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Snowpaw's POV
Snowpaw collapsed on the ground next to Brackenflame, grateful for his warmth as she began to shiver. She could feel Greypaw's stare burning into her pelt as she lay on the ground, waiting for the medicine cat to come into the clearing. She felt small paws poking and prodding her and she opened her eyes to see Bluepaw checking over her.
"Flamedapple, her wounds have reopened, what shall we do?" she asked frantically. Flamedapple looked to his apprentice and ran her tail over the apprentice's spine.
"Calm down Bluepaw, remember what I talked to you about when cats reopen their wounds." Flamedapple mewed calmly. Bluepaw took a deep breath and ran to the medicine cat den.
Bluepaw's POV
Bluepaw scampered into the den and snagged cobwebs for Snowpaw. She wasn't as shaky as she was the first time dealing with the snowy white apprentice.
As her eyes adjusted to the sunlight outside she reached Snowpaw, setting down the cobwebs. "Now this might sting, so don't claw my ears off" she meowed firmly, pressing the cobwebs onto the open wounds.
"Since we've already given you herbs for infections, you won't need anymore, though you'll be confined to the medicine cat den for half a moon I would believe." Bluepaw began to mutter. She stiffened as Snowpaw's icy blue gaze connected with her deep blue gaze.
"So you're telling me I have to keep waiting until I can return to my apprentice duties?" Snowpaw huffed, "If you were just as skilled as Flamedapple I'd be ready in a week" Snowpaw growled harshly.
Bluepaw stepped back, pressing her ears against her skull, almost letting out a whimper.
Flamedapple stepped in front of her and cuffed Snowpaw on the ear. The fresh scent of blood hit Bluepaw's nose and she saw Snowpaw's look of dismay.
"That's enough of that; I will not have you harassing my apprentice!" Flamedapple snarled. Snowpaw looked away as blood trickled down her ear and Flamedapple attended to it.
Bluepaw heard the comforting words that passed his mouth. "I'm sorry I hurt you, I know your father wouldn't approve of me doing that, but I had to protect her. She's only been my apprentice for a moon." Her mentor whispered.
Bluepaw quit listening and turned to Brackenflame who was panting as he cleaned his wounds. "Brackenflame are you alright?" she asked softly, sniffing over the warrior.
"I'm fine; Snowpaw on the other hand needs your attention more than I do." He meowed firmly, looking to Snowpaw as Flamedapple finished tending to her ear.
"She doesn't like me" Bluepaw mewed pitifully.
Brackenflame let out a chuckle and nudged the blue-grey she-cat playfully. "She has a bit of a cold exterior, but I'm beginning to break it down. She's showing more affection than she would like to and she doesn't like it which is why she snaps at you" the tom whispered to her.
Bluepaw let out a purr and dipped her head to Brackenflame and trotted over to Snowpaw. "I think I might have been being careful when I tended to you. You'll be out within the week." Bluepaw reassured the snowy white apprentice.
"What about Brackenflame?" Snowpaw wheezed, closing her eyes.
Bluepaw let out a purr and flicking her tail playfully, helping Snowpaw to her feet.
"C'mon now we have to get you both to the medicine cat den" Bluepaw meowed, slowly moving towards the medicine cat den.
Once the two wounded warriors were settled Bluepaw trotted out into the clearing to spot Leafstorm dragging Sunstar's limp body through the entrance.
"I'll go get the lavender" Bluepaw meowed quietly to Flamedapple as she padded into the medicine cat den to hear Brackenflame and Snowpaw chatting.
"Brackenflame, can I trust you?" she heard Snowpaw ask softly. Bluepaw stopped and sat nearby to hear their conversation.
Snowpaw's POV
Brackenflame let out a snort of amusement and nudged Snowpaw lightly. "Of course you can. You can tell me anything and my feelings for you will never change." He meowed firmly.
Snowpaw pressed her ears to her skull and let out a sigh. "I'm going to assume you know how I got these wounds" Snowpaw meowed. She watched as Brackenflame nodded,
"Those weasel-hearted RiverClan toms gave them to you, and you and Greypaw beat them and let them go" Brackenflame murmured, remembering what he had been told. Snowpaw shook her head and looked at him, ready to tell him the truth.
Bluepaw's POV
"Well you see what happened was that the RiverClan warriors had me pinned down." The snowy apprentice began.
"Are you a mouse-brain? Get in there and stop her!" Greypaw hissed, shoving Bluepaw aside.
Bluepaw stumbled, slightly crushing the lavender she had been looking for.
Greypaw slithered into the space where her and Brackenflame were and let out a wail of grief, flopping down beside her sister. "Sunstar is dead" she cried out.
Bluepaw rolled her eyes and gathered the lavender and padded out into the clearing. Something was up with those two sisters and she wanted to get to the bottom of it. She placed the bundle of lavender at her mentor's paws and waited for him to respond.
"Thank you Bluepaw, go check by the nursery if the mint has grown back yet" Flamedapple meowed distractedly.
Bluepaw let out a small sigh and followed the scent of milk and found the mint leaves growing beside the nursery. She grabbed a couple and brought to Sunstar's body and began to rub it onto the golden tom's body, masking the scent of death.
Flamedapple looked at her as she finished rubbing the mint on Sunstar "I want you to go with Leafstorm to the Moonstone to receive her nine lives. I will watch over the rest of the camp" Flamedapple meowed seriously.
Bluepaw's fur began to bristle and she stood up, looking around frantically. "W-why me?" she asked, kneading the ground with her paws.
"When the patrols get back everyone will be asking what happened and I don't want you here for them to pester you" Flamedapple explained.
Bluepaw sighed and looked to her mentor, "Could you at least get the traveling herbs? I have no idea what herbs I would need to give Leafstorm" she meowed shyly.
Flamedapple purred and stood up slowly, arching his back in a slow stretch. "Leafstorm is not allowed to take the herbs or eat or drink anything." The tortoise-shell tom meowed, padding towards the medicine cat den.
Bluepaw trotted over to Leafstorm and touched her shoulder gently with her nose. Oh StarClan grant me the right words to say! Bluepaw pleaded to her ancestors.
"Leafstorm the time to travel to Moonstone is now, you are not allowed to eat or drink until after the ceremony" Bluepaw informed.
Leafstorm's eyes grew clear for a moment as she looked at Bluepaw "You have such wise words for one so young, I am ready to travel to the Mothermouth." Leafstorm meowed, getting to her paws as Flamedapple brought out a bundle of herbs.
"Take these herbs and you'll make it to the moonstone before moonhigh." Flamedapple informed as Bluepaw lapped the herbs up obediently.
Flamedapple continued to stare at Leafstorm as her face scrunched up in hunger. "Since you will be gone the entire night you must appoint a new deputy" Flamedapple instructed.
Leafstorm sighed and looked around "Brackenflame is too young, but many think he will become deputy when he hasn't even had his first apprentice." She began to murmur. As Bluepaw listened to her ramble on about the warriors she had chirps began to fill the air.
The flapping of wings became louder than Bluepaw had ever heard. A bird swooped into the camp, scoring its wing in the sand; the brilliant color blue was vibrant in the sunhigh's harsh light.
The constant flapping of wings over took Bluepaw and she hit the ground, twitching uncontrollably.
"Bluepaw what's the matter?" Leafstorm asked frantically.
"StarClan is speaking to her" Flamedapple murmured quietly to Leafstorm.
Bluepaw opened her eyes and looked around, the noise faded from her ears, the brilliant blue bird was gone and she jumped up. "You didn't see it? It was brilliant! Oh the blue color in that birds wing! Oh it was amazing!" Bluepaw began to ramble.
"Bluepaw focus! Why do you think StarClan gave you that image?" Flamedapple questioned her, "What do you remember most?" her mentor continued to press her.
Bluepaw shut her mouth and looked to Flamedapple. "The thing I remember the most is the wing. A single wing kept scoring across the ground. And the color blue…" she closed her eyes and an image of a blue-grey tom came to her mind.
"Oh! Jaywing is supposed to be deputy! The rightful deputy is supposed to be Jaywing!" Bluepaw exclaimed, bouncing around happily. She had interpreted her first vision from StarClan.
Flamedapple chuckled at his apprentice's eagerness and dipped his head to Leafstorm. "What do you think then?" he asked the light brown she-cat.
Leafstorm eyed the bouncing apprentice and let out a sigh "She may be young, but I trust her decision as it has come directly from StarClan." Leafstorm meowed wisely. "Let's get going before it's too late" Leafstorm meowed, heading towards the entrance.
Bluepaw froze and looked to Flamedapple "What do I do when I get there?" Bluepaw meowed nervously. "I want you to look in on her leadership ceremony. Make sure everything goes smoothly" Flamedapple mewed, his gaze flicking around nervously.
"Flamedapple what's the matter?" Bluepaw asked looking into her mentors eyes.
"N-Nothing Bluepaw just go catch up to Leafstorm" Flamedapple reassured her, turning towards the medicine cat den. She let out a sigh and padded towards the entrance, spotting Leafstorm waiting for her.
"Leafstorm does this usually happen? An apprentice medicine cat going to a leader ceremony?" Bluepaw asked nervously.
Leafstorm looked down to her and flicked her ear playfully. "All will be well little one, StarClan has put on the right path" Leafstorm chuckled, heading towards fourtrees with Bluepaw trotting after her.
Bluepaw watched as Leafstorm flopped down from exhaustion. "Hopefully one day I'll get used to this not eating and drinking thing before I go to share tongues with StarClan" Leafstorm joked as she groomed her messy fur.
Bluepaw chuckled and looked to the twinkling stars in the sky. "Come it's time to receive your nine lives. Once we enter the cave we must not speak until we exit the cave" Bluepaw informed Leafstorm, surprising even herself with the knowledge she possessed.
Bluepaw was the first to enter the cave, leading the new leader down the familiar path to the Moonstone. Bluepaw watched as the moonstone lit up, sparkling with the tales of their ancestors.
Bluepaw let out a small sigh of satisfaction and watched as Leafstorm pressed her nose to the moonstone, growing omonisly still.
Bluepaw quickly pressed her nose to the sparkling stone and opened her eyes. Leafstorm was standing in front of a she-cat she barely recognized.
"Your old life is no more Leafstorm. From this night on you will be the leader of ThunderClan." The she-cat meowed, touching her nose to the top of Leafstorm's head, "With this life I give you loyalty to what is right" she meowed, dipping her head.
Leafstorm looked sadly to the she-cat "Flowerheart, your kits are wonderful warriors, Brackenflame and Redfeather will do great things in the clan" Leafstorm promised the ginger queen.
Bluepaw let out a sad purr as she finally recognized the queen that had died giving birth to Brackenflame and Redfeather.
The queen disappeared and a tom appeared before her "B-Bear? What are you doing here?" Leafstorm asked the dark brown tom. "We may have been rogues, but remember I was the one who led you to the clans little one. I used to be a part of ThunderClan before they banished me for no reason. And with this life I give you justice" he meowed, slight anger burning in his eyes.
Leafstorm held her ground as pain sparkled in her eyes. Bluepaw sat through the rest of the ceremony not recognizing any of the cats until the last one appeared.
"Sunstar you had told me you had more than one life left" Leafstorm mewed sadly. "I didn't want you to worry and a good thing that brought too seeing as our little ones are on the way" he purred happily.
Leafstorm let out a shocked gasp and began to question what the former leader had meant.
Bluepaw felt a paw poke her rib and she turned and spotted a dark grey she-cat. "The prophecy has changed!" she meowed urgently as the echoes of Leafstar's name faded.
"What are you talking about? What prophecy?" Bluepaw asked the frightened she-cat.
"Only the purest heart of the crashing thunder can soothe the raging river" The dark grey cat muttered. Paw-steps echoed around them and a white tom with light grey flecks joined them.
"Ashflower how many times have I told you not to wander off like that especially to give a prophecy to Snowpaw or Greypaw?" He scolded her sternly.
"But it's not them! It's the newest medicine cat" Ashflower protested.
Bluepaw stood shocked and looked at the resemblance Snowpaw and Greypaw took from their mother. Though Snowpaw had a build of the spotted tom.
"My apologies Bluepaw, my name is Spottedpelt. I know you didn't know the prophecy before, but just know that it's changed." The tom sighed and stood up.
"The ceremony has ended, let's go Ashflower" Spottedpelt meowed, trotting up into the sky. Ashflower watched her mate leave and looked to Bluepaw.
"Please watch over my babies! Please lead them down the right path!" Ashflower pleaded.
Bluepaw nodded and watched as StarClan faded and turned into the moonstone. Bluepaw stood up and dipped her head to the newly named Leafstar.
They exited the cave together and began to travel towards ThunderClan territory. Leafstar began to mutter about her newly discovered kits and Bluepaw stopped dead when her leader had muttered those four words.
"The prophecy has changed"