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Patchpaw landed on the ground softly, but her heart was pounding. She turned around to face her mentor, proud in herself for dodging him.

Patchpaw didn't give him a second to think before she was aiming a front paw blow at Fishingtail.

As fishingtail dashed at her, Patchpaw had no time to actually get out of the way, so she leapt wildly to the side in a rushed dodge, landing heavily on the earth.

Patchpaw felt the air knocked out of her as Fishingtail landed on her, but was glad when he stepped away. She stood up slowly and waited for him to say something.

Patchpaw breathed slowly for a second before standing infront of her mentor again. Her eyes gleamed with excitement and her tail was swishing from side to side. She dug her claws into the earth as she judged how to do another front paw blow. Suddenly, she jumped forward, making sure her claws were sheathed, and tried to do another paw blow on Fishingtail

Patchpaw's paw swooped towards Fishingtail's face. She felt the exhilleration in her movement, and for a few seconds it was only her heartbeat that she could hear. She knew that someday she would do this same attack on an enemy, that time without her claws sheathed.

Patchpaw bearly had time to think after she pulled her paw back. She saw her mentor leaping straight at her, and instead of thinking she let her natural instincts work their magic. Patchpaw sprang high into the air, straight over Fishingtail's head as he dived towards her.

Patchpaw grinned but held in her excitement. She mimiked her mentor and sat down, her ears and tail twitching with the adrenhalin.

Roseeyes immediately raised her head. She sniffed the air and sighed loudly. Letting the fur on her shoulders relax as she recognised the cats.
"Silvernight, Goldendawn, you have no idea how happy I am so se-" she paused to change her words, "-to have you find me." Roseeyes stood up slowly and tried to step forward and find where they were standing. However, as she took a step forward, her paw found a small hollow in the earth and she fell right over, "Oof!" She grunted.

Patchpaw nodded. She stood up and backed up a few paces away, and then charged forward. As Patchpaw got close enough she threw out her forepaw and aimed to hit his head

As soon as Patchpaw felt her paw hit Fishingtail's head she jumped back, crouching with her tail swishing and gave a mock growl. Ready if he were to come at her.
She felt proud of learning another technique but she tenderly placed the paw that had hit Fishingtail's head, it was hurting a bit, hoping she wouldn't have to run or land on it for the rest of the session.

Cinderclaw paced restlessly around the entrance to the nursery. She felt a lump in her throat from nerves and her unborn kits were moving inside her. Cinderclaw knew they would be born today, but she didn't feel ready.
The whole Clan was in dissary.
Desolatestar had lost and then inspired loyalty - the Clan was split in view of the Tribe... The tribe! Cinderclaw shuddered at the thought of those cats getting near her new kits. Who knew what vicious cats there were in that tribe, who knew if her kits would be safe?
Cinderclaw shook her head and then suddenly a ripple of pain rushed through her. Cinderclaw almost collapsed onto the earth as she felt the contractions, and made her way steadily towards her nest in the nursery.
She tried to hold in her yowls of pain and instead began to yell for her mate, Blacktail.
"Blacktail! Blacktail!" She rasped through the pain.
There was a moment when Cinderclaw was near screaming, when the pain suddenly let up. And a pitiful mew sounded behind her.
Cinderclaw sighed loudly and bent her head around to lick the tiny kit. She drew in the tiny she-cat's scent and felt a knot form in her stomach. Cinderclaw gazed at the kit for a few seconds in admiration and pure love, when suddenly another rush of pain burst up her spine.
Cinderclaw gritted her teeth, and in a few more moments another kit was born. However, Cinderclaw had hardly any time to think before another kit found its way into the world. The tiny she-cat looked so different next to her siblings, but Cinderclaw had bearly any time to lick the little bundle before her fourth and final kit was born.
Cinderclaw dropped her head onto the bedding and gasped for a few seconds, but wasted no time in cleaning her kits and guiding them to her belly.
She looked in admiration at the four. The firstborn was a tabby she-cat. "Pebblekit." Cinderclaw whispered into her deaf ears, giving the kit another lick.
The second was a pure black she-cat. Cinderclaw chuckled, she blended in well with the shadows of the nursery. "Darknesskit." She breathed, nuzzling her shoulder.
The last two were almost identical. The she-cat she named Ripplekit and her brother, Covekit.
Cinderclaw finished licking them soon after and lay her head back down, opening her eyes just a crack to see her mate walking into the den.

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Blacktail sighed as he saw his mate lying with four healthy kits beside her. He groaned inwardly at how he had missed the birth and Cinderclaw had been alone, but quickly pushed the thought out of his mind - he had four more children now.
Blacktail lay down behind his mate, wrapping his body around her, purring quietly, his tail flicking over the smallest of the kits, the little tabby.

Patchpaw nodded her usual enthusiastic nod, and, shaking her paw, stood up and walked over to sit beside Fishingtail - looking out over the river.

Cinderclaw nuzzled her kits again and then nudged Darknesskit towards her belly more, smiling, she knew he could smell the milk and wondered how long it would take him to find it.