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Thrushpaw sat in the medicine cat den, sorting the herbs. She was throwing out the old ones, and going to get some more later. After the gathering at the battle, Shrewflight and Thrushpaw treated the wounded. None of them were severe, but a lot of cats were wounded. A fight has never happened at a gathering before, and Thrushpaw knew StarClan was angry. And tonight was Half-Moon, where she would go with Shrewflight to talk to StarClan at Mooncave. Thrushpaw expected the worst.

But on the good side, Swiftheart was quickly recovering from her kitting, and she had two new kits, the she cat was brown with black spots and the tom was a dark gray tom with a white chest and paws. Their names were Spottedkit and Twilightkit being the tom.

Coalpaw and Thrushpaw were growing to be close friends. Shrewflight was getting weaker because of his age, so Thrushpaw always had to do the duties. All Shrewflight did nowadays was sit in his nest all day. Thrushpw padded over to her mentor.

"Shrewflight, I am going to go get some catmint and thyme, I will be right back." Shrewflight just grunted and nodded. Thrushpaw padded out of the den.

It was sunhigh and the camp was active. Streampaw was messing around with the kits, Badgernight organizing the patrols, the elders sunning themselves, it was a very good day today. Thrushpaw walked out of camp, and towards FallClan border where the catmint and thyme was.

A large stream separated the two clans, acting as a border. As Thrushpaw neared the border, fresh FallClan scents floated towards her. The sunhigh patrol was out. Thrushpaw darted over to a fern bush, peaking out to see who the cats were.

Magpiepelt, a black and white she cat, was taking the lead. Behind her was Whitesnow, and Mockingclaw. And wandering around in the back, was ultimately Foxpaw. This made Thrushpaw gasp.

"Did you hear that?" Mockingclaw mewed. The other warriors shook their heads. "You must have bees in your brain Mockin'claw." Whitesnow retorted. The tom shook his head, but stayed quiet.

Thrushpaw's heart raced, since she almost got caught. Her gaze flickered back to Foxpaw. She needed to get his attention without bothering the others. When Foxpaw padded by the bush Thrushpaw was in, she hissed at him. "Foxpaw," Foxpaw swiveled his ear in the direction of the bush, "over here!" Foxpaw flicked his ear in reply, to show Thrushpaw he heard her. "Mockingclaw, I scent a mouse over here, I will be right back."

The patrol left Foxpaw behind. Thrushpaw crept out into the open. "What are you doing here?" Foxpaw hissed. "Collecting herbs." Thrushpaw replied. Foxpaw shrugged. "Then what do you want?"

"I wanted to say im sorry about the other night. I didn't mean to fight you." Thrushpaw dipped her head. Foxpaw sighed. "Im sorry if I scared you. At first, I didn't even realize it was you." Thrushpaw purred. "It's okay." Foxpaw looked up. "Really?" Thrushpaw continued to purr. "Really."

Foxpaw locked gazes with Thrushpaw. "Thanks. Well, its nice to see you again. But I guess you have to go back to herb hunting." Thrushpaw laughed silently. "Herb SORTING, Foxpaw. Sorting." Thrushpaw saw Foxpaw smile for the first time. This made her smile back. "Foxpaw!" Mockingclaw was calling his apprentice.

"I am coming!" Foxpaw got up. "Meet me here tomorrow at sunhigh." Foxpaw said while padding away. "Goodbye!" Thrushpaw called after him.

Thrushpaw returned back to her herbs. Why did her pelt always tingle when she was around Foxpaw? And those blue eyes...

Thrushpaw shook her head. What was she thinking! She was going to be a medicine cat! But still...doesn't a medicine cat at least get to fall for some tom?

She picked up her herbs and headed back to camp. Hopefully no one will find out about this.

- - - - - ~~~~~~~ - - - - - -
Thrushpaw followed Shrewflight up the dark and dreary cave. It was moonhigh, and it was freezing out. Behind Thrushpaw was Duskshine, and her new apprentice Spottedoaw. Behind them was Woodfur and Bluefoot. They all padded into the cave.

Thrushpaw followed Shrewflight down the dark tunnel by letting her nose touch the tip of his tail. The medicine cats eventually stopped at a large clearing, where a ball of light flashed. The cave was illuminated, where stones hung from the celing, and some rose up from the ground. The largest stone that rose up from the ground almost touched the celing, and that was the stone that was glowing.

Everyone circled around the stone, and found a spot to sit. The SpringClan medicine cat Duskshine was left standing beside her apprentice. "Underneath StarClan's eyes, do you, Spottedpaw, accept the duty as being medicine cat, and respect the medicine cat and warrior code?" Spottedpaw swallowed hard. "I do." "Then by all means, may we speak to StarClan and see what they have given to us to see."

Thrushpaw scooched closer to the glowing stone and put her black nose on it. She immediately felt freezing cold, and the world suddenly went black.

Thrushpaw opened her eyes. She was in the grassy clearing again, and her mother was already waiting for her. But Thrushpaw could hardly reconize her mother, because she was faded and a large shadow was covering her. "Mother," Thrushpaw mewed, "I can hardly see you!"

The blue tabby dipped her head. "StarClan is angry at the Clans, and the connection is not very strong because of it." "I tried to stop it!" Thrushpaw pleaded. Her mother shook her head. "But not good enough. Cats were injured, and a leader died because of it."

"Why are you here anyway?" Thrushpaw retorted. The blue tabby in front of her straightened up, and locked gazes with her daughter. "You remember that you promised to be loyal to your clan and the medicine cat code?" Thrushpaw nodded. "You must keep that promise. Or you will be punished."

Fear rished through Thrushpaw. Her mother never said things like that. "What will be the punishment?" Thrushpaw quietly mewed. The blue tabby narrowed her eyes and curled her lips into a snarl. "You should not be asking me that! You should be wise and listen to what I am saying!"

Thrushpaw started to crawl away from her mother. The blue tabby's neck fur flattened. "Do you promise to be loyal?" "I do." Thrushpaw said firmly.

Thrushpaw's mother padded up to her daughter and touched noses. "Then you are not Thrushpaw anymore. You are now Thrushwing, WinterClan's medicine cat."

The blue tabby started to fade away. The newly named Thrushwing tried to collect in what happened. She was the medicine cat!

Then it went black.

Thrushwing opened her eyes. She was in Mooncave, and the stone wasn't glowing anymore. The cats around her were starting to stir. Thrushwing was so excited, she just started to blurt out words.

"I am Thrushwing! My name is Thrushwing!" The medicine cats started to congratulate her. Thrushwing looked at Shrewflight. He was happy for his apprentice, but fear was in his eyes. And lots of it.

Oh no, Thrushwing thought, what is going to happen?

Description
Thrushpaw sat in the medicine cat den, sorting the herbs. She was throwing out the old ones, and going to get some more later. After the gathering at the battle, Shrewflight and Thrushpaw treated the wounded. None of them were severe, but a lot of cats were wounded. A fight has never happened at a gathering before, and Thrushpaw knew StarClan was angry. And tonight was Half-Moon, where she would go with Shrewflight to talk to StarClan at Mooncave. Thrushpaw expected the worst.

But on the good side, Swiftheart was quickly recovering from her kitting, and she had two new kits, the she cat was brown with black spots and the tom was a dark gray tom with a white chest and paws. Their names were Spottedkit and Twilightkit being the tom.

Coalpaw and Thrushpaw were growing to be close friends. Shrewflight was getting weaker because of his age, so Thrushpaw always had to do the duties. All Shrewflight did nowadays was sit in his nest all day. Thrushpw padded over to her mentor.

"Shrewflight, I am going to go get some catmint and thyme, I will be right back." Shrewflight just grunted and nodded. Thrushpaw padded out of the den.

It was sunhigh and the camp was active. Streampaw was messing around with the kits, Badgernight organizing the patrols, the elders sunning themselves, it was a very good day today. Thrushpaw walked out of camp, and towards FallClan border where the catmint and thyme was.

A large stream separated the two clans, acting as a border. As Thrushpaw neared the border, fresh FallClan scents floated towards her. The sunhigh patrol was out. Thrushpaw darted over to a fern bush, peaking out to see who the cats were.

Magpiepelt, a black and white she cat, was taking the lead. Behind her was Whitesnow, and Mockingclaw. And wandering around in the back, was ultimately Foxpaw. This made Thrushpaw gasp.

"Did you hear that?" Mockingclaw mewed. The other warriors shook their heads. "You must have bees in your brain Mockin'claw." Whitesnow retorted. The tom shook his head, but stayed quiet.

Thrushpaw's heart raced, since she almost got caught. Her gaze flickered back to Foxpaw. She needed to get his attention without bothering the others. When Foxpaw padded by the bush Thrushpaw was in, she hissed at him. "Foxpaw," Foxpaw swiveled his ear in the direction of the bush, "over here!" Foxpaw flicked his ear in reply, to show Thrushpaw he heard her. "Mockingclaw, I scent a mouse over here, I will be right back."

The patrol left Foxpaw behind. Thrushpaw crept out into the open. "What are you doing here?" Foxpaw hissed. "Collecting herbs." Thrushpaw replied. Foxpaw shrugged. "Then what do you want?"

"I wanted to say im sorry about the other night. I didn't mean to fight you." Thrushpaw dipped her head. Foxpaw sighed. "Im sorry if I scared you. At first, I didn't even realize it was you." Thrushpaw purred. "It's okay." Foxpaw looked up. "Really?" Thrushpaw continued to purr. "Really."

Foxpaw locked gazes with Thrushpaw. "Thanks. Well, its nice to see you again. But I guess you have to go back to herb hunting." Thrushpaw laughed silently. "Herb SORTING, Foxpaw. Sorting." Thrushpaw saw Foxpaw smile for the first time. This made her smile back. "Foxpaw!" Mockingclaw was calling his apprentice.

"I am coming!" Foxpaw got up. "Meet me here tomorrow at sunhigh." Foxpaw said while padding away. "Goodbye!" Thrushpaw called after him.

Thrushpaw returned back to her herbs. Why did her pelt always tingle when she was around Foxpaw? And those blue eyes...

Thrushpaw shook her head. What was she thinking! She was going to be a medicine cat! But still...doesn't a medicine cat at least get to fall for some tom?

She picked up her herbs and headed back to camp. Hopefully no one will find out about this.

- - - - - ~~~~~~~ - - - - - -
Thrushpaw followed Shrewflight up the dark and dreary cave. It was moonhigh, and it was freezing out. Behind Thrushpaw was Duskshine, and her new apprentice Spottedoaw. Behind them was Woodfur and Bluefoot. They all padded into the cave.

Thrushpaw followed Shrewflight down the dark tunnel by letting her nose touch the tip of his tail. The medicine cats eventually stopped at a large clearing, where a ball of light flashed. The cave was illuminated, where stones hung from the celing, and some rose up from the ground. The largest stone that rose up from the ground almost touched the celing, and that was the stone that was glowing.

Everyone circled around the stone, and found a spot to sit. The SpringClan medicine cat Duskshine was left standing beside her apprentice. "Underneath StarClan's eyes, do you, Spottedpaw, accept the duty as being medicine cat, and respect the medicine cat and warrior code?" Spottedpaw swallowed hard. "I do." "Then by all means, may we speak to StarClan and see what they have given to us to see."

Thrushpaw scooched closer to the glowing stone and put her black nose on it. She immediately felt freezing cold, and the world suddenly went black.

Thrushpaw opened her eyes. She was in the grassy clearing again, and her mother was already waiting for her. But Thrushpaw could hardly reconize her mother, because she was faded and a large shadow was covering her. "Mother," Thrushpaw mewed, "I can hardly see you!"

The blue tabby dipped her head. "StarClan is angry at the Clans, and the connection is not very strong because of it." "I tried to stop it!" Thrushpaw pleaded. Her mother shook her head. "But not good enough. Cats were injured, and a leader died because of it."

"Why are you here anyway?" Thrushpaw retorted. The blue tabby in front of her straightened up, and locked gazes with her daughter. "You remember that you promised to be loyal to your clan and the medicine cat code?" Thrushpaw nodded. "You must keep that promise. Or you will be punished."

Fear rished through Thrushpaw. Her mother never said things like that. "What will be the punishment?" Thrushpaw quietly mewed. The blue tabby narrowed her eyes and curled her lips into a snarl. "You should not be asking me that! You should be wise and listen to what I am saying!"

Thrushpaw started to crawl away from her mother. The blue tabby's neck fur flattened. "Do you promise to be loyal?" "I do." Thrushpaw said firmly.

Thrushpaw's mother padded up to her daughter and touched noses. "Then you are not Thrushpaw anymore. You are now Thrushwing, WinterClan's medicine cat."

The blue tabby started to fade away. The newly named Thrushwing tried to collect in what happened. She was the medicine cat!

Then it went black.

Thrushwing opened her eyes. She was in Mooncave, and the stone wasn't glowing anymore. The cats around her were starting to stir. Thrushwing was so excited, she just started to blurt out words.

"I am Thrushwing! My name is Thrushwing!" The medicine cats started to congratulate her. Thrushwing looked at Shrewflight. He was happy for his apprentice, but fear was in his eyes. And lots of it.

Oh no, Thrushwing thought, what is going to happen?