CHAPTER 2
At sunhigh, Blue-eyes awoke Berrypaw and Gorsepaw. They both jumped right up. "Do we need to find the herbs now?" Gorsepaw asked. "First you need to eat." Blue-eyes said with a mrrow of amusement. Gorsepaw and Berrypaw ran over and grabbed something from the fresh-kill pile. Gorsepaw ate a small mouse while Berrypaw ate a large thrush. "I will be stronger as well!" Berrypaw mewed. Gorsepaw rolled her eyes. "It takes skills mouse-brain! And you have none!" she snapped. She finished eating first and sat at the tunnel entrance. She pondered where to find herbs to collect. -Let's see, watermint should be near the stream, poppyseeds in the forest, marigold leaves in the forest, catmint by the abandoned twoleg nest, and Yarrow in the forest.- Just as she was thinking, Berrypaw joined her.
"On your marks, get set, GO!" Blue-eyes yowled. Gorsepaw snapped out of her thoughts and ran out of the tunnel, Berrypaw on her heels. Berrypaw veered away and followed silently through the bracken. As Gorsepaw picked up herbs, Berrypaw did too. Finally, it was the last stretch back to camp. Gorsepaw was very fast. She ran into the camp before Berrypaw. Blue-eyes nodded to them. Berrypaw put her tail up high. "I just did this to make little Gorsekit upset." she mewed rudely. "It is GorsePAW!" Gorsepaw hissed angrily. "Did you REALLY deserve to be an apprentice? Much less a MEDICINE CAT apprentice?" Berrypaw continued. Gorsepaw jumped onto Berrypaw. "I'll make you eat those words!" she hissed, clawing at her.
"ENOUGH!" yowled Froststar as she lept down from Highledge. "Gorsepaw earned her apprenticeship fair and square." It was clear that Froststar wasn't happy. "Berrypaw! Your mentor will be Bladefur AND you will be caring for the elders for SEVEN moons! You got that?!?!?" Berrypaw turned her head down and nodded solemly. "But what about Gorsepaw... She started it..." She mewed weakly, like a punished kit. "Gorsepaw will be attending to the elders as well." Froststar meowed sternly. "Now go!" The two apprentices walked off towards the elders den. "This is all your fault!" Berrypaw muttered. Gorsepaw just shot her a glare. -At least I am the a medicine cat apprentice!- she thought happily