Cloudclan's Farewell

Chapter 31

"S-s-s-she's deceased. G-g-gone f-f-f-f-forever." Mooncloud whispered heartlessly.

"Well at least she is alive. I also forgot to say that my kits are born in a moon. Also Pearlwater hasn't had her kits born?" I asked.

"Pearlwater's kits are overdue. She had pains all day. All week actually. We need to travel now. Dancingwater might need help."

"As well as Cancershade. She announced she was expected Chocolateshadow's kits."

"How many moons?"

"5 and a half."

"Dancingwater's?"

"5 and three quarters."

"Your's?"

"5."

"So many kits. So much new life. Good for the loses of Skyleap, Deathwish, Shadewhisper, Crowfur, Midnightpaw, and S-s-shellsheep..." Mooncloud trailed off.

"Cloudchaser is going to be very, very mad. He loved her to Starclan and back. Shellsheep saved us from the rouges. She bled to death. Crowfur hated us from exiling him with Shadewhisper. Shadewhisper," I dropped my voice so Mooncloud could only hear. "He assassinated Deathwish. But Skyleap saw and attacked him. He dropped a still-alive Deathwish and attacked the black cat. Thats why we found black fur under her claws. Deathwish clawed feebly at him. He ended both of their lives. Then he made it look like they were fighting and they killed each other."

"Wow."

"Ok lets go. Spiritsong, can you stand?"

"Yes I can." Spiritsong called from the back of the den.

"Then lets go. Spiritsong and Pearlwater, if you need someone to lean on, just ask."

I gathered the others and started out of the makeshift camp. Then I remembered, I'd only 2 lives left. Once hit by a monster, died from hunger, and by the rouges that killed Shellsheep. I remember feeling her belly and realizing she was expecting 4 moon old kits. Batwing, her mate, was hurt by the death of Shellsheep, and hurt more when he was told about the kits.

I looked up at the horizon. The pinky-red of the sky told me that something bad was to happen.