dawn of a new generation [P]

[Luna16]

A sharp pain woke Heathernose from her deep sleep. She blinked, still bleary with sleep until another sharp pain brought her leaping to her paws. What was that? Were the kits okay? Was her stomach just sore. She stood for a moment, waiting, until another pain, as though she was stabbed, wracked her body. It was enough to almost knock her down. It certainly knocked the breath out of her. Heathernose looked up, panicked. She felt instinctively concerned for her unborn kits, what if something was wrong?

The queen hobbled to the nursery entrance, stretching her neck out once she felt she couldn’t go any further. “Lionscar!” She screeched, praying that he could hear her all the way in the warrior’s den. “Lionscar! Lightningstorm!” The light brown queen yowled once more. Now also trying to get the medicine cat’s attention. Praying all the while that her kits were okay. She felt another sharp pain, accompanied now by some sort of wave in her muscles. What’s going on?! The queen was terrified.

She was so close to kitting, she just hoped whatever was happening the kits would be okay. Heathernose inched back to her nest in the nursery, pacing in a tight circle. She didn’t feel like she could settle down right now, not until she knew her kits would be okay. Her breathes were coming fast now as her anxiety spiked. Oh mom! How she wished her mother was still with her! She’d know what to do! All she could do for now was pace.

[ @Alchemist Kitsune - Lightningstorm]; @Dolomedes - Rabbitpaw]; [ @FadingWhispers - Lionscar, Rabbitpaw (not born yet!)]; [ @Splitmoon - Ferretkit (not born yet!)]; [ @ChromeSilver_Hwaa - Fernkit (not born yet)]

[OOC: If you’re RPing one of the kits and haven’t submitted them yet, now’s the time! I will be temporarily taking over Hawk-kit until we can find someone else to adopt him for the sake of getting this done on time lol.

Alchemist Kitsune & Dolomedes, I hope it was okay to tag you both for this! ]

[FadingWhispers]

Lionscar jumped up smacking his head of the entrances of the den and rushed over to the nursery."What's wrong is everything alright are you ok are the kits ok!?" he mewed in a frightful tone he had no idea what was happening but it was freaking him out. @Luna16

[Luna16]

Heathernose continued pacing in her tight circle, wincing and whimpering in pain whenever she felt one of those wretched waves. Her muscles convulsing. She had to pause and crouch down each time, and they only seemed to be coming closer together and intensifying in pain. "I...I don't know what's happening!" Getting the words out was too much effort, she could barely speak. It took everything she had to stay on her paws.

She couldn't help letting out a yowl of pain, the most recent wave of spasms and agony the worst one so far. This time, she was brought down, laying on her side in her nest. Unable to do much else, she clawed at the nest with unsheathed claws. Somehow not slashing the feather Lionscar gave her to ribbons, though she was barely conscious enough to avoid it.

[ @Alchemist Kitsune - Lightningstorm]; @Dolomedes - Rabbitpaw]; [ @FadingWhispers - Lionscar]

[OOC: Just not tagging the others to avoid spamming them until the kits are born lol.]

[FadingWhispers]

Lionscar ran over and layed next to her. "Its ok I promise." he mewed hoping it was just one of those things that happens to queens but of course he had no idea but he wish there was a way to help. "Is there something I can do to help!?" he mewed in a scared tone as he licked the top of her head. @Luna16

[Luna16]

Heathernose looked up at Lionscar, her eyes showing how weak she already felt. If what was happened was what she suspected, they would need to act quickly and hope that Lightningstorm heard her before. "Lionscar...please..." She huffed between breaths. "Bring me...a firm stick..." If she gripped a stick, she'd have something to bite onto so she could stop screeching to high heaven.

[ @Alchemist Kitsune - Lightningstorm]; @Dolomedes - Rabbitpaw]; [ @FadingWhispers - Lionscar]

[FadingWhispers]

Lionscar rushed and grab a firm stick and rushed back to her with it. "Here" he mewed placing it Infront of her. he sat down nervously. @Luna16

[Luna16]

Heathernose grabbed the stick from him and blinked her eyes gratefully. Just in time too, she felt another terrible wave and bit down on the stick hard. Thankfully, it was sturdy and supple so it didn't splinter and break. The light brown queen immediately felt this strange urge to push. In this moment, Heathernose decided not to fight that urge. As Heathernose began to push, she could feel...strange. It was like she was straining to make dirt, but she wasn't. Instead, a tiny sac was pushed from her body.

Heathernose, panting, angled an ear back to draw Lionscar's attention to it. "You have to...bite the sac...." She panted, her voice somewhat muffled from the stick she still gripped tightly in her mouth. Her denmate Leopardsong had her kits not too long ago, and she saw how the sac were bitten open carefully for the kits to breath. Her suspicions were correct, the kits were coming!

[ @Alchemist Kitsune - Lightningstorm]; @Dolomedes - Rabbitpaw]; [ @FadingWhispers - Lionscar]; [ @Splitmoon - Ferretkit has been born!]

[Splitmoon]

the tiny first born kitten let out a tiny but powerful meow


[ @Luna16 - Heathernose @FadingWhispers - Lionscar @Dolomedes - Rabbitpaw @Alchemist Kitsune - Lightningstorm ]

[FadingWhispers]

Lionscar bit the scar lightly so her didn't harm the kit but just enough to pierce through the sac. Lionscar looked at the kit in awe. "you did great!" he mewed to Heathernose as he gently pick the kit up and put it beside her. As he smiled and looked at the two. @Luna16 - Heathernose @Splitmoon-Ferretkit

[Luna16]

Heathernose wanted to take in a moment to enjoy the small dark blob Lionscar just set by her, their firstborn! But she barely got a chance to catch her breath before the next round of spasms wracked her body. She pushed again, biting down hard on the stick Lionscar gave her and digging her claws into the ground for leverage. A second kit emerged. Another spasm, more pain, more pushing, and a third kit.

Great StarClan! Will I be doing this for the rest of my life? She certainly hoped not! She dared not look behind her, she didn’t want to see what she was certain was a mess. Not that she could possibly lift her head, even if she wanted to. Now came the fourth kit. Heathernose let out a breath with a grunt, letting her head fall to the group. Her sides were heaving, she didn’t remember being this tired even after a morning run! Things felt like they settled for a moment, but something felt incomplete…and she was right. Just when she was beginning to wonder if she was finished, she felt that increasingly familiar need to push. A fifth kit!

It felt like moons had dragged by, but now the pale brown queen knew she was finished. She laid on her side, relieved, her head on the ground. Heathernose finally let go of the stick that endured almost as much as she had, spitting to get it away from her face. The stick had just started to splinter from her abuse, so it seemed things settled at a good time. But stars she was exhausted.

“I’ll probably need…fresh bedding…” She huffed, trying to shift her paws to get up but finding herself unable to do that. She glanced up at Lionscar, finding the strength somewhere to at least prop up the front of her body so she could look at their litter and see if Lionscar needed help with opening any of the kitten’s sacs.

[ @FadingWhispers - Lionscar]; [ @Splitmoon - Ferretkit]; [ @ChromeSilver_Hwaa - Fernkit]; [ @Crown_Sage - Hawk-kit]

[OOC: Posting order from here will determine birth order! The only kits who are set in their birth order are Ferretkit (oldest) and Songkit (runt). So Fernkit, Hawk-kit, and Rabbitkit are FCFS!]