Littleflower's Story

Littleflower's Story is the third story in Darktail's Tales and follows the story of a jealous mother.

Plot
Littleflower is blessed with three little daughters. Her mate, Ratear comments that they look lovely. As he looks at their kits, when asked what he wants to name them, he tells her they should name the pale gray one Mistykit. Littleflower then states she wants to name the tortoiseshell one Cherrykit, after her foster mother. The third and final one has them stumped until Littleflower's best friend and fellow queen, Dapplelight, suggests Bluekit. Though Ratear is unsure, he still accepts the name and welcomes them to WindClan.

For the rest of the day Littleflower is basked in attention, since she was the first queen in nine moons to give birth. Even her apprentice, Bubblepaw, stops by to greet the newborn kits. After a while, Littleflower grows tried and she lays her head down to rest. As she does, one last visitor stops by - her sister, Milkwhisker.

When Milkwhisker states Littleflower is an unfit mother, the queen is angry, saying that Milkwhisker is only upset because her son, Stormkit, was stillborn. Angry, Milkwhisker curses Littleflower, saying her kits won't see their first moon.

Littleflower forgets all about the curse and goes on with her normal life. One day Dapplelight goes into labour and all of her kits are stillborn. Everyone mourns with the distraught queen, making Littleflower jealous. Deciding she can get more attention if her kits were sick, she sneaks into the medicine cat den the very next day and grabs some yarrow leaves. She leaves them in the nursery, telling the kits not to eat them. After she leaves, they begin to dare each other to eat some, in which all of them do and start vomiting. Littleflower goes out to get Fallowwhisker,but by the time they get them to the medicine cat den, two of the kits were dead and, by sunhigh, so is Bluekit.

As they bury the kits, Littleflower feels no pain or remorse. Instead, when Milkwhisker starts to gloat about how she was right, it is then revealed by Littleflower that Milkwhisker had been dead this whole time.