BØØK TWØ--A Shattered Start

Chapter 19

     "Winterpaw, I'm back," Blue rumbled. He looked down at the gorgeous young shecat noticing how she has grown. Even noticing more how now he towered over her.

     "No, Eaglebranch! Stop trying!" Winterpaw hissed. Blue winced and padded over, nuzzeling her cheek. Winterpaw looked over and gasped, her eyes widenening and leaped on him, nuzzling him and purring happily.

     "Its been forever!" She whimpered, still laying ontop of him.

     "I know... I've been missing you forever," Blue murmured. Winterpaw looked at him and noticed the huge gash along his head.

     "Im so sorry!" She gasped getting up quickly.

     "Its fine," he purred, looking at her in the eyes.

     "We need to get to Blazeecho and get that gash checked out," Winterpaw purred. Blue mumbled something about how herbs were nasty and followed the shecat out.

     Echostorm walked in with Darkpaw and her eyes widened, staring at her lost kit.

     Echostorm gasped leaped over to him and nuzzled him happily.

     "You've grown!" She exclaimed, looking up at him.

     "I know," he purred.

     "The Clan will be so happy to have you back! Especially Bonepaw and I see Winterpaw is already joyful," she purred, looking to the young shecat.

     "How's Bramblefur?" He asked.

     "He's good. So is Hollowthorn and Snowsoar." She sighed happily. Blue purred and nuzzeled his mother happily.

     "The gash," Echostorm said, then looked over towards Blazeecho who was carrying herbs to the Medicine cat den.
    
     "I'm fine, mother," Blue purred. Dark looked at him with huge eyes.

     "You're the one they traded?" She yelped. Blue nodded his eyes darkening slightly.

     "You're huge now!" She gasped. Blue let out a mrrow of amusment and followed Echostorm and Winterpaw to the medicine cat den where Silverpaw was helping sort out leaves.

     Silverpaw looked over, and her eyes focused on Blue.

     "Blazeecho, Bluepaw's back!" Silverpaw yowled.

     Blazeecho looked over, then smiled.

     "Welcome back." He said.

     "He has a gash on his head, Blazeecho," Silverpaw mewed.

     "You know what to do,"

     Silverpaw nodded and motioned Blue to come over, which he did. He looked at a small puddle of rain water and she washed the blood off the wound and she chewed up some marigold. She spat it out on the wound then wrapped it with cobwebs.

     "Well you've gotton tall," she commented as she wrapped it carefully.

     "That's all I've heard so far," Blue chuckled. "Ouch!" He added when she tightened it.

     "S-sorry," she muttered.

     "Bluepaw, let's go hunt, we need to catch up," Winterpaw begged.

     "Ok," he purred.