Warriors: Ash Colored Snow
With Christmas, no the Holidays, coming up, I've decided to crank out yet another fan-fic for the occasion. Except that this time, it'll be Warriors, and centered around probably now my all-time favorite coupling, JayXCinder. This'll also be a sort of sequel to my earlier fic, Burnt Feathers, only because there'll be a couple of references.
Chapter 1: Sweet Dreams
Jayfeather blinked open his eyes and stretched out, feeling the cold bite of leaf bare upon him. His breath came out in misty clouds, as he padded out of his den. His paws crunched against the snow, and he shivered. "Why must snow be so cold?" The Medicine Cat asked himself and walked up to the tunnel. Cinderheart was on duty, and nodded a greeting to Jayfeather as he passed.
He didn't respond, and Cinderheart remembered that he couldn't see her greeting, "hello Jayfeather." She mewed, and Jayfeather looked up.
Their meeting had been all but forgotten, but Jayfeather could sense the longing from Cinderheart and he felt it himself too. However, they both kept level in case any cat was watching. "Greetings, I was just about to go for a walk, would you like to join me?" He asked casually, and heard Cinderheart's breathing speed up slightly.
"Sure," she eventually meowed, and they both padded out through the tunnel. Once they were far from the camp, Jayfeather turned to her unexpectedly.
"I know that it's forbidden…but…you still love me right?" He asked, and Cinderheart couldn't suppress her gasp of surprise.
"O-Of course I do…but you know it could never work out." The gray Warrior responded, and thought she could see Jayfeather smile before he flicked his ears and frowned, turning away from her.
She was about to ask what he was doing, when Hollyleaf appeared from a bush. "Oh, hey Jayfeather, Cinderheart, what are you two doing out here?"
With her being such an adamant follower of the Warrior Code, which strictly forbids a Medicine Cat to be in love, Jayfeather wasn't about to confess to his sister. "I just wanted to go out for a walk," he said smoothly, thoroughly fooling Hollyleaf, "and I have a hard time finding my way through the snow, so I asked Cinderheart to join me because she was standing guard at the entrance."
"Oh, alright, Cinderheart, you wanna hunt with me?" The black she-cat asked her friend, and Cinderheart nodded, trying to sound bright and enthusiastic.
Jayfeather could feel her disappointment and frustration though. "Alright, let's go, see you Jayfeather." He heard her run off, and he slammed his tail into the snow in frustration.
"We can't keep getting interrupted like this…there has to be somewhere we won't, no can't, be bothered…wait, that's it!" He padded back to the camp, and waited for night to fall.
He closed his eyes to wait for sleep, and tried to reach out to Cinderheart, hoping she wasn't chosen for a night patrol. When Jayfeather opened his eyes, he was in the forest, except now he could see, he had to be in Cinderheart's dream. After looking around, he spotted her stalking a mouse. He had an idea of what she would look like, but she was far more beautiful than he could have ever imagined her as.
Cinderheart moved gracefully along the snow, and finally pounced on her prey, killing it with one bite to its neck. Jayfeather padded up and licked her ear, "good catch."
"J-Jayfeather? What, aren't I dreaming?" Cinderheart stuttered out, staring bewilderingly at the Medicine Cat.
"Well…yes, but a Medicine Cat can walk in another cat's dreams," he improvised quickly, not telling the whole truth. Cinderheart nodded and looked into his eyes.
He stared back, and they both became lost in the endless blue pools, until Cinderheart broke the silence. "You…you can see in here can't you?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.
"I can," he answered, pressing against her fur, "and you're even more beautiful than I thought you were. In here, no one can bother us, at least…not until morning anyway." Jayfeather mewed, and twined his tail with Cinderheart's.
She lapped his cheek, and then playfully pushed him down onto the snow. He yelped in surprise, and got up, hissing with a smile. The gray cat jumped onto her back, and they both tumbled over, until Cinderheart ended up on top. "I win," she said, and was about to climb off when she felt Jayfeather push up.
"Not yet!" He pushed up with all four of his paws, thrusting her to the side, and he jumped on top of her. "I win." Jayfeather said, and got off, sitting next to her on his haunches.
Cinderheart rolled over and shook the snow off her fur, "I actually lost to a Medicine Cat, how humiliating."
Jayfeather felt her head press against his shoulder, "and what's that supposed to mean?"
She giggled and smacked his ear with her tail, "I don't mean it like that stupid furball." Cinderheart sighed, "I'm glad we can't be judged here, in my dreams."
"I am too," Jayfeather pressed closer to her, and looked into her eyes. "Cinderheart…I love you."
She curled around him, basking in the warmth coming from his body. "I love you too."
Morning came too soon, and they both heard Birchfall's voice call from somewhere in the distance, "Cinderheart, wake up, it's time for the dawn patrol."
She faded away, leaving Jayfeather alone in the snow for a split second until he was forced from the dream. He awoke to darkness, and groomed himself, swearing to himself that he could still scent Cinderheart on his fur.
Well, I hope you all have wonderful holidays, this has been Yoshidaimu, be sure to keep an eye out for my newest series, Frosted Leaves, a story about a brother and a sister, torn apart simply because of the color of their fur. Until then!
