Jayfeather flattened his ears to his skull as he ran, his paws pounding on the forest floor. Lightning flashed overhead in jagged lines, lighting up the night sky in a pale glow. Not that he could see it, but he could hear the thunder roaring in his ears.

Alderheart's fur brushed against his. Both of the medicine-cats had herbs wrapped in leaves held firmly in their jaws. The other cats of ThunderClan swarmed around them.

The storm raged overheard. It had happened so suddenly. Bramblestar had ordered an evacuation of the camp, worrying that the camp might be flooded by the rain that poured down relentlessly from the dark gray sky. The medicine-cats had rolled their most valuable herbs into leaves, before following the cats as they exited the camp.

Jayfeather heard Alderheart's voice, though it was muffled by the herbs in his mouth. "Log ahead!"

Jayfeather acknowledged the warning with a flick of his tail, before bunching his muscles and leaping over a log in his path. He was thankful for the warning, though he would never admit it out loud.

Bramblestar yowled at the head of the group. "Get to the border! There are less trees by the WindClan border!"

Jayfeather narrowed his blind eyes in determination and ran faster, with rain still pounding on his tabby fur. Occasionally, he would slide on fresh mud, but he never stopped running.

Jayfeather could hear his brother Lionblaze breathing heavily besides him. "We're almost to the border," the golden-furred tom meowed. Jayfeather nodded to show he heard, and slowed his pace as he sniffed the faint smell of the WindClan scent-marker, partially washed away from the rain.

The whole of ThunderClan stopped to catch their breath. Jayfeather was a few fox-lengths away from the group, his shoulders sagging from tiredness.

More thunder cracked overhead, with lightning flashing by it. Jayfeather heard the sound of tearing wood and cracking bark following it.

Jayfeather swiveled his ears, trying to locate the source of the noise. He heard Alderheart's panicked yowl.

"Jayfeather, look out!"

Jayfeather was about to dart forwards, but before he could, he felt a heavy weight crash down upon his spine. He heard the sickening snap of his own bones as he was forced to the ground by the weight of what he thought to be a falling tree.

He felt agonizing pain spread from his ears to tail-tip as he opened his jaws to let out a short cry of pain, before the sounds of the storm and the scents of the forest faded away, as if they were a distant memory.

It seemed like moons before he opened his eyes again. When he did, he could see. He could see Alderheart's ginger fur as his eyes widened in shock and distress.

It took Jayfeather less than a second to figure out what was going on. He slipped out from under the fallen tree and, hesitant for a moment, turned around.

There, laying crumpled and broken, with his fur matted with his own blood and his jaws open in a silent cry of agony, was himself. He reached out a paw tentatively to place it against his own shoulder. His own starry paw went right through his lifeless body. He couldn't feel it, but he could imagine how cold it would be.

He took a pace back as Alderheart and Lionblaze raced towards his broken body. They wailed in distress and buried their noses into Jayfeather's gray fur. He could hear their voices, but only faintly.

"Jayfeather..." Alderheart murmured. "N-no... You... You can't be..."

The ginger tom couldn't finish his sentence. He shivered with sadness as he curled up besides Jayfeather's head, the only part of him that was not buried under wood.

Jayfeather wanted to tell Alderheart that it was okay. If StarClan declared it was his time to go, it was. But he couldn't reach out to the younger medicine-cat; he was in a whole different plane of existence.

Jayfeather lifted his muzzle to the sky and let out a mournful wail. Not for himself, and not form his own death. He wailed because he had so many things he wanted to say to Alderheart, but he never would again.

He wanted to tell Alderheart that he was proud of him. That he believed in him, and that he was one of the finest cats he had ever had the pleasure to meet.

But he couldn't, and Jayfeather cried out until he had no more breath to do so. Until he collapsed to the ground. He was a StarClan cat now; he couldn't feel this tiredness like he would've if he was still alive, but it was still there.

He heard a soft meow from behind him. It was a familiar voice, and one Jayfeather loved dearly.

"I'm sorry, Jayfeather... but it was your time."

Jayfeather sighed. "I know, Hollyleaf... But I just wanted to tell him... To tell Alderheart..."

He choked on his words as sadness welled in his throat. He felt Hollyleaf's tail drape over his shoulders, and heard her meow again in his ear.

"You will have a chance to tell him... You just need to remember..."

Jayfeather lifted his gaze to stare into her green eyes, puzzled. "What do you mean? My time is over..."

Hollyleaf shook her head slowly, her whiskers twitching. "Your time isn't over. You've lived two lives; one as Jay's Wing, and one as Jayfeather. Just remember that, and remember yourself, and you'll get to tell him."

Before Jayfeather could ask what she meant, he could feel his starry pelt fading away, and his fur grew pale as his spirit was ripped away, and everything went black. It wasn't painful, nor was it uncomfortable.

It was calming. But then he could feel his memories drift away, just out of reach. He couldn't tell what was going on, but he wanted to hold onto his memories. He couldn't, though, no matter how much he tried.

As almost everything he knew faded away from him, he could feel what seemed like wind whistling through his fur, before he knew hardly anything else, and nothingness settled onto him.

He had one final thought as his last memory slipped out of his reach.

She told me to remember... Who told me to remember? Remember what? And... who am I?

Well, that's the first chapter! I hope you enjoyed!

So, my updates on this might not be very frequent. I'm working on so many other fanfictions, so expect slow updates usually.

The next few chapters are set in the time of The Broken Code. However, this chapter is set after A Vision of Shadows, and before The Broken Code.

I hope you stick around for another chapter!