Chapter 17: A Surprise

Rusty and Dust dashed into the healers' den, panting. Feather looked up from her mixed herbs. "Well?"
"We couldn't find any!" Dust wailed.
"Searched every bush!" Rusty complained.
"And you were given two hours," Feather reminded them.
Dust sighed. "I know. We slacked off."
Eclipse was studying Ash. He was sleeping steadily, looking very weak. Sad, Eclipse looked up. "We only have two minutes left."
Rusty held back a wail of sadness. "We tried! I know we tried! I just... Just-"
"Hey, Feather. I heard Ash was infected, I wanted to come see him!"
Rusty turned around. Surprised, he saw Tiggerkat standing there. He looked closer, and his stomach gave a lurch as he saw what was around Tiggerkat's neck. No way...
Feather noticed it too. "Tiggerkat! What on earth have you got around your neck??"
"Oh! I found this cool bell by the bushes near the pond! So I made a necklace out of it!" Tiggerkat smiled.
Rusty saw Feather was impatient; which was never good. "You...! You...! YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT IS?" Feather roared.
"Nope! But it's pretty neat, eh?" Tiggerkat poked the bell.
"WE NEED THAT TO HEAL ASH!" Feather shouted.
Tiggerkat pulled out from behind her back a second necklace. "You want one, too?"
Grumbling, Feather snatched the necklace and broke it. She took the bell, and put the powder in Ash's mouth, and he swallowed it.
Tiggerkat looked at Ash. "You can eat it?"
"Yes," Eclipse nodded, whom had more patience than Feather did, "But only if you have a bad infection. Tiggerkat, why not go play with Tiggytiger? She looked quite bored."
"Okay!" Tiggerkat nodded eagerly, and hopped away.
Rusty felt relief. "So... Ash is going to live?"
"Yes, he will." Feather replied, studying Ash's sleeping body.
"YAY!" Rusty howled. Dust howled along with them, and they both, laughing, ran out of the healers' den.

Author's Note:
Wow, that must've been frustrating. TIGGERKAT MADE A NECKLACE OUT OF THE HERB. xD But Ash is gonna LIVE! 8D w00t!