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Jaypaw snatched up a couple of the coltsfoot stalks and dashed after her, scrambling2 up the rocks leading to Firestar’s den3 without stopping to think about where to put his paws.
When he reached Highledge the smell of sickness struck him like a blow. Inside his den, Firestar was coughing, and as Jaypaw padded up to him he could feel the heat of fever pulsing from his body. Every hair on Jaypaw’s pelt4 stood on end. What would happen to ThunderClan now that their leader was ill?
“Thanks, Jaypaw,” Leafpool mewed, taking the coltsfoot from him. “Here, Firestar, eat these.”
“I’m not that sick,” Firestar protested, his voice already roughened from coughing. “You should keep the herbs for cats who need them.”
“Don’t be ridiculous!” Leafpool snapped. “Youneed them. I’m your medicine cat now, and don’t you forget it.”
“You were so quiet when you were a kit6.” Weary amusement crept into Firestar’s voice. “I never thought you would turn out this bossy7.”
“Well, I did, so do as you’re told.” Leafpool sounded full of affection for her father. “Come on—you know the Clan5 needs you to be strong and fit.”
As Firestar chewed up the herbs, Jaypaw slipped out of the den and down into the clearing. Halting at the foot of the rocks, he tasted the air, hoping to find an apprentice8 to fetch fresh bedding for Firestar. At least the Clan leader could be kept apart in his den, so that he wouldn’t pass on the sickness to healthy cats.
“What’s going on?” the deputy asked.
“You shouldn’t go up there.” Jaypaw blocked Brambleclaw from climbing the rocks. “Firestar has greencough.”
“Leafpool’s with him,” Jaypaw meowed. “She’ll do her best.”
“I know.” His father sounded a little reassured11. “Let me pass, Jaypaw. I’ve got to speak to Firestar about the patrols.”
“Okay.” Jaypaw moved out of the way. “Stay out on the Highledge, though, and talk to him from there. Don’t get too close.”
Jaypaw tasted the air again as Brambleclaw’s paw steps receded12 up the rocks, but he still couldn’t pick up Foxpaw’s or Icepaw’s scent. This time, it was Graystripe who padded up to him.
“Jaypaw, how is Millie?” he demanded. “She’s really sick, isn’t she?”
Jaypaw would have liked to find a comforting lie, but he knew that Graystripe would never believe it. He nodded, and was almost knocked off his paws by the strength of the agony that surged over him from the gray warrior13. Is that love?he wondered. Does Graystripe care about Millie that much? It’s as if his own life was in danger!
“The silver cat who died,” he mewed. “You loved her, didn’t you?”
Graystripe caught his breath, startled. “Y-yes. Her name was Silverstream. She was Stormfur and Feathertail’s mother.” He fell silent, wreathed in sad memories.
“You couldn’t have done anything to save her,” Jaypaw told him. “She lives in StarClan, and she’s watching over Millie now. She doesn’t want Millie to join her in StarClan yet, not when she has your kits14 to care for.”
“You know all this?” Graystripe asked, shocked.
Jaypaw nodded. “I heard her in a vision.”
“It’s so like Silverstream to care,” Graystripe murmured, “but it’s not much comfort right now. StarClan can’t fight greencough any better than we can here.” He sounded defeated, as if he had made up his mind that he was going to lose Millie as he had lost Silverstream.
Anger scorched16 through Jaypaw like a devouring17 flame. Cats won’t die! I’ll do something!He wanted to battle the sickness, not only for the dying cats of his own Clan, and for warriors18 like Graystripe who loved them, but for all the cats of StarClan, who didn’t want any more cats in their ranks, not so many and so soon.
And for Brightspirit,he added. She came to help me. And somehow I’ll work out the meaning of what she said
Still looking for Foxpaw and Icepaw, Jaypaw padded over to the apprentices19’ den. Before he reached it, he scented20 a hunting patrol returning through the thorn tunnel: Brackenfur, Lionblaze, Cloudtail, and Cinderheart. All four of them were carrying prey21, but Jaypaw could sense their weariness and discouragement.
It’s happening just like Leafpool said, he thought. So many cats are sick, there aren’t enough for all the patrols
Jaypaw stuck his head through the bracken that grew against the entrance to the apprentices’ den. Little snuffling sounds told him Foxpaw was asleep. His breathing was even; the day before, Leafpool had given him a dose of tansy, and it seemed to have cleared up his cough.
One less cat to worry about
“Wha…?” Foxpaw raised his head.
“I need you to fetch fresh bedding for Firestar.”
The ginger23 apprentice let out a huge noisy yawn. “Can’t some other cat do it? I did the dawn patrol, anda hunting patrol with Sandstorm. She said I could have a rest.”
Jaypaw couldn’t help feeling a twinge of sympathy. “Every cat is overworked,” he meowed. “Icepaw could help you if you can find her.”
“She’s out hunting with Whitewing,” Foxpaw told him, scrambling to his paws and grunting24 as he stretched. “Okay, I’m coming.”
“Make sure the bedding’s dry,” Jaypaw instructed as Foxpaw brushed past the ferns into the clearing. “And get rid of the old stuff well away from camp. Firestar’s sick.”
“Why didn’t you say so?” Foxpaw’s voice was full of dismay. His paw steps receded, racing25 toward the tunnel.
Jaypaw padded over to the fresh-kill pile and collected a squirrel for the elders. Before he reached their den under the hazel bush, he could hear Longtail coughing, and a comforting murmur15 from Mousefur.
“Here you are.” Jaypaw dragged the squirrel into the den and dropped it beside Mousefur. “How are you, Longtail?”
“His cough’s getting worse,” Mousefur snapped. “When are you going to fetch him some catmint?”
When hedgehogs fly. Jaypaw suppressed the sharp comment. “We haven’t got any,” he told Mousefur. “I’ll fetch him some tansy, though, and borage for the fever.”
Mousefur snorted. “A poor medicine cat you turned out to be, if you haven’t even got catmint.”
Once again Jaypaw stopped himself from snapping back at her. He knew that the cranky elder was worried about her denmate. At least the tansy leaves Mousefur had eaten had kept her from getting sick…so far.
“Longtail, try to eat some of the fresh-kill,” he urged. “You need to keep your strength up.”
With a nod to Mousefur, Jaypaw left the den and padded back to the fresh-kill pile to fetch prey for the sick cats in the warriors’ den. When he pushed his way through the branches, he located Thornclaw and Dustpelt in nests to one side. Ferncloud was curled up close to her mate.
“No, you’re not,” Ferncloud told him. “You’re staying here if I have to hold you down.” Jaypaw heard her tongue rasping affectionately over her mate’s pelt.
Jaypaw dropped a mouse in front of Dustpelt and another beside Thornclaw. The golden tabby had been ill for longer than any cat except Millie, and his breathing sounded fast and shallow. He lay on one side, and didn’t respond when Jaypaw checked him with a paw. His pelt was rough and Jaypaw could feel every one of his ribs29. Jaypaw’s muscles tensed. Thornclaw could already be on his way to StarClan.
“Is there anything I can do?” Jaypaw felt Ferncloud’s breath warm against his ear.
“Not much, but thanks,” Jaypaw meowed. “Try to get him to eat that mouse when he wakes.”
“I will.” Ferncloud touched her nose to Jaypaw’s muzzle30, then went to curl up again beside Dustpelt.
“Jaypaw.” Squirrelflight’s voice came from the other side of the den. “I want you to tell Leafpool that I’m fit enough to go hunting.” Her paw steps approached; Jaypaw could feel pain and stiffness in every movement.
“Lie? Nonsense! You can tell her my wound has healed.”
Jaypaw sniffed32 at his mother where claws had slashed33 down her side in the battle with WindClan and RiverClan. The wound had closed and there was no smell of infection, but her fur had yet to grow back and Jaypaw could tell that her muscles were still stiff.
“You’re not ready,” he growled34. “And Leafpool would tell you the same. I’ll ask her to come and check you, and maybe you can start some gentle exercises, but that doesn’t include chasing squirrels.”
Squirrelflight snorted. “ThunderClan needs every warrior we have right now.”
“Yes, we do.” Jaypaw’s patience with his mother was rapidly running out. “But can’t you see you’ll make more work for us if you go back on patrol before you’re ready?”
Squirrelflight’s reply was cut off by the sound of another warrior pushing into the den; Jaypaw picked up Mousewhisker’s scent, which had an edge of urgency. “Foxpaw told me that Firestar’s ill!” he exclaimed.
There was a stir of movement among the other cats. “StarClan forbid!” Ferncloud wailed35. “What will we do if our leader dies? WindClan and RiverClan will attack us again for sure.”
“He won’t die,” Jaypaw insisted, putting all the conviction he could into the words. “And if he does lose a life, he still has plenty more.”
“That doesn’t mean he can throw them away,” Squirrelflightsnapped. “And Brambleclaw will need to do even more patrols. What if our leader andour deputy get sick?”
“We’re doing everything we can to fight the sickness,” Jaypaw meowed. “And Firestar is a strong, fit cat.”
“I know, but…” Squirrelflight’s voice died away. Jaypaw could sense the same anguish36 coming from her as he had picked up from Graystripe earlier. Without another word she turned away and padded back to her nest.
Worry surged over Jaypaw again as he thrust through the branches of the warriors’ den and went to collect fresh-kill for the cats in the nursery. He was afraid Leafpool had been right when she said that they were losing the battle. Without catmint, there was nothing they could do.
I have to find someSomehow I must work out what Brightspirit was trying to tell me
By the time Jaypaw had finished reporting to Leafpool and taking what few herbs they had to the sick cats, night was falling. He curled up in his nest in the medicine cats’ den, wriggling37 deep into the moss38 to block out the sound of Millie and Briarkit snuffling and wheezing39 close by.
Maybe now I can figure out what I have to do
Jaypaw remembered his meeting with the beautiful silver tabby, and the warmth in her gaze as she spoke40 to him. Seek for the wind. But there was wind everywhere; you didn’t have to look for it. It rustled41 through the branches of the trees, swept over the lake, flattened42 the moorland grass on the way to the Moonpool. If only it was as easy to find catmint!
Seek for the wind…and you’ll find catmint. Was that what Brightspirit meant for him to understand? Excitement tingled44 through Jaypaw from ears to tail-tip; he flexed45 his claws, snagging the moss beneath him. Where did the wind blow harder than anywhere else? Of course! Over WindClan territory!
There was no catmint on ThunderClan territory; the RiverClan supply was too far away, and the sparse46 undergrowth under the pines of ShadowClan made it unlikely that there was any there. If there was more catmint around the lake, it must be in WindClan.
Jaypaw wanted to leap out of his nest and go charging through the forest, but he knew that would be totally mouse-brained. He didn’t know his way around WindClan territory, and even if he could see, he had no idea where to start looking for the herb.
You’re a medicine cat. You have powers. Use them
Curling into a tight ball, Jaypaw closed his eyes. He had never walked in the dreams of a cat who was so far away, but Kestrelpaw, the WindClan medicine cat apprentice, had always been open and friendly toward him. Dumb, but friendly…Maybe that would make it easier to step into his dreams.
Jaypaw pictured himself heading out of the camp and through the woods toward WindClan territory. Leaping the stream that marked the border, he swooped47 across the moorland on featherlight paws, until he reached the top of the hollow where WindClan had their camp. Letting the dream carry him onward48, he padded among indistinct shapes of rocks and bushes, focusing on the wide crack in a boulder49 where Barkface and Kestrelpaw had their den.
Inside the crack, the medicine cat and his apprentice were curled up in nests of moorland grass and feathers that stirred with each breath. Jaypaw’s shadowy form curled up beside Kestrelpaw, touching50 his warm, soft fur. He slowed his breathing to match the other cat’s; heartbeats later he felt wind buffeting51 his fur and found himself in Kestrelpaw’s dream.
The young medicine cat was padding over the moor43 with the scents52 of grass and sheep all around him. Clouds scudded53 across a pale blue sky, and dew glittered under the rays of the early morning sun.
“Hi, Jaypaw!” Kestrelpaw sounded surprised but warm. “What are you doing here?”
“I just thought I’d visit you.” Jaypaw tensed, wondering if Kestrelpaw would realize how weird54 that was. If he was too disturbed he might wake, and Jaypaw would be thrown out of the dream and back into his own nest.
“Great.” Kestrelpaw flicked55 his ears in welcome. “Isn’t it a beautiful day? I thought I’d come out early and look for a few herbs.”
Jaypaw longed to ask Kestrelpaw what kind of herbs he hoped to find, but he was still wary56 of spooking the other apprentice. Instead, he just followed Kestrelpaw across the moor.
“Does this stream flow down toward ThunderClan?” he asked casually57 as they leaped across a trickle58 of brown, peaty water fringed by reeds.
“Yes, it joins the border stream,” Kestrelpaw replied.
He’s not suspicious at all,Jaypaw thought. After all, it’s just a dream, right?
“I don’t suppose you find much prey up here,” he went on, anxious to keep the WindClan cat talking.
“Then you suppose wrong!” Kestrelpaw’s tail shot up and he raised his head proudly. “Can’t you smell all the rabbits? And sometimes we catch birds; Crowfeather taught us how the Tribe hunts in the mountains.”
“I guess you’ve got to be fast,” Jaypaw commented.
Kestrelpaw gave his chest fur a couple of quick licks. “That’s what WindClan cats are best at.”
“So what about herbs?” Jaypaw went on, his belly59 churning as he asked the question that really mattered. “It looks pretty bleak60 up here. Not the right place for growing most kinds of plants.”
“Wrong again. We’ve got good stocks tucked away along the streams, and in that bit of woodland next to the ThunderClan border.”
“That must be good for water mint,” Jaypaw remarked. “What about catmint?”
“Oh, yes, we’ve got plenty of that.” Kestrelpaw pointed61 with his nose toward a spot where the moor dipped down sharply to a tumble of rocks. “Down there.”
“Really?” Jaypaw forced himself to sound mildly interested, when what he really wanted to do was bounce up and down caterwauling in triumph.
“Yes, there’s—”
Just in front of the two apprentices, a rabbit started up outof a gorse thicket62 and streaked63 away across the moor. Kestrelpaw broke off what he was saying and raced after it, his belly fur brushing the coarse grass.
“Thanks, rabbit,” Jaypaw murmured.
He waited until the WindClan apprentice had disappeared, then scrambled64 down the slope to the rocks. Sniffing65 the air, he picked up the scent of water and a strong smell of catmint. A few heartbeats later he found it: a spring welling up between two of the rocks, with thick clumps66 of catmint growing all around it.
For a moment Jaypaw stood still, breathing in the scent of the precious herb. He wished desperately67 that he could tear off a bundle of the stalks and carry them back to his Clan, but he was still dreaming. Some cat would have to come here in the waking world, and steal some of the herb from WindClan.
It’s not really stealing,he told himself. Not when we need it so badly. And WindClan has plenty
Gradually Jaypaw realized that the catmint was not all he could smell. A familiar scent clung around the rocks, the scent of caves and earth and deeply buried water. Scrambling among the stones, he tried to find where the scent was strongest. Finally he found it: a narrow gap between the rocks, leading down into darkness.
This must be an entrance to the underground tunnels! Maybe this is the way WindClan came when they raided our territory
In the mud in front of the gap he could see the traces of several paw prints. Taking a quick glance around, he padded forward and squeezed himself through the gap. The passage quickly grew wider, and Jaypaw could make out the scent of WindClan cats clinging to the stones.
“Jaypaw! Jaypaw!”
“Jaypaw!” A paw prodded70 him sharply in the side. “Jaypaw, Millie’s fever is worse. Can you fetch her some moss soaked with water?”
Jaypaw opened his eyes on darkness and scrambled out of his nest, shaking himself to dislodge scraps72 of moss and bracken from his pelt. The chill of early dawn filled the den, together with Leafpool’s fear scent; at the other side he could hear Millie’s harsh breathing and Briarkit mewling pitifully.
“She’s going to die, isn’t she?” The little kit sounded terrified. “And I’ll never see her again, ’cause I don’t know the way to StarClan.”
“We’re doing all we can.” Leafpool moved away, and Jaypaw pictured her bending her head to comfort the frightened kit. “And even if she does die, you’ll see her again one day. When she’s in StarClan, she’ll know the right time to come and fetch you.”
“Are you sure?” Briarkit still sounded uncertain.
“I promise you,” Leafpool reassured her.
Jaypaw’s legs started to shake with fear. Leafpool was acting73 as if she was resigned to watching every one of her Clanmates die. We have to get that catmint now!“I’ll fetch the moss,” he mewed, and whisked out of the den.
As soon as he had delivered the dripping moss to Millie, he slipped out again and crept through the branches into the warriors’ den. The air was full of the warm scent of sleeping cats; it was so early that hardly any of them were stirring
“Uhhh…?” Lionblaze’s muscles flexed and he raised his head. “Jaypaw? Is something wrong?”
“Really?” Jaypaw could sense Lionblaze’s excitement. “Where?”
“In WindClan, near the entrance to a tunnel. You have to go and fetch some.”
The excitement Jaypaw could feel in Lionblaze changed abruptly75 to horror and disgust. “No,” he mewed hoarsely76. “I’ll never go to WindClan. Never!”
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