Whiteclaw's Tale - Chapter 15

Rissa nodded and raced away to the medicine den, "Do you have some yarrow?" asked Rissa. Lionstripe nodded, "Go give it to both cats." Lionstripe turned with a flick of her tail. "They need to get as much of the no star feed out of their system as possible." called Rissa. She selected 3 juniper berries and added a clump of marigold and horsetail. She turned to catmint and selected one long stalk and brought the whole bundle to the elders den.  She chewed up the catmint and set some of the stalk on each leaf, she pushed it towards Hawkeye and Longswoop. "You have to try to eat this it will help you feel better," she said nudging it closer. Both cats licked it. Soon they were resting peacefully. "You will have to continue giving them that medicine for today. When Princess gets back with the herb you can give that to them until they feel completely better and the poison is completely gone." The medicine cats nodded and turned away. Princess came back later that afternoon, "Well I found the clump of herbs I don't know if it will work but we can try." she said. "We can try I mean it is a similar situation, a poison." said Olivia. "When they wake up we will give it a try," said Lionstripe from the corner of the den. "If this works and cures them will Whitepaw get to stay in the clan?" asked Rissa curiously. Cinderstar glanced at Darkfinch before nodding, "I guess he can stay if the cats are cured, seeing as he wouldn't have done any harm to any of his clan mates, but only if his clan mates stay cured. If they fall ill and my medicine cats track it to being linked to being fed no star feed he will be banished from the clan." Rissa looked satisfied and the clan began to head to the middle of the camp to hear what they are going to do that day. Rissa padded forward with her family near her. "We have come to a conclusion," she announced. "We are leaving the clan, we may have family here but we will always be pet cats forever. We may have wild relatives but we will always be a human cat at heart. My house folk are probably worried sick," said Princess. "We are grateful you gave us shelter and fed us but we must return to our true home. We wouldn't keep you locked in a human home you would want to return home eventually as do we right now." said Olivia. "I give Rissa my permission to stay to teach you the proper way to create the proper medicine to feed to Hawkeye and Longswoop  but then she is to return home. Even I cannot command her to do anything but she will always want to return to the place she is born." said Princess. Rissa nodded, "I will always be individual and independent not even living among many other cats can change that." she said. The two cats made their way to the edge of the clearing while Rissa headed over to Whitepaw and Lionstripe.