Chapter Seventeen
Healed
The Next Day
Medicine Cat's Den
Tigerheart is woken up by something pouncing on his tail. He sits up, blinking sleep from his eyes, and then he looks at his tail to see what is pouncing on it. Heatherkit looks up at Tigerheart, pressing herself to the ground, wiggles her haunches, and then she pounces on him again hitting his nose with sheathed claws.
"Ha, I caught you off Guard!"
"That was a lucky hit." Heatherkit attacks again. This time Tigerheart knocks Heatherkit off her paws and pins her to the ground.
"That's not fair!"
"You are good for your size and age, you will make a wonderful Warrior, but you need to go back to Shorttail's nest and nurse." Tigerheart lets Heatherkit up. Heatherkit charges to the Nursery.
Nursery
Heatherkit runs right into Crystalheart. Crystalheart licks Heatherkit's forehead in greeting.
"Good to see you, Heatherkit."
"Good to see you too!"
Medicine Cat's Den
Tigerheart goes to Crowkit's nest and finds it empty. "He's gone…"
Nightstar's Den
Tigerheart makes his way to Nightstar's den and calls her name. "Is Crowkit in there, Nightstar?"
"Go away, Tigerheart!" Tigerheart pushes himself into the den and sees Crowkit by Nightstar's belly, but he is not breathing, he moves to Nightstar's side.
"Why is he in here?"
"I wanted him by my side, but he is so cold…" Tigerheart presses his nose into the black Kit's scruff.
"He's dead. The Greencough killed him…" Nightstar lets out a wail of despair. Tigerheart takes Crowkit by his scruff and leaves the den.
Medicine Cat's Den
Tigerheart enters his own den and lays Crowkit in the nest not far from Blackstone's and waits for HeavenClan to send the Kit back to live his second life. "Blackstone you can go back to the Warriors' den now." Blackstone nods, stands, stretches, and then he leaves the den quietly.
A few moments pass and Crowkit's body jolts, he sits up blinking wide shocked eyes. "Crowkit, are you feeling better?"
"Yes!" Crowkit charges out of Tigerheart's den and hightails it to the Nursery.
Nursery
"Heatherkit? Where are you?" Heatherkit pounces on Crowkit.
"Crowkit, you're alive!"
"Good to see you, little one," said Crystalheart.
"It's good to be home!" Crowkit bats Heatherkit with sheathed claws.
"I can't wait to be apprenticed!"
"Me either!" Tigerheart pads over to them.
"You should go see Nightstar; she is worried about you two." The two energetic Kits charge up the rocky steps that lead to their mother's den.
Nightstar's Den
"Nightstar!" the Kits said together.
"Crowkit! Heatherkit!" Nightstar pads out of her den and greets her Kits.
"We're okay, Nightstar!" said Crowkit.
"We feel better than before," said Heatherkit.
"That's good to hear." Nightstar licks both Kits between their ears. "Now you should return to the Nursery for the time being."
"Yes, Nightstar!" The two Kits bound away from Nightstar's den.
"Thank HeavenClan they're all right," said the black and white Clan Leader.