HELLO PEEPS!

Let's cut this short. Reviews.

Crazywarriorsfan wrote: "Thx for posting more. Also, Eelspots seems to still be alive after I attacked him, so...GGAAAAHAHHHHH DIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIEDIE!*a silver and white shecat, now known as Silverfur, attacks Eelspots once again*"

Reply: "I don't know why he doesn't die the first time. Bad Eelspots!"

abuseImSpiderman wrote: "I'm glad that you feel horrid about that wall building, racist, mutated cheeto too. I can't stand him at all.

Anyways, I kinda feel bad for both of them. Although a certain someone didn't have to go so far, it's sad. You were right about the whole not peaceful thing. I just hope that things get better soon.

Welp, time to go back to what I do best. Eliminating pests called Eelspots. At least Dawnpool is kind to Brightbaby."

Reply: "No, don't insult cheetos. I like them! Plus, Jasper (SU) is called a cheeto, so now I'm torn...but yes, fellow wall-building haters unite!

I don't feel bad for Eelspots. At all. I created him. I feel sorry for myself for creating him. And yes, Dawnpool is kind. She's awesome that way."

abuseBooksRCoolYeah wrote: "Who's who's mate? Did Troutface mate with Sandstripe so Frostheart and Sandstripe could have kits?"

Reply: "Yes, exactly. Biologically, Troutface is Sandstripe's father, but it rarely gets brought up. The only reason I mention it is for family tree purposes."

~Topaz

Brightpaw didn't know what was worse. Her sister dying in the process of bringing back catmint, or the fact that it didn't help that much. Ripplefoot, Volefur, Splashkit, and Mistystream had died of greencough, having progressed too far. It almost felt like a waste.

"Brightpaw, can you go with Pricklekit into the medicine cat's den?" Brightpaw paused in grooming Nettlekit when Dawnpool spoke. Pricklekit hopped impatiently by the nursery entrance. "Specklekit wants to see him and Goldensky said it'll be alright for a bit, but Lilystep went out for a walk with Rainears and I need to watch Greykit."

"Alright, sure. Nettlekit, stay here, okay?" Nettlekit scowled but didn't argue. Brightpaw stood up and followed Pricklekit out of the nursery and over to the medicine cats den. Pricklekit and Specklekit had both fallen sick a day or two before Dawnflight brought the catmint, but while Pricklekit recovered quickly, Specklekit wasn't responding quite well to catmint.

"Pebblefall, we can't use all the catmint at once, we still have over a moon before new leaf even starts to arrive, who knows who else will get sick?" Brightpaw entered the den behind Pricklekit to see Goldensky arguing with Pebblefall. Both of them had fallen sick a few days ago, but apparently they were both refusing to take medicine.

"Oh, hello Brightpaw. Are you and Pricklekit here to visit Specklekit?" Goldensky broke off the conversation when he saw them come in. "Now might not be a good time."

"Is Specklekit okay?" Pricklekit asked, looking panicked. "I thought once you got catmint Specklekit would be okay!"

"I don't know what to tell you," Goldensky said to Pricklekit, looking solemn, "Sometimes cats just don't respond to catmint. Specklekit will get better, or he won't. It's in StarClan's paws."

"It's my fault!" Pricklekit cried. Brightpaw reached over to Pricklekit with her tail, trying to calm him, but Pricklekit jerked away and ran over to Specklekit's nest. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I thought I was supposed to!"

Brightpaw exchanged glances with Goldensky, then walked over to Pricklekit's side. "Supposed to do what?" she asked softly.

Pricklekit looked down, slumped. "I didn't mean to take all the catmint." Brightpaw opened her mouth, about to demand what Pricklekit meant, then stopped and waited for Pricklekit to continue. "Pebblefall told me catmint cures greencough, and-" Pricklekit cut himself off. "Never mind, he told me not to tell anyone."

"Who told you?" Brightpaw asked. "I won't tell anyone, I promise. Were you meeting someone who got greencough?" Pricklekit nodded, not saying anything. "Who were you meeting?"

"Eelspots," Pricklekit whispered. "I was meeting my dad. He got greencough and I..." Pricklekit kept talking, but Brightpaw barely heard it. Eelspots was still in the territory? She began to shake. Pricklekit stopped talking and looked at Brightpaw, terrified. "I'm sorry, I didn't know!"

"I-it's okay, Pricklekit," Brightpaw stammered, not wanting Pricklekit to think it was all his fault. He didn't know that what he was doing was wrong. Nobody had told Pricklekit what Eelspots had done. Pricklekit probably thought that his father was exiled for no good reason.

"Is that true, Pricklekit? You took all the catmint?" Brightpaw turned to see Pebblefall staring at Pricklekit in horror. Pricklekit didn't say anything. "Oh StarClan...I caused all these deaths..."

Goldensky reentered the medicine cat's den with a mouthful of moss in time to hear Pebblefall's last statement. Ignoring all of them, Goldensky walked over to examine Specklekit. "Brightpaw, Pricklekit, it's time for you to leave. Specklekit needs to rest now." Pricklekit started to whine, but Brightpaw guided him out.

Brightpaw trotted to catch up with the rest of the patrol before Hawkclaw scolded her. Not that it would have upset her that much. Today had been an assessment for Brightpaw and her littermates, and while Brightpaw was far from becoming a warrior, she was happy to know that her training with Hawkclaw had paid off. She was only a moon or two away from becoming a warrior at this rate. Even with the now two warriors who were always with her when she was training, ever since Featherstar had found out that Eelspots wasn't far from RiverClan territory.

Despite winter coming to a vengeful end, Brightpaw had been able to catch two fish and a few water voles that had come out to find their winter stores. She'd also found their winter store, which included some herbs that Hawkclaw was carrying back for Goldensky. Maybe the arrival of new herbs would make Goldensky feel a bit better. A few days after Pebblefall and Brightpaw had learned that Pricklekit was to blame for the catmint going missing, Pebblefall had died of greencough.

It was suspected that Pebblefall had pretended to take catmint and then spit it out and refused to take care of himself, as punishment for helping Pricklekit steal the catmint, however unintentionally. Lilystep and Dawnpool were no longer speaking to Goldensky.

"Brightpaw, Brightpaw! Lilystep let me go in the clearing and I saw a beetle and I jumped on it and I caught it! See?"

Brightpaw glanced over to see Tumblekit jumping up and down with a beetle in his mouth, looking very proud of himself. Brightpaw purred. "Good job, Tumblekit."

Hawkclaw purred. "Brightpaw, I'm afraid your son has out-hunted you. Perhaps he'd better become an apprentice now."

"No!" Brightpaw gasped, immediately stepping between Hawkclaw and Tumblekit and preparing to grab Tumblekit.

Hawkclaw sighed. "For StarClan's sake...I was just kidding around, Brightpaw."

"Oh." Brightpaw slumped, feeling embarrassed. She decided to go bring the fish to the elders to avoid the conversation any more.

A few minutes later, Featherstar left the leader's den and walked over to the Wet Rock. "Let all cats old enough to swim gather around the Wet Rock!" Brightpaw walked over to the rock, Tumblekit following her.

"Sandstripe, I can groom myself!" Scorchpaw was flinching away as Sandstripe briskly licked his fur smooth. She continued to do so, ignoring his complaints. "Oh, come on!"

"It's not every day I get to see my son become a warrior!" Sandstripe retorted, "Now hold still."

Brightpaw glanced down to see that her kits had gathered around her, sitting as still as they could. "You can stay here only if you're quiet and stay still, she warned them sternly.

"We'll be quiet!" Beechkit promised. Lichenkit slumped a little, then nodded reluctantly.

"Good." Brightpaw turned to face Featherstar.

"Scorchpaw and Otterpaw," Featherstar called. Brightpaw watched as her siblings walked up to Featherstar. Otterpaw looked cool and collected, her fur sleek and shining from a thorough grooming, while Scorchpaw was visibly excited, his fur starting to puff up. Featherstar looked down at them, her expression unreadable. "I, Featherstar, leader of RiverClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn. Scorchpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?

Scorchpaw took a deep breath. "I do."

Brightpaw could swear Featherstar seemed to smile a bit as she continued. "Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Scorchpaw, from this moment you will be known as Scorchtail. StarClan honors your courage and patience, and we welcome you as a full warrior of RiverClan." Featherstar paused for a moment, then turned to Otterpaw. "Cinderfrost, do you believe that Otterpaw is ready to become a warrior?"

"I do. Otterpaw is an intelligent young cat who will make a good warrior."

"Wonderful," Featherstar said. "I, Featherstar, leader of RiverClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn. Otterpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

Otterpaw hesitated for what felt like ages before she spoke. "I do."

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Otterpaw, from this moment you will be known as Otternose. StarClan honors your intelligence and honesty, and we welcome you as a full warrior of RiverClan."

Apologies for being so late, I've been busy...eh, whatever, I just don't care about time anymore. I just try to update when I can. On Monday.

~Topaz