Chapter 14:
Tigercloud sat in top of the sunning rock. She looked around cautiously. She didn't want the same mistake to happen twice. She had begun to think that what Darkpool had said about her was true. She felt guilty all the time. Mosspaw's death still haunted her mind. She would have dreams about that terrible moment, and wake up panting in the middle of the night. It was torture.
Tigercloud rested her head down on her paws.
"Tigercloud!" Tigercloud looked around and saw Emberpaw racing towards her.
"What is it?" Tigercloud asked. Emberpaw had lots of leaves and twigs stuck to her ruffled pelt.
"Palepaw is stuck in a twoleg vine!" Emberpaw exclaimed.
"Don't panic. I'll get Autumnleaf and Dovestream and everything will be fine." Tigercloud meowed. But as she did, doubt unfolded in her mind. What if you can't save her? A voice in her mind whispered. Well, let's not think about that. Tigercloud thought. But she kept thinking it over and over as she fetched the medicine cats and raced beside Emberpaw into the forest.
Emberpaw lead them to a small clearing where Palepaw was laying in the ground with a shiny silver vine entwined around her hind legs. It looked painful. It was digging into her legs and blood poured out of the wounds.
"Oh my… it's silver vine." Dovestream whispered. Autumnleaf rushed forward and sniffed at the vine. She tugged on it and Palepaw whimpered.
"Does this hurt?" Autumnleaf asked her as she pulled the vine again. Palepaw nodded. "Emberpaw, go back to camp and get more warriors." Emberpaw nodded and raced away. Tigercloud looked at Palepaw's legs.
"What can I do to help?" Tigercloud asked Autumnleaf.
"Have her eat these poppy seeds to numb the pain. " Autumnleaf insturcted her. Tigercloud nodded. She took the poppy seeds from Autumnleaf and had Palepaw eat them. Palepaw's settled down a bit and there was a tiny flicker of relief in her eyes.
After a few moments, Emberpaw returned with Molepelt, Wolfwhisker, Mossleaf and Cloverwing.
Cloverwing looked at her injured kit and let out a wail.
"Why did you bring her?" Dovestream asked Emberpaw.
"She insisted on coming." Emberpaw meowed. Dovestream rolled her eyes. Clearly she thought Cloverwing would get in the way.
"Come here." Tigercloud meowed to Emberpaw. She lead her shaking apprentice away. She didn't need to see this, in case Palepaw died.
"Is Palepaw going to be okay?" Emberpaw asked.
"Yes, sh-"
"No. Tell me the truth." Emberpaw demanded.
Tigercloud sighed. "I don't know." She confessed. "Let's go back to camp."
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