A/N: Here's chapter 6. Length is once again my enemy :( I promise Chapter 7 is longer. Like, probably at least twice as long. Enjoy!
Reedfeather lashed both her tails restlessly. It was an entire week since that idiotic angry hawk with its unnecessarily sharp beak had opened that frustrating wound in her side, and she still wasn't allowed to go flying. It was so frustrating!
Dragonsplash, who was the healer of the Dragonwings as well as a flier, walked into the small den where sick and injured cats stayed. "How are you feeling?" she asked.
"Restless," Reedfeather growled. "Why can't I go flying?"
"Because that hawk cut you pretty deep, and flying will just open the wound up again," Dragonsplash explained.
"I don't see how flying will open a cut on my side. Flying uses wings," Reedfeather grumbled.
"You'd be surprised," Dragonsplash said briskly. "No flying until I say so."
"But can't I just go outside?" Reedfeather asked plaintively, almost begging.
Dragonsplash hesitated, then relented. "All right," she finally said. "But if you start flying, you'll be in here until that cut heals, restless or not!"
"I won't fly," Reedfeather promised, already heading towards the entrance.
She sat just outside the den, savoring the fresh air. She could barely resist the urge to spread her wings and fly, but she didn't want to be stuck in the healing den for any longer than she had to, so she just enjoyed being outside.
Across the clearing, Sunnypaw had just finished eating a hawk that had been killed during the battle. She looked around and spotted Reedfeather by the den. She bounded over, meowing happily.
"Reedfeather! You're finally out of the den!" she meowed happily. "Does this mean we can start training together again?"
"Not yet," Reedfeather told her apprentice, amused at her enthusiasm. "But I'm sure it will be soon."
"That's awesome! I mean, Icesky's doing a great job training me," she added, "but it's not the same. I can't wait for you to get better!" Sunnypaw happily babbled on, informing Reedfeather of all that had happened recently and the myriad adventures of the kits. Reedfeather was content just to listen.
"...and then Stonekit dropped onto Cloudkit from above! You should have seen it, Reedfeather, Stonekit sitting on Cloudkit's face, looking so triumphant!" Sunnypaw and Reedfeather both laughed.
"Come on, Sunnypaw, we're going hunting!" Icesky called to Sunnypaw.
"Bye, Reedfeather!" Sunnypaw called as she scampered off.
Reedfeather continued to enjoy the fresh air. She sat outside until it got dark, then she went inside and dreamed of flying.
A/N: Did you laugh at the mental image of one kit triumphantly sitting on another's face? I did. So adorable ^.^ Stay awesome!