Chapter 12

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Leafpool went over to Squirrelflight, who was outside with her kits.

"Hello, Owlkit, Nightkit," she mewed. The kits stared at her blankly.

Three days had passed. Leafpool had done well with secretly feeding her kits.

"Your kits have grown very strong, Squirrelflight," Leafpool commented.

Squirrelflight nodded. "Mousefur's brought your kits outside." she whispered.

Leafpool turned. Mousefur sat outside the elders' den with Longtail. Heatherkit, Snowkit, and Gingerkit sat at her paws. Leafpool noticed their open eyes. Heatherkit and Snowkit had Crowfeather's blue eyes, while Gingerkit had Leafpool's amber.

Leafpool walked over to visit them. And that's when it happened.

Mousefur looked up sharply. "Leafpool," she growled. "I am not doing this for you."

The clan started to gather.

"These are Leafpool's kits!" Mousefur screamed.

The clan gasped.

"Don't you think she should have to pay? She dumped her kits on me!" Mousefur stood up and approached Leafpool.

Leafpool slowly backed away.

"Coward! She is a coward who breaks the warrior code! Twice! And now I shall teach her a lesson!"

Mousefur tilted her head, then bit Leafpool's left foreleg. Leafpool screamed in pain as she felt her flesh tear, then her veins.

She looked down. Mousefur had tore deep into her leg. Blood poured fast from it.

Leafpool fell back and hit her head hard on the stone.

"Leafpool!" Squirrelflight abandoned her kits.

Leafpool's vision grew blurry immediately.

Jayfeather and Lionblaze now knew who their real parents were. Because of Mousefur.

"I'll look after them, Leafpool. Jayfeather will be a great medicine cat. You taught him well." Squirrelflight whispered.

"Care for my kits," Leafpool whispered. Then blackness covered her vision.

She hunted with StarClan now.

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I am so so so so sorry This story ended the way it did. I warned you it wouldn't be happy!

Guess what? I'm doing a sequel!