Jayfeather woke with a start, and he noticed that Crescent was in his nest.
"What are you doing!" Started Jayfeather, clearly surprised by this.
Crescent lazily opened one eye and responded, "There wasn't anymore bedding! You fuss too much, Jay's Wing." Jayfeather was stunned as if he was hit by a rock. She called me Jay's Wing!
"Wait. You just called me Jay's Wing."
"Oh. Sorry, I meant Jayfeather. I had a weird dream…"
"Please, tell me about this dream."
"Well, you were in it, so was I. We were in a cave, surrounded by pillars of stone, some touching and some not. And you were saying something as you backed up into the shadows. And then I woke up." Jayfeather felt the fur on his neck rising. Surely Starclan wouldn't allow her to remember this! Jayfeather decided he should tell her who she truly is. But what if she turns out reacting like Cinderheart? Jayfeather thought worringly. But if I don't tell her, she will just find out anyway and hate me forever! Jayfeather mustered up his courage, and decided to tell her.
"Crescent, I need to tell you something." Jayfeather began to tell the story of Half Moon, revealing who Crescent really was.
Jayfeather ran ahead of the other medicine cats, wanting to speak with Starclan as soon as possible. He climbed the steep rock surface, landing beside the Moonpool. The other medicine cats joined him and they laid down and pressed their muzzles to the water. Jayfeather felt himself drift into sleep, and he woke in Starclan's hunting grounds. He walked into the ferns that sheltered the clearing and instead of a starclan cat he saw Littlecloud.
"Jayfeather! Why are we here?" Jayfeather had an idea of what was happening.
"We are having a shared vision."
The fronds waved wildly, and Thunder and Shadow appeared. "Jayfeather, it has been many moons since we last seen you."
"Why are you here? Do you need to share something with us?" Littlecloud asked, clearly worried about these two strange cats' appearances. Jayfeather knew that they did have something to tell, or else they wouldn't have come from way before Starclan.
"Yes, Littlecloud, we have come to tell you something. Thunder and Shadow must unite if the clans are to survive the storm to come." Jayfeather felt rather calm, despite the prophecy that had just been foretold. But Littlecloud obviously was not.
"What do you mean? What storm are you talking about? Starclan have not told me anything!" Shadow let out a faint mroww of laughter.
"Dear Littlecloud, Starclan do not know everything." And with those words they disappeared and Jayfeather awoke into darkness.
Crescent had stalked out of the medicine cat den shortly after Jayfeather had told her about who she really was. What does he know? He can't read my mind! Suddenly, a dark thought crossed her mind : What if he can?! Crescent decided to test him to see if he could read her mind. She stalked out of the thorn barrier that sheltered the entrance to the stone hollow. She headed to the Twoleg den where Jayfeather nurtured the herbs. She found him pouring water onto the marigold, and as she got closer she noticed that some of them were trampled on. It must have been rabbits, she thought to herself. Suddenly Jayfeather turned his head in her direction, as if he could see her. "Do you need something?"
"No."
"You want to know if I can read cats minds, don't you?" Crescent bowed her head as Jayfeather asked this question. So he can read minds! But that doesn't explain how he knows about my past life! Still curious, Crescent went back to the medicine den and tried to dream of herself in her past life. Maybe he'll follow me in my dream and I can ask him there. She curled up in her nest, wishing for sleep to come. She awoke in a field, much like the moorland in Windclan territory. "Hello?" she called, hoping to see Jayfeather so she can prove her assumptions. But instead of Jayfeather, she saw a she-cat with matted grey fur, her ears torn and her teeth stained yellow.
"Not the cat you were expecting, was it young one." The she-cat let out a raspy purr. Crescent remembered that her name was Yellowfang, she had heard Bramblestar talk about her once.
" You are Yellowfang, aren't you?" Yellowfang looked surprised, she didn't expect her to know who she was.
"Who told you? Surely not Bramblestar, and it couldn't have been Firestar, so I guess you actually paid attention to Jayfeather for once because he's the only other cat in Thunderclan who actually knows me. I have to warn you young one, Thunder and Shadow must unite if they are to survive the coming storm." With those words everything around her began to fade into darkness, then she heard a meow she hadn't expected to hear.
"What are you doing at the moonpool! I told you it was a place for medicine cats!" Obviously they were still dreaming, because Jayfeather thrusted his muzzle into her face as he went on, without giving her a chance to explain. "You have disobeyed your medicine cat and Starclan by coming here!" Crescent shrank away from him, startled by the rage in his voice. Maybe it really WAS a bad idea to come here, Crescent thought to herself.
"I-I- I just c-came here t-to see if what you were talking about was r-real." Jayfeather looked at her, but then Crescent realized something. "Wait a minute, I'm a medicine cat!" Jayfeather looked at her as if he had forgotten, and for the first time in her life she saw him look thoroughly embarrassed, then everything around her disappeared and she awoke beside the moonpool. The place where she laid was wet with her sweat. Did I really sweat that much? There was no way she sweat THAT much. Crescent was starting to feel suspicious. She looked over at Jayfeather and thought to herself. Did he…? No. There's no way. Both him and I were MEDICINE CATS! No No No! Crescent started shaking uncontrollably as she snuck away from the moonpool. Wait! Jayfeather was in my dream, so he can't have… So… who was it? Maybe I was just sweating . Crescent padded into the camp, into the medicine den, and into her nest. She laid down in her nest, willing sleep to come. As soon as she went to sleep, she was annoyed to find herself in yet another dream. Crescent had woken up in the middle of a storm, and there were Shadowclan cats AND Thunderlcan cats in the camp. What is this? She then looked into a stream, and instead of seeing herself, she saw a she cat with a snow white fur and emerald eyes. That's Half Moon! The cat that Jayfeather loves! But I thought she was dead! The reflection in the stream suddenly looked down the river bank and pointed to something with her tail. Crescent turned her head and saw Jayfeather, standing there watching the scene. "Jayfeather! I didn't think I would see you here! W-was that Half Moon?"
Jayfeather looked at Crescent and said "She IS you. Or you ARE her. It really doesn't matter. Halfmoon led us here, but she is only allowed to leave her new body only here, in Starclan. She is part of you" he finished, now looking quit troubled. He murmured something to himself, looking even more troubled than before. Crescent could only just make out what he said.
"Thunder and Shadow must unite if they are to survive the coming storm." Crescent gaped in 's exactly what Yellowfang told ME! But how does Jayfeather know? Unless… Crescent slowly started to back away when Jayfeather started pacing. "Thunder and Shadow… hmmm… That must mean that we must join together before the storm comes… whatever that means…UGHH MUST STARCLAN BE SO VAGUE!?"Jayfeather's sudden outburst startled Crescent, but before she could say anything she woke up in the medicine den, her breathing shaking, her paws sweating the same way when she was at the Moonpool. Interestng. But why do I sweat so much?
A/N: My life is a lie. I'm just sitting in my room trying to find news ideas for new fanfictions. I have this faint idea, but I won't say until it is actual released. Please review and/or criticize! I need it to find new ideas. Inspiration.
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