Chapter 11: A Change of Heart
Stormwave woke up at sunhigh still half asleep after finally being able to take a rest from staying up all night for the vigil. He rose to his paws steadily and went outside the den. The camp was wide awake with warriors running about. He spotted Silverstripe at the fresh kill pile, picking out a delicious mouse for himself and he headed straight for Stormwave's direction. Stormwave started to notice that Silverstripe didn't even know he was heading his way and he was walking everywhere. He took a step and suddenly tripped over himself and fell to the ground but got back up and picked up his prey again. Stormwave padded to him and cuffed him on his ear
"Are you ok, Silverstripe?" he asked. Silverstripe looked around
"Who's Silverstripe?" Stormwave sighed
"Nevermind." and he went away to the fresh kill pile and took something for himself to eat. He picked up a squirrel and went to eat it by himself. He sat down under the high rock and ate it and when he finished he decided he should go to check how Rabbitpaw was doing. Ever since last night when Sagetail was exiled, she was feeling absolutely down and wouldn't be her happy and kind self anymore but a cranky old cat.
He entered the medicine cats den and saw Rabbitpaw lying down and resting her head on her paws with her eyes closed, "Rabbitpaw?" whispered Stormwave when he was close enough to her. She opened one eye and looked at him with her fierce blue eyes
"What do you want? Can't you see I'm not in the mood to help heal your wounds? Go away!" she snapped. Stormwave flinched, I was right. She isn't the same cat as she used to be. This isn't the Rabbitpaw I know, Stormwave licked the top of her head but she swat him with a paw and he backed away
"What was that for?" he snarled. Rabbitpaw hissed at him
"I said go away!" Stormwave flicked his tail angrily and ran out of the den. He decided he should go tell Cloudstar about this, This is all Cloudstar's fault! If he hadn't exiled Sagetail then none of this would have happened!.
When he heard Cloudstar's permission to come in, he stormed inside with a irritated look on his face
"Cloudstar! You shouldn't have exiled Sagetail out of the camp! Now Rabbitpaw acts like some cranky old cat!" he spat. Cloudstar sat up and hissed at him
"Are you telling me what I did was wrong?"
"Yes I am! He was only visiting his sister and you decided to exile him? Have you no mercy?" Cloudstar laughed
"You're brave to spill this out young one. But just remember that if a medicine cat breaks the warrior code then they should be punished!" Stormwave fumed
"I'm asking you to give him a second chance! He doesn't deserve to be exiled! Now that Rabbitpaw has lost her mentor, she won't be the same!" Cloudstar flicked his tail but suddenly calmed down and sat down
"I'll think about what you said. But I want you out of my sight. Now!" Stormwave turned around and ran out of the den and outside he bumped into Honeywing
"What was that all about? I heard your voice screaming and shouting inside there." she said. Stormwave snarled at her
"I don't want to talk about it. You can ask Cloudstar yourself but don't be surprised if he does the same thing to you as he did to Sagetail or me. He's a waste of a true leader."
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