DarkStripe x reader

Chapter 4

"What happened?" W/n croaked meekly, YellowFang quickly placed some honeycomb on a leaf and gave it to the p/c she-cat.

"Have this," the medicine cat meowed, "it'll make ur throat feel better." W/n did as she was told and lapped up the honey quickly.

The grey scruffy she-cat nodded towards DarkStripe before leaving the den, "I need to collect a few herbs, we have no dock leaves or cobwebs..."

"Why do we have no dock leaves?" W/n questioned, DarkStripe snorted. "Your brother landed in a patch of nettles..."

There was silence lingering in the medicine den, however it felt uncomfortable. "What happened with BrokenStar?"

"He's been chased out," the Tom stated, staring at her with a sad smile. DarkStripe then stood up, "everyone has been worried about you."

W/n flattened her ears and lifted herself out of her nest and followed DarkStripe out of the medicine den, however confusion took over her thoughts, "why is my vision only in one eye?"

DarkStripe opened his mouth to respond, However LongTail quickly tackled his sister. "Your alright! I though you wouldn't wake up!"

"Of course I would?" W/n laughed, nuzzling her brother happily. However a gasp of horror suddenly rippled through camp.

FrostFur was standing there, mortified, "what happened to your face?" W/n was stunned, she stared at DarkStripe, then at LongTail. "What is she talking about?"

DarkStripe sighed, "what BrokenStar did...he-" W/n quickly ran out of the forest, looking for a way to see her face. Finally she thought of the river and ran towards it.

Shaking, she stared into the water and her eyes widened, seeing that her left eye was now glossy along with scars across her face. "What am I?"

W/n then looked at her fur to see patches of fur missing, she never felt so horrified in her life. "BrokenStar did it...but I think your still beautiful," DarkStripe whispered as he sat beside W/n along the riverbank.

"But my fur...my face!" The she-cat quivered in fear, "what will the other cats think? The gathering is tomorrow!"

DarkStripe blinked at her, "no matter what you'll always be beautiful to me, and don't worry, your fur will grow back."

The p/c she-cat glared at him and hissed, "yeah but my face is scarred! And I'll never get my sight back in my left eye!"

"Trust me, Scars aren't a horrid thing," the black tabby stated, intertwining his tail with her's, "they show you survived the hardships in life, and if someone says that their horrible....I'll have a word with them."

W/n nodded as she calmed down, trying to give DarkStripe a smile, "thank you, DarkStripe. I think I'm ready to be mates now..."

DarkStripe looked surprised, "but it hasn't been that long since you said-"

"I know, but after the things you've told me, and how you always care about me," W/n smiled at the black tabby, "I think I'm ready..."

They had gotten back to camp in time for SwiftKit's apprentice ceremony. "From this day forward, this apprentice will be called SwiftPaw, LongTail, DarkStripe mentored you well and I hope you teach SwiftPaw everything you know."