Chapter eight

Blazing Heather

Jayfeather woke with a shuddering gasp, he sat, trembling uncontrollably at the edge of moonpool, his fur bristling with terror, though he couldn't remember what had scared him. He sighed and dropped his head to his paws. He'd been pulled out of the dream world before Hollystar and Lionblaze were done there, he didn't know why. He twisted around to lick the blood welling up on his shoulders. Blood? He froze with horror. Someone...someone here or there...someone pulled me out...but who? He felt sick with the realization that someone had pulled him out. They were trying to stop him from hearing something, but what? He growled angrily, and laid down beside the pool, waiting to sleep. I have the power of the stars in my paws! Starclan can't control my dreams! No! I control them! He spat as he drifted to sleep

He ended up far from were his siblings were. He was in a small clearing...it seemed, familiar...

...Flashback...

Jayfeather stood in a clearing, moonlight shone on his gray tabby pelt. Leafpool was dead, she was gone in never coming back. Why him? He was cursed enough to be blind, and now, his mentor was dead? Slain, Slain in a rivalry with wind clan. Those stupid wind-blown, rabbit eating fools! He then smelled an acrid stench. He tuned slowly, terrified of what he was going to see. He saw a clump of heather, the purple flowers swaying in the wind, then they burst into flames, blazing, eating up the heather. Blazing heather? Lionblaze and Heatherpaw! He backed away, waiting to see the flames destroy the forest. But they didn't. Instead, trees sprouted from the flames, and prey, endless prey streamed from the base of the flames. Then a voice whispered in his ear "Blazing heather will save the thunder!" They will save us.

...end flash back...

Well, now, leafpool was still dead, and blazing heather would never be. But, then he smelled the acrid tang again, and tuned to see the flames, licking up the Heather again. Less prey was running out, and now, the flames were dying, and in it's place, a heap of cinders. The cinders, then caught, and blazed. Blazing Cinders? Lionblaze and Cinderheart! This time, Hundreds of trees sprouted, and an endless sea of prey, so much, that they scurried over each other. A voice hissed in his ear "this is why we pulled you out. We knew you'd sleep again, and we brought you here. We were wrong. Blazing heather would not save the forest, Blazing cinder's will. I am proud of you, my son." Jayfeather whipped around to see Crowfeather.

" Your not my Father! Brambleclaw is!!" Jayfeather screeched angrily.

"Ahh, but I am, and leafpool... She is your mother." He replied calmly "if you don't believe me, ask her." Then, leafpool was there, her tail twined with his. He felt anger rise up.

" Well if you loved her sooooo much, why did you kill her?!" Jayfeather screamed. Crowfeather looked sad, But Jayfeather smirked, good, you should fell bad about it, you lying Badger!!

" I killed her, because, well two reasons. One, was that I was mad that she chose her clan over me. And also, I knew when you'd find out, you'd kill me, and we could be together." he murmured softly. Leafpool leaned over and licked his ear.

"Yes, and what he didn't know was that... I was pregnant. I tried to tell him, but he wouldn't listen to me. Luckily for me, Squrrielflight was pregnant too. We had our kits at the same time. I hid my kit in my den, and fed him a lot, but he was so small, so weak, and he was blind. Ahhhh, my punishment for kitting. But when your mother gave birth, I ran back to get some herbs, and grabbed my two day old son, as well. My sister was so distracted by pain, she didn't notice me lay may son, beside her stomach. I told her it was her own. But then my punishment for not telling the truth came when she had no milk, so we turned to Ferncloud, who was excepting a new litter. You were raised as Squirrelflights, and she never found out you were not her own. Now, go back home, and do not speak of this to any one, ok? I love you my son. Forgive me for not telling you before. Goodbye."

Jayfeather woke up, shocked. Leafpool was his mother? And crowfeather his father? Oh starclan, he killed his own father. And forgot to apologize for it.he sighed and sat up. Hollystar and Lionblaze had just woken up.

"Confabulations, Hollystar!"He purred, nuzzling her "let's go home."

Side by side, they walked home, talking happily. But Jayfeather felt left out. These weren't his siblings. But they were still in the together. He took a deep breath, and followed his brother and sister...no...his friends home.

I'm not a huge Leaf+Crow Jay believer, but a lot of you guys are, so I wrote it, and it was fun! And Blazing Heather came into play!! OOOOOOOOOOOOO! Yay!! also, I'm looking for a beta, so can anyone help me here? Thanks. Also, I won't write another chapter until I get five reviews FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE!! so please R&R, thanks

-Lunarpaw