They were all ready to go
Leafpelt, Cornflower, Cheetahstep,Frostbreeze and Butterflypaw, as well as Reedleaf, were now on their way to help Hurricanefur's patrol.

The latter was at the camp in the healers' den, Brambleleaf was busy, healing Hurricanfur, while Dustpaw had to prepare the supplies in case there were other injured

The badgers, Butterflypaw had heard that they were huge, dangerous animals, and not at all friendly. The little she cat glanced at Reedleaf, the warrior had decided to also come for the patrol, for fear that her daughter would be lost, or injured during the battle, or maybe even worse...

Butterflypaw didn't know what was going through her mind when she declared that she wanted to participate in the reinforcement patrol, and as Flameshine had said, she had not yet mastered some fights techniques

But now, she couldn't back down.

A strong smell of blood then tickled her nostrils, then her blue eyes saw flashes of fur being thrown at animals much larger than them, their fangs and claws bared.

Butterflypaw was struck with horror. These beasts were bigger than she had imagined!

Suddenly, her vision blurred, and her head was spinning. For a second, she thought she had detected an unknown silhouette in the battlefield, but it had disappeared so quickly that the apprentice doubted she had really seen it.

A heartbreaking scream was suddenly heard. It wasn't just any scream it was Mousepaw's.

"We must help him!" Meow FrostBreeze
"Oh don't worry," added Butterflypaw who was delighted to hear her clanmate suffering in the distance, "he will get through it without any problem"

"Butterflypaw," Cornflower scolded, eyeing the apprentice severely, "whether you like it or not, Mousepaw is still your clanmate, don't forget it!

The pale redhead apprentice didn't respond. Quick as lightning, she rushed towards the horde of badgers, then looked around for Mousepaw. She hated the gray and white tom, but had to admit that Cornflower was right despite everything.

After what seemed like an eternity, she finally spotted her comrade, his paws sliding.
He was going to fall off a cliff!

Butterflypaw leapt towards him, then grabbed him by the scruff and hoisted him to the surface
"What has gotten into you?" he said once safe and sound. "I was controlling the situation perfectly, I didn't need your help!"

"Not even a thank you?" Butterflypaw scolded. "And then all I could see was you heading towards your death, you would have fallen if I hadn't intervened, but I also should have let you fend for yourself now that I think about it"

Mousepaw sniffed and muttered something between his whiskers that Butterflypaw didn't understand.

Suddenly, she felt huge paws lunge at her, before holding her to the ground, fangs bared.
She wanted to scratch the animal's muzzle, but it had already planted its fangs on her face, and threw her in the air, the apprentice landed heavily on a thunder path, and while she tried to get up despite blood flowing, something hits her

A monster...

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"We told you it was a bad idea!"

Hearing his brother's voice, Butterflypaw opened her eyes. She was safe and sound in the den he shared with Brambleleaf.

"What happened? Did she want to know"

"A monster hit you" explained Dustpaw, and... He added hesitantly, "Mousepaw was the one who brought you back here"

Butterflypaw's eyes widened. No it was impossible! She knew Mousepaw too well, he would never have considered coming to her rescue, in fact he had done nothing when the badger attacked her.

“You’re wrong!” Said Butterflypaw, standing up before falling back due to pain in one of his back legs. " What is..?"

“Forget about Mousepaw,” Dustpaw mewed, looking at the ground, “there’s another problem.

“I can see that there is another problem!” Butterflypaw hissed. “Why is my paw hurting?”

Dustpaw took a deep breath, and looked back at her sister.

“Your leg is broken, Butterflypaw, you will never be able to use it again, and.. You unfortunately lost an eye too, all you have left is a scar”

“No...it's a joke, right?” Butterflypaw stammered, looking for a glint of joke in the medecine apprentice's  eyes.

But seeing his serious look, she understood that he was not joking