Hiya people, wow, I'm churning these chapters out, huh?
So, I'm gonna do a warriors family tree question, people who answer correct get COOKIES!
Who is: Tawnypelt's brother's mates fathers sisters sons daughters kit whose name starts with I?
Onto the story:
Lightblaze lay asleep in her nest, paws twitching slightly, a pale brown tabby appeared in the entry, "hey, uh, Lightblaze... I think it is," the tom mewed awkwardly, "I brought you some prey."
The creamy she-cat sat up with a stretch and noticed that Darkkit and Hailkit were still tucked close to her side, the wonderful aroma of juicy prey filled the den and Lightblaze sniffed hungrily, the tom came a little closer and placed the prey beside her nest.
On closer inspection Lightblaze saw it was a rather plump rabbit, she licked her lips, but first looked up at the tom, he had warm eyes, unlike Coldstar's gleaming gold ones, "thanks... uh..." Lightblaze started to mew, but realised she didn't know the toms name, "Birchflight," he mewed hurriedly, "my name is Birchflight."
Lightblaze tilted her head, "would you share this with me Birchflight?" she mewed, gesturing at the rabbit, the toms green eyes widened and he moved away, "I-I can't Lightblaze..." he stuttered, then ran out the exit.
With a shrug, the cream she-cat dug into the fresh warm rabbit, relishing every bit of the succulent prey, way better then her tiny shrew from yesterday, when her belly was full, she pushed the remains aside for her kits.
She looked across the den and her eyes fell on Feathermoon's empty nest, her throat tightened and suddenly the prey in her belly felt bad, her new friend was still lying in the forest somewhere injured.
She wrapped the thin moss lining around the slumbering kits and left the rabbit carcass for the them to finish when they woke, with tired paws she slipped from the den, to see Flamekit playing with three other toms, his ginger pelt was glossy and his eyes were bright.
With a warm gaze she watched her son pounce on the brown one and batter his ears with soft paws, before to long, he looked up, and his blue\green eyes locked onto hers, for a moment there was sweet recognition in them, then, obvious disdain, Flamekit sniffed and strutted away, leading the other toms with him.
Lightblaze's already broken heart snapped a little more, her own beautiful son, treating her like that, acting like she was inferior because she was a she-cat.
With her tail dragging in the dirt she headed to the camp entrance, maybe she could try find Feathermoon, "halt!" came a sharp mew, the cream she-cat looked up into the amber eyes of a golden tom, "where are you heading to she-cat?" he spat the word she-cat out like it was something terrible.
Lightblaze wracked her brains for a way to get out of camp, "I-I was heading to get... some... moss for bedding!" she mewed, nervously, the tom nodded, "find some feathers while your at it," he smirked, Lightblaze just dipped her head and hurried out through the stone tunnel.
Once out of sight of the camp she ran, searching for anything that may lead her to Feathermoon, finally she found the clearing that she had followed her silver friend and the shadowy tom too, instead of a body in it though, there was just a trail of blood, leading away.
Fearing the worst Lightblaze ran faster, following the splashes of scarlet blood on the leafy ground, the trail led her to a hollow log, she peeped inside and saw a matted silver ball, "Feathermoon!" she cried in relief slinking into the log.
But something wasn't right, a sickly stench filled the cramped space and when Feathermoon angled her body to look at Lightblaze, she could see the four long deep slashes running down her stomach, blood was clotted in the fur surrounding them and the putrid smell came from them.
The silver she-cats eyes were gleaming with a feverish light, "L...ight...bl...aze..." she rasped out, her voice cracked and scratchy, "no no no..." whispered Lightblaze then she grabbed Feathermoon's scruff and slowly, painfully dragged the silver she-cat into the light.
With a hiss, Feathermoon, shied away from the sun after the dim log, knowing she could not drag her friend all the way back to camp, Lightblaze looked around for something to transport the sickly she-cat on.
Her gaze fell on a long slab of tree bark, Lightblaze grabbed it and hauled it over to Feathermoon, before pulling her onto the bark, she found a few fallen vines and fastened them to the bark and grabbed the ends in her teeth.
Slowly and painfully, Lightblaze dragged her feverish friend back to camp.
Once she reached the stone tunnel, she yowled her loudest and three large toms burst out, claws unsheathed and eyes wild, "please..." mewed Lightblaze, lowering herself to her belly, "I found Feathermoon in the forest, she needs help!"
The toms glanced at each other, then pulled Feathermoon from the bark and vanished with her into the camp, Lightblaze followed behind, ears flat and tail flicking.
As soon as she entered the camp, Lightblaze hurried to the medicine den, she entered and moved quietly to the nest where Feathermoon lay, eyes darting everywhere, yet not seeing anything in her haze of fever, a slight silver form hurried over, herbs clutched in their jaws.
The silver tom chewed up some different pungent herbs and smeared the paste onto the gashes on the silver she-cats stomach, he then forced some more down her throat, "she-cat," the tom mewed, in an oddly musical tone, "I know you are there, help me out by fetching soaked moss."
Lightblaze bowed her head and grabbed some moss from the store then dipped it in the small pool, she carried the dripping moss to Feathermoon and lay it by her nose, the silver she-cat moaned and lapped up a little water, then fell back into her sleep.
Lightblaze shot a glance at the medicine cat, licked Feathermoon's head and left the den, headed for the nursery to see her kits.
As she entered, two fluffy cream and silver balls launched themselves at her, "mamma!" squealed Mistkit, "you left us!" Lightblaze licked her head and padded to her nest, two pairs of eyes blinked up at her, Hailkit and Darkkit.
"Where is our mummy?" asked Darkkit, "yeah!" agreed Hailkit, "your mummy is sick," sighed Lightblaze, "I will look after you till she is well, OK?" the kits looked at her and nodded slowly, "OK..." they mewed together.
Lightblaze purred and pulled them close.
A voice made her look up, Birchflight, and he was carrying a squirrel, "uh, Lightblaze?" he mewed, almost shyly, "I would like to share that prey now..."
Lightblaze purred and beckoned the tom closer, maybe for now, her heart could be whole.