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Discovery

"Eggs?" Morningstar had never heard of anything so strange. What would so many eggs be doing in underground caves?

"Yes, yes!" Cheetahkit was so excited. Who knew telling someone was this much fun! "They looked really weird, Bushkit might know something about him, 'cause he writes all this stuff about bugs in his sand dairy."

"It's not a dairy, it's a scientific journal." Bushkit said, trying to act smarter than he really was. "I've never seen anything like it… but I know they must be eggs." The young tom walked over to his spot in the sand. He started to draw the beetle he had seen when he was looking at the moss. Nobody was really taking any notice of his drawings, except Morningstar.

"Bushkit, Cheetahkit," Morningstar said over her shoulder as she was walking out of the nursery, "you two better come with me to see Flowersong. She might know more about this." The two kits fallowed their leader over to the medicine cat's den.

"Hello Morningstar, what brings you here today?" Flowersong was feeding Cloverpaw some herbs so she could heal from falling off the top of the Star tree. Her mentor, Rainstorm was in her with her apprentice, hoping that she would get better.

"Well, Flowersong," Morningstar said, looking over to the two kits, "these two have made in interesting discover, and we were hoping we could talk to you about it." She glanced over to Rainstorm. "Alone."

"Oh, sorry," the dark gray she-cat said, dipping her head, "I'll go… hunt." When Rainstorm left the cave, Cloverpaw was fast asleep.

"Now, what was that you wanted to tell me?" Flowersong looked over to Bushkit, who she knew would have the most important information.

"Well… we were exploring the caves in the nursery, and Cheetahkit found this cavern…" Bushkit started off the story. "The cave was filling with thousand of glowing pods…" Cheetahkit continued, "Bushkit thinks that they were some sort of…" Bushkit finished, "Eggs…"

"I see…" Flowersong seemed confused, she had never heard of anything this bizarre in her life. "Are you sure you aren't making this up?"

"No, no!" Bushkit exclaimed, he hated being thought of as a liar. "I can bring you some of the pods, and I'll try to catch on of the bugs I saw!"

"Bugs?" Cheetahkit questioned, "You never told us about any bugs. What did they look like?" Bushkit started drawing the bug in the dirt with his right claw. "That's what I was looking at on the moss. I think it might be the parent of some of the eggs."

Flowersong just nodded her head, and told the kits to bring back some of the eggs and possibly one of the bugs. When the kits had left, Flowersong told Morningstar, "Bushkit has a great potential of being a medicine cat."

"That's just what I was thinking." Morningstar replied. The kits were going to be apprenticed sometime in the next half moon, and Morningstar knew that Bushkit had to be a medicine cat apprentice; it would be perfect for him.

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In the caves, Bushkit was trying to remember the map he had made inside his head when they were leaving the caves. "I think we make a left turn here… no, no, your other left!" The two walked for a mile until they found the cave. Another on of the bugs Bushkit had seen was flying out of the cave. "Catch it!" He cried, as he failed to catch it himself. Cheetahkit on the other hand, caught the bug with easy, only breaking it's neck, keeping the rest of the body perfect for Bushkit to study.

"Hey Bushkit, Cheetahkit, is that you guys down here?" Olivekit was calling from down the hallway of earth. She came down to where the other kits were slowly. "I heard about the bug thing you guys found. I miss out on everything fun!"

"Stop whining and help us collect these pods." Cheetahkit said. Bushkit dug around the entrance of the cave to make it bigger. Then the three kit when inside.

The cavern seemed to go on forever. The pods of light were easy to remove, and the kits had at least ten to bring back to Flowersong. They left the cave and Bushkit picked up the dead bug and they left the caves.

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Back at the medicine cat's den, Cloverpaw was up and felling better. Flowersong had just given her a splint, and told her to be careful in training, before the young apprentice left. When Bushkit, Cheetahkit and Olivekit walked in; they laid the pods down in front of Flowersong.

"You're right Bushkit," she said, "These are eggs." Carefully, the medicine cat cracked open one of the pods. A small bug that looked exactly like the beetle Cheetahkit had killed spilled out, along with some stick clear goop. "Ew." Olivekit meowed quietly, as some of the goop spilled onto her paw. "And this bug defiantly laid this egg." Flowersong continued, "The question is, how are these millions of eggs going to effect the clan?"

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