I've Something to Ask of You...

Gentlenose padded through the barn, hoping she wouldn't receive odd looks for the Skyclan warrior that was following her. She found Darkstar as quickly as she could, trying not to draw attention to herself. "Darkstar..." she addressed the Thunderclan leader reluctantly. What would her old mentor think of this news? "There's something I need to tell you..." she said, not meeting the older she cat's gaze.

Darkstar's head had been raised the moment since she'd scented Skyclan. Her first thoughts had been that they'd come to throw Thunderclan out of the barn for kicks. If they tried, they sure would be in for a surprise, many more cats had been made warriors since their last... "meeting". Since only one cat had appeared, her suspicions changed targets. To her former apprentice. The near-black she-cat sat up in her lone nest cramped between two hay bales. Why was this tom here?

"Okay."

Jayflight growled as he scented the ThunderClan leader, he had the urge to attack but he wouldn't, this was a leader and he needed to act as if he were really in ThunderClan.

Gentlenose was silent for a few heartbeats, gathering her thoughts. How would in Starclan's name would she tell not only her old mentor, but her leader, that she blatantly broke the warrior code? "I...I'm expecting kits..." she stammered nervously, looking to Jayflight for support. "And... Well, you see... Jayflight here, is the father... Jayflight, tell her what you told me!" she finally admitted, tensing in anticipation of Darkstar's rebuke. What if she got thrown out of Thunderclan for this? Or even worse... what if her kits got punished?

Jayflight starred (not really I guess just turned?) at Gentlenose then spoke "Uh..Ya" he mewed "I could join ThunderClan...I just want to see my kits" he added.

Darkstar's surprise and shock manifested itself in a ripple of fur, ending in a sharp flick of her tail. She was happy for Gentlenose, but the circumstances were.. outstanding, to say the least. To have kits with a non-Thunderclan cat, a Skyclan cat! It was better than Riverclan, she admitted to herself, but her warrior had still broken the code. So had her mate. What was she to make of them? Gentlenose would not break the code again, she suspected, as she had kits to set an example for.

But what of Jayflight? "You don't seem too enthusiastic." The leader set her bright yellow gaze on the tom. "Will you be loyal to your mate and kits if nothing else?" She knew family ties were very important to some cats. All she needed to know was if he was one of them or not.

Jayflight stayed quiet, he didn't know what to say "What do you think" he snapped.

Gentlenose looked to the tom. "Jayflight..." she murmured. He was being so snappy... Gentlenose had never seen this side of him.

Jayflight teased his shoulders "Sorry, I'm just so scared. What if she tries to attack" he murmured, he turned to Darkstar "Yes, I just feel more confortable around them" he mewed.

Before replying the fluffy cat tried in vain to clean the ever-present hay dust out of her fur, but it only made her want to sneeze. Darkstar's eyes calmly flickered between the two, and more than once on Gentlenose's stomach. Would he be able to return to his clan if she refused? She cursed herself for being so lenient. "If you prove your loyalty to Thunderclan, you may stay." The leader couldn't help but feel that her decision would come back to bite her in the tail.