#bearleaf

(If you're like me, colour helps you focus on a bunch of text, so here)

Silverkit: blue

Bearkit: yellow

Duskheather: green

Duskheather and Bearkit: orange

Duskheather and Silverkit: red

Silverkit and Bearkit: pink

All three: purple

Other: white

Moon 1:

Silverkit talks to Duskheather about being a medicine cat.

Bearkit is in shock.

Moon 2:

Duskheather gives advice to Bearkit.

Bearkit is no longer in shock.

Silverkit knows that Bearkit will make a great Clanmate someday (possibly tells her this).

Moon 3:

Duskheather wishes Silverkit or Bearkit will want to learn herbs so that she can pass on her knowledge, but doesn't want to force their paths.

Silverkit talks with Duskheather about something.

Bearkit asks Duskheather why all the herbs have to be stinky and gross.

Duskheather is delighted at all the herbs they are surrounded by.

Moon 4:

Bearpaw names herself. Even though she doesn't have a mentor to train her, she's confident that she can do it herself!

....Then Bearpaw fell of some rocks while practising battle moves, and is tender for the next few days.

Bearpaw won't stop asking "why?"--probably asking Duskheather over and over why she can't leave the medicine den yet.

Silverpaw is finding Bearpaw annoying.

Moon 5:

Silverpaw and Bearpaw sneak away while Duskheather is sorting herbs. They found a set of tunnels and explore it, almost getting trapped as it began to collapse. Duskheather came to the rescue in the nick of time.

Duskheather gathers as much herbs as the three can carry, and they continue on. Though the territory is rich with prey and herbs, it's still too close for comfort to the sickness, and with the tunnel incident, she doesn't want to hang around here any longer.

Moon 6:

Bearpaw plays a prank on Duskheather in the hopes of lighting her mood.

Silverpaw saw Bearpaw sneak a bite of fresh-kill.

Moon 7:

Silverpaw daydreams about having a mate and kits someday.

Bearpaw wonders if StarClan--more specifically, their mother--has spoken to Duskheather recently. She decides not to pry.

Bearpaw asks Duskheather if they can gather herbs together. She uses the opportunity to tell her aunt about a dream she had, believing it to be a vision from her mother. Duskheather sadly tells her that it was just a dream, but that doesn't mean Rocksmoke isn't watching over them.

Moon 8:

Silverpaw and Bearpaw tried to hunt fish in a nearby creek. Silverpaw fell in, while Bearpaw was swept away a few tail-lengths before clawing onto the bank. They decide not to tell Duskheather about their close call.

Moon 9:

Bearpaw has caught yellowcough.

With the sickness and other close calls, Duskheather decides that she needs to push Silverpaw and Bearpaw harder. It ends with her going too hard on Silverpaw, who is bruised after a particularly rough training session. Duskheather apologizes and promises to be more careful, but Silverpaw blames himself. If he gets hurt in a training session, how can he protect himself when the real deal happens?

Moon 10:

Bearpaw recovered from yellowcough!

Silverpaw is proud of Bearpaw's progress. With them both healthy, they train together, pushing harder than they did before.

The littermates patrol together when they find a single abandoned kitten. After failing to find the mother, they rush the kitten back to the camp where Duskheather can watch over it. They name him Goldkit.

Moon 11:

Bearpaw has a sprain.

Moon 12:

Bearpaw and Silverpaw decide to give each other their warrior names. Bearpaw is named Bearleaf, after the shape of her stripes, while Silverpaw is named Silversmoke, after his strong resemblance to their mother.

The dream is unmistakeable. The leaves, so high in number that was impossible to see the sky, keeping the cats sheltered from any and all dangers. Duskheather couldn't be their healer and leader for much longer, not if their family was to grow. Someone had to be leader, and it seemed StarClan made its choice.

Bearleaf is named leader of their group.

Their mother's group did not have a leader with nine lives, but if they had...could the group have survived? Bearleaf doesn't want to risk it. In the night, she travels far from the group. She doesn't know where he's going, but she follows whatever it is that leads him forward--her gut? Her instinct?...Her mother? When her paws are so tired they're about to fall off, he sees the glowing light coming from a cave above.

It's a struggle to climb up, but the sight is worth it--a cavern filled with glowing blue rocks. It awed her, and the water puddled here and there in deep crevices called to her. She drank from it, was lulled to sleep--and met the nine cats that would grant her her nine lives.

She returned to camp the next day with the great news, and the family moved closer to the special place--Cavern of Stars?--they were still working on the name, settling at the bottom of the mountain, where there was still plenty of plants to shelter in.

And of course, Silversmoke would be her deputy.