Deathberry's Betrayal

After washing her paws in the river, Deathberry returned to camp. She was inside her den and organizing herbs.

Icewhisker dragged Ebonyroot into the den, his breath quick and ragged from the trip. He lightly dropped her a tail length away from the entrance, almost falling himself.

"Deathberry...someone attacked her...the Dark Forest...someone working for them..." he huffed through breaths, not knowing it was the she-cat standing before him.

Slapping a shocked expression on her face, she turned to see Icewhisker dragging Ebonyroot into her den. "Is she still alive? Ebonyroot. What happened?" Deathberry mewed, her eyes narrowed. She grabbed marigold and cobwebs and padded over to the ShadowClan Medicine Cat., chewing the marigold into a pulp.

Remembering seeing the Deathberry bush, Icewhisker narrowed his eyes and looked at the white and red she-cat. Only then did he notice that her eyes were too slits, and that her shocked expression didn't seem real.

"Do you have any clue who did this?" he asked, knowing it was her, but not completely believe she would do such a thing.

Deathberry shook her head. She put the pulp on Ebonyroot's wounds, then put the cobwebs over it. "She should be fine. Ebonyroot? What happened?"

Ghoststar strolled in. "Ebonyroo-" she saw the hurt medicine cat. "No!" she rushed to her side. "Anyone have any idea on what happened to her?" she scanned the wounds.

Deathberry shook her head. "She should live... But I don't know if she can talk. She's been silent the whole time she's been here."

Shadowsong rushed into the den after Ghoststar. She managed to here there just in time to hear what Deathberry said. "But she is going to be okay right?" She asked.

"Yes." she mewed, looking up at the cats gathered around Ebonyroot. "Can someone get some water for her?"

Ebonyroot slit her eyes and felt her pelt bristle, her gaze never leaving Deathberry. A low, broken growled rumbled quietly at the back of her throat. She only moved when Ghoststar came in, she looked up to the leader, then to Shadowsong. Her gaze traveled back to her apprentice. 'Fess up, you coward!' the eyes shown her fury, hurt, and confusion.

Ghoststar stared at Ebonyroot's eyes. "Who did this to you...?" she asked, more rhetorically than anything.

Ebonyroot looked up at Ghoststar with pleading eyes, starting to point her paw in Deathberry's direction, but drifting out again.

Ghoststar blinked. I wish Brightfire was here. She would probably be able to tell me what happened. She thought. Ghoststar sighed. "Ebonyroot you hang in there. Don't die on me! That's an order!"

OOC: I go for about 5 hours and come back to this?

IC: Icewhisker noticed Ebonyroot almost point her paw at Deathberry, so he ignored the fact that the white and red she-cat was a medicine cat. He let out a quiet growl and glared at her with an icy stare.

"How dare you hurt your own mentor!" he spat, tensing up.

"What?!" Deathberry exclaimed. "I would never hurt my mentor." she spat. "In fact, it seems a little suspicious. A WindClan cat comes strolling onto our territory and 'discovers' Ebonyroot dying from a neck wound. Thats REAL believable." she hissed.