As Twilight Fades To Dawn

[Twilight]

(( Oh shiz... Day late, sorry guyz. ))

Destinycall's silver tabby form lay in the nursery. She reached around and licked her belly as her contractions started. This was the first litter she would have in the camp, and Milkystar had promised her he would be there when the kits were born. She hoped that nothing kept him as she called out. "Owlfrost! They're coming!"

She wasn't very big, but she was big enough. As her contractions pushed the first kit out, she loked at it lovingly. It was a tiny black kit, a she-cat to be exact. She had only had one she-kit in her last litter, but she honestly was happy with any gender that she got.

More contractions, which definately were not as painful as the last litter and the one before that had been, pushed out the second and last kit. It was another she-kit, this time a white kit. Two little opposites...

She brought them both to her teats and started to let them suckle as she called to her mate and children. "Milkystar, Blacksnow, Blossomfire, Tigerfrost, the kits are here!"

Tigerfrost had been at the nursery entrance as soon as his mother had called out, shortly followed by his older sister, Blacksnow. As the kits were being born he looked at her, his whiskers twitching. "It feels weird, mother having more kits, doesn't it?"

Blacksnow nodded. "It was a little weirder when you guys were born. Because believe it or not, she actually was with StarClan for a few minutes after giving birth to the last kit, which was you." Her ruby eyes watched his grey ones for his reacions.

Tigerfrost suddenly felt guilty as he realized that his mother could well have been accepted into StarClan before they decided she still had the life of a warrior to lead. He looked up, and saw his father. "Father! They're here!"

[Silky]

Milkystar had patrolled the river. Still not defrosting, but the rains were coming. His kits would be born in a good time, as opposed to being born before Leafbare. He'd padded into camp. He'd been out a mere ten minutes, and he heard his son call him. His ears pricked up, and he looked over with his one eye. Drat! He'd missed the birth like he had his first litter... No matter, as long as he had living kits.

He padded over, and saw the kits. A black one and a white one. The battered tom licked his mate's ear gently, and purred. "They're beautiful." He purred, nuzzling her. He lay down beside her, and looked at his two daughters. "I like Dawnkit, for the white one. Do you like it Destinycall? My children? Do you think it suits her?" He asked, looking at his elder children.

[Twilight]

Destinycall twitched her whiskers in amusement, licking her mate's ear in return. "I like." she turned her violet eyes to the children. "What about you guys?"

Blacksnow purred, satisfied. "I quite like the name, myself. I'm partial to it, seeing as it really fits her, in my opinion." Her ruby eyes traced over her two younger siblings, a pang in her heart for her lost mate and the kits she would no longer have from him. At least Mothpaw had recovered quite well and was being mentored by his uncle, Tigerfrost.

Tigerfrost meowed his agreement, looking over as Mothpaw, the clumsy thing, trudged through the snow towards his mentor, a fish in his jaws. Mothpaw looked up to see everyone congregated around the nursery, and he knew that his aunts or uncles had been born. He walked up, and his one red and one violet eye soft at seeing the two kits, offered the fish he had caught to his grandmother.

Tigerfrost, happy with his apprentice, spoke up. "Your first prey, nephew. I'm proud. And to give it to your grandmother for your aunts, all the more to be proud of."

Blacksnow stepped forward and licked her son's ear, purring.

Mothpaw, ever the ready to help since he had come back to camp, gently piped up. "If the black one is not already named, how about Twilightkit? It reminds me of the twilight turning into the dawn."

[Silky]

Milkystar purred at his grandson bringing in fish for his mate. "Twilightkit, that's good. And here was me thinking you had no imagination!" The tom laughed, licking his grandson gently. He watched as Dawnkit had finished suckling. Gently, he grabbed her by the scruff of her neck, and placed her between his forepaws. He started licking her, purring all the while.

Addertongue padded into the nursery. "They're beautiful Destinycall. I hope I get one to train." The she-cat meowed, watching the kits with soft blue eyes. She wrapped her tail around her feet. "I hope to have kits of my own one day... I just seem to not have found the right guy yet."[/color] She meowed. Oh, how she wished she was a mother... To watch her kits grow up would be fantastic. She meowed her goodbyes, and walked away to the river.

Then, the old tom Mooncloud padded in, eager to see RiverClan's new blood. "I can't wait to tell them tales of RiverClan."[/color] The tom's rough voice said. He had a bit of a cough, so kept away from the kits. "They're very beautiful Destinycall, Milkystar. I hope they grow up to be fine warriors one day."[/color] He nodded.

[Twilight]

Mothpaw gave a purr at his grandfather's praise.

Blacksnow, looking up at Mooncloud, gave a laugh. "Well! If I myself have anything to say about, my siblings will be a great assert to the clan." Her ruby eyes traced back down to the two, thinking. She gave a discontented sigh before looking to her father. "I have to lead out the dusk patrol. Tigerfrost, Mothpaw, and Adderfang are coming. We'll leave you two in peace, then." She licked her mother and father's ears, then walked out, beckoning Tigerfrost and Mothpaw with her tail. The two toms followed quickly, one with a white tabby form, the other with a white and brown splotched form.

Destinycall looked down at Twilighkit, before picking her up from her suckling and laying her between her front paws. Her violet eyes were quite soft towards her latest litter. She stopped for a second to look at her mate. "Our once forbidden love has become quite something, hasn't it, my dear?" she said softly, reaching her head forwardand licking his cheek before returning her licking to Twilightkit as Milkystar had Dawnkit.

[Silky]

Milkystar nodded at his daughter and deputy. Hopefully the patrol would go well. He looked back at Destinycall, as she said their once forbidden love had blossomed and many of RiverClan's cats were their offspring, of their offspring's offspring.

"Yes, it has my love. StarClan has smiled upon us giving us healthy kits. I still remember the first time I met you, back in the old forest; fighting each other for the Sunningrocks... I still miss my old home, and I wish I could see where Icefur was buried... I miss her a lot... She would have loved to see her neices and nephews..." The tom-cat purred. "Our grandsons are growing quite well too. Tigerfrost said he and Dewdrop had become mates, so we can expect more grand-kits soon. Blossomfire still seems a little moody. I guess she just misses her old friends in ThunderClan." The tom meowed, drawing a deep breath.

[Twilight]

Her vilet eyes locked on her form, giving a sigh. She knew she only had a few more breeding seasons left in her. She was just a little over fourty moons, and hopefully would spend the rest of her life in the nursery wo she could just possibly live as long as her mate. Though that was a ways off. She knew she still had a good thirty more moons in her yet before she kicked the bucket.

Her whiskers twitched in amusement. "I was beginning to think that Tigerfrost would never find a good she-cat to settle down with, but I'm glad he did. He's a good warrior. Surely any offspring he would have will be good arriors to. Though I have ThunderClan blood running in my veins, it has mingled with that of a RiverClanner's. With each new generation, the ThunderClan blood is washed away and is easily running through the veins of the Clan."

She licked his cheek again, then licked her two kits once more. As she reached down to swutch the two, Twilightkit swatted out and swiped her nose with her extremely soft claws. "OH! A little warrioress already, are we, little Twilightrain?" she picked Twilightkit up and put her between her father's paws and kept the spot between her paws warmed by Dawnkit. Of course, her calling Twilightkit Twilightrain had only been a fitting name that had come to mind when the little black kit had swiped her mother's nose.

[Shadewing]

Owlfrost had been out gathering herbs when he heard the news. "This is why I need one of those little apprentices to go out and deal with the little foxdungy tasks.." Owlfrost grumbled as he walked into the den. He didn't really know how to deal with kits, so he looked at Destinycall with a rather tired look, and muttered: "Sorry." Before dragging Twilightkit from her. Owlfrost combed her fur backwards to warm her a little bit, and to check for a different colored undercoat. When little Twilightkit mewed for her mother, Owlfrost checked the mouth to see if there was anything in there. Of course, kits were born without teeth, so the problems wouldn't be visible until later..

Owlfrost quickly inspected Twilightkit, and then placed her next to Destinycall's belly. He then quickly examined Dawnkit, and then put her back. "So far, they both seem perfectly healthy. You always give birth to great kits, Destinycall. However, since you're aging, I would suggest that this be one of your last litters." Owlfrost meowed. Yeah, she could probably have a lot more, but kit birth got dangerous and he didn't want too many kits related to Milkystar running about.

"If you stop producing milk come see me right away.. I'll constantly check in on you and your kits. And since new-leaf's coming.." Owlfrost took a quick look at all of the cats in the den. "Nobody, please touch the newborn kits! If you have so much as a little kitclaw of sickness on you, you could kill the kits! Keep your distance, give Destinycall some space, and time alone to rest and such. Newborn kits are very fragile..!"

[Quick Fox]

Stormpaw glanced inside of the nursery. More kits. His gze dropped to the ground as he looked at his two sisters. He wasn't even a warrior yet! Tigerfrost was, and he wondered if he was just a bad warrior, or if his dad forgot. How could dad forget? How could he be so bad that his dad wouldn't even promote him, when he'd been trying as hard as he could to impress everyone?

He sulked out, not even bothering to see his siblings. If anyone asked why, he'd just say that he was listeningto Owlfrost. Thay wouldn't know that it was because he was ashamed of himself. It was like nobody even knew he was there. His own mother adn't even called him into the nursery to see his sisters! She'd forgotten about him too!

Maybe I should just leave then. Go to a clan that will appreciate having me around. Maybe someone there will actually know that I exhist. He thought. And maybe he would.


Skysong got up. She was ahppy for Destinycall, no doubt. Two kits only made Riverclan stronger. But she was also envious that she never had luck with the guys. She was still waiting for someone she would love, and someone who would love her, It seemed like all cats that she knew were all getting mates - even her friend Dewdrop. But she... she was all alone.

[Twilight]

Destinycall continued to purr until she saw the form of one of her sons outside of the nursery. Before she called out to him, she whispered to Milkystar. "I do believe Stormpaw has earned his name more than two or thee times over. He seems a little depressed, as if we've forgotten him."She lifted her head back up and called out to her son. "Stormpaw! I wasn't sure if you had been in camp or not. I've been in the nursery so much these past couple of days, I'm not sure who;s in camp anymore." She gave a small laugh. "Come meet Twilightkit and Dawnkit!"

[Quick Fox]

Stormpaw's ears purked at his mother calling him. Sighing quietly, he got up. Be nice. Act nice. Come on, Stormpaw. Pull yourself together and look good in front of everyone. He entered the nursery, a smile on his face; looking genuine.

"Hey mom! They're adorable, my little sisters. I was just waiting for everyone else to get out, so it wouldn't be too crowded in here." he chuckled. "Twilightkit and Dawnkit. I love their names. I don't want to get to close though, you know, like Owlfrost said. Wouldn't want anything bad to happen to my little sisters! I should go... hunt now..." he said, pausing slightly to think of a reason to get out of camp.

Quickly, before she could call him back, hegot out of the nursery. He'd just go down to the river, chill... and bring back a few fish. Maybe he'd stretch the time too...