Chapter One

"Dovewing, can you hear what the other clans are saying?" Jayfeather asked. Dovewing shook her head, looking grim. She displayed a look of happiness as Bumblestripe called to her and she trotted off.

Jayfeather sighed and looked to Lionblaze, who had a guilty look in his eye. Jayfeather knew his brother was waiting for someone. Cinderheart, Jayfeather thought. Then he heard Cinderheart's meow ring through the air.

"Lionblaze, are you ready to go hunting?" She asked. Lionblaze nodded and then looked at Jayfeather apologetically.

"Sorry, Jayfeather. I'll talk to you later." With that Lionblaze trotted off. He walked over to his den, and heard Briarlight gently coughing.

"Briarlight, maybe you should come outside and let the air silence that cough!" He told her. Her slight chuckle was cut off in a coughing fit. Jayfeather sighed, grabbed some juniper berries coated in honey.

"Eat those. It'll soothe your throat as well as your belly."

"Alright, Jayfeather. It's probably just me coughing on a snowflake, that's all." She replied soundly. He laughed and shook his head.

"Briarlight, we're all breathing in snowflakes, and your the only one coughing!" Jayfeather nudged her. "Do your excersizes." She sighed, and started them. Jayfeather walked out of the Medicine cat's den. He walked towards Firestar's den.

"Firestar, are you okay?" Jayfeather asked. Firestar nodded, giving a slight wheeze. Jayfeather sighed. How many more cats are going to get sick? Or even die? Jayfeather looked over to the gorse tunnel as he walked out, and saw Cinderheart and Lionblaze squeezing through the thorns. Jayfeather walked to his brother. He gasped in horror and pain as he felt claws sink into his back.

"Jayfeather? What's wrong?" Cinderheart sounded worried and she also gasped in horror at the long claw marks down his back, appearing ever so slowly. He could see Lionblaze bristling and with that he knew who it was. The only person who would want to do this to a ThunderClan cat.

Tigerstar.

"Jayfeather, stay awake...no! Don't close your eyes...not yet, don't lea-" Jayfeather heard his sister's panicked voice, and thought, Don't worry...we'll all be dead, soon enough. With that he closed his eyes, leaping into the oblivion. Darkness...