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Vulturepaw was surprisingly in camp, although, that wasn't good either! Vulturepaw often watched Smokefur whenever he could, for he knew she had some food that he had never tried before! He licked his lips slowly, and when she was out of the den, she slowly slid himself in. He went to the back where all the herbs were kept and looked at his options. There were so many! He gave a small lick of his mouth and grabbed a few Tansy. Although, he didn't know how bad it was, and what it would do to him, and there were so many things he had to try yet! He stared at the Tansy and slowly snuck out of the den. His eyes went to the nursery, where his tongue went around his mouth once more. He could get a kit to describe the taste to him. Then he wouldn't have to try it, he would know what the taste was like. He walked to the Nursery sneakily, and stopped by it's side. There, he saw Thornkit out playing. He gave a small smile before looking at the Tansy. He wouldn't give her too much. He didn't want to hurt her, even if he didn't really feel remorse, it wouldn't be good on him. Just enough so she could get a good taste.

"Hey, Thornkit, over here,"

He whispered to her, hoping if she heard him. If she decided to come over, he would give her a small smile, before gently pushing the Tansy over to her.

"Do me a favour, eat this Tansy, and tell me what it tastes like. If you do, I will make sure to pay you back one day, please?"

He gave her a small smile, his eyes watching her intently. He hoped she would eat it. His tongue circled around his mouth once more as he continued to stare.

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Thornkit sighed softly as she played by herself. Her sisters were still too sleepy to come outside and play with her, but her mother couldn't force her to sleep. She was almost an apprentice now, and it was light out enough for her to be safe playing outside of the nursery. She just had to promise not to go very far. Still, she wished that Dark-kit and Cobrakit wanted to play, it was pretty boring out on her own.

That's when an apprentice caught her attention and she waddled over to him. A tom that was a good bit larger than her dropped some strange looking plant in front of her and asked her to eat it. The tom, who's name she couldn't really remember, claimed that it was tansy. It was funny, she thought she'd heard the name tansy before in a story. "Wait a minute! Isn't Tansy one of those sick plants? Why would you give me a sick plant, I'm not sick!" She pouted up at the cat, floofing up involuntarily.

"But.....I could use somebody to play with. If you're sure this won't hurt me then I guess I can try it." she mewled out, hesitantly taking some of the plant and eating it, wincing at the taste. "It's gross! Really bitter and.....and....." After a minute of trying to think of more words to describe it, a strong pain hit the little kitten's belly,  causing her to whimper and start crying from fear and discomfort.

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Stealing from Smokefur was an ill advised passtime, she kept a very close tab on her stores afterall. With leaf bare approaching the medicine cats eye was even more watchful, the season change had her worrying about her supplies constantly. Thus once Smokefur reentered her den from a short foray out of camp she noticed Tansy was missing almost at immediately. Taking off into camp she began to scout for anything out of place, it wasn't likely that she would find the culprit that easily or even in timely manner, however today it seemed fate was on her side. Thornkit was out of the nursery and clearly upset causing Smokefur to investigate. As the medicine cat drew closer she noticed observed Thornkit and Vulturepaw together, and suddenly the mystery of the missing tansy was solved. "What did you do?" She hissed clearly upset, her gaze shifting back and forth between the apprentice and the kit as she awaited a response.

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Vulturepaw gave a small smile to Thornkit and nodded his head. When she began to eat, he leaned closer and watched closely. His tongue licked around his mouth once more. Then she began to cry, he jolted back quickly and looked around, and then Smokefur came. He looked to Thornkit, before looking back to Smokefur. He didn't mean to upset her! He didn't think it would do much harm, honestly. He just wanted to know what it tasted like, and he couldn't taste it himself, otherwise he couldn't taste anything else if something too bad happened to him. He looked to Thornkit and spoke softly.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to know what it tasted like. I'll pay you back Thornkit, I promised you I'd pay you back."

Of course, he didn't really feel sorry, it was just something cats said when they did something wrong. Vulturepaw felt no remorse at all, all he felt was worry. What was going to happen now? He looked to the remains of the Tansy and ate it quickly. Thornkit didn't really describe it too well, and he wanted more detail, he had to have more detail! Just as she had described, it was bitter as she described, and it didn't taste very nice at all, but now he knew the taste. Once it was gone, he gave a few coughs before letting out a soft whimper himself. He felt the pain, but it was something he could handle, he was just glad he had tried it.

"See, I ate it too. You're not alone, but now I know what it tastes like. I am sorry Smokefur. I just want to know what everything tastes like. I want something new every day!"

He tried to ignore the pain in his stomach, it was worth it for the new found taste he had learned. He turned to Thornkit and attempted to give her a soft lick against the muzzle. He had seen cats do it to apologise and cheer up other cats. Maybe it would work now?

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Thornkit sniffled and turned her head away from the tom as he tried to lick her across the muzzle. She refused to acknowledge his 'apology', wanting only to be free from the pain. Well that, and she wanted her mother or father to come comfort her. The pain in her belly was intense and she was scared she would die because of it. So would have loved it if one of her parents came over and told her that she would be okay. She would have liked it even better if they chased Vulturepaw away in the process.

When Smokefur arrived however, asking what happened, she gladly took her help instead. A medicine cat would surely know how to help her. "H-he told me that he wo-would play with me if I ate that plant." Thornkit said, sniffling and trying her hardest to stop the tears. "And now my belly hurts really bad."

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Smokefur found the situation nothing less than disturbing, such exploitative actions, of a kit no less, could spell out trouble in the future if Vulturepaw wasn't corrected. For now however it seemed it was time to treat the two and Smokefur wasted no time fulfilling her duty as medicine cat. Smokefur began with Thornkit and perhaps her technique seemed less than elegant, evoking a cats gag reflex was certainly effective though. Once finished with the kit Smokefur briefly considered letting the instigator live with his decision as punishment, however she quickly decided that wasn't something she was willing to inflict on him and gave him the same treatment as Thornkit. After the kits had expelled, and wasted mind you, her herbs Smokefur turned on Vulturepaw and with a stern tone she asked, "What do you think you are doing? Stealing my supplies and pressuring helpless kits into eating them is not okay Vulturepaw!"

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Vulturepaw watched what Smokefur had done to Thornkit and stepped back slowly as Smokefur came torwards him. When he was given the horrible lecture, he hung his head as he was told off. The horrible taste still lingered in his mouth, and he hated it. When Smokefur was done, he looked up to her, not entirely sure what to say. His tail swished softly for a moment as he looked back down. After a moment of silence, he looked back to Smokefur with an upset look on his face. Mostly because of that horrid treatment that he was given, not because of him feeling guilty.

"I'm sorry Smokefur. I just wanted to know what it tasted like. Next time I will try it out first, and if it is safe I will share it."

He gave a small smile to her before looking back to Thornkit. He specificly didn't say he wouldn't steal from her for a reason. She had plenty of herbs, hew as sure. She could spare a few for him to try, right? Right?

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