Soon after Dovewing and Bumblestripe left the warriors' den, Cinderheart walked in.

"Cinderheart!" Lionblaze jumped to his feet to greet his mate despite the fact all he wanted to do was curl up in his nest. "What are you doing here?"

"Just wanted to make sure you were okay." Cinderheart's eyes were brimmed with worry. "You were pretty quiet on the way back. How are you holding up?"

Lionblaze shrugged. "I don't know. This is kind of crazy, you know?"

"I was reborn too," Cinderheart reminded him. "I always felt different. I knew all these things, I had all these memories and they weren't mine."

"But that's why this is different," Lionblaze said. "You had signs of it, I don't. I'm just a normal cat." Cinderheart rose an eyebrow and Lionblaze realized his error. "Other than the powers. But those have been gone for awhile now. I've gotten use to being able to get hurt."

Cinderheart nodded thoughtfully. "I'm sure Jayfeather already realized this but I'm sure the fact you three had those powers was because of this."

"You think?" Lionblaze asked.

"Why else would you three be reincarnations?" she purred in response. She pressed her head against her chest. Lionblaze reciprocated but his mind was still far off. Cinderheart noticed. "If it makes you feel any better, it is nice knowing I'm not the only cat who was reborn."

"But you aren't Cinderpelt anymore, you're just Cinderheart," Lionblaze said. "I've never heard of Lion's Roar. I don't feel like another cat."

"You'll figure it out," Cinderheart said and licked his ear affectionately. "I'm heading back to the nursery. You should get back to that nap you were trying to take."

Lionblaze nodded and watched her leave before settling back down and falling asleep.


Dovewing ran all the way to the lake. She stopped at the water's edge, out of breath. The sight of the water didn't help her. It just reminded her of a time when she had her powers. The journey to the end of the river was the first time she was aware that she was different.

Ivypool soon caught up with her. "Don't run off like that!"

Dovewing halfheartedly shot her a look then looked back to the lake. Her memory went back to when she went on a journey to end the drought. That felt so long ago. She remembered that journey with fondness. She had recently discovered her powers and she made many friends from other clans. Like Tigerheart. She shook that last thought away.

"What did you mean StarClan didn't choose you?" Ivypool asked.

"I don't know," she said. "I just know they didn't."

"How?" Ivypool inquired. "Did Jayfeather tell you?"

"Sort of."

"Sort of?"

"He told us about… something that he's… he told us why Crane's Wing calls him Jay's Wing," Dovewing said.

"And?"

"And to explain that he told us all this other stuff," Dovewing told her. "Like StarClan isn't even…"

"StarClan isn't even what?"

Dovewing looked down. She couldn't bring herself to say it. She didn't even know what she was trying not to say, Jayfeather didn't go into as much detail as he surely knew.

"StarClan isn't what?" Ivypool repeated.

"StarClan isn't as great and powerful as I thought," Dovewing said choosing her words slowly and carefully. "As we thought."

Ivypool looked at her in surprise. "Are you losing faith in StarClan?"

"No!" Dovewing denied. "Jayfeather just told us there are other cats in the night sky."

Ivypool nodded. "Makes sense. Only clan cats go to StarClan. And I've heard some of the older cats mention the Tribe of Endless Hunting."

"That's not what I meant," Dovewing said.

"Then what did you mean?"

"I don't know. Jayfeather only explained enough so that we understood what he needed to tell us," she said.

"And what did he tell you?" Ivypool asked.

Dovewing was silent.

"Come on Dovewing, it can't be that bad," Ivypool urged. "We're sisters, you can tell me anything."

Dovewing hesitated. "I don't know how to say it."

"Just try."

Dovewing's mind raced. I should tell her. No she shouldn't. Lionblaze told her not to tell and Jayfeather made it clear on the way back that he didn't want anyone who didn't need to know. But Ivypool needs to know. Did she really though? She really doesn't.

"I'm sorry," Dovewing finally spoke. Ivypool just looked at her. "I can't talk about it right now. But I promise I'll tell you later. I might know more then."

Ivypool sighed and nodded. "I understand. Let's get back to camp."


Author's Note: These next few chapters are kinda just follow up to that whole talk with Jayfeather.

A lot of people have mentioned that there aren't a lot of three stories right now. I've noticed that too but I never thought about it much. I'm considering starting up another one so if any of you have any suggestions, I'm open to them. There's not a very high chance I'll write it, I really should be focusing on my current tmnt story and I've got some other stories in the works but if there are any good suggestions, I might write one as a short side story/ break story.

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Hazelfeather of ThunderClan- Thanks, I'm glad you've enjoyed. Yeah, Jayfeather x Stick is kinda strange. The stick is dead here so you don't have to worry about that happening in this story!