Second chapter! Yay! This time, it's from Jayfeather's point of view. Two blind cats, one friendship turned to love, read the interesting story of these two cats acting as one. Disclaimer; I own nothing. I repeat, nothing.

Chapter two: what's this feeling?

As we walked into camp, I heard Lionblaze spring up, through the rain. It was a bad storm, I could tell.

"Hey Jayfeather! Your back! Where's the catmint? Oh, it dosn't matter much. You'll never guess! Okay, so Birchfall was with Berrynose in front of the warriors den, see, and suddenly Icepaw comes up and says..." His voice trailed off as he noticed Toph behind me. She must have felt his eyes burning into her, because waves of anxiousness erupted from her. The rain splattered on our soaked pelts. "Umm, Jayfeather, whose this?" He asked curiously. Toph tensed up immediately, turning stiff with fear.

"This is Toph." I replied coolly. No need to act like it's a big deal." I met her in our territory, completely confused and lost. I figured maybe she needed some herbs and a good, long rest."

A jolt of thunder hit the sky, and I guess that lightning lit it up, too. Not that I could see it. Or Toph, either. I noticed that she seemed less tense now. Was it because I hadn't mentioned her blindness? Lionblaze didn't give me much time to ponder over that.

"You should show her to Firestar. Do you want me to come with you?" Lionblaze's paws shuffled the ground anxiously, waiting. I knew he was trying to make sure I got to the leaders den safely. I snapped then.

"I don't need your help to walk, thanks," I meowed sternly. He flinched at my tone. I felt a stab of guilt about it, but I pushed it aside. I had to make sure that Toph would be safe. Why so I feel so strongly about this cat? I wasn't sure. But I realized, I wasn't sure that Toph could make the walk. The rain blurred my senses, mixed with sleepiness. I was sure Toph was even more tired than me.

"I'll talk to Firestar myself. Toph's too tired to take another pawstep. Would you show her to the medicine den so she dosen't drown in this terrible rain? I myself, feel like a Riverclan cat." I shook my fur, and little droplets of water sprayed every where.

"Sure," he said. " I can't get much wetter, either, or no one will let me lie down near them in the warriors den! Follow me," he added to Toph, and he trotted through the wet camp. No cats were outside now. It was nightfall, anyways. But did that mean that I might accidentally wake Firestar from a nice sleep? That could rouse a temper. Fighting off the urge to go back to the medicine den, I hared through the rain, slipping once or twice, (thankfully, no one saw,) and carefully stepped next to my leader's den.

"Firestar?" I called softly. I wasn't entirely sure what I would do if he was asleep. Would I wake him up, or walk away?

"Jayfeather? Is that you? Come in." I exhaled the breath I hadn't known I was holding. He was awake. I carefully padded into his den carefully, and came to sense him lazily lying on his side, licking his paw and drawing it over his ear. He sat up as I came in.

"Is there something you wish to speak to me about?" he mewed calmly. I explained in short.

"I met a strange she-cat wandering around, probably lost, while I was collecting catmint. She may be sick or something, and she needs a good rest. It wouldn't be right to drive her off and let her starve. She seemed very weak and thin, and I don't think she knows how to hunt. I was wondering if she could stay a bit. She dosen't have to join the clan or anything, but we should probably nurse her back to health first."

"Was she a kittypet?" he asked.

"No. She has no twoleg scent at all. But if she can't hunt, she can't be a loner either," I pointed out.

"Does this she- cat have a name?"

"She says her name is Toph."

"Unusual name," he mused. "Well," he said a bit louder, "Do you know anything about her background, where she came from, or anything else important about her?

I would have told you about her background if I could, mouse-brain. I bit back the reply that would get me no where nearer to Toph's well being, swallowed my spite, and thought for a second. She wouldn't like it if I told Firestar her secret, but I couldn't keep much from my leader.

"She's blind," I said quickly. I gazed down unseeingly at his paws, sat down, and swished my tail on the cold stone floor. Firestar said nothing for a second. Then, much to my surprise, Firestar laughed.

"Looks like your new clanmate will be a good friend to you." He said.

I started up rapidly with shock. Staring blankly but meaningfully at my leader, I asked, stuttering, " you... you mean... she can join the clan?"

"Is it okay if she works as a partner to you? Leafpool keeps asking for warriors and apprentices to do medicine cat tasks all the time now. I figured she might be useful. I can announce her arrival in the morning." He sounded sincerely happy to welcome her in.

I didn't even care that he was probably putting her to work as a medicine cat apprentice because of her blindness. My heart flooded with joy. A purr rumbled into my throat, but I had to stop it before it escaped my jaws. I didn't want to appear as a kit.

"Thank you, Firestar." I dipped my head respectfully at him. He bowed his head, too.

"She will visit the Moonpool with you and Leafpool at your next journey there. She will then be a true medicine cat. May Starclan light her path."He finished. "Now, don't you need to sleep? You can't wake up too late tomorrow. Honeyfern told me she would visit you in the morning about a sore pad."

"Sure," I said. I nodded at him once more before turning around to race out, but he stopped me.

"Jayfeather, try to find out her background for me, will you? I'd like to hear more about this strange cat."

"Of course," I said, scrambling out of the den. It had almost stopped raining. Only a light drizzle was left of the storm. I hared to the medicine den. When I burst through the lichen entrance, I saw Leafpool making a nest with Toph.

"Leafpool, can I talk to you for a second?" I asked. I wanted to talk about what Firestar had said.

"Of course you can,"she said. She padded over to the entrance, and we both went outside to talk, leaving Toph to sort her bedding. It wasn't raining anymore.

After I had explained everything and Leafpool had agreed, I had to go inside to tell Toph. I still wasn't sure why I liked to be around her so much. Leafpool went to gather the catmint I had forgotten in the moonlight, so I went in to hear Toph lining her nest with moss to keep things from poking through. She looked up (blindly) as I entered.

"Why are you here?" she said. Head bent down again, she fluffed the moss between her paws.

"I came to talk." I went up next to her and sat down on my haunches. I hoped she'd be pleased that she was accepted so eagerly into the clan.

"Uh?" she grunted. She meant it as a sign to continue. Just then, a piece of moss flew from under her paws and scatted to the other side of the medicine den. She was just about to get up to fetch it when I interrupted.

"I got it." I ran to the other side, quickly picked it up in my teeth, and ran it back to her. I carefully layered it over the other moss on the nest. I sat down again, not realizing how close I was to her until our pelts brushed. A tingle ran down my spine, and I started up. So did Toph. We both scooted a bit to the side, looking at our paws. It was a very awkward moment for the both of us.

"Um, do you want me to finish this with you?" I asked, looking down. Why do I feel so embarrassed? I wondered what color my face was.

"Sure," Toph mumbled. Embarrassment radiated off her like crashing waves. We both felt like this? To keep from conversation, she grabbed a huge mouthful of moss. I patted down some. Oh, yes! I had to tell her about what Firestar said.

"Hey, Toph?" I started, " well, if you want to, Firestar said that you could be accepted into the Clan. You would work in the medicine den, here, with Leafpool and I. Do you want to stay?" I looked (sightlessly) at her, feeling just a bit hopeful. She dropped the ball of moss she was holding, and looked at the ground. She hesitated before answering.

"Well... I don't know, Jayfeather." A few small sparks went off inside me when I heard my name from her mouth. Why is that? "You see," she continued, "I'm trying to find out how to get back to the place I was before I got here. I'm just not sure it's possible."

"Where are you from?" I pressed. Information Firestar wanted! She answered,

"Long story. Tell you later. Now, I just need some sleep." She patted down the last piece, hopped in, and curled up. She yawned once before she drifted off. I heard her even breathing as I looked blankly at her. I loved being near her, but why was that? I padded up to my nest ( only a mouselength away from hers) and curled up tightly. I used the time I had to ponder about Toph.

Why? Why do I like her so much? Why do I think about her? Why did I even invite her to the clan? I would never do that to anyone else. Why was I about to purr when Firestar said she could stay? I felt as if she was a part of me, like Lionblaze is. But Toph's not my kin! I love Lionpaw as a brother, so does that mean... No, I pushed the thought from my head. Medicine cats can't fall in love! But what if they fall in love with another medicine cat? That's never happened before. I pushed that thought away, too. But I was in love! I never thought I would fall in love. There's no one like me, who feels what I feel. That is, no one but Toph. This was so confusing! Why is love so hard to identify, so hard to understand? I shook my head. She probably doesn't like me the way I like her. But then why does she act so nervous around me? My brain was trying to battle with me, and that one fact that hurt me; medicine cats can't fall in love!

End! But preview: up next, Toph and Jayfeather both recive dreams from Starclan! Oooh, I wonder what will happen? What Starclan decides? It's up for you to read on and find out!