Honeywisp felt her blood go cold. "O-oh..." She mumbled. Softstar panted. She heard screaming from the den. "Hurry!" Softstar followed Honeywisp into the den. Pebblewhisper was panting heavily and covered in blood. "Where did the blood come from." Softstar's question was answered by a soft chuckle. She whipped around and found herself face to face with, who else, but Shadystar. "You good for nothing mouse-" Shadystar's claws raked her side and she passed out, when she opened her eyes she was face to face with Fernstar. "What? Where?" Fernstar chuckled. "Oh Softstar, Oh Softstar.... Tsk, tsk..." Softstar glared at the former leader and Fernstar shook her head. "Softstar, you've lost your first life, bye now!" Almost immediately Softstar's eyes shot open and she tried to push Shadystar off of her, but the she cat was to heavy, so Softstar started biting the leader's leg. She heard Pebblewhisper let out a strangled scream and she fell on her side. Honeywisp's scared voice sounded,"She's very weak, and no kits so far..." Softstar bit down hard on Shadystar's leg. "I'm kind of busy!" She yelled muffledly and bit down harder and Shadystar yelped. Softstar's head hit the ground as she tried to prevent the the heavy she cat from her body. Suddenly Shadystar was flung into the den's side and Softstar felt too weak to stand blood was oozing from the wound in her side. Softstar weakly forced herself to stand. Beechstar's massive skull burst into the nursery and Softstar felt her heart sink. "Beech...Beechstar....why....why...did..you..join...them." Softstar sank to the floor. Beechstar looked down at her. "Join them? Join them?" Beechstar hissed. "Why in StarClan would I join her?" He pointed to the unconsious body of Shadystar with his tail. "DarkClan and FlyClan have dark forest scent all over them! They must be being aided by StarClan's nemesis and that's why they're so hostile!" Softstar weakly stood again. "Don't...don't..just...assu-" Beechstar suddenly burst out,"It all fits together perfectly! The reason they are so hostile, *giggles manically*, MUST be that!"
"Beechstar...please."
"I wonder how long they have been!"
"Beechstar...."
A scream sounded from Honeywisp's direction. "She's, she's...huh?" Pebblewhisper's screaming subsided and her eyes grew narrow. Then it happened, a kit massive for its size slid out of Pebblewhisper's now still body. Honeywisp put her paw on the still she cat's chest. "She's, she's...breathing!" Then they heard it a sigh from the queen. While, Honeywisp examined the queen to see if any more kits were coming by using her heightened sense of touch, Softstar licked the kit's fur the wrong way. The she kit let out a gasp as she breathed her first breath. Honeywisp turned to Softstar. "Softstar..."
"Yea...?"
"Um...the kits."
"Y....yes....?"
"You know the she kit? That you woke up?"
"Ye....yea...?"
"She's..one of...."
"One....of.....?" Softstar urged her on
"One...of...................six...."
Softstar's mouth dropped open and Pebblewhisper let out a scream. "Number two.....wait, hang on a minute....."
"Why the 'wait,hang on a minute'?"
Honeywisp turned to her, her blank gaze held hidden excitement. "The she kit over there," she pointed with her tail to the whimpering she kit," was blocking the others from coming out." Softstar had no idea what that meant but she didn't care. She turned back to the fight and already feeling stronger she ran into the fray.