Icekit scowled and picked up her pace. " Rainstorm!" she called as she hurried after him, licking the remains of the herbs off her jaws. "Rainstorm!" Rainstorm stopped and sighed.

"Yes, Icekit?"

Icekit bounced to his flank. " Who's got greencough?" She repeated.

Rainstorm sighed again. " Why don't you follow me, Icekit." He said heading into his den. Icekit cocked her head. She had never been in the medicine cat's den before. Eagerly, she raced inside.

Icekit stared around in amazement. The cave was huge! Multiple nests lined one wall, stacks of moss were shoved in the back, and herbs stuck out of every single crack and cleft. A small waterfall trickled down beside the stacks of moss and ended in a pool with three bundles of herbs soaking in it. " There are so many plants!" Icekit exclaimed. Rainstorm smiled.

" Yes, well, I made sure to stock especially well this winter. It's a medicine cat's duty to look after the clan."

" I thought that was a warrior's duty."

Rainstorm nodded. " Warriors fight. But, no matter how well a clan's warriors fight, accidents always happen."

" There's more to being a warrior then fighting." Icekit said, remembering what her father had told her.

Rainstorm nodded. " There's more to being a medicine cat too. We interpret signs from Starclan."

Icekit gawked. "You do? Do you get to talk to Starclan?"

Rainstorm let out a mrrow of laughter. " Sometimes."

Icekit gave a little bounce. " Awesome! Did Starclan tell you why cats have greencough?"

A look of terror flashed across Rainstorm's face, but he quickly recovered himself.

" Starclan tells me that young kits shouldn't learn how to gossip like elders. Just be careful. That's all you need to know. Now get out of here!" Rainstorm lunged playfully at Icekit. She squealed excitedly and darted out of the den and onto the beach.

The clan was settling down and sharing tongues while they ate their fresh-kill. Icekit glanced behind her. Disappointedly, she noticed that Rainstorm hadn't followed her. Oh well. she thought to herself He can go sort his herbs. I'll go eat. She glanced hungrily at the fresh-kill pile. Dorseltail had just returned from fishing and was selecting a plump fish off the top of the freshly stocked fresh-kill pile. Icekit bounded up behind him to wait for her turn. As soon as Dorseltail had stepped away, Icekit dove into the pile and dragged out a huge fish as big as she was.

" Oh no you don't!" Sagepelt jumped up from her mate Streamrock's side and snatched the fish away from Icekit. " Leave that for the elders. You take this." Sagepelt snagged a much smaller fish with her claw and tossed it to Icekit. Then she stuffed the bigger fish back into the pile. Icekit stuck out her tongue at Sagepelt and bit into the skimpy fish. It was actually quite tasty. Before she knew it, the fish had vanished and been replaced with a small pile of bones and a very full feeling in Icekit's stomach. She would never say so, but she was glad Sagepelt had interrupted. The fish she ate filled her up nicely.

Just then, the two elders, Foamwhisker and Flounderfoot burst out of their den. Foamwhisker was leaning heavily on Flounderfoot, horrible coughs racking her body. Icekit ran towards them.

" Stay back!" Flounderfoot snapped. Icekit skidded to a halt, spraying sand everywhere.

Rainstorm rushed out of his den and over to the elders. Icekit watched, worried for the old cats, as they disappeared with Rainstorm into the medicine cats den.

Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I last updated... So, what do you think? You got to meet a lot of new cats in this one. R&R plz. I want to know what I did well, and what I need to work on. thx, bye!