Hooves to Paws: An MLP/Warriors fanfic

Chapter Thirteen

Rainbow Dash(Swiftpaw)'s POV

Uggh. Dawn patrol. Getting out of my nest was a nightmare. Fresh scratches from training last night stung my sides, making them burn like fire.

Limping out of the den, the bite on my leg making it ache, I padded towards Robinsong and the patrol. Oakfoot and Applejack were there, along with Sparrowfur and Icepelt.

"Took you long enough.", Sparrowfur snapped as I walked over.

"Sorry.", I meowed.

"Great StarClan, Swiftpaw, you look terrible.", Icepelt meowed, his blue eyes wide.

"I got a bad sleep.", I repiled.

I started to groom my fur. Icepelt groomed his fur, and Sparrowfur just sat and waited, mumbling to herself. After I finished, I turned to look at my fur. My blue-gray fur shimmered in the dawn light.

Robinsong signaled all of us with her tail and we headed out into the forest. I lagged behind, my bitten paw not helping at all.

Icepelt looked behind to me and saw my limping.  "Are you alright, Swiftpaw?", he asked.

I nodded. "Yea. I think I slept on my paw or something."

Robinsong stopped the patrol and turned to look at me.  "Go get your paw checked out. Yarrowpaw should be in the medicine den.", she ordered.

I dipped my head and made my way back to camp. I scented a mouse that was close to me. I turned and saw it sniffing around near a bush.

Eh, might as well hunt, its right here, I thought.

I got into the hunting crouch and crept up on the mouse. Stepping closer and closer, I lept. Pain seared in my leg, but I made the leap and bit the mouse's neck.

The mouse in my jaws, I made my way into the camp. I went to the elders den to give them the mouse.

Wolfstorm was the only one in the den.

"Here you are, Wolfstorm.", I said to the old tom.

The white tom dipped his head. "Thank you, Swiftpaw. I appreciate it,",he rasped.

"Where's Lightningstrike?", I asked casually.

"He went out in the forest, giving himself time to think.",Wolfstorm replied.

"Well, have a nice day!", I said as I walked out of the den.

"You too.",Wolfstorm meowed.

I limped over to the medicine den. Yarrowpaw was inside, sorting herbs.

"Sorry, Yarrowpaw,", I started,"but do you have anything for my leg? It hurts."

Yarrowpaw looked up from her herbs and smiled. "Sure! Let me take a look at it.", she meowed as she padded over. I lifted up my sore leg, wincing in pain. Yarrowpaw mumbled something to herself and went into the herb cleft. She disappeared in the stone, and returned a moment later, lush leaves in her jaws. She chewed the leaves and placed the poultice gently on my leg. Yarrowpaw must have noticed my other wounds, because she placed some of the herbs over them too. The cool relief flooded over the pain.

"Okey dokey! That should do it!", Yarrowpaw meowed.

I sighed with relief. "Thank you."

Yarrowpaw nodded. "Come back around dusk so I can put more of the ointment on your wounds."

I dipped my head. "Sure, anything to make this better."

I padded out of the den towards the fresh-kill pile. Starlingheart walked over.

"Get those treated,eh?", she asked.

I nodded. "Yup. It feels better now."

"Yarrowpaw treat you well?"

"She's great.", I replied.

Starlingheart nodded. "Good to know. Make sure you come back to either of us later!"

I nodded my head, then turned back to the fresh-kill. I picked a thrush from the pile and limped over to the apprentices den. I sat in the shade and ate my thrush. Birchpaw walked over, and he looked exausted.

"Wanna share?", I asked, nudging the half-eaten bird towards Birchpaw.

Birchpaw nodded and sighed, taking a large bite of the bird. We ate the thrush quickly, and Birchpaw took it and buried it.

"I smell herbs. Something happen, Swiftpaw?", he asked.

"Yea, I had a few thorns in my nest."

"I saw you limping earlier. Sleep on it the wrong way or something?", Birchpaw asked.

I nodded. Birchpaw got up and padded to his nest. I did the same and limped to mine.

Man, these wounds hurt. Not like Thistleclaw'd care. But what if Ivypool is right? What if they don't care?, I thought to myself as I lay in my nest.

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Well, I got nothin' for this. What do you guys think? Am I doing good with this? Should I continue?