"Jayfeather?" Starpaw asked. "Can I come in?"
"Sure." answered the grumpy medicine cat.
Starpaw entered his den and saw Jayfeather putting a marigold poultice on Graystripe's shoulder where Bramblestar had clawed him.
"Can I have a poppy seed for my headache?" asked the apprentice.
"Over there." said Jayfeather, motioning to a dried flower head in the corner with his tail. He turned his sightless eyes to her.
"Are you alright?" he asked. "Is something bothering you?"
"No, I'm fine." Starpaw swallowed the poppy seed and hurried out of the medicine cat's den.
After the awkward visit to Jayfeather's den, Starpaw had retreated to the forest. She couldn't decide whether she should listen to her mentor and not help Graystripe, or help her friend avoid the Dark Forest warriors. She started to run, as if her problems would be left behind along with the camp.
She ran until her paws ached and found that she had crossed the ShadowClan border. Oh no! Starpaw started to panic. She had no idea how to get back. The apprentice started to run back the way she came, but it was too late. A cat padded out of the sparse patches of undergrowth there was in the pine forest.
"Blackstar!" Starpaw exclaimed, looking at the cat that she had beaten in the Thunderclan camp.
"Hello, Starpaw." Blackstar hissed menacingly at her. "You made me look bad in front of my Clan. The ShadowClan leader, beaten by a puny apprentice who hadn't even had a training session yet. Pathetic."
Starpaw backed up towards what she thought was the ThunderClan border. Nobody knew where she was, and if she…died, no one ever would.
"Well, I'll show you pathetic!" Blackstar lunged for her throat.