Prologe
Swiftpelt sat in her den sorting throught her herbs. "Everything appears to be in order..."She mewed quietly. She picked up the herbs putting them back in the store. When she padded back out she noticed Honeykit sitting at the entrence. "Is there something i can do for you Honeykit?"She asked padding over to the little golden furred kit. "Its so interesting how you work Swiftpelt!" the little kit mewed her eyes wide,"How do you remember all the different herbs?" Swiftpelt purred with amusement at the little kit's intrest. "It takes alot of work but it's worth it to beable to help the clan,"she mewed wraping her tail around her paws as she sat with the kit.
Honeykit sat looking around thoughtfuly with Swiftpelt. Then she looked at her more questions pooling in her eyes. "What made you want to be a medicen cat, Swiftpelt?" She mewed. Swiftpelt looked thoughtfuly at the kit. "Well, I wasn't much older than you really..."She mewed starting her story.
I remember it clearly. I'd always been drawn twords the medcien den, the sents and feel of the herbs kept there. Every other day I'd go and help Mapleheart sort out his herbs. One of these times I was trying to keep all the poppy seeds in a pile when we both heard yowling comeing from the camp. I followed Mapleheart out of the den to find Crowpaw badly injured. He'd been attacked by a mocking bird when he'd tried to catch it's baby. It must've been a big one though becouse he had alot of bad scraches all over him and his eyes were the worst.
I watched Mapleheart the hole time he worked on Crowpaw. His mother swore to starclan he'd never see again. But Mapleheart never gave up. He kept working day and night. I'd bring him freshkill to keep up his strenght and occationaly bring him the herbs he needed. A few sunrises later Crowpaw was able to move around again. His sight wasn't compleatly restored yet, but he could still do odd chores around camp. That made him so happy along with his mother. I loved seeing the joy in his eyes when he was told he could go around camp again. I wanted to beable to do that too. So the day after the gathering i went to Mapleheart.
Mapleheart looked up at me. "Ah, what do you need today Swiftkit?"He mewed to me kindly as always. I was shakeing like a leaf and finaly managed to mew,"I want to be your apprentince Mapleheart!" He actually wasn't suprised and just let out a marrow of laughter. "It's already been arranged,"he'd told me. I thought i was going to jump out of my fur i was so happy.
That night I actually had my first dream. Sadly it wasn't a good one. I saw bloodstaned water, it was filled with crowfood. at the time i couldn't tell what they were. But when I woke up i heard wailing. I instently hurried out. Crowpaw was being carried in by his mentor into camp. He had a huge gash down his side. Apparently a fox had gotten ahold of him. they managed to chase it away from camp, but not after Crowpaw was hurt.
I was shocked as i suddenly realized what the crowfood in my dream was. They were all Crows. When Mapleheart found me i was hideing in a corner still disterbed by it. "Whats wrong?" Mapleheart asked me crouching next to me. I told him about the dream and he lay there thoughtfuly. "don't worry to much over this Swiftkit,"He mewed licking licking between my ears like my mother allways did,"Starclan will show you goodthings, and bad. Maybe they were showing you that your ment to be a mdecien cat." His words conforted me some but that dream stayed with me.
It was the halfmoon after my apprentance ceramonie. My first time to the moonpool. I was so exited, but i was also alittle worried. I hadn't had any dreams sence Crowpaw. I was worried what i would see. However, when I entered the dream. I sat up to face Crowpaw. He looked amazing with stars in his fur, he was wellgroomed, well fed, and compleatly healed. He told me not to worry about the dream, not to worry that the dream had had something to do with his death. Everything i thought i'd somehow caused, he reasured me. Then he told me i'd make a great medicen cat.
I kept that dream close. My second dream from starclan and my friend, safe sound and well. So when it was my time to take over Maplehearts job I did my best to live up to my mentors name.
"And you have!"Honeykit exlamed happily once swifpelt finished her story. "Thank you honeykit,"Swiftpelt purred happily," Ah I think it's about time you headed back to the nursery. You've been away for a while." Swiftpelt watched the kit scurry back to the nursery and attack her friend Jaykit playfuly fighting with her over a leaf. She purred amused, silently wishing she could have kits of her own. But She knew that she'd picked the right path, that she would see every cat that came to her den as her own. "I love my duity to Thunderclan.."she purred going back to the herbstore.