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[[xoxo] shard. :)]

<sup>It was very late at night, moonhigh, to be exact. Two sapphire-colored orbs glowed, breaking the darkness. The owner was a sleek, black queen. She stood there, her gaze upon the glittering spiriits of Silverpelt that had now accepted her as a Clancat. The she-cat inhaled, beginning to let out a sigh, but was cut off when a sharp pain racked her body. She collapsed to the ground, wailing in agony, but no cat came to her. The eerie silence was only broken by her screams. Finally, her mate, the medicine cat, and many others gathered around her. The pain stopped quite suddenly, though she was still sore, and she heard shrieks of joy. What happened? What in the name of StarClan had happened?

This dream had recurred over and over for the past few nights, haunting the sleep of the she-cat known as Midnightlove. She was sure that she knew the meaning. StarClan was telling her to be prepared, for her kits could be coming at any given moment. She never left the nursery, for fear that her kits would be born in snow if she did. She had a few ideas for names, but she couldn't be sure until they came.

Midnightlove was relaxing, enjoying comfort while she had it, until her fur on her neck began to rise. Her body felt tense, and wave of pain flooded over her. She held in a cry, but it was released as the shock came again, more agonizing than before. She began to wail in a desperate plea for help.

"Eaglefeather! Dragonflydance! Anyone! Help!" She screeched once more, and kept calling names. She needed someone. She needed someone now.</sup>[/color]

[SHADE. :D]

The stars were bright. Dragonflydance's pale, sky blue gaze swept over them and a smile curled her lips. Her gentle face was alive with joy as she read the skies. Always the same thing, they said. Something good was going to happen on this night. The slender, pure white medicine cat shuffled her paws in the frosty grass with a shiver; her short fur was not keeping her particularly warm. Dragonflydance got to her paws and moved back towards her den, looking forward to her nest.

Suddenly, a shriek pierced the night. Dragonflydance pricked up her ears urgently. The cries were coming from the nursery. Midnightlove! The white she-cat dipped back into the medicine den, snatching up some cobwebs and borage, before darting between the brambles of the nursery. She dodged past Ribbontail, waking the queen with a light slap of her tail. "Go and wake Eaglefeather," she instructed the beautiful silver bengal. "Tell him Midnightlove is kitting." Ribbontail gave a quick nod and disappeared from the nursery, her spangled tail flowing out behind her.

Dragonflydance sprang to Midnightlove's side, and gave her a quick lick on the flank. "It's alright," she purred reassuringly, her voice soft from moons of experience. "Just relax. Don't panic. Eaglefeather will be here soon. Here, eat some of this, and relax." The white she-cat, who seemed ghostly in the half-light, pushed a pawful of borage towards the dark queen, and then waited.

Meanwhile, Ribbontail burst into the warriors' den, her large ears twitching. Quickly she searched through the heaps of shivering fur, until she caught sight of Eaglefeather's dark brown tabby pelt and strong shoulders. The silvery queen gave the tom a couple of sharp prods from her forepaws; patience had never been one of her strong points. "Hey! Hey!" she mewed, voice a loud whisper. "Eaglefeather, wake up you doofus! Midnightlove is kitting!"

[fernie. (:]

A sharp prodding woke the muscular tabby tom from his dreams, making him open his eyes and stare irritably at the prodder. Then he heard what she was saying. 'Midnightlove? Kitting?!' he asked, partly to let it sink in. Then he flew to the nursery and was by his mate's side in an instant. 'Midnishtlove.' he whispered, rasping his tongue over her ear very gently. Then he turned to Dragonflydance. 'How is she doing?' he asked anxiously.

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[[xoxo] shard. :)]

^{Relief flooded over the queen as Eaglefeather and Dragonflydance appeared before her to assist. The feeling quickly faded away, though, as pain racked her body and she wailed once more in agony. Soon, a bundle of fur was visible upon the ground. Coated in blood, its fur was nearly impossible to see. She began to lick it's fur the wrong way, opening up its lungs. Five more of the creatures came, one by one,each of them covered in the thick, scarlet substance as well. Finished with the first, she started to clean another kit. Her concentration was on her new offspring. Midnightlove would refuse to speak until they were all deprived of the liquid upon their coats.}

[SHADE. :D]

// That's one heck of a lot of kits. o__o

Dragonflydance gave Eaglefeather a quick nod. She watched Midnightlove; the queen needed no more help now. She watched the dark-pelted queen deliver her kits. Midnightlove had cleaned two; but the others had to be cleaned too, quickly. She carefully passed one to Eaglefeather, and one to Ribbontail. Dragonflydance then began to quickly clean the last two, blue eyes bright with determination. Once her two kits were clean and dry, she placed them carefully at Midnightlove's stomach. Ribbontail did the same, her mouth soft. Dragonflydance pushed some more borage towards the queen. "Eat," she mewed gently. The pure white medicine cat began to gently pull back the kits' ears and run her paws along their bodies, to check that they were all healthy.

[FIREH!!]

_{Skytomb's reflection padded into the camp, laden with fresh-kill. He scented Ribbontail and smiled. He padded to the nursery and at once was mauled by Frostkit. Daddy! Come see! Midnightlove is kitting! She has six kits! She cried. Cloakedclaw laughed. Alright. He squeezed into the rather large nursery and looked over his sister's shoulder. They're beautiful. He purred. Then he felt a paw tug at his leg. Frostkit wasp ulling him towards Ribbontail. You haven't visited much! She complained. Cloakedclaw shook his head, laughing. He touched noses with Ribbontail and meowed, Hey. Kits causing trouble? He smiled.}

[SHADE. :D]

Ribbontail purred at the sight of her mate, and leant forwards to lick his muzzle. She pulled Frostkit back to her flank, curling her fluffy silver tail around the kit. "Ssh," she scolded gently. "Tansykit and Dapplekit are sleeping, and I'm sure Midnightlove does not want to be disturbed." The silver bengal shrugged at Cloakedclaw's question. "No more than usual," she mewed. She then gave Frostkit a light poke. "This one's been up to mischeif, as usual. They're getting too big for the nursery." Ribbontail glanced at Tansykit's ginger and white form, and looked back at her mate, anxiety reflected in the blue depths of her eyes.

Tansykit sighed. She was not sleeping. She was just good at pretending. The ginger and white kitten curled up tighter, though kept her ears pricked. She wanted to see if her parents would mention her becoming an apprentice. Well, she would never see, but...

[FIREH!!]

<sub>Cloakedclaw laughed lightly at Ribbontail and Frostkit. He smiled. Yeah. I'll talk to Stormstar when I get the chance about apprenticing these guys. Tansykit I know will make an excellent warrior in all, Frostkit will be the best fighter I'm sure, and Dapplekit wil be our little hunter! He purred as he talked about his three kits' futures. So what if Tansykit was blind. She had proven herself already to be a respectful cat. He gazed into Ribbontail's eyes, trying to comfort her.

Frostkit squirmed away from her mother. But I'm so bored! She complained. There's nothing to do!!!! She trotted in a small circle, chasing her tail.</sub>

[falconkit]

<sub>A small kit mewed for the first time after she was cleaned. The little kit shivered. It was cold out here. Yet finaly instint took over and she made her way to her mother. She began to suckle, lightly kneading with her paws. The warm liquid that seeped into her mouth tasted wonderful. mabey is wasn't so bad out here after all. Other little kits were around her, but she payed them no head. She just concentrated on the warmth and food her mother provided.

((I know, late and bad post. But she is a kit still so . . . its kind of hard xD))</sub>

[all out JINX ♥]

//I'm so sorry to be this late, I didn't know about it until now

//Everything seemed to hit the little kit as it emerged from it's mother. It's pelt covered in slimy liquid that kept it warm, it's eyes were unseen. It's mother had licked all the slim from it's tiny body, the little kit found it's way to it's mothers belly. It began to suck the milk for food.