Lightpaw tugged at the thorn in Stormpaws paw, the thorn came out easily, followed by blood Stormpaw started licking her paw, while on Dawn patrol she had gotten a thorn in her paw and had to limp her way back.

"Thanks Lightpaw, that feels a lot better!" Stormpaw exclaimed,

"Don't go on any patrols or do any training for at least two days, and tell me if your paw gets infected," Lightpaw meowed.

"Don't worry! It will be fine," Stormpaw turned to leave the den when Hollypetal rushed in,

"Starlingheart is kitting!" She panted.

Stormpaw pressed wet moss to Starlingheart's mouth, even though she wasn't a medicine cat apprentice Whitechest had still asked her for help, the first kit had already been born, a brown tabby tom, who was now nestled next to Starlinghearts belly, Starlingheart heaved again and another kit fell to the floor, a little bundle of ginger fur.

"Quick, Lightpaw nip the sac so the kit can breath!" Whitechest ordered, Lightpaw obeyed and nipped the sac, the tiny kit took its first breaths, Lightpaw gently picked up the kit, and placed it by its mother.

"A beautiful She-cat," Lightpaw told Starlingheart.

Two other kits were born, a ginger tabby tom and a brown tabby she-cat, Stormpaw had left the den to get some fresh-kill for herself and wait for Reedheart to come back from a hunting patrol with Shadowclaw, Ashpaw and Poppynose. As she took the final bites of her vole, Poppynose emerged from the gorse barrier with a sparrow and a few mice, followed by Ashpaw with a skinny squirrel, Shadowclaw with two voles and finally Reedheart, with a thrush and a squirrel. Stormpaw rose to her paws and padded over to Reedheart who was dropping his catch in the pile.

"Starlingheart has someone, multiple someone's, waiting for you in the nursery," Stormpaw announced. Without a word Reedheart turned and dashed to the nursery.

"What's going on?" Ashpaw asked, he had put his fresh-kill in the pile and had come to listen.

"Starlingheart kitted when you and the others was out hunting, two she-cats and two toms"

"Stormpaw!" She turned to see Reedheart padding up to her, he looked proud to have his first litter of kits with a she-cat in it, she heard from Frostshimmer that Starlinghearts and his first kits were both toms, but Falconkit and Gorsekit but both drowned in the river on the border of Riverclan and Thunderclan, while exploring the territory alone.

"Starlingheart wants you in the nursery, I don't know why," he explained, then turned and went back into the nursery. Stormpaw followed.

When Stormpaw came into the nursery, she felt something pounce on her tail, she turned and saw Ivykit attacking it.

"Ivykit, stop bothering Stormpaw and go outside, go find me a feather," Ravenfeather nudged Ivykit out of the nursery, "it's about time Brakenstar made her an apprentice," Ravenfeather sighed, then curled up in her nest and fell asleep.

"Stormpaw come here," Starlingheart waved her over with her tail, "I want to thank you for being there to help while I kitted, I want you decide what to name one of my kits."

Stormpaw was shocked, she didn't expect to ever name a kit besides her own, if she ever had one. She examined the tiny kits, the largest tom was suckling in the middle of the kits, he was a brown tabby and his eyes had not yet opened. She moved on to the runt of the litter, a ginger she-cat with white paws, she looked fragile and weak, she was hardly suckling. Stormpaw felt sorry for the kit, Dawnpaw had been the runt of her siblings but was larger then this poor kit. The next one was a brown tabby she-cat with snow white paws, the last kit was a ginger tabby tom with brown paws and a brown ear, his stripes and ginger pelt reminded her of the wasp's she use to chase as a kit in Green-leaf.

"I have decided on a name for this kit," Stormpaw rested her tail on the tiny kit, "is Waspkit an okay name?"

"Perfect, I was thinking that myself," Starlingheart licked Waspkits ear, "could we name this kit Branchkit?" Starlingheart asked Reedheart, laying her tail on the tabby tom.

"Yes, of course," he replied, "this tabby she-cat with white paws could be Pouncekit and this ginger she-cat with white paws could be Yellowkit,"

"Great! Wonderful names," Starlingheart licked each kit in turn, "Hello, Waspkit, Branchkit, Yellowkit and Pouncekit!" Stormpaw left them with the kits and went to find Tigerpaw, she felt like hunting with him.

Stormpaw jolted awake when she heard a wail coming from the nursery, she lifted her head and peered out of the den, blinking sleep from her eyes, she saw Reedheart emerge from the nursery with a tiny kit dangling in his jaws, she rushed outside, to where Rustcoat sat beside the warriors den. Frost was covering the ground making her nearly slip, when she arrived she recognised Yellowkit, she hang motionless in her fathers mouth.

"What happened to Yellowkit?" Stormpaw asked, she felt a lump in her throat, she had been at Yellowkit's kitting,

"She died in her sleep, when Ivykit woke she noticed that Yellowkit wasn't moving and woke Starlingheart up, then Ravenfeather got Reedheart," Rustcoat stared at her paws, probably remembering her brother, Duskpaw, who had been killed by a badger before he had even caught his first piece of prey.

Q. Which name do you think will be Dustypaw's warrior name?

A. Dustyleg

B. Dustypelt

C. Dustyfeather

D. Dustyfall

E. Twistedleg

Write your answer in the comments! :)

I just realised what a big oof I made, Ravenfeather was originally going to be Ravenpelt then I changed her name to Ravenfeather, but I just wrote Ravenpelt twice in this chapter. 0_o