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I forgot to mention this last chapter, but Icyclaws doesn't belong to me. She belongs to Icyclaws :)

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Chapter Four

Frozenkit jolted awake when a paw jabbed into her side. Pain flared in her body as she scrambled away. The same paw reached out and slid through her fur harmlessly. Lionkit was jerking his hind legs in the nest, his front paws curled into his middle. He must'be kicked Snowshine is the spine, because she stirred with a tired sigh and lifted her head.

"Lionkit, my dear were you having a bad dream?" she asked sleepily, eyes drooping.

"No," he groaned, flattening his ears. "My belly aches."

Frozenkit had never seen anyone stand up as quickly as Snowshine did. "Sit tight, son, I'm going to get the medicine cat!"

Medicine cat?

Lionkit didn't awknowledge her, but she raced out of the nursery. Frozenkit looked down at her convulsing brother in interest.

It had been half a moon since Leafpelt's kits became apprentices. Though she had never been friends with any of them, it was still lonelier than usual. Lionkit didn't spend much time training with Oakshade any longer, but the light brown tabby had visited his son every other day to see how he was doing on practicing the moves. Frozenkit felt the urge to show off a few of her own tactics, but Snowshine watched her like a hawk.

A few nights before, the ground was powered with a cold, soft white fluff that shone when the sun rained down upon it. The fluff numbed her paws when she walked in it, but it was unlike Frozenkit had ever seen before, therefore she enjoyed the feeling.

"Mama," Lionkit had said as he watched the first few flakes drift to the forest floor before sleep, "What is that stuff?"

"Snow," she replied. "It is what I got my name from."

Lionkit seemed so excited to see it at first, but now as he lay groaning and wimpering, he looked so much in pain.

Snowshine slipped through the entrance, followed by a white tom with gray patches. The tom was young, younger than Snowshine or Oakshade, but his eyes held a certain wisdom that made Frozenkit start to feel interest in him.

"A belly ache?" he asked. His voice was deep and strong, mature. Lionkit winced in responce and he continued. "I'm going to need you to corporate with me, okay Lionkit?"

"Hailblaze, just tell us what's wrong with him!" snapped Snowshine from behind him.

Without turning to face her, the gray and white to face her, the white and gray tom said, "These things take patience. Do not worry Lionkit by fretting right over my shoulder."

Frozenkit gaped. She had never heard anyone order Snowshine around like that.

Hailblaze lightly placed his paw over Lionkit's belly. Lionkit yelped with pain and jerked away, his claws flexing over his fur.

Frozenkit sniffed him. "Have you eaten anything weird last night or something?"

"Frozenkit!" snarled Snowshine. "Do not interfere!"

"No, no," Hailblaze murmured, gazing at her with gentle green eyes. "She actually asked the correct question. Lionkit, did you eat anything peculiar recently?"

Frozenkit blinked in surprise. She had actually bee praised? She felt her chest flutter with happiness.

Lionkit held his breath like it would make the pain go away. He exhaled and stared at Hailblaze. "I-I don't think-" he cut off when a wave of agony came over him. "No. But I drank a lot of milk last night."

"Too much food?" questioned Hailblaze. "Are you sure their wasn't more to it?"

"Did you eat crow-food or something?" Frozenkit asked. "Did the apprentices make you do it?"

"Frozenkit," Snowshine warned.

"What does the pain feel like?"

"I don't know!" exclaimed Lionkit. "It just hurts. I feel like there's something churning in my belly. Get it out!"

Hailblaze's whiskers twitched with amusement. "Okay. Eat these." He picked up a few leaves from behind him and dropped them at Lionkit's nose. "They'll make you sick, so you can feel better."

Lionkit's face twisted in though of eating but he obediently licked up the leaves. After a few chews, he spat them out. "Gross!" he yowled. "Those taste awful!"

Hailblaze's eyes lit up with anger. "Look what you've done! You're lucky that those leaves were still fresh. Do you think that it's easy looking for herbs in leafbare? Eat them!"

"But they're disgusting!" complained Lionkit.

"Eat. Them," snarled Hailblaze.

After many moments hesitation, Lionkit sighed and licked up the half chewed herbs. Frozenkit saw as he swallowed them with disgust. Just seconds later, his throat convulsed and he retched, throwing up a puddle of slime. Frozenkit wrinkled her nose in repugnance.

"That's good," Hailblaze said. "How do you feel now?"

"A little better," murmured Lionkit, spitting out some saliva. "But I have a revolting taste in my mouth."

Frozenkit sniffed his vomit.

"That is completely inappropriate, stop that now!" growled, Snowshine.

She withdrew and blinked. "It smells like...mouse," she decided. With a curious gaze, she looked down at her brother. "Did you eat a bad morsel?"

"Well, yesterday I tasted mouse from the fresh-kill pile," Lionkit admitted, his head down.

"It must've been diseased," whispered Hailblaze. "Good thing we got it out before anything bad happened. Did anyone else eat the mouse?"

"I think Stonepaw had a bite or two..." Lionkit mewed.

"I'll go check on him," said the medicine cat. He looked at Snowshine. "Don't let him eat for about another sunrise. If he's feeling fine by them, give him a little milk, but not too much."

"Very well. Thank you, Hailblaze."

"Don't just thank me, thank your daughter. She helped out too."

Snowshine cast a long glance at Frozenkit. She laughed. "Yeah, I guess she's a little medicine cat now," she said.

Frozenkit widened her eyes. I'm gonna be a warrior! Not a medicine cat! I didn't even know who he was until now!

Hailblaze dipped his head, and began heading for the nursery entrance.

"Wait!" Frozenkit exclaimed, running after him. "I want to ask you a few things!"

Hailblaze turned to look at her with curiosity in his gaze.

"What exactly is a medicine cat?"

"Oh," he said. "Well, we are the healers of the Clan. When cats are sick or injured, that's where I come in. I also help deliver kits. I helped your mother when she was having you and Lionkit."

"But, I'm confused," Frozenkit replied. "Why don't you become a warrior? Why don't you want to fight other Clans or become leader? What's the fun of gathering up herbs everyday? Don't you hunt? Please at least tell me you hunt."

"No. That's not what we train to do."

"Then what do you train to do?"

Hailblaze cocked his head. "Uh...identify medicines and interpret signs from StarClan." He flicked an ear. "You may not believe it, but our training takes longer than yours."

"I thought that maybe Nettlekit wanted to be a medicine cat, but then I thought it was crazy. How can anyone want to be shut in a den all day organizing leaves?"

"Me that's who," Hailblaze snarled. "Our work is very important. If it weren't for medicine cats, than your Clan wouldn't be here. I was thinking while helping Lionkit that maybe you were interested in this art but I guess I was wrong."

"Just because I have a good nose doesn't make me a medicine cat," growled Frozenkit.

Hailblaze looked at her for a heartbeat, like he was trying to read her thoughts. He meowed, "You got a lot of nerve, kit. A lot of spunk. You're pretty mature for your age, how old are you, two moons?"

Two moons, three quarters and two days. "About."

"Well, I'm gonna tell you something. Being part of a Clan isn't about risking your life out on the battlefield. It isn't about how many times you defeat ShadowClan. It isn't about becoming leader, or even being a warrior. It's about being there for your Clanmates when they need you, however they need you. Some days they'll need a hunter, or a fighter, but somedays they'll just need a shoulder to lean on."

Frozenkit blinked in surprise at the tom's words. They touched her in a way she hadn't been before and felt weird, unlike anything she had ever felt before.

Hailblaze dipped his head at her. "I'm going to check on Stonepaw. Do me favor, Frozenkit, and remember those words. Remember those words like your own name. If you ever need me, your Clanmate, you know I'll be there."

Frozenkit stood at the mouth of the nursery, watching as the bare treetops swayed to the cold leafbare breezes. The sun was vanishing under the horizon, casting a pinkish glare to the rim of the sky.

Oakshade slipped through the bramble entrance, followed by his apprentice. She presumed they had returned from battle training, due to the small scratch on Smallpaw's shoulder. He murmured something Frozenkit couldn't hear and Smallpaw nodded before padding off to the apprentice's den. Oakshade started walking towards the nursery, paws crunching the snow underneath him.

"Hello, Frozenkit," he greeted lamely.

She knew he was looking for Lionkit, and she tried to accept it as normal, that she was never going to be the center of attention.

"Hey, Oakshade."

"Is Lionkit around?"

Snowshine came out to greet him. After touching noses with her mate, she said, "I'm afraid he won't be able to practice today. He had a bad bellyache this morning, and it's best that he takes it easy for a bit."

"I see," Oakshade replied. "Okay, but I'll see you tomorrow."

"Wait!" Frozenkit exclaimed, startling both of them. "Uh...can you watch me try some moves?"

Both of her parents looked at her like she had grown another tail. Frozenkit felt her pelt heat up, even in the cold. Snowshine simply shook her head.

"But why not? It isn't like I'll be fighting anyone. I just want you to watch."

Oakshade and Snowshine sighed. The white she-cat shrugged. "Fine, but just a few moves."

Frozenkit bristled with excitement. "Really you're going to let me do it?"

"Not for long, it's almost time to go to sleep."

She smiled and walked past the two cats, without going behind her invisible barriers of course. She turned to face them to make sure they were watching. Snowshine looked doubtful whereas Oakshade looked quite diverted.

She took a deep breath in and faced an imaginary enemy. She tiny claws slid out and she launched her self at the "enemy". She caught it over the head with her front paws while digging her back ones into its shoulder. She twisted around, forcing the enemy to the ground and shifted positions quickly to pin it to the floor. Locking her paws in place, she reached down and took some snow in her mouth like it was the scruff and shook it violently. An invisible paw shot up to strike her in the muzzle but she leaped away and swiveled, lashing out a paw and sending three straight blows to the head of the enemy. It fell wounded to the ground and Frozenkit looked at her parents.

Oakshade's expression was blank.

Her heart sank.

Snowshine's expression held shock at her daughter's skills.

It rose just a little.

"Very impressive," Oakshade murmured blandly. "But I don't know if you will learn any of those moves in your training. It was very interesting to see what you have taught yourself."

He touched his nose to Snowshine's ear and padded off, heading for the warrior's den. Snowshine came forward and began herding her into the nursery. Frozenkit turned around to look for her father again, but she didn't see him.

Hailblaze sat not too far off, gazing at her with an emotion that made her skin crawl.

"Good night Frozenkit," Snowshine meowed.

Well, at least Oakshade got to finally see her moves. *sigh* poor Frozenkit. If only they knew she was actually really awesome. Make sure you review!

~Destiny