Warriors: Second Strike: Book 5: Frozen Wings

Chapter 3

[Witheredsoul's POV]

I went into the nursery before going to sleep to check on the two kits. They were small but growing. They were a few days younger than Flamefur's two kits so they would be a quarter of a moon old soon. It was still half of a moon until the gathering was here. The four kits that were littermates but truly Spokenkit and Nightkit were the aunts of Acornkit and Silentkit. That wasn't weird at all. I shook my head before poking my head into the den. Only Summerstripe was awake.

"Witheredsoul? What are you doing so late? The moon is going to be setting soon. You should be getting your rest." The ginger she cat said before curling her tail around the other four kits so they were close to her.

"I just wanted to check up on Acornkit and Silentkit. I haven't gotten to see them a lot and wanted to make sure they were growing." I told her.

They were Tinyclaw's kits but no one else knew that. They just knew that we found the two kits alive and away from the territory. We had convinced them that we were hunting before hearing the meowing of Acornkit. We went to check it out and saw them both there. Silentkit was quiet and that was why we named him Silentkit. We said that we named Acornkit that because we found them near an oak tree. No one doubted us and opened their paws for the new kits to join them.

"They are growing well. Silentkit has meowed once or twice so he isn't mute. They got along with the other kits well too." The new queen said as she looked at the five kits at her belly. The clan was just waiting to see how many kits Angelwing would have so they could see how many apprentices we would have.

"That's good. I wonder how many more kits we will have soon. I'll most likely be able to mentor one of them when they are older." I smiled at her and twitched my tail.

"Creamspots is saying there will be four kits from Angelwing's litter. They are due any day too. We will all see if that she cat is right or if we have more kits than she thought or even less kits. I think you warriors are going to have fun with these kits once they become apprentices. We will at least have more apprentice to do the apprentice duties since Rainpaw and Riverpaw only have a few moons left." The she cat explained before looking past me. I wondered if she was waiting for something or someone.

"That is true. I don't want to be stuck doing apprentice duties again. We still have six moons until they are all apprentices. I wonder if one of them will want to me the medicine cat." I said before yawning.

"I do too. I think you should get some rest. I'll talk to you tomorrow if you come back." She told me with a soft smile.