Chapter two
~Author's note~
-Thank you Gentleheart for the advice but I think I'm going to keep Moonfire because I like the name and it's actually my best friends warrior cat name so she would hate me if I changed it. Also I apologize for the amount of time it took to post this chapter I got caught up in Pewdiepie and Shane Dawson videos –
I lifted up my mouth and tasted a sent that I knew oh to well by now. Soon enough, Nightwisker walks in and immediate comes over to me. Touching noses, the questions began.
"Are you ok? How's your leg? Which cat did this?!" He asked. I only smiled and looked up at him.
"I'm fine, and why, you couldn't do anything to him anyway." I replied, closing my eyes and laying back down. He flipped his tail and sighed.
"Do you at least want something to eat?" He continued.
"No thanks. Moonfire brought me something before leaving to hunt." I said.
"If you're ok then I should meet up with the rest of the dawn patrol." He said. "Are you sure you don't need anything."
"I'm sure." I turned and smiled at him. He nodded and padded out of the den.
"He's really on your tail Wolfpelt." Briarlight leaned on me. "I guess it means he cares right." I nodded and turned to the sound of Jayfeather's voice.
"You should get some exercise Wolfpelt. It will help your leg." He said.
"Like, walking on it? Didn't you say that could permanently damage it?" I asked him a little surprised.
"Walking on it could damage it but so would not moving it at all. Swimming would be good for it and your sister told me that you liked water." He replied. "Briarlight and Cinderheart are coming to".
"Really!" Briarlight jumped up.
"You're not going in the water Briarlight." She laid back down but still looked pretty excited to go outside. I nodded and let him help me out of the den. When we arrived at the lake Jayfeather helped me in up to his shoulders then let me go further in alone. I swam in circles before noticing Jayfeather walking back to shore.
"Jayfeather! Don't you want to swim?" I asked him.
"No." He replied and walked out, shaking water off his paws. I stood up in a more shallow area, not putting any force on my leg and looked at him.
"So I'm just going to swim here alone." I said. "What if I drown?" He faced me.
"What if you don't?" He walked toward Cinderheart and Briarlight, obviously aware of my talent with swimming. I sat down in a pout and flicked my tail back and forth. Bored I finally got up and went to shore. Cinderheart and Briarlight were helping Jayfeather collect herbs close to the water so they could see and hear me I suppose. I decided to see how bad my leg still was. Knowing that Jayfeather, Nightwisker, and Moonfire would most likely kill me for doing this, I put weight on it. Unlike when I got out of the water when I first broke it and not realizing how bad it would hurt, I was expecting it this time but only got a small shudder that went up through me leg. I took a step forward and stretched it out a bit, it barely hurt at all. Slowly I walked toward the rest of the group and soon began to trot a little. As I approached them I heard a yowl from behind me and spun around.
"Why are you up you're going to hurt your leg!" Nightwisker and the rest of his patrol caught up to me. I was about to object when my sister showed up and made it worse.
"Wolfpelt, what were you thinking?! Where is Jayfeather?!" She yowled. I eventually sat down and let my ears lay flat against my head, like a kit getting scolded by her mother. What was the use really, they were pissed off, and I could only wait for them to calm down.
"What's going on?" Jayfeather and the others approached.
"Wolfpelt was not only walking on her leg she was trotting, Jayfeather!" Moonfire stood in front of him. "How could you let her out of your sight!?" Jayfeather immediately puffed up and growled.
"I can't see Moonfire!" He hissed. "Besides she's not my only patient!"
"Wasn't Cinderheart watching Briarlight, Jayfeather!?" Nightwisker growled at him.
"Don't take it out on Jayfeather you two! I stood in front of him. "It's not his fault!" Jayfeather looked somewhat stunned and sat down.
"It is his fault he should have been watching you!" Moonfire growled.
"So now I'm a kit, huh." I picked myself up and looked at her. "Maybe I'll go marching back to the nursery while I'm at it then." I turned and raced off into the forest, heading into camp I walked into the warriors den and slept in my normal spot. I awoke to the sound of Nightwisker prodding me to get up. Still blinking the last bit of sleepiness from my eyes, I looked at him.
"How are you feeling?" He asked me. I just gazed at him for a moment, shocked by the sharpness in his voice.
"I'm fine." I turned on him.
"Why did you go on such a rampage earlier, Wolfpelt?" He asked. I looked at him, stunned.
"The way you two were talking to Jayfeather was terrible Nightwisker. You were acting as if he were my father and I was the blind little kit." I replied. "But I'm not." He growled at me and puffed up his fur.
"Maybe if you listened more often your sister and I wouldn't have to worry so much!" He growled almost to himself.
"So now your my father!?" I growled. "I can't take this, I'm not a kit! Why do you and my sister keep insisting on bossing me around?" I stood up only to be jerked back down by a sudden wave of pain in my leg. Instantly fear swelled up in my chest and I tried not to panic as Nightwisker's facial expression went from anger to worry.
"What's the matter?" He tries to check me but I lowly growled at him, telling him to back off. He frowned at me and left me alone in the den. Suddenly I felt a rush of fear. Had he left me here alone? Soon enough he walks back in with Jayfeather who looked exhausted enough to be tripping over his own paws. He helps me up and leads me to his den when he thankfully told Moonfire and Nightwisker to stay away from for a while. He asked me to keep quiet because Briarlight was still asleep and I nodded.
"Does it hurt worse than before?" He asked. I looked at him and shook my head.
"It hurt worse the first time but it was much better earlier today. What happened to it?" I said. He put his ears down as he reached up to grab a bundle of herbs.
"The fact that it stopped hurting earlier today was very good, it meant it was healing properly. I think when you ran it must have messed with it a good bit." He replied. I put my head down in disappointment. "It will still get better you know, just try not to run on it for a while. Also it's going to take a lot more time to heal now. You might be here for a few days." I smiled.
"Good." I said. Lifting up my mouth I let the smell of herbs flow into my nose. "Jayfeather?"
"What." He said, still putting herbs on my leg.
"Can you teach me about herbs?" I asked him. Looking at his stunned eyes staring straight at me, it was hard to believe he was blind.
"I guess." He replied and bent down to continue with my leg.