Mousefur's Secret

A moon had passed since Longtail's devastating death. Mousefur blinked open her eyes, groggy from sleep and remember last night with a pang. She had overheard Purdy talking to Brambleclaw, the Thunderclan deputy, about his love for her. She cringed. She hadn't told anyone that she was expecting Longtail's kits. The day he died, she meant to tell him, but it was too late. Her kits would never meet their father. Yes, She was old, but some of the senior warriors were only a few moons younger then her, such as Sandstorm who had moved into the nusery two sunrises ago. She suddenly felt kits moving inside of her and ran out of the elders den to Jayfeather's den. "Jayfeather!" Mousefur exclaimed. "I think I'm pregnant." The young medcine cat looked up from his nest. "Well, you're a little old, he said giving her belly a good sniff, but it looks like the kits will be healthy." "Thank StarClan!" Mousefur said. "Kits? What kits?" Cinderheart peered her head into the den. "Mousefur's kits." Jayfeather explained. Cinderheart gasped "Really? Congratulations!! If you don't mind my asking, who's the father?" Before Mousefur could speak, Cinderheart butted in afte ra few heartbeats and twitched her whiskers,"Great StarClan! I'm mousebrained! They're Purdy's kits aren't they? How long have you been expecting?!" Mousefur spoke, " One moon, and I-" Cinderheart cut her off. "Go tell Purdy, he'll be delighted! " Mousefur stumbled out of the medicine's cat's den and went to the fresh kill pileinstead, tricking the young warrior. Then she looked up from her sparrow and saw Cinderheart talking to the former loner. "Oh no." Mousefur thought. "She told him." Purdy padded over and mewed " Cinderheart has just told me I'm a father." he calmly mewed. Mousefur looked at him in horror "I didn't tell her, that I