Jayfeather woke to paws shaking him. He growled and rolled over. "Alderheart?" He asked. "Yes." Alderheart meowed, his voice rushed. "Leafpool went out looking for herbs early, and I can't find her!" Jayfeather grunted and got up. The furball. He thought grumpily. "You probably haven't looked everywhere, Alderheart. Don't freak out." He got up, his paws raw. "Can you look for her?" He asked. "I need to treat Cloudtail's wounds!" He rushed frantically around the Medicine Den. "Alderheart!" Calm down, for StarClan's sake!" Alderheart stopped padding around. "Sorry." He grumbled. "Everything is just so chaotic after moving. I keep having dreams of ThunderClan falling. I don't know if we can survive…" Jayfeather snorted. "Well, there wrong." He walked outside of the Medicine Den and padded into the bushes, going to find Leafpool. He smelt her sent not far away. He walked toward the river. Sure enough, Leafpool was just sitting there, looking over the river into the forest from what he could tell. Leafpool swirled her head to face him. She breathed out a sigh of relief. "Where were you?" He demanded. "Alderheart had a stress break-down." She gave a purr of amusement. "Doesn't he always worry?" She meowed. "You haven't answered my question!" He snapped. "I needed some fresh air." She said, her voice distant. He walked over to her. "You should have told me where you were going." He growled. "So, I'm not allowed to go anywhere without asking you?" She demanded. Jayfeather stayed silent. "Sorry." He grumbled at length. She got up. "Now that you bothered my still silence," she said teasingly, "I guess we should go look for herbs." She padded over to him. "Come, I found some Borage over here." She walked over to a patch of green grass and flicked her tail at it. There were some Borage leaves there. Jayfeather picked some in his jaws. "I also found ice!" She said. She bounded over to a small dip in the earth, that seemed to slope down the hill. He could smell WindClan close. He whirled around and sensed four WindClan cats heading there way from the east. "Were getting close to WindClan territory." He murmured to Leafpool. She nodded, watching the approaching cats. "What are you doing on WindClan territory?" Demanded one of the cats, her neck bristling. "Were not on your territory!" Jayfeather snapped back. "The border is five fox-lengths away!" Leafpool stood in front of Jayfeather, flicking her tail over his mouth. "You close enough!" The WindClan cat snapped back to Jayfeather. "Enough, Nightcloud." Said a familiar voice. Leafpool tensed. Crowfeather. Jayfeather thought. "What are you doing here?" Crowfeather asked. "Crowfeather, were Medicine Cats, isn't it obvious what were doing?" Jayfeather demanded. Crowfeather snorted. "I know all Medicine Cats don't do what there told." He glanced at Leafpool. Before Jayfeather could make a retort to protect his mother, Crowfeather said: "Come on, let's get back. These cats are obviously not doing anything… bad." He shot one last glance at Jayfeather before heading up the slope they came from. "Why in StarClan has Crowfeather got to be my farther?" Jayfeather growled out loud. Leafpool looked at him and sighed. "Your father was much better than this…" She said. She padded forward. "Let's show you the ice." She said. Jayfeather rolled his eyes. "Because its super interesting." He muttered. He followed her. As they reached the ice, Leafpool meowed: "You know, if you had grown up with your father, I think you would have liked him much better." She flicked her tail. Yeah, because being surrounded by lies your whole kit-hood and paw-hood is better than being with kin. He thought bitterly. As if Leafpool noticed change in his expression, she said quietly: "I had to keep you with Squirrelflight. If I didn't, you'd hate me more than you already do…" She walked onward, her head drooping. Jayfeather wondered what to say. "I- I don't hate you," he spluttered, "It's just, I think you could have made a better decision." He walked up to her. She glanced at him. "Like what?" She asked him, a little bitterly. "Any other decisions you can think of? Like not have you? Have the prophesy never come true? You would never know what love means to a cat, Jayfeather." She glanced at him before walking on. If you knew… He thought. You would take that back. He thought of Half Moon and winced. Is that what Leafpool felt about Crowfeather? If so, I do understand. But if I had kits, I wouldn't act like there not mine and abandon them, like Leafpool abandoned us, would i? He thought about it. I would have to… He thought. And the first cats I would think to ask are Cinderheart and Lionblaze. He winced away from Leafpool at her words. She seemed surprised. "I'm sorry…" He told her. She nodded at him. "Here's the ice." She said. Jayfeather reached out a paw and touched the ice. "Could this be our new place to meet with StarClan?" He wondered. Leafpool shrugged. "Look," Leafpool said. "Catmint!" Leafpool. "Look?" Jayfeather echoed. Leafpool jumped onto the ice. "What are you doing, Mouse Brain?" Jayfeather snapped. "You could get killed, falling into there!" Leafpool bristled. "We need catmint!" She snapped back. She walked along the ice. She was half way across before a splitting crack broke the silence. Leafpool yowled as the ice broke underneath her. "Hold on!" Jayfeather yowled, trying to find a stick. But it was too late. Leafpool had disappeared below the surface.
Starlight looked around. It had been one night since she had been… abducted by cats. She knew it sounded weird. It was, in fact, true. Not a dream, not a hallucination. She lay down, and a tiny little cat scrambled out of one of the dens, growling at her. "Invasion!" It yowled. Her mother came out, wrapping her tail protectively around her child. "Not touch her!" She hissed to Starlight. Starlight bristled. "I didn't even go near her!" She retorted. Leafstar gave Starlight a glare. "Don't talk to our cats. Your not welcome here." Starlight growled. "If I'm not welcome, why did you bring me here in the first place?" She demanded. Leafstar flicked her tail. "Because, you were in out territory." She snapped. Starlight rested her head on her talons. This is going to be a tough night…