"Stupid Twolegs," Jayfeather grumbled around his marigold leaves as he left the river border.

It was green-leaf again and the Twolegs had come and set up their green pelt-dens. Twoleg kits joyful screeches could be heard from over the border and Jayfeather flattened his ears to drown them out.

What in the name of StarClan do those Twolegs do at the camp ground?! He mentally scowled at the Twolegs. But what he really wondered was what they did in general; on the camp ground, or in their regular dens.

Jayfeather reached the bramble entrance and padded along the rocky floor to the medicine den. Briarlight let out a few grunts, and Jayfeather guessed that she was stretching out herself again. He quickly shoved the marigold into his store and padded over to the paralyzed she-cat.

"How are you're legs?" Jayfeather asked, as she finished up her stretches.

"Still can't feel 'em," she retorted softly. "I only wish I could…"

"You and I, both, Briarlight," Jayfeather muttered. He started making his way towards the bramble screen, but was stopped midway by Briarlight's voice.

"Where are you going now?" She almost whined. "You've been scampering around like a hyper mouse all day!"

Jayfeather sighed. "I have to collect more juniper berries before green-leaf is over or else they will die halfway through leaf-fall."

"Can't you wait?" came Briarlight's voice again. "It's getting dark outside and I don't think it would be very clever for the Medicine Cat to be roaming around in the dark."

Jayfeather liked that she didn't mention his blindness. He sighed. "Alright, fine, you stupid furball," he grumbled as he lay down in his nest. "I'll head out tomorrow and collect them."

Briarlight jabbed him with a paw playfully. "Oh, I'm the stupid furball? Says the Medicine Cat who wants to 'look for juniper berries' at this time of night! I bet you couldn't even find your way back to camp without twisting a paw!"

Jayfeather jumped up from his nest, and shot Briarlight a blind glare. He swished his bushy gray tail. "Oh yeah? Just watch me." he growled and pelted out of the medicine den.

"Jayfeather, wait!" he heard Briarlight's voice fading away as he broke into the forest. He slowed his pace and he opened his jaw to scent around him. He perked his ears as he heard rustling coming from his right.

Pawsteps thudded against the ground and Jayfeather narrowed his blind blue eyes. "Who's there?" he called out warily.

"Jayfeather?"

He faced the cat that the voice belonged to. "What are you doing out here, Jayfeather?"

Jayfeather recognized the scent and voice of his brother, mingled with a few others. "I was just on my way to collect some juniper." Jayfeather responded. "Who else is with you?"

"Sorreltail, Mousewhisker and I were on the dusk patrol and we were just heading back. The moon's almost up," his brother explained. "We were heading back to camp right now."

Suddenly, Jayfeather heard the leaves rustle against fur and Sorreltail and Mousewhisker padded out of the bushes.

"Jayfeather?" Sorretail's voice came.

"He's out collecting herbs," Lionblaze explained. "I can accompany you if you'd like, Jayfeather."

Jayfeather thought for a moment. If I come back with a twisted paw, Briarlight won't let me forget it, he thought bitterly.

He sighed. "Alright, you can come with me Lionblaze."

"We'll just tell Firestar where you are, ok Lionblaze?" Mousewhisker spoke this time.

"Right," Lionblaze added to them as they bounded off through the trees. He turned to Jayfeather. "Alright, lead the way."

Jayfeather opened his jaws again to scent out the purple berry. He caught a wisp of the scent and signaled to Lionblaze with his tail to follow. They padded through the long grass and the scent grew stronger.

"They're over here somewhe—" Jayfeather was cut off as he slipped into a large hole. He landed with a thud and little pebbles showered down on him.

"Lionblaze! Why didn't you warn about this?!" Jayfeather called up to his brother. More pebbles showered down as Lionblaze came to the edge of the hole.

"Sorry, I didn't see it. You were ahead of me and it was dark—"

"Excuses, excuses!" Jayfeather growled at Lionblaze. He swished his tail and clenched his teeth.

"Can you climb out of there?" Lionblaze called down.

Jayfeather gingerly placed his front paws on the rocky surface. He tried searching for a pawhold, but he couldn't find one. "No, I don't think I can!" Jayfeather called back up to his brother. "If only I could sprout wings and fly!" he added sarcastically.

"Hold on, let me see if I can find a large branch for you to climb up!" Lionblaze's pawsteps faded away as he pelted around to look for the branch.

Jayfeather sat there for a few moments and decided to explore. He got up and padded along the trail, having his fur brush up against the stone wall so he could find his way through. He turned and felt the trail slanting downwards.

Why have I never been in this part of the tunnels? He wondered. Soon, pebbles were scattered across the floor of the tunnel and the darkness on his vision lifted. He could see a glowing stone that illuminated a soft gray light. It was only about two tail-lengths wide and one tail-length tall.

Jayfeather squinted. "What the—"

"Do you wish to become human?" a voice echoed against the walls.

Human? What's a human? Jayfeather thought, confused.

"If you wish to, then step forward and touch the stone."

Jayfeather gingerly took a pace forward, then recoiled. What if becoming human meant that he could never go home? But what if becoming human was a task sent to him by StarClan?

Once again, he gingerly stepped forward and touched his nose to the stone. Darkness slammed down on his vision once again and a cold blast of wind flattened his fur against his frame. He fell to the ground and passed out.

Author's Note~

Hi guys. I know this chapter was a little boring, but I promise the next chapter will be better! I really hope you guys liked this, because Jayfeather has got to be my favorite cat ever. I'm a Jayfeather fan-girl :3

Anyways, reviews please? I always love hearing from you guys and it makes me happy when you review! It doesn't matter if it's criticism or praise, I just really want to hear from you guys, and on what you're thoughts are!

Thank you guys!

~Xelaric the Nobody