Moving Shadows

Windwhisker looked down at her two kits. The tortoiseshell she-cat opened her eyes slightly, then closed them and went back to sleep. The other, a golden she-cat yawned and curled closer to her mother's belly. Windwhisker smiled. They both looked like there father. Good. She knew if Snowstar ever found out she would never see the sunlight again. She looked back down at her kits. She knew the golden kit would be called, Hollykit. She didn't know why, the name just suited her, and as Windwhisker looked out of the Sky Oak at the blizzard going on outside, she knew the name was perfect. The other one however, would be Mousekit. Her tail looked so skinny and mouse-like and she had a mouse shapeed marking on her back, although she knew that it was impossible. Hollykit sneezed and pushed her tiny golden paws against Windwhisker's belly. Windwhisker smiled. She knew little Hollykit would be the adventerous one, always getting into trouble and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was hard to imagine though, with her being so tiny. Outside the snow was stopping a little. Windwhisker picked up her two kits. She would have to take them back to camp or they would die. So she pulled out of Sky Oak and made her way back to camp, the snow stinging her eyes. Windwhisker pushed inside the nursery. Her sister, Cloverpool sat waiting at the front of the nursery. Her three kits, Honeykit, Nettlekit and Skykit curled up in a heap at her paws. Finchflight, Silverfeather and Moonflower lay sleeping further back.

"W-windwhisker," croaked Finchflight, opening one eye sleepily. "What are you doing here?"

"I found these kits in Sky Oak," Windwhisker lied. "They're mother must have been Petalnose. Her scent trail headed over back to the RiverClan camp." Finchflight nodded and returned sleeping. Cloverpool came to sniff Windwhisker's kits.

"Have you named them yet?" she asked. Windwhisker nodded.

"They are Hollykit and Mousekit," she mewed, putting the two kits down and resting her tail in each one as she said their names. Cloverpool picked the two kits and layed them beside, Honeykit, Nettlekit and Skykit.