The Elders' Quest/Chapter 9

==Chapter description==
:Jayfeather teaches Moonpaw some basic herbs. The apprentice daydreams about hunting herbs, much to the annoyance of the older tom. She manages, however, to impress him with picking up basic herb knowledge quickly. Alderheart soon joins them, preparing to ready for the half-moon meeting at the Moonpool. Moonpaw is excited to join them, but is quickly disappointed when she is told she cannot attend due to not being a committed medicine cat apprentice. They leave, and she is left in the medicine den alone. Moonpaw decides to busy herself, tidying up the den and reflecting on that since she has tried being a medicine cat apprentice she has not been disrupted by the voice. She wonders if it truly had been imaginary the entire time. The apprentice finishes her task and falls asleep. In her dreams, Moonpaw is startled by the wailing of a cat that turns into more voices as a vision of the lakeside is broken up and shattered. 
:She wakes up and realizes that it is dawn, but that she can still hear yowling. Exiting the medicine den, Moonpaw sees her friends and asks them if they knew what was happening. As they talk, Cherryfall and Lionblaze enter camp, with the former bleeding from a shoulder wound caused by a fox. She panics about needing to help her Clanmates without Jayfeather or Alderheart present, but she is quickly soothed when she sees them come through the entrance tunnel. Quickly, Jayfeather calls for her and she follows to help. She aides by chewing up horsetail which earns her praise from the older medicine cat and soon Cherryfall is all patched up and sent to the warriors' den to rest. For the rest of the day, Moonpaw is kept busy with tasks from Jayfeather and Alderheart before she heads to sleep again. As she settles in her nest, the apprentice hears a faint voice but thinks nothing more of it after Jayfeather and Alderheart question her. However, soon she realizes it is the voice as it tells her that she is following the wrong path. She argues with it and closes her eyes to sleep, knowing that she was in charge of her path within the Clan.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Changing Skies arc
Category:The Elders' Quest
Category:Chapter subpages