"Quick! Get Pondfur! Blackbreeze is kitting!" Nightstorm yowled. He knew a little about kitting. He grabbed a stick and told Blackbreeze to bite down on it. Beesting looked at his mate, concerned. Luckily, the old medicine cat, Pondfur, came with Herbleaf. After the kitting was done, Nightstorm rushed in the nursery after Beesting. "Is she okay?" Asked Nightstorm. Beesting sighed in relief and nodded. Then he purred. Nightstorm looked at Blackbreeze. She had two kits by her, suckling her milk. Pondfur looked up. "Two she-cats." He said. Blackbreeze purred. "What should we name them?" She asked Beesting. "How about Honeykit for the yellow one with spots?" Beesting said. Blackbreeze nodded. "And Rosekit for the other one." Nightstorm purred. "Those are great

names!" He said happily. Then he looked at the other kits in the nursery. Eaglekit and Shadekit tried to jump over Beesting and look at the kits. Bluewhisper was trying to stop them. "Eaglekit! Shadekit! Give Blackbreeze some space, will you?" She said, nudging the curious kits aside. "Awwww...." Said Eaglekit. "Why?" Shadekit asked. Bluewhisper looked frustrated. "She just kitted! You will be able to see the kits soon, when Blackbreeze says you can. Remember, these kits are your kin." Shadekit looked surprised. "They are kin?" She asked. "How?" Bluewhisper rolled her eyes. "Because Blackbreeze is your father's sister." Shadekit nodded. "Ohhhhh." She said. Nightstorm chuckled. Kits. He thought. Then he walked out to the center of the camp to eat.

Nightstorm just finished a mouse when he saw Acornflight. The deputy was looking around, making sure no one saw her, then crept out of camp. Nightstorm thought that looked suspicious and followed. Acornflight walked to the edge of the border by the..... twoleg dens?! Acornflight started purring and walked by the entrance of the den and started meowing. Suddenly, a female twoleg came out with kittypet food, and Acornflight started eating it. Then she looked at the twoleg and said: "I like you. I like my new name, Chole, and I like my bed, so I might leave my clan and live with you, if you allow me." Nightstorm was shocked. The deputy of Dawnclan, a kittypet!? He ran back to the Dawnclan camp. He had to tell Darkstar! Nightstorm was very angry. Why would Acornflight

betray us? He thought. She was such a good deputy! He ran into the leader's den. "Darkstar!" He said. The leader came into view and purred. "Hello, Nightstorm. Have you seen Blackbreeze's kits? There little angels." He said. Nightstorm nodded. "They are adorable. But that's not what I wanted to tell you." He said. "It's about Acornflight." He said. Darkstar tilted his head. "What about her?" Nightstorm's eyes narrowed. "She was acting suspicious, so I followed her. She went to a twoleg nest and let the twoleg pick her up and feed her and even said that she might stay there! She even let the twoleg name her "Chloe"!" Darkstar's eyes widened, then narrowed. "She wouldn't." He said and stalked out the den. Then he saw Acornflight come back into the camp. "Hello,

Chloe." He said, hissing. Darkstar looked furious. Arornflight's eyes widened. "I'm so sorry Darkstar...." She said. Darkstar snarled. "You have betrayed Dawnclan. Leave, kittypet. Leave this place before I make you. You have a twoleg to go to. Leave." Acornflight nodded and ran out of camp, toward the twoleg houses. Cats gawked at Darkstar and were Acornflight ran. Darkstar just sat there, shaking his head. Nightstorm looked at Darkstar. Darkstar finally got up and went to the clan meeting spot. "Clan meeting." He said. Nightstorm headed towards the meeting place with other cats. The queens hushed their kits and looked at Darkstar. "Our deputy, Acornflight, has chose to betray us." Cats gasped and hissed. "She has gone to live with a twoleg. If she

is seen in our territory, do not act as a friend. If you are caught being friendly with her, you will be punished. Anyway, since she was deputy, a new one must be chosen. Starclan, I say this before you so you can approve my choice. Our new deputy shall be Nightstorm." Nightstorm was astonished. Deputy? He thought. He was happy. "Nightstorm, do you accept your role?" Darkstar asked. Nightstorm nodded. "Good." Said Darkstar and walked away. "Clan dismissed." Nightstorm went by Bluewhisper and purred. Bluewhisper swished her tail around. "Congrats!" She said happily. "the kits will be boasting all day that their daddy is the deputy." Nightstorm laughed. "That sounds like kits to me!" He said. Bluewhisper chuckled. "I agree." She said. "I agree."

Sure enough, when they got back to the nursery, the kits were playing with their friends. "I should be leader, because my dad is the deputy!" Said Eaglekit. The other kits scoffed. "Your lying!" Said Rosekit. "Nuh uh!" Said Shadekit. "You didn't hear Darkstar!" Bluewhisper quickly stepped in. "Yes, Eaglekit and Shadekit's father is the deputy, but that doesn't mean that Eaglekit should be leader. Let's do a challenge. Whoever goes to that patch of grass and gets there and back first gets to be leader." Bluewhisper said. "Whoever comes in second place is deputy." The kits nodded. "Ready, set, go!" Bluewhisper shouted. The kits bolted off. Leafkit won, surprisingly. Even though he was the runt, he was fast! Eaglekit got deputy. He was disappointed, but happy he was

like his father. Nightstorm looked at the kits one last time and headed out to patrol. After he was done patrolling, he came back and saw Lightswhisker licking her kits. The kits looked very exited. Nightstorm realized that today they were becoming apprentices! It had been six moons since they were born. They were three moons older then his kits."Clan meeting!" Darkstar yelled. He was on top of the meeting place."Spotkit, Leafkit, and Duskkit, Please step forward." Darkstar said. The kits did as they were told. "Spotkit, until you have earned your warrior name, you shall be known as Spotpaw. Your mentor is Lemonleap. Duskkit, until you have earned your warrior name, you shall be known as Duskpaw. Your mentor will be Walnutsight. And Leafkit, until you have