The Raging Storm/Chapter 10

==Chapter description==
:Alderheart feeds a small amount of deathberry flesh into Puddleshine's mouth, but the ShadowClan medicine cat is unresponsive. Alderheart has been in ShadowClan camp since the morning when Juniperclaw and Sparrowtail carried Puddleshine back with them from ThunderClan. Alderheart carefully disposes of the deadly berries. He brought them into camp earlier, hidden in a bundle of herbs, because Tigerstar has not given approval to continue the treatment, but neither has he forbidden it. Outside of the medicine den, Cloverfoot and Scorchfur guard the entrance.
:Alderheart starts to sort through Puddleshine's store, getting rid of old supplies. Cloverfoot barges in and accuses him of destroying ShadowClan herbs and is initially distrustful of him, but after seeing him treat Stonewing and Hollowkit, she begins to regard the ThunderClan medicine cat with respect, and she even agrees to gather more herbs for him.
:Alderheart is woken from his sleep by a frightened cat yowling his name. Yarrowleaf only tells him Shadowkit's name, and the medicine cat rushes to help the kit. Tigerstar stands outside the nursery, and inside, Dovewing, the other queens, and the other kits watch with terrified expressions as Shadowkit is shaken by seizures. At Alderheart's orders, Dovewing helps him hold her son in place until the seizures pass. While they are still ongoing, Alderheart calls for Cloverfoot to bring him thyme for shock. Dovewing explains her son's previous fits but tells Alderheart that they have gotten worse over time.
:Once the seizure is over, Dovewing and Tigerstar groom their son's pelt as advised by Alderheart, who can see that the ShadowClan leader is shaken by the experience. When Shadowkit wakes up, he tells his father that he had a vision, and Dovewing offers him the thyme, but the kit refuses to take it until he has told them about his vision. Tigerstar sends Cloverfoot away and orders Alderheart to also leave, but Alderheart insists on staying because of his role as a medicine cat, and Shadowkit agrees as well.
:Shadowkit reports that he was on RiverClan territory and it kept on raining harder and harder until he could barely see, and then the water was surrounding him, completely covering him so he was unable to breathe, until everything went dark. He asks Alderheart what his vision means, but Alderheart acts uncertain, suggesting it may have been a nightmare induced by his seizure. Dovewing agrees with Alderheart's interpretation, but Shadowkit insists that it did not seem that way to him. Alderheart reminds him to eat the thyme and tells him that he will be better in the morning. Shadowkit reports a headache, so Alderheart goes to the medicine den to fetch poppy seeds.
:Alderheart realizes that Shadowkit's vision can only mean that the kit will die. Tigerstar confronts the medicine cat, asking him if it was truly a nightmare, and Alderheart reassures the leader, hoping that the vision was just a bad dream. Tigerstar sees through Alderheart's hesitancy, however. The dark brown tabby expresses his fear of Shadowkit drowning, just like his littermate Flametail did. Deep down, the ShadowClan leader knows that it could only be foretelling his son's death. Terrified, Alderheart is left to imagine what a mourning father would do to avenge his son.
==Characters==
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==Important events==
*Puddleshine has returned to ShadowClan camp, accompanied by Alderheart.
*Shadowkit receives an ominous vision about a storm.
==Notes and references==
Category:The Raging Storm
Category:A Vision of Shadows arc
Category:Chapter subpages