squeaking coming from a bush over the ThunderClan border. Lionblaze flicked his tail toward Frogkit, and Blossomfall stood over him, making sure he didn't run away. Icecloud followed him to the scraggly juniper bush. Lionblaze grabbed a branch in his jaws and moved it to the side, revealing two more kits, both she-kits. They stared up at him with huge scared eyes.
"We're so sorry!" they squealed, then burst into wails, "We didn't know that we were in ThunderClan territory! Frogkit made us! Please don't kill us!" Lionblaze exchanged a glance of amusement with Icecloud.
"Now," he began in a soothing tone, "We are definitely not going to kill you. But, we do need to know your names." The kits huddled together. The lighter brown tabby kit bravely answered first,
"I'm Ferretkit." Her sister followed her lead, and squeaked,
"And I'm Deerkit. Please don't kill me." The tiny brown she-kit quaked in terror.
"We're going to have to take you to our camp to see Bramblestar."
Bumblestripe gaped at her. Dovewing shuffled her paws and timidly glanced at him. He was silent for a few more heartbeats, then meowed,
"That's great news!" He nuzzled her cheek and she purred with relief. Dovewing had been so worried that he wouldn't have been happy, but he seemed almost as excited as she was. "You should move to the nursery as soon as possible." He gasped. Dovewing rapidly shook her head.
"I think I can still do patrols for a good while." Bumblestripe paused, then nodded hesitantly, without taking a pause from his joyful purr.
"We're going to be parents!" he exclaimed. A purr rumbled in Dovewing's throat.
"Yes we are. We'll make great parents, and we'll have perfect kits, they'll be gray with black stripes, just like you." Bumblestripe shook his head,
"No, if you're looking for perfect, they'd look more like you."
"What kinds of names do you like for she-kits?" Their heads were bent together as they spoke in hushed whispers about what to name their kits. Dovewing's head snapped up as she heard Bramblestar call her name.
"Dovewing? Could you come to my den please?" Dovewing bounded up highledge and into Bramblestar's den.
Dovewing sat on the stone floor. He sat in his mossy nest and waited for her to get settled. "I've been thinking about who would be good mentors for Amberkit, Dewkit, and Snowkit, and I thought, you're more than ready for an apprentice. Would you like to mentor Dewkit when the time comes?" Dovewing did want to mentor Dewkit, more than anything. She wanted to be able to have both, but she knew she couldn't, so she forced herself to speak up.
"I would love to, Bramblestar, I really would. Well, um, I'm kind of expecting kits." She mewed awkwardly. She looked down, expecting a scolding, but Bramblestar's eyes were glowing.
"That's great!" He mewed. "Congratulations," he was going to say more, but just then, there was a yowl coming from the gorse tunnel. Bramblestar's whiskers twitched in annoyance. "We'd better go see what that is."
Ivypool lifted her head from her filthy paws and began grooming herself. She'd moped around all morning; luckily, Squirrelflight hadn't wanted her for any patrols. She hadn't even bothered to clean the mud off her paws. She heard a yowl followed by curious murmurs. Ivypool licked faster, and soon she was clean. She headed out into the clearing. Bramblestar stood on highrock, and the members of the Clan had started to congregate in the center of the clearing. Ivypool turned to where everyone was staring. It was Lionblaze's patrol, leading in three kits that smelled strongly of ShadowClan.
"Bramblestar!" meowed Lionblaze. "We found these kits on our side of the border. This one," he angled his tail towards a pale beige kit, "this one even tried to attack our patrol." The kit didn't even have the sense to look ashamed.
"Really?" mewed Bramblestar, "And what might these kit's names be?" The other two kits were both female. They crouched low as if trying to disappear, but the other kit stood tall and spat,
"I'm Frogkit!" The Clan exchanged surprised glances that he still wasn't backing down. His sisters followed more timidly,
"I'm Ferretkit, and this is Deerkit, and we're really sorry, we didn't mean to trespass." Bramblestar nodded, eyes narrowed.
"We're going to have to speak to Frogkit in my den, you too Lionblaze. The other kits can wait in the camp until we're finished. Would the queens mind looking after them?" The queens shook their heads from the entrance to the nursery. After all, kits were kits.
"Come on dears," mewed Daisy, herding them into the nursery. "You can play with Amberkit, Dewkit, and Snowkit." Ivypool followed them and peeked into the nursery, the ShadowClan kits seemed to be playing nicely with Brightheart's kits, so she went back to grooming herself. Ivypool felt a cat staring at her, and looked up. Dovewing was standing above her, looking positively elated. Ivypool glanced up at her questioningly. Dovewing suddenly burst out,
"I'm going to have kits!"