Thunder and Shadow/Chapter 6

==Chapter description==
:Twigkit heads to the medicine den in hopes that Alderpaw will need her help. She remembers that the WindClan warriors left ThunderClan camp at dawn and how she had helped care for them while they recovered from their injuries. She decides to look for a piece of moss so she can play moss-ball with Briarlight, when she overhears Rosepetal and Mousewhisker talking in the warriors' den. The two warriors doubt whether Twigkit is truly the subject of the prophecy given by StarClan, expressing that the kit seems rather ordinary for a supposed "special" cat. Rosepetal complains that Twigkit is just another mouth to be filled in the Clan.
:The warriors' comments cause Twigkit to worry about whether the Clan would kick her out if she was not special, and the gray kit laments not being Clanborn. She determines to prove that she is special so that the Clan will have to keep her. She enters the medicine den as Jayfeather instructs Alderpaw on how to treat a cut on Birchfall's paw. The medicine cat then moves onto Whitewing who is suffering from trapped wind. He asks his apprentice how the warrior should be treated, but Alderpaw struggles to answer. Excited, Twigkit blurts out the name of chervil root, feeling proud of herself. Jayfeather snaps and tells her that watermint is the correct treatment for trapped wind, embarrassing the young kit. Alderpaw is dejected as he realizes that only a few leaves of watermint remain in their stores. Jayfeather states that they need to collect more on another day as the distance to the lake is too far. Twigkit gets the idea to gather watermint by herself to prove that she is special, and so the Clan cannot kick her out.
:Twigkit escapes from camp unnoticed. As she goes to the lake, she imagines what everyone's reactions will be when she returns to camp with lots of watermint. She finds the lake shore and searches for watermint. When she finds it, she struggles to tear a leaf off and loses her balance, and Twigkit stumbles into the lake. She panics as she tries to swim to the surface. She suddenly hears a voice calling her name and thinks she recognizes her mother's voice urging her to swim. Twigkit tries to reach the surface, but she is too tired to make it. Twigkit then feels teeth in her scruff and grows limp, believing that her mother is rescuing her. Once she is brought to the shore, Twigkit realizes that it was actually Sparkpaw who saved her and is disappointed. Cherryfall carries the kit back to camp on her back.
:In the medicine den, Lilyheart scolds Twigkit for leaving camp, but Jayfeather defends the young kit. Alderpaw rushes back to camp and takes Briarlight's place in warming up the she-kit. Twigkit explains how she wanted to prove she was special so the Clan could not kick her out. Alderpaw reassures her, saying that she will always be a part of ThunderClan and nothing can change that. Sparkpaw tells Alderpaw that it is time for her warrior assessment, and Twigkit notices that Alderpaw grows tense at his sister's announcement. Twigkit wonders why Alderpaw reacted that way, and thinks he must be happy for his sister.
==Characters==
===Major===
*Twigkit
===Minor===
===Mentioned===
==Important events==
*The WindClan warriors Emberfoot and Oatclaw have left the ThunderClan camp.
*Twigkit nearly drowns in the lake while trying to fetch watermint, but Sparkpaw saves her.
==Errors==
*Twigkit is mistakenly called Twigpaw before she has received her apprentice name.
==Notes and references==
Category:Chapter subpages
Category:A Vision of Shadows arc
Category:Thunder and Shadow