Chapter 10

Silverpaw shakily attempted to stand. She could hold her own weight now but it was extremely painful and she couldn't walk. Sealfeather watched with a hopeful expression.

"You can do it," Sandpaw encouraged her. Silverpaw bit back the pain and continued to stand. Sealfeather had said that if she could stand for a long time he would show her how to heal faster. Both of the medicine cats were biting their lips. Finally Silverpaw gave out. She collapsed into her nest with a sigh.

"Was it long enough?" she panted. Sealfeather nodded, his eyes bright.

"Sandpaw fetch Fishscale, Whaletooth, Roarpaw, and Pelicanwing," Sealfeather ordered. Sandpaw happily bounded out of the den. Silverpaw purred in satisfaction that she would finally be able to start healing. Sealfeather looked happy too.

"Now you're probably not going to like the idea at first but believe me it will help you," Sealfeather mewed.

"What is the idea?" Silverpaw asked. Sealfeather and Sandpaw had been talking about it for sunrises and moonrises now but they had only called it the idea. Sealfeather looked at her.

"Are you sure you want to know?" he checked. Silverpaw nodded. "You're going to be swimming." Silverpaw gasped.

"I can't swim," she managed to choke out. Sealfeather shrugged.

"We'll teach you. Besides you'll be learning a valuable asset that no cat in your clan knows," he pointed out. "It could be very useful in a battle." Silverpaw was still doubtful. Frostclan cats didn't swim. The only clans that swam were Oceanclan and some cats in Stormclan knew how, but Moonclan and Frostclan didn't.

"Is it the only way?" she asked.

"Well you could wait for them to heal on your own but that would take even longer," Sealfeather shrugged. Silverpaw sighed.

"I'll do it," she decided. Sealfeather nodded.

"Good." Just then Sandpaw arrived with Roarpaw, Whaletooth, Fishscale, and Pelicanwing. Sealfeather lead them into the cave. "Alright now pick her up but do be careful." The four cats hauled Silverpaw into the air and carried her out of the cave.

"So where is it I'm going to swim?" she asked.

"The ocean," Sealfeather answered. Silverpaw's head swam.

"The ocean?" she echoed. He nodded.

"Well in the calm part of it that's by the Stormclan border," he informed her. Silverpaw pricked her ears.

"We're going all the way to the Stormclan border?" she asked. Sealfeather glanced at her before he answered.

"It's not as far as you'd think," he shrugged. The were quiet the rest of the way, which seemed like a long way for they traveled at a very slow pace. They stopped when they reached what seemed to be a pond. When they set her down Silverpaw saw that it was the ocean but the land was so circular that it looked like a pond. The water in it was calm and gentle and barely had any waves.

Sandpaw wadded into the water. "Bring her here," she ordered. The four cats picked her back up and carried her to where Sandpaw was wading. Slowly they lowered her into the water. Silverpaw gasped in surprise at the freezing water.

"It's so cold," she complained. Sandpaw rolled her eyes.

"Just stand still," she ordered. Silverpaw tenderly placed her paws on the ground. "Now do what I do," Sandpaw said. Picking up her feet she kicked them in the water to propel her forward. Silverpaw lifted her feet off the bottom and swished them. To her surprise it didn't hurt her legs and she found herself moving forward.

"Wow," she gasped. Sandpaw smiled at her.

"Isn't it fun?" she purred. Silverpaw found herself nodding as she continued to swim in the water. Sandpaw directed her and kept her from getting swept out to sea.

"We should probably go back to camp," Whaletooth said after a while. Sealfeather glanced at them.

"Alright. We'll fetch you when we need you," he mewed. The warriors dipped their heads to him and walked back to the camp. Silverpaw hardly noticed their absence as she and Sandpaw circled each other in the water.

"Maybe we could show you some underwater battle moves sometime," Sandpaw suggested.

"Yes please," Silverpaw purred. Sandpaw smiled at her while Sealfeather nodded.

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Duskpaw sniffed over the ground where they had found Blackice. Twigshade had fallen asleep again and Snowypaw was doing well so she had escaped into the woods to try and find something out about who had killed Blackice. All she could smell was Blackice's stale, fading fear scent and fox-dung. Fox-dung again, she thought.

Looking around she spotted a thorn bush not far away. Approaching it she could see black fur caught in the thorns. Blackice's, she thought. Then something caught her eye. One of the clumps of fur had brown fur with it. Investigating it she could smell the scent of fox-dung around it.

"So this fur belongs to the traitor," she mewed quietly. Tugging it off the thorn bush she looked at it closely. "Brown and black fur," she murmured. Before she could think further about it she heard pawsteps behind her. She unsheathed her claws and bared her teeth as they grew closer.

"Duskpaw," Foamfur called. Sheathing her claws she approached her.

"Yes," she called back. Foamfur burst through the bushes.

"Twigshade wants you," she mewed. Duskpaw sighed in annoyance.

"Now?"

"He said it was urgent," Foamfur informed her. Duskpaw swished her tail with aggravation as she walked past Foamfur. Unwillingly she hurried back to camp.

"Twigshade," Duskpaw called, peeking into the medicine cat den. Snowypaw was nestled in his nest but he looked up when she looked in. His eyes looked terrified and bleary but they calmed down when he saw her. "Where's Twigshade?"

"I don't know. I just got up," Snowypaw mewed. "Oh have you had any clues as to where Silverpaw is?" he asked before she could leave. Duskpaw shook her head. Snowypaw looked at the ground sadly.

"Do you remember anything about the attack?" Duskpaw asked gently. Snowypaw didn't answer her right away.

"I remember hunting before training and I got the feeling someone was watching me. The gaze felt very off so I ran and I could hear them following me but I kept running until I couldn't anymore and then," he trailed off. Duskpaw recalled her dream from the Star Tree of Snowypaw's attack.

"What's going on in here?" Twigshade asked, walking into the den. Snowypaw glanced at him.

"Snowypaw was just telling me about the attack," Duskpaw mewed quickly. "But Foamfur said you needed me." Twigshade nodded.

"Whitefox is very close to kitting and we need to be prepared so I want you to start making bundles of all the herbs we're going to need," he ordered. Duskpaw rolled her eyes. That's what he calls urgent?

"Okay," she sighed. Walking to their herb store she began to prepare bundles of herbs. Twigshade left after she started to work. Snowypaw settled back down in his nest. "So how are you feeling?" she asked.

"Better," he mewed. "How long till I can walk again?"

"Not long. You could probably stand on your own now," she informed him.

"Can I try?"

"Sure." Duskpaw turned around to watch. Snowypaw took a deep breath and shakily rose to his paws. He stood perfectly still with no support from anyone. Duskpaw purred while Snowypaw beamed. "You'll be walking in no time," she purred. Snowypaw didn't say anything. Instead he lifted his front paw and took a step forward. He wavered slightly and Duskpaw rushed forward to help him but he waved her away.

"I'm sure I can do it," he muttered through clenched teeth. Steadily looking ahead he took another step, then another. After a few more he collapsed on the ground. "I'm done," he sighed. Duskpaw gently clamped her teeth on his scruff and pulled him back to his nest.

"Well done Snowypaw," she purred. Snowypaw smiled weakly.

"Then I can help find Silverpaw," he mewed. Duskpaw looked at her paws.

"You'll be the only one," she sighed. Snowypaw glanced at her in confusion.

"I thought the clan was helping you look," he mumbled.

"They were but I guess they lost interest," she shrugged. Snowypaw looked shocked.

"I'll never lose interest," he growled. Duskpaw stared at him. His blue eyes shone with something Duskpaw had never seen before. "I will find Silverpaw," he vowed.

A/N:

Sorry this was so short and boring. Oh well every story has to have a few of "those" chapters. Well anyways I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed and I encourage you to continue and, if you haven't before, to start. Well I'm sure you're forming ideas about who the traitor is but I doubt you'll guess. Hmmm well I have nothing else to say so byeeeeeeeeeeeeee.