Meh! Another chapter! :D Thank you to all my reviews, favs and follows! :3 I just wanted to say that I am NOT going to be updating every day. I was just giddy and happened to update two days in a row. Well, on with ze chapter!

Disclaimer: I, sadly, do not own warriors. Idea belongs to Spottedeyes.

Chapter Two

Sunpaw awoke to the frantic meows of Robinpelt and Tansypaw.

"Sunpaw!" the ginger apprentice shrieked, bolting into the medicine den. "Petalfrost is hardly breathing!"

"What?" Sunpaw jerked her head up, awoken from a dreamless sleep. "What's going on?"

Robinpelt appeared in the entrance of the den, and beckoned Sunpaw with his tail. "Come quick!"

The gold apprentice rose to her paws and followed the panic-stricken cats across the clearing and into the warrior's den. There, she saw the blue-gray figure of Petalfrost hunched over, Furzepaw running his tail down her flank in an attempt to comfort her. Sunpaw could hear from a distance that her breathing was raspy. She padded closer to Petalfrost, hoping to see anything else that might be off.

"Other than difficulty with breathing, is there anything else that you've been feeling?" Sunpaw meowed quietly, sitting down next to the blue-gray she-cat.

"My chest hurts and everything's blurry," Petalfrost broke into a fit of coughing.

The young medicine cat nodded her head, knowing just what she needed. "Could you give me one second?" she asked. When Robinpelt nodded weakly, worried for his mate, Sunpaw ran to the medicine den.

"Juniper berries...juniper...right? For shallow breathing. Juniper...aha!" Sunpaw reached into one of the piles of herbs and snagged a few red-purple berries on her claw. "And maybe honey...her throat is sore...I wish Honeyfeather was here..." Walking back to the warrior's den, which was now filled with the stench of sickness, she placed the berries in front of the she-cat's muzzle. "Eat up."

"Yum," Petalfrost croaked sarcastically, coughing a couple times before lapping up the herbs.

Once Sunpaw was positive the sickly warrior had swallowed the berries, she ordered Robinpelt to look in on her often. "And make sure she rests," she added. Robinpelt nodded, sitting down calmly, while Petalfrost just grunted and feebly rolled over. How ever much Tansypaw and Furzepaw wanted to keep their parents company, the medicine cat ordered them to stay out and give their mother some space. For once, they listened.

Stressed and still a little tired from the ordeal, Sunpaw padded back out into the camp's clearing and over to the fresh-kill pile. Picking out a mouth-watering shrew, she went to sit by her mother, Acornfall. The tabby had been very confused as of lately, mainly because her former mate and Sunpaw's father, Silverstripe, was having kits with Ashheart. Ashheart had only recently moved into the nursery, and now it seemed like Silverstripe was devoting all his spare time to her.

"Sunpaw!" Acornfall purred. The small gold she-cat settled beside her mother, who was eyeing the bird hungrily. "Are you going to share?" Acornfall asked, amusement evident in her mrrow.

Sunpaw took a small bite before pushing the prey towards her. "It's all yours." Eagerly, the brown tabby she-cat devoured the shrew in a few delicate bites. "Thanks, Sunp-"

The medicine cat's mother was interrupted in mid-sentence by a frantic Robinpelt. "Petalfrost- herbs- not working-" he panted.

"What do you mean? The juniper didn't work?"

"I don't know, I don't know! Something else is wrong! Please come!" Without another word, the light brown tom raced off and disappeared into the warrior's den, Sunpaw following.

Inside, Petalfrost was writhing on the sandy ground, spasms of pain racking her body every few seconds. Tansypaw and Furzepaw sat huddled in the corner of the den, too scared for their mother to move or cry out. A cold sensation of dread crept over Sunpaw as she realized that the blue-gray she-cat was going to die, and there was nothing she could do about it.

"We honor Petalfrost's loyalty to her Clanmates in times of need. She was kind to every cat. She will be greatly missed." Maplestar meowed quietly. Petalfrost had been Maplestar's only littermate, and they were as close as you could get.

Cats below the Highrock murmured their agreements, and the cats closest to her gathered around her body, sharing tongues with her for the final time.

This will not be the last one.

What? Sunpaw thought. Who said that?

This will not be the first cat to die.

Sunpaw looked around to see who was talking to her. The strange thing was, no one who looked at her was moving their mouth. The voice must be coming from inside my head, she thought. A shiver ran down her spine as the voice talked again.

This is only the first of many.

Beware.

Whew! Another chapter done! :D By the way, I will be taking three OCs for Ashheart's kits. So OC away! The three people that submit the names I choose get a SHOUTOUT! I don't know what chapter Ashheart is going to have her kits, but I'm thinking maybe next or the one after next. So make 'em up quickly! :D Review, follow fav, and all that jazz! Stay awesome!

~Tansywish :D