Fireheart and Spottedleaf: Together, Forever

Chapter One
Fireheart paced outside the nursery, while agonizing yowls came from within. He knew he had broken the warrior code for being mates with a medicine cat; this wasn’t the first time that the young flame-colored warrior had broken the warrior code. Just moons before, he had found the former ShadowClan medicine cat, Yellowfang, and had fed her and himself before his Clan, ThunderClan. Yellowfang was now tending to Spottedleaf as she gave birth to Fireheart’s kits.

Right now, there wouldn’t be many cats in the camp, but later he knew too well that many dirty looks would come his way. Tigerclaw, the ThunderClan deputy, was staring at Fireheart with pure hostility, and the two enemies locked eyes. Tigerclaw looked away after a moment, called to Dustpelt, Darkstripe, and Longtail, and the four padded out of camp. Brindleface watched her kits, Ashkit and Fernkit, play in the snow with Cloudkit, Fireheart’s nephew. Cloudkit was originally a kittypet, born to Princess, Fireheart’s sister, in the Twolegplace as her firstborn. Princess had wanted Cloudkit to have the life of a warrior, so she gave him to Fireheart to take to ThunderClan. Brindleface had agreed to suckle Cloudkit, and he and Brindleface’s kits had pretty much grown up together.

Now four moons old, Cloudkit pounced onto Fernkit, and they rolled in the snow together. Ashkit joined in, and Fireheart noticed that Fernkit and Ashkit had accepted the former kittypet immediately, along with Brindleface. But the other ThunderClan cats didn’t.