Treating the Memory

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Dappledfrost placed the herbs in her jaws down on the floor of her den in a pile, knowing that she'd probably need them soon. She indicated with her tail for her pacient, Cowspot, to take his place in one of the mossy dens nearby. "Just relax," she mewed kindly, "and everything will be fine before you know it."

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CowSpot just nodded, and went in one of the mossy dens. He sat down in it, his eyes focused on his paws. He wasn't sure what to do, but only relax.

How can I do that?

He shook his head, and sighed.

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Hearing the tom from his den, Dappledfrost turned and licked the tom between the ears. "Trust me. Your memory will return quickly. You just have to try to relax and remember it." She settled down next to the tom, and looked straight into his eyes.

"Right before you lost your memory, you were fretting about something. Do you have any memory of who or what it was?"

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CowSpot purred softly, starting to feel more relaxed with her kind words. He looked back at her, and shook his head slightly.

"No.. All I remember is that I was going to get fresh-kill, a mouse possibly. Then, I fainted, or something.. and I woke up with a she-cat by my side.. her name was, GoldenFur, correct?"

His tail tip twitched.

"Well.. I am figuring that it was.. in the past.. right? And then I lost memory?"

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The medicine cat nodded. "Yes, that's right- Goldenfur. Good job," she purred softly.

She listened intently as the tom continued.

"Yes, I believe so. But the part about the mouse is wrong. Do you remember the name 'Bluepaw'?"

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CowSpot looked through his mind, trying to look for something that had to do with BluePaw. All he saw was a blurred form of something, the size of an apprentice.

"No.. All I can see of that.. is a blurred form, kinda of the size of an apprentice.."

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Dappledfrost nodded encouragingly. "Yes, that's right. That's probably her. You rescued your apprentice Bluepaw just before loosing your memory." Her tail began to slide back and forth.

"Focus on that memory. Try to see more."

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CowSpot's ears flicked about, still trying to figure on more. He was kinda confused, then his face shown an expersion of fright. He remembered him, worrying about an apprentice, maybe it was Bluepaw, but he wasn't certain. He started to remember that he was trying to get her out of prision, but wasn't sure why.

His mind surged through another warp, where he was watching a blue apprentice on the ground, a paw on her throat.

He suddenly yowled.

"No!"

He shook his head, trying to get rid of it.

"I remember, I was trying to save an apprentice. Then all of a sudden, remembered a blue apprentice.... on the ground.. a paw at her throat.."

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As the look of horror came over the warrior's eyes, Dappledfrost's fur began to bristle. Great StarClan, did I push him too far? She was about to stand up and shove poppy seeds down his throat if necissary to prevent a spasm attack, but he seemed to calm down bit.

She listened to his words with relief. "That's right. LurkClan was holding her prisoner. Things could have gone very badly for the poor thing, but you saved her. You brought her back home to ThunderClan. She should be fine, now. Her mother Goldenfur is watching over her."

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CowSpot looked at his paws, his eyes filled with concern.

"But... I don't know how I did.. or anything. I don't rememeber that much else, except for those.."

He shook his head, starting to remember Clear and RainPaw helping. He saw RainPaw go under the she-cat's form, but slunk under her, and land on her shoulder-blade holding her down, while he ran off, then saw Clear jump on the other end.

"I'm.. getting bits and pieces..."

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Goldenfur came into the den and looked over at Cowspot, she couldn't help but growl a little bit. "Dappledfrost, what should I put on Bluepaw's wounds?" she asked. "I'm no medicine cat."

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Dappledfrost's eyes narrowed as the queen entered. What Cowspot needed now was not stress over something he still didn't remember. "Ah, yes. I'll grab what you need. I'll be just a minute, Cowspot." She stood from where she had settled, and padded swiftly to her stores. She came back out with her jaws full. She set them before Goldenfur.

"This here is goldenrod. Chew it into a poultice, and apply it to the wounds. It will help them heal. Over here is marigold. If any of the wounds smell infected, use a poultice on them. If she wakes up, give her two poppy seeds to calm her down."

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Goldenfur nodded, her face turned solom. "Will she live?" she asked. "She isn't even contous!" she forced her eyes not to cry, her father Firefur had died long ago. "Oh, and should I apply marigold anyay, because I'm not sure what infection smells like."

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Dappledfrost nodded. "She'll live. From what I saw of her, she was meerly knocked out. If you can, get some damp moss and wet her down a little to wake her. And you can smell an infection. It's distinctively bitter- a bit like maggot-ridden fresh-kill, only sharper. Since you're already applying goldenrod, you don't want to also use another poultice if you can help it."

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CowSpot ears flickered about, not liking that he was growled at.

What did I do?

He scuffled his paws, and stared at the ground.