Hey guys! *sing songy voice* I'm baaaaaack! Ok, for all of you who haven't read the book before this, GO READ IT! It's name is "Greencough!" and it is the only finished story on my profile!

Ok, so I was trying to find about which book this is in so I can find a mate about Dapplepaw's age, and here is what I came up with: This story is out of whack! This is about a year before the final battle (yes, it will come!), and our characters are about a year old. So they will be about two years old when the final battle approaches. But... Dovewing is only 20 moons in the books when the final battle occurs. Which means Dapple and Cherry are supposed to be older than Dove, but they aren't!

So now I am seriously confused! Why did I research all of this stuff up?! Gah! I guess Dapple will just be single.

I accidentally said in a previous chapter that this season is mid leaf-bare, but it's mid-leaffall. Sorry!

Frostkit: I understand ;)

Brightpaw: Insert eyeroll at you. Hehe;)

Only three reviews on the last chapter? That really disappointed me!

;(

Onto the awesomeness!


(Dapplepaw POV)

Darkness envelops me. I am floating- flying through air. "Dapplepaw! Dapplepaw!" Someone whispers. But it's not my name! I think. "She moved! I think she is awake!" That sounds like Cherrypaw! My eyes fly open to bright sunlight. Everything is a blur. Something orange, something gray, and then something that looks like my sister stand around me. I start coughing uncontrollably. After I am done hacking, my vision clears and I see my sister, Jayfeather, and Firestar standing around me. Firestar? Oh no, he must be here to tell me to leave the clan again.

He must see me watching him carefully, aware that if he casts me out in this state, and I will definitely die. "I, uh, came to apologize." He murmurs. I gaze into his eyes, looking for a sign that he is lying. He isn't. "Dapplepaw." I blink in surprise at my former name. What game is playing?

"Why are you leading me on?" I ask weakly. "Are you going to wait until I am better, and then exile me again? Just exile me now!" I find myself in a sitting position- my leg protesting fiercely. The strength I had in the cave left me a long time ago. Firestar flinches at my accusation.

"I'm sorry. I let myself exile an innocent cat, and now she might die because of my actions." My eyes widen in horror along with Cherrypaw's at the thought of me dying.

My brother replies fiercely, "She will not die! I will make sure of it!" I open my mouth to say that it is not very likely that I will survive, especially with leaf-bare on its way, but more coughs erupt and soon I can hardly breathe. Jayfeather pushes me gently back into my nest and massages my chest. "You guys should go; I don't want her whitecough to spread through the camp until we have an outbreak of greencough." Paw steps pad away and out of the lichen covered entrance. Jayfeather continues massaging my chest until I can steadily breathe on my own again. He pads into his herb store and emerges again with a small amount of catmint in his jaws. He places the meager stalks by my paws. "I'll have the apprentices get more." And with that he is gone.

(Jayfeather POV)

I carefully set the precious stalks down by Dapplepaw's paws and walk out of my den. I head over to the apprentice den and detect only Cherrypaw's scent in there. "Cherrypaw!" She emerges from the den and stands in front of me, worry pulsing off of her fur. "Take Wolfspirit and go pick more catmint from the Abandoned Twoleg Nest."

"Okay." She jogs over to the warriors den to try and find Wolfspirit and I stay where I am until they are out of camp. Then I turn around and walk to the freshkill pile and grab three juicy mice. Back in the den I drop a mouse at Dapplepaw's paws and Briarlight's. I drop mine in my nest then go back to my herb store.

I emerge with three juniper berries and two poppy seeds under my tongue. I drop them near Dapplepaw, head back to my store, and come back with five tansy petals. I nudge everything so that they are sitting in front of Dapplepaw.

(Dapplepaw POV)

I manage to take six meager bites of my mouse before I can't eat any more. Jayfeather pushes some yellow petals, purple berries, and poppy seeds towards me and I lap them up eagerly. "Thanks," I croak.

"If you need anything, just call me or Briarlight." I barely hear him before I fall into a cough, pain, and nightmare filled sleep.


Sorry it was so short, but I swear to Starclan that the next chapter will be longer. How much longer? No idea cuz I only have it written, not typed. but it will be about half a page or longer!

Do you guys like the idea of me doing quotes once in a while? Most of them will be Harry Potter or Warriors.

Quote: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Spoken by Molly Weasley.

*O.O* Wow... that was slightly violent- but good for Molly!

Disclaimer: jayleaf1 owns nothing. Anybody that says otherwise will have an enraged Molly Weasley unleashed upon them. *evil grin* XD

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