A child (or two) is born

[Clawfur]

Clawfur had been expecting her second litter of kits for awhile. Now was the time for them to be born. She had the experience of this being her second litter so she didn't go for any check ups because everything seemed to be going very similar to her last pregnancy. She caught the pain early so she had had time to walk to the medicine cats den. "Clovepetal! Forestbreak!" she called as a normal cat would to see them.

[Forestbreak]

Oh crap. The baby daddy had done it again. Clawfur was pregnant.

Shaking her fur out in masked annoyance, the medicine cat strutted purposefully towards Clawfur, grabbing a thick stick in her jaws in the meantime. "Bite down on this," she muttered, dropping the stick at her paws, "when the contractions come." She stashed some borage leaves at her side for the aftermath, and lay down near Clawfur, one paw on her belly and the other casually slung over a log.

"All right. Breathe deeply. You know the drill."

[Clawfur]

"Yep. " she said nodding. She did know the drill. She was ready for the pain to come. The stick, Forestbreak, the borage leaves, all familiar. She was ready with the stick when the first contraction started to come.

[Forestbreak]

Yep. There it was. Forestbreak rested her chin in her paws. "Bite down," she instructed vaguely. "Do you need poppy seeds?"

She usually didn't give birthing queens poppy seeds unless the pain was intense, but you never know.

[Clawfur]

"I think i'll be fine without them" she said trying to be strong. giving birth to kits was harder than doing battle. "I guess it will be just you and be for this birth" she sad giving the medicine cat a smile

[Forestbreak]

"Don't be silly. If you need them, don't be ashamed to say the word." She flashed a calm smile. "Can I at least get you some thyme for relaxation? If there's one thing you need during birth, it's a cool head." Forestbreak pulled a few random herbs from storage just in case.

"All right. The kits should be coming soon. And yes, it appears it's just the two of us." She sighed internally- the kit daddy should really be there for Clawfur. But hey- Hawkbreeze was her brother, meaning that the kits would be her nieces/nephews, do at least the queen had some sort of family with her.

Even if said family was the midwife.

[Clawfur]

"Thyme sounds better" she said to Forestbreak. "Well I don't know what others think of you but I really like you. I'm glad that your here with me" she told the she-cat.

[Forestbreak]

"That's sweet of you to say. Thank you," she purred. "Now, just continue breathing deeply and biting down on the stick. The kits should be coming very, very soon."

Nosing some thyme towards her, Forestbreak nodded to the queen. "Just chew it well and swallow it," she instructed.

[Clawfur]

Clawfur chewed the thyme that Forestbreak nudged towards her. "The first kit is coming" she notified the medicine cat as she got a hard bite on the stick.

[Forestbreak]

"All right. Good. Just continue biting the stick and breathing until the kit comes. You know the drill when it does." Forestbreak bent over the queen, studying her intently.

She waited for the kit to come, shoulders scrunched up to her chin.

[Clawfur]

Clawfur screemed and shout when the first kit came. She was sure some other cats heard. At least she was in the medicine cats den where it would be normal to hear cries of pain from that den.

[Vulturetalon]

Vulturepaw a new apprentice to the den. He wanted to see his mother and how she was doing. The new apprentice missed her and as much as he hadn't seen his father much, the only place he could see his mother is in the one place she always was where he was born and raised. The nursery. His patchy fur raced to the nursery in joy, wanting to tell Clawfur all about it but he was disappointed when she wasn't there. He seen kits but not her.

He walked out sad but as he was going to his den he heard cries of someone. He flicked his ears as it was heading for the medicine den. He knew that voice anywhere.

He dashed in passing the medicine cat and to his mothers side,"Mom are you okay? W-what is it. I heard you scream.." He looked to the medicine cat who he never knew,"Is she hurt? " Vulturepaw was ever so worried.

[Forestbreak]

Quickly, Forestbreak assisted Clawfur with the first kit. "All right. Just be sure to keep him warm. Is there another kit coming?" She pressed her paw to Clawfur's belly. As the apprentice walked in, she growled and shooed him away.

"Your mother is perfectly fine. Go play, now- this is for the big cats." Annoyed, she flicked his side with her tail. "You're gonna have a new brother or sister or two pretty soon, all right? Now go before I carry you out." She growled and turned back to Clawfur.

[Mintkit]

[ guess I should post now since Claw said I'd be the oldest. eue ]

The small kitten let out a squeal, and she snuggled closer to her mother, nose wriggling innocently. A small sigh escaped her chest, and her small, stubby kitten tail flicked once faintly. Nose wriggling again, the kitten let her tail flick faintly to and fro, back and forth.

[ nothing really to post eue ]

[Clawfur]

Clawfur kept the small kit close to her. Her first son walked in. He had recently been appointed an apprentice. She saw Forestbreak shoo him away. She understood. She was a cat that was very focused and precise.
[Two kits where born. blah blah blah, you get the point]

After Clawfur's kits were born she kept the two little ladies close. "I'm going to name them, Sagekit and Dandelionkit" after herbs. The queen declared