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Jayfeather Goes Hunting

Jayfeather pawed the scattered moss in his den into one pile, grumbling to himself while he did.

"And this is why we don't bring kits in here. They scatter the moss and the herbs!"

Alderheart, who had been standing besides him, layed his tail gently across Jayfeather's shoulders.

"Oh come on," he meowed. "It's not that bad..."

Jayfeather snapped his head to scowl at him with his blind blue gaze. "Not to you, maybe, but you can see. It's harder for me to do this."

Jayfeather returned to putting the herbs back in their rightful places. Alderheart gave an irritated sigh. "Jayfeather, I can sort the herbs if you'd like."

Jayfeather's tail-tip twitched. "I don't have anything else to do, so I'll do this. How about you go bother some other cat?"

Alderheart rolled his eyes. "Okay, you know what..."

He lurched forwards to grab Jayfeather by the scruff. Then he pulled the older medicine cat down to the floor and pinned him there with his paws.

Jayfeather squirmed beneath him, his tail lashing. "Alderheart, get off of me. Now."

Alderheart narrowed his eyes. "No. You're always working. You need a break."

"No I don't!"

"Yes. You. Do!"

Jayfeather flattened his ears to his skull. "Well what do you want me to do?"

Alderheart thought about this for a moment, before he stepped away from Jayfeather, allowing him to get up. "Stay right here," Alderheart ordered. Jayfeather snorted, but he curled his tail over his paws as he sat down.

Alderheart poked his head out of the medicine cat den. He scanned the clearing, his eyes flicking back and forth as he tried to find the cat he was looking for.

Alderheart's ears pricked as he heard pawsteps coming from the bramble tunnel that led into the camp. A hunting patrol came back. The cats in it were Twigbranch, Stormcloud, Squirrelflight, and Finleap.

Alderheart opened his jaw. "Hey Twigbranch! Come here for a second!"

Twigbranch turned her head to Alderheart. She had three mice in her mouth. She hurried to set them down in the fresh-kill pile before padding towards Alderheart.

"What's wrong?" Twigbranch asked, tilting her head to the side.

"It's Jayfeather. He's been working all the time, and I want him to have a break. Do you know what I can do?"

Twigbranch drew her tongue over her paw. "How about hunting?"

"But... he's blind."

"Yeah, that means it'll be fun to watch! Imagine: While he's distracted scenting prey, all the members of ThunderClan can watch him from the bushes!"

Alderheart broke into a loud purr. "I'll get Bramblestar and we can do it right away!"

•••

Jayfeather groaned. "How did you convince me to do this?"

Alderheart nudged him. "Lighten up, you daft-furball."

Alderheart led him to a clearing. "Okay, I'll leave you to it!"

Jayfeather could hear Alderheart's pawsteps fade away. Jayfeather's whiskers twitched.

So I really have to hunt? I won't even catch a mouse!

Jayfeather shook his head. He wouldn't give up. He raised his muzzle to the air and scented. It was hard to pick up any trace of prey, as he was used to scenting for herbs.

Comfrey... Borage... Chervil... Marigold... Wait... what's that?

There was one scent that he couldn't put a name to. He placed his nose to the ground and followed the scent-trail, placing his paws down quietly.

Meanwhile, Alderheart was watching in the bushes, with the whole of ThunderClan around him. They had all disguised their scents by rolling in comfrey, borage, chervil, and marigold.

Maybe if Alderheart had as good a sense of smell as Jayfeather, he would have scented the same scent Jayfeather did, and he would've known that the medicine cat had found the scent trail of a badger.

Too bad he didn't.

•••

Jayfeather pricked his ears. He was close to what he had scented. He tilted his head to one side in confusion. Was mouse scent this sharp and this... bad?

Before Jayfeather could figure it out, he heard a snarl in the bushes.

"Oh great, just my luck! Of course it's a badger!"

Jaws snapped by his shoulder and he took a pace back. He could feel the badger's hot breath.

Claws raked down his side and he yowled in pain. He could feel blood flowing from the wound.

"Jayfeather! What the heck!? Why did nobody smell the badger!?"

ThunderClan scent washed over him. Not just one of them, but all of them. The clearing erupted into screeching cats.

Jayfeather blinked his blind eyes. He had no idea what to do.

"I'm... just gonna..."

Then he pelted away, his tail streaming behind him.

•••

"Uhhhh, sorry about that, Jayfeather... I thought that would work out better..." Alderheart meowed sheepishly. Jayfeather snorted.

"Why did you bring the whole Clan to watch?"

Alderheart shrugged. "Bramblestar said it was okay."

"Bramblestar's a mouse-brain," Jayfeather hissed.

Alderheart gave his chest fur a few licks. "Yeah, I guess so- Wait! That's my dad you're talking about!"

Jayfeather shrugged. "And he's my uncle-in-law. I can still call him a mouse-brain."

Alderheart tilted his head to one side. "But... h-he's Clan leader."

Jayfeather's gaze locked with Alderheart's. "Yeah, I don't care. He's still a mouse-brain."

"Fair enough."

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