Sorry - I'm not updating as much. I'll try to improve on that. :)
The cats from the DarkForest advanced, knowing they had won.
"The first kill to the DarkForest! A traitor!" Called Frosttalon in triumph, backing her against a tree. He lunged for a killing bite.
Suddenly, four cats came out of the bushes, tails streaming and ears flattened: Graystripe, Brackenfur, Cloudtail, and Brightheart. At once, they attacked the cats from the DarkForest. Seeing this, Ivypool summoned the last of her strength and assaulted Snowtuft while Brightheart took Frosttalon by the tail.
The seven cats drove off the six from the DarkForest. Before saying anything, however, they disappeared. As soon as they were gone, Ivypool sagged, ready to collapse.
"You can lean on my shoulder, if you want," offered Brightheart, "it was lucky you were making such a noise, really."
"Lucky you came," Ivypool replied. Gritting her teeth, the cats headed back to camp, the scratch on Ivypool's side stinging like fury. Squirrelflight and Spiderleg refused to have anyone help them, though Ivypool could tell they needed it.
"Good news: there don't seem to be any more of them. Bad news: They're back at attacking ThunderClan, which means –"
"They've definitely attacked WindClan or RiverClan at least once." Squirrelflight cut off Cloudtail. "How long do you think we can last?" She meowed heavily.
Brackenfur shook his head. "I don't know." He meowed, "We'd better tell this to Bramblestar, though."
When the two patrols went through the thorn barrier, they were swarmed by the cats in camp. "Why are you hurt?" Meowed Seedpaw, looking up at Ivypool and her mentor, Thornheart.
Thornheart, returned from a hunting patol on the other side of the territory, cuffed his apprentice around the ear. "Not now, Seedpaw," he told her, "Ivypool needs to recover."
Ivypool shook her head. "I need to report to Bramblestar with the patrol."
"You're not reporting to anyone until you've seen Leafpool." Thornheart meowed, his voice stern. "Those injuries look bad."
Ivypool protested, but Thornheart cut her off. "I'm sure Birchfall would say the same."
"Fine." The she-cat muttered. She limped over to the medicine den, where Leafpool was already treating Spiderleg's paw.
"Ivypool!" Leafpool exclaimed. "I wish Jayfeather were here."
"I'll come back when you're done." Ivypool replied, seeing that Jayfeather was out collecting herbs again.
"No, stay here! You're not going anywhere until I treat that side wound."
Ivypool sat, her tail curled around her paws. "I'm fine, really." She meowed.
"No," Leafpool replied, giving her a stern look, "you're not, and you know it. There, you're done." She added to Spiderleg as he limped off. "Rest it until the morning!"
"Now, let's see. Cobwebs – here they are!" She came out of the herb store with one paw full of sticky white cobwebs, and gently pressed them on Ivypool's side.
While that was on for a little bit, Leafpool came out again with some more herbs. She treated her wounds with marigold for infection, when Jayfeather came in the den, his mouth full of herbs.
Ivypool gave him a brief summary of what happened, and Jayfeather sniffed her wounds.
"I feel like I'm missing something." Leafpool commented to her partner.
"Thyme – for shock," the blind medicine cat meowed, "does she need some?"
"No. I'm fine." Ivypool answered, not wanting to waste any herbs, though she could feel her heart, racing in her chest.
Leafpool eyed her. "Okay, fine. But come back tonight for some poppy seeds. No more patrols today. Stay in camp!"
Ivypool nodded as she walked to the fresh-kill den. "Okay," she muttered, Well, I'm going to have a boring day.
She went to the warriors den while it was still sundown, curled up, but wide awake until the other warriors started coming in. She fell asleep instantly, after telling Dovewing all about the day's events.
Kind of a short chapter, and a bad ending. I've got writer's block.