Marshpaw POV

When Marshpaw awoke, he was in the Medicine Den. Unlike the rest of their camp, the Medicine Den always had a sort of dim lighting which Marshpaw wasn't too fond of.

"Ah, you're awake." Eagleswift turned to look at him, speaking softly as always,"How are you feeling?"

"Good, now can I go?" Marshpaw asked, completely over this already.

"Why, of course you can't." Eagleswift shook his head,"You haven't fully healed."

"But I'm fine."

"You are injured, Marshpaw-"

"I said I'm fine-"

"Enough!" Eagleswift hissed,"You are injured, you are staying here. That is final!"

Marshpaw was taken aback at the outburst from the regularly quiet and soft-spoken Medicine Cat but kept his mouth shut. However, Marshpaw's ears perked up at the sound of a familiar voice.

"How is Littlekit doing?" Falconstar asked, clearly very worried as Hawkstrike followed after her.

"He is stable, for now." Eagleswift nodded his head, acting as if their little disagreement never happened,"He should make it."

"Thank Starclan." Hawkstrike let out a sigh of relief.

Falconstar turned to Marshpaw and smiled,"Thank you for saving my son, Marshpaw. I am forever grateful."

"Oh, uh, your welcome." Marshpaw fidgeted with his paws awkwardly.

"If you were a bit older, I would've definitely made you a warrior right away but-"

"It's okay, I know what you mean." Marshpaw chuckled, looking over to Littlekit.

Just like his namesake, he was tiny, especially compared to the next he was laid in. He just looked so... Peaceful.

Marshpaw was broken out of his staring by Eagleswift nudging some poppy seeds towards him.

"Go on, chew on these."

Almost reluctantly, Marshpaw obliged. He didn't know medicine, maybe Eagleswift was trying to poison him. That's when he felt his eyes starting to close and he drifted off.

Maplepaw POV

Maplepaw was pacing nervously. Duskstar had announced that she would be going on her first patrol, alongside Venomfang, Twigfeather and Cindertail.

It was Venomfang she was worried for. Obviously she didn't want to let anyone down on her first patrol, but Venomfang had just lost Tawnyfur.

"Oi, Maplepaw." Cindertail called to her,"Relax, will ya? You're starting to make me nervous."

"Oh, sorry." Maplepaw apologized, now she was affecting her clanmates?

Soon enough, Twigfeather and Venomfang joined up with them, followed by Sunnytail.

"Alright, listen. It's nearing the end of green-leaf and so we need to make sure we have plenty of prey as you all know how scarce it gets during leaf-fall and leaf-bare.' Sunnytail instructed them before they all set off.

Maplepaw nodded as they left the camp, she could definitely feel how it had started getting colder. She didn't mind too much, she quite enjoyed the cold.

She was broken out of her thoughts as she caught the scent of something she didn't recognize. They were walking towards the border of... Owlclan!? Not there!

"Why are we going here?" Maplepaw asked quietly.

"We need to mark the borders." Venomfang answered, brushing up against the bush.

Maplepaw nodded slowly before she spotted a black she cat approach them, causing her to back away behind Cindertail.

"How interesting. Duskclan, hm?" The she hummed.

The she cat had midnight black fur and shining green eyes. Her fur appeared very long and her body was slender.

"Just marking the border, nothing else." Twigfeather assured her.

"Is that so?" She cocked her head to the side.

"It is, now we'll be off-" Cindertail turned.

"Aw, so soon? Why not stay a bit?" The she purred.

"Oh, no thank you, let's go." Venomfang nudged Maplepaw.

And with that, despite the she's offer, they headed far away from Owlclan territory.