The Phoenix and the Lamb

Chapter 72

Disclaimer: I do not own Cult of the Lamb or Warrior Cats by Erin Hunter. I am simply a fan of the game and the series. I was inspired by Jbrine061. Please check out her story. She is amazing. Now onto the story.
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Aym and Baal didn't settle right away into the Cult of the Lamb. They didn't like seeing the lamb every day as they were still cross from him betraying their master. Narinder wanted his boys to find out what they wanted to do. So long as they didn't look for trouble, they would be fine. There was something on Narinder's mind though. Now that Kallamar was here, Ebany would probably visit soon and might bring Webber. From what he heard, the spider would always scared Kallamar even when he didn't mean to.

Narinder wondered what would happen once Shamura was back. How would they even be?? Without the Purple Crown keeping them in some sense of mind, they would more than likely be a husk of what they once were. But he they were to have rainbow rose tea... Narinder walked to where Edan had them and where the seeds had been planted. There were few to begin with and now there were only a couple left. Once they were used, they would have to wait for the rest to grow, if at all. He remembered when Rose gave him the one he cherished and hid away so his siblings wouldn't take it.

Heket had hosted a feast later and a toast was proposed in Rose's honor. Heket also announced Rose's pregnancy with her permission. Apparently, not everyone had gotten the message when they saw Rose's hand went to her stomach. Narinder never got to meet her baby, nor any of her other children. Ebany was the only descendant of Rose that he knew about. Narinder was taken from his thoughts when he heard familiar footsteps behind him.

Aym and Baal found him. They were still keen on following and sticking close to him. Narinder beckoned them over to see the roses. Baal was the first to inquire about them, recalling the times that their master told them about the magical flower. The twins were amazing and memorized by the multicolored roses. They were beautiful... So that's what the lamb wanted to bring their master back then.

Narinder debated asking the lamb to fetch his rose as he was doing for the rest of his siblings. Nah! He'd do it on his own as he doesn't want anyone but him finding it! Besides only he knew how to get it! Speaking of, the lamb was getting Kallamar his rose, huh? With all this talk about Rose, he wondered how she might have been... if she didn't give up her life... Perhaps he can talk to Ebany the next time she came. Surely now that she talked to her uncle, Rose's brother, he could find out more about her final days. Ebany explained what she could, but she didn't have much to go by.

Maybe there was a book on them? There were books written about Rose when she made history. Wait... If he remembered correctly, there was a book in which Ebany learned about the remedy. Then there was something else she said...

"I don't plan to announce the cure to the world. Rainbow roses are my clan's national flower, but they're so rare that it's not even funny. If the medical folks, institution, or whoever learns that the tea worked, I can only think of the worse happening. Meaning that they're gonna pick and harvest the roses to no end... and that's if they can find any. I'm only going to tell my mentor and parents about it. J's keeping it a secret too, minus from her parents. They've been worried sick about her since she got hurt."

That's what Ebany said. To protect the flowers... She made the right choice considering the rarity of the roses. He still remembered that Kallamar wanted Heket's rose for research purposes, but Rose said now. She grew them herself and from what he gathered, they were quite difficult to make. Ebany grew these on accident...

Narinder would answer all the questions the twins had about them. The topic revolving around their mother then returned to his mind... Narinder felt like their father and didn't want to be separated from them, but they were grown kits that needed to reunite with their mother and forge their own path. Maybe after Shamura returned, he would take them to Forneus or have the lamb do it. The lamb was getting ready to go to Silk Cradle and had a sacrifice ready to open the door. He hated seeing his other three siblings and was still on thin ice with them, but Shamura... he didn't know how he would feel. Angels was definite since they locked him up. But they were very close once. As close as Ebany was to the lamb, to Cael...