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Riverkit watched Steelkit run off as Soulkit chased after him.
Those two will never learn, will they? The she-cat thought with sadness. However much Steelkit and Soulkit tended to rub her the wrong way, they were the only family she had apart from Vanstar and Wishfeather, and they were like her brothers. She cared a great deal for them.
She let out a sigh and turned her attention to her other Clanmates.

Greedclaw was speaking to the new medicine cat as she named off all the herbs she needed, in her head. "Are you ready?" She asked the jet-black deputy.
Greedclaw nodded, it was rather surprising to see the tom patient. "There's a meadow just outside of camp. You'll most likely be able to gather all the herbs you need there."
"Okay," she said. "I think Tanpaw and I passed it coming here."
"So you know where you're going?"
"Not really, but that's why you're here, right?" The large she-cat meowed with amusement.
"Our Clan just defeated a group of foxes. I am not your guide," he replied; his patience faltering.
The she-cat waved his remark away with her tail as she stood up and made her way towards the clearing. "I'm able to handle myself."
Greedclaw rolled his eyes as he followed her out of camp.

*~*

"Everything is here!" Shiningsong exclaimed as they reached the meadow. The faint sound of the stream could be heard nearby and the she-cat figured it was just on the other side of the meadow. Cattail will be located there.

"Mhm," Greedclaw replied as he followed her to the nearest bush of, what he assumed were, herbs. 

"This is chervil. It helps with wounds that are infected, but it works best with bellyaches," she explained as she picked the plant. She gestured for Greedclaw to help her.

The tom nodded as he began picking off some of the plant. He opened his mouth to tear off another stem, when an strange smell wafted over his scent glands. His head shot up immediately, his hackles raising.

"What is it?" Shiningsong asked. Her question was muffled by the chervil.

"An intruder," he hissed. "Who's there?" The tom demanded.

There was a brief rustling off ferns as a dusky brown she-cat made her way into the open.
"Mouse," she meowed; her eyes narrowing. "What are you doing in my territory?"
"Your territory?" Greedclaw's mouth opened with disbelief. "This is StellarClan territory!"
"No," the she-cat, Mouse, meowed back.

Greedclaw watched as her claws unsheathed, but before he could do anything, Shiningsong stepped forward. "Now is not the time for fights. StellarClan has already suffered enough."
Deciding that the medicine cat was probably right, he stepped back.
"This is StellarClan's territory," Shiningsong said. "Although I'm sure Vanstar will welcome you."
The she-cat seemed to be debating whether or not to accept Shiningsong's offer, when she nodded. "Alright."
"You two," Shiningsong meowed. "Help me get this chervil back to camp. I can get more herbs as soon as we tell Vanstar about Mouse."

*~*

Vanstar sat beside his mate, who was asleep at his side. He watched her and his mouth curved into a smile. His smile soon disappeared when her body shook as she coughed harshly; waking her from her slumber.
"Wishfeather," the ginger tom meowed. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Wishfeather insisted, but the she-cat didn't look fine at all. Yes, her wound was feeling better, but she wasn't.

Vanstar looked her over, but nodded reluctantly. If she wanted to tell him, she would. He opened his mouth to ask her something, but was stopped short when Greedclaw walked into the camp, followed by Shiningsong and a strange she-cat. The three disappeared into the medicine cat's den to put away the chervil, before joining Vanstar in the clearing.

"Vanstar," Greedclaw greeted his leader.
"Who is this?" Vanstar asked as he eyed Mouse.

"This is Mouse. She claimed that her territory was within StellarClan's border. To stop a fight, Shiningsong had asked her to join the Clan."
"Is this true?" Vanstar asked Shiningsong. His gaze wasn't angry.

Shiningsong nodded. "It is."
Vanstar nodded as he began speaking to the she-cat. He gestured for Greedclaw and Shiningsong to leave.

Shiningsong was about to head back to her den, but stopped as Wishfeather shook with another bout of coughing. Narrowing her eyes, she waved Wishfeather over, and guided the tortoiseshell she-cat into her den. If she was sick, it would be better to stop it before it spread.

Vanstar finished speaking to Mouse and leaped onto the Highstone to address his Clan. He yowled the summoning for a meeting, and watched as his Clanmates filed out of their dens and into the clearing.

"Cats of StellarClan, we welcome Mouse into our Clan. Mouse, from now on, you will be known as Mousefur. Welcome to StellarClan."
The tom waited for his cats to stop cheering for their newest Clanmate, before continuing.

"It is about time that a certain kit receives their apprentice title," he meowed. Cats looked expectantly towards Steelkit, but the tom paid them no heed.

"Riverkit, step forward," Vanstar meowed as the silver tabby she-kit looked back up to her leader with surprise.

"Riverkit, from now until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Riverpaw. Mousefur, I ask you to apprentice this young she-cat."

Vanstar touched his nose to Riverpaw's and leaped down from the Highstone.
"That is all. Clan dismissed."