Spottedleaf's Heart/Chapter 9

Chapter Summary
Spottedpaw's PoV


 * Sunstar gives Tigerclaw his warrior name, his paws leaving prints in the snow. The Clan calls out both Tigerclaw and Whitestorms' new names. Tigerclaw stares at his Clan while Whitestorm's eyes shine next to him. Bluefur comments on how Snowfur would be proud of the white warrior, and Poppydawn tells the blue-gray she-cat that one day she'll be watching her own kits earn their names, pointing at Bluefur's round belly. Rosetail out loud who the father of the Bluefur's kits will be. Fuzzypelt tells her that it's probably Thrushpelt, while she argues that they're never together. Spottedpaw looks at her former mentor, and she thinks that they were mates because the sandy-gray tom was fond of Bluefur. She then regrets not giving him the change to see his apprentice. She thinks about how she still has plenty of learning from Featherwhisker, and how it would be a long time until she receives her medicine cat name.


 * Spottedpaw's fur tingles as she knows Thistleclaw's watching her. It is noted that he wanted to become deputy after the well-liked, frail Tawnyspots.