Ivypool's Heart || Warriors ✔

Chapter 25

The next day, Ivypool and Blossomfall wake to find two unfamiliar cats standing in front of them. The both of them carrying a fat mouse each, which they drop down onto the hay in front of Ivypool and Blossomfall.

Sitting up, Ivypool and Blossomfall look down at the mice in front of them, before looking to the cats in front of them.

"Thank you." Blossomfall says, as she and Ivypool dip their heads in thanks.

The largest of the two cats, a brown and white she-cats purrs, sitting down next to the black and white tom next to her that appeared to be missing a front leg. "You're welcome." She purrs. "Bucky and I thought you'd both be hungry."

Looking around the barn, Ivypool notices that almost all of the other cats in here are all up and laying round the middle of the barn sharing tongues with each other. Muffy and Sooty are sitting a bit away from the other cats, sharing a rabbit together, and Ivypool can't help but notice how close the two toms appear to be.

"I'm Sebastian, by the way." The she-cat says, distracting Ivypool from her thoughts. "Muffy and Sooty have already informed those of us who are here who you both are and where you come from."

Both Ivypool and Blossomfall nod at that. They had guessed that Muffy and Sooty would've already told their cats who they are. Though, they may still have to introduce themselves to the rest of the cats here. Which shouldn't be too hard. Until it comes to them explaining why they're here and not back home with their Clan...

"Thank you, Sebastian." Blossomfall says, nodding her head at both cats. "Bucky."

Both Sebastian and Bucky nod their heads at Ivypool and Blossomfall in return, before getting up and going off somewhere else inside the barn.

"They seemed nice." Blossomfall comments, once both Sebastian and Bucky are out of earshot.

Ivypool nods in agreement. "Yeah, they do." She says. "Though, I wonder what happened to Bucky." She wonders, feeling sorry for the three legged tom.

In the history of the Clans, Ivypool is unsure if any Clan cat has ever lost a leg. She knows of Cinderpelt, but even though she lost feeling and movement in one of her hind legs from an accident on the Thunderpath many many moons ago in the old forest, she never had her leg removed. Ivypool isn't even sure if any of the Clan's medicine cats are able to do that.

Though in Bucky's case, Ivypool guesses that whatever had happened to him, maybe Twolegs had something to do with it. She supposes that seems like the most logical reason anyway.

"Yeah." Blossomfall nods in agreement.

They don't say any more on the matter after that, as they both begin eating, before they're making their way towards where the rest of the cats are either sitting or laying around on the hay. They might as well try and get to know some of the other cats here if they're to stay with them for a bit.

Slowly, they learn the names of all the cats here, and they find them all to be very nice and friendly. There's of course, Muffy, Sooty, Nala, Sebastian, and Bucky. But then there's also Meeko, Leaf, sisters Dolly and Tilly, Brick, Pippin, Bailey, brothers Tigger and Loki, the elder Ash, and then three kits, Pepper, and then the two littermates, Cinders and Poppy.

They learn that the cats in this group are the ones that live in the barn permanently, but there's still a few more cats that often come and go.

Though all these cats may be nice and friendly enough, can they trust them at all? Ivypool and Blossomfall sure hope they can, but there's still a cloud of uncertainty over the two of them whether or not they can trust them.

So both Ivypool and Blossomfall have decided they're going to wait a couple sunrises before they tell these cats why they left their home. Though, they've come to notice that these cats don't seem to be that curious about why Ivypool and Blossomfall are here.

The three kits here seem to be the only ones who are really curious about why they're here. But that's to be expected, considering they are only kits so they're bound to be curious about any newcomers.

The kits even seem quite interested in hearing about the Clans. Even to the point of begging Ivypool and Blossomfall to tell them stories about the four Clans. Of course Ivypool and Blossomfall gladly tell them tales of the four Clans of cats around the lake. Which doesn't take too long for all the others to become interested in hearing tales about the Clans also.

In a way, as Ivypool and Blossomfall share tales of the Clans with these cats, they almost feel as though they're back home in ThunderClan. Of course these cats could never replace ThunderClan for Ivypool and Blossomfall.

But that doesn't necessarily mean that they can't find themselves living among them.

If they can trust them that is....

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I'm just gonna warn you guys now, that the next part is just the allegiances for the barn cats. Just so you can get an idea of what they all look like. Though, with one of them, he's got a specific look with his pelt markings, so I'm including a photo of him in the next part.

But don't worry! The allegiances for the barn cats won't be up instead of me updating chapter 26 in a couple of days, as I'm posting it straight after this chapter!