Warriors: A Warm Beginning

Prologue

        It's early spring, LittleWhisker and I are walking threw the territory on a dark night. We stop by the open fields of heather along the edge of our territory, it being a relatively windless night it makes for a really lovely midnight walk. I reminisce about going on our walks ever since we were apprentices. I look at her as she's staring up at the moon, she's the most beautiful she-cat I've ever known and I'd do anything for her, and I realize I've always known I've loved her, and now I'm having her kits! I smile to myself, life could never get any better. 

     "LittleWhisker?"

     "Yes BearSwift?"

     "I love you"

     "I love you t-"

     She buckled down in pain, falling down in the heather.

     "LittleWhisker! Are you ok?? Is it the kits??"

    She winced "Y-yes, I think, I think they're coming!"

     I didn't know what to do, I'm no medicine cat, we shouldn't have snuck out tonight in the first place, I should have known better, she's many moons pregnant! What was i thinking?? What's my problem?? What if-

     "BearSwift help me!"

     "Yes! Sorry I just don't know what to do..."

     I lay her down and start licking her head, I think the most i can do at this point is be here for moral support, because theres surely no time to get her all the way back to camp. As i lay beside her I can feel her heart beating at an unimaginable pace, I have no idea what she's going threw, but I can't help but feel excited for our kits who will finally be here. My mind trails off into thoughts of training with my children, they'll be the best warriors in the clan! Hell, I want my kits to be leaders! I'll do anything for them!  They'll be the best cats this clan has ever seen! Starclan will be so proud of them! I can just imagine-

     "BearSwift! What are doing?? I'm literally having kits and you're smiling to yourself!"

     "Yes! So sorry, i'll be here for you ok?"

     Seconds, minutes, what feels like hours go by, but finally I can hear tiny mewing and immediately take my first kit and start licking them to keep them warm. I hear a second mew, two kits! I give the first kit to LittleWhisker to keep warm, and start licking the second kit. LittleWhisker is exhausted, I can tell, but I can see the love in her eyes already for these tiny bundles of fur.

     "BearSwift look at what we've created" she says in exhausted breaths

     I find myself scrambling for words, instead i just decide to curl up next to her and put the kits next to each other, compared to other kits in the nursery these two are surprisingly quiet after the first minute or two, or maybe that's normal, I'm not around kits much.

     "Look BearSwift! The first kit is already opening her eyes! That's incredible!"

     The tiny cat looked up at her parents, her eyes a shade of purple similar to the heather that surrounded us.

     "Isn't that odd? Her eyes are purple, I've never seen that before" I say

     "It must be a sign from Starclan she's destined for great things!"

     "Fitting that they match the flowers around us, say, how about we name her HeatherKit? To commemorate the beautiful scenery?"

     "I love that"

     She smiles and licks her other kit, "Since you kind of got to name her, can I name this one? Only fair"

     "Of course love"

      She pauses for a moment looking at her kit, I can't describe the amount of pure joy and love I feel right now, in a way, I think it's better this happened out here, surrounded by the world and just the two of us, it makes it so much more special, at least for me.

     "I think I'll name her BadgerKit! Look at her markings! She looks just like a tiny badger! I bet she'll make for a strong warrior for having a strong name like that!" LittleWhisker says excitedly.

     "I love that name!"

     "What do you say we lay here until I regain some energy then take these kits back to the clan?"

     "Sounds perfect love"

     I put my head next to HeatherKit, her eyes peering at me, wide with wonder, I can understand that "parental instinct" you always hear, because I can say right now that I've never had so much love for a cat I technically didn't even know! I can't believe what's happening right now, this is like a dream.