Hello, kittens! How are you all? I'm doing well. Anyhow, I am writing the second chapter of The Apprentice's Prophecy! Yay... I know, I know. I should probably just finish my other stories before writing two chapters of something that I probably won't even finish, ever. But I really like this story and I have great things planned for it, well none of this is planned really... Yeah, it's kind of sad, really. I never really write things down unless it's a school project or something like that. Anyhow... back to the story!
At first, the goldenrod stung on her scratch. As it sat on the wound for a few moments, it stopped stinging and it began to feel better. She closed her sparkling blue eyes and drifted to sleep. A few seconds later, a screech woke up the black apprentice. She hurried to get up out of the moss nest, but her shoulder stung and ached. She ended up falling back into the moss. Graystorm rushed to her side and sniffed her wound.
"Nightpaw, you shouldn't get up for a while, all right. You have a pretty deep wound on your shoulder and shouldn't move for a while. You won't be able to train with Leafpool in a few sunsets." Graystorm says. The young apprentice sadly looks down at her paws. She mumbled something angrily, though she does seem mainly sad. Graystorm pads outside to see what the commotion was all about. He is surprised to find that one of Appleleaf's kit had fallen off of the Highledge and was bleeding from a torn ear and paw. Graystorm calls franticly to Mudpaw. Mudpaw carries the young kit into the Medicine den. The kit, named Forestkit, was mewling very very loudly. He was also crying and his little tears fell onto the hard ground, soaking into the soil. Graystorm put him into the nest next to Nightpaw, whose shoulder had begun to bleed again.
"Nightpaw, could you please wait for me to finish healing Forestkit before I check on you again?" He asked, clearly afraid that the black apprentice would make him check on her right then. She nodded and the gray medicine cat began ordering Mudpaw to fetch him different kinds of herbs. At one time in the day, they had thought that the kit was dead. Obviously, Appleleaf was extremely worried about her only kit left. The other two kits had died when the green cough sickness came into the Windclan camp. The two were named Sleetkit and Dashkit. They had both been she-kits who died at the age of only two moons old. The only kit who survived through the tragedy. All of the cats were sad for her and tried to make her and kit have a good life in the clan. She was also the mother of a warrior named Longwhisker. He was the youngest warrior in the camp. He had just been made into a warrior two moons ago. The kit had just scratched his ear and had cut his paw, so he didn't die. When he was returned to the nursery, Appleleaf was so happy, that she licked him a million times. Nightpaw had just limped out of the Medicine den, when she saw Mudpaw staring at her. She stared back at him and slowly edged forward. When they were about a tail length away, Mudpaw turned his head and rushed into the Medicine den to help Graystorm. Nightpaw shrugged and headed towards the fresh-kill pile. She grabbed a couple of mice, until her mentor, Leafpool, flicked her ear with her tail.
"You aren't going to eat all of that by yourself, are you?" She asked, clearly amused by the guilty look on her apprentice's face. Nightpaw shook her head and explained that she still had to do her duty of feeding the clan and protecting them.
"I was just taking these to the elders. Then I will take a vole or squirrel to the Medicine cats." Nightpaw explained to her teasing mentor. Leafpool rolled her eyes and gently pushed her towards the elder den, although the black apprentice gave out a whimper of pain.
"Hey, Leafpool. Can I ask you something?" Nightpaw asked her mentor. Her mentor nodded for her to continue.
"Leafpool, could you please ask the other apprentices to visit me at the Medicine den more often. I get lonely, since I can't train with them until I get better. Please do! I'd love to be visited by my kin, too" She pleaded her mentor. Leafpool smiled and padded away. Nightpaw continued to deliver the fresh-kill. Once she got into the elders den, she set down the mice and said that the food was theirs. Nightpaw left the vile smelling den and limped towards the medicine den to ask if she could go watch the other apprentices train after she delivered some food to him and Mudpaw.
"Only if you take it easy and return to the camp if your wound opens up, alright." He replies to the black apprentice. Nightpaw nods and dashes, quite painfully, to the fresh-kill pile. She grabbed a vole and a starling and dragged them into the medicine den. She delivers the food to the two Medicine cats. Nightpaw limps towards the training area near the back of the camp. She sees Sootpaw, Dapplepaw, and their mentors training on the sandy ground. She also sees that Leafpool was training with Featherpaw. She slumped down on the ground and started to watch the training apprentices. Nightpaw was sad that her mentor hadn't asked her if it would be okay if she woul train with Featherpaw. Though she didn't have any authority over the older warrior. Leafpool noticed her just as Featherpaw was about to pounce on Leafpool. Leafpools ears go back and she swings around to face Nightpaw with a look in her eyes that makes Nightpaw think of the time badger had attacked Thunderclan and had killed two warriors of theirs. Nightpaw shyed away from her mentor until the she-cat notice that it was just Nightpaw. The fur on her neck went down just as Featherpaw pounced on the tabby warriors back. Leafpool let out a cry of surprise and Featherpaw let out a small roar of success. The roar startled the other apprentices and they all padded over to where Featherpaw had defeated Leafpool. They all congratulated Featherpaw. No one seemed to notice Nightpaw slipping away, back to the camp. The young apprentice heads to the medicine cat den and lies down in her moss nest. Mudpaw walks into the main den and notices that Nightpaw looked really sad.
"What's wrong, Nightpaw?" Mudpaw asks Nightpaw.
"I have nothing to do, and Leafpool is training with Featherpaw instead of me. I wish that Sootpaw and Bramblepaw had never ran into me." Nightpaw explains angrily.
"Now Leafpool is probably going to get a new apprentice until I am better. It's not fair! I should be able to train by now!" Nightpaw exclaims. Mudpaw nodded and sniffed her wound. He brings out more goldenrod and chews it up. After it is in a soft poultice, he rubs it gently into scratch and let it seep into the wound for a few moments, then added more to it. Nightpaw flinched and moved out of the way of the medicine. Since she moved, Mudpaw missed the wound and accidentally put it on her head.
"Oops! Sorry Nightpaw. I'll get it off of you." Mudpaw said. Mudpaw took his paw and rubbed off as much as he could and then licked the remainder of the poultice off of her head. He inhaled Nightpaw's sweet fragrance. Mudpaw had always thought that the young she-cat had been very beautiful. He shook his head and tried to focus on his job. He knew that medicine cats could not be in love with another cat, ever! Mudpaw could feel his skin burn with the thought of him being in love with the black , thanks, Mudpaw. Can I go train tomorrow with Leafpool. Please! I'm really lonely here." Nightpaw pleaded, widening her big, blue eyes. Mudpaw felt a tug at his heart, but looking at the size of those eyes he just wanted to curl up beside her a lick her little face and nose. He wanted to sleep beside her and take care of her. He pushed back his thoughts and tried to focus. He looked at her wound. It seemed to be healed almost all the way. All that would be left over, after it had fully healed, would be a small scar.
"I think you can go back to the apprentice den tonight, though I'm not sure if you should train yet. You'll have to ask Graystorm to be sure" Mudpaw replied. The shiny black apprentice nodded and lay her head down on the mossy nest. Her breathing became even and her chest rose and fell softly, proving that she was, indeed, asleep.
Skipping ahead to the next day
Nightpaw had recently returned to the apprentices' den. Nightpaw had been ignoring the older apprentice named Featherpaw. She still hadn't begun to train with Leafpool, though she was going to begin training that day. Nightpaw padded towards the fresh-kill pile and grabbed a vole and mouse for the elders. She hurried to the elders den and set down the food. When she got into the den, she saw that the elders were already eating and Featherpaw was giving Oneeye a plump mouse to share with Mudfoot. She scowled and spat at the older apprentice. Featherpaw tilted her head and looked somewhat sad. Nightpaw would have been sad for Featherpaw if she didn't hate the older cat. Featherpaw motioned for Nighpaw to follow her out of the den. Once they had gotten to a place where they could talk without being interrupted, Featherpaw stood in front of Nightpaw and waited for her to explain.
"You are so mean! I try as hard as I can with this wound to help, but right before I can help someone, you swoop in and steal my job! You are a huge jerk! I try as hard as I can, and you can just do it without lifting a paw. It's not fair! You even stole my mentor! You have your own mentor who can train you!" Nightpaw exclaimed to the perfect cat in front of her. Featherpaw let out a squeak of hurt and looked at her paws. Instantly, Nightpaw wanted to take back what she had just said.
"I know that I am a bit pushy, but I only wanted to help! I do have to help the clan and I do have to work hard on everything I do! I was only training with your mentor because I was lonely, since Liontongue is caring for his pregnant mate. I never meant to steal your duties. I-I'm sorry, Nightpaw. Please forgive me." She pleaded. The sad look on her face was enough to make Nightpaw apologize and lick her ear to show that she was sorry. They would be friends for a long time.
Nightpaw padded to the training clearing to begin her first day of training. Since she had been injured by her brother and the gray apprentice, Sootpaw, running into her, she had missed three days of training. She saw that Featherpaw, Sootpaw, Dapplepaw, and Crowpaw, were already there. She saw Leafpool over by the corner of the training hollow, talking to the other mentors. Bramblepaw walked over to his sister and licked her affectionately on the ear. Nightpaw purred and licked his ear. Dapplepaw and Featherpaw also padded over to their friend, Nightpaw. Crowpaw and Sootpaw were still wrestling together.
"Hi, Nighpaw! I'm glad you get to train with us now. I missed you on the patrols!" Dapplepaw mewed to Nightpaw. Featherpaw nodded in agreement and twitched her whiskers as a small butterfly flew past her whiskers. Sootpaw and Crowpaw had finished battling and were padding over to the group of apprentices. She could feel extra warmth running off of Dapplepaw as Crowpaws pelt brushed past the silver-pelted apprentice. She saw Crowpaw look away from Dapplepaw. Nightpaw smiled and turned away from the apprentices. She headed towards the mentors, until she heard a deep growl emit from behind her.
What will happen next? Could Nightpaw get hurt, again? You'll have to wait for me to update it! Muhahaha!
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