AN: Hello everyone! Thanks for reading! Without much to say, the story continues!
Days pass...
Phoenixpaw's stomach knotted with worry. Ivypaw was still recovering, but her forepaw looked nowhere near to healing properly.
"I'll never be a proper warrior..." Ivypaw wailed as Daisypetal told her the news, that her leg might never heal. There was a slim chance of Ivypaw's leg healing properly.
Daisypetal and Phoenixpaw didn't know what to say as they stood next to the young, injured cat.
"What should I do?" Phoenixpaw whispered.
The healer cat shrugged. "Just give her some time to heal from the shock. But still, I don't really know what to do right now. Nightstar and I will decide on that."
The two walked out of the den so Ivypaw would not hear the conversation. Phoenixpaw didn't want to hurt her sister's feelings.
"Will you throw her out of the Clan?"
"Oh, no, of course not!" Daisypetal's eyes widened in shock. "No matter who a cat is, no Clan ever excludes a cat, unless they are a danger to the Clan."
Phoenixpaw sighed in relief.
Mapleleaf padded up to Phoenixpaw.
"Do you want some training? You might want to get that situation out of your head for now. You don't want to be stressed too much over you sister," she meowed, concerned.
"I guess," Phoenixpaw shrugged. She waved her tail in farewell to the healer cat, and followed Mapleleaf out of the forest.
"I know it's hard. Your sister might never heal properly, but we don't throw 'useless' or injured cats out of our Clan. They are all family, even you now. We don't exclude family." Mapleleaf mewed.
The golden she-cat smiled. "Well, what would my sister be able to do then?"
"Hmm... I guess she could be Daisypetal's apprentice..."
"What do you mean by that?"
Mapleleaf glanced at her apprentice. "Well, the healer cats need to pass their healing skills to an eager apprentice, just like a Warrior passes their skills to a young cat, so the legacy of the Clans continue."
"I don't know if Ivypaw would want to be a healer cat. Maybe her foreleg will heal, and she can be a Warrior, like me!"
"Oh, we are all Warriors, despite of who we are. Even Daisypetal is a Warrior. She can fight. But, what I mean is that all of us are Warriors, for we all fight for what's right, and we all follow SpiritClan. That's what makes us who we are. Now, let's begin training, right? Ready?"
"Yup," Phoenixpaw answered.
"So how was training?" Kestrelpaw asked as Phoenixpaw entered camp.
"It was great! I learned more battle stategies," Phoenixpaw answered. "Wanna have a practice fight?"
Kestrelpaw glanced around. "Sure! How about right there?" He pointed with his tail to a clearing within camp.
"Sure!"
The two padded to the grass clearing and started their practice fight. They circled each other warily.
Phoenixpaw made the first leap, pouncing on Kestrelpaw. Kestrelpaw was bowled over, but he kicked Phoenixpaw in the stomach, and batted her away with a sheathed paw. Phoenixpaw fell off and tumbled on the ground, but made a fast recovery. She lunged for Kestrelpaw again. Kestrelpaw had stood back up, and leapt aside, and the she-cat missed.
"Ha!" Kestrelpaw yowled as he pounced on Phoenixpaw. She rolled aside and swatted Kestrelpaw on the ear before leaping aside. He shook if off, and swiped at her again. Phoenixpaw was too late to react, and was knocked over. Kestrelpaw pinned Phoenixpaw down.
"You win then," Phoenixpaw growled, and Kestrelpaw stepped aside.
"That was a good battle. I see that both of your skill increased a lot from the past week," a voice suddenly said from behind the two cats.
Kestrelpaw and Phoenixpaw turned around to see Nightstar and Sharpclaw.
"Thanks," Kestrelpaw nodded at the praise, which was from Nightstar.
"If your skills continue to grow like this, then you might become a Warrior in a month or two. You've been an apprentice for two months so far, and your skills, both of you, are advanced. Well done," Nightstar commented. "Phoenixpaw, I'd like you to come with me. I have something I need to tell you."
Phoenixpaw went off with Nightstar, who went back to his den.
"I've talked with Daisypetal about two things," Nightstar informed the apprentice. "One of them is about your sister, and one of them is something that will concern you in the future."
Phoenixpaw listened on as Nightstar started to explain.
"Ivypaw can become a healer cat. Daisypetal is growing older. She is a bit younger than I. She may need an apprentice soon to pass on the role of being Healer cat."
"So she'll learn about herbs and healing if her foreleg doesn't heal properly?"
"Right," Nightstar answered. "It depends. We shall see. It doesn't seem as if Ivypaw's foreleg will heal right, and she also might not willingly want to be a healer cat. She wants to be a Warrior."
The she-cat nodded sadly. "What are we going to do?"
"Maybe Ivypaw will decide to be a healer cat. Healer cats also need to know how to fight sometimes, so she'll still get part of her wish. However, her training would be mostly based on herbs and being able to interpret Spiritclan's messages to us."
"Oh," Phoenixpaw remarked. "So that's what a healer cat really does."
"The other thing I wanted to talk to you about is a vision Daisypetal told me about. An evil force of some kind will approach, but she doesn't know when. She saw badgers, bears, and all sorts of other enemies. Daisypetal says there may be a battle that will endanger all of the clans."
"So this might have to do with me?"
"Yes, it might. Before you came to the Clans with your sister, Kestrelpaw told me about a golden she-cat, just like you, that would come save the Clans. Maybe you are the one to save the future of the four Clans. It seems likely."
Phoenixpaw glanced around the leader's den. "Well, I kind of remember a dream I had..."
"What dream was it?"
"It was before I was born. More like a vision, I'd say. A cat named... hmm... Oh, it's Reedwhisker, I remember. Reedwhisker told me I had a special destiny, then just disappeared.
Nightstar's ears perked. "Reedwhisker? He was one of our Clanmates, until he died in a skirmish against CloudClan. CloudClan was in our territory, chasing some prey. They were kind of carried away in finding food for their Clan, and ended up chasing some prey in our territory. The problem became a major nuisance, and we warned them. They didn't listen, and we had no choice but to attack to drive them out after a few days of their ignorance."
"Reedwhisker told me of a land faraway, and a role I'd have to fulfill to save the Clans. I think if that's what I remembered correctly, then maybe I am the one to save the Clans."
"I think it is certain that you must save the Clans. For now, all of us, and the other cats in the other Clans must train to be able to ward off this oncoming attack. I'll mention it in the Gathering, which is in a few days. You can come along if you'd like. You can meet other cats from other Clans, to help explain the problem with Daisypetal."
"You mean that dream, and what happened before I came to MoonClan?"
Nightstar nodded. "Yes. I just hope they believe me, but they would definitely take the healer cat's words, as they are the closest to SpiritClan."
"Alright," Phoenixpaw nodded.
The black cat stood up. "Well, the other cats are going for the fresh-kill pile. How about we go get something? No one wants an empty, growling belly for the night."
Phoenixpaw laughed. "Of course!" She dashed to get some prey from the large pile of fresh-kill, before joining her friends on the large rocks.
"I just hope that all of the Clans will be ready for this danger..." Nightstar murmured quietly, before grabbing a thrush and heading on the large rocks to eat.
AN: Thanks for reading, once again!
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