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CHAPTER THREE
Moonpaw
Moonpaw sniffed the air, then bounded off to find the thyme she had scented. Thyme, when eaten, was used to calm anxious cats and frayed nerves. This would be exactly what Fernpool needed after her recent clash with a member of the Talons, who had ended up taking yet another one of her kits.
"I found some thyme." Moonpaw meowed around the mouthful of leaves she was carrying. "Good, good. We are running low, and that is just what Fernpool needs" Tulipheart, Moonpaw's mentor, praised her. "I shall take that to her right now."
"Alright, I'll be up in the tree if you need help or need me to fetch something for you." Moonpaw told her mentor.
Moonpaw climbed up the huge Acacia tree with the hollow in the trunk that made the medicine cat den. Inside the medicine cat den, it was much more roomy than it looks from the outside. There were grooves in the wooden tree trunk wall, which made an excellent place to store herbs. On the opposite side of the herb storage was a sandy patch where the patients lay. In another corner there was a small pool where rainwater trickled in to replenish the water supply when it rained.
Moonpaw sat atop the Acacia tree and took in the rest of the camp. The warriors den was a natural cave inside a huge boulder that made up part of the barrier that protected the camp. The apprentice den was inside a hollow cluster of thorn bushes. The elders den was inside a fallen tree, it was hollow in the inside and had a curtain of honeysuckle hanging in the entrance. The nursery was a strong structure of spiky brambles leaning up against another acacia tree. Lastly, the leaders den was between two boulders, one small one and one huge one leaning on top of it. Lichen hung across the entrance making it more private. Atop the bigger boulder was called the Highboulder. This was where Pantherstar made her announcements and ceremony's. All around the camp was the bramble barrier. It was a strong wall to keep out invaders. The Highboulder, the boulder that made the warriors den, and various acacia trees also made up parts of the barrier.
But the best part about the camp, as Moonpaw saw it, was the gigantic acacia tree in the exact center of the Sparkclan camp. It's low, wide branches spread across the entire camp, creating a thick canopy. Nobody knew how the hawks that called themselves the Talons were getting through to prey on Fernpool's kits. The entrance to the camp was a large hole straight through the middle of an acacia tree.
"Moonpaw, could you fetch me a freshly soaked moss ball for Fernpool to drink from," Tulipheart called from the nursery. "Fernpool is a little dehydrated."
"Of course, Tulipheart." Moonpaw called as she climbed back down the tree to get some water from the small pool in the medicine cat den. "Here you go, Fernpool. I'm going to go fetch some... nettle."
"Oh, okay. We aren't exactly running out of that... but I guess thats fine. Get some horsetail while you're out!" Tulipheart stuttered. Moonpaw flicked her tail to show she had heard her.
Tulipheart looked after her with concern in her green eyes. Nettle? She thought. Did this maybe have anything to do with... Nettlesplash? Tulipheart shook her head to clear the thought. Moonpaw was a good medicine cat, she wouldn't fall for some star-struck cat who obviously loved her sister.