Line #31 Recap/WarriorCatsDaisysKin


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2	''Daisy's Kin'' is the nineteenth ''Warriors'' novella; one of the three in the ''A Warrior's Choice'' compilation alongside ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsSpotfursRebellion Spotfur's Rebellion]]'' and ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsBlackfootsReckoning Blackfoot's Reckoning]]''. It takes place during the events of ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsDarknessWithin Darkness Within]]''.
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6	Following the deaths of her kits after the end of ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsVeilOfShadows Veil of Shadows]]'', Daisy has been in a depression for a while. She's also questioning her role in the Clan since there are currently no queens with kits, and her only living kin in the Clan is Mousewhisker.
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8	That's when her ex-mate Smoky shows up, begging her for help: his current mate Coriander is giving birth to kits, but it's not going well. Daisy and her patrol arrive long enough to help deliver the kits and to hear Coriander's dying wish that her kits do not grow up as kittypets or Clan cats, but rather are raised by their father.
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10	They feed the kits pulped prey, but know that they need to find an actual nursing queen in order for them to survive. The pregnant kittypet Smoky had known has been brought elsewhere by Twolegs, so they decide to bring them to [=SkyClan=], which is the next closest queen they know of. Along the way, some of the Sisters help save them from a hawk, and suggest that they bring the kits to them since Sunshine has recently kitted.
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12	A few days later in the care of the Sisters and the [=ThunderClan=] medicine cat Alderheart, the kits are doing well, and Smoky names them: the tom is Coriander after the kits' mother, and the she-cat is Daisy (nicknamed Little Daisy), since without the queen they wouldn't be there. Finally, a moon later, they're strong enough to leave, and Smoky brings them back to the horseplace, asking Daisy to stay for a while. Daisy starts to consider staying and being a family with Smoky and his kits.
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14	She has a dream of [=ThunderClan=] where nobody seems to realize she's there, and is perplexed. Upon waking, a patrol comes to visit her, and they inform her that Spotfur has had kits and will need help. Daisy feels pulled both ways, and tells them that she'll think about it. She talks with Smoky, offering him to join [=ThunderClan=], but he declines, wanting to honor Coriander's last wish. They discuss how they're still dear friends even though their feelings of romance are gone. Finally, Daisy says goodbye, promising to visit - and to bring her son Mousewhisker along with her to see his kin.
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16	She arrives back in camp and is touched to see how much Mousewhisker had missed her in the last moon. Alderheart offers to bring her to the nursery to meet Spotfur's new kits, and Daisy accepts. She feels she has a purpose - to be there when cats need her - and [=ThunderClan=] is where she belongs.
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18	!!Tropes appearing in this novella:
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20	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Daisy feels this way at the start of the novella. She finds her purpose by the end of it.
21	* ADayInTheLimelight: Daisy's only POV, aside from a short story in ''Secrets of the Clans''.
22	* DeadGuyJunior: The kit Coriander is named after his mother, who died giving birth to them.
23	* DeathByChildbirth: Coriander.
24	* DeathOfAChild: Smoky and Coriander's third kit is stillborn.
25	* ADogNamedDog: Daisy thinks that the tom named Tom-Tom hardly has a name at all, that it'd be like being named "She-cat-She-cat".
26	* DueToTheDead: Although Coriander is not a Clan cat, Daisy suggests sitting vigil for her, and Smoky agrees.
27	* LastRequest: Coriander asks Smoky that their kits do not become kittypets or Clan cats, that instead they be safe with their father.
28	* NearAndDearBabyNaming: After Daisy helps Smoky with the kits after their birth, he names one of the kits Daisy after her.
29	* NeverSayGoodbye: Smoky keeps insisting that Coriander won't die, even after they both know it will happen.
30	* PosthumousSibling: Hazeltail and Berrynose have died by the time their half-siblings are born.
31	* ThePromise: Coriander's last words are to ask Smoky to promise her that her kits will be okay. He promises, and she's able to give birth to them before she passes on.
32	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Spotfur is expecting the kits of her mate Stemleaf, who died not long before.
33	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Little Daisy looks exactly like her mother Coriander.
34	* SurprisePregnancy: It's mentioned that nobody knew that Spotfur was pregnant - not even Spotfur herself at first.
35	* TakeCareOfTheKids: This is Coriander's last request to Smoky.
36	* TragicStillbirth: One of the kits, sadly, is stillborn.

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