Jayfeather was running as fast as he could through StarClan's hunting grounds. He had been dreaming when he found himself on the edge of the Dark Forest's territory. That's when the ferns rustled and cats stepped out. They all were made out of dark shadows and mist with hate-filled crimson eyes. Even though they were nothing more than shadows, he got the feeling that they could kill him. They were starting to advance forward, slowly creeping around him to form a circle. He knew once they did, it would be over, so he ran as fast as he could to StarClan's territory. He just made it too. The dark cats had leaped at him just as he began to run. He thought he was safe once he entered StarClan's hunting grounds but he was wrong, the dark cats were chasing him and they were awfully close. He began to tear deeper into StarClan's territory, screeching for help but then the worst thing happened. He saw StarClan cats but that wasn't the bad part, there were just standing there, staring at him with cold eyes. Even worse, he recognized those cats, Bluestar, Yellowfang, Spottedleaf, and even Feathertail were glaring at him with hostile eyes. He was still a good distance away from the StarClan cats but he could tell that there was something happening there. Mist was gathering and swirling with starlight and soon the mist and starlight became cats. He recognized those cats also. Leafpool, Squirrelflight, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Dovewing, Brambleclaw, and Firestar had appeared and joined the StarClan cats in watching him. As he was thinking, the dark cats caught up to him, he felt the first blow of pain on his back, where a dark cat had leaped onto him, dragging him down. One by one the dark cats gathered around him and started to scratch and bite him. He felt blood trickling down his ear and he swiped at a particularly large dark cat, but it was hopeless, there were too many of them. After a few more moments of this, he realized that they were playing with him. They weren't giving him life-threatening injuries, just putting him in pain.
The StarClan cats suddenly jumped up along with his clanmates and rushed over to him. Sighing with relief, he relaxed but the StarClan cats and his clanmates ignored the dark cats and kept on coming straight at him. He was frozen in horror as they joined the dark cat's attack on him. The only thought running through his mind was "Why?!" Hollyleaf sprang at him and snarled while raking his back with her claws. The emotional blow was much worse than the physical. Following up Hollyleaf, Brambleclaw attacked him. Soon his eye began to fill with water, tears threatening to overflow. He closed his eyes, wanting to die and escape the horror and the pain, then after what seemed like forever, it all ended.