Moonsong's Echo (BEING RE-WRITTEN)

Chapter 2

      Moonpaw's fur bristled as a ginger tom came out of the undergrowth. "Oh hello." The tom meowed with a grin on his face, "what is a young apprentice   doing so close to the ThunderClan border?".
       "Why would I tell you?" Moonpaw sniffed.
         "A feisty one aren't you?" He meowed with amusement.
         Moonpaw let out a low growl, "What are you doing here?" She asked.
         "I'm just doing some midnight hunting." The tom meowed.
           Moonpaw let her fur lie flat, "Well I have to go now." She meowed.
       He nodded, "I'm Flameheart by the way." The tom meowed before Moonpaw left.
            As Moonpaw padded through the camp entrance, Neactarleaf raced up to her. "Where have you been?" Neactarleaf demanded.
          "I was just out hunting." Moonpaw responded. Neactarleaf huffed, "Well get ready to go on patrol."
       Moonpaw nodded and headed to the fresh-kill pile. As she ate a rabbit, she saw Hollypaw and Minnowpaw practicing some battle moves together near the entrance to the apprentices den. 'I wonder what it's like to have littermates.' Moonpaw thought. Frostleaf had told her that her littermates, Honeykit and Stonekit, had died of a sickness soon after they were born and that Moonpaw had nearly died as well. Moonpaw shook out the thought and headed to the camp entrance where the patrol was waiting to head out. 

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Moonpaw couldn't sleep very well that night, her thoughts keeping her awake. She got out of her nest and slipped out of the den. Bumblepaw, who was awake in his nest, noticed her trying to sneak out. "Where are you going?" He yawned to Moonpaw. Moonpaw flinched and replied, "I-I'm just going to make dirt."
         "Sure you are," Bumblepaw retorted, "That's an excuse every apprentice makes."
         "Fine I am sneaking out, but please don't tell anyone." Moonpaw meowed.
           "What's in it for me?" He meowed jokingly. Moonpaw let out a purr of amusement, "Do you promise not to tell anyone?" She asked.
            "Promise." Bumblepaw meowed.
         Moonpaw slipped out of the den and through the dirtplace tunnel. The wind ruffled her pelt as she headed for the ThunderClan border, wondering if that strange ThunderClan cat would be there. Once she got there she looked into the forest, trying to tell if there was a cat there. The ginger tom she had met last time stepped out of the undergrowth, "Hello Moonpaw, what brings you here again?" Flameheart meowed.
          "I just couldn't sleep so i thought I might as well hunt for my clan." Moonpaw replied.                
        Flameheart let out a purr, "Come with me," he meowed, beckoning with his tail for her to follow him.
          "In ThunderClan territory? Isn't that against the warrior code?" Moonpaw asked Flameheart.
        "It's not against the warrior code if you are offered to go into another clan's territory." He meowed.
            Moonpaw nodded and hesitantly followed Flameheart over the border. They padded through the forest, Moonpaw walked close to Flameheart, feeling uncomfortable at the trees blocking the sky above them. "How's things in WindClan?" He asked her.
         "Well, things are ok. Coolstar has greencough and Petalfur doesn't have enough catmint to treat him with." Moonpaw mewed.
          "I can give you some catmint, there's plenty of it in ThunderClan territory." Flameheart meowed.  
       "Really? Can you?" Moonpaw asked.
          "Of course I can." He purred.
          Flameheart beckoned her to follow him as they padded through the forest. They arrived at an abandoned two-leg nest and Flameheart bent down to pick some leaves off a plant that was near the den. He set them down in front of Moonpaw, "There you go, being that to Petalfur and Coolstar should feel better soon enough." He meowed.
             "Thanks Flameheart, i'll go give them to her." Moonpaw mewed.
             "Meet me near the border tomorrow night, ok." Flameheart told her before she left.
          Moonpaw nodded and headed back to WindClan territory. Once she slipped back into camp, she headed to the medicine den to give the catmint to Petalfur. "Oh, hello Moonpaw." Petalfur meowed when Moonpaw came in.
         "Hi, I found some catmint by the border and I thought I should give it to you." Moonpaw meowed, she hated lying to her clanmates but she didn't want to get in trouble.
        "Oh thank you Moonpaw, I've been looking for some all day to cure Coolstar's greencough." Petalfur meowed.
           "No problem." Moonpaw mewed.
         Moonpaw noticed some pride and slight sadness in Petalfur's eyes, 'Why does she always look at me like that, as if there's something wrong with me?' Moonpaw thought. "Why do you always look at me like that?" Moonpaw asked Petalfur.
       Petalfur flinched slightly, "It's nothing, thank you Moonpaw for the catmint." Petalfur responded quickly.
           Moonpaw nodded and headed towards the entrance of the den.