Sorry for the long wait. Here is the chapter. I don't really have anything to say this time.
Indigostartherandomekitty- I know, but isn't everyone in Thunderclan related somehow by now?
Ivypool growled, stumbling backwards as a piece of bramble slipped from her paws and hit her face. Yesterday she had been on the patrol in the new territory. But today she was sruck in the camp making the new warriors den with Whitewing and Cherryfall, with some help from the three apprentices, Snowpaw, Dewpaw, and Amberpaw.
Snowpaw and Amberpaw where pulling more brambles over to make the den while Dewpaw stumbled into camp, holding moss that would soon make a nest.
Ivypool shook her head and weaved the bramble back into the large den.
"Oww!" Amberpaw squeaked as her paw got tangled up and she tripped.
"Are you okay?" Whitewing's head apeared around the back of the den.
"I'm fine." Amberpaw said as she untangled herself and continued her work.
Cherryfall looked up at the sky. "It's past sun high, can we take a break?" She looked over at Whitewing for an answer.
Whitewing looked around before saying, "Fine. I'll see if Squirrelflight can get other cats to work on the den."
Ivypool turned and padded over to the fresh kill pile. She had only eaten a small mouse early in the morning so it's been a while. She picked out a vole and a fat mouse. She carried them to the nursery and pushed her way into the dark den.
"Dovewing!" She called, her eyes slowly adjusting to the darkness.
"Over here." Dovewing purred.
Ivypool moved her way around the nests to Dovewing and set the mouse at her paws. "Here, you need to keep up your strength for your kits."
"I still have a moon." Dovewing reminded her as she bit into the prey.
Ivypool laied down in the nest with her sister and started to eat her vole. "I know." She told Dovewing. "But that moon will come and fo faster than you think it will." She was just worried about her sister. She has heard of all the problems that could come with kitting, and wanted to make sure that Dovewing would be okay when the time came.
Dovewing purred and bit into her prey again. They talked and ate together until Ivypool heard two little voices coming from outside the den.
"Who is in there?" The high voice of Hollykit asked.
"Ivypool." Firekit answered.
"What are they doing?" Hollykit wondered.
"Who cares? Let's jump on her when she comes out!"
"Okay!"
"I guess that means that it is time to leave." Ivypool said, purring.
"Okay, come visit me again soon." Dovewing touched her nose to Ivypool's ear. Her eyes showed her amusement. "I get bored just lying around camp."
"I will." Ivypool promised and stood up. She padded out of the den but she didn't get far before she felt a weight on her back and tiny claws dig into her pelt. She dramatically fell to the ground. "Oh! You got me!"
"That'll teach you to stay out of the nursery, Shadowclan warrior!" Firekit yelled close to her ear.
"You can't stop me!" Ivypool said as Hollykit jumped off of her and started swinging her small paws at her.
"Yes, we can." Hollykit let out a fake growl and pounced on Ivypool's tail. Firekit batted at her ears, claws sheathed.
Ivypool stood up. "Okay, I won't set a paw on your territory ever again!" She promised.
"You better not!" Firekit yowled.
"I will shred you if you do!" Hollykit added, sliding her claws out.
"I won't." Ivypool shook her head.
"Oh!" Hollykit looked around. "Ivypool, do you know where Lionblaze is?" She looked as if she had completely forgotten about the play fight seconds before.
Ivypool scanned the camp, searching for the golden tabby pelt of Lionblaze. Finally she found him talking with Squirrelflight. "I do." She answered. "Here, climb on. I'll carry you over there." Ivypool crouched down low.
"Okay!" Hollykit purred and climbed on, joining Firekit.
Ivypool stood up carefully and started to walk over to Lionblaze. She made sure to put her paws down heavily to let the kits have fun on the way.
"Lionblaze!" Hollykit called as they came up behind him.
"But we will need to be careful if-" Squirrelflight was saying to Lionblaze but stopped when she saw sight of the kits and Ivypool.
Lionblaze turned around and purred. "Having fun?" He asked Ivypool.
"Besides getting poked at by claws?" Ivypool crouched down and let the kits jump off. "Yeah." She straitened up and watched the kits run for Lionblaze.
"Ivypool," Squirrelflight meowed. "I'm sending out another patrol into the unknown territory. This time we will be setting borders. They most likely won't stay, but we it'll be a start."
"You want me to join the patrol?" Ivypool guessed.
"Yes." Squirrelflight nodded. "The other cats on the patrol are meeting by the entrance, waiting for another cat to join." She nodded to the group of cats standing at the entrance to the camp.
"Okay." Ivypool bounded over to them. The cats where Brackenfur, Dustpelt, Leafpool, and Rosepetal. "Squirrelflight sent me to join your patrol." She told them.
"Alright," Brackenfur said. "Let's go." He took lead of the patrol and padded out of camp. They sped up until they where racing through the territory and then skidded to a stop at the border.
Ivypool tasted the air as they stepped over, immediately alert. Brackenfur led them through the strange forest. Finally, he stopped.
"Start laying down markers." Brakenfur ordered, spraying his scent on a tree. Slowly, they connected the new border to the old one. But right as they finished, Ivypool heard a yowl. It didn't sound like any cat she knew.
"Did you hear that?" Rosepetal asked, eyes wide with alarm.
"I did." Brackenfur nodded.
"It came from over here." Dustpelt called and ran over the newly layed border and into the forest.
Ivypool jumped up and bounded after him, the patrol following. A heartbeat before they broke into the clearing, Ivypool could taste blood and the scent of fox in the air. She skidded to a stop, running into Dustpelt as they stopped in the clearing.
"Watch it!" Dustpelt growled.
"Sorry." Ivypool said and looked around him to see a large fox and two cats. The first cat, a brown tabby tom had fear in his eyes as he swiped a paw at the fox. He looked skinny and weak, his fur sticking up at all angles and there was a bloody scratch on his side.
The second cat was on the ground, unable to stand. She was a black she-cat with a white back foot and a white chest and white spots on her back. Her belly was swollen with kits and she looked healthy, but she had deep scratches one of her legs where bent at an odd angle.
"We have to help them!" Rosepetal panted.
"Leafpool," Brakenfur looked back at her. "Gather some herbs, cobwebs, what ever you need to help these cats."
Leafpool nodded and ran off in search.
"Attack!" Dustpelt yowled, not wanting to wait any longer. The patrol rushed forward and attacked the fox.
Ivypool scratched at the fox's legs and it turned to bite at her. Ivypool leapt back, its jaws snapping shut where she had been a heartbeat before. Rosepetal took her place, swiping at the fox.
Ivypool joined the fight again, and the fox let out a yelp as Dustpelt and Brackenfur attacked it's sides. The fox, confused and in pain, backed up and looked at all the cats. And when Dustpelt took a step forward, it turned and ran.
Ivypool watched it disappear into the forest, then turned and looked at the two loners. The tom was crouched down by the she-cat, who Ivypool guessed was his mate, and was nosing her gently.
But he quickly stood up and looked back at them with wide amber eyes. "Don't hurt us!" He begged. "We-we just need help! Please! Please help us! You have to save my sister!" He was clearly panicking over the she-cat's pain. He kept talking, on and one, stuttering and stumbling over words that made no sense.
"We'll help!" Brackenfur, raised his voice, interrupting him.
"Y-you will?" The cat looked up, surprised. "Thank you! Thank the stars! I promise I will repay you somehow!"
"There is no need." Dustpelt shook his head.
"I'm here!" Leafpool panted as she ran into the clearing, holding some herbs in her mouth and had cobwebs wrapped around one of her paws.
She hurried over to the black she-cat and put down the herbs. Pulling off cobwebs, she started ro place them on the wounds. "I'll need more cobwebs. Moss would help too." She said to no one, yet everyone.
"I'll get some!" Rosepetal turned and ran off.
"I'll help." Ivypool said quickly and sprinted away. She searched bushes and in a fallen tree, easily finding cob webs. She raced back to the clearing to see that Rosepetal hadn't returned yet.
Brackenfur was trying to calm the tom who was pacing back and forth and was talking about something she didn't understand.
Dustpelt was pressing cob webs onto the she-cat's wounds as Leafpool chewed the herbs and put them on the wounds.
Ivypool ran over and set the cob webs down. Leafpool only glanced up at her once before taking the cobwebs and grabbing them. Then she rolled some purple-blue berries over to Ivypool. "Can you get her to eat these? It'll help her breathing and will help give her strength."
"I'll try." Ivypool gently picked up the berries and placed them in front of the she-cat.
As she leaned down, the she-cat opened her green eyes and stared at Ivypool, her eyes looking distant. "Who are you?" She asked.
"I'm Ivypool." Ivypool told her gently. She nosed the berries closer. "Can you eat these? They will help with the pain."
The she-cat layed there for a comment before reaching forward and eating them. She swallowed painfully before closing her eyes again.
Ivypool backed up as she heard a voice, "I'm back!" Rosepetal sprinted over to Leafpool and set down the herbs.
Not sure what to do, Ivypool looked to the tom. He was still talking on and on, "I-I should have stayed. I should have done something! I should have known not to trust Storm. Why? Why did I have to go hunting with Leah?" He was pacing back and forth, Brackenfur had given up and where justing sitting there, listening.
"When I came back, I found him dead. He was dead!" The tom raised his voice.
Ivypool walked in front of him and said, "What is your name?" Maybe if she distracted him, he would stop panicking.
The tabby looked at her surprised. He had stopped pacing, and answered "Call me Snake. That's Spots. She's my sister. Is she going to be okay? I... I can't lose her." His voice had dropped down at the end and he sounded so sad.
Ivypool couldn't help but rest her tail on his shoulder and say, "She'll be okay. Leafpool knows what she is doing."
"Thank you." Snake looked into Ivypool's eyes. He just stared, and Ivypool looked away uncomfortable.
"Okay." Leafpool said, making Ivypool look over. "That's the best I can do for now. I can't fix her leg until we get back to camp. And her scratches will need more herbs. But, I think she'll be okay."
"Can we get her to camp?" Brackenfur asked, looking at the black-and-white cat closely.
"Is that okay with you?" Dustpelt asked Snake. "We can help you both there. You'll be safe, have shelter and food."
"Yes!" Snake gasped. "Please!"
Leafpool and Rosepetal helped the she-cat to her paws. "Be careful." Leafpool said, "You don't want to hurt the kits."
Dustpelt and Brackenfur took their place, letting her put most of her weight on them. "Thank you." She whispered weakly, and then they slowly padded to camp.
That's it. If you have any idea of what they should find in the new territory, please tell me. Review!