Chapter 2: In the Healers' Den

Ash woke up the next day, in the healers' den as expected. He had to let his paw heal; Feather said that he'd be in the den for most likely a moon. Ash hated hearing this, because it meant he would have a lot of training to catch up on, and he wanted to become a full Waterbender soon.
"Morning Ash," Feather greeted him, flying over, "that comfrey Eclipse give you will help your paw heal better."
Ash grunted as he heaved himself up. "What's happening today?"
"Well, you, you're staying here. But other than that, usual stuff; hunting, practicing, and all of that stuff."
"When's breakfast?" Ash wondered aloud, "and where's Eclipse?"
"Still asleep," Feather replied. "The prey will arrive soon, some of the animals are still hunting out in our territory. How was the Water Tribe?"
Ash was grateful for Feather making conversation; he was glad to have someone to talk to. "It was good. The Firebenders had shown up near the end, and we battled them. Firefly used to be Treebark's apprentice, but he left, Darner used to be deputy and now he left, so Bluefall is now deputy... Er, do you know who I'm talking about?"
Feather chuckled, "Well, I do know about Treebark. I met him before, when I visited the Water Tribe with Cloudsky, who is... Well, dead. Cloudsky wanted to visit his brother, Waterstreak."
"How come Waterstreak is with the Water Tribe instead of The Bending Tower when Cloudsky lived here?" Ash asked.
"Cloudsky and Waterstreak's mother was a loner. Their father died before they were born. Waterstreak somehow got separated and he found the Water Tribe," Feather explained, "but both of them were old enough when Waterstreak got lost to remember each other."
"Okay then... Do you know who Firefly is?" Ash asked.
"Yes, Treebark had managed to contact me to tell me Firefly was his apprentice. Treebark's one of my good friends," Feather replied.
"And Darner?"
"No... I don't know Darner. Is he that male raccoon?" Feather asked.
"Yes," Ash nodded, "we brought back quite a few animals with us." Ash chuckled.
"I expected you to," Feather shrugged, "Nowadays, you usually find lots of loners looking for homes since the Firebenders are on the move, and they're causing havoc, and animals escape from them with their lives, which is very lucky, if you ask me." Feather's eyes clouded with grief.
Ash could tell she was remembering Cloudsky. He was about to say something else, but her heard pawsteps in the hall.
"Hi Feather!" Eclipse entered. "I came in as soon as I woke up."
"Good. So, any news?" Feather asked.
"Firefly's gonna be a Waterbender he says, and so is Darner. Slice, Crystal, Flare, and Nightgale, however, they're still deciding and for now will remain in the travelers' room," Eclipse explained, walking over to Feather. "Any blueberries?""
Feather chuckled, "There's some in that storage of yours."
"How do you know about it?" Eclipse pricked her ears, wide-eyed.
"I happened to stumble across it," Feather laughed, "You can go eat some."
Eclipse walked over to a board in the corner. She lifted it up, and under it, was a very thin box. She grabbed it, put the board back down, opened the lid, and ate some of the blueberries in it.
"What are blueberries?" Ash asked.
"They're, well, berries that are blue, hence the name," Eclipse laughed, "want to try one?"
"Er... Sure," Ash shrugged. Eclipse rolled one over to him, and he ate it. It tasted pretty good, very sweet.
"How is it?" Eclipse asked.
"Good!" Ash smiled, "what is it?"
"Fruit," Eclipse replied.
"What's a fruit?" Ash asked.
"Something similar to vegetables."
"So it's like, an herbivore thing?"
"Guess you could say that."
Spots ran in. "Ash!"
"Spots!" Ash smiled, running over to his friend. "I'm so happy to see you!"
"Same here," Spots licked Ash on the head, "Guess what? I'm a full Airbender now!"
"Spots, that's great!" Ash said. He was very happy for his friend, and began to wonder when he'd become a full Waterbender.

Author's Note:
Who knew a wolf could like a blueberry? XD Do you think Ash should become a full Waterbender soon? If you say yes, you win 10 blueberries. If you say no, you have to enter the Firebenders' city on a dare. Don't blame me. Rusty and Dust told me if I didn't say that during the author's note, they'd go find a new story to take part in. They seem interested in The K-9 Unit (Spino11's story blog)...
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