HEY PEOPLES!!!! Just like Snowbirds chapter, this one will be the only, if I dont make more, chapter with Willows thoughts. If your wondering who Willow is, well take a quick peek at the first chapter. You will find that Willow is Ice'sAKA Cliffpaw's) mother. Anyway......... ENJOY!

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Chapter Ten

Cliffpaw's heart sunk as deep as it could get when she noticed Jayfur's empty spot. Why had he left her! More importantly, why did she feel sad? It's not like she felt anything special towards him at all, so why did she care? Then it struck her. Cliffpaw loved Jayfur! This was terrible! She had broken the warrior code in two or three ways. First of all, she had went to another clans territory without permission from anyone. Second, she had feasted to her own content. Lastly, she had fallen in love with a cat from another clan! The last was the worst because she already had deep feelings for Applepaw, even though they had barely met and only had one small conversation. She had fallen in love with two different cats! This was the worst possible scenario of all!

Cliffpaw began to feel sick. She ran outside and threw up yesterdays meal. Could things be any worse? Cliffpaw asked silently. Unfortunately for her though, things were just going to go downhill for a long time.

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The wind tugged at her pelt as she walked through the seemingly endless storm. She knew there was no possibility of tracking her kit down, but she could hope. She reached the mountain and walked along the side until she found a path. Ice must have went along here! The young she-cat decided.

The path seemed to go on forever, until an abrupt hole in the path. She knew Ice could have fallen into this whole easily. If one looked hard enough though, they would see that a narrow path lead down into a small frozen pool. Willow followed it, carefully putting one paw in front of the other. The path was icey, steep, and seemed as if most of the rocks had fallen away. The jagged rocks underneathe threatened to kill any cats that were misfortunate enough to slip and fall. The only way one would have the chance of surviving is if they fell into the pool of water when it wasnt frozen.

A small tom was laying down in front of the pool of water. He seemed to be sleeping, and obviously didn't want to be disturbed. Willow walked down and closer to the mysterious cat. He seemed to be a clan cat, and a strong one at that. Another gust of cold winter wind blew and the tom looked up to see Willow standing there.

"Jayfur?" Willow asked in surprise. The young tom blinked in surprise.

"Willow?" Jayfur asked curiously. The two smiled at each other. Willow ran over to Jayfur to rub cheeks. Willow and Jayfur had meat many moons ago. Jayfur had helped deliver her and had been her hero since. Willow used to be a clan cat but gave it up for the soft life of a kittypet. Her name had been Willowpelt, and she had found the fighting, and the wounds to gruesome to handle. Every once in awhile they met up and shared old news, but lately there had been less visits.

"Where have you been?" Willow asked in a faint whisper. Jayfur looked at her with his sightless eyes. He's trying to read my mind again, Willow sighed. When would he learn that reading her mind was impossible? For some reason Willow had always been immune to the three cats with power. Lionblaze, Hollytail, and Jayfur were all cats of prophecy. The only cats besides those three that knew were Willow, Leafpool, and Firestar. Unfortunately though, Willow was the only one alive who knew. She found that unfortunate.

"Thing have been... Busy. Lately I havent had the time," Jayfur finally answered. Willow nodded, she decided it was time to ask him about Ice.

"Have you seen my daughter?" Willow asked. Jayfur stared at her for a moment.

"Yes," Jayfur answered reluctantly, "she goes by the name of Cliffpaw. She has lost all memories of her past life and..." Jayfur trailed off. What was making him so uncomfortable? Willow thought bitterly.

"And?" Willow pestered.

"And... and... and she has stolen my heart." Jayfur finally finished. Willow looked into his sad eyes. Her daughter has stolen the heart of Willow's used-to-be mate. This was worse than having Ice die. Much worse.