In the middle of the night, small, raspy breaths escaped from a grayish blue tabby tom's mouth, his eyes glazed with fever. Next to him, was his sister, a pure black she-cat with one pale yellow eye and one jade green eye. As he tried to groom his fur, he felt something in his throat, and abruptly stopped, ignoring the worried look of his sister. Looking up at her, he blinked, before opening his mouth to speak.
"Ivywind, could you bring our mother here? I would like to talk to her..." He flicked his tail weakly.
"Anything for you, Troutwhisper." Ivywind gave her brother a lick right on his ear, and Troutwhisper giggled, the best he could with a painful lump in his throat.
He watched as the black she-cat nodded, before she padded out of the medicine cat's den into the moonlight, to the warrior's den. Sighting, the tom rested his head down on his paws, his yellowish hazel eyes blinking. Tears rolled down his face, thinking about how he might not last the next moon. Suddenly, he heard two sets of paw steps and wiped away his tears, so he could look strong in front of his mother.
Looking up, he saw Ivywind and his mother, Asterberry, pad into the medicine cat's den, the latter's eyes filled with worry. His mother immediately rushed up to him, her tongue rasping in between his small ears.
"Oh, my son, please, you can get through your sickness." Troutwhisper looked up at his mother, who was on the verge of tears.
"I don't have any herbs left to treat myself, what can I do? The patch of borage leaves I planted was destroyed, and there's no way I can go and find the spot where I planted them..." The grayish blue tom watched as tears streamed down his mother's face, and suddenly, tears streamed down his own face as well.
"... Please, don't worry about me, Ivywind and Asterberry. I promise I'll be okay..."
"Do you really promise, my dear brother? You haven't been doing well, Asterberry and I could always find more patches of borage leaves, or ask the other clans for borage." Asterberry nodded with her daughter's words, her tears still dripping down her cheek fur. Troutwhisper sighed, knowing he could not win this argument; and besides; he didn't want to die anyways.
"Okay, I guess you two could go and ask the other clans for borage, or just look for borage near the twolegplace gardens..." Asterberry and Ivywind nodded, exchanging glances with each other, before running out of the medicine cat's den, to scavenge for borage.
Troutwhisper loudly sighed. He was alone again, his mother and sister on a quest that probably wouldn't even make a change. The tom would most likely still die, at the latest, a moon later, and at the earliest, maybe three or four sunhighs later. He felt tears leaking from his eyes again, as traces of dawn leaked into his den, that reeked of fever and death, even though nothing dead was in the den.
Sniffling, he heard the voice of an enthusiastic kit, which he recognized as Comfreykit's loud voice.
"Hey, Troutwhisper! I found a little bit of borage for you!"
Allegiances
RiverClan
Leader: Streamstar – pale gray, almost silver tabby tom with darker markings across his back
Apprentice, Thornpaw
Deputy: Rainmist – blueish-gray she-cat with azure blue eyes, one of her claws seems to be ripped out
Medicine Cat: Troutwhisper - grayish blue tabby tom with yellow eyes
Warriors:
Leaffall – brown and white tom with yellow eyes
Apprentice, Mumblepaw
Hootdawn – dark gray she-cat with a white tail-tip, spots, and hazel eyes
Asterberry - beautiful black, gray, and white she-cat
Ivywind - beautiful pure black she-cat with one pale yellow eye and one jade green eye
Ferntalon – white tom with gray dapples and yellow eyes
Apprentice, Brookpaw
Amberdapple – cream she-cat with blue eyes
Apprentice, Bubblepaw
Tigerskip – black tom with amber eyes
Tallfeather - golden brown tom with white spots, tailtip, and green eyes
Eveningmuzzle – black and ginger tortoiseshell she-cat with one green eye and one blue eye
Apprentice, Reedpaw
Waternose – cream and gray tabby tom with white paws
Shadewind – white she-cat with a black tail and yellow eyes
Apprentice, Lilypaw
Apprentices:
Reedpaw – white tom with black and ginger patches on his tail and back
Lilypaw – light ginger she-cat with blind blue eyes
Brookpaw – dark gray she-cat with lighter markings, her eyes are light yellow
Bubblepaw – black and dark gray tom, Brookpaw's brother
Mumblepaw – dark brown tom with white and black stripes
Queens:
Addersnow – gray she-cat with a white underbelly and hazel eyes, mother of Tallfeather's kits: Comfreykit (a dilute tortoiseshell and white she-kit), Cloudkit (a white tom-kit with blue eyes, is deaf), and Heatherkit (a golden brown tabby tom-kit)
Branchpool – brown she-cat with black patches and amber eyes, mother of Tigerskip's kit: Twigkit (a mottled black and brown she-kit with amber eyes)
Cherrywhisker – ginger she-cat with blue eyes, expecting Streamstar's kits
Elders:
Tanglescar – gray tom with yellow eyes, he has a long scar running from the back of his neck to his hind leg, with twists and turns in the scar randomly
Pondheart – elderly white she-cat with kind blue eyes, has failing sight
Minnowstep – ginger tom with green eyes
Allegiances
ShadowClan
Leader: Birchstar – light brown tom with darker patches and stripes, his eyes are light yellow
Apprentice, Nightpaw (very dark gray and black tabby tom)
Deputy: Wrenear – mottled ginger she-cat with a brown ear
Apprentice, Chervilpaw (gray tom)
Medicine Cat: Honeycloud – white tom with golden spots and azure blue eyes
Warriors:
Violetwillow – ginger she-cat with darker spots and yellow eyes
Stripenose – black tabby tom with hazel eyes
Apprentice, Yellowpaw (sandy gingerish yellow tom)
Beemask – golden brown and black mottled tom with stormy gray eyes, his face is crisscrossed with battle scars, with one scratching over his eye
Creamtuft – tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes
Hollyflicker – black and gray she-cat with jade green eyes
Apprentice, Maypaw (ginger and brown she-cat)
Mallowsoul – cream tom with black dapples and lighter paws
Lynxstorm – dark gray she-cat with lighter flecks, one of her eyes has a white outline around it
Ivyfreckle – brown tom with lighter and white dapples, he has a long scar across his shoulder
Queens:
Browntail – dark brown she-cat, mother of Mallowsoul's kits: Oatkit (mottled brown and white she-kit), and Creekkit (dark gray and brown she-kit)
Turtleflower - tortoiseshell she-cat with twisted back legs, expecting Stripenose's kits
Elders:
Lightleap - tiny white tom with once handsome green eyes
Sagefall - tan furred she-cat with large white ear tips
