by ArtMajor » Sat Dec 17, 2022 5:08 pm
↬ catvent day: seventeen
↬ username & id: ArtMajor + 639839
↬ clan archive: blep
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The new kittens were a winter blessing, the clan liked to say. Despite the heavy injuries Mochaswirl had received while she was carrying the litter, the kittens were born healthy! Mochaswirl and Stainedfeather had stayed in the nursery together for several hours, as Tideblossom made sure that the kits wouldn't struggle to live, and it was the next dawn when he pronounced that a healthy litter of four had been born! Three females and one male. The male was missing one of his forelegs, as well as his left eye, and one of the female's ears was little more than a ragged stump, but Tideblossom and Nightpaw both predicted that the kits would grow perfectly fine.
And seeing the kittens cuddled up at Mochaswirl's belly, as Stainedfeather kept his chin tucked over her shoulder, their tails entwined, well..the whole clan was proud for the new family. They'd had a tough time, with the injuries Mochaswirl had received from the fox trap, but as the sun made its way higher into the sky, Smokeclan found that laughs came a little easier that morning, cats hugging one another just a little bit longer, and stars twinkling in everycats gaze.
"What do you think we should call them?" Stainedfeather asked softly, giving Mochaswirl's chin a gentle lick. She laughed, flicking her tail at his ear. "A mother always has names ready" she purred "haven't you given this any thought?"
Stainedfeather smiled, flicking his ear to brush her tail away. "well," he said softly, brushing his nose against their daughter with striped gray fur "I did want to name one Teakit, you said your twoleg named you after her favorite drink, my mother always said her old twoleg's favorite was called 'tea'"
"homage to your mother, and similar to me" Mochaswirl said happily. "I love it. Any other names cross your mind?"
Stainedfeather laughed "Come on, you can't put all their names on me, I thought you said a mother always had names ready?"
Mochaswirl smiled "Oh all right." she gently gave a lick to their brown tabby daughter. "I was thinking Mintkit, I remember Tideblossom used lots of it to help mask the smell of the fox trap in his den when I was healing. It would be nice to have a good memory of that day."
Stainedfeather smiled sadly, and brushed his cheek against hers. "It's perfect. What about our son? He's going to need a strong name, to show that his missing limbs won't effect how anyone thinks of him."
"I was thinking of Coconutkit, I do love the taste of the milk in them, but they've got a hard outer shell, nice and strong." Mochaswirl offered. Stainedfeather laughed "Strong on the outside, sweet on the inside, a perfect name for our little warrior."
All that was left, was the little smokey brown she-kit. The two parents sat in silence for several minutes, each of them thinking. "What about..." Mochaswirl started. "Maybe Chocolatekit? For her fur, and to tie with the rest of their names, something sweet."
"It's perfect" Stainedfeather purred "Teakit, Mintkit, Coconutkit, and Chocolatekit. Our perfect litter"
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