Squirrelpaw poked her head out of the moss hanging off the hollow in the tree, just in time to see a blur of orange coming straight at her.

She shrieked and stuck her head back into the tree as the fox collided. There was a sickening crack, then silence.

After making sure it was safe, she looked outside once again to see Brambleclaw in a heap on the ground. She ran to him, nosing him up. "Brambleclaw?" She squeaked.

He didn't stir as Squirrelpaw supported him by his shoulder and pushed him into the hollow. Without Leafpaw here, she didn't know what to do.

She sighed and sat by the tree to wait for him to wake up.

Brambleclaw awoke to the bits of sunlight streaming through the cracks of the warrior's den. He looked to his side to see a she cat next to him.

It wasn't really a cat, just a white outline of one. Out of instinct, he nudged her awake. "Hey."

Her bright green eyes flickered open and a smile appeared in the wispy outline of her body. "Hey baby."

He flicked an ear, confused at who that was but licked her ear anyway. Her voice sounded so familiar.

Like a huskier version of someone's voice he knew already…

"Brambleclaw? BRAMBLECLAW!" He cracked open an eye, frowning at Squirrelpaw. "What?" He asked, irritated. He was sleeping, if she couldn't see that. And he was just having some alone time with his imaginary mate.

She sat back, taking a deep breath. "Wow! I thought you were dead!"

"Thanks for that." He mewed sarcastically then tried to get up, then finding out he was strapped down by cobwebs. "Huh?"

Squirrelpaw looked embarrassed. "Yea...sorry. You were bleeding a lot so I found some cobwebs and piled them onto your wounds."

Brambleclaw snorted. "Good job. You could be a medicine cat." He slowly took the cobwebs by his teeth, pulling them off one by one. He winced every few minutes as some of the sticky white webs pulled off a bit of his fur and stung his wound.

She watched, then reached forward to help when she saw he was struggling with one that laid far away from his reach.

"Don't touch me!" he snapped grumpily then stretched forward and tugged it off, forgetting he was supposed to be gentle. He winced, biting back a hiss of pain.

"Well then." Squirrelpaw huffed indignantly. "I'll just watch and not help." she got up, sticking up her nose in the air and trotted out of the hollow, tail held high.

That voice….Brambleclaw's head snapped up in shock and hit the top of the hollow. He didn't feel any pain as he finally realized who it was, to his horror.

Starclan help me…