The thunder that followed the wind (Jayfeather x oc fanfic)

Prologue

The rain poured down heavily on the Windclan patrol, the 3 cats trekking through the rain which caused their fur to cling to their pelts. 
"Why did it have to start raining now of all times" the cat that brought up the rear grumbled, ears pointed down and shoulders hunched. The she-cat in the lead flicked her tail as her only response. She suddenly came to a halt, ears pricked as she listened.
"Is it a rabbit?"
"What rabbit would be foolish enough to come out in this weather" a black tom grumbled, flicking his tail in annoyance.
"Be quiet, I can hear something" she objected, turning to look across the moor. Both toms pricked their ears to listen.
"Is that a kit?" the she-cat broke out into a run, following the faint mewling until she reached an old fox den. The scent had completely faded, instead being replaced by a faint cat smell. Inside the den was a light brown and white she-cat. 
"Ashfoot. What did you find?" one of the toms called, both skidding to a halt next to her. Ashfoot approached the she-cat, sniffing the air. Her scent was slowly fading and her eyes were staring blankly at the wall.
"She's dead" Ashfoot reported, turning to the two toms who entered the den. The mewling was still continuing, drawing the three cats attention to movement in the nest. A small kit was nuzzling into the she-cat's belly. Ashfoot crouched down, looking at the small cat. Laying near the kit were two other kits, both still and scent fading.
"We should bring this one back to camp" Ashfoot states, pulling the kit close and licking the fur to warm it up.
"Bring it back? That's the kit of a rogue and you want to bring it back?"
"She'll die if we leave her here. She's hungry and cold and no doubt a fox or another animal will come to eat her if those don't kill her" Ashfoot objects.
"The warrior code does say to help a kit that is in need. That includes rogues" the black tom sighs. Ashfoot gently picks up the kit by the scruff and carries her out of the den. The moment the rain began hitting the kit, she protested, letting out loud mewls as her tail wrapped closely to her body.
"She's mewling so loud, she'll scare all the prey off our territory" the other tom grumbled, flicking his tail. The small patrol reached their camp. Ashfoot approached Onestar's den although he poked his head out when he heard the sound the sound the kit was making. He looked down, examining the newborn.
"What's this?" he demanded, looking at his deputy.
"I brought her back. We found her in a makeshift den. Her mother and siblings are dead" Ashfoot explains, putting the small kit down between her paws. Onestar looks down at the kit and then back up at Ashfoot. 
"Fine. She can stay. Give her to one of the Queens and have Barkface check her over" he orders. Ashfoot nods, picking up the kit and carrying her to the nursery. 
"Nightcloud?" she asks the dark coloured she-cat. She turns to Ashfoot.
"Could you take this little one? She's lost her mother and siblings and will need somecat to care for her" Ashfoot asks, nudging the small kit closer.
"Fine" Nightcloud grumbles, pulling the kit next to her own. The small kit nuzzled into her belly, quickly drinking milk that she was desperately in need of.
"I'll go get Barkface to come check on her and make sure she's healthy" she adds, exiting the nursery and leaving the kit with the other kits and queens.

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???'s pov

I sat outside the nursery, watching the other kits as they played mossball. I stumbled forward, bumping into Breezekit. He turned to me, lashing his tail.
"Sorry Breezekit. I just wanted to know if I could play with all of you" I ask, looking at the other kits.
"No way. Go away Spottedkit" Breezekit hisses, pushing me away.
"Oh. Alright" I mumble, walking away and laying back at the entrance of the nursery. I saw Nightcloud and looked at her. She was watching Breezekit, maybe she'd tell him to let me play. She didn't do anything, instead going back to talking with another cat. I lowered my ears, placing my head on my paws. I felt a paw shaking my shoulder and lifted my head to look.
"I'll play with you if you wanna play" Harekit offers, sitting back and looking at me.
"You will?" I ask, jumping to my paws. He nods, looking around before running off into the nursery again. I tilted my head, sitting back down again. He came back out with a mossball in his mouth, dropping it in front of me.
"We can play with this one" he purrs, batting at the mossball and sending it rolling across the ground. I jumped forward, catching the mossball between my paws and batting it back over to Harekit who chased after it till he caught it. I ran forward, tackling him to the ground. He scrambled out from under my paws.
"No fair Spottedkit. You caught me off guard" he mewed at me, shaking out his fur. I purr. 
"You think I'll be a good warrior?" I ask.
"Yeah. Let's get our warrior names together. We can be the best warriors together. I'll even make you my deputy when I'm leader" he purrs.
"Who says I won't be leader before you" I challenge, raising my hind quarters in the air.
"Well if that happens then I'll be your deputy" he offers. I purr in response.
"Sounds fun" I bat his nose. He looks at my paw for a second before swiping at my ear. I squeal and pounce at him, swishing my tail as he uses his forepaws to tug at my neck. 

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One of the warriors limped into camp, wincing when he put his foot down on the ground. I felt a strong itch in my paw. I lifted it up and nibbled at my pad. Harekit looked at me from the rabbit, twitching his ears.
"Are your eyes ok? The food is here, not in your paw" he teases.
"My paw is just itchy" I reply, trying to scratch the itch that wasn't going away. It started to fade until the itching finally stopped. I put my paw down and began to chew at the prey instead. The itch came back again after somecat passed the two of us and I began nibbling my paw again. Was it some kind of sickness that I had unknowingly acquired.
"I'm going to talk to Barkface. Maybe he can help with the itching" I say, getting up and padding over to the medicine cat den. I enter the den and look around for Barkface. I spot him.
"Barkface?" I ask, tilting my head to the side. He lifts his head up from some herbs and looks at me.
"Spottedkit? Can I help you?"he asks, walking towards me.
"My paw keeps getting itchy and then going away" I explain, looking at the paw that was irritating me not to long ago.
"Let me have a look. Just encase you've got an infection" he explains, nudging me over to sit. I sit down and lift my paw so he can check it. He sniffs it and touches it with his nose. 
"There doesn't appear to be any infection. Does it hurt when I touch it?" he asks. I shake my head. 
"You were just getting worried. It was just an itch. Nothing serious" he assures me. I nod, getting to my feet and walking out. I bent my ears down guiltily. Harekit noticed when I settled back down next to him.
"What's wrong?" he asks, tilting his head.
"I wasted his time over nothing. I feel really bad about it" I mumbled, curling my tail close. 
"Its not like there were other cats lining up to see him. I doubt he believes that" Harekit objects, placing a paw on my head. I looked at him.
"I guess" I mumble, flicking an ear.
"Come on, let's finish this rabbit so we can play more" he purrs. I nod in agreement, taking another bite.