Warriors: The Rise of Moonfur

Chapter 19

Moonfur yowled as the pain increased. Leopardpool stood by her side, mewing encouraging words to her. "Breathe Moonfur! Calm down! It's only your first litter!" She mewed loudly over her leader's yowls. "I-I can't... AHHGG!!" She yowled again as she felt a little better somehow. "Congratulations, Moonfur! Your first kit is here! Now start to lick it!" Leopardpool replied, placing the black kit near Moonfur's paws. Moonfur began licking it like it was going to die. The kit gave a small mew and stretched out it's paws. The young Cloudclan leader smiled but soon was interuppted by another yowl. "Keep pushing Moonfur! Wait... Eat these!" Leopardpool gave her some leaves. Moonfur hesitantly ate them... Chervil? She guessed, chewing the leaves. Soon she swallowed and shut her eyes tight as another spasm raked her body. She yowled again as the pain went off the charts.

                      Leopardpool's paw pushed on her stomach as she felt another kit pass through. "Oh Moonfur, this is your dead kit, but you can see him if you want to..." Moonfur's gaze traveled to a limp silver and white speckled kit. She looked at the bundle with sorrow. Soon more spasms came and the queen snarled. The medicine cat tossed a stick over to Moonfur. The she-cat carefully took it with her jaw and bit down as soon as the pain entered her again. She swallowed back splinters as the stick was about to break. "Keep it going, Moonfur, You're doing great!" Moonfur felt the pain release as she relaxed for a moment, panting. Leopardpool came over to her and placed something white and fuzzy at her paws. Her other kit!

         "Congrats, Moonfur. You were amazing." The young medicine cat smiled and walked out of the dump with the dead kit in her mouth. Moonfur licked the furball with all her might as it started to squirm. She smiled and guided her kits to milk. The strongest one, the black kit, was suckling with such strength. The white one had black feet and a black-tipped tail and ears. The black one looked a lot like Scourge, but with a white-tipped tail. Moonfur purred and curled around her kits, her tail flicking with satifaction. A cat came into the dump, his icy blue eyes gazing upon the kits with pride. "Scourge, come and meet your kits." Moonfur mewed softly, gesturing with her tail. Scourge smiled and walked carefully over to his mate and kits. He sat down and watched them with affection. "What should we name them?" He asked, locking eyes with Moonfur. "The white she-kit will be Frightkit... and.." Scourge smiled and nodded. "Good name." Moonfur looked over to the strong black one. "This one will be Fearkit." 

      Her mate nodded and smiled. "Great names! Shall we annouce their birth to the rest of the clan?" Moonfur purred. "You can, i'm staying in here! I'm way too exausted..." She mewed with amusement hidden inside it. Scourge purred. "Alright, i'll be here if you need anything." He bounded out of the den and leaped onto the dump. Moonfur could hear him from her position. "All cats join under the dump! I have great... no... Fantastic news! Moonfur has given birth to two lovely kits: Frightkit and Fearkit! You may all visit her but only two at a time." She heard the clan yowl her kit's names. "Frightkit! Fearkit! Frightkit! Fearkit!" Moonfur purred as she heard Frogleap's and Raccoontail's voices the loudest.

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          It had been a long day and Raccoontail and Frogleap were inside the dump, playing with the kits. The three friends chatted about them. "Why did you choose the names Frightkit and Fearkit?" Raccoontail asked, letting Frightkit play with her tail. "Well, I guess I just liked the names. Scourge liked them too, so I guess... I dunno!" She purred, licking Fearkit's tiny head. Frogleap purred with her. "Tell us if you need any prey or anything, we need to go." Raccoontail nodded. "Yes, but we'll be back tomorrow!" The friends purred and walked out of the den. Scourge replaced them. He walked towards her and curled up around his family. Moonfur purred. "Good night my love~" Scourge just purred back and fell asleep.