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Featherpaw woke in the morning. A steady stream of cold light lit the den. She was the only cat in the den but she could hear voices just outside. She did not bother to listen though.
Featherpaw winced as she sat up in a mossy nest in the medicine cat den. She felt sore and her head hurt a lot, but she would probably be fine. She licked a paw and then broght it over her ear. She froze, realilizing for the first time that she had cob webs on her. Panic came for a short moment but she pushed it away, knowing that the medicine cats would fix her. She slowly set down her paw on the moss.
Two cats suddenly rushed into the den, followed more slowly by another.
"Featherpaw, your finally awake!" The first cat, Mossflight gasped and rushed over to her. She started licking Featherpaw quickly.
Featherpaw pushed her away. "Yes, I'm awake!" Her voice sounded a little rough. She wondered how long she had been asleep for.
"Are you feeling okay?" Snowstep, her father, sniffed at Featherpaw worriedly. The third cat who had entered the den was now sitting down and watching silently, it was Redfur.
"Yes." Featherpaw sighed. "My head hurts though, and I am a little sore."
"Well that's expected." Redfur spoke up. "You looked pretty bad when Driftpaw carried you to camp."
"Do you remember what happened?" Snowstep asked. "Driftpaw wont tell anyone and he has been acting really jumpy lately."
Featherpaw looked at her paws. Should she tell them about Soul? She barely knew anything about that cat. "No." Featherpaw whispered. "Can I talk to Driftpaw?" She wanted to ask him about that she-cat he had been with, and why she wanted to know about the clans. And why she was with Driftpaw, how did they know each other? Questions popped into her head as she pictured Soul.
"If he will talk. He wont even answer Bramblestar." Mossflight murmured, sounding insure. She turned to Redfur "Is she aloud out of the den?"
"Yes but only for a little. If it becomes too much for her, bring her back." Redfur answered and then turned to his herbs. "Come back so I can change your cob webs soon." He spoke calmly but his eyes showed a hint of worry.
"I think I'll be fine." Featherpaw stood up, ignoring her aching muscles. She pushed past her parents and padded out of the den. She paused and blinked in the sun light.
The camp was busy, the dawn patroles had just gotten back, Squirrelflight organized the next patrols, kits where bouncing around, and a few apprentices cleaned out the elder's den.
Mossflight and Snowstep followed her out of the den.
"I'll be needed on patrol. See you two later." Snowstep turned and ran over to the cats who where gathered to hear what patroles they where on.
"I'll get you something to eat. Why don't you go talk to Whitepaw and Patchpaw? They are really worried about you. I am pretty sure they did not get any sleep last night after they saw what happened to you." Mossflight suggested in a soft tone.
"Good idea." Featherpaw mewed. Mossflight smiled and then headed for the fresh kill pile.
Featherpaw looked to the elders den where three apprentices worked but only talked together. The other one worked with an unreadable expression. Whitepaw, Patchpaw, and Driftpaw.
Featherpaw made her way over, ignoring a glance from a few of the warriors as she went by. She padded closer to them.
"Featherpaw!" Whitepaw gasped, the first to see her. He dropped some fresh moss on the ground and ran over to meet her.
Featherpaw purred as he pressed up against her.
"I was so worried!" Patchpaw joined in. She padded closer and sniffed at Featherpaw. "I saw you last night. I couldn't sleep afterwards." Her voice shook for a moment but it evened out afterwards.
Featherpaw purred at her littermates, glad to have cats who cared about her. "I'll be fine." She looked over at Driftpaw. Driftpaw looked at her with mixed expressions. Guilt, sadness, anger...
Driftpaw made eye contact with her but broke it a heart beat later. He pushed his way back into the elder's den to grab more of the dirty moss.
Featherpaw let out a sigh as he left.
"Driftpaw wont talk to anyone." Whitepaw told Featherpaw.
"Yea. He wont even talk to Bramblestar." Patchpaw added. "He has not said a word since he brought you back yesterday." She paused and looked Featherpaw is the eye. "What happened last night?"
Featherpaw looked at her paws. She only wanted to talk to Driftpaw about it. She made a silent promise that she would get him alone and talk to him.
But before she could say anything Mossflight came over with a limp vole in her jaws.
"You must be starving." Mossflight mewed, setting down then vole at Featherpaw's paws.
Featherpaw looked at the prey and just then noticed how hungery she really was. "Thanks." She mewed then crouched down and started eating the prey. Within minutes it was gone and she was licking her lips.
"You know, the whole clan has been talking about you?" Whitepaw asked, sitting down at her side.
"I'm not surprised." Featherpaw mewed, watching the camp. Cats talked and murmured to each other but they still casts a glances over at Featherpaw.
"How bad is it?" Featherpaw asked after a moment of silence.
"I don't know Featherpaw, it has not healed yet." Mossflight answered her in her quited voice she always used while talking to her kits.
"How long untill it should be healed? Does Jayfeather or Redfur know?" Featherpaw asked again.
"Not yet." Patchpaw answered. "But they say you can't train with us yet. And you can only help around camp with simple tasks."
Featherpaw's paws worked restlessly on the ground under her. She did not want to be stuck in camp. It would only hold her back from being a warrior.
Featherpaw sighed and leaned against Mossflight. Mossflight started to groom her silently. Whitepaw and Patchpaw went back to work with cleaning out the elders den and.
At soon Mossflight had to go on patrol so Featherpaw went to the medicine cats den to get her new cob webs.
Okay, this was kind of a boring chapter but oh well. Tell me what you think. :)