"Well, there is this sickness that kills kits. The reason that your clan is safe is because there is this plant growing in your territory. Our kits will stay here until they can become apprentices, and then they are safe enough to come home."

(To read more about this, visit the LavaClan page and see the post made by Goldberry.)

(Sorry I did not post!)

*walks in* Th-there are (are) paw-prints of blood leading
towards that cave over there. *points with tail* I-is everything all
right? N-no one has died recently, h-have they? Why wasn't I
informed of this before I came here along this path?! It's rather
unsettling, you know! You should tell something like that to a
little kit before she comes to camp this way! ...Or did you even know I
was coming? If not, sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. But really, has
someone died? Has there just been a battle? Who left that trail? Even if
you haven't seen them, sh
I've arrived. Moonspirit adopted me. We're joining
LavaClan. Therefore, we're staying here temporarily.
She's coming here soon.
When
I'm 6 moons old and move into LavaClan camp, I'd like to be medicine
cat's apprentice. That isn't anything you need to worry about, as my
mentor will be in LavaClan, but I thought I'd mention it,
because...well... I was
hoping that maybe I could help the CaveClan medicine cats
sometimes, and therefore learn some of what it's like. Please!
*Is looking
almost desperate, for some reason that no cat can fathom* I want to heal
those in need of healing, n-no matter what their Clan. I know I'm
just a kit, but I'm a clever, industrious, a quick learner, and
I remember herbs really well! When Willowshine of RiverClan was
just slightly older than me, she was already saving lives! Of course
(course), I know it isn't my decision whether I can do anything at all,
or even be here,
but I might as well bring it up, right? I just really want to help, even
if it's just sorting berries!

Since I'll be living here for more than 3 moons yet, I
might as well tell a little bit about myself, don't you think?

*Is
a white she-cat with golden ears, golden eyes, golden paws, and a
golden-tipped tail*
*is kind, stubborn (honest, proud, and caring,
besides other traits already mentioned*

*Takes a deep breath* I
wasn't able to say this at the adoption center. It rendered me too
upset.
Just the memory is enough to make me feel... I really don't know the
word for it. It's horrible, though. So I made Speckledfur (you'll learn
who that is) tell Moonspirit for me, except that it wasn't the same,
because she hadn't experienced it herself, only heard) the simple,
easier-to-say pot (part) from a kit
who could barely talk. As you listen to this, please know how
difficult this all is for me to say.

But still, I know I have to
say it. I cannot keep my story inside me any longer. I can't stand the
pain of it. It huts (hurts) me to think about it, but I know somehow
that if I don't say it out loud,  I won't be able to live with it. It'll
haunt me forever.*sighs sadly*

I was born born a loner.
I lived with my family—*begins to lose composure and speak like a
newborn kit* *voice is shaky and stuttering* my f-fawtha (father), Sun,
my m-mutha, Moon, my
b-bwutha, Ceda, and my s-sista, Birch in an-n ab-bandoned b-beava
(beaver) lodge
by a l-lodge (large) lake. We wuh (were) h-happy and content. We had
everything we could evva (ever) want or need. A comf'table home, plenty
of pwey, ea-ea-EACH OTHA-A-AHHHHH (other)! *wails the words as if in
great pain* *manages to calm down* *talks more normally again* *voice,
however, is still shaky and stuttering*. I'm sorry. *voice aches with
longing and wistfulness* I j-just miss them. Anyway, th-that was how it
was then. I thought I was s-safe. I didn't
even kn-know that d-danger existed. I was t-too young to have learned of
such
things.

*takes a deep breath* *voice is suddenly cool and rather
unnaturally unfeeling, with no emotion, as if she's trying not to to let
her feelings show in her voice, which is, in fact the case* *knows
that, if she didn't do so, she would wail almost the entire next
paragraph* Then, disease struck. We thought it was nothing at first. So
we coughed a little more often than usual—what difference
did it make? We'd gotten sick before, and no harm had ever came of it.
My father could still hunt prey for us, and my mother could
still teach us all  we needed to know. Both of them could—and would
fight to protect us if necessary, but no other cats ever came into our
territory anyway. And when Mother and Father
became too old to hunt for themselves, surely by that time, Cedar,
Birch, and I would be old enough to protect them in turn.
The sun still rose and fell each day, and the lake did not run dry.
Nothing was wrong, we assumed. We were in no danger. A little coughing
was surely
insignificant.

*voice becomes hard and almost bitter* How
foolish we all were.

*voice is back to the way it was before,
cold and unnaturally unemotional* The little bit of
coughing increased.  We did not realize what was happening until it was
too late. We were too sick to see if any cats near us knew how to cure
the disease. It was blackcough. 

*suddenly cannot speak so easily*
*voice breaks* S-soon,
my siblings died. Th-th-theh-eh-eh--EN *wails that word, too* my
p-parents. I was on the b-brink of death myself. I
was very sick, and starving. I could not hunt prey for
myself, nor even eat it, should I have happened to find carrion. I was
less than half a moon old, and too young to be weaned.

*eyes
begin to burn with fierce determination* *voice strengthens* I know
what it is like to lose everything to illness. I refuse to allow it to
happen to others if I can do anything to stop it. This is the reason for
my immense desire to be a medicine cat, and to help current medicine
cats . I want to do everything possible to heal those in need. I just
want to help cats who need healing, so that they don't d-die like my
f-family, and all the people they were close to aren't l-left to be so
s-sad all the time, l-like I was.

But I
would not give up the will to live. I remembered what my mother had
always said to me, for as long as I could remember: "Little Lily-kit,
you may not look like the strongest plant in the lake. But no matter
what hardships befall our family, you will survive. Just look around
you, and you will find others who will help you when you need it. I
never truly understood what she meant, but— *gasps* Oh! Why didn't I
realize this before? No, I already know. I tried so hard not to think
about ha (her) that I forgot everything she'd told me. But she called me
Lilykit. Right before she died, she callled the disease 'blackcough.'
She called recently killed prey 'fresh-kill', rotting food 'crow-food',
etc! She must have been a Clan cat once. I'm sure of it. But then, why
did she leave her Clan? Why must I figure this out on my own? Why didn't
she tell me this?!
And, besides, how did she know that hardships would befall us, and how I
could survive them? It doesn't make sense.
Maybe StarClan had
warned her when she was still living in a Clan. But then why didn't she
recognize our danger when we started coughing, and try to heal us? I
don't understand!
I wandered, hoping to find cats who
could help me. I was lucky I hadn't heard about foxes, badjas
(badgers), and rogues, or I might have lost hope and let myself perish.
Eventually,
I came across a WindClan cat looking for herbs. She cured me of my
blackcough, and told me about the Clans and how they lived. I asked the
names and uses of every plant she used, and I still remember them to
this day. Ha name was Speckledfur.
If I am allowed to help the medicine cats on occasion, it would be best
if I tell them which ubs I already know. ((In real life, I have the
guidebook and know all the herbs, but Lilykit could only know the ones
given to her by Speckledfur. In an emergency, StarClan could reveal some
remedies that she hasn't learned, but this is no emergency, so here's
what she currently knows)). These are what she gave me and what they're
used for:
First, she had me eat catnip. This is the absolute best remedy there is
for greencough, and it also works for blackcough. She'd picked it from
an abandoned Twoleg garden in LakeClan territory (she's allowed to go
there because the full LakeClan medicine cats never post, so she's
temporarily taking their place and training their apprentices), as it's
difficult to find growing in the wild.
Then, chickweed. This also helps greencough and blackcough, although
it's nowhere near as effective.
Next, I needed to devour coltsfoot.
It let me breathe much more easily, and also helped my cough.
After that, I ate ragweed leaves, and lamb's ears leaves. Specklefur
had gathered that from the territory of a Tribe (I don't remember which
one) in which she has a friend named Oak. They give strength.
Then, I had thyme leaves and a little bit of tansy for my cough.
Next,
juniper berries, which, like the coltsfoot, helped me breathe.
Lastly,
I had 2 poppy seeds to help me rest.
This process was repeated each
day until I was completely healed. And as she gave me the medicine, as
well as in our spare hours, she told me the ways of the Clans.
I owe my life to Speckledfur. I will be ever grateful.
Anyway, she
was a medicine cat, so she couldn't just keep me. Medicine cats
shouldn't have kits, according to the warrior code—even adopted ones.
So,
she took me to the adoption center run by Moonspirit. I'll leave out
some details here for time's sake. No one was adopting me, so Moonspirit
and I decided to move to LavaClan. She would adopt me. But then,
Silverwind (of LavaClan) said she'd adopt me. But Moonspirit had
already decided she wanted me to be her kit. So, Moonspirit will
technically be my adoptive mother, but I'll be spending a lot of time
with Silverwind, too. LavaClan can't have kits right now because of the
disease, so I'm staying here until I'm 6 moons old.
Oh, and Moonspirit's expecting kits, so she'll be staying here longer
than I will.
All right, well, the first part of my story was really hard to tell,
but I feel so much better now that I've told it! Of course, I'lll end up
having to tell LavaClan, too, and I really never needed to tell it
twice... Oh well!
So, here I am! Can someone show me around camp, please? I've never been
here before. And please do explain about the blood leading over there.

((Sorry if this is too long, Admins. Don't worry, though, I have it saved, so if you have to delete it, it's no big deal. However, I'd really appreciate if you'd tell me if you zap it. Otherwise, I'll keep thinking that it just hasn't shown up yet, and I'd like to avoid confusion whenever possible)).

"Wow, Lilykit, I'm impressed! Why don't you gather herbs with Poppypaw?" the usually short-tempered medicine cat exclaimed. Poppypaw padded forward with a deer skin pouch around her neck for gathering herbs. "Come on, Lilykit!" she called. "Let's go!"

(Sorry I have not posted.)

I think I'll just go out for a little walk. Okay, Silverstar?

A brilliant yellow she-cat walked into the CaveClan camp. Her soft blue eyes searched the camp for their leader. She walks up to Silverstar and wrapped her tail protectively around three small kits. "Oh, Silverstar" she says "may we please join this Clan? My kits and I were living in an old badger set when a fox drove us out. I considered the life as a loner, but it's much to hard to take care of three kits and yourself. One of my kits already died and these three are very close to death also. I promise I won't be a burden, and once my kits have grown up enough we'll live if you wish. All I want is food and shelter! Please, please say we can stay!" Her eyes were troubled, as though she has seen more things in her life than most cats. "Here is a description:"

Name: Summerwind

Age: 14 moons

Gender: She-cat

Pelt Color: Yellow with light white stripes

Eye Color: Blue

Personality: Wonderful fighter, knows what she wants and how shes gonna get it, kind daring and adventurouse

Parents: Scratch and Silverheart

Siblings: Unknown

Mates: Runningwind

Kits: Applekit, Redkit, Spottedkit

Other kin: Unknown

Name: Applekit

Age: 2 moons

Gender: Tom

Pelt Color: Red

Eye Color: Yellow

Personality: kind, wise, 

Parents: Summerwind and Runningwind

Siblings: Redkit, Spottedkit

Mates: None

Kits: None

Other kin: Unknown

Name: Redkit

Age: 2 moons

Gender: Tom

Pelt Color: Red (duh)

Eye Color: Green

Personality: adventurous, if theres trouble Redkit's at the bottom of it

Parents: Summerwind and Runningwind

Siblings: Applekit, Spottedkit

Mates: None

Kits: None

Other kin: Unknown

Name: Spottedkit

Age: 2 moons

Gender: She-cat 

Pelt Color: Torrtoisshell

Eye Color: Blue

Personality: Shy, but knows what she wants

Parents: Summerwind and Runningwind

Siblings: Applekit, Redkit

Mates: None

Kits: None

Other kin: Unknown

Well... there you go. Oh and when we were attacked by the fox mate died *starts to cry 

Since no one has replied to my comment yet, let's just say that the walk is over, my questions were answered (the plant was marigold), and 2 moons have passed. I'm now 5 moons old. In a moon I'll go to LavaClan.

OHH OH Thank you SOO much! My father and I really appreciate it!! Oh yes I forgot whehter or not I mentioned this yet, but I will kit in a moon or so.