Chapter 21

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 ''Help, please!'' Eclipseshine yowled as she rushed in the camp. She carefully laid down Butterflyspirit. All the cats looked at her, confused and shocked.

 ''Butterflyspirit? Butterflyspirit! My dear daughter!'' Goldenturtle yowled from where she was, and rushed at her. Tigerbite quickly followed and nuzzled his daughter. 

 ''Eclipseshine? What happened?'' Dreamstar asked, rushing towards the she-cat. The black-and-white warrior looked at her leader. She wanted to say she attacked Butterflyspirit, but she wanted to know if her former friend was going to live or not, then apologize to her if she lived, and only then turn herself in.

 ''I.. I don't know, I just found her on the ground while I was out hunting!'' Eclipseshine wailed. She really didn't want to lie, especially now, but she really wanted to know if Butterflyspirit was going to live.

 Turtlenight rushed towards Butterflyspirit and carefully grabbed her by the scruff. ''StarClan, why? I just sent her in the forest to get more dandelion, and she gets attacked like this?'' She whispered, then padded towards her den with Butterflyspirit's scruff in her jaws.

 Eclipseshine heard a low growl and saw Russetmoon, Sweetpurr and Petalflight rushing after Turtlenight. Violetstream and Leopardeye looked angry, but Eclipseshine didn't care. They could visit her as long as they wouldn't harm Butterflyspirit.

 The black-and-white she-cat quickly padded towards the medicine cat's den and padded in. Turtlenight laid Butterflyspirit down in a nest and already started applying some herbs on her wound.

 ''Is she going to be okay?'' Sweetpurr asked, shaking. Eclipseshine was surprised to hear this from her. I thought you didn't care about her!

 ''Yes, it's just a small wound on her throat. Thank StarClan it's not deep. But yes, she will be okay.'' Turtlenight meowed.

 ''We're such bad friends!'' Petalflight wailed. ''We left her when she had no friends, just because Leopardeye and Violetstream lied to us that she's a bad cat. But she wasn't. We should've believed Butterflyspirit!''

 ''So I couldn't be friends with her? That's why you now regret it? Because maybe if you were still her friends, I probably wouldn't have been Butterflyspirit's friend?'' Eclipseshine spat, staring at her. 

 Petalflight shook her head. ''No, you were a good friend to her. And I'm really sorry for leaving her.''

 ''So am I.'' Sweetpurr sighed. ''We want to apologize. We have been thinking about this for a while now.''

 ''Me and Sweetpurr realized that Leopardeye and Violetstream are bad friends. Well, we realized this after they both attacked Butterflyspirit.'' Petalflight lowered her head. ''We told Leopardeye and Violetstream that we don't want to be friends with them anymore.''

 ''I also want to apologize.'' Russetmoon sighed. ''Butterflyspirit seems like a sweet she-cat, and I was really disgusted after Violetstream and Leopardeye attacked Butterflyspirit. But then, Sweetpurr and Petalflight told me their backstory. I know we're late, but we're really sorry.''

 Eclipseshine stared at the three she-cats, surprised. Well, I can never forgive them, but if Butterflyspirit forgives them, I might try to forgive them as well. But now, it's not about them, it's-

 ''Why did you stop being friends with Butterflyspirit anyways?'' Petalflight interrupted her thoughts. ''After you came back to camp from 'patrolling' with Leopardeye and Violetstream, you and Butterflyspirit stopped talking.''

 ''Yeah, and Leopardeye and Violetstream also suggested we stay away from you and her.'' Russetmoon meowed. ''So, what happened?''

 ''I don't want to talk about it.'' Eclipseshine whispered, then looked back at Turtlenight, who took a moss and soaked it with water from the small puddle in her den. She put the moss close to Butterflyspirit.

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