So yeah… I kinda did not update for like, over 7 months, heh… I'm so sorry! It's just that I had little time to write and was giving it to DaMLS, and I had a bit of a writers' block. But that's okay, I'll try to update this more often.

Chapter 5

Without thinking, Breezepaw jumped in the water. Emberpaw was her enemy, but Breezepaw knew she couldn't let any cat, let alone her Clanmate, to die like this; in the cold, swift river.

She heard a cat yelling, probably Snowclaw. But it was to late; she was already underwater, trying to locate Emberpaw. She felt something that felt like fur under her paws; she opened her eyes and, sure enough, it was Emberpaw. She tried to grab her scruff, but it was useless, Emberpaw was moving to much and was quickly sinking to the bottom.

Breezepaw started to panic; she hadn't realized that the stream was this deep and she was slowly running out of air. Just as she had thought she was going to drown, she felt someone's paws wrapped around herself. The cat was much bigger than herself and was able to push both of them up from the bottom, and soon they were both out of the water, cold, but alive.

Breezpaw gasped for air. It was so good to feel the wind on her whiskers again, even if it was freezing. Another cat soon also burst out from the ater, holding Emberpaw's scruff in her jaws.

„Is she okay?" Breezepaw heard a scared mew. She turned around to see Emberpaw's mother, Briarwind. The tabby rushed to her daughter's side, licking her wet pelt. Next to them Ferretfur, who was shaking water out of his fur.

„I think so," he replied. „We saved her and Breezepaw just in time. We better get them both to camp soon, tough. It's

He must've been the one who saved Emberpaw, Breezepaw thought. Suddenly she felt a harsh tongue licking her fur the wrong way. She turned her head around and saw it was Reedleaf. Her usual sleek dark ginger pelt now looked black because of the water.

„Reedleaf," Breezepaw coughed.

„Don't you Reedleaf me!" her mentor hissed. „What in the name of StarClan were you thinking? You could've drowned!"

„I-I wanted to help Emberpaw," Breezepaw muttered. „I couldn't just leave her there."

„You could've gone for help!" Reedleaf snapped. She sighed. „Look, Breezepaw, I know you meant well, but you should've left this to us who are more experienced with these situations. You're still an apprentice, and you don't even know how to swim."

Breezepaw wanted to snap at her, but she managed to keep her mouth shut. Hello, I just jumped into a freezing cold stream to save a Clanmate! Can't they even compliment my bravery?

„What you did was foolish," Reedleaf continued. „But also brave. It was a stupid thing to do, but you did risk your life to try and save a Clanmate, so I guess your bravery was impressive."

YOU GUESS?! Breezepaw wanted to shriek. But she didn't. She stayed quiet and responded: „I'm sorry, Reedleaf. It won't happen again."

„Now wait, this conversation isn't over yet," Reedleaf growled.

„I'm sorry to interrupt your coversation," Briarwind hissed. „But I think that we should bring my daughter and Breezepaw to the camp, to our medicine cat, before they freeze to death out here?! I'm not sure if you noticed, but it's almost leaf-bare."

Reedleaf glared at Breezepaw, then sighed: „You're right, we really should bring them back to camp, we really don't want them to catch whitecough."

„Will Emberpaw be okay?" Briarwind asked, anxious.

„I think she should be," Bluewhisker meowed. She glared at the apprentice. „Hopefully the shock was enough to teach her a lesson."

„Bluewhisker!" Briarwind gasped. „How can you talk like that?"

„She had it coming when she refused to listen to Snowclaw…"

„She could've died!"

„But she didn't."

„Is that supposed to be comforting?" Briarwind hissed. „I know what she did was wrong, but she didn't deserve to drown!"

„Of course she didn't. But…"

Breezepaw yawned. She was tired of the two she-cats bickering. Yellowflower had told her that the two were sisters, and they had fights like this since they were kits. Once Briarwind became a warrior and Bluewhisker a full medicine cat, the fights weren't as usual as before; however, they still happened sometimes. Yellowflower told her it was a 'sister thing'.

Breezepaw rolled her eyes. If being close to my sister means acting like this, than thank StarClan me and Blossompaw aren't close.

„Bluewhisker, can I visit my apprentice now?" Breezepaw heard Reedleaf's voice. She sighed and prepared for even more speeches about how what she did was wrong, she could've died, blah blah blah…

Reedleaf entered the den and sat next to Breezepaw's nest.

For a few minutes, everything was quiet.

„Well," Breezepaw began, feeling awkward. „Aren't you going to start lecturing me?"

Reedleaf looked up and sighed. „No. I won't. If you don't understand what you did wrong, then I won't."

„But I do!" Breezepaw meowed angrily and sprang to her paws. She took a deep breath. „I know that I should've gone for help and not jump in the water when I obviously don't know how to swim and am not strong enough to pull Emberpaw up. I know I could've died because I was stupid, and it won't happen again."

„I would punish you," Reedleaf said, much to Breezepaw's horror. „But I think almost drowning was a punishment enough."

With that, Reedleaf stood up, turned away and walked out of the den.

Breezepaw sighed and closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep and forget all about today's events.