#leafnight

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AU Ideas:

In this hypothetical alternate universe, Nightcloud takes the place of the parent of Leaf’s kits. Leafpool still has her little run-away with Crow, and when she comes back to the badger attack, Nightcloud is one of the WindClan reinforcements that come to help drive the badgers away. She and Leafpool later bond over their (both negative and positive) feelings about Crowfeather. They meet up a few times, and while they don’t get as close as Crow and Leaf did, they meet up enough times for Leaf to realize she’s pregnant with Nightcloud’s kits. By this time they’d mostly stopped meeting up, it was mostly a fling, but Leaf is definitely pregnant. 

Leaf’s same “I need to go somewhere because StarClan” excuse happens, but she doesn’t bring Squirrelflight with her this time. Instead, she brings Nightcloud, and although they aren’t romantically attracted to each other, they have a bond, and Nightcloud agrees to take the kits back to WindClan, say she found them abandoned around the border, and raise them as her own. 

Leafpool gives birth to three kits, and names them Rabbitkit, Nightkit, and Birchkit. They stay out for about one moon, and then Nightcloud brings them to the WindClan and Leafpool returns to ThunderClan. 

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Genetics:

Leafpool- Aa (agouti carries nonagouti) Bb (black carries chocolate) Dd (nondilute carries dilute) mcmc (classic tabby) XOXo (red, nonred- tortie) Ll (shorthair carries longhair) 

Nightcloud- aa (nonagouti) Bb (black carries choc) Dd (nondilute carries dilute) Mcmc (mackerel tabby carries classic) XoY (nonred (she’s trans in this AU)) ll (longhair)

Rabbitstep- Aa (agouti carries non) bb (chocolate) dd (dilute- lilac) mcmc (classic tabby) XoY (nonred) ll (longhair) 

Nightspark- aa (nonagouti) BB (black) DD (nondilute) mcmc (classic tabby) XOXo (red, nonred- tortie) Ll (longhair carries short)

Birchpool- Aa (agouti carries non) Bb (black carries choc) Dd? (nondilute carries dilute) McMc (mackerel tabby) XoY (nonred (she’s trans too)) LL (shorthair)