So, nothing to say, except R AND R!
Goldenpaw crept inside hoping it was the right burrow. Her sharp muzzle brushed against the earth and she sniffed around, it had a familiar scent so she decided to go through further.
Goldenpaw squeaked with delight. There was her sleeping nest when she was a young dot! It was easy to tell, since she stuffed all sorts of odds and ends, soft grass blades, tree leaves, some animal fur she found...
But where was Goldenpaw's mother? She went to the eating room and saw a mear cricket. Her mother must have gone hunting. She decided to hunt too, who knew how long it would be until Bright, her mother, came home?
000
Goldenpaw looked down satisfied at the pile of fresh bugs and plump berries. She nudged them to the burrow carefully and pushed them to the eating room. Still, Bright had not returned.
Goldenpaw sighed and sat there, idle for what seemed like an eternity...when suddenly she heard stumbling paws and groans echoing through the chamber. A familiar ginger hamster fell beside her.
Goldenpaw gasped when she realized who it was, "Mother? Mother!" She prodded Bright's side with her nose trying to get her to say something. "S-sunny? Is th-that y-you?"
Goldenpaw pondered a moment, then, remembering her old pup name she nodded, "It is me!" Bright smiled gently and brushed a weak paw over her daughter's gold-colored face.
"I thought I wouldn't see you again...you were the most adventorous out of all." Goldenpaw finally asked a question that had been bothering her mind, "Who did this to you? How were you injured?"
"Dark hamster...said something about a Clan called leaf..." Goldenpaw searched her mind, all she could think of was Shadowleaf, his black coat, how rude he was, how ferocious he was...it sort of fit.
Goldenpaw muttered an oath under her breath. "Stay here mom I'm getting help." And with that, she bolted away to her camp as fast as her little hamster paws would carry her.
000
"Leafblossom!" The kind healer smiled, "Hello Goldenpaw, need anything today? Are you helping with the elders? Do they need herbs?" Goldenpaw shook her head frantically, "Come, follow please!"
Leafblossom, although confused, followed Goldenpaw as she raced through the ferns pass some trees, and through thickets of plants, straight into a small and cozy burrow.
"Oh my." Leafblossom murmured, "Who is she?" Goldenpaw sighed, "She's my mother...and she's bleeding because of some hamster." Bright groaned softly and scrambled to her paws hastely.
But then she fell back down panting. Leafblossom expertly moved her paws over every wound picking up a small drop of blood and examining it carefully. "Get a beetle shell."
Leafblossom orderd. Goldenpaw fumbled through the loads of bugs and finally found a beetle, she hand it over to the healer. Leafblossom gently pressed it against the wounds try to stop it
When the bleeding stopped and her mother still wasn't better, she forced open Bright's jaws and peered inside, "Oh no..." Goldenpaw shuffled her paws across the ground nervously,
"What?" "I think...I think she ate a deathberry!" Goldenpaw cocked her head to the side, "Is she okay?" "For a she-hamster surviving this long she must be brave, I need you to give me some yarrow."
Goldenpaw looked down at the ground, "What does yarrow look like?" Leafblossom barked out an order despertaley, "I saw yarrow leaves where those plants where, get some."
Goldenpaw obeyed and rushed back, all the while thinking of her dream...had she been too late? Leafblossom stuffed some inside Bright's mouth. Bright coughed and spluttered, and then was still.
"Is she...is she d-dead?" Goldenpaw silently squeaked. Leafblossom shook her head, "No, she isn't, but very close to death, if she doesn't throw up the berry soon she might pass."
Goldenpaw and Leafblossom watched quietly as Bright flinched, instantly she spat out some scarlet bits with other foul-smelling things. Bright sighed, "I thank you, whoever you are, for helping me."
Leafblossom dipped her head, "My name is Leafblossom." Goldenpaw nuzzled her mother affectionatley, "Can you now explain what happened more clear?" Bright nodded and and got up with less effort.
"I was just hunting and collecting fruits. I ventured a bit farther then I usually went, and there, I saw him, a he-hamster, his fur color was hidden by a shadow of a tree so I could not identify him."
"He attacked me, saying: Bee brained outsiders are never welcomed, unfourtantly 'Pearlstar' let one in. I fought back as best as I could, then he shoved a scarlet berry into my throat."
"At that time I thought it was a clumpberry, but I was wrong, I realized that when I felt small foam bubbles coming out of my mouth, I ran home, hoping I could get back in time, for I did know herbs, but I was too weak."
"And here I am now." Bright finished. Leafblossom nodded a thanks and politely squeaked, "We must go back to our Clans, but I promise to let Goldenpaw come back and visit."
Bright gave her a puzzled glance, then Goldenpaw smiled and answered, "I've got a new name now!" Bright warmly smiled back as the two of them ambled out.
000
Goldenpaw hung her head humbly as Pearlstar thought of a punishment for her, "I won't give you anything big since it wasn't much harm, but you did not do as your mentor asked you, so, you will have extra work caring for the elders."
Goldenpaw said her thanks, "But before you go." Pearlstar interrupted, "I think you will be able to go to the next Gathering, your first one, as a prescious reward for killing the snake."
Goldenpaw nearly let out a jubilee squeal, but instead, she dipped her head and trudged to the elder's den with a wide grin peeking from underneath her pink nose, everything had turned just fine.
SORRY THIS WAS MAINLY TALKING ABOUT THE SICKNESS! But I don't wanna rush the characters into the story.
Take it away Sunny!