Frostbite winced, the pain kept getting worse. She tried to turn but she couldn't.
"You're up!" She heard Echomoon's cheerful meow.
"Yeah I am." Frostbite grumbled back.
"Sorry, I was putting on fresh cobweb."
Echomoon ran out of the den before Frostbite could respond. She could hear her calling in the distance.
"Skycloud! Fallenstar! She woke up!"
Skycloud's here?
Fallenstar and Skycloud came bounding into the den.
"S-skycloud?" she whispered in confusion, "What are you doing here?"
"Thunderclan camp got taken over. Frostbite, your entire clan is in Skyclan."
"How'd it get taken over? Is everyone okay? How are Leafwhisper's kits?"
"Everyone's fine, the kits are fine, and nobody's hurt. I think Fallenstar should tell you how it got taken over."
Skycloud stepped away from Frostbite, and Fallenstar took his place.
"Blossomstar got a band of rouges together and went after Thunderclan. Skyclan was still leaving the territory and heard the battle. They came back and helped us escape. You were in the medicine den, you almost didn't make it out."
"I hate Blossomstar!" She growled. "Can't she just die already?"
"Why do you hate her so much?"
"No reason."
Skycloud and Fallenstar shared a concerned look. They turned and walked out of the den, Skycloud stopped and looked behind him.
"I will be back later, with prey."
Then, he left. Frostbite was left alone in the den. Or was she? She heard voices from,the other side of the den? Frostbite tried to get up, but she couldn't. So, she just listened instead.
"We need to kill her. It's Blossomstars orders."
"So? She's not our leader."
"We agreed. We have to finish the job for her. As long as Frostbite is still alive, we can't kill off Thunderclan."
Then, another voice came in. Skycloud's voice.
"What are you talking about?"
"Nothing important. Just how strange it is to have Thunderclan in camp."
"Okay." His voice sounded disbelieving. Frostbite heard his paw steps fade away.
"Let's go somewhere else, he's being nosy."
The cats ran off. Moments later, more paw steps sounded to be coming closer.
This is it. They're going to kill me and then finish with Thunderclan. I'm too weak to do anything about it.
Then, Skycloud appeared. This wasn't her death. This is her favorite cat in the forest.
"Did you hear what those cats said earlier. They were lying to me when I asked them."
"How do you know?"
"I've known them since they were born. So, did you or did you not hear them?" He demanded.
"Yes." She whispered.
"What did you hear? There are cats in this clan against you, and I want to know who."
"They're working for Blossomstar. They're going to kill me, and then kill all of Thunderclan. That was the plan when they took over camp, I'm guessing. But they failed because Skyclan came."
"I need to tell Treestar."
Skycloud walked to the den entrance and called for his leader.
"Treestar! Come here!"
"Skycloud what do you need?"
"Frostbite heard two traitors amongst our clan."
"Who?"
"Blazeheart and Squirrelclaw."
"What did you hear?" He was facing Frostbite now.
"What will you do to them?"
Who cares? Why am I asking? Why do I care? They might kill me!
"I haven't thought of a punishment yet, but I will speak to you ahead of time."
"Okay. They said that they need to kill me now, so that they could kill all of Thunderclan after. Then, one of them complained and the other said that they promised Blossomstar, so they had to."
"That's proof enough."
"Don't confront them yet. Wait until I'm better. Until then, just have Skycloud or someone guard me."
"Why?"
"I don't want anything to happen to you because of me."
"Alright, if that's what you wish. Skycloud, you can guard her."
Skycloud dipped his head. Treestar ducked out of the den. Skycloud looked at Frostbite.
"Will you be fine alone? I'm going to get some prey. Would you like anything?"
"Yes, for both. Mouse please."
Skycloud nodded and trotted out of the den. Frostbite suddenly got the chills. The cats that wanted to kill her could come in at any second. Moments later, Skycloud appeared. Thank Starclan! He dropped a mouse at her paws, then sat across from her and started eating a vole. Frostbite tentatively bit down into the mouse. The mouse was freshly killed, still warm, but not for long. Soon the entire mouse was frostbitten. She finished chewing the bite she took, then pushed the mouse away.
Skycloud looked up and gave her a questioning look.
"I never eat it once it's frostbitten. I can control it when I'm eating, only if I'm not focusing. I have too much on my mind."
"That's got to suck."
"Yeah, it never tastes good frostbitten."
"What's on your mind?"
Foxdung! I can't say not much, I just said I had too much!
"Just a dream I had while I was unconscious."
"About?"
"I'm not quite sure."
"Huh! Then I can see how that would be a lot on your mind."
"Echomoon says I can leave the medicine den in a couple of sunrises."
"That's good."
"I'm so excited! Sitting in here, I now know how elders feel. Stiff bones!"
Skycloud let out a purr of amusement. "So are you young Frostbite or elder Frostbite?"
"I think both." Her eyes sparkled with laughter.