echopaw's decision

by sparkflight

when a young rouge named echo and her mate, hawkstorm, die of greencough, then are both reincarnated into brother and sister, but as it turns out, her brother, is from thunderclan, while echopaw has been raised in shadowclan. oakfur, there father, hates thunderclan and all of it's cats. but when her father becomes ill, though, echopaw must choose between her brother and her father.

5. Chapter 6

chapter 6: Illness

oakfur? echopaw peeked into the warriors den. can I talk to you? she spotted her father in the back, curled up. he lifted his head. yes, echopaw? he rasped. I- I found out about.. s-stormwhisker, she told him. He nodded. I know, he replied. I told palepaw and wrenpaw to tell you. oh! well then- but echopaw was interrupted by her father, who was coughing loudly. echopaw immediately nelt down two feel his temperature- It was burning hot! she zoomed out of the den to get her mentor- If her father had greencough... no, she could not think like that. she needed to get to the medicine den, find her mentor, and get some catmint!

a couple days later, her father lay in the medicine den. I don't get it! echopaw exclaimed. he's not responding to the catmint, but his fever is super high and he's coughing like crazy! how could he not have greencough? dappleheart shrugged. well, he could have yellowcough- but suddenly, oak fur burst into a coughing fit. but this time.. something was different.. he was coughing up blood! he has redcough! echopaw exclaimed, drooping down next to his muscular body. we have to get the bark for it from skyclan territory! dappleheart nodded, then shook her sleek, spotted head. its to far away, she replied. I'll get it, but until then, you'll have to care for him. care- care for him? by myself? the gray apprentice's body shook. treating the hiccups or a wound was one thing, but it was a complete different thing to care for a entire cat for at least half a moon! and besides, he was her father, so if anyone was going to get the bar, it should be her! but dappleheart shook her head, as if she could read her thoughts. its too dangerous, she insisted. and you know oak fur better than I do, so you know what he will need and what to do with him. do you understand? echopaw nodded her silver head reluctantly, but inside she was wondering if being a warrior was easier. good, dappleheart meowed. I leave at dawn.