Jayfeather waited until Snowkit was out of his den before he could relax again. He felt a little bad about being rude with her like that, but he had been caught off guard. How was he supposed to answer a question like that?
Even so, Jayfeather decided he would talk with her later. He liked the curious young she-cat, even daring to ask things she shouldn't be. It reminded him of what other cats say about him.
Jayfeather put the remaining catmint away, and realized that he would need much more. With leaf-bare on its way, he would need it so he could treat cats with greencough. He was about to set out to gather more when he saw Snowkit sitting near the entrance of the nursery, watching the camp quietly, as if soaking in everything that happens around camp.
"Hi, Snowkit," he said as he padded up beside her. She jumped and then scrambled to her paws.
"Oh, er, hi Jayfeather," she said awkwardly.
"Sorry about what happened. You just caught me off guard, that's all. The real reason I don't go near Hollykit is because I don't want to be reminded of Hollyleaf. All I can remember is how she died. And I can't see her," he added with a bit of bitterness in his tone. If only I could see her.
"Oh..." Snowkit said, looking at her paws.
"I wish you were an apprentice. I was going out to collect herbs, and I was hoping you could come with me. Oh well. I'll probably tag along with some patrol."
"Well... okay." Snowkit paused. "I wish I could. Well, I'll see you when you come back, I guess."
Jayfeather nodded. He scented Brambleclaw organizing patrols and padded over to him. "Hi, Brambleclaw. Are any patrols going near the abandoned Twoleg place?"
"You want to go with them?"
Jayfeather nodded. "I need to collect catmint."
"Go with Cloudtail's patrol over there." Jayfeather sensed Brambleclaw's tail pointed toward where Lionblaze, Brightheart, and Cloudtail were speaking.
Jayfeather hurried toward them. "I'm coming with you so I can collect herbs." He felt Lionblaze's gaze resting on him for a few moments before he nodded.
"Okay then, let's go." Cloudtail pulled himself up onto his feet and started off, running into depths of the forest. Jayfeather, Brightheart, and Lionblaze followed him.
While Brightheart pulled ahead to catch up to her mate, Lionblaze stayed back to make sure he doesn't fall.
"You don't have to watch over me like that, you know. This isn't my first time coming this way," Jayfeather hissed loudly.
Lionblaze spoke calmly. "You don't go on fast patrols very often though."
"For Starclan's sake, I've fought a battle with a Windclan warrior who wanted to kill me and I lived. I think I can run to where the catmint is."
"You almost died in that."
"But I didn't," Jayfeather insisted.
"Only because Starclan fought beside you that day."
Jayfeather snorted and wished his own brother wouldn't think of him as such a weakling. "You're acting like I never should have left the nursery!" Lionblaze didn't get any time to respond, because just then they reached the catmint.
"Jayfeather, you collect how much you need. Do you need help in carrying it?" Cloudtail asked.
"No, I don't need too much, thank Starclan."
Cloudtail nodded. "We'll just mark the borders and come back." Then the patrol left.
Jayfeather wove between the catmint plants and and sniffed each one to see if it was ready. Finally he found some and picked it up between his jaws.
Padding out back to where the patrol had left him, he scented the air. There was no sign of Cloudtail's patrol coming back yet, so he settled himself down and waited. He was tempted to just go back to camp himself, but he knew the patrol would start worrying for him and they'd all have bees in their brain because they wouldn't get that he just went back to camp.
Suddenly he got a sniff of a Twoleg watching him. Jayfeather could sense danger coming, and something in the Twoleg's hands. Jayfeather scrambled to his paws, and tried to run towards the rose bush he scented just in from of him. But just as he put his front paw forward, he felt a stabbing pain in his side. He let out a gasp of pain and fell to the ground, the world turning more black than it usually is.
Even so, Jayfeather decided he would talk with her later. He liked the curious young she-cat, even daring to ask things she shouldn't be. It reminded him of what other cats say about him.
Jayfeather put the remaining catmint away, and realized that he would need much more. With leaf-bare on its way, he would need it so he could treat cats with greencough. He was about to set out to gather more when he saw Snowkit sitting near the entrance of the nursery, watching the camp quietly, as if soaking in everything that happens around camp.
"Hi, Snowkit," he said as he padded up beside her. She jumped and then scrambled to her paws.
"Oh, er, hi Jayfeather," she said awkwardly.
"Sorry about what happened. You just caught me off guard, that's all. The real reason I don't go near Hollykit is because I don't want to be reminded of Hollyleaf. All I can remember is how she died. And I can't see her," he added with a bit of bitterness in his tone. If only I could see her.
"Oh..." Snowkit said, looking at her paws.
"I wish you were an apprentice. I was going out to collect herbs, and I was hoping you could come with me. Oh well. I'll probably tag along with some patrol."
"Well... okay." Snowkit paused. "I wish I could. Well, I'll see you when you come back, I guess."
Jayfeather nodded. He scented Brambleclaw organizing patrols and padded over to him. "Hi, Brambleclaw. Are any patrols going near the abandoned Twoleg place?"
"You want to go with them?"
Jayfeather nodded. "I need to collect catmint."
"Go with Cloudtail's patrol over there." Jayfeather sensed Brambleclaw's tail pointed toward where Lionblaze, Brightheart, and Cloudtail were speaking.
Jayfeather hurried toward them. "I'm coming with you so I can collect herbs." He felt Lionblaze's gaze resting on him for a few moments before he nodded.
"Okay then, let's go." Cloudtail pulled himself up onto his feet and started off, running into depths of the forest. Jayfeather, Brightheart, and Lionblaze followed him.
While Brightheart pulled ahead to catch up to her mate, Lionblaze stayed back to make sure he doesn't fall.
"You don't have to watch over me like that, you know. This isn't my first time coming this way," Jayfeather hissed loudly.
Lionblaze spoke calmly. "You don't go on fast patrols very often though."
"For Starclan's sake, I've fought a battle with a Windclan warrior who wanted to kill me and I lived. I think I can run to where the catmint is."
"You almost died in that."
"But I didn't," Jayfeather insisted.
"Only because Starclan fought beside you that day."
Jayfeather snorted and wished his own brother wouldn't think of him as such a weakling. "You're acting like I never should have left the nursery!" Lionblaze didn't get any time to respond, because just then they reached the catmint.
"Jayfeather, you collect how much you need. Do you need help in carrying it?" Cloudtail asked.
"No, I don't need too much, thank Starclan."
Cloudtail nodded. "We'll just mark the borders and come back." Then the patrol left.
Jayfeather wove between the catmint plants and and sniffed each one to see if it was ready. Finally he found some and picked it up between his jaws.
Padding out back to where the patrol had left him, he scented the air. There was no sign of Cloudtail's patrol coming back yet, so he settled himself down and waited. He was tempted to just go back to camp himself, but he knew the patrol would start worrying for him and they'd all have bees in their brain because they wouldn't get that he just went back to camp.
Suddenly he got a sniff of a Twoleg watching him. Jayfeather could sense danger coming, and something in the Twoleg's hands. Jayfeather scrambled to his paws, and tried to run towards the rose bush he scented just in from of him. But just as he put his front paw forward, he felt a stabbing pain in his side. He let out a gasp of pain and fell to the ground, the world turning more black than it usually is.
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