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ALLEGIANCES
ThunderClan
Leader: Bramblestar
Deputy: Squirrelflight
Medicine Cat: Jayfeather
Apprentice: Celandinepaw
Warriors:
Briarlight, Brakenfur (Snowpaw's mentor), Sorreltail, Cloudtail, Brightheart, Millie (Lilypaw's mentor), Thornclaw, Leafpool (Dewpaw's mentor), Birchfall, Whitewing, Berrynose, Poppyfrost, Hazeltail, Mousewhisker, Cinderheart, Lionblaze, Foxleap, Icecloud, Toadstep (Seedpaw's mentor), Rosepetal, Blossomfall (Amberpaw's mentor), Bumblestripe, Ivypool (Dandilionpaw's mentor), Molestripe, Cherryflower
Apprentices:
Lilypaw, Seedpaw, Snowpaw, Dewpaw, Amberpaw, Dandilionpaw, Celandinepaw
Queens:
Dovewing (mother of Bumblestripe's kits: Tansykit and Cypresskit), Daisy
Elders:
Sandstorm, Dustpelt, Graystripe, Spiderleg
ShadowClan
Leader: Blackstar
Deputy: Rowanclaw
Medicine cat: Littlecloud
Apprentice: Mintpaw
WindClan
Leader: Onestar
Deputy: Ashfoot
Medicine Cat: Kestrelflight
RiverClan
Leader: Mistystar
Deputy: Reedwhisker
Medicine Cat: Mothwing
Apprentice: Willowshine
Chapter 2- Just a Normal Day (or is it?)
Warriors
"Celandinepaw! what in the name of StarClan are you doing?" Jayfeather growled.
Jayfeather had caught his apprentice. Celandinepaw had been about to go convince Cypresskit and Tansykit that rabbit dirt was actually tasty berries. The blind medicine cat hissed,"We're supposed to heal our clanmates, not make them sick! If Dovewing had heard you pulling a prank on her kits, she'd have boxed your ears!"
When her mentor began to talk, Celandinepaw dropped the rabbit dirt she had in a leaf wrap. "Jayfeather, stop reading my thoughts! Please," she snapped,"give me some space. I wasn't actually going to give them the rabbit droppings. I'm not mouse-brained! Cinderheart and Lionblaze taught me better than that."
"Calm down, you two, nothing bad actually happened," murmured a sleepy Briarlight. "Unruffle you pelts and move on."
"She's right. I'm sorry Jayfeather, but I just wanted to have some fun," apologized Celandinepaw.
"It's all right. Tell you what, let's convince your father to give you a fighting lesson. You're long overdue for one," replied Jayfeather.
"Yay!" Celandinepaw exclaimed. "Lionblaze is the best fighter in the forest!"
After a long day of training, Celandinepaw padded into camp. Upon entering the medicine den, Jayfeather mewed,"It's half moon, are you ready for your second visit to the Moonpool?"
"As if you don't already know," Celandine paw purred.
"You just don't want to admit you're nervous," Jayfeather teased.
"Am not!"
"It's okay to be nervous," said Briarlight as she pulled herself into the den,"It's kind of like a regular Gathering, but you get to speak to StarClan. You'll be fine."
Celandinepaw mumbled,"I haven't even been to a real Gathering"
Jayfeather padded over to his apprentice and flicked his tail over her ear. Over the past 7 moons the black and silver tabby had wormed her way into the guarded medicine cat's heart. Jayfeather felt a sort of fatherly love for his brother's kit. "Time to go." Jayfeather's gruff voice betrayed almost no emotion for his apprentice, though it was there, hidden.
"I'll tell Brightheart or Leafpool if any cat falls sick or injured, as always," assured Briarlight. Despite living in the medicine cat den for moons, healing knowledge had always seemed to elude Briarlight.
With a nod, both medicine cat and apprentice stepped out of camp. As they walked, Jayfeather's mind wandered towards Leafpool. After the Great Battle, Leafpool was offered a position as co-medicine cat to Jayfeather, but she declined. Then she said something that shocked every cat: "I think that I like being a warrior better than being a medicine cat. It wasn't always like that, but it's true now. I no longer share dreams with StarClan and that's the most important duty of a medicine cat. I have a talent for herbs and healing, but now, my destiny is to be a warrior." Jayfeather had searched her mind, but very word rang true. Not sharing with StarClan hadn't stopped Mothwing, but it did stop his mother.
Jayfeather's memory was stopped by a mew from Celandinepaw. "Do you ever think of Crowfeather and his other family?" she inquired.
Jayfeather sighed and admitted,"Yes, I do. Almost every time I pass the moor. Lionblaze has it the worst. He has to fight them and they can hardly lift a paw to defend themselves. It's hard having a power."
"It must be hard," was all Celandinepaw commented; referring both to having a power and being half-clan.
"It does, but it's my lot in life," replied Jayfeather, "We're here."
Mentor and apprentice descended into the hollow and set by the edge of the Moonpool. Celandine paw shifted her paws nervously. "What if StarClan doesn't speak to me? Does that mean I'm a bad apprentice?" she fretted, finally voicing her concerns.
"Sometimes there is nothing for StarClan to say to you," Jayfeather soothed, "that's all. Besides, you're not that bad of an apprentice."
Celandine paw did not take the bait from the jest, as Jayfeather expected. The were at the Moonpool and she was still antsy.
"Greetings!" came a cheerful mew from Willowshine, who was at the top of the hollow with Kestrelflight.
"We tried to catch up but you guys moved fast," Kestrelflight puffed. "So, Celandinepaw, Jayfeather didn't scare you away this past half moon?"
Before Celandinepaw could reply, a hello was heard from the top of the hollow. Littlecluod and Mintpaw had arrived. Littlecloud's ginger apprentice with white paws looked happy to see Celandinepaw. Celandinepaw looked at Mintpaw and wondered, not for the first time, that Littlecloud saw his old apprentice, Flametail, in his new one.
"Shall we begin?" asked Littlecloud, as he reached the Moonpool.
In response, all the medicine cats and apprentices leaned forward and lapped from the pool. As Jayfeather lied down, the cold affected him inside and out as if he had jumped into the Moonpool instead of just swallowing the water. 'Tonight may prove to be quite different than most visits.' Jayfeather shivered because of the cold and slipped into sleep.
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