So I decided to write another perspective story. This one takes places after Shattered Sky (SPOILER WARNING) This one focus with Jayfeather, and He meets Half Moon in a dream. Normal Clanlife also goes on, with the addition of a Heat Cycle. What Good could come of this? Enjoy!...
ERIN HUNTER OWNS WARRIORS. I DO NOT. WRITING ABOUT THEM IS FUN.
Jayfeather was checking through the herb store in the Medicine Cat Den. We're going to need to get more tansy and yarrow. He noted. As he was groping for anything else, he heard two sets of pawsteps and smelled the familiar scents of Leafpool and Alderheart. "Jayfeather, anything we need more of?" Leafpool asked.
"We're running low on tansy and almost completely out of yarrow." Jayfeather replied.
"I could get some with some of the warriors to help me and go get some. I know where it grows best." Alderheart suggested. "Do we need anything else?"
Jayfeather walked back out of the store, and turned to face Alderheart's voice, then shook his head. "We've got plenty of the rest. Greenleaf has been good to us."
"Okay, I'll go snag a warrior or two and grab some yarrow first." he padded out of the den, then called. "Sorrelstripe! Ivypool! !If you have nothing better to do then gossip, come help me fetch some herbs."
Jayfeather could hear their resentful pawsteps as they went out of the thorn tunnel. Leafpool was still next to him. "We have such a good apprentice, Jayfeather. StarClan chose well when they wanted him to be a medicine cat." She mewed. "Tomorrow is the Half Moon meeting. I think just you and Alderheart should go. I'm gonna keep an eye on Blossomfall, and her kits. They've only just opened their eyes, and will soon be getting into trouble. Tinycloud isn't far from kitting either."
"Okay, Leafpool. I've been meaning to meet the other medicine cats lately ever since Darktail and Onestar died in the lake." He mewed back, then let out a large yawn. "I need to rest, but there's too much to do. Can you handle it on your own?"
"Jayfeather, you know the answer to that." She purred. "I'll cover for you, and come and get you if I need any help. You just get some rest. You look exhausted."
"Thanks, Leafpool." With another yawn, he walked towards his nest, and curled up in his nest. Leafpool followed him, and began grooming his pelt as he lied down. He was too tired to retort that he could groom himself, and the long, soothing strokes of Leafpool's tongue were making him drowsy. For a moment, he felt like a kit again in the hallow tree he was born in, and memories were flooding back to him...
"Come on Jaykit! I'll race you to the tree!." Hollykit challenged, and both were running with their pelts brushing each other.
"Wait for me!" Lionkit scampered after.
"Kits!" their mother mewed. "Come back here before you get lost."
"Awww, you got lucky this time Jaykit." Hollykit prodded him with a paw.
Once they were close enough, Leafpool dragged them closer with her tail. "I just worry about you all. You're going to have such a great life in ThunderClan when we get there."
"But I don't want to leave the Hallow tree!" Hollykit meowed indignantly.
"Yeah! We want to stay here!" Lionkit agreed.
"Where they go, I go!" Jayfeather mewed.
Leafpool sighed. "You're getting too big to be here, and none of you can become warriors or medicine cats in the Hallow tree. Don't you want to meet your clanmates?"
"Then why can't they just come out here?" Hollykit inquired.
"We can't have the entire clan looking for you when there are duties to be done in camp." Squirrelflight mewed. "You want to make a good first impression when they see you, right?"
"Yes!" All three kits mewed together.
"We're gonna be warriors!" Lionkit cheered, then pounced on Hollykit. Jaykit joined in and they started wrestling on the ground in a heap of paws, fur, and tail.
"My three strong warriors." Leafpool purred. "You'll be the greatest gift to the clans they'll ever know..."
"Jayfeather? Are you okay?" Leafpool asked. Her gaze was burning in his pelt with concern.
"I'm okay." He shook his head clearing it of memories. No way am I letting her know what I just remembered! I'll never hear the end of it."just tired."
"If you need anything, just call me." She told him, and then padded out of the den. He was still exhausted and laid down in his nest, closing his eyes, waiting for sleep to come. Then the comforting black tide rolled across him as he drifted to sleep.
When he opened his eyes, he was looking at a rocky incline with a orange-yellow colored sky and setting sun. At the top of that incline stood a cat he knew all too well. It was a compact, white she-cat, and both of them loved each other deeply. "Half Moon!" Jayfeather cried with joy.
"Jay's Wing! I knew you would come." Half Moon replied back.
Jayfeather padded up to her, and both started purring deeply. Half Moon brushed around him, then twined their tails and sat down starring at the sky.
"I've missed you so much. Sometimes I just wish I could run away from being a medicine cat all for you." Jayfeather mewed.
"I'll always be here in StarClan, and I can travel to your dreams whenever I wish." She replied back, rasping a tongue over his ear. "Jay's Wing, I'll be at the Moonpool tomorrow waiting for you with a special surprise. It's very rare any StarClan cat gets to do this, and I'm going to have the pleasure of it, with you." She gazed into his pale, blue eyes deeply, and Jayfeather reflected her clear deep green eyes with his. Both their expressions were filled with love, and a longing for something more.
"I'll come Half Moon, don't worry. Spending time with you is better than being a medicine cat, and these dreams are some of the best moments of my life." He pushed his muzzle into her flank, drinking her scent and comforting her. "If our destinies didn't have to be so important, We would've had the best kits. They would've been the most beautiful cats ever to be born by the most beautiful she-cat."
"Oh, Jay's Wing, I would've loved that. Having kits with you would've been the best thing in the world." She purred so deeply, Jayfeather thought he could feel the vibrations through the rock.
"Half Moon, I love you more than even StarClan can imagine. My great destiny is fulfilled, and our love goes beyond even them. When my time comes, I'll be the happiest cat to ever have died." Jayfeather breathed.
"I don't like waiting for you Jay's Wing, but whenever you're here I feel complete. Without you here, I feel alone, and I had to be alone the rest of my life when you left for my tribe. I was broken, and could only just barely hide it from the tribe." She mewed. Jayfeather could feel her sorrow in waves, almost knocking him over."Your presence in StarClan when you dream is stronger than any cat, even without your powers. It is because of that at the Moonpool tomorrow we can finally have our moment together. Our destinies started out together, and will finish together."
"I don't want to wait any longer Half Moon. When I left the past, Rock forced me to make you Stoneteller. I begged him to let me stay and live my life with you and have kits. Our destiny had to be like this, and I never would have been born if this hadn't happened." He untwined his tail and laid it over her shoulders." You think I wasn't heartbroken either? When I first entered the past... I was feeling homesick, until I saw how much you cared for me. You made me feel like I actually had a place there, and I was meant to be there. You, are what makes me complete, Half Moon."
"Jay's Wing... The- Thank you... Remember, I'll be waiting for you at the Moonpool tomorrow." Half Moon rested her head on his shoulder. "May StarClan light your path, Jay's Wing."
As the sun set, the sky turned a dark purple, then a dark blue, mixing with the rays of the sun in the night sky, and silver moonlight soon two were silent the rest of the night. Half Moon pressed closer to him and they laid down together on the top of the incline, stars shining over their pelts and turning them a bright silver. The presence of Half Moon made him relax and her sweet scent wreathed around him. He pressed his nose to Half Moon's and closed his eyes in bliss. When she broke their touch, Half Moon was stroking his flank with her tail like a mother caring for a kit. Jayfeather didn't mind, he just loved it, and her tail sweeping against his flank was soothing. Both were letting out occasional purrs of delight and chuckles. They stayed like that, watching the stars in each other's embrace until the sky was growing grey. Jayfeather nuzzled her neck one last time, then they both broke away from each other reluctantly.
He moved close one last time and whispered in her ear."I'll see you at the Moonpool tonight, my sweet." She purred in delight, then gave Jayfeather a gaze of her deep green eyes again. He hed her gaze, then blinked his eyes and darkness washed over him. Being blind does have an upside, I can have more vivid dreams! Or is that because I was one of the three? He wondered. He would never see the outside world as other cats do, but his other senses made up for most of it.
Half Moon has promised Jayfeather a surprise. I wonder what it could be? If you enjoyed my story, feel free to leave a review and give me some feedback. Or don't...
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