Wow, that Petalbloom sure is a grump, I wouldn`t want her to mentor me. Anyways, now we move back to Lakeclan, where Mistblossum is still unsure what to do, but the clock is ticking...
Mistblossum awoke from a disturbing sleep, having had nightmares of the destruction her clan might be in all night. She was still pondering whether or not she should go. Glancing to the left, she saw her brother was still asleep. Should I tell him? Oh Skyclan, please tell me what I should do. Instead of a sign she got the gentle snoring of sleeping warriors. Suddenly, she felt as if the walls were closing in on her. Leaping out of her nest, she made a beeline for the camp entrance. Running through the reeds, she finally stopped at the lake shore. Panting, she looked at her reflection in the lake. Suddenly she saw a gray-and-white tom sit down beside her, turning around, she saw it was only Jaymint.
"What are you doing out here?" She asked him.
"What am I doing out here? What are you doing out here?" Mistblossum looked into her brother's ivy green eyes, Oh Skyclan, if you didn't want me to tell my brother, you wouldn't have led him here. "Something's been bothering you, hasn't it?" Jaymint meowed, understanding showing in his eyes.
Mistblossum gulped, "Yes," she answered, "Jaymint, it's a really long story..." She trailed off as Jaymint pressed close to her.
"It's some time until dawn, I've got time," He told her.
And so the two siblings sat on the shore, Jaymint listened intently as Mistblossum told him about the dream, and the trip she might have to make tomorrow.
"Well?" She finished, "Pretty crazy, right?" Jaymint regarded his sister through narrowed eyes, finally, he spoke."I think you should go."
"What? B-but then I'll be gone and you won't see me, a-and I might not come back," Mistblossum started talking a mile a minute.
Jaymint rested his tail on her shoulder. "Mistblossum, calm down. The clans could be destroyed if you don't go, plus, who said you would be alone with three unknown cats?"
Mistblossum stared at her brother, starting to understand what he was complying. "Oh no, no, no, no, no and no! I will not risk your life by letting you come with me on this dangerous mission!" She growled.
"It's not you're decision, it's mine, therefore, I can go!" Jaymint told her, starting to raise his voice.
"No Jaymint, you can't, I forbid you. I-I can't put your life in danger like that, I can't loose you." Mistblossum told her brother, and with that, she started to run back to camp.
"Your not putting my life in danger!" Jaymint yelled behind her. "I'm putting my own life in danger!"
The first rays of dawn were lighting up the sky as Mistblossum burst through the camp entrence, and as she ran in, she saw that her father was busy organizing patrols. Mistblossum crept to the back of the cats, hoping that Creekwillow wouldn`t notice her. Unforetunately, he did.
"Mistblossum! Why don`t you join Rainleaf`s border patrol with Mallowbloom, Reedflight and Larkpaw?" He asked, well rather, instructed her. Mistblossum nodded rather unhappily.
Jaymint walked into the camp a few seconds before Mistblossum left. He passed by without looking at her. Mistblossum bowed her head sadly, Oh Skyclan, what have you done... I feel like I`ve lost my brother. Mistblossum padded behind Rainleaf as they renewed the scent markings, though Mistblossum was hardly paying attention, just spraying her scent every few frog-hopes. "Mistblossum!" Mistblossum was snapped out of her daydreams by Rainleaf`s voice. "What?" Mistblossum asked. Rainleaf sighed, "Never mind." As she stalked away, Mallowbloom came up and motioned for Mistblossum to follow.
Mallowbloom led her to a quiet place that was surrounded by reeds. She then settled herself in the the middle and turned to face Mistblossum. "What`s troubling you?" She asked Mistblossum.
Mistblossum decided to change the subjet slightly. "Does Rainleaf know we`re here?" She asked.
Mallowbloom shrugged, "I told her I needed to talk to you alone, and she said ok. Don`t think you can get out of this without telling me the the problem," she meowed, narrowing her eyes.
Mistblossum decided to then play denial. "Why do you assume there`s a problem?" She asked the older warrior.
"Mistblossum, I used to be a medicine cat apprentice before I became a warrior, I know when a cat is troubled," Mallowbloom responded, she came over and rested her tail on the younger warrior`s soulder. "Please, tell me, I want to help you." Mistblossum thought about it, should I trust her? Well...she was a medicine cat apprentice, she probably got a few omens before she switched to a warrior.
"Mallowbloom, what is said between us stays between us, right?" She asked.
Mallowbloom nodded. "I promise I won`t tell a soul."
Mistblossum took a deep breath, "When you were a medicine cat apprentice, did you ever get any omens?"
Mallowbloom thought about this for moment. "A couple," she admitted, "Why, did you get one?"
Mistblossum took a deep breath and told Mallowbloom all about her dream, and her argument with Jaymint. Mallowbloom thought about what she had heard for several moments before speaking.
"Do you want Jaymint to come?"
"Well..." Mistblossum began, awkwardly, "Skyclan only picked four cats, and Jaymint wasn`t one of them, so wouldn`t Skyclan try to stop him?"
Mallowbloom`s eyes widened in dismay. "Oh Mistblossum, if you want Jaymint to come with you on your mission, Skyclan will accept that."
Mistblossum was bewildered. "B-but why?"
Mallowbloom stared back at her calmly. "Because without Jaymint, you wouldn`t go, now would you?" She replied softly. Mistblossum didn`t respond, instead, she looked at her paws.
"You have the right to have some control over your destiny," Mallowbloom whispered in her ears. "Skyclan makes sends the prophceys, but you can still take charge of your life." She padded past Mistblossum. "Now come, Rainleaf must be missing us." Mistblossum stared after her for a few moments, before following.
Soon they were padding back to the camp again. As soon as Mistblossum stepped the camp entrance she immediatly began looking for Jaymint, spotting him talking to Mistygrass. Mistblossum wanted to run up and talk to her brother, but her feet were firmly planted to the ground, and she suddenly felt butterflys in her stomache. Mallowbloom nudged her, "Go, talk to him," she urged. Taking a deep breath, Mistblossum started to walk over to Jaymint, but her confidence soon began to fade as she got closer to him. Jaymint looked up at her cooly as she approached, to Mistblossum it felt like claws had slashed her throat. "Er, um, Jaymint," Mistblossum started.
"Yes?" Jaymint asked impatiently.
"C-can I talk to you for moment?" Mistblossum asked nervously.
Jaymint glanced uncertainly towards Mistygrass, who was looking between the two siblings. "Oh, it`s ok Jaymint, it`s time for Cinderpaw to do some battle training anyways," and with that, she slipped over to the apprentices den. Leading the way, Mistblossum took Jaymint to the shore. "Well? What do you want?" Jaymint asked his sister bitterly. Mistblossum bit back a snappy retort, and forced herself to stay calm, after all, I was pretty harsh this morning.
"I just wanted to tell you that you might consider going to bed early tonight, we`ve got a long trip tommorrow, and we`ve got to get up early," she told him.
Jaymint`s eyes widened, "Y-you mean I can come?" He asked, his voice became bitter. "I thought you said I couldn`t because it meant putting my life in danger," he spat the last word.
Mistblossum began to loose her patience, "Look, I changed my mind, I`m leaving before dawn tommorrow, so are you coming or not?!" Mistblossum demanded. Her brother nudged her gently, "Of course I`m coming!" He meowed. "Now I have to go, I promised Reedflight I`d take Larkpaw hunting since Jasminegem has started her kitting." Mistblossum pricked her ears. "When did her kitting start?" She asked. Her brother gave her a funny look. "Um, since this morning." Mistblossum watched as he padded away, feeling frog-brained, how did I miss something as simple as a nursing queen starting her kitting? She wondered.
As she entered the camp, she saw Reedflight pacing outside the nursery, Shimmersplash padded up to her daughter. "I wish your father would put him on another patrol," she murmured. "It would distract him and give him something productive to do." All of a sudden they heard a shriek from the nursery: "They`re coming!" Starstream yowled. At once Reedflight stopped his pacing and tried to get into the nursery. Rivershine stopped him. "Get out of my way," Reedflight growled at her. Larkpaw, just returning from hunting, rushed to stand beside his sister. "You want to help Jasminegem? Stay out of the nursery!" He told his mentor. After a few more struggles, he stopped. Merigoldmist popped her head out of the nursery, "Reedflight," she called softly, "There`s some kits who want to meet you." Rivershine and her brother stepped out of the way as Reedflight bustled past him.
A few moments later, Starstream emerged. "Well?" Shimmersplash asked the medicine cat. "A tom and she-cat," Starstream answered. Soon after, Reedflight came out of the nursery. "Can I see them?" Mistblossum asked him nervously, Reedflight nodded, letting her in. Padding over to Jasminegem, she could see the queen was tired, but her eyes where filled with joy. In the curve of her belly where the kits; one was gray-and-brown with amber eyes, the other was silver-and-white with blue eyes. "They`re so beautiful!" Mistblossum whispered, "Have they got names?" She asked. Jasminegem nodded, "The tom`s name is Pinekit," she nuzzled the gray-and-brown kit, "And the she-kit is Faithkit." Mistblossum nodded, speachless. Hopefully they have a bond like me and Jaymint..I don`t think I could do this mission without him.
Wow, sixth chapter already! Thanks for reading, in all honesty I never thought I`d get as many veiws as I have. So please reveiw and I`ll get a new chapter up in a few days.(Hopefully)
