Love Train (Mossyclan and Juniperclan one~shots)

Something is off

"Congratulations on the kits, Whisperingspirit," Webpaw heard Lilytail meow as he set apart the borage from the little catmint that they had. He made himself a mental note to gather some more with Melodicpaw later. He then turned his attention to his mentor and the expecting queen.

"Thank you. I never thought I'd see the day with me expecting kits," Whisperingspirit admitted. "New life is always welcome," Lilytail said in somewhat of a sad tone. Despite it being many moons ago, she still misses her old mentor dearly. "Told Nectornose yet?" Webpaw asked and Whisperingspirit nodded. "He's delighted and I'm glad that he is. He'll be a wonderful father," she said.

"Well take it easy once you're close to the due date. Don't overdo it," Lilytail instructed. "I will, no need to worry," Whisperingspirit assured her. "Alright, I'll send either Melodicpaw or Webpaw over to check up on you in a short bit," Lilytail explained and Whisperingspirit left. Webpaw then turned away and counted the remaining herbs. "I think we should go and gather some more herbs just to be safe," he said and Lilytail's whiskers twitched.

"You're always on top of things," she told him and Webpaw flicked his tail at her. "Yeah, it's not like we're the last line of defense when the clan is having a crisis," he meowed, sarcastically. "You and your sarcasm. I mean, charming way of putting things," Lilytail teased. Melodicpaw showed up. "Are we teasing Webpaw again?" He asked.

"No, stop it," Webpaw shook his head but Melodicpaw bumped his head against him. "Nope! Never!" He purred. "If you try putting me in a headlock again, I'm putting ants in your nest," Webpaw deadpanned. "You wouldn't. You love me like a brother," Melodicpaw said. "You're annoying as one," Webpaw placed his paw on his fellow medicine cat apprentice's shoulder. "You two, don't bicker. Webpaw, let's go and do your suggestion on gathering herbs," Lilytail intervened before her apprentices start to play fight in the medicine cat den (again).

"Yay!" Melodicpaw cheered and raced out of the den. "Slow down, mouse-brain!" Webpaw called out and followed him. Lilytail chuckled at this. It's never a dull day with those two around.

The three went out to gather some herbs not too far from camp. Lilytail prefers to gather herbs away from camp so they don't use up the herbs that are closest to them too quickly. Right now, it's been a slow moon so there's no harm in gathering them.

"Oh hey, Lilytail," she looked up to see Angelwing and Lightningsnow. "Oh hi. Out for another hunt, Angelwing?" Lilytail asked, remembering that earlier she went hunting with Jadesky. "Yeah, I'd figure that another hunt wouldn't hurt," Angelwing told her. "Good luck," Lilytail nodded and the two she-cats walked away. Webpaw looked up from grabbing the borage to see the two-cats walking away.

They seem to be getting close, he thought as he remembered passing them as they were chatting together and sharing a meal at times. He felt a poke and turned to see Melodicpaw with a gathering of herbs around him. "Huh? That many?" Webpaw gasped. "I remember that the sorrel here grows alongside the feverfew and thinking how strange it was. So I decided to pick them," Melodicpaw explained.

"What do you mean you remember?" Webpaw asked. "I dunno. Something about a faint memory or something. Must have been when I was really young," Melodicpaw admitted. Webpaw stayed quiet at this though. He still didn't forget the vibes that he picked up from him when he played with him that one time.

"I...I see. Well we should gather these and get whatever Lilytail has found before heading back to camp," Webpaw said. "Great idea, I was just thinking that," Melodicpaw purred. They found their mentor who had gathered daisies and catmint before they left the area and went back to camp.

As soon as Webpaw placed the herbs in the shelves, he heard a kit squeak out his name. "Webpaw! Webpaw! Play with me please!" It was Shellkit. The kit has taken a liking to him and liked to follow him around.

"Can I?" Webpaw asked Lilytail. "Sure," she nodded and Melodicpaw spoke up, "savor your youth, Webpaw." "You're literally younger than me," Webpaw poked him before walking out of the den to play Warriors vs Rogues with Shellkit.

The kit was much smaller than him but Webpaw allowed himself to fall so the kit could tackle him. "Oh no, I have been defeated by the mighty warrior, Shellfleck," he dramatically said, using the fake warrior name that Shellkit gave himself. "Gyahaha! You stinky rogue will never take over the camp!" Shellkit laughed. "Yep yep, I can never beat the likes of you," Webpaw nodded, his whiskers twitching with amusement.

Shellkit's eyes shined and he raced off to the nursery. "Mom! I'm a mighty warrior, Webpaw said so!" He called out to her. Off to brag to his mother, Webpaw thought as he got up and shook the dust from his pelt. There was a small grumble coming from his stomach so Webpaw went to the prey pile and took a mouse for himself.

He began to eat it when Melodicpaw walked up to him. "Harmonyleaf is expecting," he said, seriously before Webpaw could ask him what's wrong. "H-Harmonyleaf? She can still expect?" He asked. "Apparently so. Lilytail is worried but Harmonyleaf told her not to worry about it," Melodicpaw explained and sat down next to him. "I see," Webpaw looked to where Harmonyleaf was (heading to the nursery with a limp) and remembered why she was an elder at her age.

He scarfed up the rest of the mouse. "Whoa, careful. You'll get a bellyache if you eat that fast," Melodicpaw scolded him. "I need to check up on her," Webpaw said and walked away. He went inside the nursery and saw that Harmonyleaf was making her nest.

"Mind if I help?" He asked and she turned around. "Ah, Webpaw. I would rather do it on my own but if you insist," she told him and Webpaw shaped some ferns into place. "So, expecting kits huh? There will be a lot of kits in the nursery then," Webpaw started.

"I guess so. I was honestly surprised. After my accident, I thought I'd never have kits again. Starlingsnap will be so happy that they won't be an only kit," Harmonyleaf purred. "I'm sure they'll be a great older sibling," Webpaw murmured and Harmonyleaf brushed aside a feather. There was a question that was burning in his mind but didn't dare ask it out loud.

"I remember you barely reaching halfway to my legs and now you're nearly beat me in size," Harmonyleaf purred, changing the subject. When Webpaw joined the clan, there weren't any queens to take care of him so Harmonyleaf was the closest thing to a queen to take care of him. Of course that didn't last very long but it was nice. Still...

Webpaw couldn't help but have a feeling that something was wrong. Yes, he was happy that Harmonyleaf was expecting kits but still...that question was still burning.

"Oh Nectarnose, I see you got prey," Whisperingspirit's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "Yeah, I heard that there's two expecting queens," Nectarnose said and dropped a squirrel next to Whisperingspirit. "How kind of you," she purred, closing her eyes. As she did this, Nectarnose pushed a vole towards Harmonyleaf who swiftly took it.

Nectarnose then nuzzled his head onto his mate's and she purred again. "I think the nest is done. Thank you for your help, Webpaw," Harmonyleaf told him, her voice sounding stiff. "...alright. Happy to help," Webpaw and as he was about to leave, he saw Harmonyleaf staring at Nectarnose who was chatting with Whisperingspirit. Webpaw called out to her though, "I'll come by to drop some herbs for you!" "A-alright," she nodded before chatting with Nectarnose as soon as he was done talking with his mate.

As soon as he got to the medicine cat den, his mind decided to ask that question again and it's burning through it. So much so that he accidentally placed a stick in one of the cobwebs. As Lilytail scolded him about it, Webpaw just shook his head a little.

Who is the father?

A/N: drama! Also there won't be any specific time frames for these one~shots. There may be one~shots in one moon, there may be for previous moons, so on and so on. Honestly this is something for fun. Sorry if I don't portray the cats in the way that you envision them, let me know though.

Cya in the next one -Flare