Hey guys! I'm just gonna post a ton of chapters today, (I have them pre-written) so I hope you enjoy them. Oh, I just thought I'd let you know, if you think my chapters are getting a little crazy, that's okay. I'll post the next one in a few minutes.
Chapter Six
"Well, that's new," muttered Jayfeather. " I've never had ShadowClan kits staring at me in the nursery before." He was checking on Millie, and the ShadowClan kits were watching nervously. "Can you tell them to get out of here?" he hissed quietly. Daisy rolled her eyes. Jayfeather turned and looked at the kits. They squealed and raced out of the nursery. Daisy shot him a glare and hurried after them. Jayfeather relaxed, it wasn't that he didn't like them, he just didn't like them watching him work. He ran his paws over Millie's stomach. Hmm. Her stomach's a bit large, but I say she has maybe a half moon left? "I'd say you have another half moon until your kits are born." Millie nodded, then asked,
"I didn't get this big with my first litter, how much more will I have to grow?" Jayfeather pressed down on her belly with his paws. Millie inhaled sharply.
"I'm not sure, but as hard to believe as it is, you're going to get quite a big bigger than this."
"Also," she mewed, "I think I've been eating too much fresh-kill. I've eaten several times today, but I'm still hungry." Jayfeather thought about this.
"It's natural for queens to be hungry when they're expecting kits. I can bring you fresh-kill whenever you're hungry." He offered. Millie mewed in thanks. "In fact, I'll go right now," he padded to the fresh-kill pile and picked up a fat chaffinch. He dropped it outside the nursery, and then went back to his den.
A moment later, Daisy walked into the den.
"Hello Jayfeather." She mewed with barely contained excitement. "I'm expecting kits again!" What? Jayfeather scrambled to his paws. But the nursery is so crowded already! He forced himself to be polite, and meow,
"That's great! Is your nest okay in the nursery?" She nodded.
"Yes thanks. But could you just check how far along I am?" Jayfeather nodded and pressed his paws to her belly.
"You're a bit farther along than I anticipated. You have about a moon left." As he examined her, he noticed that her belly had definitely begun to swell. How had I not noticed this! Daisy exited, and almost right behind her was Bramblestar. He dipped his head in greeting.
"Hello Bramblestar, do you want to discuss something with me?" Bramblestar nodded.
"The nursery is getting crowded, and Dovewing will be moving in soon. I was thinking, maybe we could move Daisy to the warriors den, just until Brightheart moves out."
"We could, except Daisy just told me she was expecting kits again." Bramblestar sighed.
"Alright, I'll have some warriors extend the nursery. Then it won't be so crowded."
"Good idea," mewed Jayfeather, "one more thing, I guess you sent those ShadowClan kits back." Bramblestar nodded.
Lionblaze led his patrol towards the ShadowClan border. Icecloud and Blossomfall followed him, keeping the kits in line.
They finally reached the ShadowClan camp; it was surrounded by brambles and reeked of ShadowClan scent. Ferretkit nudged Deerkit,
"Look! We're home!" Lionblaze stifled an amused purr. He pushed his way through the barrier, not feeling at all at ease. ShadowClan warriors peered hostilely out of their dens. Two big warriors crossed their path to Blackstar's den.
"You may not pass." Spat one of the toms, a ratty brown tom.
"Let them past, Ratscar." It was Blackstar; he appeared tired and worn out, Lionblaze suspected that ShadowClan would soon be welcoming their new leader. He kept these thoughts to himself and dipped his head respectfully.
"We hate to trespass on ShadowClan's territory, but we found these kits on out side of the border, and this kit tried to attack our patrol." A queen cried out and darted forward, licking at the kits pelts.
"Get offa me!" growled Frogkit. His mother and Blackstar both glared at him. Frogkit crouched down and hissed quietly. Ratscar spat and tore up clods of mud from the hard packed earth.
"Why are you still here? Why don't you just drop off the kits and go home?" Ratscar circled around the ThunderClan patrol. Lionblaze stiffened and tried not to bristle.
"We're here to make sure Frogkit gets an appropriate punishment for breaking the Warrior Code, not once, but twice." Lionblaze glared at Ratscar. He started to snarl a response, but Blackstar flicked his tail.
"If you acknowledge that Frogkit will be punished, will you leave?" He meowed wearily. Lionblaze nodded and gathered his patrol.
"Good hunting Blackstar." Lionblaze dipped his head politely and lead his patrol out of the camp.
Dovewing smoothed her shoulder fur. She was lying in the sun, sharing tongues with Cinderheart. The sun was setting, turning the sky orange. Dovewing saw Bramblestar leap up onto highrock. She half expected him to call a clan meeting, but he disappeared into his den. Dovewing turned back to Cinderheart and whispered,
"What do you think happened on the patrol?" After the incident with the kits, Blackstar had made sure there were about five patrols a day along the ThunderClan border. Blackstar claimed it was for the sake of all the Clans, but Bramblestar knew Blackstar had his eye on ThunderClan's territory, and had a led a patrol to speak to Blackstar himself.
Cinderheart shrugged in response to Dovewing's question.
"Anything, I guess. But since the patrol has returned, I assume everything went well." Replied Cinderheart. She bent her head to lick her belly fur. Cinderheart's belly had gotten much bigger in the past quarter moon. Dovewing wing was sure Cinderheart was going to have a big litter. Dovewing also refused to join her friend in the nursery, not yet. Her stomach had consequently swollen, and Bumblestripe protested her going out of camp. Dovewing ignored him and continued hunting and going on patrol. Dovewing spotted Jayfeather emerging from the nursery. It seemed he was always in there, checking on Millie. He urged her to come out and get some fresh air. However, she didn't often listen to him, so Dovewing was surprised when Millie plodded out of the nursery, her belly heavy with kits.
"Hello." Millie meowed, flopping next to them. Dovewing examined Millie, she looked tired, and her belly was massive. Millie sighed as she prodded a plump mouse. "Does anyone else want this?"
Ivypool maneuvered around Dovewing, Cinderheart, and Millie on her way to the fresh-kill pile. She was so lost in thought that she bumped right into Jayfeather.
"Come with me, bring Lionblaze and Dovewing. Meet behind outside the dirtplace tunnel."
"No," hissed Jayfeather, "behind the nursery. I've got something to tell you guys." Ivypool nodded reluctantly and headed towards the nursery. She beckoned a yawning Lionblaze to follow her. She guessed he'd been on patrolling the ShadowClan border all day, keeping an eye out for trouble. Lionblaze trudged after her looking positively exhausted. Ivypool ducked behind the nursery, Lionblaze squeezed in behind her. She couldn't see Jayfeather and Dovewing enter, but it was obvious when they did, because it suddenly got a lot squishier.
"Dovewing! Get off me!" Lionblaze protested through a yawn.
"It's not my fault this hiding place is so cramped!" Dovewing said hotly. Ivypool heard the hint of a snarl in Dovewing's voice. She immediately knew it wasn't a smart thing for Dovewing to do. Her fears were confirmed when a growl rumbled in Lionblaze's throat.
"You want to fight?" he snapped, "Bring it on!" Ivypool tried to wedge her way in between them, but she was stuck in the corner behind Lionblaze. Why do we all have to fight? I have important news!
"Ugh! This is ridiculous! I'm sorry, let's just talk." Dovewing harrumphed and turned away.
"Stop it, all of you! You're acting like kits!" it was Jayfeather now, Ivypool started to relax, but Dovewing broke in,
"Shut up! You're just a blind medicine cat!" Ivypool froze, but Jayfeather didn't miss a beat.
"Just because I'm blind doesn't mean I still can't claw the fur off a rude she-cat." Jayfeather snarled.
"Yes it does! At least I can fight a mouse!" Dovewing retorted. Ivypool felt Lionblaze stiffen and bristle beside her. Dovewing lashed her tail in frustration.
"Okay, fine. I'm sorry. What I did was stupid. I guess I'm just in a bad mood, please forgive me."
"Yeah, whatever." Lionblaze huffed.
Like I said, kind of crazy. This one and a few others are sort of dumb, so sorry. E-waffles and cookies for reviewers!