What actually happened when Sandstorm had her kits?

Answer 1

In the epilogue of Firestar's Quest, it says....

["Firestar headed across the clearing toward the nursery, spotting Sorrelpaw, Sootpaw, and Rainpaw Wrestling together beside the apprentice's den among the ferns. While he watched, Thornclaw emerged from the warriors' den and called to Sootpaw; mentor and apprentice disappeared through the gorse tunel.

As he approached the nursery Cinderpelt emerged; Firestar bounded up to her. "Is everything alright?" he demanded.

Cinderpelt's blue eyes glimmered with understanding. "Everything's fine, Firestar. I just took her some borage to help her milk come."

Firestar let out a long breath of relief. "I still can't believe how beautiful they are," he confessed. Cinderpelt gave his ear a gentle flick with her tail. "In you go, then, and have another look."

Firestar pushed his way through the brambles and into the nursery, the warm, milky scents flowing over him. Sandstorm lay in a deep nest of moss and bracken; huddled close to her belly were two tiny she-kits, their eyes still closed. One was tabby with a white chest and paws, the other a dark ginger like Firestar himself.

Whitekit, Brightheart and Cloudtail's daughter was looking downat the two kits with ad much pride as if they were her own. She was nearly old enough to be apprenticed, and Firestar knew how protective she felt about the new arrivals.

Brightheart roused from her nest and stretched out a paw. "Be careful," she warned her kit. "Don't get too close. They won't be ready to play fir a while yet."

As Firestar entered, Sandstorm drowsily raised her head. "I thought of some names,' she murmured. "How do you like Squirrelkit and Leafkit?"

"It think they;re wonderful names," Firestar replied. The dark ginger Squirrelkit for her fluffy tail, of course, and tabby Leafkit in memory of Leafstar - and perhaps of Spottedleaf, too.

Pride surged into him as he looked at the tiny scraps of fur. He had so many hopes for them: good hunting, happiness, perhaps even leader of their Clan. Although he had been a kittypet, his daughters were Clanborn through and through. His blood would run through ThunderClan for many moons to come, even when he no longer walked the forest."]

~FunWithBananas