Foxfoot was steadily sleeping in the ferns of her temporary den. Dusksky was near her to comfort her, since they were brothers and sisters after all, and her mate was dead. Foxfoot thought she felt something hit her like a badger claw swiping at her belly. She winced as it hit harder this time. She yowled and spit in rage, waking up Dusksky.
"It's TTTTTIIIME!" She yowled furiously, gazing into her brother's eyes.
"Whooa! Foxfoot! Yer kitting now?" he hissed softly.
Foxfoot started wailing. The pain was mind numbling. She pushed hard, and hard, and a dark brown kit came out. "Help-- lick them-- NOW!!" she screeched furiously, pushing as a gray blob layed motionessly on her side, blood and wet fur seeping on it. She hissed in rage, and pushed again, and again, and finally, a large white kit, it appeared to look like, on her side.
Dusksky tried hard to keep licking the 3 kits.
Foxfoot had tears of pain coming out of her amber eyes, and she pushed harder again, but weakily, and a black kit appeared.
She was flailing her paws out as she felt another kit wriggling in her belly. "Moer?" she schreeched, "More kits?" another large, effort-filled push, and a golden tabby blob came to life.
Dusksky was furiously licking them.
Foxfoot helped, but she was very,very weak. "Weaseltounge..." she wailed, "Why did you join the ranks of the skys? Why?" tears were falling from her face.
"What are their names?" Dusksky asked softly, his tail touching the tip of her ear.
"The gray one.... is Herotkit..... The white one.. is beautiful, her name is Swankit... that black one... is menecing looking... he will be known as Direkit... this golden kit, will be Lunarkit... and that brown one..." she gasped for energy, "Is..is... Wease-e-e-lkit...."
and Foxfoot passed out.
Herotkit and Swankit struggled blindly to find food, and once they did, they suckled happily.