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The Warrior
Chapter 24 ~ Ripples
I started chewing the seeds, the faint oily liquid running down my throat, the seeds had a slight bitterness to them, after a few minutes the pain in my head had died down, almost to nothing Wow... Poppy seeds are one heck of a painkiller I looked up at Leafpool gratefully and she smiled, her ear flicked towards the entrance and turned to face it, her ears pricked back and looked at me, she then walked past me and whispered to me as she passed
"Good luck" I knew she meant that a cat was coming in, Firestar, his fur glowing even in the dark light Oh great... how do I get out of this?
"Hello Bloodpaw, any better?" he asked, I was taken aback slightly since I thought he was going to scold me first
"Um, better thank you, the poppy seeds help" he nodded in understanding
"I hear that you went on ShadowClan territory? You do know that this is against the Warrior Code?" he was scarily calm, I pricked my ears back in shame, my tail curled up around my paws and I faced the ground, I nodded
"Yes Firestar, I'm sorry, but I had to know why Flamekit was on our territory, who's know what had happened before he fell into the Fox's jaws, the entire clan might have been killed by the fox and Flamekit was taken back to its den for a light snack" I looked up at him
"I know, Tawnypelt explained, but it doesn't justify that you violated the code" he said sternly, I looked at the ground again, shuffling my paws
"I know Firestar, what is my punishment?" I shut my eyes, expecting to be chucked out of the Clan, but Firestar wasn't thinking the same
"Since this is your first time at breaking the Code, you will be given the task of finding food for the elders where and when they want it, understood?" I shot my head up and nodded enthusiastically, hunting was one of the things that I wanted to do, I have only caught a mouse since my time here, it will give a real chance to see my territory and how to look after the Clan, I looked up at Firestar and smiled
"I understand Firestar" I nodded my head, he smiled slightly but then flicked his tail towards Leafpool
"When you are better you can start your punishment duties" I nodded my head
"Understood" I bowed my head, I looked up and saw his tail halfway out of the entrance
"Phew, that was a close one Bloodpaw" she breathed a sigh of relief
"Nothing I couldn't handle" I smiled cheekily, I stood up "So when will I be better? I feel great now..."
"That's the poppy seeds" she pointed out
"If I get another headache I'll come back ok?" I asked, she paused, but then nodded
"Fine, but take it easy" I nodded and then walked quickly out of the Medicine cat's den and froze in my tracks as I saw three very angry apprentices, Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and an even worse Jaypaw
"Um, H-Hi?" I waved my tail
"You're Mousebrain!" Jaypaw spat "What did you think you were doing? Going into ShadowClan territory!"
"I thought I was going into ShadowClan territory" I replied sarcastically, his blind eyes turned into slits
"You broke the Warrior code!" Hollypaw piped in
"It's basically forbidden!" Lionpaw spat
"Ha! You can talk!" I replied, I bristled my fur and lashed my tail, Hollypaw flashed him a glare as Lionpaw shrunk back a bit
"You have to say, it was pretty stupid" I heard a soft voice from to warrior's den, we turned and saw Squirrelflight, I felt Jaypaw's fur bristle
"Stupid? She has Bees in her Brain!" he shouted, I lowered my ears and felt Jaypaw's voice grate against my ears, I also was hoping no one else would hear, but once again, I was wrong
"Bloodpaw, you should never have gone over on ShadowClan territory" I heard Brambleclaw's voice, he was following Squirrelflight
"I know!" I shouted, silencing their accusations, I stared at them, I felt too overwhelmed with all of the cats eyes glaring at me, instinct took over me again and my paws started to run, pounding against the ground, I brushed against the thorn bush, the spikes poking against my pelt, I just needed to get away from the camp, anywhere was fine, I pelted towards the lake, I felt the ground get damper the further I travelled, I saw the large expanse of water appearing from the bushes, I slowed my paced and noticed my breathing was heavy and I was panting, I calmed down and took a deep breath to regulate my breathing, I looked out into the water and saw the sun reflecting on the surface, for once I felt relaxed, I sat down by the water's edge and stretched out into a lying down position, dipping my tail in the cool water, I was slowly dozing off in the sunlight, until I heard a rustling in the bushes, I lifted my head sleepily and looked towards the source of the sound, a cat emerged from the green leaved bushes and saw a grey cat come out Ashfur? I saw his blue eyes, his flecked pelt, in the sunlight the tips of his fur glowed as if he was on fire Fitting, since he tries to kill those three in the fire... I sat up and flicked my ear to show that I knew he was here, he noticed and began padding towards me, once he was within earshot I called to him
"Are you here to scold me too?" I lashed my tail at the thought, it created a ripple in the lake, he hesitated and shook his head
"No, I just came to see if you were ok?" I looked out at the lake and sighed, the next thing I knew Ashfur was next to me, following my gaze
"I guess I was stupid, but I was only trying to help" I replied, my head shook slightly disapprovingly "Now I have to hunt for the elders as well as the clan"
"It's only usual Apprentice duties" I shrugged my shoulders
"I guess" I closed my eyes for a few moments, I felt Ashfur shove me slightly, I shot up my head in annoyance but saw his tail pointing towards the lake bank, a plumb rabbit was sipping gingerly from the water
"C'mon, let's get an early start on your duties" he spoke
Yeah... it's kinda short Sorry! But I hope it was sorta worth the wait! :D