Chapter Three
Hollowfur peeked her head out of the nursery, everything was normal. Slumping down into her moss bed, she grabbed a piece of moss near by. Rolling it into a ball, she threw it up into the air, scrambling to catch it. Hollowfur stopped short as a painful vibration went through her, another one went through her and she yowled in pain.'Where was Snowfeather?' she wondered. She groaned as she hauled herself to the entrance of the nursery, "HELLO?". Why hadn't she remembered that almost everyone was at the Gathering? A brown head popped out of the apprentice den, Mudpaw.
"MUDPAW" she yowled as pain sliced her, "COME HERE". Mudpaw kicked up dust as he raced up to the bothered queen, his eyes wide. "Get Snowfeather, my kits are COMING" her voice raised as Hollowfur felt another vibration. In a flash Mudpaw skidded out of the clearing, his tail disappearing through the thorn barrier.
Hollowfur clawed the moss ball she had made early in pain, she knew her first kit was coming. "Star Shine help me" Hollowfur begged. A faint, but familiar outline of a cat appeared.
"Sunsoul help me..." Hollowfur looked pleadingly at the sorrow eyed she-cat. "Calm down you'll be ok, let me be your Snowfeather" Sunsoul meowed, not looking at the young she-cat. Hollowfur felt the dead cats cold, crisp paws, feeling her belly.
"Bite that moss ball, it'll help with pain, best stick we have" Sunsoul instructed. Hollowfur did as she was told and bit down on the moss ball, as the first kit slid out. "brown tom" Sunsoul mumbled. Hollowfur nodded, and bit down on the moss ball again as the second kit slid out. "Orange... Tom" Sunsoul stared wide eyed at the tom and murmured to herself, "just like my beloved Flamingwhisper". Hollowfur looked at the crying she-cat, tears running down her starry cheeks. The third kit slipped out less painfully, it was a pale ginger tom. Hollow heard paw steps outside, Sunsoul started to fad. "Bye Hollowfur, one more kit by the way" Sunsoul's sorrow figure disappeared, " remember I did this for Flamingwhisper not YOU".
"Hollowfur?" Snowfeather raced inside, gasping at the three already born kits. "One more..." Hollowfur closed her eyes, "Sunsoul thank you...".
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