Well, another chapter, I'm happy to present. Dedicated to Kaori Koriryu-she seems to be the only one reviewing. ;) But thank you to my other reviews to-such as lilystorm, bubbles da kat, and it goes on. Oh! And today is my birthday! For those of you who are reading this late…October 11th. But who cares? And for those of you who sent in characters-I'm going to make them appear next chapter. No need to wait! :D

Disclaimer: This far into the story, I think you all should know by now. I do not own Warriors.

Moonblaze crouched down, slowly chewing her fresh kill. Flicking her eyes up, she watched as Jayfeather sat talking to Lionblaze. Swallowing and wiping her tongue across her muzzle, she was surprised when he returned her stare.

Just remember, if you get caught staring at him, he was staring back...she thought to herself, fur growing hot. Quickly grabbing the remaining pieces of freshkill, Moonblaze stood up abruptly. Jaws full and cheeks bulging, Moonblaze awkwardly hobbled over to the warriors den. Peeking her head in, she let out a sigh of relief as she noticed it was empty. Picking her way over to her nest, Moonblaze spat out the sparrow in her mouth.

"Nasty," flashing her tongue across her muzzle, Moonblaze gave the sparrow a disdainful look. It was disgusting. Moonblaze frowned as she realized the only way to transport it outside and into the forest was taking it into her mouth again.

"Hello, Moonblaze," Moonblaze glanced up as Mousewhisker entered the den. Quickly, Moonblaze moved so she was blocking the chewed-up kill. "How are you?" Mousewhisker gave her a smile as he walked over to his way to his nest. Mousewhisker watched Moonblaze curiously as he realized she was not going to move. "Um...can I help you?"

Moonblaze frowned slightly as Mousewhisker's whiskers twitched in amusement. Studying him carefully, Moonblaze decided she could confide in him. "Look," sidestepping, Moonblaze showed the fresh-kill to the warrior, and Mousewhisker's eyes widened, his jaws opening slightly. His eyes still held traces of amusement as he gave her a look of concern.

"How did that happen?"

"I shoved all of it in my mouth thinking I could, and it turns out there was too much. I was choking on it, so I came in here and spit it out."

"But-why not the forest?" Moonblaze stared at the tom, dumbfounded. Yes, she thought to herself, why not the forest?

"Because I didn't think there would be that much!" Moonblaze snapped, causing Mousewhisker to give a slight jump. He gave her a look of hurt, and Moonblaze relaxed. "Alright, can you just-can you help me get rid of it?" Moonblaze's ears twitched in embarrassment as Mousewhisker stared at her.

"Alright," Mousewhisker stood up, stretching. "Come over and help me gather some moss from my nest. You can carry it in that," Ears perking, Moonblaze quickly ran over to the gray-white tom.

"Thank you!" Giving his cheek a lick, Moonblaze unsheathed her claws and jabbed some moss, pulling it out. Trotting back over to the sparrow, she placed the moss on the ground. Mousewhisker placed some next to her.

"Alright, now all we have to do is move the sparrow," Mousewhisker gave her a meaningful look, which Moonblaze returned with a helpless one. Mousewhisker stared at her a moment longer before he flicked his ear. "Fine," Ignoring Moonblaze's cry of delight, he reached over and prodded the sparrow until it was under the pile of moss. Leaning over, he grabbed the moss above the sparrow so it was seated in it like a basket. Making his way toward the exit Mousewhisker mewed, "I'll do it."

Moonblaze smiled at him. "Thanks, Mousewhisker," Mousewhisker gave a grunt, but you could see it was good-natured as he exited. Smiling at the place he used to be, Moonblaze walked back over to her nest, glancing at Mousewhisker's. "I'll get him some moss after my nap," settling down, Moonblaze closed her eyes. Soon she slipped into sleep.

"Hey, Moonblaze!"

Moonblaze's eyes shot open as a claw prodded her again. The claw was sharp, and Moonblaze quickly checked to make sure she wasn't bleeding, and then quickly stood up to face to intruder. She was startled to come face-to face with a black she-cat with green eyes. The green eyes glowed with amusement, and Moonblaze stumbled back.

"That took you a while," the she-cat calmly licked one paw as she watched Moonblaze. Moonblaze stood frozen, her mouth agape. Finally she spoke.

"Who-who are you, and what-what are you doing in Thunderclan?" Moonblaze cursed to herself as she heard her frightened stutter, but the she-cat still sat there, licking one paw and still watching her with green eyes.

"Shadow," a silver-gray tom suddenly appeared, his green eyes glowing with warning.

"What?" Shadow's head swiveled toward the tom. "What, what is it?"

"Stop," the tom carefully padded over, and by the way he was walking you could tell he took care of himself. "Why are you tormenting her?"

"I just woke her up!" Shadow shot back. "Shut up, River."

River rolled his eyes at her, but turned to face Moonblaze, who stood there, taking it all in. "Sorry you had to deal with her." River swished his tail around. "Would you like to hunt?"

Moonblaze blinked, finally taking in the scenery. All around it looked like Thunderclan territory, but there were the moors of Windclan, and the rivers of Riverclan. There were even tall pines next to the forest like Shadowclan. "Where am I?" Moonblaze gaped at her surroundings, the scents of the forest waking. She smelled prey. Her stomach growled, but Moonblaze ignored it, staring around in awe.

River let out a purr of amusement. "Starclan," he mewed. "Now, would you like to hunt?"

"River, Shadow, what do you think you two are doing?" a small brown she-cat padded into view, a small smirk on her face. Moonblaze sniffed the air-it smelled like Windclan. "Remember what Thunder told you?" she continued to approach, finally coming to a stop next Moonblaze. Moonblaze gave her a wide-eyed look, but the she-cat flicked her trail, flashing Moonblaze a comforting look. Shadow glanced away, ignoring her. It was River who replied.

"Yes, we remember," River mewed. "At least I do. I don't know about Shadow here-I found her prodding Moonblaze. I interrupted her before she could do anymore."

"Do anymore!" Shadow let out a low hiss. "She was just lying there, sleeping! She wouldn't wake up, so I decided to. Believe you me; it's annoying to watch someone sleep for so long."

"Believe you me?" River let out a purr, and Shadow glared at him, looking away. "That sounds like something Thunder might say."

"That did, too," Wind pointed out. "Now let's stop having side-conversations. The poor cat is frightened out of her fur."

Moonblaze let out a shiver, and River and Shadow finally acknowledged her presence.

"Yes, of course," River's tone was brisk. "We're not supposed to be here, anyway. Thunder was supposed to deal with her. Now she's frightened of us, too," River let out an exasperated sigh. "Why don't we just go? We can do this later with Thunder."

"Yes, let's," Shadow hissed.

Wind sighed. "Alright," Turning to Moonblaze, Wind dipped her head. "Farewell."

River dipped his head as well. "Farewell."

Shadow glared at Moonblaze. "Goodbye."

Moonblaze's vision suddenly black out as the cats disappeared. Feeling light-headed, Moonblaze collapsed. Again she fell into a deep sleep.

"What's with you?" Lionblaze gave Jayfeather's shoulder a nudged, snapping him out of his trance. "Jayfeather?"

"What," Jayfeather turned his head toward Lionblaze, a concentrated look creasing his features. "If you have nothing important to say, leave me be."

"Cinderheart-"

"Shut up, will you!" Jayfeather hissed. "She's going to be fine."

"I know," Lionblaze spoke dryly, sat down, and swept his tail across the ground. "I know she's going to be fine. That's not what I'm talking about. When are you going to train her?"

Jayfeather stared at his brother, dumbfounded. "Excuse me?" Lionblaze's ear flicked in annoyance, and the once calm tom narrowed his eyes.

"You know! Like with Briarlight?" Lionblaze twitched his whiskers as Jayfeather continued to stare at him. "Jayfeather-" Lionblaze cut off when he noticed his brother had turned his head, and was not looking at him. With his eyes, Lionblaze followed Jayfeather's gaze to see Moonblaze glance away from the gray tom quickly. Lionblaze let out a purr. "Smitten, Jayfeather, are we?"

Jayfeather turned his gaze to Lionblaze, his blue eyes narrowing in a harsh glare. Jayfeather's ear twitched slightly before he replied. "No, I thought I could sense her stare on my pelt. You know how I get when people stare at me. Just because I'm blind doesn't mean-!"

"Jayfeather," Lionblaze put his tail on his brother's shoulder. "Calm down. As I was saying, when are you going to let Cinderheart out of the den? She should be able to walk, shouldn't she?"

Jayfeather frowned. "I suppose so. Very well, I'll get Mousewhisker and Briarlight to go out with her. Not you. You still have warrior duties to your clan, you know. Besides-Cinderheart hasn't been very socially active with anyone else but you, and she deserves time with the clan. We'll alter who goes with her," Jayfeather decided. "Is that alright with you?"

Lionblaze stood staring at his brother, gaping. "I'll still get to see her, won't I?" Lionblaze asked anxiously.

"Yes," Jayfeather sighed. "She may be tired after she walks around though. Try not to see her before or after then. In fact, you might as well go now." Jayfeather watched with amusement as the golden tabby in front of him sprang up and dashed to the medicine cat den. Rolling his eyes, Jayfeather stood up and stretched momentarily.

"Thornclaw," Jayfeather mewed after he had glanced around and padded up to the tom, "will you come with me to the forest? I'm going to get herbs, and I need a warrior."

Thornclaw nodded, glancing away from his conversation with Cloudtail. Standing up, he turned to Jayfeather. "Lead the way."

Jayfeather shook his head. "You, please."

Thornclaw looked confused, but nodded. "Fine," standing up, he led Jayfeather out of the camp and into the forest. Thornclaw glanced back at Jayfeather curiously, but Jayfeather ignored him, his nose in the air sniffing for the scent.

Veering to the side Jayfeather called to Thornclaw, "I have the scent. Wait here," Thornclaw obeyed, and Jayfeather continued to weave his way through the forest until he came into the small grove where borage and cobwebs lay. Bending his head down, Jayfeather grasped the herb in his mouth along with the cobweb. Pulling his head up, Jayfeather was surprised when his head bumped a low branch.

"Mouse dung," Jayfeather cursed, turning and making his way back through the forest. He padded until he reached the row where he grew catmint. Walking over, he bended his head down until the sweet scent filed his nostrils. Turning around again, Jayfeather stumbled through the bracken.

I should've taken Thornclaw with me, or at least Beech Leaves, Jayfeather grimaced as he realized he was nowhere near where he had left the golden-brown tom. The scents of the herbs filled his nostrils, and he had no way of knowing where he was.

"Jayfeather?" Jayfeather blinked, turning his head toward the voice. "Jayfeather, it's me. Crowfeather?" the black cat emerged from the brush, and Jayfeather's fur bristled.

"What?" Jayfeather spat. His voice was muffled but the herbs, but Crowfeather had still appeared to hear him. "Why are you here on Thunderclan?"

"Actually, I am still on Windclan territory. You're practically on the border," Crowfeather replied calmly, making Jayfeather's fur fluff. "Anyway, I came to say-"

"Crowfeather?" Crowfeather winced as Nightcloud's voice sung out. "Crowfeather, where are you?"

Jayfeather glared at his father, hate written all over it. "You're still mates with her?" Jayfeather hissed, raising his hackles.

"I-" Crowfeather slowly began backing away. "Jayfeather, I had no choice! I-"

"Crowfeather-" Nightcloud suddenly came into view, standing next to the black tom. "-oh," she finished with a disdainful look at Jayfeather, "I didn't realize you had company."

Jayfeather turned his cold gaze to her, his fur fluffed up to make him look twice his size. "Actually," his voice was eerily calm as he finished, "no, he does not." Turning around with his tail held high in the air, Jayfeather marched away as his father stared after him helplessly.

"Come on, Crowfeather," Nightcloud murmured, stepping in front of him. "If he doesn't like Leafpool, what makes you think he'll like you?"

Whew! That took a while to write. It was kind of a drag, but, at least I wrote it! Sadly, this Book will be ending soon. But, I already have Book Two's (Shadows in the Stars, Book Two, Ripples in the Lake) Prologue written out, so, yay. ^.^

Spoiler time! Kaori has alerted me that I have not been doing these...I will so.

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Surprise to next chapter to all but Kaori!

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Blunt, yes. Desperate and revealing, no. Review, please! I would like to know your opinion.

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