The night sky glistened with hundreds upon hundreds of stars all from cats of the past. Ready to watch the night that could change two cats lives forever.
"Cinderheart come with me."
I followed him not knowing what was going on. I can trust him its Jayfeather. He brought me to an open field that looked almost unreal it was nothing I had ever seen. There was a pool of water filled with sparkles almost like stars! Could this be the Moonpool? Why would he take me here?
"Jayfeather are we at the Moonpool? Why did you take me here? Shouldn't we be sleeping at this time of night?" Cinderheart questioned him with every step she took.
"Shhh… Its okay more information will be explained in a few moments. You are safe with me, trust me."
She took a deep breath then kept walking. He brought her to and already made spot ready for them to sit and talk. Did he plan this?
"Alright you need some answers. Yes, you are right we are at the Moonpool. I brought you here because I thought it was the only place we could be utterly alone."
"I thought so… Well… Why do you have to be alone with me so badly?"
"This is going to be hard to say."
"What is it Jayfeather?"
"I don't know if I should tell you…"
"You can trust me." Cinderheart pressed.
"Well… I'm not sure… It's to…"
"I promise I won't tell a single cat," Cinderheart begged.
"It's too risky; I don't want to danger your life."
"For StarClan's sake just tell me! You know you can trust me with all your heart! Please it's killing at me just wondering what you're hiding from me!"
"Psttt, Cinderheart wakeup. Psttt." Jayfeather whispered silently enough so that only Cinderheart could hear.
Then the most suspenseful dream of her life vanished before her eyes.
"What! Huh! Where am I? Jayfeather is that you?" Cinderheart woke up very surprised not knowing what was going on.
"Shhh… its okay, you were just dreaming about something that's not as important as to what's going to happen right now."
"Sure! That was the best dream ever I-"
"I know, catching mice is very exciting but we have to move silently and quickly unseen by anyone."
"Ughh… fine. Whatever don't be interesting in what's going on through my mind." Cinderheart was not in the mood at all.
They dashed passed through all the dens, the nursery, and the elders den. Now, they were out in the forest. Cinderheart was following behind Jayfeather, which then reminded her about her dream she just had.
"Jayfeather, are we going to the Moonpool by any chance?" Cinderheart called out.
Jayfeather stopped all of a sudden in the middle of nowhere, turned around stared directly into Cinderheart's eyes. Cinderheart wondered how he could not see her, though he was blind he was exceptionally well at knowing where things were around him. For a blind cat it seemed like he knew exactly what he was looking at.
"How on earth did you figure that out? Cats aren't supposed to know where the Moonpool is it's a sacred place for medicine cats only."
She did not want to tell him it was in a dream it was probably just a coincidence. She could not predict the future from her dreams, could she? Right?
"Uhhh… She-cat's intuition?"
"Whatever, there is no time for silly-ness we have to get to the Moonpool before anyone sees us. Let's go!" Jayfeather demanded
Gosh, well somebody has his tail in a knot. Cinderheart heart snickered to herself.
In no time, they were at the Moonpool, sitting down, relaxing, ready for the conversation that could change the fate of both of them.
"Cinderheart I don't know how to start this. I did not really come up with a script on what to tell you or even how to tell you this. However, I will be completely honest and let you know that I mean every word I tell you tonight. Everything is coming from my heart nothing is fake and I can only hope that you can promise me the same."
"Oh course I promise, Jayfeather you can trust me with anything."
"I know I can. Well, you see, its going to sound corny but, it all started when I lay eyes on you. I Did not expect anything to happen at the moment on but all I know is that I felt something very special. Something that isn't supposed to happen to cats like me because I'm a medicine cat. I've tried to fight it. I've told myself, no argued with myself, that I can't fall in-love. It's not allowed. However, nothing seems to work whenever I look at that stunning smile or if I listen to your laugh that makes me so happy. I can't fight it because I love the feeling of it. In the midst of this, what I am trying to say is I think…"
"You think what?"
"I think…"
"You think what? Tell me," Cinderheart pleaded. It was just like in her dream.
"I can't…"
"Jayfeather please, just tell me!" Her eyes began to water; one tear dropped which then triggered a waterfall of tears rushing down her cheeks.
"I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, and I love you! It is okay Cinderheart, don't cry. Look at me."
"No, no, no, no, no." Cinderheart argued, feeling embarrassed of her kit like behavior, if she looked at him it would make her tears come out more.
"Cinderheart, Look at me." Jayfeather said in the most serious voice that made her want to listen.
She turned to him.
"I love you. You don't have to cry, its okay calm down. I'm here."
Jayfeather tried to calm her down. Within a few seconds, her breathing slowed with deeper and relaxed breaths.
"Do you really love me?" Cinderheart questioned.
"I know I love you, I could spend a long time with you. I've thought about it for a long time. In fact, you kept me up all night because I could not get my mind off you. I honestly believe I love you and I can honestly say that I can never say that about any other cat."
"I love you too! I don't know if I could say it any better than you did because you just blew my mind away, but I love you a lot."
"I think I love you a lot is just enough for me."
