"Oh my Starpelt!" Goldenflower rushed over to her kit in a hurry, as Whitestorm and Longtail escorted the two kittypets to Bluestar's den and disappeared inside, "Look at you! You're soaked!"
Firepaw's pelt burned in embarrasement... "It's nothing..."
The rest of the clan looked up at him. Worried, amused, and laughing sneakily.
"What happened to you?" Dustpelt laughed as he walked over, "Decide to go for a swim in the river?"
Sandpaw pushed him and hurried over to Firepaw, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?" She nosed him, "Oh my gosh, you are hurt! What happened to your paw!"
Firepaw snatched his paw away from her, "Nothing. I'm fine." He set his foot down and attempted to step past her, but it buckled under him and he landed in a heap. "Mouse dung." he growled.
Sandpaw's green eyes clouded in worry, "Firepaw! You poor thing..."
"What's that supposed to mean?" he gave her a narrowed eyed gaze.
Before the pale ginger she-cat could answer him, a skinny black tom raced across the clearing, his white-tipped tail streaming behind him like a white flag, "FIREPAW!"
The flame-colored tomcat looked towards the green-eyed furball running towards him in top speed, "Ravenpaw... calm down..."
The black tom skidded to halt beside of Firepaw. "Are you okay? We were so worried!" He started patting Firepaw down, checking to make sure everything was fine, "I wanted to help look, but Tigerclaw said no and Spottedleaf needed my help and-"
"Ravenpaw, calm down," Firepaw cut him off.
Ravenpaw touched his paw and the red tom sucked in a deep breath. Ravenpaw looked up then studied the paw, "Come with me. We have to have that checked out. Can you stand on it?" He hovered worriedly next to his friend.
"Of course I can!" Firepaw snapped and applied pressure to it. Wincing, he took a deep breath and nodded, trying to keep his face clear, "See?"
Ravenpaw sighed and looked to the bigger apprentice, "Graypaw, can you carry him to the medicine cats den?"
"Wha-?" Before Firepaw could wrap his head around that, Graypaw had slung Firepaw over his back like he was a useless pelt.
Idignant, Firepaw attempted to get down and yelped in pain. He growled at the grey apprentice, "Put me down!"
"No can do." Graypaw padded after Ravenpaw with Firepaw complaining the while way. A couple of warriors, elders, and queens snickered in amusement. Firepaw was being carried by Graypaw! Firepaw was in need of some help!
Firepaw lowered his ears to them and glared defiantely at them.
Upon entering the den, Graypaw slid Firepaw off his back easily and into a nest of moss. As he fully reached the ground, Firepaw took a swipe at Graypaw who backed up easily, "Hey! What was that for?"
Firepaw flicked his tail, "You didn't need to carry me. I could have just leaned on you."
Ravenpaw spoke up from beside him, "No you couldn't. Do you see your paw? It's swelling. You put too much pressure on it already."
Firepaw glanced down, So it is... they're right... But they didn't need to know that. Spottedleaf appeared just then, allowing Firepaw the chance to not have to reply back.
"Hello Firepaw." She meowed warmly as she looked him over.
"Hey Spottedleaf." He muttered glaring daggers at Graypaw.
Ravenpaw looked at Spottedleaf, "I'm gonna go talk to Graypaw, Spottedleaf. Okay?"
"Sure," she replied dissmissively as she studied Firepaw's paw carefully. Her delicate white paws expertly checking his over so that he barely felt a thing.
Ravenpaw pushed Graypaw out of the den with one last look at Firepaw. Firepaw watched them dissappear with narrowed eyes. He knew they were going to discuss how he ended up in the river... and he wasn't looking forward to how the clan was going to react. Or how his dad would react. He already thought of him as a screw up. Starclan knows that Thunderclan secrets can only stay a secret for so long. If the apprentices knew about it, so would everyone else. He flinched in pain as Spottedleaf applied pressure to his right ginger paw.
She looked up at him, her amber eyes flashing quickly, "It's a twist."
He curved his strong neck to look at it, "Doesn't look like it."
She smiled quickly, "But it is. You're gonna have to stay here for the night so that I can keep an eye out on it, okay?"
He looked at her, nodded, and laid his head down. A couple of moments later, she returned back with 2 poppy seeds on her paw, "Here. To help you sleep without the pain."
Gratefully, he lapped them up and within moments he was fast asleep... his breathing slowing down, "Thanks Spottedleaf."
Her eyes danced as she walked towards the back of den to where her and Ravenpaw slept. She was just curling up to sleep when she heard Ravenpaw's soft pawsteps walk in. They paused as he checked over his friend then continued untill he was a ball of black fur beside her.
"Spottedleaf?" he asked softly.
"Yes, Ravenpaw?"
"Why doesn't he get mad at you, or, you know, give you the brush off?" Ravenpaw questioned.
Spottedleaf mused over this question, "You know what, Ravenpaw? I honestly don't know. You should ask him."
Ravenpaw shook his head at that, "Nope. I think I'll pass on that," He yawned widely, "Goodnight Spottedleaf."
"Goodnight," she whispered back to her apprentice.
CHETAHLUV: DONE WITH CHAPTER 2! Hope you thought it was good!
FIREPAW: OF COURSE it was good!
DUSTPAW: How do you know? You're not Reviewing
FIREPAW: Oh Dustpelt. Poor poor Dustpelt... You're so young...
DUSTPAW: What? I'm practically the same age as you!
FIREPAW: But im wise beyond my years. You're still a kit. Everyone knows that if I'm in it, then it has to be good.
DUSTPAW: Not necesarily...
GRAYPAW: Firepaw, you're soo full of yourself... you're awesome!
SANDPAW: And perfect!
DUSTPAW: But that logic isn't logic.
FIREPAW: ... yes it does... so immature...
DUSTPAW: ? huh?
RAVENPAW: SMH lol