I NEED MORE IDEAS! I'm stuck. Kind of a boring chapter, but I need one every once in a while to calm things a little bit. Don't like, don't read. :)
Hollyleaf is Cool: If Ivypool was expecting kits, then it would kind of turn into a book, and then our main character would get stuck in the nursery. Or at least not doing warrior duties. Dovewing can have kits, though. Thanks!
Ivypool woke up at early dawn, after the dawn patrol had left but before most of the warriors were awake yet. She silently padded out of the den, stretching her powerful muscles.
I need to get out into the forest today, she thought, I hope Leafpool doesn't keep me from hunting.
"Ivypool!" called Jayfeather, bounding toward her. "Did your wounds hurt last night?" He asked.
Ivypool rolled her eyes. "No," she lied. "I slept fine."
Jayfeather narrowed his sightless eyes. "Okay, but come tonight for some poppy seeds."
"Fine." Ivypool muttered. "I don't want to waste any."
"We have plenty of poppy seeds." Responded Jayfeather.
Ivypool hesitated, and then nodded, turning her back on them to go into the forest.
"What's the use of being a medicine cat if no one wants herbs?" Jayfeather muttered.
Leafpool hurried over to the fresh-kill pile to take her pick, while Jayfeather headed into the warriors den to treat Spiderleg.
Ivypool heard Spiderleg complaining all the way from the camp entrance. She let out a mrrow of amusement. Spiderleg was like her sometimes.
"Where do you think you're going?" Squirrelflight had sneaked up on her without her knowing. Ivypool suppressed a sigh. Was getting out of camp really this hard?
"Into the forest," replied Ivypool, "I won't go far."
"Do you really think the DarkForest cats will hesitate to attack a cat alone, no matter how far she is from camp?" The Clan deputy asked. "I'm going with you." She cut off Ivypool's requests with a stern look. "And we're not going far either."
Without replying, Ivypool pushed through the thorn barrier, heading into the forest. She headed for the lake, despite Squirrelflight's many protests and attempts to stop her.
It was a clear day, and when Ivypool got to the lake, she looked around. She could hear RiverClan's early morning hunting patrols – no, apprentice training. No hunting patrol would be that loud.
Beside her, Squirrelflight sighed. "So much for staying close to camp. Let's hunt a little bit."
Ivypool nodded and headed into the forest, while Squirrelflight headed the opposite way.
Before long, the scent of mouse hit her. She followed the scent trail a little way, until she spotted the creature scampering around at the roots of a big oak, too busy to notice her.
Ivypool lunged and killed the mouse with one clean bite. She caught a squirrel not far from that place, and a vole on the way back to the lake. Squirrelflight was waiting for her there, with a sparrow and shrew at her paws.
The deputy nodded. "Good catch." She meowed.
Ivypool responded with the same, and the two she cats carried their prey back to the camp.
