--"There are no herbs that can take away memories. You just have to learn to live with them"--

"Maplepaw! Maplepaw! Maplepaw wake up!" The loud cry of a cat woke Maplepaw up. Her body ached in more places than she could name.

When she opened her eyes, she could see the grey pelt of Ripplepaw. He looked like someone was dying, did she kill Owlclaw?

"I-Is Owlclaw okay?" Maplepaw asked in a rasped voice, her breath was shallow and scattered. Ripplepaw looked perplexed and scared altogether.

"Owlclaw? You're worried about Owlclaw?" Ripplepaw asked angry with Maplepaw's question. "You should be more worried about yourself you mousebrain!" He hissed letting out a sigh of relief, but his eyes were still full of shock and horror.

"How is she doing Ripplepaw?" A voice asked. Maplepaw strained to look at the cat, who turned out to be Bramblestar. He looked calm and composed, opposite of Ripplepaw's expression. "Silverwhisp ran back to camp to get some herbs, she should be back soon." He meowed looking into Maplepaw's eyes.

Maplepaw felt too tired to speak, so instead she listened to the complaints of the two toms, wishing she could move away from their awful anger.

"You should never have taken on two warriors by yourself. You should have just reported the incident to me and I would have taken care of it. I asked you to report back to me what you saw. I chose you to do this because you of all ThunderClan should know that you can't handle two warriors alone. I can't believe that you would be so foolish as to jump in and fight knowing you would never win! I'm really frustrated with y-"

"Bramblestar, enough! Can't you see Maplepaw has enough to deal with!" Silverwhisp hissed as Bramblestar lowered his head in shame. He had been so fixated on lecturing his apprentice he didn't see Silverwhisp come back.

Maplepaw winced in pain each time Silverwhisp placed herbs on her pelt. Silverwhisp chewed up some leaves Maplepaw didn't recognize and placed them on her pelt, which yes indeed, stung like all of StarClan. She watch her place cobwebs on her, though she couldn't see any of her wounds. She was too tired to lift her head.

"Eat these." Silverwhisp meowed shoving some thyme and a poppy seed near Maplepaw's mouth. Maplepaw licked the herbs into her mouth, giving the herbs a quick chew before swallowing them down. "Can you stand?" Silverwhisp asked, but it didn't seem like Maplepaw could move a sliver.

"I'm just too tired to move. It feels like someone's on top of me." Maplepaw meowed trying to move her stiff body to no avail.

"Hmm." Silverwhisp meowed eying her pelt once more. "You don't have any life threatening wounds, what's keeping you down?" She meowed to herself poking one of Maplepaw's legs with her claw.

"Owch! What's your problem!" Maplepaw hissed. She was already angry enough with the she-cat.

"I'm checking to see if any of your bones were broken. Tell me if you don't feel anything." Silverwhisp meowed, continuing when Maplepaw nodded in response.

"You don't seem to have any broken bones." Silverwhisp meowed when she finished. Confusion raced through her face as she sought for an answer. "Bramblestar, Ripplepaw, Cloudtail, and Dappletear come help me lift Maplepaw to her paws." She meowed placing a paw under Maplepaw's body.

Cloudtail and Dappletear quickly padded over to the group, letting Maplepaw lean on their body. Ripplepaw was watching her to make sure she wasn't hurting too much and Bramblestar was watching the two warriors. Silverwhisp grabbed her excess herbs and padded alongside the others.

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Once in the medicine cat's den, Maplepaw felt the tingle of boredom spread. She wanted to move, or do something other than sleep.

"Silverwhisp, can I visit Maplepaw?" A cat asked outside of the den. Maplepaw instantly recognized it as Ripplepaw's voice. She nodded her head at Silverwhisp and she agreed to Ripplepaw's request.

"Thank StarClan you're here Ripplepaw! I was going to die of boredom." Maplepaw meowed with a mrrow of laughter. Ripplepaw laughed and padded closer to the she-cat. He looked like he had calmed somewhat down.

"I was seriously worried about you! I mean, you injured two warriors by yourself. Though Bramblestar seemed mad, I'm sure he's proud of you." Ripplepaw meowed with a smile. Maplepaw nodded, though she didn't feel as enthusiastic as he was.

"What happened while I was out? What did Bramblestar do about Scorchfur and Owlclaw?" Maplepaw asked as Ripplepaw sat next to her, his pelt was ruffled and messy, which bothered Maplepaw. "Keep that thought on hold." She meowed, licking Ripplepaw's fur making him jump in suprize.

"W-what are you doing?" Ripplepaw asked as he looked away from Maplepaw, as if embarrassed by her sudden actions.

"Giving your pelt a good licking. You look like a fluffy mouse." Maplepaw meowed with a smile. Ripplepaw let out a mrrow of laughter, but he was clearly embarrassed at that point- he couldn't stop shifting his paws.

"Maplepaw, what do you think of my brother, Dewnose?" Ripplepaw asked when Maplepaw finished licking his pelt into place.

"He's nice, if that's what your asking. Why?" Maplepaw meowed lifting herself to her paws with a stretch.

"Maplepaw, Ripplepaw, I'm going out to find some more cobwebs. Ripplepaw, keep a watch on her." Silverwhisp meowed padding out with a stick in her jaws.

Once Silverwhisp had padded out of the den, Ripplepaw took it as a chance to talk to Maplepaw.

"Hey, Maplepaw. . ." Ripplepaw meowed shifting his eyes away from Maplepaw before opening his mouth again. "I-I was wondering about- if." Stopping his sentence for a second, Ripplepaw thought of the words to say.

"What is it? I'm all ears." Maplepaw meowed with a smile. Ripplepaw licked his paw before opening his mouth again.

"I, uh, was wondering if you know if Breezepaw likes me." Ripplepaw meowed as he looked down at the ground, his paws shifting nervously. Maplepaw laughed.

"That's what you're getting so worked up about?" She asked with about mrrow of laughter. "Though to answer your question; no, not that I know of." She meowed giving a warm smile to her fellow apprentice.

Ripplepaw briskly nodded, but inside, he felt like StarClan had thrown a bolder on him. What did I just ask?