Warriors: Ashfur's Insanity

Chapter 7

Ashfur returned back to camp. He dragged Firestar from behind.

"Firestar!"

"Firestar!"

"What in the name of StarClan happened?"

"We were attacked by foxes!" Ashfur lied.

"What!?"

"Firestar!" Leafpool yowled. She threw herself at her father.

Squirrelflight joined in. "Firestar....?"

"We were attacked by foxes!" Ashfur repeated.

"I am back!!" A voice yowled. Jaykit stumbled into the clearing. "What happened??!!"

"We were attacked by foxes!" Ashfur hissed.

"Jaykit!" Cinderheart meowed. Stonekit ran over.

"Where did you go? You're soaked!" Stonekit complained.

"Calm down!" Ashfur hissed. "I have to go to the moonpool. I will go by myself," He announced.

"Aren't you going to welcome your daughter?" Cinderheart asked.

"I will when I come back. And we'll sit vigil when I come back!" Ashfur replied.

"Don't you need to send a patrol to look for the foxes?" A cat yowled.

Ashfur saw Thornclaw. "I will when I get back!" He hissed.

Sorreltail crouched in the clearing.

Ashfur ran through the camp entrance.

Jaykit blinked open her eyes. She was going to be an apprentice once Ashfur came back. Her father was gonna be a leader! Her mother would be proud. But her life was long and hard. She told the Clan about her journey. Cinderheart and Stonekit were amazed.

"Jaykit!" Cinderheart called.

"What?" Jaykit called.

"You have to clean the elders' den!" She replied.

"Ok!" Jaykit mewed. She rose to her paws and stretched. Jaykit parted her jaws in a yawn. She raced to the medicine cat den. Leafpool was there. Brightheart was with her apprentice, Alderpaw.

"Hi, Jaykit! Need anything?" Leafpool greeted.

"I need fresh moss for the elders!" Jaykit meowed.

"It's in the back of the den!" Leafpool replied.

Jaykit trotted to the back and grabbed some moss with her jaws. She raced out of the den and hurried to the elders.

"Hello, Jaykit," Poppyfrost meowed.

"Poppyfrost! What happened to your tail?" Jaykit asked

Poppyfrost hesitated and her whiskers twitched. "I was attacked by a fox. The thing bit my tail clean off!" She meowed. "And it killed my father."

"Brackenfur?" Jaykit meowed.

"Yes," Poppyfrost meowed.

"Here. Give us our bedding and we'll fix it. Go get us some fresh-kill and then you can go to sleep," Longtail meowed.

"Ok," Jaykit meowed. She couldn't believe that Poppyfrost had joined the elders. She raced over to the fresh-kill pile. She took a mole, a sparrow, and a mouse. Jaykit dragged them along to the elders.