"Mrr-ow!" Moonface yowled rolling onto her side. "T-the k-kits.. They're coming!" She wheezed. Her body went limp with pain and she yowled once more, "Mrrrow!!!!" Just then, the medicine cat, Acornleaf burst into the nursery with a stick. She dropped it on the ground it slid it toward Moonface. Moonface yowled once more and gnawed on the stick, a little white she-cat plopped out with gray on the tips of her ears and tail. Moonface gripped the stick and pushed. Acornleaf was licking away at the tiny she-cat, her amber eyes also fixed on Moonface. Moonface choked and plopped out a tabby tom with black on his paws and tail. Acornleaf stopped licking the she-cat and switched to the tabby tom, licking his little body all at once. Moonface snarled and yowled and out came a gray she-cat. She gasped and breathed letting go of the stick and wheezing. "Good job, Moonface," Acornleaf sighed. "Why aren't you licking the gray one?" Moonface asked, curling around her kits and Acornleaf jumped out of her way. "I'm sorry to say this Moonface, but, that she kit will enjoy a life in StarClan." Acornleaf murmured sitting down. "Oh, it's okay." Moonface said nursing her two living kits. Just then, Moonface's mate, Starlingtail, slipped into the nursery, his tabby coat shining in the cold moonlight. "Hello, Moonface, how are the kits?" Starlingtail asked looking at the still gray kit body that Moonface pushed away. "What happened?" He asked pawing at the dead kit. "Only a tom and she-cat survived. It makes sense, it is leaf-bare.." Acornleaf grieved dipping her brown head at the tiny dead kit. "Oh, I hope she is happy in StarClan then," Starlingtail mewed grasping the tiny dead kit in his jaws. "I shall take the body to Jaystar. He will have a proper burial ceremony." Starlingtail muffled padding out of the nursery. "He's gone. I shall go sort my herbs. When Starlingtail comes back you can name them." Acornleaf murmured spinning around and stalking away to the nursery. Moonface nodded briefly and lay her black head down. Starlingtail hopped back into the nursery and sat by Moonface. She put her head up and licked the she-cat. "This one shall be Littlekit," She mewed fixing her icy blue eyes on Littlekit. "I love it. And the tom... Hmm.. Palekit." Starlingtail said licking the tiny tom. "Very well. Goodnight, Starlingtail. Sleep well," Moonface said lowering her head. "Bye Moonface." Starlingtail said touching noses with Moonface and heading to his den in the moonlight.
