Platypuskit, sat outside, sunning herself. It was a moon after her and Thunderkit had snuck out, and she wasn't allowed to do anything, unless someone was watching. Today her guard was Bloodpaw.
"Thank you" Platypuskit meowed softly.
"Hm?" Bloodpaw meowed.
"For saving Thunderkit" Platypuskit meowed .
"Oh…your welcome" Bloodpaw meowed, looking down at her paws.
Platypuskit jumped down off the rock she was sitting on, careful to land softly on her broken leg.
"Let's get something to eat." She meowed, heading for the fresh-kill pile.
Bloodpaw followed, but was looking to the other apprentices longingly. Platypuskit sighed and picked up two voles. One for her, one for Bloodpaw.
"Come on" she meowed through the voles.
Platypuskit headed over to where the other apprentices were eating, and sat a few fox-lengths away. She set down the voles, and pushed one to Bloodpaw.
"There, now you can eat with them, and still keep an eye on me!" Platypuskit meowed.
Bloodpaw smiled. "Thanks Platypuskit, you're the best." She meowed, picking up the vole, and sitting down by Nettlepaw.
How can she sit next to that prickly sour-puss? Platypuskit thought. But to her surprise, Nettlepaw was laughing. Platypuskit listened more intently, confused.
Bloodpaw and Nettlepaw sat close together, much closer than all the other apprentices. Nettlepaw spoke softly to Bloodpaw, but harsher to the rest of them. Do they…like each other?
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Platypuskit woke up with her mother's belly fur in her face. She sat up and yawned loudly, waking her brother Sunkit up.
"Morning Sunkit" She meowed
"Morning" he yawned "Who's your guard today?"
"I don't know" she meowed, shrugging "I have to ask dad"
Sunkit yawned, and fell back to sleep. Platypuskit rolled her eyes and trotted out to her father's den.
"Can I come in?" she asked.
"Why do you even ask?" came an amused purr
Platypuskit stepped inside and smiled. "Hey. Who's my guard today?" she asked.
"Clawstrike" he meowed.
Platypuskit let out a tiny wail "Dad! I don't even think he likes me!" she whined "Can't Tinynose do it? I haven't seen him for a few days"
Shiningstar shook his head "Tinynose is on patrol for most of the day" he meowed.
Platypuskit moaned and padded out of the den to find Clawstrike. She found him, padding out of the warriors den.
"Hi Clawstrike" she meowed, dipping her head.
Clawstrike hissed softly and glared at her. " Come on" he growled, heading for the fresh kill pile. He picked up a mouse for himself and a scrawny vole for Platypuskit. He set It down, then sat a few feet away, eating his mouse.
"Thanks" Platypuskit meowed sarcastically.
Clawstrike growled and mumbled something about "her being lucky she was the leader's daughter"
Platypuskit ate her vole quietly, not wanting to make Clawstrike any more upset with her than he already was. This is so stupid! He only mad at me because of the way I look!
Clawstrike glared at her, as if he heard what she was thinking. She turned away, looking down at her paws.
"Hi Platypuskit!" a voice called.
Platypuskit looked up, to see Thunderkit and Squirrelkit running towards her. She stood up, and shook her fur.
"Hi!" she meowed excitedly
Squirrelkit was about to barrel into Platypuskit's side when Clawstrike stuck his paw out, blocking her way.
"Daddy!" she whined.
"No, Squirrelkit! Go play with Dazzlekit or something!" he meowed sternly.
Squirrelkit padded away, mumbling. Thunderkit stayed where he was. "You too" Clawstrike growled to him.
Thunderkit glared at his father mutinously, but padded away, after his sister. Clawstrike let out a snort, and curled up by a rock.
"Um, Clawstrike. What can I do know?" Platypuskit asked.
Clawstrike growled "I don't care! Go leap off the high rock or something" he muttered darkly.
Platypuskit sighed softly and headed into the medicine cats den, looking for herbs. Muddapple was sitting inside, sorting leaves.
"Good morning Muddapple" Platypuskit sighed.
"How are you feeling? You sound sad." Muddapple replied.
"I feel fine, It just…Clawstrike is…Well…I don't think he likes me" She meowed
Muddapple dropped some herbs at Platypuskit's feet and she ate them quickly. "Why do you think that?" Muddapple asked.
"He's always being mean to me" Platypuskit told her.
Muddapple hissed softly. " I think he believes that you are weak, and are bad for the clan's image" she meowed
Platypuskit lowered her head, and sniffed. "Oh."
"Platypuskit, you are not weak! A weak cat wouldn't have been able to survive a fox attack like the one you did. You are not weak" she meowed, he voice spiked with emotion.
Platypuskit sniffed. "Thanks, Muddapple" she meowed, heading out of the den.