Bloodpaw glanced up as Amberpaw slouched into the medicine den. "Hey, Amberpaw, how're you?"

"I'm good." Amberpaw gazed around the den. "I can't believe Jayfeather stuck you in here!"

Bloodpaw huffed. "I know. The blind fool was worried about that little scratch on my belly." She snorted and shifted in her make-shift nest.

"Well, I brought you a vole. It's been lonely in our den without you. Redpaw and Dewpaw are always together, Lilypaw just mopes about and sits in her nest, and StarClan knows where Hollypaw gets to!" She nudged the fresh-kill to her friend.

"Thanks," Bloodpaw took a bite out of the vole and grimaced. "How old is this crowfood? It tastes disgusting!"

Amberpaw stared as Bloodpaw opened and closed here mouth. "Ugh! They're all over your jaws, Bloodpaw!"

"So get Jayfeather!" She spat on the ground and choked as a maggot wormed its way down her throat.

Jayfeather and Amberpaw rushed back into the den almost as quickly as Amberpaw had left. Jayfeather seemed to be able to see as his glazed eyes stared down at the maggots crawling amongst the vole and Bloodpaw's fur. "Go get Bramblestar, Amberpaw. Tell him it's important."

The apprentice rushed out of Jayfeather's den as Jayfeather told Bloodpaw to tilt her head down as not to let the foul creatures go down her throat.

"What is the meaning of this, Jayfeather?" Bramblestar stalked into the den with Amberpaw fast on his paws.

"It's an omen."

The ThunderClan leader twitched his ears. "A bit late for that, isn't it?"

"It foretells of a mighty darkness, festering in ThunderClan, as it did in the vole," he gestured to Bloodpaw's food. "Darkness lives in the heart of ThunderClan. It shall hide in the shadows. It shall split the clans apart. It will kill or be killed."

Bloodpaw shuddered as Jayfeather's voice seemed to become the voice of many. His eyes had seemed to change colour as he spoke. Now he crouched next to her, exhausted.

Bramblestar's eyes had widened and his fur bristled. He spoke, "Amberpaw, go and find Snowpaw to get those maggots out of Bloodpaw's mouth. Jayfeather, up with you." He nudged Jayfeather to his nest.

Almost as quick as he had issued the command, Snowpaw had appeared besides Bloodpaw and began picking the grub from her mouth. "Amberpaw, could you get me some moss soaked in water, please? Bloodpaw's going to need a drink after this foul taste."

Gradually, the maggots were taken away and Bloodpaw was able to lap at the moss. "What was that?"

Snowpaw gazed down at her sister's friend. "It was an omen; an omen foretelling the possible end of ThunderClan."

XxX

Bloodpaw sank down by the fresh-kill pile as Bramblestar called out for a meeting. She watched as Amberpaw, Dewpaw and Redpaw padded towards her. Hollypaw trotted off to sit next to Snowpaw, and Lilypaw made no move to leave the apprentice den, where she was crouching in front.

"I wonder what this is about." Dewpaw's eyes were bright.

Redpaw glanced at the sky, "Maybe Bramblestar thinks there's going to be another attack."

Amberpaw exchanged a glance with Bloodpaw. They both thought it would be about the omen Jayfeather had received.

"We have good news, clanmates!" Bramblestar's yowl was gleeful. "Hazeltail and Toadstep are expecting kits."

Bloodpaw spotted Hazeltail and Toadstep standing off to one side from the main group of cats. She flicked her tail as she went to congratulate the pair. The rest of the apprentices followed her as if she was leader of ThunderClan.

"Congratulations, Hazeltail, Toadstep. When do you think you'll be moving into the nursery?"

Toadstep grinned broadly as his mate spoke. "I'll be moving in now, Bloodpaw."

"Wow! You're that far gone?" Redpaw had padded up next to her sister.

"Yeah, she's going to have our kits soon." The black and white tom purred loudly.

"Just think," Dewpaw murmured. "Soon there'll be new kits to meet."

"Yeah. New kits to meet." Amberpaw echoed her brother.

Bloodpaw flashed a grin at her best friend. She didn't seem as pleased as her brother about the prospect of new kits. The dark red apprentice steered Amberpaw to the camp barrier. "Why don't you want more kits in the clan? More kits means more warriors which means we'll stand more chance at winning our battles."

Amberpaw scowled. "Just think, we'll have to clean out their dirty moss."

"Hey! You didn't think that about me when I was born, did you?" Bloodpaw nudged her friend.

"No. Cherrynose and Molefang were still apprentices then, and they actually liked cleaning nests. They said it was peaceful." She snorted.

The apprentice smiled warmly at Amberpaw. "Knowing Redpaw, she'd been in that nursery all the time, so we needn't worry about cleaning it out."

Amberpaw sighed. "I guess you're right. How 'bout we grab some vole… This time without maggots!"

Bloodpaw shoved Amberpaw and streaked towards the pile. "I'll beat you!"

Short chapter. Just a filler, really.

Spottedmask12 – Lol. Yeah.

Tigerstar767 – Yeah. Poor Seedpaw.

Icecloud447 – Aw, thanks. :3

KittyCat – Nice to hear Hollypaw has a fan.