Medicine Cat Den 4

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Ripplestream slipped into her den with her jaws full of marigold and watermint. She quietly sorted her store of herbs while thinking of Pebblestone, her dead brother. She twitched her ears in embarrassment, although no cat was there, besides her. Why wasn't I there when he met the badger? I could have saved him! she slapped herself mentally over and over again.

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Strawberrypaw limped into the medicine cat den.
"Hi, Ripplestream, can you take a.... thorn out of my pad?" Strawberrypaw showed her aching paw to the medicine cat. "I was looking for my mentor.... Nightfrost, and I sort of fell.... somehow into some thorns." Strawberrypaw reflected with embarrasement.

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Ripplestream shook her head slightly to clear her thoughts. Then she nodded and smiled at the young apprentice. "Okay, just lie down right there," she motioned with her tail to a clear spot on the floor. "StarClan knows how you got in the thorns in the first place," lookg at her herb store to see whether or not she had enough cobwebs. Argh! she thought as she glared at her supply. Not enough...I'll have to collect more later.

[Olan]

Birdsong, also, had an injury, but it wasn't her own. She picked Sharkkit up in her jaws and walked over to the medicine den. "Hi, Ripplestream." she meowed, and scuffled her paws in a shy way. "Sharkkit here," she looked sternly at the gray kit. "Sharkkit has gotten into some crowfood, because he snuck out of camp with Onyxkit. He is now complaining about a bellyache. Can you help?" She looked up at the medicine cat, and then at Strawberrypaw. "Oh, sorry, I didn't know you were busy..."

[Owl]

Mousepaw got up when he saw Birdsong enter, "I'll help the kits while Ripplestream handles Strawberrypaw, now, what sort of Crowfood did he eat?" Mousepaw wondered what Ripplestream would say

[Olan]

Birdsong shook her head. "Sharkkit," she meowed sternly. "Tell Mousepaw what you ate."

"Nooo!!!!" Sharkkit wailed. Birdsong sighed and looked up at Mousepaw.

"It's no use," she meowed hopelessly. Sharkkit started wailing.

"It tasted like hawk!" Sharkkit wailed. Birdsong shook her head again.

"You've never tasted hawk," she said with a mrrrow of amusement in her voice. The kit was so mouse-brained at times. Turning toward the entrance of the medicine den, she meowed, "Mousepaw? Would you keep an eye on Sharkkit? I'm going to check on Onyxkit and Shimmerkit."