Sunheart padded through the trees toward the WindClan border for her meeting with Hawkfur. Vineleaf had promised her that if someone saw her and asked where she was going that she would make sure they didn't follow her. Sunheart was grateful for her sister's help. Vineleaf had been helping her for awhile now and nobody had bothered Sunheart about it.
The stream came into view with Hawkfur sitting on the WindClan side. Sunheart smiled and trotted up to him. The WindClan warrior saw her and rushed to greet her. They nuzzled and purred.
"Everything going ok with Vineleaf?" Hawkfur asked.
"Everything's great! She's the best sister I could've hoped for," Sunheart replied. "Everything ok on your end? Nobody has found out?"
"Nope! Everything's fine!" Hawkfur answered. "Hey! Want to race?"
"I'll beat you this time!" Sunheart meowed playfully, remembering all the times they'd raced and tied.
"To the lake! Ready? Set? Go!" Hawkfur exclaimed as they took off toward the lake. Sunheart kept pace with him for a moment, but then began to pant hard and she stopped in her tracks. She fell onto her belly and lied there catching her breath. Hawkfur was by her side in an instant. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, just tired," Sunheart gasped as she forced herself to sit up. Hawkfur sat down right beside her and licked her fur comfortingly.
"Just relax," he soothed, his voice gentle and loving. "Maybe you should go see Vineleaf. She'd know what's up."
Sunheart thought for a moment and then nodded. "Ok, I'll go and see her in the morning."
Vineleaf's POV
Vineleaf sat with Jayfeather sorting through the herb store. "I'm going to go and check on our catmint," her mentor meowed before padding out of the den. Vineleaf continued with her sorting until she heard pawsteps behind her. She turned and saw Sunheart standing in the entrance to the medicine den.
"Sunheart? What's wrong?" Vineleaf asked.
"I don't know," Sunheart answered. She dropped her voice to a whisper. "I was racing with Hawkfur last night and just got the breath knocked right out of me."
Vineleaf nodded. "Lie down and I'll see what I can do," she told her sister. Sunheart lied down and Vineleaf began to inspect her stomach. If my suspisions are correct... Sure enough she found what she was looking for. Vineleaf straightened up and Sunheart looked at her, expectantly.
"Any idea?" she asked.
Vineleaf nodded. "You're going to have kits, Sunheart. Two of them."
"I'm going to have kits?" Sunheart echoed.
Vineleaf nodded. "And we both know who the father is."
Sunheart smiled. "I have to tell Hawkfur later," she meowed.
"Ok, but after that start moving into the nursery, alright? Don't meet Hawkfur at night while you're caring for your kits," Vineleaf instructed.
"I know that," Sunheart assured. Jayfeather then came back in. He glanced at Sunheart and then at Vineleaf.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Sunheart is going to have two kits," Vineleaf replied. "I told her to move into the nursery soon."
Jayfeather nodded with approval. "Good. How's the herb store?"
"I haven't gone through much more since you were gone," Vineleaf admitted. "Sorry, Sunheart. I'll talk to you later." Sunheart nodded and headed out of the den.
