Orchidfrost's Trials

Chapter 2

    Orchidkit sat at the entrance to the nursery, watching her brother as he was toured around the ShadowClan camp by their medicine cat, Nettlebreeze.

     "You know, you really should go out exploring with your brother." Whiteflower wheezed from her nest.

    "No, they won't like me, Aspendawn said so," Orchidkit squeaked, "besides, I don't wanna leave you alone when you're sick!"

    "What are you talking about I'm fine-" She broke off in a fit of coughing.

    "I was awake when Nettlebreeze came in to check on you..." Orchidkit looked up at her with wide scared eyes. "He said it was very bad that you were sick with your kits so close" The she-kit didn't know exactly why that was so bad, she was simply concerned for the loving Queen.

    "You should stop worrying so much," Whiteflower ran her tail-tip down her spine. "Go outside, for me, at least?"

    Orchidkit nodded, eager to please. She pushed her way through the entrance of the nursery and into the open.

    Everything was so big, as she looked around camp. A large pile of fresh kill sat in the center of the clearing and warriors were depositing more on top. She trotted around, taking in all the strange sights and smells of camp. She soon caught up to Tumblekit and Nettlebreeze.

    "Orchidkit!" Her brother squealed when she joined them. "Nettlebreeze has been showing me around camp, do you wanna come??"

    She nodded vigorously as Nettlebreeze finished the tour. "This," he said, ducking into a small cave, "is the medicine den. This is where I sleep and treat my patients."

    "So cool!" Tumblekit mewled

    "Do you really know what all these leaves do??" Orchidkit demanded, sniffing at the large store of herbs.

    Nettlebreeze nodded. "I've trained my whole life to heal the sick and injured."

    "I want to be a medicine cat, just like-" The rest of Tumblekit's sentence was cut off as a dark brown Tom burst into the cave.

    "It's Whiteflower!" He gasped, "Her kits are coming!"