The next day, Stonepool went out to help his fellow medicine cats look for a place to share tongues with Starclan at the half moon. Poor Littlepaw was left to do things alone for injured or sick cats back in camp.
But also, on this day, Jaykit opened his eyes for the first time. Wolfsoul was playing with Cinderkit and Redkit when it happened.
Both kits were on top of his back, when he caught a glimpse of opened eyes.
"Hey, look!" Wolfsoul purred.
All attention in the room flew to the tiny kit.
"He's awake!" Cinderkit squeaked, jumping off of Wolfsoul and running over to Jaykit.
Redkit had a look of awe on his face. He hopped off after his sister and padded over.
Hera watched as Jaykit pulled back from his siblings with a small, quiet hiss. Jaykit slowly got to his paws and scrambled out of the nest. He was looking behind him, obviously looking to see if they were following him when he ran straight into Wolfsoul.
Jaykit turned forward and jumped backwards. "Whoa!" He squeaked.
Wolfsoul gently snorted in amusement. He picked the kit up by the scruff.
"Hey!" Jaykit yowled. "Let me down!"
"Relax." Wolfsoul muttered through a mouthful of fur. He put Jaykit back in the nest. "Happy now?"
"Yeah, yeah." The gray kit murmured sarcastically, struggling back out of the nest.
Wolfsoul purred. "Well, I better get back to my duties. Take care of them for me, Hera."
"You know I will." His mate purred back.