Life was strange and different. Up until now, Jayfeather had been so consumed by the prophecy, that he had almost forgotten to live his life as it was now. He had always been wrapped up in omens and starry cats from the past. He had lived for the nights he could spend padding around other cats' dreams, with eyes that could actually see. Now his mind was dark. Dreams of visions no longer occupied his often sleepless nights, as he couldn't find a dark place to rest in his world of black.
It's as if my role is done. He thought to himself, and now Starclan has no need of me. He often found himself wrapped up in his nest, pondering his role now as Thunderclan's sightless medicine cat. Others saw him as prickly and quick tempered, but was he? No, that was just a wall. A wall put up to hide his lack of self-confidence and his constant urge to run away from every other cats' problems.
"Jayfeather?" A quiet, sweet voice drifted towards him, lifting him from his ever constant inner turmoil. That voice. A constant light in his dark world, able to erase his fears, his worries, and his doubts. He lifted himself from his nest and was there in an instant, his paws effortlessly gliding him across the well-worn floor of the medicine den. Leafpool no longer slept here, but her den was warmed now by another.
"Is your back cramping?" Jayfeather pressed his nose to her fur as he always did when he assessed a patient. But now the physical contact felt like his own selfish way of being close to her. This she-cat was his everything.
"No, I was just worried that you aren't getting enough sleep." Briarlight was his life now. As he returned to his nest, her concerned words followed him. Sure enough, the demons that had been previously taunting him were now silent, replaced by the soothing words of the cat he loved.
Hey guys, Frost here! So, I never actually intended to write a second part to this one-shot, but here it is! I was actually inspired by another member who read the first chapter and made it into a video. So this is for you guys who enjoyed and followed the first piece! I hope you like it!
