Glowfeather let out a loud yowl of pain in the nursery and started shedding more scarlet blood in the cold midnight, as a horrible spasm quaked her body. Arrowpelt, a black and white cat shuffled his paws and uneasiness scorched through his eyes, glowfeather had lost so much blood and he couldn't do anything except watch helplessly and hope. he pushed a small branch towards the pale yellow she-cat, "bite into it," arrowpelt ordered with his voice low, "it may help." glowfeather didn't reply but instantly clamped the branch in her jaws. a golden tabby was standing next to arrowpelt, "she's gonna be okay right?" the golden tabby asked with his green eyes looking worridely at glowfeather. Arrowpelt hung his head low, "goldenheart, i'm trying everything i can." goldenheart suddenly flinched as glowfeather snapped the branch and let out a ear stabbing yowl of pure pain. Goldenheart dashed to glowfeather's side, "come on glowfeather dont leave me..." he whispered as he brushed his head on her flank. Arrowpelt supressed a sigh, there was no way a she-cat could lose so much blood in kitting and survive. Suddenly all three cats perked their ears, tiny mewling was coming from behind of glowfeather. Arrowpelt looked past glowfeather and stared in amazement as four squirming kits squirmed around blindly and squeeking, revealing tiny pink mouths. Goldenheart`s eyes glowed. Arrowpelt dashed towards the kits, "hurry! lick them!" he ordered and instantly goldenheart leaped to the spot and started licking vicously at the nearest kit. One was gold, next was grey, next was white, and the last was grey with a white splash on their eye. After every kit was cleared of blood, goldenheart trotted back to stand in front of glowfeather. "they're beutiful." he whispered. glowfeather very weakly lifted her head, "i know." she managed to say. goldenheart blinked, he noticed glowfeather's neck muscles trembling with effort. glowfeather blinked weakly, "take good care of them." she whispered. goldenheart shook his head miserably, "no. you can't die, you wanted to name a kit splashkit, you were gonna tell em stories!" he cried. glowfeather felt herself losing her efforts to have her head lifted and slowly laid it down. "i...love..you" she whispered, hardly hearable. goldenheart felt hot tears streaming down his cheecks and he stared into the beutiful hazel eyes of his mate, treasuring every moment he can, knowing it would be his last. slowly the hazel eyes of his mate began to close. "i love you too." he whispered sadly before they shut entirely. the den was silent with a scary coldness and was only interrupted by feared cries of the kits who squeeked fearfuly as they felt their mother's fur losing its loving warmth. Arrowpelt looked up from a hole of branches in the nursery, "oh starclan why?" he whispered and threw his tail over the kits, "they'll need 2 be taken care of by another cat" he mewed as he started nudging the kits outside. goldenheart didnt reply, he still stared at glowfeather, his green eyes burned with such grief.
-EPILOUGE-
the four kits have later been mentored and became warriors. goldenheart had moved on though it had been hard. he often told his kits stories about their mother and his eyes would shine as he remembered the loving memories he shared with glowfeather but then he would sigh and remember that she wasn't out on patrol or tucked inside the nursery. goldenheart had asked if one of his sons can have a name to honor their mother, so a son had been named splashfeather. soon their leader died and splashfeather had been deputy. he was about 2 leave 2 get his nine lives. goldenheart bowed his head, "be safe" splashfeather nodded and left. the next morning he came back, "goldenheart!" he whispered. Goldenheart picked his head up tiredly, "what?" splashfeather, now splashstar held his father's gaze and splashstar's eyes were loving and pure, "mother said hi..."