Chapter 2
Autumnpaw shook herself and looked at the two queens and three kits from her corner what must be the nursery. A small golden she-kit stepped closer and sniffed when her mother, a dark grey queen pulled her back with her tail
"Jewel! Don't go close! That goes for you too, Ash and Soot."
So their names are like Clan names and they have different dens. They're better organized than I thought. They're like a Clan. Autumnpaw mused in her head. Just then a pale grey she-cat ducked in. She stared at Autumnpaw with leaf green eyes.
"Are you okay? Any scratches, bruises or sprains?" she asked.
"Wh-who are you?"
"I'm Lemon, the medicine cat," Lemon purred. "I'm here to look you over. How do you feel?"
"ANGRY!!!"
"Other than that," Lemon mewed, her tone a little frosty.
"Fine." Autumnpaw muttered.
The same apprentice that had cornered Autumnpaw earlier stuck her head in. Autumnpaw jumped and fluffed out her fur.
"Lemon! Dawn said you were in here," the apprentice said.
"Yes Star. What do you need?" Lemon asked her.
"Leopard got clawed up by some ginger apprentice. Tree's a little worried," Star said.
Autumnpaw stifled a purr. The ginger apprentice must be Eaglepaw. He was really bad tempered. They got on the wrong side of him.
"Okay, I'll be right over. Are they at my den?' Star nodded. "Okay, I'll go. And I wan't you to find a place for her- What's your name?"
"A-Autumnpaw."
"Yeah, Autumnpaw. Find a place to keep her in." Lemon hurried out of the den. Star looked her over, wrinkling her nose at her BirdClan scent.
"You smell yucky. Oh well. Come on, follow me," Star mewed. Autumnpaw had no choice but to follow her, so she hurried out after her and came into a small clearing with a stream running right through it and a pile of fresh-kill on a flat rock.
"That's Blaze's den, over there, that little cave," Star flicked her tail towards a small cave inside a huge stone at the end the the clearing, facing the entrance to the camp. "The huge rock is High Rock. That's where Blaze addresses us. The hollow log is where the elders Dust, Cherry, and Bracken live, the thorn bush is the nursery, as you know, the other cave thats hollowed out of the walls by water from the stream is the medicine den, that huge woven bracken is the warriors den and the other, smaller woven bracken is the apprentices den where I now sleep with Robin, Shadow, Ocean, Leopard, and Moth."
"Where do I sleep?" Autumnpaw squeaked.
"You see that little hollow by the medicine den?" Autumnpaw nodded. "You will sleep and live there," Star mewed.
WHAT?? It looks really small Autumnpaw thought. But when they got over there, she saw that it was bigger than she thought. With a cover of woven thorns over it, it had a moss nest on the inside and someone had placed a freshly killed mouse by it.
"Moth must have put that there. It's her job today to fetch fresh-kill for the elders, and queens," Star murmered. "Anyway," She continued louder. "You will stay here until someone comes for you."
