@Fraust
"Do medicine cats stay friends even through clan wars?"
"Do medicine cats stay friends even through clan wars?"
"Probably, but you cannot avoid wars when they start."
"That's sad… I wish there were a better way to work out conflicts than fighting."
"Me too. Never wanted to do fighting, I actually wanted to be a medicine cat. But this was my calling."
"Yes, you'll be a wonderful mother, Oakfur. I just feel like the medicine cat route is best for me. There's plenty of capable she-cats in the clan who could and probably will be wonderful mothers, but I don't feel the need to. The whole clan would be like my kits. I care for them, take care of their wounds, and love each one. I hope Goldenpaw has kits someday so they could come visit me, hopefully not to be healed though. I don't want anyone to get hurt, but I'm ready to help if they do."
"Yeah, when I was a kit, I was always the mom cat. Sometimes I would go overboard."
"Yes, were you the oldest? Goldenpaw can get pretty bossy sometimes, and Dustpaw always makes me get things for him… I'm pretty much the servant, never the one making the calls. But that'll change when I'm an apprentice! I won't be lesser than them anymore."
"Well, the middle kit, but I was always helping out."
"That makes sense. I'm the youngest, but I always just want to help. Although I have been sort of a doormat…"
"Yeah…"
"I just need something to give me confidence to stand up to them… do you think being a medicine cat will help with that?"
"If you want that, do it, but don't take it on to prove yourself."
"I know, I really do want to be a medicine cat. I think it would help me with confidence issues as well though. I would never make that my main reason for making a huge decision."
"Yeah, but don't feel pressured. You do you."
Finchkit smiled. "Thanks. How did you feel before you were about to become an apprentice?"
"Excited, a little sick, but happy afterwards."
"Yeah, sounds about right. I'm super anxious, but also really excited. I didn't even know those emotions could work together."
"They can, trust me."
"I think I've discovered that." Finchkit laughed. "It's going to be strange, changing my name. It'll take a while to get used to it."
"Not really, let's practice. Hello, Finchpaw, how's your new mentor acting? Are they nice?"
"Silverbrook is doing very well, thank you, Oakfur. I am learning a lot as a medicine cat apprentice. It feels a bit strange at first, but I think I'll be used to hearing it after about half a moon or so."
"Well, that's lovely, Finchpaw!" she said in a slightly prissy voice, to lighten the mood.
Finchkit giggled a bit. "Yes, I'll be sure to get you some borage soon for your kits."
"Thank you, Finchpaw!" she said. "How was that, not so bad being called Finchpaw, is it?"
"Not bad, I'd learn to just think of it as my name pretty fast. Like, being named Finchkit, it was just a fact."
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