As your paws carry you to the mouth of a small cave, a magical lagoon steals your bated breath from your lungs. The crystalline shimmering water gently ebbs about an opalescent statue of two cats entwined in heavenly matrimony, their love preserved forever in marble. Beneath their bodies rest the carving of a star, its pigment lovingly plucked from the decorative foliage that grew about them.



As a gentle waterfall bubbled about your ears, its hush quelling all aggressive sounds of the outside world, you recall a fable about this mystical cavern, remembering it with a strange fondness, despite maybe never even hearing it before.



Once upon a time, in seasons long past, the clans were near extinction. A curse; a plague, had ravaged through the clans and rid many she-cats of their young. These afflicted she-cats were deemed infected, as they were unable to bear kits, and due to this illness the clans were unable to sustain their population. Once-powerful families began to fade from existence as elders left the darkening world behind.
Among the anger and sadness, two she-cats stole themselves away amidst the chaos of a horrible storm. The two had sworn themselves to everlasting happiness in each other's embrace, unknowing of whether or not they too had become affected by the blight, though far beyond the desire to find out.
Their fearful path led them to the Mothermouth, though a ravenous bolt of lightning flushed them into the reaches of the Highstones. Wet and cold they sought sanctuary in a small cave; this cave, and as they curled amongst themselves for warmth the rainwater fell from their bodies and collected into a glistening lagoon around them. This domain they had chosen wasn't their desired Moonstone, but surely was just as beautiful. The two, overwhelmed by the events transpired, fell to prayers of Starclan for aid, as despite their coupling they still prayed for the fruitfulness of not just the clan they had fled, but for all clans, for families young and old, afflicted or not, for every couple to be blessed by new life, even at the cost of their own.

"We need kits to keep the clans alive, we will give our lives for all the forest clans!" the pair wailed, their chants dwelling to hoarse cries before dwindling to choking whispers. As their voices left them, the two found themselves asleep in each other's exhausted arms, their pleas only broken by apologetic sobs and promises of love and forgiveness.



The storm had passed them before they woke, welcoming a glistening sunrise into the mouth of the cave, gently warming and baking the tussled pelts of the sheltered she-cats. Heavy eyes adjusted to the light, and as the sun greeted them anew, the two beheld the birth of a miracle. A small, sooty bundle of fur had been blessed to them; four moons old, standing on his own. A gleaming white star stained his face, breaching across his eyes; his golden eyes which held an expectant glow.



A voice arose from the kitten, a voice one would swear would be too elegant for his own, "Starclan has seen your devotion to each other. Go forth with the clans and tell their leaders my word: if they wish for blessings of new kits, they must be wed, as you are. We will call it the Starblessing ceremony."



The tiny kit closed his eyes, reciting his speech as though he had practiced for a millennia, as though he had each query precedented and prepared. "We will see into your hearts and souls, and we will know if your bond is just and true. You must love each other with all your heart, always and forever, and not just for societal means."


With that, he moved his nose to touch theirs, as the pair had gleaned so close to him he only needed to lift his delicate muzzle.

"I am now your kit, and though through my past life I was known as Flowerkit, you may choose a new one so that I may receive a second chance anew."


Peridotgaze and Marblepelt beamed with pride as they looked upon their gifted blessing. They each anointed their son with a kiss upon each cheek, tugging the sides of his star even further across his little face with each touch of their tongue. "Your new name will be Starkit; for you have saved us, and you have saved the clans."

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The shrine where all same-sex, infertile or spayed/neutered couples can go and ask starclan to give them a kit to raise as their own.

Story edited/beta'd by   shortbred
For https://www.furaffinity.net/view/30214716/
Cats shown: https://toyhou.se/3667354.peridotgaze x https://toyhou.se/3667349.marblepelt

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