Chapter 1
A small brown tom padded through the forest searching for a herb, three moons had gone by since the passing of his mentor Falconbreeze. Now it was Newleaf and the clans lived in harmony since the prey had come out of their dens and into the lush territory. He saw a plant and padded over to it and softly mewed"Tansy, there seems to be good growth. It should last until leaffall if we are lucky"he picked some of the leaves and then he hears a stick crack and a gray she cat appears from the bush"Scarletstar would like to see you Pebblestream" He nodded and mumbled through the tansy leaves"thank you Ashfrost." He padded to camp worried for his leader, she had suffered from a severe bout of greencough now she was only on her 7th life and was still weak. Pebblestream went through the weaved brambles and vines that was the entrance of Snowclan camp. Some cats watched him and started to murmur about something he couldn't hear but he continued on to Scarletstar's den and he went inside. "Scarletstar I have some tansy for you" he mews through the leaves and then places them down on the ground carefully. The dark gray she cat opened her opal eyes and let out a husty mew"Thank you so much Pebblestream" She bent over the leaves and ate them but coughs and lays down in her nest once more shaking. Pebblestream looked at the once strong leader and mewed"It was no trouble at all, but would you like some freshkill? You need your strength if you want to fight greencough." She looked at him her expression blank and then nodded"If you have the time then yes." Pebblestream nodded and padded out of the leaders den and padded toward his den but was stopped by a small kit who squeaked"Sorry!" The kit scampered off and he laughed "kits are so adorable sometimes"he looked back and he saw Stormwhisker and smiled then padded off leaving the elder looking at the sky. Pebblestream padded into his den and went to the back of the den to sort herbs when he sees Opalkit,who had run into him eariler,in the herb storage sniffing the looks at the kit and mews"Opalkit what are you doing in my den?" She looks at him and squeaks"i smelled herbs on your pelt so i thought maybe i could see which one it was and I think it was this one"she points to a stack of tansy leaves. Pebblestream nods and mews"your exactly right Opalkit" he uses his tail and motions her to the entrance of the den"go back to your mom and maybe you can come visit later" She nodded and padded off her tail held high. He laughs and thinks to himself~she could be a good medicine cat when it comes the time for her to be apprenticed~ he went inside and took out all the herbs and began to sort them putting the old and musty smelling ones to the side the others that were still good to the right of him.
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The soft pitter patter of rain on the stone outside of the medicine cat den, Pebblestream was looking at the stormy clouds seeing that nothing was wrong. Scarletstar was well enough to go preform her duties as a leader once more. He padded out of his den keeping toward the drier areas where rain wasn't falling as hard as it was in other areas. He headed toward the freshkill pile which contained a few peices of prey but most thoroughly soaked through the pelt. He went over and grabbed a wet mouse and sat under a small tree, there he heard the rustle of the leaves and the wind sturring through the seemed to whisper ~beware..... three will come..but not all can be trusted.~ He looked around and thought that a cat was talking to him and went back to his piece of freshkill which he took a bite out of.
He washed his whiskers when he sees Snowpaw limping over to him her eyes wild with pain, he sighs and mews gently"What is it Snowpaw" she looks at him and mews shakily"M-my paw hurts."she lifts up her paw and it has a thorn deeply embedded into her pad. His nose scrunches up from the smell of the wound and mews"It's only a thorn easy to fix"he flicks his tail and goes over to the medicine cat den and comes back with a small bundle of marigold."Hold out your paw and I will get it out" Snowpaw nods and hold out her concentrates on the thorn and gently plucks it out with his teeth feeling the apprentice let out a gasp of relief as the pain subsides. Pebblstream opened the bundle of marigold and chewed up the leaves and told the apprentice to lick her paw. He soon put the politice on her paw and mewed"Just come back if it hurts more or if you limp" Snowpaw nods and mews"Thanks Pebblestream your the best!", she then padded off to the apprentice den to talk to her friends. He murmurs to himself "I'm not the best Falconbreeze was and now she is gone"he picks up the remaining leaves and padded into the medicine cat den to put the herbs away. He saw the moon rise up and mewed to himself" I could I be such a mousebrain! I forgot tonight was the full moon!"he got up and ran out of the medicine cat den only to run into Violetpetal. He shakes his head and mews"Sorry Violetpetal I was just going to see when we were going to the gathering." The deputy nods and mews"I was just coming to get you the patrol to the gathering is leaving in a few minutes come"she flicked her tail and padded away Pebblestream padding after her quickly.
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Scarletstar was leading the patrol of cats who were heading to the small clearing where the cats had been gathering at every moon for countless lagged behind his eyes fixed on his paws right now he would be talking to Falconbreeze about what might happen but this time he was silent and it was like he was just an apprentice going to his first gathering. He watched his clanmates pad into the clearing and he sighed and padded after them looking around the clearing noticing that the clans were at peace like they were the last heard a voice yell"Hey Pebblestream over here!"he looked up and saw his friend, Gemwhisker the medicine cat from Sunclan. Pebblestream padded over to her and mewed a curt hello and he saw Gemwhisker look behind him as if she was looking for someone then she mewed"Where is Falconbreeze Pebblestream? She is always here." His eyes were brimmed with pain as he mewed"S-she is-"but he was cut off by Strikingstars call to begin the meeting"The gathering of the clans has begun!"her mew rang through the clearing the cats turning their attention to the 3 leaders. Scarletstar nodded to Emberstar letting him start, the black tom gave a curt nod then mewed" Sunclan in surviving these bitter times of Leafbare but now that Newleaf has arrived the prey is returning to our territory and we are well," he paused then raised his head"we have found a badger living in our territory but a patrol has driven it out."He dipped his head and stepped back signaling Strikingstar to begin,the ginger and brown she cat stepped up and mewed "We are thriving this Newleaf and are blessed by Starclan for the birth of a kit!" The cats of all three clans cheered."That is all that Crescentclan has to tell" Strikingstar padded back to her place and flicked her tail and Scarletstar padded up and mewed"I am sad to announce that our medicine cat Falconbreeze is dead..."she eyes were dark with sadness and low yowls were heard below"But we have a new medicine cat in her place, Pebblestream! The clan is also thriving, that is all" she nodded and the leaders padded to their clan signaling that the gathering was at and end. Pebblestream padded in the back of the patrol until Gemwhisker ran up to him "I'm sorry for you loss Pebblestream but I'm sure that u will be a great medicine cat!" Her brown eyes sparkled as she winked and ran back to her mentor Treeshine who was standing with the patrol of Sunclan cats. He flicked his tail in farewell but he thought of the sparkle in the medicine cat apprentices eye and he wondered,why would she wink at me....., he shrugged and padded after his patrol his tail up as they padded back to camp.