Contagious Numbness

Riverpaw stared blankly ahead as the news of Wishfeather's death echoed around the clearing in hushed whispers. It wasn't bad enough that they had lost Ivyflight and Ghostpaw, but not Wishfeather.
The tortoiseshell she-cat was like a mother to her. Her own parents had died when she was just a kit and Vanstar and Wishfeather had raised her alongside Steelkit and Soulkit.
She was snapped away from her thoughts as she heard a heart wrenching yowl sound from nearby. Startled, her first thought was that the foxes were back, but she looked to see Steelkit fighting out of Greedclaw's grasp.
The large black tom had pinned both brothers and was now ordering them to remain where they were. She felt her stomach drop. The two toms couldn't even sit vigil with their mother because of the sickness! However much she wanted to comfort them, she stayed beside Ashpaw. The she-cat had also lost her family and Riverpaw wanted to help comfort her. Vanstar was still alive; he'd talk to the kits.

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Greedclaw had told Steelkit and Soulkit off and had ordered Mousefur to keep an eye on them. The last thing they needed were the kits to catch the sickness.

He was about to ask Redclaw to go out to look for Hawkeye and Smokepelt when the two cats entered the clearing, followed by a fairly large group of strangers.

Eyes narrowing, he decided he'd go and see what was going on.
"Smokepelt, Hawkeye, explain," Greedclaw demanded.

"We split up in the forest," Smokepelt began. His mouth opened as if he were going to continue when his gaze fell on his fallen apprentice. He let out a yowl before dashing over to the young black cat's body. 

Hawkeye followed his gaze and her eyes saddened. "He didn't make it?" She asked more-so of herself.

"No," Greedclaw meowed. "Wishfeather didn't either."
Hawkeye looked up at him with shock. "B-but she was just alive! What about her kits?!"
"We'll worry about them as soon as you tell me about these cats," Greedclaw meowed gruffly. 

Hawkeye nodded as she explained to Greedclaw the story about how she and Smokepelt had separated and eventually found three groups of cats. They had met up and entered the Clan together.

Greedclaw listened and as soon as she was finished, he addressed the cats. He noticed that one of the younger she-cats, Heather, was staring at the bodies of the StellarClan cats. "I hope I can help," she meowed quietly. 

"Heather is good with herbs," Mouse explained. "She will be good as a medicine cat apprentice."
The black tom nodded. He looked over to the Clan leader. He had not left Wishfeather's side, not even to comfort his kits.
Seeing that the leader wouldn't be doing anything anytime soon, Greedclaw leaped onto the highstone to address the Clan. All of which were already in the clearing.

"Cats of StellarClan," Greedclaw began. He received shocked looks as he stood on the large rock. He ignored them, Vanstar didn't seem to mind, he was numb as he buried his nose in his mate's fur.

"Trout, Sun, Willow, Mouse, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do," the four meowed in unison.

"Than I give you your warriors names. Trout, you will be known as Troutclaw. Sun, you will be known as Suneblly. Willow, you will be known as Willowfeather, and Mouse, you will be known as Mousefoot. Willowfeather and Mousefoot, seeing that you are carrying and looking after kits, you will remain in the nursery until your kits are ready to be apprenticed."
The black tom turned his gaze from the older cats, to the younger ones.
"Heather, Oak, Pine, Silver, Black, Sun, and Lilac," he began. "Heather, you have asked to follow in Shiningsong's footsteps. She will train as Shiningsong's apprentice until she is given her full name. You will be known as Heatherpaw until then."

Normally, Shiningsong would've touched noses with her newest apprentice, but she had caught herself coughing as she was looking after Wishfeather. She feared that she herself was getting sick and she had promised to stay away from any clanmates. She didn't want the sickness to spread further. Instead of touching noses, the she-cat simply nodded.

"Oak, Pine, Silver, and Black,  you are not yet old enough to be made warriors. Until you receive your warrior names, you will be known as Oakpaw; your mentor will be Hawkeye. Pinepaw; your mentor will be Sunbelly. Silverpaw; your mentor will be Wolffur, and Blackpaw; your mentor will be Pebblesplash." He continued as he looked at Sun and Lilac. "You two are not yet old enough to be apprenticed. Until you reach six moons, you will be known as Sunkit and Lilackit.
"That is all, meeting dismissed." Greedclaw leaped off of the highstone; feeling fairly pleased with himself.
The Clan congratulated their new clanmates, but there was a hidden worry. Would Vanstar be well enough to lead the Clan?

[Ta~da! I think I added in everyone and everything. I'm sorry if I missed something. If I did, please let me know!
The post is called 'Contagious Numbness' because, well when you lose someone, you feel numb, and the whole Clan has lost three of it's members, so...
Also, Shiningsong will become sick because TheBlondeSmiley has not commented in any posts. If she does not comment soon, I'll have Heatherpaw become full medicine cat. Vanstar is slowly dying as well. He's going to become sick soon and so Greedclaw will be the new leader.
I think Greedclaw's a little too greedy to become leader, but hey, it'll make for a fun storyline.]