WARRIORS:
A New Life
Chapter 1:
When I woke it was just before dawn and I blinked through the blinding white light that filtered through the medicine den.
"Diamondtail! Wake up you lazy pile of mousedung!"
"Yes Pitterpool." I said as I blinked the last traces of sleep away.
"Longshadow's bite on his shoulder has been acting up again, I suggest you go and tend to it." She said as she pointed with her tail to the small den area by the nursery, called the healing den, where the badly injured and sick cats slept.
"Would you like me to give him some poppy seeds to help him sleep? He's going to need the energy if he's going to the gathering tonight."
"Yes, that's a good idea. You go see to him while I check in on Callie and her kits." She said as she stalked out of the medicine den.
After she left I made sure I grabbed some marigold and poppy seeds, I also grabbed extra cobwebs for those who needed theirs changed. I should probably check Longshadow's other wounds too. I thought as I crossed the clearing towards the healing den. When I walked in Longshadow was already awake, so were all the Darkclan cats; Darksoul, Razorclaw, Flamesoul, Silentsoul, and Bloodfang. Longshadow got up and limped to a spot where no one was sleeping so I could look at his wounds.
"Ah, Diamondtail, it's nice to see you again, are you having a nice morning?" he asked.
"I am having a wonderful morning so far. And what about you? Are you and the Darkclan warriors getting along?"
"I'm having a nice morning, it'd be better if i was aloud out of this stuffy old healing den though."
"You need time to heal before we let you go back to your warrior duties. At least you get to go to the gathering tonight."
"Yeah, i guess. So what do you have for me today?"
"Well, I got some poppy seeds to help you sleep before the gathering, and some more cobwebs for your scratches." I said as he watched me chew up the marigold leaves and start pulling off his old cobwebs. After all his cobwebs were off I started licking the marigold juice into his wounds, being very careful of the deep gash in his shoulder from a wolf bite. Once I was done with that I started to apply fresh cobwebs onto his wounds, "I think that should do it for now, tell me if any of those start to bother you again, now make sure you get some sleep." I said as I walked off to the group of Darkclan warriors that were huddled in the corner.
After I finished with Darksoul and his clan I walked out into the clearing to find that it was sunhigh already. I walked over and sat in a sunny spot by the medicine den and looked around at all the cats working on the camp entrance and rebuilding one of the camp walls. That's when I saw Sandstorm working on the entrance to the nursery, she always looks sad now that Firestar's gone. Ever since the pack of wolves came down from the mountain and attacked Thunderclan everyone has been so sad. We did not only lose our beloved leader, we also lost a litter of kits, an apprentice named Barkpaw, and many others were badly injured. Jayfeather, who was Pitterpool's mentor, was badly injured when the leader of the wolves bested the blind cat and managed to break both his back legs, neither one of them were able to heal right, he can barely walk or get up by himself, so now he's stuck being an elder. Some cats were able to make it through the battle with minor scratches and other wounds that have already healed.
Since I wasn't hungry and it didn't look like anyone needed help with anything, I decided to go and see my sister Robintail and her four kits Smokeykit, Silentkit, Silverkit, and Streamkit. I got up and walked across the clearing to the nursery, I stopped at the entrance and nodded to Sandstorm, then I walked through the thick tunnel and blinked as my eyes adjusted to the dim light. I walked farther in and I could make out my sister Robintail watching her four kits with an amused look as they play fought with her tail.
"Diamondtail, I'm so glad to see you! My kits have been wanting to play with you again, they havent stoped talking about you since last time you came to see us. Well, all except for one…" She said the last part in just more than a whisper. The look in her eyes was heartbreaking, it's been hard for her, having a kit who will never be able to speak.
"It's okay, everything is going to be okay, I promise you."
"It's not that, I'm just worried, you know? I'll never be able to know what he's thinking and I'll never here his voice. And how do you think the clan will treat him once he's an apprentice?"
"Hey, just think about how good of a warrior he'll be, I mean, look at him!" I said as I batted him before he could go after my tail. That seemed to make her feel better, I could tell because her eyes lit up with pride. "Well, I have to get going, I have to check everyone over before the gathering." I said as I nudged her cheek and walked out of the nursery.