Ivypool's Heart || Warriors ✔

Chapter 11

Almost half a moon has passed since Ivypool and Blossomfall had made their choice, and so far, they've both managed to keep it hidden from the rest of the Clan. Unfortunately though, they're not so sure they can keep it hidden for as long as they need to.

Some of their Clanmates have began to notice how close both she-cats have been lately, and that doesn't settle very well with Ivypool.

What if the Clan is thinking that Blossomfall and I are planning something?

Shaking the thought from her head, she gets up out of her nest, and wanders out of the warriors den. Even though she hates to even think about it, the others are probably beginning to think that she and Blossomfall are planning something. Considering their past Dark forest trainings.

Most of the Clan are still curled up in their dens by the looks of it, and the dawn patrol had just left through the thorn tunnel entrance. Only a few cats remain in the clearing, Squirrelflight being one of them, as she orders out cats to go on hunting patrols. Everyone else is still curled up in their dens, or just beginning to wake.

Glancing over at the medicine cat's den, Jayfeather was just emerging, before he went off out the thorn tunnel entrance, probably to go out looking for more herbs. Briarlight emerges soon after him, dragging her way along the ground and over to the fresh kill pile, where she chose a mouse for herself, before settling down near the pile to eat.

Walking over to the fresh kill pile, Ivypool takes a small mouse for herself, and sits down to eat it. Once she's finished eating, she can either take Snowpaw out for some training, or take him out hunting. Training probably sounds better though, she doesn't want to start neglecting her apprentice's training sessions. Besides, they can go hunt afterwards when they've finished up with training.

As soon a she's finished up her mouse, she stands up, stretching up with a yawn, before heading over to the apprentice's den. Snowpaw is most likely still sleeping right now, the little furball.

Poking her head into the apprentice's den, she spots Snowpaw curled up in his nest. His white fur making him stand out against the dark colors of the den inside.

"Snowpaw." Ivypool calls, not really having to keep her voice low, as the other apprentices were just waking up. "Snowpaw, wake up." She calls again, as Snowpaw didn't budge, just curled up more in his next.

"Hey, Snowpaw!" Seedpaw says, hopping out of her nest, and over to Snowpaw's, before prodding him in the side with a paw. "Get up, you lazy furball! Ivypool's waiting for you."

With a grunt, Snowpaw stirs, sitting up with a yawn, before glaring at the golden brown she-cat in front of him. "You woke me from a good dream, Seedpaw!" He complains, before looking over at the entrance to the den to see Ivypool standing there waiting for him.

"Ivypool!" He exclaims, jumping out of his nest, and picking his way between his denmates nests, and over to his mentor. "What are we doing today?" He asks, wide awake now.

"We're going to do some training." Ivypool says, moving out of the entrance to allow Snowpaw and the other apprentices to emerge out of the den. "And then if we've got some time afterwards we can go hunting." She adds, flicking a bit of moss from Snowpaw's head with her tail.

"Okay!" Snowpaw says, jumping on the spot a little. "Can I get something to eat first, Ivypool?" He asks, his gaze drifting over to the fresh kill pile. "That is, if Graystripe hasn't already eaten all the prey."

Ivypool glances over at the pile also, noticing that Graystripe's picking through the pile, till he finds a rather fat looking thrush.

"Okay, but something small." She says. "I want to try and get in as much training as we can today before we go hunting if we have some time afterwards."

Snowpaw nods, before rushing off to go get something to eat from the pile, while Ivypool goes to sit with Dovewing outside the warriors den.

"You know, you don't have to just mope around all the time now that you don't have your powers anymore." Ivypool sighs.

It's been moons now since Dovewing, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather lost their powers, and Dovewing is still a little upset by it. She says that she doesn't feel right without her powers, and she wishes that they had never disappeared, saying she doesn't feel normal without them.

"I know." Dovewing sighs, before sitting up, and giving her chest fur a couple licks. "I would've thought that I'd be used to not having them anymore by now." She starts. "But I still feel empty without them."

"You fulfilled the prophecy that your powers came from." Ivypool says. "Isn't it only fair that they'd disappear once the prophecy was fulfilled?" She asks.

Dovewing sighs. "Yeah, I guess you're right." She says, shaking her head a little. "Look at me, when I first found out about my powers, all I wanted was to not have them, and be a normal warrior like everyone else." She starts. "But now.... I'm wishing that they never disappeared."

Leaving it at that, the two littermates don't say anything more on the subject of Dovewing's former powers. Ivypool knows that Dovewing understands that it makes sense that once the prophecy was fulfilled, that her powers along with Lionblaze's and Jayfeather's own powers would disappear. It's just that she still feels unlike herself without them.

"Ivypool." Dovewing suddenly starts. "You've been hanging round with Blossomfall a lot lately. Rather closely too I might add." She says. "Is there something going on that you both aren't telling the Clan?" She asks, genuinely curious.

At that, Ivypool doesn't know what to tell her. How is she supposed to tell her sister that she thinks she likes another she-cat in the same way a she-cat would love a tom? She's not sure how she's meant to tell that to Dovewing, and she's not even sure if she's ready to tell anyone else about it. She doesn't think Blossomfall is ready to tell anyone either.

With this situation, she's kind of glad that Dovewing no longer has her powers. She doesn't want her sister to spy on her using her super senses, or whatever it was that she had.

"Nothing's going on." Ivypool says, not looking her sister in the eye. "We're just hanging out." It wasn't completely a lie, since all she and Blossomfall have been doing is hang out.

"You sure?" Dovewing asks, concern in her meow. "You know you can talk to me. We tell each other everything." She says. "Well, almost everything." She adds, as Ivypool looks up at her.

There's plenty of stuff that the two of them never told each other. Dovewing being apart of a prophecy and had powers because of it, Ivypool training in the Dark Forest, and Dovewing sneaking off at night to meet with Tigerheart from ShadowClan.

It's a good thing that Dovewing stopped going to meet with Tigerheart long ago. She's got a tom in ThunderClan who's a lot better for her than that ShadowClan warrior. That tom being Bumblestripe.

Before Ivypool could reply to Dovewing, she's interrupted by Snowpaw, as he runs over to her side. "Ivypool!" He says. "I'm ready to go do some training now!"

Ivypool stands up, purring in amusement at her apprentice. "Alright." She says, before looking over at Dovewing. "I'll see you later." She tells her.

Dovewing nods, before she gets up also. "Alright." She says. "You have fun. I'm going to see if I can join a hunting patrol or something to make myself useful for the Clan." She says, before heading over to where Squirrelflight was sitting under Highledge with Bramblestar.

"Alright." Ivypool looks over at Snowpaw, as he sat watching her. "Let's head on out now." She says, before leading him out of camp and into the forest to the training hollow to do some battle training.