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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2016 19:17:23 GMT
A moon had come and come since her best friend and mate Sagefur had been buried. She had stayed at his side the entire night not leaving him until they took him away to be buried. For four days after that she had barely eaten or moved from her nest in the nursery until Tigershade had reminded her that Sagefur wouldn't have wanted her to act this way. That she needed food if her kits were to survive. She had finally began to eat again and tried to act normal again but she struggled with depression. The only thing that kept her going where the kits in her belly.
Honeyvoice woke early her stomach growling and she got up to pad to the freshkill pile. As she reached it she saw there was barely anything on it. A squirrel a bird and a tiny mouse where all that was on there. Picking the bird off the freshkill pile she headed back to the nursery. Lying down in her nest she took a bite of her breakfast and as soon as she swallowed it she felt a sharp pain slice through her stomach causing her to yowl out loud in pain. Could it be? Could it possibly be time for the kits to come? Tigershade had said she had at least half a moon left before they came. Honeyvoice became filled with fear, her kits were coming early.
(Thought maybe someone could hear her cries and run to get Tigershade who left early to try and find some herbs that might possibly still be around)
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Post by ☀ Oliveheart ☀ on Dec 29, 2016 14:32:55 GMT
O L I V E H E A R T
SHE-CAT - RAVINECLAN DEPUTY
Loyalty is all that matters now
Oliveheart had been sleeping peacefully, her mind filled with no dreams and nothing but a sweet, restful void. Suddenly, she heard something loud and her ears perked up toward the noise, waking up immediately. She was too groggy that dawn to really recognize who the sound came from, but it was a wail of pain and instinctively she raced out of the warriors' den and scanned the clearing, frantically trying to find the source and find out what was happening.
She finally spotted Honeyvoice, heavy with kits, crouched in agony beside the fresh-kill pile. The RavineClan deputy was so sure that her kits were supposed to come a bit later from now, but were they really coming now? "Honeyvoice!" she called over to the she-cat as she dashed quickly over to her. The she-cat had to be kitting, she had seen this before. This was a bad season to have kits, too bad it could not be a bit warmer out and the prey more plentiful. "Do you need me to get Tigershade?"
@firefly
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 15:04:31 GMT
Pain was racing through her body in waves. Honeyvoice couldn't help but wonder why? Why was this happening to her? Why now? She wasn't supposed to kit for another half moon. Oh Starclan someone please help her. Just as she thought that she heard paw steps followed by the sound of someone calling her name. She was in so much pain it took her a minute to realize who it was. "Oliveheart," she gasped. When she asked if Honeyvoice wanted her to get Tigershade she nodded her head. "Yes, please hurry." She cried out as another stab of pain hit her. "I-I think something is wrong." Honeyvoice was gasping for breath. "Can, can you help me to the nursery first? I-I can't have my kits out here in the snow. The cold will kill them immediately."
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Post by ☀ Oliveheart ☀ on Jan 1, 2017 2:06:24 GMT
O L I V E H E A R T
SHE-CAT - RAVINECLAN deputy
Loyalty is all that matters now
Oliveheart nodded and carefully helped prop the kitting queen up. "Here, lean on my shoulder, Honeyvoice," she instructed kindly, moving her way slowly to the nursery. She was right, the kits would die as soon as they hit the icy snow, for it was deep in the middle of leaf-bare and it was so cold out... perhaps colder than usual, by the small brown she-cat's standards.
Once inside the den, their pelts warmed up and the frost's bite wore off. She would get Tigershade as quickly as possible as soon as she knew Honeyvoice was laying down and safe.
@firefly
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 21:03:50 GMT
Honeyvoice leaned against Oliveheart as she guided her to the nursery. Once inside she collapsed onto the nest breathing hard. "Please hurry... and get.... Tigershade." She groaned as yet another wave of pain ran through her. She closed her eyes tight squeezing them so hard it hurt. Once the wave of pain was over she opened them again to see Oliveheart gone. "Run, quick, please hurry I think something is wrong," she whispered softly.
Tigershade
Tigershade had left early that morning, Honeyvoice wasn't due for a while still so he figured he had time to go and see if he could dig up any herbs. He had no idea that at this very moment Honeyvoice had gone into labor and Oliveheart was at this moment headed to his den and looking for him.
(Sorry it's short I hope it's ok that I said she left already)
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Post by ☀ Oliveheart ☀ on Jan 6, 2017 0:31:21 GMT
O L I V E H E A R T
SHE-CAT - RAVINECLAN deputy
Loyalty is all that matters now
Oliveheart burst into Tigershade's den frantically, searching for him in the darkness of the den. "Tigershade!" she called desperately. "Honeyvoice is kitting, I think!" No answer, and she panted heavily. "Hawkpaw? Are you here? Anyone with any knowledge about this kind of thing? Oh dear StarClan... I don't know what the foxdung I'm doing..."
The small brown she-cat waited a moment for a response, while the deputy glared at some of the herbs; she knew poppy seeds were good for pain...
@firefly
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2017 19:08:51 GMT
Tigershade had just found a small plant of Poppy seeds that were still good when he got a foreboding feeling that he was needed back at camp. Grabbing the bulb of poppy seeds he spun around and began racing back to camp. Something was wrong he didn't know what or how he knew he just had a bad feeling that something had gone wrong. He skidded into camp just as Honeyvoice yowled out in pain once more. He cursed silently that he hadn't told someone where he was going. Dashing into his den he spotted Oliveheart. "I'm going to need your help. Grab me some Borage Leaves, they're hairy you'll know them when you see them." He grabbed a couple other herbs including some poppy seeds then darted out of his den and headed straight to the nursery.
Honeyvoice wailed in pain and she sent a prayer to Starclan "please let all my kits survive, let me survive so they have at lease one parent."[/b] Her voice was hoarse as she whispered that prayer. Just as she heard the thump of paws approaching her the first kit was born. A tiny tortioshell kitten, and it wasn't moving and didn't appear to be breathing. She wailed terified that the kit was dead. "Help her please," she cried as another contraction began.
(It's Turtlekit but she'll live just born very weak and sickly)
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Post by ☀ Oliveheart ☀ on Jan 8, 2017 23:34:31 GMT
O L I V E H E A R T
SHE-CAT - RAVINECLAN deputy
Loyalty is all that matters now
Oliveheart did as Tigershade told her, thankful that he was here and that she did not have to deal with this on her own, and found the borage leaves. "They sure are hairy, eww," she spat quietly to herself.
After grabbing a large mouthful of the hairy leaves, herb smelling and tasting terrible, the RavineClan deputy shot after Tigershade and into the nursery. "Honeyvoice..." she whispered. She saw the tortoiseshell she-kit lying on the ground, not moving.
'The kit isn't dead, is she...?' the green eyed she-cat wondered with sorrowful flattened ears.
@firefly
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 23:54:06 GMT
Tigershade spotted the still kits and quickly dropped the herbs she was carrying and ran to the kit. He began to lick the fur in the wrong direction vigorously. After what felt like forever it took it's first breath and began to mew weekly. "She's week, and may not survive the night but she's alive for now and I'll do everything I can to keep her alive. But you might want to name her now just in case." He nudged the tiny tortoiseshell kitten to her mother's belly and watched her begin to suckle before returning to his leaves. Grabbing the Borage that Oliveheart had set down he set them down by Honeyvoice's head. "Eat these it will help you produce milk for your kits. They'll need it especially this week little one."
Honeyvoice watched as Tigershade worked on her first born kit. When she began to meow she sighed with relief. She was alive.. for now. If she died she didn't want her to die nameless. "Turtlekit, her name will be Turtlekit because of her fur." She barely had time to bend down and start chewing the herbs before another contraction started and her body arched with pain causing her to yowl. It was only minutes later that the next kit was born, this one was rather large and it was a calico. She began to lick her and she began to wail loudly and wriggled around until she found her mothers belly. Honeyvoice purred, "This one seems healthy."
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Post by ☀ Oliveheart ☀ on Jan 15, 2017 0:38:10 GMT
O L I V E H E A R T
SHE-CAT - RAVINECLAN deputy
Loyalty is all that matters now
Oliveheart was glad she had found Tigershade and that he was not out gathering herbs anywhere. A breeze from outside blew into the nursery and it sent chills throughout her soft brown pelt just as another kit was born. It was a pretty calico she-kit.
"Oh that's a relief," said Oliveheart, breathing a thankful prayer to their ancestors. Speaking of ancestors, she wondered if Sagefur was watching.
At the very moment of thinking of Sagefur, another wind that was great in strength billowed into the den, but this time it was oddly warm and had a fresh scent to it.
It... smelled of sage. Oliveheart's eyes watered as she thought more of her former clanmate and deputy. Perhaps it was a sign of his presence at his mate's kitting.
"Tigershade," she mewed to the medicine cat, coming closer to him. "If you need me to do anything or get more herbs for you, just ask."
@firefly
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 15:22:20 GMT
Tigershade quickly began to lick the kit even though it was already meowing but he needed to get it clean and dry so it wouldn't freeze. Once he was done he nudged the calico she-kit to Honeyvoice's belly. "It's another female, what do you think you'll name her?" He barely had time to rest as he noticed a third kit was on it's way. "Yes Oliveheart, Honeyvoice, and her kits are going to need fresh bedding once the kits are all here. Can you go to my den and collect some fresh moss? I stock up on it in the fall to make sure we have enough to last the winter. Make sure you grab a lot so that the kits stay nice and warm."
Honeyvoice purred softly as she heard her second kit was a female as well. She bent to give her a sniff and licked her gently. "Applekit for the white on her face is the color of apple blossoms." As soon as she said that she gasped from pain. Why couldn't she get a break? She pushed and it seemed like forever before the tiniest kit yet was born. She feared for it, was it going to be born dead too? No, she could hear it crying as Tigershade licked it. She was feeling so week she didn't know how many more kits were left, all she knew was she didn't know if she had the energy to keep it up. She rested her head on the moss and closed her eyes. At that moment a warm breeze blew into the nursery. It smelled so familiar, like Sage. She blinked her eyes open "Sagefur? Are you here?" Behind Tigershade and Oliveheart she saw a faint outline. He padded closer to her, unseen to the other two. He smiled and her and bent his head and licked her forehead. "You can do this, my love. Only three more to go and this will be over. I'll stay here with you and lend you some strength for the last two." Honeyvoice purred softly and let out a sigh. "Thank you Sagefur, what do you think we should name our third kit?" she whispered softly. She watched as Sagefur went and sniffed each of his three kits and whispered in their ears. He then touched his nose to her belly and she could feel the fourth kit coming. Name him Cloudkit he looks like a small puff of cloud."
TIME SKIP 1 HOUR
Finally, all six of her kittens were born she lay panting barely conscious she was so tired. She could smell Sagefur and she swore she could feel him brush against her. But after the sixth kitten was born he whispered he loved her and then disappeared. Honeyvoice had not strong enough to get up and clean and care for her remaining three. Giving birth to her final three took every last bit of strength she had. She could feel all six against her stomach. Some were hungrily eating some were asleep unaware of all that had happened that day. She would have to name them in the morning she was too tired now. As her eyes began to drift asleep she had no idea that her final kit was identical to Sagefur or that it actually was Sagefur reborn.
(Sorry I just wanted to get this thread done and over with)
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