Sooooooo Sorry for the wait I've just been jam packed with homework, social life, and funerals. So enough about me, LET'S HEAR IT FOR A WILLOWSHINE CHAPTER! :D :D
Willowshine had made her way out of the Thunderclan camp and was gonna go back to her clan again since she hasn't seen them since Jayfeather passed out at the Moonpool meeting.
"Great, now I can see my clan again, and what's better is that the other clans, including ours, is going to Jayfeather's little gathering." She said with a smile on her face, thinking of how all the clans will look, being brought together for something so unusual.
"Yeah, and also with him not being blind anymore, he will be able to see the other medicine cats and the also the other clans." Mothwing added.
They both looked at each other and smiled. It took Willowshine about twenty minutes to find her way out of Thunderclan territory and reach the Windclan border.
"Well, now we just have to go around Windclan and we're home free." She said. She took her first step, but Mothwing stopped her.
"Aww come on, you don't have to be formal every time you come near every clan. I mean, look at what you and Jayfeather were doing back at the Moonpool. You can sometimes just say 'fuck formalities' and rush right through them." Mothwing said with such agitation that her spiritual tail was going in all kinds of directions.
"Are you out of your fucking mind, they would take it as a threat from Riverclan!" Willowshine warned, more shocked than agitated.
"You're a medicine cat so they can't do anything to you." Mothwing pointed out.
Willowshine then realized that that was true, a clan cannot attack another clan's medicine cat if she's just passing through.
"You're right… You know what….." Willowshine said. She reared her body back and readied her leg muscles.
"FUCK IT!" She yelled as she launched from that spot with all of her might.
She felt like she was going the speed of a rabbit, no, even better. She felt like she was going the speed of a monster. Before long, she was crossing the Windclan border and nearing the camp. She was breezing by the entrance before a complete grade-A asshole tripped her.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! That was a fucking fail of epic proportions!" a voice said with complete pride.
Wait, I know that voice… OHHHH HELLLLLLL NO! Not this asshole! She thought, now starting to regret agreeing to Mothwing's idea.
"Yeah well, I'm not some asshole who trips she-cats for his own humor." Willowshine retorted.
"Right, well do you see me running through your camp?" Breezepelt remarked.
"Hey, I'm just trying to get back to the camp that I haven't been to for three days. So if you don't mind, prick, I have to go." She said as she bumped past Breezepelt.
"Alright, I see how it is, you just don't want to be around me cause you want me, don't cha? Well I'm single and ready t-." Breezepelt said with a suave tone of voice until Willowshine turned around and stuck her paw up to his muzzle to shut him up.
"You are a dumbass." She said.
"Huh? How ya figure that?" Breezepelt said.
"Three reasons. One, I'm a medicine cat. Two, I'm from a different clan. Three, even if I was blind, starving, freezing, sick, and desperate, you'd be the last cat I would ever fuck." She said, hoping that message would get through his thick skull.
"And ending on that note, I'll be leaving." She said with a spin of her body and stepped away.
"Oh and also, consider this a little present for listening to my explanation so well." She said as she faced away and shook her ass until she was out of his line of sight.
When they got out of Windclan territory, Mothwing burst out laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Now that is how you make an exit! Nice going girl." Mothwing praised as she playfully nudged Willowshine.
"Yeah, this girl is staying a virgin for a bit." Willowshine said, filled with pride. They both laughed their way into Riverclan territory, and made it to the Riverclan Camp.
"Finally, we made it!" Willowshine said, relieved to be home again. She made her way into camp and came across two familiar faces.
She was greeted by apprentices, Rollingpaw and Cedarpaw.
Rollingpaw is a stout Siamese with big ears and dark gray fur. He also got his name because of a slight birth defect resulting in his long tail being curled into a spiral.
Cedarpaw is a golden brown Himalayan with streaks of white going down her sides. They are both brother and sister and they were both found outside of the clan's entrance one night.
"Willowshine, where have ya been? We've been worried sick." Cedarpaw said looking up at her with a very worried look in her eyes.
"Well, not me. I knew you were gonna be back." Rollingpaw said with a proud face.
"Aww thanks you two. You know, how 'bout this. What if I go to my den and see if I can find a spare fish around to apologize for making you two worry." Willowshine said, knowing what their answer would be in a heartbeat.
"FOOD!?" They said with complete surprise. Willowshine giggled at their eagerness to eat. Willowshine padded over to her den and pushed away the moss screen to breathe in the too familiar scent of the Riverclan medicine den. After reminiscing in the sweet scent, she remembered the two cats standing behind her waiting for their apology. She rummaged through her stock and found the prey reserves for patients that need to stay in the den for a few days. She took out a plump fish, big enough for three full grown cats, and plopped it down in front of the two cats.
"WOW! That's a big fish! What's the special occasion?" Cedarpaw asked, curious as to why she dragged out such a big haul for only two cats.
"No reason. I just wanted to eat something big when I got back from the Thunderclan camp." Willowshine said as she situated herself until she was comfortable.
"What? You were at Thunderclan? For three days? Why?" Cedarpaw asked, even more curious then before.
"I was helping them take care of a seemingly sick cat." Willowshine replied.
"What did he have?" Cedarpaw continued to question on and on and on.
"Listen, I was there for a few days, helping them take care of a patient and that's all. Now if you keep on questioning me, my apology is gonna go bad." Willowshine finished. Cedarpaw then remembered that the fish had been sitting there untouched for quite some time.
"Well, enough about Thunderclan. Let's eat!" Rollingpaw said as he jabbed his muzzle into the fish and tore off a good mouthful of it.
"Hey! Don't eat all of it. Let me have some." Cedarpaw said, trying to let herself in on the meal. Willowshine, now realizing how hungry she was herself, wanted to also have a bite of it as well.
"So how were things here while I was gone? You two didn't go and get yourselves into trouble again, did you." Willowshine said, knowing how she can't leave those two alone for two minutes without them getting into something.
"No! I made sure that Rollingpaw didn't pull any pranks on the senior warriors and I made sure not to go rummaging through your stocks." Cedarpaw said.
"Good, because I don't know what kind of punishment you two would get now that you two are older and more mature." Willowshine said, thinking about what kind of punishments would meet these two cats.
"Oh! Our training has been going nicely. Rollingpaw finally was able to swim the lap around the shore." Cedarpaw said, congratulating her brother.
"Oh, it was nothing much. I bet I'm gonna be able to be good enough to swim the whole of the lake." Rollingpaw said.
"That's great, Rollingpaw!" Willowshine congratulated as well. They all smiled at each other and continued to eat the rest of the fish. About ten minutes passed, and all three of their stomachs growled in satisfaction.
"That feels great, nothing like a full stomach to welcome back our medicine cat." Rollingpaw said, rubbing his stomach.
"You said it. Anyway, thanks for the meal Willowshine. We'll see you later." Cedarpaw said as she dragged her sluggish brother out of the den. Willowshine waved her tail in farewell and sat there by herself.
"I guess it's now just you and me." Willowshine said. Mothwing sat down in front of her with a worried look on her face.
"What are you gonna do with those two. None of the Queens wanted them and no one raised their tail to being their foster parents. The only family they have here is you, so why don't you do something." Mothwing said.
Willowshine looked down at her paws. "I can't." Willowshine said sadly. Mothwing looked down at her apprentice and couldn't help but feel sad as well.
"I know that you're a medicine cat and you can't have kits or a mate, but it doesn't mean you can't just foster them. You should talk to Leopardstar about that." Mothwing advised.
"I'll wait on that. I need to get some sleep." Willowshine said as she laid her head down on her nest and fell into a peaceful yet saddening slumber.
"Willowshine…Willowshine, are you awake?" said a voice. Willowshine woke up to the sound of Rollingpaw's voice.
"What's wrong?" Willowshine asked.
"Nothing's wrong, I just wanted to check and see if you weren't gonna leave like you did for the Moonpool." Rollingpaw said with his eyes twitching in different directions. Willowshine knew that that was not the reason why he was here.
"You had that nightmare again, didn't you?" She said, seeing through his little act.
"…yeah I did. I don't know why I have it. It just happens night after night after night." Rollingpaw admitted. Willowshine grinned and used her tail to usher him in.
"Come on in and I'll give you something for the stress. Also, I'll let you sleep here tonight. Okay?" Willowshine said.
"Okay. As long as I can sleep afterwards." Rollingpaw said as he padded inside.
He tried to head towards the patient nests, but Willowshine dragged him to another part of the den.
"You wait right there." Willowshine ordered. He sat and stayed there obediently until Willowshine came back with some poppy seeds.
"Here, eat these." Willowshine said. Rollingpaw licked up the few seeds she put on the ground and chewed them. Willowshine then went over to her nest and got herself comfortable. Rollingpaw turned to make his way to the patient nests, but was stopped again by Willowshine's voice.
"Where are you going?" Willowshine asked.
"To the Patient nests." Rollingpaw said slowly, confused on why she was stopping him.
"Oh no, those nests won't do. Why don't you come over here and sleep next to me in my nest." Willowshine said.
"I think it would be best if I-." Rollingpaw started.
"It's okay, you can sleep over here." Willowshine said. Rollingpaw looked at her unsurely, and lied down on the nest. Although his body was on the nest, his head was lying on the dirt.
"Why don't you scoot closer?" Willowshine asked. Rollingpaw tensed up and curled into a tighter ball.
"I-I Just don't want t-to take up too much space, that's all." Rollingpaw stuttered.
Ugh, will this kit ever learn to take advantage of an offer? Willowshine thought. She grabbed onto his scruff and pulled closer towards her so that his pelt was touching hers.
"H-hey! I was fine where I was." Rollingpaw snapped.
"Think of it this way. Since you're this close, I can make sure to wake you up from that nightmare and you can make sure that I don't leave the camp. Sound good?" Willowshine said with a small giggle. Rollingpaw then loosened up and laid his head down on the nest. They were like that for a while then Rollingpaw broke the silence.
"Hey, Willowshine?" Rollingpaw said.
"Yes?"
"Would…Would it be…..Would it be okay if…..Cedarpaw and I called you…mom?" Rollingpaw stuttered. Willowshine gasped in surprise.
"A-are you sure you want m-me?" Willowshine asked.
"Yeah, Cedarpaw and I were talking about it in the apprentices den and we both came to a conclusion that we wanted you to be our mom. We both know that you can't have kits of your own and you can't have a mate, but it doesn't mean that you can't be a mom of two lost cats." Rollingpaw explained.
"Hmm…..mom….mother of Rollingpaw and Cedarpaw…I like the sound of that." Willowshine said smiling down at the apprentice.
"Y-you mean it! You'll be our mom!" Rollingpaw said, jerking his head up to meet her eyes.
"Of course, from the moment I saw you two being voted on by Queens and no one took you. I was going to volunteer, but I was scared that they would say no and that you two would reject me. But hearing this come out of your mouth, it's like a message from Starclan." Willowshine said, nearly going into tears as she remembered that day and how she held back instead of said something.
"Please don't cry. You wouldn't want to cry in front of your son, would you?" Rollingpaw said as he nuzzled his head into Willowshine's fur, trying to calm her down.
"Oh I'll be fine. I just need some rest okay." Willowshine said as she licked Rollingpaw's ear and laid her head down to go to sleep. Rollingpaw stared at her for a few seconds before laying his head underneath her.
"Good night mom. I love you." Rollingpaw said as he nestled his head deeper into Willowshine's fur. Willowshine purred at the feeling of having a cat nestled into her fur, especially a special cat like this.
"I love you too Rollingpaw….my son." Willowshine purred as she cried one final tear and fell asleep, feeling happier than ever.