Chapter 4

"Darkpaw! Lightpaw! Darkpaw! Lightpaw!" The Clan cheered the names of the two new apprentices. Darkpaw tried to feel excited, but the nagging of the prophecy kept pulling at her.

'So...were apprentices now.' Lightpaw thought to Darkpaw.

'Yeah...with the power to destroy the stars. Just great.' Darkpaw gritted her teeth as she thought this.

'Or save them! Come on, It's not all that bad. I mean, we have cool powers! We already discovered this one, we just need to find out our other ones.' Light paw thought happily.

'I guess so. But, what did it mean by Thunder and Shadow? And the prophecy said four, not two.' Darkpaw wondered.

'Oh! We have to meet up with our mentors. Let's think about this later.' Light paw hurried away with her mentor.

Darkpaw walked with her mentor, Ivypool in silence, until it was broken by Ivypool. "So, this is usally the time where the aprentice asks all the questions, and the mentor is annoyed into exploring or something."

"Yeah, well. I guess I'm a little different." Darkpaw murmured.

"Okay, well you can start with collecting moss bedding for the elders. Make sure there are no thorns." Ivypool instructed.

'Ugh, darn it!' Darkpaw thought.

'Huh?' Lightpaw entered her thoughts.

'Oh sorry. Nothing. I just forgot you can hear my thoughts.' Darkpaw got out of her thoughts and went to fetch the moss. She dusted off the moss, then brought it over to the elders. Graystripe and Millie gave her a welcoming smile, and then had there gaze rest on the fresh moss.

"Ah, yes. One of the highlights of my day. Bring it over here!" Graystripe said.

Darkpaw brought over the moss as Millie accepted a mouse from on Lightningpaw.

"Hey, Lightningpaw." Darkpaw said cheerfully.

"How's It going?" Lightningpaw replied.

Darkpaw opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. She felt a sinking in her stomach, and a great pain that wouldn't go away. She stared down at her paws, surprised at the color of them.

'This isn't me...Its Millie!' Darkpaw gasped. Her life-or Millie's as being striped away.

"Uh, Darkpaw?" Darkpaw looked up and saw Lightningpaw, and everyone else back to normal.

"Millie!" Darkpaw ran to Millie and swiped the prey away from her. She cut it open, and smelled the poison coming from It. Lightningpaw gasped at the sight, and Millie to took a step back.

"I-I didn't know!" Lightningpaw sputtered.

"I took a bite of it…" Millie gasped.

"Oh no! Where's Jayfeather?" Darkpaw said.

"He's out with Brightheart...and Cinderheart Is on a hunting patrol!" Lightningpaw turned to Darkpaw, "You were in the medicine den for moons! You must know some of the herbs!"

"What? But...but…" Darkpaw sputtered.

"There's no time for doubt! Just hurry!" Graystripe ordered.

Darkpaw nodded uncertainly, and ran to the medicine den.

"Um...okay...juniper for stomach aches...yarrow to throw up poison...and nettle seeds...okay...and water…" Darkpaw tried to remember the herbs, "Oh StarClan, please let me be right!"

She picked up the leaves and hurried over to Millie, wailing in pain.

"Okay, I need you to eat these yarrow leaves to throw up the poison." She ordered. Millie nodded, and swallowed them. Second later she threw up the poison.

"Eat these, too." Darkpaw ordered, giving her nettle seeds.

After a few minutes, Darkpaw gave her juniper and then the water. "You should rest, now. I think you'll be okay, I just really hope I used the right herbs." Darkpaw said to Millie.

"I feel so much better, now. Thankyou! You-you saved my life!" Millie cried.

"Oh, I almost forgot. Don't eat any prey until tomorrow morning. It will only make your stomach worse. Only water." Darkpaw ordered.

Millie nodded, and Graystripe laid closer to Millie, and Darkpaw left with Lightningpaw Into the medicine den to put back the remaining herbs that Millie didn't eat.

"That was so cool! It's like you're some kind of secret medicine cat!" Lightningpaw exclaimed.

"Yeah, thanks." Darkpaw smiled.

Lightningpaw went Into the apprentices den, leaving her alone inside the medicine den. Then she saw Jayfeather coming to the medicine den.

"Jayfeather!" Darkpaw called after him.

"Yeah, I know what happened. Quick, what did you give her?" Jayfeather growled.

"Juniper, nettle seeds, yarrow and just some water. Oh, and I told her not to eat any prey until tomorrow. Is that right?" Darkpaw felt scared that she gave her the wrong herb.

"Y...yes…" He stammered, "That's exactly correct."

"What?" Darkpaw sounded really surprised.

"Well, I guess that's good...but did you really learn all of that watching me?" Jayfeather asked.

"Yeah…"

Jayfeather stood there for a heartbeat, then walked away to his den. Darkpaw continued to stay there, only to realize she completely forgot about getting the new moss dens for the elders.

Lightpaw gazed at the scenery of the forest, having vague memories of being here, trying to find Darkpaw. The trees stretched far over the land, almost out of her sight.

'I wonder what powers I have…' Lightpaw thought, 'Well, at least I can take supervision out of the list.'

"Next we'll go to the river." her mentor Hazeltail stated.

"Okay."

'As If I hadn't been there enough times…' Lightpaw thought. 'Wait, uh, Darkpaw? Can you hear me?'

After no response, she pressed on. 'Darkpaw? Darkpaw? Are you okay? Come on, answer me!'

'I'm here! Sorry, I was busy. What is it?' Darkpaw thought to her, sounding slightly annoyed at her.

'Sorry! I was worried when you wouldn't answer. But, what were you busy with?' Lightpaw asked.

'Oh...I thinked I used my powers, actually. I somehow could know...that Millie was eating poisonous prey. Oh, I have to go! Jayfeather needs me to help him with some herbs. So I won't be able to hear your thoughts, don't worry. Bye!' Darkpaw thought to her.

"Lightpaw! Come on, are you deaf or something? Were going to the river, didn't you hear me?" Hazeltail ordered.

Lightpaw scrambled after her mentor, hot with embarrassment. She followed her to the river, and stared at the night sky. The stars were beginning to show, shining through the clouds.

"See? You wasted all of your time daydreaming when we could of been hunting by now! Come on, let's just go back to the camp!" Hazeltail stormed off, and Lightpaw struggled to keep up with her.

"Sorry, Lightpaw. I shouldn't of been too hard on you. But, you were acting like I was a shadow that you could just thunder over me! Pay attention next time, and maybe you won't have to clean ticks off the elders. Now go on, Lightpaw." Hazeltail instructed.

'Wait...shadow and thunder...does that mean?' Lightpaw wondered.

Lightpaw gave off a small groan, then headed to get the mouse bile.

"Darkpaw?" Lightpaw gave off a puzzling expression.

"Oh, Jayfeather asked me to help with sorting herbs. What do you want?" Darkpaw explained.

"Oh, well I need mouse bile to get off the elders ticks. Is Jayfeather here?" Lightpaw asked, then whispering, "Oh, and I think I have a clue about the prophecy."

"Wanna say that any louder? Here's your mouse bile. Go to the elders den, then think to me. We can't risk anyone hearing." Darkpaw muttered.

Before Lightpaw could ask about how she knew about the mouse bile, she was pushed out of the den. She quickly went to the elders, then began to think.

'Okay. So you know how the prophecy says Thunder and Shadow? Well, I don't think It's any coincidence that there are ThunderClan and ShadowClan.' She thought.

'What are you saying?' Darkpaw asked.

'I'm saying, that maybe we aren't just ThunderClan." Lightpaw thought, 'Maybe...maybe we're also ShadowClan."

Yay! another chapter done!