Chapter 6
Yay! Chapter 6!
E-N-J-O-Y!
Lightpaw tried to send her thoughts to Darkpaw, but Darkpaw blocked her thoughts. Lightpaw growled and walked away. She went to the medicine den and looked for something for her paws.
"What do you need?" Cinderheart asked.
"What? Oh, right. I need something for paws, they really hurt because a certain someone bit me…" Lightpaw growled.
"Okay...here. You can put it on your paws yourself, I have to go on a hunting patrol with Lionblaze. See you later!" Cinderheart walked away, leaving her with the herbs.
Lightpaw quickly applied the herbs, about to walk away when she saw Darkpaw coming to her. "We need to talk." Darkpaw hissed, taking her to the sandy hollow.
"What now?" Lightpaw sighed.
"It's now or never! I'm going to use my power to find out if we are really part ShadowClan. And about the prophecy!" Darkpaw mumbled.
"Well hurry up! I'm tired." Lightpaw yawned.
Darkpaw closed her eyes, and Lightpaw watched. Wind began to circle her, engulfing her in leaves and twigs. The wind picked up Darkpaws fur, bringing blood into the wind.
"Stop! Darkpaw, you're getting hurt!" Lightpaw screeched. But Darkpaw wouldn't stop. The wind only grew, turning more red by the second.
"Darkpaw!" Lightpaw screeched, and jumped into the wind to help Darkpaw. She held back tears from her scratches, and leapt at Darkpaw. The wind immediately stopped, and both Darkpaw and Lightpaw fell to the ground.
"Lightpaw...I know…" Darkpaw gasped.
"What...well, are….are you okay?" Lightpaw coughed. Darkpaw stood up, leaning on a tree to support her. Lightpaw did the same, carefully tried not to make her wounds worse.
'Look! There's a patrol! Don't say another word! Just say...that we were attacked by a WindClan patrol or something!' Darkpaw thought.
"Lightpaw! Darkpaw!" Hazeltail cried.
"A...WindClan patrol…" Lightpaw gasped, then fell to the ground. Darkpaw did the same, then Lightpaw blacked out.
''A few days later''
"Darkpaw, it's fine! You don't need to help with Lightpaws wounds! You're hurt, too! Now go sit down!" Jayfeather complained.
Darkpaw sighed. "I'm going to become your apprentice. I'm supposed to help the wounded cats!"
"Not If you're wounded too!" Jayfeather growled.
Darkpaw gave out a sigh, then quietly took the herbs to Lightpaw. Jayfeather swatted her on the head, and Darkpaw gave up. She limped to her nest, and waited for Lightpaw to wake up. After what she had known.
"Huh? Darkpaw?" Lightpaw said as she woke up.
'You're awake! Oh, don't talk. But, you're awake!' Darkpaw thought with relief.
'Yeah...what happened back there?' Lightpaw thought.
'Oh. I unlocked my power! You have to go through that to unlock your power. But, my power isn't knowing everything, it's knowing every cat's memory and knowledge. I knew the herbs because I knew what was inside of Jayfeather's memory, and so on.' Darkpaw though explaining her power.
'Oh…' Lightpaw realized.
'I went into Dovewings memory when it happened. We are part ShadowClan. Dovewing had powers too, you know. She had really good senses...Lionblaze and Jayfeather had powers too. They know about the prophecy, but they don't know that we know.' Darkpaw explained.
'Well then we won't tell them that we know about our powers.'
Darkpaw nodded her head in agreement, then looked outside of the medicine den. A Clan meeting was about to be held.
"I am happy to tell the clan that one of our apprentices, Darkpaw, will be a medicine cat apprentice instead." Bramblestar announced.
Darkpaw nodded, and waited for the rest of the news. "Also, Owlkit and Flamekit will be moving out of the nursery, and will now be apprentices! We will now hold the ceremony!"
"I need you to collect some burdock root, quick. Cherryfall could be infected, and It could lead to something worse!" Jayfeather ordered her.
Darkpaw nodded, and ran to the sandy hollow. She remembered seeing some earlier, not being able to pick it up because of the mouse she smelled.
"Huh? Who are you?" A tom cat emerged from the bushes, staring at Darkpaw.
"Hey! Get off our territory!" Darkpaw snarled. She leapt at him, clawing at his fur. He scratched her side, causing her to yowl in pain. Fighting through the pain, she crashed into his leg before falling down. He did the same, and they were both down.
"What was that for?" He yowled.
"You were on our territory. The warrior's code says to-" Darkpaw explained.
"Yeah, I know. But I can't believe a young cat like you did this to my poor leg!" He whimpered.
"I'm eight moons old! How old are you anyway?" Darkpaw complained.
"I'm eight moons, too. What's your name?" He asked.
"I am Darkpaw of ThunderClan. The medicine cat apprentice. Who are you? You don't smell like any of the clan cats." Darkpaw asked the tom.
"My name is Night. I'm not apart of the clans, but my brother was. He died many moons ago." Night put his head down.
"I'm so sorry…" Darkpaw said with sympathy, "Oh, I have to go back to my clan! I need to get this burdock root to Cherryfall! And your coming with me!"
"Oh. Wait, what? But I can't!" Night protested.
"Oh yes you are! I'll help you walk! Don't worry, I have plenty of supplies to heal you!" Before he could answer, she had him lean on her and walked away with him. He didn't protest or try to scratch her to death.
Darkpaw smiled, then quickly went back to camp with the herb. Jayfeather accepted it, then ran to Cherryfall. A few moments later, Cherryfall came out just fine.
"Who's this?" Bramblestar asked, looking at Night.
"Oh, this is Night. I erm...captured him, I guess you could say." Darkpaw explained.
"Oh. Well, you sure gave him a nasty scratch. We will keep him here until his scratch heals. How long?" He asked.
Darkpaw looked at the scratch from the angry tom, and gasped when she realized how bad it was.
"Well...about three moons until it fully heals." Darkpaw gulped.
"What? And you said your a medicine cat apprentice?" Night looked very surprised.
"Yeah, well…" Darkpaw sighed. "I'll bring you to the medicine den right now. Not that I want to anyways…"
As Night followed her into the den, she could feel anger coming in waves at her. 'Its not my fault you wandered in our territory' she thought.
'Oh...are you thinking about Night? Quite a handsome tom, If I do say so myself…' Lightpaw teased.
'Shut up!' Darkpaw closed her eyes in anger, thinking about her sister.
"Um, are you okay?" Night looked sideways, "you seem to be arguing with yourself. Are you really that lonely?"
"Shut up!" Darkpaw stomped on his paw, not the injured one, and he let out a wail. Darkpaw purred with happiness, then applied the herbs to his paws.
"Hey-" Lightningpaw started to come in, then stopped.
"What's wrong?" Darkpaw asked puzzled.
"Its nothing…" Then he quickly took off without another word.
'What's his problem?' Darkpaw wondered, as the tom stormed off with a hurt look in his face.
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Lightpaw stared into the river, just like Darkpaw had done moons ago. "Hmm….did staring into this water unlock her powers?" Lightpaw wondered.
After a long time of looking into it, she gave up with frustration. "Ugh! When will I unlock my power!"
Lightpaw angrily scratched a tree, breaking its firm bark. She yowled in pain, then let herself fall to the ground. "Aren't I special, too?" She whimpered.
"Of course you are." Lightpaw winced, and turned around. It was Night.
"How are you walking?" Lightpaw stared at his swollen leg.
"Oh, just barely! It hurts so much, I feel like I'm going to die. But anyways, what did you say about this power of your or whatever?" Night asked.
"Oh, that...uh, I was just saying that as my...power of wisdom! StarClan came to me In a dream, and they told me I have great wisdom!" Lightpaw lied.
Night stared at her blankly.
'Oh no...' Lightpaw thought alarmingly.
"Yeah! I have a great connection with StarClan!" Lightpaw poured out more lies. "Anyways, I have to go. Bye!"
Lightpaw left without looking back.
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Night stared at her, watching her flee. He sighed, and sat down.
'If only she knew…'
