Warrior Cats: The Legacy #2: The Afterglow Of The Sun

Chapter 39

"C-C-Cherryfeather?" Marshwillow felt tears drizzle down her face, slowly, but visibly. Frogwhisker scared Marshwillow by padding up behind her.

"Go away." she meowed, trying to scan for small breaths on Cherryfeather, they were there, but shallow. "You shouldnt of gone out of the den, when Lynxfur told you not to...

Lynxfur padded in, "Get her back in the den, immediately!" She wailed, She cant die, She cant die, she is in the prophecy! Marshwillow thought hopelessly, panicking.

Frogwhiskers head was low outside the den, he looked alot better now, coughing every so often, Marshwillow was glad he was okay. Marshwillow was staring at him, and he muttered out a word.

"C-Can we talk?" He asked, looking furiously nervous, and shook slightly, Marshwillow returned a glare, for a heartbeat and sighed. "Sure." Marshwillow sighed, and Frogwhisker padded onto the hill where he confessed.

"U-Uhh...What do you want to say?" Marshwillow was looking visibly uncomfortable, and Frogwhisker shivered. He hesitated and finally spoke out...

"I just wanted to say im sorry arguing with you and Cherryfeather, I was losing my mind a bit, and now that I see what your going through...Tigerstorm, my friend, pretty much your sisters mate, has just died, and I almost did too, truthfully...but you saved my life...You...saved me..after all I had done to you..and Cherryfeather. I realize my actions now, and I just..." he stopped, a tear slowly raking down his face, his eyes filling up with bloodshot red.

Marshwillow glared at him, for a full minute, a tear still droolling down her own face. She stopped him quickly before finishing his sentence and nuzzled him, affectionately.

"You know what? I forgive you too. Although you were a fox-heart to Cherryfeather, I'm sure apologizing to her either won't hurt." Marshwillow meowed.

"I...I'll be honest...For a long time...I wanted to apologize to you...I couldnt build up confidence to do so, not even to Cherryfeather." he meowed sighing and his ears and tail were drooped, his head low.

"Lets go back to camp." Marshwillow meowed, trying to smile at him to reassure him from his seemingly sad mood. He must of had to work up to try do that...because now...now I feel bad...and what will Cherryfeather react like when she wakes up?

*** 1 moon later ***

Marshwillow was hanging over Cherryfeather, Lynxfur giving her honey to soothe her throat and then shortly giving Juniper Berries to Cherryfeather also, Squirrelkit ran in, "Lynxfur! Lynxfur! Spiritkit was stung by a bee! She says it really hurts." he meowed, pointing to the dandelions sitting in a pile.

"Will you squeeze its juice onto her bee sting?" Squirrelkit meowed, sitting watching Lynxfur with great interest. "Yes," Lynxfur purred, "I will." she meowed. "I wanna become a medicine cat like you! Lynxfur!" Squirrelkit blurted out.

Lynxfur purred, "Really?" she meowed. "Your welcome to, I will speak to Archstar soon." Lynxfur meowed. Squirrelkit gave a little bounce and followed Lynxfur out to where Spiritkit was.

Archstar then called for a meeting, and cats gathered around, "Fennelkit, Willowkit, and Adderkit." he started, "Please come up." he boomed his voice around. "Fennelpaw, you have reached the age of six moons... now your mentor will be Feathermist." he meowed, "Feathermist, you have shown yourself worthy of handling an apprentice." he meowed.

"Willowpaw...your mentor will be...Amberflower, and Adderpaw, Fawnbrook will be yours." Archstar meowed.

"It is the time of the gathering, Marshwillow, Frogwhisker, Reedfern, Feathermist, Braveheart, Scorchpaw, Goldenpaw, Minnowpaw, Lilypaw, Windleap, Beechclaw, Wildstrike, and Heatherfang will be attending." he meowed.

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When they arrived, a new she-cat leader stood up on the rock.

Clan cats talked and alot more, the leaders talked too, especially the new she-cat leader, she looked enthuastic.

Soon the gathering began, Littlestar stood up. "Cats of all clans! This gathering has now begun!" He meowed, dipping his head to the other leaders.

"Patchstar has passed away to the ranks of StarClan. He died in honour, and thats all I will say, I am the new leader of ThunderClan, Sorrelstar!" she meowed,

"Sorrelstar, Sorrelstar, Sorrelstar!" the clans chanted, and Littlestar gave a nod.

"We welcome you into our loyal leader ranks, Sorrelstar." he dipped his head.

"ThunderClan have been well, Flowerblossom has had her kits, Mistkit and Rainkit, We have one new apprentice, Applepaw. Although Blueblossom has joined the ranks of StarClan safely, we mourn her deeply." she meowed, Applepaw looked around, flushing embarrassingly at her name being chanted, as Lilypaw glared at her.

"ShadowClan have been well," Littlestar murmured, "We drove a fox away, it fled in the way of your territory, Wavestar." he murmured, and Wavestar nodded, "Thank you for alerting me." she smiled. "We also have a new warrior, Breezeheart!" Littlestar smiled, and Breezeheart proudly looked around.

"RiverClan are also doing splendid. We have 1 new warrior, Splashfall, and two new kits from Plumflower, we welcome Sandkit and Beechkit to RiverClan!" Wavestar meowed curtly.

"Thank you, Archstar?" she meowed.

"Oh yes, WindClan have 3 new apprentices, Fennelpaw, Willowpaw and Adderpaw! Although they are not attending this gathering, we are still proud for their futures." he yowled triumphantly, as the cats cheered their names.

"Fennelpaw, Adderpaw, Willowpaw!"

"Rosecloud is expecting Reedferns kits too!" he meowed, smiling. "Sadly, we lost Tigerstorm, a noble warrior. He died during the great fire that happened a few days ago, he was struggling, alot." Archstar shared that news, sadly.

WindClan cats cheered at Roseclouds news, and Reedfern nodded at all the glares at him.

"That is all we have for today, come on WindClan, lets get back." Archstar meowed, the shining stars shone brightly, twinkling happily in the sky.