Ashpool went to go look for some needed herbs while he waited for Whisperpaw. He returned back to the panicking Heatherpaw with two herbs in his jaw: Goldenrod and Marigold. He set the Marigold gently on the ground and squeezed the juice of the Goldenrod into Heatherpaw's wound, who gasped from the pain. Then, Ashpool squeezed the Marigold juices into her wound. He hurried back to his herbs and returned with two poppy seeds.
"Eat these. It will numb the pain and you will probably become very tired. Try to get some sleep, and when Whisperpaw comes back, I will put the cobwebs on your wound. You'll be okay," he mewed soothingly and pushed the poppy seeds towards her. She lapped them up quickly and sighed. She quickly became tired and fell asleep.
In the forest, Whisperpaw had grabbed a stick and was looking for a cobweb frantically. She soon found the biggest cobweb she had ever seen and she quickly wrapped as much as she could around the stick and ran back to camp.
When she got back to camp, cats were glancing at the medicine cat's den and Whisperpaw could smell the fear radiating from the scared cats. She'll be okay, she thought and headed into the medicine cat's den. She gave the stick to Ashpool and he nodded. He quickly applied the cobwebs to Heatherpaw's wound.
"She'll be okay, right?" Whisperpaw asked as she stared at her fellow apprentice.
"She should be. But it's up to Starclan, now. She has all ready lost a lot of blood," Ashpool mewed. "Doesn't she have a brother? Can you ask him to go get some water?" he mewed gently and she nodded. She found Lionpaw fairly easily, for he was sitting at the fresh-kill pile, his eyes glazed with worry.
"Lionpaw. Can you go get some moss and soak it with water?" she mewed gently. Lionpaw just looked at her. "She'll be okay, I promise. You would help us greatly if you got her some water," he nodded and ran out into the forest. He'll be back soon, I know it. she thought and headed back to the medicine cat's den to see if she could do anything else.
In Willowstar's den, Darkstar was glaring at Willowstar threatingly while she was snarling. "You have no right to attack my cats! Or come onto my territory!" she growled, her eyes narrowing and her claws unsheathed with fury. "I know Heatherpaw didn't mean to, you are more of a liar than her! Now get out!" she yowled loudly. "If I ever find out that you have been on my territory, I will not hesitate to attack and kill you myself! We all know you're on your last life!" Darkstar's eyes widened slightly.
"I will not be killed by my own sister," he growled quietly. Willowstar froze and a look of truimph appeared on his face.
"H-how did you find out?" she stuttered, horrified.
"I knew stone was keeping something from me; from the clan. I threatened to kill him if he didn't tell me... He told me that he was the father of me and you. The mother was that white she-cat that died not that long ago in Thunderclan. What was her name?" he paused with a smirk. "Oh, well. That doesn't matter now. According to Stone, I was stolen away from Thunderclan when I was a kit," he frowned and he didn't know if he should go on or not.
"I killed Stone. He was a useless elder. He was going to die soon anyways, I just decided to put him out of his misery. He didn't deserve to live, anyways. He was a traitor," he hissed with a smile on his face.
Willowstar paused for a moment, trying to take everything in. Then, before he could react, she pounced on him and pinned him down, digging her claws into his shoulders. "Traitor!" she yowled as loud as she could. Ravenwing and Owlflight came running in.
"H-he killed Stone..." she whispered and her grip loosened on his shoulders. He pushed Willowstar over and tried to make a run for it, but Owlflight was too fast. He unsheathed his claws and struck one of Darkstar's legs hard, making him fall over. Owlflight quickly pinned him down with a strong grip.
Willowstar ran out of the den to find the cats with their fur raised. "Darkstar is a traitor! Silvertail, Tinyshadow, go get Sootfur immediatly and tell her to come here. If she denies, tell her that they have been led by a traitor for many moons!" she yowled and the two warriors nodded and raced off to go find the Shadowclan deputy. Blackear didn't know exactly what had happened, but he immediatly jumped onto the Highledge and spoke soft words to her. She seemed to calm down a bit.
Silvertail and Tinyshadow had soon reappeared at the camp entrance with Sootfur following behind them quickly with a calm look on her face. When Willowstar saw her, she beckoned her with her tail. The Shadowclan deputy jumped onto Highledge and followed her into her den. Sootfur glanced at Darkstar with cold eyes and turned to Willowstar. Willowstar quickly explained everything that had happened and Sootfur barely looked surprise.
"Darkstar was never a good leader... He apprenticed some kits too early. He was never really nice to us..." Sootfur's voice faltered, but she quickly recovered. "He should be exiled, never to return," she growled fiercly. Willowstar nodded.
"Darkstar, you are no longer allowed on clan terittory. We will alert the other clans. If anyone ever sees you, they will not hesitate to rip your throat out," Willowstar mewed with a blank look in her eyes, "Now get out! And never return!" she snarled. Owlflight released him, but didn't take his eyes off of him.
"Very well," he mewed calmly. He stood there for a moment before Owlflight hissed and he turned and walked away. The cats watched as he disappeared out of the camp.
"Sootfur, congratulations. Thank you for coming," Willowstar mewed with no sign of hositlity. Sootfur nodded.
"Thank you, too. I'll be leaving now," she mewed and dipped her head politley. Then she turned and walked out of Willowstar's den, and the camp. Outside of the camp, she broke out into a run.
Willowstar stepped out of her den and the warriors that were in it left, too. She stepped onto Highledge and paused for a moment, pondering what to tell her clan. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Highledge for a clan meeting!" she yowled. Most of the cats were already in the clearing, so they just moved so they could see her better. Ashpool and Whisperpaw sat at the entrance of the medicine cats den.
"As some of you may know, Heatherpaw was attacked by Darkstar, who then escorted her to me. He then revealed to me that he killed Stone..." she paused, grief shone in her eyes, "Sootfur came and said he should be exiled. If any of you see him on clan terittory, attack him and kill him. Just like he did to Stone..." she glanced at Lionpaw and saw he looked terrified. "Heatherpaw will be okay, it just might take her awhile to get back on her apprentice duties," she added quickly. "Meeting dismissed."
Many cats started talking nervously and Lionpaw headed to the medicine cats den. Ashpool nodded to him and he sat down beside her. The moss he had brought was still laying there, untouched. He stared at the covered wound on her chest with hatred. If I ever see Darkstar, I will kill him slowly and painfully... he thought and laid down beside his sister. He licked her shoulder gently. He laid there for a long time, and soon he began to feel drowsy. He fell asleep curled up beside Heatherpaw.