Rise From Darkness {COMPLETE}

Timberstar's Journey -Chapter 6-

Time seemed to escape Timbertail, the moons following the battle against Thornstar seemed to pass by quickly. Just as he and Heatherwind had talked about, they started their family and Timbertail had two incredibly beautiful and perfect daughters named Briarkit and Emberkit who were nearing four moons old.

During the two moons that Heatherwind had been expecting, Timbertail had been completely terrified that he would end up just like his own father, but once he laid eyes on his daughters he felt a love he had never felt before. An urge to protect them no matter what, it made him realize just how little he actually he understand his father's actions. He could never chose one of his daughters over the other, they were both incredible.

Briarkit reminded Timbertail a lot of Rootscratch, she was very independent and didn't like being doted on or fussed over, she was brave and strong. Kestrelkit was a bit gentler and a bit more sensitive, she was sweet and caring. She happily followed Briarkit on any misadventures they found themselves getting into.

The kits were beloved by all their kin, Seedclaw, Mossleaf and Flamewhisker all loved their only granddaughters and Jaggedstar adored them as well, as they were his kin. Rootscratch also loved the little kits. She had told Timebrtail that she wasn't interested in a kit or mate of her own, but she was a wonderful aunt and loved the kits very much.

Timbertail felt so lucky to have such a loving family surrounding his kits, he knew that his daughters would never doubt for a second if they were loved, he made sure of that. He hadn't told his daughters about Branchfur, he didn't know how he would bring that up but it certainly wouldn't be until they were older. They had asked, but Timbertail just explained he lost his life in battle. Branchfur and Tigerfang often weren't mentioned by the Clan, LichenClan wasn't very fond of remembering them as the two cats who betrayed their Clan.

Owlstripe and Rowanwhisker had managed to earn back the trust of their Clanmates and for a while, things were returning to normal for LichenClan in the wake of the terrible battle. However, in recent moons there had been reason for concern from the cats of the Clans as it was revealed by the medicine cats that the forest was dying.

LichenClan cats had began noticing it moons ago when their usual lush and vibrant territory had begun to wither away, it felt more like SunCan territory now and Timbertail hated it. The Clans had been instructed to leave and find a new home, but so far nothing had been done and Timbertail knew that it was because of Riverstar's hesitance.

Timbertail didn't blame her, the thought of venturing out during leaf-bare to find a new home was terrifying, especially with his daughter's being kits. He didn't want to risk their lives, but they had been told that the forest would never recover after leaf-bare. Herbs were no longer growing and prey was dwindling. The small amount of prey they did manage to find was skinny, and much of it was sick which meant they had to throw it out or risk cats getting sick.

Leaf-bare was rushing in quickly and Timbertail was scared, as scary as it was to leave, staying would mean certain death and he refused to let anything happen to his family. Was scared him more was Jaggedstar's age, he was getting older and it was showing. He didn't know how many lives that the leader had but he knew it wasn't many, he had been leader for a long time.

Timbertail was currently huddling in the warriors den, hiding himself from the cold after a long and unfulfilling hunting patrol. They had caught a few scrapy pieces of prey that mostly went to the elders den and Heatherwind. He had made sure his mate and daughters were fed and resting before he rested himself.

He found himself nearly drifting off until he heard a groan from beside him. Timbertail lifted his head and saw that Owlstripe was writhing in his nest, he looked like he was in a lot of pain. "Hey, are you alright?" Timbertail asked, nudging him with his muzzle.