Stripetail
was sitting next to Lillypool. She was still scared, but now the
blood was gone, and she only hurt a little. "How are you love?"
He whispered to her softly.
Lillypool glared at him. "I'm not
your love! Who am I though? And who are you? And where am I?" She
asked, nearly demanded. "And why are you always here?" You could
she the confusion deep in her eyes.
Stripetail sighed and looked
down at his paws. "I am Stripetail, your mate. We have been
together for a long time. I love you, and you used to love me. You
are my true love, Lillypool. You are in the medicine cat den in the
WindClan camp." He said softly, full of love. He sat there,
welcoming her.
Lillypool's eyes lightened up. "Stripetail?
You- you love me?" she stammered, still confused.
Stripetail
nodded. "With all my heart."
Lillypool smiled and sat up.
"Well I think I love you." She sat close to him.
He smiled.
"Well, wait until you can remember. But I will always love you. And
I will still help you, through it all. I will help you get your
memory back as fast as I can. I promise." He placed his tail on her
shoulder and purred.
Lillypool looked at him and felt awkward,
but licked his cheek quickly. "Do I have any other family?" Her
voice was soft, but somewhat scared that she might not have anyone
other than him.
Stripetail nodded softly. "Yes, you do. You
have a son and a daughter. Let me go get them." He said. He got up,
not wanting to leave her right now, she was just getting her memory
back, but he knew that his children have been waiting to talk to
her.
Lillypool lay there, in a ball of pure fear, in a nest in
the medicine den. She was trembling from the cold and all her
fears.
Shimmereyes walked up and put more moss in her nest, and
put a blanket like piece next to her. "Can I get you anything
else?" She asked in a voice that was as sweet as honey.
Lillypool
only lifted her head out of the tight ball of protection she created.
"Wh- who are you?" she whispered.
Shimmereyes closed her
eyes, and her pain and sorrow was clear. "I am Shimmereyes, the
medicine cat of Windclan. And I'm, or I was, your friend. But I
will always be here if you need me."
Lillypool was about to say
something to show Shimmereyes that she still wanted to be her friend,
and that she might be able to remember, when two young apprentice ran
into the den, one almost running into Lillypool, and one almost
running into Shimmereyes. The last kit, a she-cat, walked in slowly,
being slowly nudged by Stripetail.
Shimmereyes gave a soft nod,
and then walked into the back of her cave.
Lillypool went back
into her tight ball, frightened by all the commotion of the two
apprentices running in.
Stripetail walked over and huddled the
apprentices together, the two toms that ran in were in the front, and
the one she-cat that was scared to really walk in, stayed towards the
back. He whispered something to all of them, but mostly to the toms.
He then walked over to Lillypool.
Lillypool
smelled Stripetail and opened her eyes just enough to see him. When
she knew it was him, she lifted her head slightly, trembling.
Stripetail sat close to her and licked her ear softly, stroking her
flank with his tail. "Calm down love. These are your kits,
remember?" He said softly.
Lillypool started to tremble. "N-no.
I don't." She whispered
Stripetail gave her a soft smile. "It
is ok." He lifted up his tail in a gesture to tell the kits to walk
forward.
The two toms ran forward. The first one bolted up to
Lillypool. "Hi mommy! Remember? I'm Swiftpaw!" He said happily,
jumping up and down, waiting for her to remember. His ears went down
when she did not answer.
The other tom ran forward, smiling
bright. "I'm Sparkpaw! Remember mommy? Remember?" He was
yelling out of excitement and jumping up and down. He looked down at
his paws sadly when Lillypool took a step back and when Stripetail
gave him a look.
Lastly, the she-cat took a small step forward.
She looked at her paws. "I'm- I'm Frostpaw." She whispered,
so quiet that Stripetail had to strain his ears to hear
her.
Lillypool shook her head softly, and then looked at
Stripetail. "Is she ok?" She whispered.
Frostpaw looked at
the ground. "I knew no one would remember me." She held her head
down and ran away.
Lillypool curled back into her ball, where no
one could get to her. "I hate this. I can't remember anyone!"
She started to whimper. She was almost crying.
Swiftpaw and
Sparkpaw looked at each other, then walked up to their mother and lay
at her paws. "It's ok mommy." Said Swiftpaw.
Sparkpaw
nodded. "Yeah, you will remember soon." He then looked to his dad
with a look that said, She will remember, right?
Stripetail
gave a soft nod and then licked Lillypool's ear. "I will be right
back love." He said, and then ran off, hearing the soft, comforting
licks of Swiftpaw and Sparkpaw to their mom.
Stripetail ran out
of the medicine den and right into the apprentice den. He looked
around, but he could not find Frostpaw. He walked outside of the den
and scanned the camp. No Frostpaw. He did see Leafpaw though,
Frostpaw's friend. So he walked up to her. "Hi Leafpaw, have you
seen my daughter?" He asked, not worried for she was probably just
in a tree.
Leafpaw looked at him with big eyes. "You mean you
don't know?" She asked, her voice trembling.
Stripetail got
panicked at this. "No, don't you?"
Leaf shook her head. "No
she just ran out of camp, without a warrior." She
whispered.
Stripetail filled with fear. He ran into the medicine
cat den and straight to the back. "Shimmereyes!" He
called.
Shimmereyes was organizing herbs when Stripetail came in.
She lifted her head and dropped the yarrow she was organizing. "Yes
Stripetail?" She asked at his urgency.
Stripetail was painting.
"Frostpaw--she's missing!"
