Author's Note: This chapter is basically just one big author's note but fanfic rules don't allow that so there'll be some story at the end but please do read the entire end card.

I started writing this story November/ December 2018. At the time I was planning out another story that I really wanted to put my all into so I wanted to practice a new writing style. On my story The Ancient Spirits I asked if anyone had any suggestions. This was the prompt I got:

When Jaypaw enters the tunnels (the time he becomes jay's wing), he gets hit in the head by a rock, and Fallen Leaves finds him and drags him to the surface, where his siblings find him, unconcious and bleeding from the head. In the past, Jaypaw decides he wants to stay and live the life he always wanted as a "warrior" (well, sharpclaw) and Jay's Wing takes over Jaypaw's body. He doesnt have Rock to help explain anything, so he's just very confused and lost as to why he cant see, and where his sister is, because this she-cat named Hollypaw is NOT his sister, and he never had a brother! It mainly focuses on Jay's Wing trying to cope with being a fish out of water, and losing his sight.

This was given by Wormy, a guest, so I couldn't really ask for more on the idea but I think I did a pretty good job with this. Originally this was going to be 5 chapters since I wanted to keep the writing exercise short as you can see that didn't happen.

In regards to it as a writing exercise, you can tell that the first chapter and most of the beginning is written differently from the majority of the chapter. I kind of gave up on the writing style but I didn't want to give up on the story.

I rewrote the ending to The Wrong Pawsteps. This was the original ending I had uploaded:

"Do you… wish you hadn't left?"

Jaypaw opened his mouth but no words came out. A stream of thoughts rushed through his mind faster than the water of the mountain's waterfall. On one paw, he already missed the tribe. Half Moon, she was irreplaceable. Sight, that was something he could never have again. The lack of sight took away everything from him but having it let him have everything he ever wanted. And he wanted to be a warrior. A sharpclaw.

But on the other paw, his efforts to become a warrior only hurt him in the end. Training in his dreams proved to be the worst decision he'd ever made. But Ink… Avian… Jackal… They can't find me here... StarClan forgive me, is that the only reason I left?

"No," Jaypaw said at last, guilt practically drowning him.

He heard Lionpaw and Hollypaw let out breaths of relief. Jaypaw's pelt prickled with even more guilt. They think it's because I love my life here… In reality, I'm just scared and running from a stupid decision. StarClan, what's wrong with me? I'm such a terrible brother… such a terrible apprentice… such a terrible son … such a terrible clan mate… And my brother and sister still love me like I never left. They don't know what really happened but nothing would change if they knew all my truths and lies. What did I ever do to deserve littermates like them?

Jaypaw swallowed as emotion welled up in his throat and cleared his throat. "I love you two."

Jaypaw sensed Lionpaw and Hollypaw's surprise. After a few moments of silence, Jaypaw found himself questioning if he'd ever told them that before.

Lionpaw broke the silence first with a purr. "We love you too Jaypaw. It's good to have you back."

"It's good to be back," Jaypaw responded. "I'll never leave you again."

Hollypaw butted his shoulder playfully. "You better not. Now come on. I'm sure our parents want to see you."

Author's Note 2: Since I removed Author's Notes, here's some explanations that got cut out.

Hollypaw's Powers (briefly mentioned in Chapter 8)

Hollypaw doesn't actually have powers. She just thinks she does. In the books, they all know this but still seem to think she does for whatever reason. I'm pretty sure I read in one of the books or guide books that she believed her power was absolute faith in the Warrior's Code which is a pretty lame power compared to dream walking/ telepathy and invincibility so I did some looking around and found an interesting forum that had some stuff about it (wiki/Forum:Hollyleaf_power). A lot of people think her power would be her intelligence but she's not that smart so I didn't choose that. Basically the forum says she can run (wind), jump (sky), swim (river), and hide (shadow) a bit better than average. Also, each of the three had a job in the final battle. Lionblaze's job was to fight, Dovewing's job was to warn them, and Jayfeather's job was to unite them. If Dovewing didn't exist, Jayfeather would have the warning job and Hollyleaf would be the one to unite everyone since she would be connected to each of the clans (including StarClan because she did train as a medicine cat for a bit). This makes the most sense but it's not going to be a major thing in the story and may not even be mentioned again. Someday I might write something about Hollylead regarding this but not in the near future.

Tribe of Still Water

The Ancients became the Tribe of Rushing Water. The Tribe of Rushing Water lives by a waterfall. The Ancients lived by a lake. The name just makes sense.

Author's Note 3: I previously said there would be a sequel. I've decided to just leave this story as it is and not write a sequel. It may happen eventually but probably not. If anyone's interested in writing it or wants to see the plans I had for it, PM me.