Fleetstar had many emotions fighting to be first. Love, pride, joy, shock, fear, excitement.... Love and joy won. "Really, Everheart!? Are you sure?" Everheart twitched her ears in gentle annoyance. "Mountainshine is."
"Oh, my love. How many?"
"It's a bit too soon to tell," Everheart laughed. "But at least four."
"Oh, Everheart. Kits! We're having kits!"
"Yes, we are." Everheart was a little amused and a little confused at her mate's repeating himself. All fathercats did that when they found out they were fathercats, she supposed. Oh well, she was excited too.
"This needs an announcement!" Fleetstar declared, leaping up onto Highledge. "All cats, kits and queens included, gather here beneath the Highledge for a very important announcement!"
Guess now I'll find out what Everheart had her tail in a tizzy about, thought Rainpelt.
Fleetstar sat on Highledge with Everheart by his side, waiting for all the cats to gather.