RiverClan

Okay, so I am going to be writing my first fanfiction on here! It is the story of my character Shadekit, who is Crookedstar and Willowbreeze's daughter. I will try to update at least once a week! I will have the first chapter up by friday!

This is exciting! My first fanfiction! Please let me know what you think by either leaving a comment on here or going to my TLKFAA accout. My artist name on there is Jinks48. Please give me some support! This is my first fanfiction ever. Thanks!

 Chapter 1

“The kits are coming!” Mudfur called to Crookedstar, who was sleeping in his den. 

“I’m coming!” Crookedstar replied, waking up almost instantly, then sprinting to the nursery. Willowbreeze, his mate, had learned that she was expecting kits again about three moons ago, and Crookedstar had been worried since then. After her last kitting, she had been on the brink of death, along with two of his daughters, Minnowpaw, and Willowpaw. They had been sick with whitecough, and had almost died, but by some miracle from Starclan, they lived. Now, Crookedstar was taking no chances, he had pulled her off her warrior duties two moons ago, and even though she had protested, she finally agreed. In the nursery, he could hear Willowbreeze’s ragged breathing, and he looked in worriedly. She was lying on her side, her face contorted in pain, and she was breathing heavily. Mudfur gently pushed him out, telling him that it was only going to stress Willowbreeze out if he was in there. Padding around the clearing, he couldn’t help the question that kept crossing his mind. Will Mapleshade interfere with my kit’s lives? He hadn’t seen the dark warrior since he had received his nine lives, but he wasn’t sure if she was done tormenting him. Twitching his ears, he heard a patrol coming back to camp. He turned his head to see Sunfish, Sedgecreek, and Lakeshine enter the camp with their apprentices, Minnowpaw, Willowpaw and Silverpaw. His daughters ran to him immediately, and asked how Willowbreeze was. They hadn’t wanted to go out on patrol this morning, because they knew that Willowbreeze was most likely going to be kitting today. 

“Is she okay?” Silverpaw asked, her eyes filled with worry.

“Are the kits okay?” Minnowpaw added.

“Are they even born yet?” Willowpaw said anxiously.

“Willowbreeze is fine, the kits are not born yet, but Mudfur says it will be any minute now.” Crookedstar replied, brushing his muzzle over the tops of their heads. They all sat down on the ground in front of the nursery, awaiting the arrival of the kits. Finally, they heard tiny meows, and Mudfur slid out of the nursery. 

“Four kits, two she-kits, and two toms, all healthy, but Willowbreeze is exhausted, so only a few minutes.” Mudfur said, and then walked off to the medicine den to get poppy seeds for Willowbreeze.

“Can we see them?” All three apprentices asked Crookedstar. 

“Only for a few minutes, and don’t get too close.” He answered, and followed them into the nursery. Willowbreeze was curled around four fluffy little bundles. One of the toms had a white pelt, and was bigger than the rest, and the second biggest, a tom, was a dark tabby, the next one, a she-kit, was a light creamy brown, and the smallest one was a dark gray with black paws and a splash of white on her nose and chest. 

“They’re perfect.” Minnowpaw said, her eyes wide. She walked over to Willowbreeze’s head and touched her nose to Willowbreeze’s ear. Willowpaw and Sliverpaw did the same, and then Crookedstar asked them to leave so Willowbreeze could rest. As their daughters left, Crookedstar and Willowbreeze looked at each other, and then decided to name the new kits.

“This one looks like Hailstar,” Crookedstar commented, touching the white kit with his tail, “And this one looks like Shellheart.” 

“Then their names should be Hailkit and Shellkit.” Willowbreeze decided. “And this one looks like Fallowtail” She said, touching the creamy brown she-kit with her nose. “We should call her Fallowkit.”

“What about this one?” Crookedstar asked, motioning to the gray and black and white one. 

“She looks like a shadow,” Willowbreeze whispered, “How about Shadekit?”

“Thats perfect,” Crookedstar said, looking proudly at his new kits, “Hailkit, Shellkit, Fallowkit, and Shadekit.” He bent down and licked each kit on the top of the head, and then moved to lay next to Willowbreeze.

Okay guys! Chapter 2 is up! Let me know if you like it! Please give me some feedback!

Chapter 2

“I’m going to win!” Shadekit yowled as she ran across the clearing, followed closely by her siblings. 

“Nuh uh!” Hailkit yelled, getting ahead of her by a tail length. Shellkit followed closely, with Fallowkit right on his paws.

“Get back in here now!” Willowbreeze hollered from the nursery. Grumbling,all four kits walked back to the nursery, ears flat and tails down. Shadekit looked over to Graypool’s nest, and smiled as she saw the queen sleeping peacefully. Graypool had moved into the nursery about half a moon ago, and Shadekit was happy to have her aunt with them. Hearing the reeds swish, she turned around to see Willowpaw and Minnowpaw return to camp with Lakeshine and Sedgecreek. They each had fish in their jaws. 

“Willowbreeze! I’m going to play with Minnowpaw and Willowpaw!” She called to her mother. Her sibling were all sleeping beside Willowbreeze.

“Okay, but don’t keep them from their duties” Willowbreeze mumbled, and then put her head down, closing her eyes. Shadekit slipped out of the nursery, and bounded across the clearing to her older sisters, who were putting their fish on the fresh-kill pile. She noticed that Willowpaw had caught an exceptionally large trout.

“Hi Willowpaw, hi Minnowpaw!” Shadekit purred, rubbing against them.

“Hi Shadekit,” Minnowpaw said as she licked Shadekits head. “Want to share a fish?”

“Sure!” Shadekit said, and pulled a carp out of the pile, and laid in between her sisters. “Where’s Silverpaw?” she asked.

“Out fishing with Sunfish,” Willowpaw said through a mouthful of carp, “She should be back anytime now, we were fishing with her, but we came back because Sunfish said she wanted to work with Silverpaw on holding her breath longer.”

“Okay” Shadekit said, and finished her share. Just as she was about to get up, she heard someone approaching. She turned around to see Oakheart passing by while he was talking to Crookedstar.

“Crookedstar!” Shadekit squealed, and jumped onto her fathers large back, digging her claws in so she wouldn’t fall off. 

“Hello Shadekit,” Crookedstar said, letting out an amused purr, “Where are your siblings? And your mother?”

“They’re all sleeping. I was bored, so I decided to have a snack with Minnowpaw and Willowpaw” She explained, nodding towards Minnowpaw and Willowpaw. Giving her father a lick on the cheek, she jumped off his back, saying she was tired and decided to take a nap. Just as she went into the nursery and fell asleep, Silverpaw had arrived back in camp with Sunfish, her mentor. 

***

“Let all cats old enough to swim gather for a clan meeting!” Shadekit awoke from her nap by hearing Crookerstars call. Blinking her groggy eyes, she made her way out of the nursery, and sat beside Fallowtail, her grandmother. Willowbreeze was over by Minnowpaw, Willowpaw, and Silverpaw, grooming them. Hailkit, Shellkit, and Fallowkit were sitting beside Graypool, who was sitting a few tail-lengths away from where she was sitting with Fallowtail.

“What’s going on?” Shade kit whispered to Fallowtail, pressing against her.

“Watch and see, little one” Fallowtail answered, giving Shadekit a lick on the head. Minnowpaw, Willowpaw, and Silverpaw were at the front of the crowd, and Shadekit realized what was happening. Her sisters were getting their warrior names! Her body quivered with excitement as she watched her sisters, her chest swelling with pride for them. 

“Sedgecreek, has Minnowpaw learned the ways of the warrior?” Crookedstar asked.

“Yes, she has.” Sedgecreek responded with pride.

Nodding, Crookedstar turned to Lakeshine, “Lakeshine, has Willowpaw learned the ways of the warrior?”

“Yes.” Lakeshine said, her eyes shining, as she looked at her apprentice.

Crookedstar finally turned to Sunfish, asking her the same about Silverpaw. When she responded with a yes, Crookedstar called his daughters to stand before him.

“Minnowpaw, Willowpaw, Silverpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, even at the cost of your life?” Crookedstar asked, his gaze filled with pride for his daughters. 

“I do.” All three said at the same time.

“Then from this moment on, Willowpaw, you will be know as Willowwhisker. May Starclan light your path.” Crookedstar said.

“Minnowpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Minnowfrost. May Starclan light your path. Crookedstar stated.

“Silverpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Silverstream. May Starclan light your path.” Crookedstar finished. 

“Let us welcome our new warriors!” He called, proud of his daughters. 

“Willowwhisker! Minnowfrost! Silverstream! Willowwhisker! Minnowfrost! Silverstream!” Shadekit tried to yell louder than the rest of the clan, she was swelling with pride for her big sisters. I can’t wait until I’m a warrior! She thought excitedly.