Chapter 7: Sickness and rain
Leafpool was getting big. She knew for sure she was expecting kits. Leafpool wondered if any of her clanmates had guessed her secret. Squirrelflight had tried to make herself look at big as possible, eating as much as she could, and not exercising. She actually looked like she was expecting. Leafpool realized her kits would come any day. She was going to be a mother! But she wouldn't actually get to be her kits mother.
Leafpool sighed, continuing to sort through herbs. She was about to take a nap when she heard the exited voices of kits. She saw Cinderkit, Molekit, Honeykit, and Poppykit outside. They were play-fighting outside. Cinderkit and Molekit were attacking Poppykit and honeykit. At first, Poppykit and honeykit seemed to be winning, until Molekit somehow pinned honeykit.
"Gotchya!" He meowed in triumph. Suddenly he broke into coughing. Leafpool immediately rushed up to him.
"Molekit, are you okay?" Leafpool asked him. He finally stopped coughing, and started to reply:
"Of course, why wouldn't I-"before he was interrupted by more coughing.
Leafpool realized there was a sick smell coming from him. Oh no! It couldn't be!
"Molekit, you have white cough, you're going to need to come with me. Where's Sorreltail?" Leafpool whispered.
Cinderkit pointed her tail to where Sorreltail was sharing tongues with Brackenfur.
"Go get her for me please." Leafpool said, then turned her attention back to Molekit. He was still coughing. She led the kit into her den, and got out some moss for him.
Then she tried to remember the herb for white cough. What was it again?
Catnip!
At that moment Sorreltail came bursting in.
"Molekit is sick?" Sorreltail fretted, clearly worried.
"Yes." Leafpool meowed. That was when she remembered Spottedleaf's warning: There will be sickness in the clan.
"My poor kit!" Sorreltail sobbed.
"Mom, I'm fine!" protested Molekit, who was resting in the nest Leafpool had made him. Leafpool headed over to her herb store, and got out catmint. She quickly gave some to Molekit.
"Gross! Do all herbs taste this bad?" Molekit protested.
"Not all..." Leafpool explained.
Suddenly she heard noise outside. She poked her head out of her den, and saw it was raining.
"What's happening?" Molekit asked from inside the den.
Leafpool came back in and replied:
"It's raining."
"Oh." Molekit replied. Suddenly he went into a coughing fit again.
Leafpool rushed over, resting her tail on Molekit's shoulder.
"I promise it will get better, just sleep it off little one. I will be waiting for you when you wake." Leafpool meowed. Sorreltail left soon after, and Leafpool was left alone with Molekit to listen to the rain.
Author's note: Sorry but I have to make Molekit die soon, because in the site it said that Molekit died of greencough. Also Rainwhisker dies in a rainstorm, so I guess the next chapter is going to be sad. Sorry!
