Where has Storm gone?

Next to the nest of Ravenpaw was Stormpaw's nest, but it was cold. Even thought Stormpaw hanged out in it during the day when he wasn't hunting or training with Moonfrost, he hadn't been in it all day. He had left in the morning to hunt, which he did and got a nice rabbit, then he left again to do a border patrol by himself, and it was getting late, and he wasn't back. Where could Stormpaw have gone?

Ravenpaw stared at his nest, a knot slowly growing in her stomach. she had wanted to go out and search for stormpaw herself, but the idea was shot down. "I just hope he's okay.."

Icekit was hopping around camp, sniffing out butterflies and worms while tearing up leaves in his path, squealing in excitement, when he noticed that Stormpaw still wasn't back from his border patrol way earlier that day. He scampered over to the apprentices' den and peeked in. "Hey Ravenpaw, where's Stormpaw?" Icekit mewed in confusion.

Shiningkit stalked her brother then pounced on him and howled "got you!" then jumped off. "ya, where is Srormpaw?" she wondered

"I don't know.." Ravenpaw mumbled, sighing. "He hasn't come back yet, and I'm not allowed to go out searching for him.

"Ow, it hurts!"

"Just be quiet, Stormpaw."

Silentherb and Stormpaw made their way into the camp, Stormpaw limping and covered with cobwebs. He was leaning on the RiverClan medicine cat for support, and happily fell to the ground once they were in the middle of the camp. Silentherb just sighed and sat down next to the apprentice, licking his ear, but Stormpaw was to tired to complain.

"stormpaw!" Ravenpaw cried out, seeing him collapse. she raced to his side, looking at then RC med cat for answers.

Stormpaw glanced at Ravenpaw, blushing. "O-oh, hi Ravenpaw."

Silentherb just sighed, shaking her head at the hurt apprentice. "He got into a fight with Greyfeather of ShadowClan, even thought he was still on WindClan territory. Greypaw, who saw the whole thing, took him to the ShadowClan camp and so me and Dawnlight healed him. Then Shadowstar said that he could go, so I took him back."

Ravenpaw whimpered softly, licking his head. "Mouse-for-brains.."

Silentherb looked at the blushing tom, and just nodded. "He should be ok, but he won't be able to train for the next few days. Keep an eye on him for me will you, Ravenpaw? I don't want him doing something stupid again before he heals."

"I won't do anything stupid..." Stormpaw muttered.

Ravenpaw nodded profusely. "I won't let him out of my sight." she promised.

"Stormpaw!" Icekit yowled in surprise, running up next to Ravenpaw. "Woah! You got into a fight with a shadowclan warrior?! That's awesome! Especially if she was on our side, and you fended her off and...your like our hero!" He purred, obviously not knowing what really happened at the border.

Silentherb nodded and padded from the camp, heading back home.

Stormpaw watched as the medicine cat left, and turned his gaze to Ravenpaw. "Sorry if I made you worry..." but he stopped when he saw Icekit. "Uh, yea. I almost had her beat, and I am sure that she won't forget me in a hurry!"

"Icekit," Ravenpaw said softly, "Do me a favor and tell the others that stormpaw is back home, beat up but otherwise safe. And, also, tell Butterflywing that I'll have to take a few days off for training. I made a promise I'm not planning on breaking."

Stormpaw just smiled at Ravenpaw and slowly got to his paws. "I'm going to my nest to sleep," he muttered as he limped into the apprentice den and laid down in his nest.