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FOUR LEAF CLOVER CHAPTER 1!
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Deerpaw glanced ruefully at her brother, who was heading into the elders den for tick-searching.
Turning to her mentor, her face lit up with excitement.
" What are we doing today?" she mewed perkily.
Her mentor smiled warmly in return, glancing around before leaning into her ear.
" We're going to visit a badger den and carry out a spy mission on em'." he whispered, making her giggle profusely.
She skipped around him, begging to know what she was learning.
He finally sighed and rolled his eyes. " Well, I guess we could go learn some more battle moves instead. Why don't you fetch Irispaw and Ashpaw?"
Deerpaw nodded eagerly, bolting over to the shady apprentices den and peeking her head inside of the lichen entryway.
Ashpaw was stretching, his eyes half open, still probably daydreaming.
Irispaw, her sister, on the other hand, was curled up in her feather-lined nest snoring.
She beckoned Ashpaw, and he was up in heartbeats, waiting outside.
Deerpaw gently picked up a feather from Curlpaw's empty nest and waved it under Irispaw's sleeping nose.
The she-cat's eyes flew open and she tumbled out of her nest in a flurry of sneezes, sending her own feathers everywhere.
Deerpaw rolled on her back laughing, while a terrified Irispaw shook out her pelt.
" Deerpaw.. I'm gonna feed you to the foxes!"
[...ғιn...]
Deerstar shook the sleepiness from her eyes and calmly raised.
Gingerly licking her right paw, she lightly dragged it across her whiskers.
Through the opening to her den, she could see a pale golden glow, the rising newleaf sun.
Heaving herself out of her messy excuse for a nest, she peeked outside, astonished by the utter beauty.
Silently, she padded down to the Sunledge and looked out over LeafClan's camp.
Her eyes bore through the dappled lichen and brambles of the apprentices den, recalling her bittersweet apprenticeship, when everything was so simple.
Shifting her gaze, her yellow eyes landed on the nursery, carefully weaved into the rocks with the strongest of twigs and bracken.
Deerkit! Come on, Momma is finally letting us outside today!
A sharp thorn stabbed her heart, the memories of her dear sister, mother, and father flooding her mind.
Do you not get it, Deerpaw? She's DEAD. Irispaw isn't ever coming back. They killed her... they.. they killed her.
Deerstar closed her eyes and let the cool morning breeze ruffle her fur.
Opening her eyes, she spotted Sleetcloud stretching outside of the nursery.
Catching her eye, she nodded a curt greeting, and the queen returned the nod.
LeafClan began to wake up.
Warriors, Elders, Queens, they were all so very precious to her.
Swiftstripe strided up the path to the Sunledge and her den, and sat beside her.
" Shall I send out the dawn patrol?" he sighed groggily, flexing his claws to stretch them.
Deerstar simply nodded, and he called the cats chosen.
Only heartbeats after they left, Deerstar straightened herself.
" All cats old enough to catch their own prey, please gather beneath the Sunledge for a LeafClan gathering. "
Each of them settled beneath her, staring up at their leader, patiently waiting for her announcement.
She inhaled and exhaled deeply.
" I am expecting kits. " she meowed, making sure her soft voice was heard.
Everycat began to whisper, and cheers were heard throughout the crowd.
Starlingfeather, her one and only family member left, called out " Who is the father?", and the hollow fell quiet once again, awaiting her answer.
Deerstar glanced at Poppytail, who gave her a slight nod.
" Swiftstripe. " she purred lightly.
Swiftstripe whipped his head around from near the back of the crowd, but then calmed.
" Mm. Oh yeah. Father. Yay. " he answered uninthusiastically, but the careful smile placed on his lips told Deerstar that he could barely hold in his happiness.
Before she could dismiss the Clan, Poppytail had swiftly joined her on the ledge.
Stepping back, she let Poppytail's voice be heard.
" I have chosen Blackpaw as an apprentice. " she mewed calmly, her eyes resting on the youngest apprentice.
The tom looked slightly alarmed, obviously unaware that this was happening, yet he still kept a straight and emotionless face.
" Blackpaw, do you accept the post of an apprentice to Poppytail?" Deerstar mewed, blinking softly.
Blackpaw shifted uncomfortably. " I do. " he answered, only coming out as a whisper.
" Then at half-moon, you shall travel with my to the Moonpool to be accepted by StarClan before all other Medicine Cats. " Poppytail finished, and returned back to the clearing to touch noses with him.
Deerstar dipped her head, twitching an ear. " May the good wishes of LeafClan go with you. "
The Clan dispersed, beginning their normal duties as Clan cats.
After what seemed like hours, Deerstar climbed down from the Sunledge and peeked her head inside the Medicine den.
Poppytail was pointing to a pile of crumpled, gray leaves, and Blackpaw shoved them into a pile with other dead leaves and useless roots from the previous leafbare.
Poppytail left her new apprentice to finish, apparently already trusting that he knew what to dispose of, and approached Deerstar.
" Yes? " she meowed, blinking her cool amber eyes.
Deerstar sniffed. " Come walk with me. "
The she-cats left the camp without a trace, fur lightly catching on the bramble tunnel as they left.
Deerstar led them deep into LeafClan territory, and once they met the lake shore, she abruptly stopped.
After moments she spoke.
" Do you know what ever happened Pebblebrook? " she whispered, fixating on the lapping, shimmering waves.
Poppytail shook her head almost immediately, clearly not wanting to speak of her sister.
" I had received an omen of some sort back then though, " she replied after several heartbeats.
" It was a spider, caught in it's own web. It was above that shallow, winding brook in our northernmost territory. "
" Ah. " Deerstar meowed. " Spiderstep had disappeared that night, too, correct? "
Poppytail nodded.
" Do you believe there is a correlation? " Deerstar pressed.
The medicine cat sighed.
" Of course. When hasn't there been a correlation? "
" Mmm. "
Just where.. did that brave warrior disappear to.. with a MarshClan warrior at that?
Where could she have gone..
Hmm, I wonder where she went? HMMMMMMM?
I wonder who Deerpaw's mentor was? And her parents? Oh myyy.
Sorry, I know it feels a bit rushed and I kind of just " threw" Blackpaw's " apprenticeship" in there, but you'll see why he's a med later on.
- reapinq
