Soft Wind

[Holly]

"Thank you," Jasmineheart meowed and ate the borage leaves. She looked down at her newly born kits, now starting to suckle. She thought it was amazing that just a few moments ago she had been lying out in the sunshine, her belly full of kits. And now here they were. She felt another soft wind blow through the nursery. "We did well." Jasmineheart looked around. She thought she had heard a soft whispering. Then she knew. Oh Mountainpelt. What am I ever going to do without you?

[searingblade]

"What a nice breeze," Sapphire-eyes said, as if acknowleging Jasminehearts thoughts. "Well, I'm going back to check on Lightningheart. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call!" With that, se padded out of the nursery.

[Holly]

Jasmineheart felt a little more uplifted now that she knew Mountianpelt had seen their kits. So... That soft wind earlier... That must have been Mountainpelt, she thought, starting to feel even more reasured. Creamkit sqeaked. She looked down and saw that Sparklekit had rolled ontop of her. Jasmineheart pushed her gently off of Creamkit and then they were all quiet, too busy suckling.

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Mistypaw, who had bounded into the camp a moment after Pumaheart, skipped over.
"Hey, Jasmineheart, you had kits?" The apprentice admired the kittens for a moment, then asked, "What are their names?"

[Holly]

Pumaheart gave Mistypaw a hard gaze for just blurting out, Hey, you had kits? It sounded like she didn't even care, and like it wasn't a big deal.

Jasmineheart was taken aback for a moment, but meowed,"Well... The small one is Creamkit. The gray and white one is Sparklekit. And...." She paused for a moment, looking at Bluekit longingly. "This one is... Bluekit." She murmured under her breath,"Doesn't he look exactly like Mountainpelt?" She didn't really expect an answer. The fact was she was starting to not care about the other kits. It was all about Bluekit. Jasmineheart silently cursed herself for thinking like that. The other kits needed her too, and they were his kits too, even though they didn't look exactly like Mountainpelt, like Bluekit did.

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"Wow, they're so cute!" Mistypaw said. "It's so nice that there are kits in camp now!" She paused, then asked, "What's being a queen like, Jasmineheart?"

[Holly]

Jasmineheart looked up and meowed,"Well, I don't really now yet. I just had them! But before your kits are born you just sit around all day eatting all of the fresh kill." She smiled half heartedly and looked at Bluekit once more, giving him a lick on the ears.

[searingblade]

Sapphire-eyes padded in. "Well, you certaintly have drawn quite a crowd! How is everything?" She watched the kits suckle.

[Holly]

"Well, nothing's changed much since you left only a few moments ago," Jasmineheart meowed teasingly.

Pumaheart smiled, glad that some of her was starting to rub off on the young queen. "Well, I think we should give Jasmineheart and the kits a chance to breathe. Mistypaw? It's getting late and I want to show you the territory tomorrow since I have nothing else planned." Pumaheart nodded to Jasmineheart and padded out of the nursery. She hadn't realized that it had been so warm inside there. It was freezing outside. "Oh dear me," she muttered under her breath as she saw a tiny snowflake drift slowly to the ground.

[searingblade]

Sapphire-eyes shivered as she stepped outside. She took a last look back at the kits, then set off to her den. A nice, warm nest would be waiting for her.

[Holly]

Pumaheart quickly padded over to her den, settled down, and slept peacefully.

Jasmineheart looked at her kits, gave them each a lick, and then put her head on her paws, closing her eyes to sleep...