Chapter 6: As useless as a fly
Day 2
I blink open my eyes, to see I am sleeping in moss, and some sticky stuff was covering my eye. Then I remember everything. Something warm stirs beside me, and I turn around to look into big, jay blue eyes. He looks at me sleepily, his gaze clouded with tiredness. "I thought I told you to rest."
I nod. "I have, I was just going to go and ask Graystripe if we could go on a hunting patrol."
Jaypaw shook his head. "No, you need to rest. Those wounds are deep, and need time to heal."
I flick my tail impatiently. "Jaypaw, I know you're the medicine cat, but I don't want to lie around all day, being useless, seeing I already am so far!" I get up, but pain grips my body, and I wince as I try to step out of the moss. Jaypaw gently but quickly grabs my tail and pulls me back into the moss. "No. You're not useless. You just prepared us for a big battle for StarClan's sake!"
He hops out of the moss. "I'm going to go heal cats, but if I come back here, and you're gone," his gaze burns like dancing flames in his eyes, and even though he says nothing else, I could tell he'd be very angry. He leaves the den, and I'm alone, at least until now. I'm not good at recognizing scents yet, but I could tell there was a cat in the den. Leafpool emerges from the shadows from the back of the den. "That is the first time, since Jaypaw was a kit; I've seen him share his moss with another cat."
I realize the moss smells of Jaypaw, and I feel uncomfortable as she stares accusingly at me. "But I warn you, Featherpaw. Don't get too close, because you could ruin his life if you do."
I square my shoulders, and look her straight in the eyes. "Don't worry; I won't because I know some cats' history about breaking the rules as a medicine cat."
She frowns. "I'm sure you do. Just don't hurt him, because you will never be together." She turns away and leaves the den. My left eye still stings, but I sleep soundly enough anyway; Leafpool's threat doesn't bother me. This is none of her business! So what if I have fallen in love with Jaypaw? Have I fallen in love with Jaypaw? No! It's only been a day for goodness sake!
I open my eyes to see the den fills with sunshine, warm bright rays touch my silver fur, making it shimmer. I close my eyes tight as I feel the scratches on my side sting. The den is quiet, but I hear a little shuffling in the back, where the store is. I get up slowly, feeling my belly ache from all those kicks and blows. Jaypaw pokes his head through the crack of the store. "Featherpaw! I told you not to get out of bed!"
I shake my head. "I'm going to help hunt!"
Jaypaw growls, "You need to stay here! I'm not letting you open those wounds. Let them heal,"
"I don't-"
Jaypaw was in front of me. "Featherpaw," he meows as calm as he could. "I don't want you to get hurt. I am your medicine cat, and if I say you can't go out, then you can't. Go. Out."
I sigh. "How come everyone else doesn't have to stay in the medicine cat den?"
He's leading me back to the moss as he speaks. "Because, they didn't get as badly injured, so they can return to their warrior duties."
I get into the moss, and look up at him as he walks back to the store, his paw steps as quick as any other cat; he knows where to go without tripping over.
"Is this your nest?" I ask as he was about to squeeze into the store. I see him stop, and he looks back at me. "Yes."
I blink. "Why don't I get my own?" the words slip out of my mouth before I knew what to say. Jaypaw sits down, wrapping his tail over his paws. "Do you want your own?"
I shake my head. "No," I whisper.
Jaypaw turns back around. "Ok." He went into the store, the shadows swallowing him. I put my head on my paw, and stare at a fly that was crawling up and down the wall, its wing was broken. My tail twitches with impatience, I need to do something!
I very quietly step out of the moss.
A/n I was reading some other Fanfictions, and I noticed some people said they weren't going to continue until they had a number of reviews. So I was thinking :3 I'm gonna have a try, until there are 15 reviews I won't continue my story. It's not that much, another 4 really ^^ I wants to do this because I realized a lot of the other Fanfictions had tons of reviews and favourites, so I want this to get as much publicity! If you like my story, please review! And even if you don't, tell me what to improve! :D And thank you to everyone who already has reviews!