Goodbye my Darlings..... (Riddle, Open)

[padamay]

(Milkpoppy gave birth to her kits Ehcokit, Copperkit and Riddlekit about a half moon ago. She is bringing the to Riverclan to grow up. Any cat that is part of this thread must beable to keep a serect.)

Milkpoppy swam across the River. Her kit, Riddlekit was in her jaws and Ehcokit was in Riddle's. Copperkit was strong and could walk by himself. When it came to swimming across the river Milkpoppy had to make to trips across the River. Silently, she picked her way up the bank and ran into the Reeds. Her and Riddles pelts stuck out like a green leaf in a pile of snow. Copperkit, Riddlekit, and Ehcokits blended in. The would make strong warriors.
A long time passed when Riddlekit started to wiggle in her jaws. She put her down on the damp ground and sighed looking down at her kit. She turned to Riddle and flicked her tail for him to put down Ehcokit.
She licked her three kits on there tiny heads and looked up at the sky. How would she get her kits to Riverclan before she was chased out? Dawn's Light turned the Dusty gray reeds to a dull golden ginger. Riverclan was beauiful. Why couldn't her mother of brought her here to live instead of Shadowclan? Dawn turned brighter then ever with two other stars in the sky. They were bright too. She knew who was coming. Dawnlight and too other cats. She caught her scent on the breeze.

[Riverflame]

Riverflame trotted over towards the river, her head held high. So far, her hunting had been successful; she'd already caught two fish, a water vole, two mice, and a squirrel that had wandered from ThunderClan territory. Of course, she'd been hunting all night, ever since she'd woken up from a disturbing dream when the moon had just barely been over the horizon. She was exhausted, but a quick dip in the water would surely wake her up.
It only figured that when she got there, a strange scent tinged the air.

Confused, the she-cat lifted her head and scented the air, noticing a mingling of smells. She tilted her head to the side, stalking up towards the bank.
"Foxdung!" she muttered under her breath as the breeze picked up and blew her scent towards any possible intruders. If it were ThunderClan, they'd be sorry...

[little]

Riddle followed Milkpoppy; his heart racing. What would the Plains do to them if they found out? He knew that RiverClan would be a good place to leave them at.

Copperkit looked at the river, a river, so cool! He gave a smile when he saw the bluish water. He wadded in and swam the rest of the way. His bad eye could only show black and in the other, the world. He got out shaking his copper colored fur, the smelled Milkpoppy. He ran over to her to see that he swam all by his self. But she didn't seem to see him. The smile went off his face as he smelled some new cats that smell like fish. He heard a cat mutter; he ran for Milkpoppy going into her fur. He closed his eyes giving a little whimper.

[Riverflame]

Riverflame's eyes widened slightly as she heard the tiniest noise, something like a whimper. She stood up from her crouch and looked up and to the right, her eyes focusing on a branch of a tall tree.
"Who's there?" she called out, now thinking that she needn't be afraid of the intruder if they were frightened of her. "I'll give you a chance to leave, but if you cross me I'm afraid you won't be running back to camp unscathed." As she said this, she unsheathed her long claws, glancing down as the sun reflected off of them. Her eyes were amused with a barely noticeable amount of overconfidence, and she smirked, emphasizing those traits. "I'll count to three, unless you show yourselves. One..." she started, tilted head gazing over to where the noise had come from.

[padamay]

Milkpoppy took her gaze from the sky to a cats shape. She looked down at her three kits. They looked so small. With a flick of her tail, she moved from the reeds and slowly walked over to the She-cat. She remembered this Warrior from Gatherings. "Riverflame..." she mewed.

Riddlekit scampered after her mother. She stopped next to her and looked up at the huge She-cat. Her eyes gleamed with light. "Hi! I'm Riddlekit!" she mewed happly.
Milkpoppy glared at her kit and wrapped her tail around her and moved her closer to her flank. She met Riverflames gaze and Mewed calmly.

Dawnlight walked from the reeds and looked at Riverflame and the cats with her. These were not Clan cats. She remembered one. Milkpoppy. She looked at the tom, and smelled of Deadplains with three kits about a Half moon old. "Milkpoppy, you had kits!" she walked over to the kits and started to sniff them. "There healthy..." she looked at Riverflame then Milkpoppy and the Deadplains cat. "Okay... Whats going on?" she asked and looked at Them all round eyed.

[Riverflame]

Riverflame was about to mew, "Two..." when a familiar she-cat stepped out from the reeds.
"Milkpoppy?" she meowed, eyes widening further. She recognized this cat from Gatherings. ShadowClan. "What are you doing here?" she added, unable to contain the slightest bit of hostility from her voice.
But when she looked down to the kits, her eyes softened. They reminded her of her siblings, killed before they were even a year old. Often the warrior wondered if she would see them in StarClan, since they were raised to believe in their ancestors.
She shook the thoughts from her head, returning to the present.
"Well, what a surprise," she laughed, curling her tail around her paws. "What brings you here? Is ShadowClan treating you well?"
Though the two she-cats had never been friends- Riverflame had only seen her in passing -she wanted to seem as friendly as possible. Maybe she could coax out a few Clan secrets...
But then, as her many conflicting emotions collided once again, her expression became confused.
"Wait... what are you doing here?" she asked incredulously, eying the cats suspiciously. Why would she bring her kits into RiverClan territory?

[little]

Copperkit looked around. He didn't know who these cats were and he didn't want to see them.
"Milkpoppy why are we here? I want to go home and see Cherrykit. Were is Cherrykit?" He asked stepping away from the group of cats. His clouded eyes came with much emotion. He was scared and didn't like the looked of these cats.

Riddle looked at the cats that came around, he could hear Copperkit yelping out questions. He wanted Milkpoppy to answer them not him.
"Hello what would be your name?" I'm Riddle and these are Milkpoppy and my kits, Riddlekit, Echokit, and Copperkit." He said with a smile.

[padamay]

Milkpoppy's eyes clouded with sadness. She looked over to Copperkit. "Cherrykit died a few days ago little one. I took her out of the Twoleg barn to show her the world. A dog raised past us and knocked me over. I was stunned for moments, only to watch Cherrykit being slathered bye the dog. I ran after it, and gave it a claw mark it will never forget...." she licked Copperkit and turned to Riverflame.
"I was banned from Shadowclan for meeting a cat that I shouldn't of. Silentstar watched me from afar and I got banned. Crowstar died chasing me over the Thunderpath..." her eyes clouded with sadness again. "I met him on the Thunderpath, while I was hunting." she finished. "I have been a loner for a moon and met Riddle. We fell in love and had kits." she flicked her across her kits backs. "Riddlekit, Copperkit and Ehcokit."

Dawnlight starred at Milkpoppy. "You went throw alot, Milkpoppy. Why are you in Riverclan?" she asked and looked at the kits. They were cute. Reminding her of how she would never have kits.
Milkpoppy looked down at her paws, how would she ask such a question? "I..." she mewed, trying to find the right words. She looked up from her paws and looked at the to Riverclan cats. "I never wanted this to happen, me being banned from Shadowclan. I still hold the Warrior code in my Heart. I want my kits to go up and believe and trust in Starclan and the Warrior code. My Destiny is mine and my Kits are just starting their. I want them to grow up in a clan!" she finished what she was so scared about asking, that what was left was an answer.

Riddlekit watched the Riverclan warrior. "I want to be a Riverclan Warrior!" she mewed cheerfully.
She heard what her mother said and starred at her. "Mother?" she asked.

[Riverflame]

Riverflame listened, though not very intently; in fact, she was almost in a daze at the news. A daze on confusion of course, but a daze all the same.
"So... you were coming onto RiverClan territory... as a loner... with kits... to give them up, just so they could be raised in a Clan?" she repeated her summary, her voice flat. Again she was reminded of her own mother, born to RiverClan but never knowing if they would accept her- or her kits for that matter -once she ran off with a loner. And then, reliving her brother's death, the warrior's mask begun to melt away, revealing the frightened kit inside, longing to see her family again, to go back in time and distract the fox to where she took her brother's place, and possibly her mother's as well. But she knew it would never happen.
"But... Milkpoppy, have you thought about this?" she mewed softly, not meeting the she-cat's eyes, instead gazing at the kittens. "I mean... I know what it's like, living without a mother. And with them in a Clan... it's likely you won't ever see each other again. If another RiverClan cat were to find you or your mate wandering in our territory, even if it was just to visit your kits, they wouldn't be so gentle. And don't get me wrong," she added hastily, "I know you can defend yourself as well as any other cat. But my point is, are you sure?"

[padamay]

Milkpoppy thought about this. Her kits would be better off in a clan then in a hard life as a loner. She turned to her kits. She needed them To decide their Destiny alone. "My kits have to chose. There choice will make them who they are...." she said turning to Riverflame and Dawnlight. She knew that her kits would make the right choice even if she or they didn't like it.
"Kits, What do you want to do?" she asked them and waited with love in her gaze.

Riddlekit looked at the so called Riverflame and Dawnlight. Her mother had asked a Question that would change her Destiny and her brother and sister's. The stories that her Mother and Father had told her had tould them meant a lot. She looked into her Mother eyes, she knew what she had to say. "I want to become a Riverclan warrior like a said before. Riverflame and Dawnlight seem awsome. I want my Warrior name to be RiddleFlame! and I want Riverflame to be my mentor!" she mewed happily.

Dawnlight giggled. Riddlekit would be a great Warrior and Riveflame as a mentor too. She looked down at the kit and smiled. "Lightstar will choose who your mentor and Warrior name will be." she mewed and look at Riverflame and smiled. "I think we have a winner! She's be a great Warrior for the Clan."

[little]

"Riddlekit? You are making something happen so fast. Me for one doesn't want to live in a Clan were you just sit by the river and wait for fish. Your a moron you know that Riddlekit, mommy's little girl that is perfect. I'm staying with my father, see you fish breath." He said to Riddlekit. He was so tried of Riddlekit and how she could be so dumb. Base your life on stories, that is dumb. How could she want to think about that at a time like this? Cherrykit is dead and Cedarkit ran away, this made his so angry.
"Oh and mother, thanks for killing Cherrykit for me." He growled at Milkpoppy his clouded eyes shown all his anger.

Riddle couldn't move, he didn't want to say anything. He looked down at Copperkit, how couldn't he be so proud that his son was standing up for his self. He couldn't look at Riddlekit, she was always and momma girl but he loved her and Copperkit and Echokit. Why would Copperkit want to go to the Plains with him? Maybe just to be his self and be his own person.
" Milkpoppy, I didn't have anything to do with it. Copperkit is proud and let him, he is you-know-what." He said with his smile. He knew that Copperkit was really Copperclaw an RiverClan warrior that was killed by Cinder. Yes, he had heard about it. She was so interesting in an evil way.

[Crowy]

Muserfaith had hung back. How could this she-cat be trusted? She'd been exiled from Shadowclan, taken a rogue as a mate, and had kits, and now she wanted to give her kits to RiverClan? Was she stupid?! Crowstar's kits wouldn't be happy, nay, Snowpaw, the daughter of Crowstar, would probably lose her mind at letting any relative of Milkpoppy's stay in any clan. Milkpoppy and her kits deserved to live like rogues. Rumour had it Milkpoppy wasn't even a clan cat, and that Bearstar - the leader before Crowstar - had taken her mother in out of pity, and that the fledgling deputy Crowdusk was very angry at letting a loner poison the clan blood.

The calico queen hung back still. How could she keep up the secret about the kits? She knew if she let it loose, the kits - depending how old they were - would be driven out, or maybe, if word got out, Snowpaw and her siblings would come to kill them. Narrowing her lemon coloured eyes, she stalked forward.

"Milkpoppy, you do know Snowpaw and her siblings will be looking for vengeance for the person who killed their father. They might not be able to get you, but if they catch wind of your kits, they'll be in the firing line." The queen said, standing tall. She was bigger than Riddle, Riverflame, Dawnlight and Milkpoppy. She was a muscular cat, and a strong one. "I don't think we should take them in. You had your chance at clan life, you blew it, and a brave, and strong leader died as a result. Maybe you should find a more sympathetic clan, because I for one do not want any more bloodshed for you."

[little]

"Milkpoppy...you killed someone? And for you cat, for a RiverClan warrior you seem found of Crowstar." He growled, all this was news for him.
"Also we are bringing then to a clan so the Plains don't steal them because well I'm a spy in the Plains. I have been giving information to a cat, that I will not name information about the plains that they have so don't you dare say that my kits will be killed by someone else kits because of their mother, and how would they know. All of the kit's looks are from my side." He said again grabbing Copperkit.

Copperkit let a high pitched growl as Riddle grabbed him. He knew that his mother was a lier, hiding something in her stories. Riddlekit would most likely go to her mother's defense said that we shouldn't believe a word that this cat says or something. This Snowpaw seemed strange just wanted to kill him because of his stupid mother. He could tell that Snowpaw was white with two different colored eyes, like he had seen her before. He didn't want to be in a clan but be a spy like his father. Both his eyes clouded with emotion.
His mind went blank for a moment, his face gave a cold look. He had to close his eyes because it was too painful. After the pain went away he was watching Dawnlight and two other cats. One was biting a cat in the throat. He narrowed his eyes trying to get a better look at the cat. He eyes when huge, it was him dying. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, it was him, but how? He watched as he died and that strange cat came into the picture, that Musefaith. The killer was a she-cat, he hated those blue eyes of hers. Now he heard the name of the killed cat, Copperclaw.
He was lying on the ground, shaking like in was the middle of winter. He looked up at Musefaith, was this real or not? He just had to ask one question.
"Musefaith who is Copperclaw?" He asked getting up.

[Crowy]

"Copperclaw was a brave Riverclan warrior. He died at the hands of one of them, one of the Dead Plains, a cat who used to be our clanmate. Her name was Willowspring, she calls herself Cinder now. StarClan riddance to that flea-bitten ratbag." Musefaith said, turning to Milkpoppy. "As I said before, news reached my ears of you being exiled. You are a rogue, and rogues are treated with hostility. Did you plan this Dawnlight?"[/color] The calico asked, eyes narrow. She didn't know about Milkpoppy and this 'Riddle', but the kits were kits, and couldn't help themselves. "If we take the kits, I will adopt them. I lost my last kit a few days ago, and I am still producing milk. I will raise them as my own, and will defend them if you dare go near them, or come on our territory. You were exiled, you were the cause of the death of a strong, powerful and brave leader. He faced death many times, watched his mate and kits die, then saw Serpentwind murdered. And yet, the she-cat who tried to bring in one cat from Carrion Place, and was seen being all friendly with a cat from a different clan, you were the cause of one of the forests' greatest leaders."[/color] She said. As Musefaith had said, she heard things, but not only that, as she was the child of a medicine cat, her mother visisted her, and told her stories. "If we take the kits, you can never see them again."[/color]

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[little]

Copperkit's eyes were now the size of his paws, never ever see Milkpoppy again...he would do that any day! But Riddle his father, he wanted him to stay and not go. He wouldn't want to be with Riddlekit and Echokit, the momma she-cats. He couldn't help his self to feel sorry for Musefaith that he kits died some days ago.
"Why should we trust you? You seem to think that there is only clan blood, but there are others. I'm as strong as any cat here. I'm the cleverest but not the strongest so do you have a problem with that?" He growled at her, his eyes hot as fire.

"Milkpoppy you killed a clan leader and did all this...this stuff?! Milkpoppy just stop living in a dream and hope for the best. Do what you have to do, Copperkit you belong in RiverClan I can't tell you why but, you just do." He said as tears came from his eyes. "Do what you like, all of you. Riddlekit, don't dream but make it real." He said as a warm tear fell to the ground.

[padamay]

Milkpoppy glared at Musefaith. "I did things I should of not. I met Silentstripe and Crowstar at the Thunderpath and was exiled from the clan that I was raised in. Crowstar chased me across the Thunderpath and he was hit by a Monster. Silentstripe finished him off, because no Medicine cat could help him. He hunts with Starclan now...." she finished her story. "Do not believe everything you hear because some things get mixed up!" she lashed her tail.
She turned to her kits and sighed. They needed to choose their path. "I'll always love you, but at some point your going to have to leave me behind. Your going to have to grow up, but not too fast. Enjoy your selves while your young." she mewed and licked Echokit and Riddlekits heads softly. She turned to Riddle and Copperkit. "If you don't want to see me any more. Then your going to have to go with your sisters because me and you father love each other very much and don't want to be pulled apart. You'll learn that when you have a mate." she mewed lovingly. She then turned from her kits to Musefaith. "I know what going to happen when I leave them with Riverclan, Musefaith, Riveflame and Dawnlight. I know they'll be in good hands."

Dawnlight looked at Musefaith and growled. "I'm a loyal Riverclan cat! I had no Idea this would happen. I was gathering herbs when I saw Riverflame and scents not clans cats." she flicked her tail over too a pile of herbs.

Riddlekit looked at her mother. She was young, about a half moon old. Musefaith looked tuff on the outside, but she could tell that she missed her dead kits with sadness. "Milkpoppy, I will always love you and Riddle. But like you said. I have to make a choice. I choose to be a Riverclan cat. No more will I be a loner kit. I am a clan kits now." she ran up to Milkpoppy and touched her mussel to her mother and father's shoulders. She whispered sadly. "Goodbye.." and ran over to Musefaith and sat next to her. Musefaith was her mother now. She didn't even look at Milkpoppy and Riddle. They were not her mother and father now.

[little]

Copperkit make a choking noise as he saw Riddkit make so much drama about leaving. They couldn't be with their parents their whole life. He didn't want to go to RiverClan, he didn't really know what he wanted at all. Then something popped into his head.
"Can I go to ShadowClan and stay there so I can try to make friendship or be a spy for RiverClan!" Can I do that Musefaith?" He asked looking at her.

[padamay]

Dawnlight looked down at the tiny kit. "You could get killed doing that and Shadowclan is not that friendly as is the other three clans." she said and flicked her tail across his flank.

Riddlekit looked at Milkpoppy and Riddle. "Just leave. Your on Riverclan territory. I'll defend it now. Don't make it hard for yourselves!" she mewed with bravey. She didn't want to make it hard on her mather and father. She turned to Copperkit and growled. "Come on Mousebrain. Your making it hard for all of us to leave. Make your choose now. We havn't have all day" she said narrowing her eyes.

[little]

"Man Riddlekit the emotional and trying to sound brave. I can take my time on what I want. Are all sisters like you, trying to be brave but cute? I'm not making it harder! Your a mouse-brain! I hate you little miss prefect! Always being a..a..Fox hearted, Mouse-dung, dumb sister to me! Mom don't act like this is hard! Sighing to this sighing to that, I don't believe that your innocent from killing Crowstar one of the greatest leaders! Just stop acting like the queen and acting like you know everything!" He yelled at all of them running away.
"You better not come after me or I'll claw your eye balls out!" He yelled at them. He hated Riddlekit and never wanted to see the dumb fur ball ever again. If he did... she would never see the day of light again.

[padamay]

Riddlekit wanted to fight Copperkit. She knew that if she was to be a Clan cat, then she had to act like one. "Your the Foxhearted Foxdung..." she whispered.