Dawnstar's Trouble Ch. Two

Dawnpaw padded into camp her paws heavy with sleep, she had been working since sunhigh,
and was basicly asleep on her paws.
"Dawnpaw!" Sunstream mewed
Dawnpaw turned to face her golden colored mentor what now?
"Take some fresh kill to the queens."
"Alright." Dawnpaw sighed and grabbed two pieces of fresh-kill.
As she walked through camp cats were busy, she saw Bramblepelt, Blazeheart,
Rainears, Turtlepaw and Fawnpaw leaveing on a hunting patrol.
Tigertail was talking with Flowerstar and some other senior warriors outside of Flowerstar's den.
Hawktalon and Blackwing were sharing touges outside the elders den.
She glanced tword the nursery where Applespots was warming her swollen belly in the sun.
"Hello, Dawnpaw." She mewed.
Dawnpaw set the fresh-kill down and mewed her hello.
Then Dovewing's three kits bounded out of the nursery, Pebblekit, Yarrowkit, and Cinderkit.
"Is that fresh-kill for our mother?" Pebblekit mewed.
Dawnpaw nodded.
"We can take it to her!" Cinderkit yipped happily and they grabbed it and draged it into the nursery.
Dawnpaw then padded over to the drinking pool where, Redpaw, and Lionpaw were talking.
She glanced at Redpaw, he and his sister Squirrelpaw were the oldest apprentices in SunClan, they would
certinly be warriors soon.
"Hey, Dawnpaw." Lionpaw mewed as she approached.
"Hi." She replied.
"Hello." Redpaw meowed.
Dawnpaw nodded and bent down to lap up the cold water.
"You look tired." Lionpaw mewed.
"I am, I have been up since SunHigh."
"Wow."
"Been doing everything from hunting to border patrols."
"Sunstream must really be making you work ha-"
But he was cut off by the shriek of a hawk.
Cats dashed out of the clearing, Dawnpaw look around seeing if everyone was ok, then she saw the hawk
dive down at something. She looked and saw Pebblekitkit trying to get to the nursery.
"No!" Dawnpaw yelled and darted to the terrified kit. She got there just as the hawk was picking her up.
Dawnpaw leaped up and raked her claws down the birds back. It clawed her then tried going for the kit again, it struggled
trying to grab the kit, and Dawnpaw sank her teeth into the eagles leg, then clawed its back once again.
The hawk flew clumsily away. Dawnpaw looked at Pebblekit, the poor kit was wailing, she had blood all over her face.
Poppyfur raced into the clearing and to the kit.
"My poor kit!" Dovewing cried.
"I need some space!" She hissed. "I have to get her to my den!"
Dawnpaw watched in horror as the cream and black medicine grasped Pebblekit in her jaws gently, and padded to her den.
"Dawnpaw!" Dawnpaw heard the call of Turtlepaw behind her, "What happend?"
"A hawk tried taking Pebblekit, I stopped it, but she is badly injured."
"Wait, you stopped it!"
Dawnpaw nodded.
"That was mouse-brained! Your the smallest apprentice in SunClan!"
Dawpaw flattend her ears.
"Your leg!" He mewed and pointed to where the hawk clawed her.
"Oh, I hadn't noticed."
"You need to go see Poppyfur."
"She has to deal with Pebblekit." Then she bent down and cleaned the wound.
It wasn't very deep, and the bleeding stopped quickly, so she padded over to the nursery.
"Dawnpaw!" Yarrowkit mewed and padded over to her.
"Will Pebblekit okay?" Cinderkit mewed.
"I, I'm not sure."
"Dawnpaw." Dovewing mewed.
"What?"
"You saved my kits life, and I will forever be greatful."
"We don't even know if she will live."
"Well, if she doesn't." Dovewing paused "Then at least you gave her a chance."
Dawnpaw blinked, then said farewell and padded over to Poppyfur's den. She
had to see if Pebblekit was okay.

When she got there she looked inside, Poppyfur was looking over Pebblekit, the kit's eye was cover with cobwebs,
so was her ear and nose.
"Poppyfur?" She mewed.
"What?" The medicine cat replied with an edge of tiredness in her mew.
"How is she?"
"I have done all I can do, it is up to StarClan to decide."
After a few heartbeats of silence, Poppyfur finally said "When was the last time you slept."
"Im fine."
"You just fought of a hawk, you need to sleep."
"I don't know if I can, with the worry of Pebblekit."
"I will give you some poppy seeds." And she gave her some tiny black seeds.
Dawnpaw licked them up and went to the apprentice den.
"Hey, Dawnpaw." Lionpaw mewed.
"Hi, Lionpaw."
"That was really brave what you did with Pebblekit."
Dawnpaw sighed.
"Well you seem tired, so I will let you sleep."
Dawnpaw soon fell asleep.

The next morning Dawnpaw went to see Pebblekit.
When she got in there Poppyfur was changing her cobwebs.
"Hello, Poppyfur." Dawnpaw mewed.
"Hello."
Dawnpaw walked over to Pebblekit. All the blood was gone but she hadn't woken up yet.
"I need to go get some marigold real quick from my store." and she padded over to a small crack in the wall.
Dawnpaw looked at Pebblekit as she slept.
"Ah, mouse-doung!" Poppyfur hissed.
"Huh?"
"Im out of marigold." Then she looked at Dawnpaw. "Do you think you can watch her while I go get some more."
"Sure."
"Thanks." and Poppyfur padded away.
Dawnpaw layed down next to Pebblekit and began cleaning her self.
She then heard a muffled mew from next to her, and she glanced at Pebblekit, who was begining to stir.
She perked her ears up.
"D-Dawnpaw?" She mewed tiredly.
"Pebblekit! Your awake!"
"What happend?"
"You were attacked by a hawk."
"I was? Are Cinderkit and Yarrowkit okay?"
"Yeah, it was just you."
"Oh. But how did it not take me?"
"I, uh, stopped it."
"You mean, you attacked it?"
Dawnpaw nodded.
"Well, look who's awake." Poppyfur mewed from behind them with a mouthful of marigold.
"Yeah, she just woke up."
"Well, you might as well go tell Dovewing."
"Okay." And Dawnpaw walked to the nursery.
"Dovewing?"
"Yeah?"
"Pebblekit's awake."
"Really?"
Dawnpaw nodded
"Great!" and ran to the medicine cat den with Yarrowkit and Cinderkit following.
As she headed to the fresh-kill pile Sunstream stopped her.
"Dawnpaw, you can eat then I want to go on a hunting patrol with Fawnpaw and Bramblepelt.
"Alright."
"Meet us at then entrance."
Dawnpaw nodded and picked out a mouse.
She ate it quickly and met up with Fawnpaw, Sunstream, and Bramblepelt.
"Ready?" Bramblepelt mewed.
Everyone nodded and they headed out to hunt.

"Great catch, Fawnpaw!" Bramblepelt praised, as Fawnpaw padded up with a rabbit.
"Now you try, Dawnpaw." Sunstream commanded.
Dawnpaw crouched down, sniffing the air trying to catch a scent. She caught the smell of a squirrel and crept forward.
She soon caught sight of the ginger animal. She was just about to leap at it when she caught the scent of cats.
Not SunClan cats, but LichenClan cats.
Still acting like she was hunting she crept more forward. Then another scent flooded her nose, it was vile and almost
to hard to bare. Then she caught sight of the horrible scent, crowfood.
She stood up and hissed "LichenClan have been hunting in our territory!"
"What?" Bramblepelt mewed as he walked forward.
Sunstream sniffed the air, "Yep, thats LichenClan."
"And look at that crowfood." Dawnpaw flicked her tail at the rotten rabbit.
"Good job Dawnpaw." Sunstream meowed.
"Yeah, but we need to get this back to camp and show Flowerstar." Bramblepelt said and he picked up the crowfood.
"Ew, Yuck!" Fawnpaw complained.
"At least you don't have to carry it." Bramblepelt mumbled.

When the patrol returned to camp they headed to Flowerstar's den.
"Flowerstar?" Sunstream called into the den.
"Come in." The leader's voice replied.
They walked in and Bramblepelt set the fresh-kill down. "Dawnpaw, found this crowfood inside our border, and it is coverd with the
scent of LichenClan."
Flowerstar sniffed the crowfood, "Well, it does smell like LichenClan."
"Okay, I will talk to the senior warriors about this. You may go now."
As they were leaveing she stopped them. "But I want to talk to Dawnpaw."
Dawnpaw blinked in suprise, but stayed.
"So, you found the crowfood?" Flowerstar mewed
Dawnpaw nodded.
"Well, good job." She praised. "But, that is not what I want to talk to you about."
Dawnpaw sat down.
"You are the one who saved Pebblekit from the hawk, so me and Poppyfur feel that you should know something."
Dawnpaw's fur began to rise a little, she didn't like where this was going."
"Poppyfur is very sure that Pebblekit will survive, but..." She paused.
"She can never become a warrior."
Dawnpaw's eyes stretched wide. "What, Why?"
"She only has one eye now, and the scratched on her nose became infected. Poppyfur got rid of the infection, but
it has taken away her sense of smell."
"What? No!" Dawnpaw yowled.
"Im sorry, Dawnpaw."
"D- Does, Dovewing know?"
She sighed, "No. The only cat other then me and Poppyfur know."
"She's gonna be so let down."
"I know."
Dawnpaw and Flowerstar sat in silence, then Flowerstar said she could go.

Dawnpaw walked into the medicine cat den and sat next to Poppyfur.
"Did Flowerstar tell you?" Poppyfur asked.
Dawnpaw nodded.
She glanced at Pebblekit, who was fast asleep. She felt greif burning in her chest. She then got up and padded out taking
on last glance at the poor kit, who would never be a SunClan warrior.