As ThunderClan cats passed through WindClan territory, Lionblaze kept looking around hoping to catch a glimpse of his brother but the only grey pelt he saw was Graystripe's.

"We'll find him," Cinderheart told him. Lionblaze didn't respond. He wouldn't know what to say. He knew she had no way of knowing. "Bramblestar will probably mention something at the Gathering."

Lionblaze's hopes went up a bit. Jayfeather had been missing for a few days now which was much longer than any cat expected. If Lionblaze wasn't worried before, he was now for sure. But maybe one of the other clans had seen him. Or maybe he even tagged along with one of the other clans to the Gathering.

ThunderClan passed through WindClan territory without running into any moor cats. They must've left earlier than ThunderClan had. They made it to the tree bridge pretty quickly.

ShadowClan had arrived at the same time as ThunderClan had. The two clans stood side by side and exchanged a few looks with each other.

Who will cross first? How do we even decide something like this?

Bramblestar stepped back and bowed his head to Rowanstar. The newer leader gave a curt nod and waved his tail for his clan to cross the tree bridge to the island. It didn't take long for the clan to cross.

"Alright ThunderClan, we're up!" Bramblestar called and hopped up onto the bridge. Squirrelflight followed him. Cats began filing behind them.

"You go first," Lionblaze murmured to Cinderheart. She didn't argue. She clambered up onto the bridge with some difficulty due to the fact her belly was swollen with kits. Lionblaze leaned forward, ready to catch her if she fell, but didn't make it obvious. She was a proud cat. She didn't need his help.

The grey she-cat dug her claws into the bark and made it onto the bridge without too much issue. Lionblaze sighed and relief and jumped up after her.

Once they reached solid ground again, the two fell side by side with their former apprentices Dovewing and Ivypool. Lionblaze looked around and saw that RiverClan hadn't arrived yet. They were usually the first ones there but he didn't dwell on it.

"Dovewing!" Tigerheart called. He was seated a few fox-lengths away from the end of the tree bridge, far enough to where he wasn't in the way but close enough to where it was obvious he was waiting.

Why is he doing that?

Dovewing glanced at her clanmates then back at Tigerheat then ran towards him. Ivypool was glaring but Lionblaze choose to ignore it.

"Everyone's sharing tongues," Cinderheart commented.

"Anyone you want to talk to?" Lionblaze asked his mate.

Cinderheart scanned the area. "There's Sedgewhisker! She's expecting kits too, right? Didn't you two and Dovewing go on a journey with her when the lake dried up?"

"Tigerheart too." Lionblaze nodded. Now it made sense, why Tigerheart was waiting. Lionblaze himself had journeyed other cats many times too. Thinking about it made him feel kind of bad for not talking with them more. "Do you want me to introduce you two?"

Cinderheart nodded and the two padded over to the WindClan queen. After introductions and formalities, Cinderheart and Sedgewhisker got into a deep conversation about kitting. Lionblaze suddenly realized why Sedgewhisker's mate wasn't hanging around her right now. She-cats talking about kits was boring.

Lionblaze began to zone out until he heard pawsteps approaching. RiverClan arrived.

"Sorry we're late," Mistystar said. She gave no reason.

"You're not late," Bramblestar told her glancing at the sky. The full moon was almost directly overhead. "But we should start soon."

Mistystar nodded and made her way over to the rock where the leaders sat while Reedwhisker joined the other deputies at the base of the rock.

"Let the Gathering begin!" Onestar called. He turned to the newest leader. "Rowanstar, would you like to start."

Rowanstar stepped forward. "ShadowClan is recovering well from the recent storm. Prey is running well, the weather has brought out a lot of frogs. Dawnpelt has had her kits, two toms and a she-kit!"

Murmurs of congratulation rippled through the assembled cats. The kits' father, Crowfrost, looked proud. Lionblaze realized he'd have the same look in a few moons.

Rowanstar stepped back and looked to Onestar.

"Prey is running well in WindClan as well," Onestar said. "The rabbits are returning after the flooding. There are still birds from the sun-drown place in our territory. Some of them have begun nesting. Crowfeather has begun teaching our cats how to hunt them."

"How does Crowfeather know how to hunt birds?" Cinderheart whispered.

"In the mountains, the Tribe hunts a lot of hawks and sometimes even eagles," Lionblaze told her. "Bramblestar told me the first time he went there, when he was an apprentice, he really took to it well and when the group sent by StarClan returned to the forest, Crowfeather took down a hawk by himself."

Cinderheart looked impressed and turned her attention back to Onestar who was looking at Mistystar.

"RiverClan is also doing well recovering from the storm that took place a few moons ago," Mistystar said. "The waters are still plentiful, our clan is eating well. Bramblestar?"

She turned to the ThunderClan leader. Bramblestar nodded and stepped forward.

"A strange cat appeared on our territory," Bramblestar started. Cats in the crowd immediately began talking so Bramblestar couldn't continue over the noise.

"Let him speak!" Squirrelflight snapped. The island settled after a few moments.

"As I was saying, a cat came to us named Crane's Wing. He claims to have been sent by another group of cats that sounds similar to the Tribe of Rushing Water," Bramblestar said. "He spoke to Jayfeather who seemed know what he was talking about but Jayfeather ran off almost immediately and has been missing for four sunrises. ThunderClan would be grateful if any cat knows anything about where he may be."

The cats in the crowd began murmuring again.

"Jayfeather? Missing?"

"Four sunrises? Surely he must be gone by now."

"He's blind! He must be dead."

Lionblaze flattened his ears to block out the sound. Cinderheart pressed against him comfortingly. Sedgewhisker looked at him with worry.

"Did you question Crane's Wing?" Grasspelt of RiverClan called out.

Bramblestar nodded. "Of course. This seems to only concern Jayfeather, I don't understand what he says. He spoke of ancestors, I'm guessing this is medicine cat business but Leafpool knows nothing about it."

"Could it be regarding the three?" Mistystar asked quietly. Lionblaze barely heard her and he desperately hoped the rest of the island couldn't hear her clearly either.

Bramblestar shook his head. "We considered that a possibility but we don't think that's it."

Lionblaze was grateful the leaders were talking quietly while the rest of the clans talked among themselves. The leaders didn't tell their clans about the three. And they don't know that we don't have our powers anymore.

The four leaders lowered thier voices and ducked together, discussing something quietly. Bramblestar backed away after a few moments to address the clans. "As I'm sure you know, Jayfeather is blind and a medicine cat. Despite this, he is very capable but we are still worried about him and if any cat sees him or learns anything about his whereabouts, please tell us."

"This Gathering is over!" Mistystar called. Instead of leaping down, the four leaders began talking again. Lionblaze guessed they were asking about the three. They all knew about them but never discussed it after the Great Battle.

Suddenly Lionblaze was surrounded by cats asking questions. He felt Cinderheart being pushed away from him. Lionblaze was a big cat so he was able to he look over the other cats to see she was safely with Sedgewhisker. He tried to get back to her but there were too many cats crowding him.

The cats around him were all talking. There were so many of them he couldn't hear what they were saying but he got the words "Jayfeather", "blind", and "run" a lot.

There were a lot of cats around him. He never realized how popular he and his brother were, from what he could here it seemed like all these cats knew a lot about the two of them.

"Let him breathe!" one voice rang out clearly from the rest. The cats backed off and a black tom stepped forward. Lionblaze blinked. Other than on a trip to the mountains and during the Great Battle, Lionblaze had never really spoken to his father. He never knew what to say or if the WindClan cat would even want to talk to him.

Crowfeather looked uncomfortable doing this. He glanced over his shoulder. Lionblaze followed his gaze to see Crowfeather mate, Nightcloud, glaring at him. Crowfeather glared back and ruffled his pelt and looked back to Lionblaze.

"Um, hi," Crowfeather meowed awkwardly.

"Hi…" Lionblaze said. This was weird and all the cats watching them was making it even more uncomfortable.

"Give them some space!" Cinderheart padded up and circled them, pushing the other cats back. They seemed to get the message and backed off, grumbling. Lionblaze and Cinderheart looked to each other and Lionblaze dipped his head in gratitude. The two spoke without words and Cinderheart walked back to Sedgewhisker.

"She's your mate, right?" Crowfeather asked.

"Yeah," Lionblaze nodded.

"Congratulations," Crowfeather murmured in reference her pregnancy.

"Thanks," Lionblaze responded. The two were silent for a moment. "Good talk," he said after a moment. He thought about stepping away but his paws wouldn't move.

"We probably should've done this sooner," Crowfeather agreed. "I don't even remember how many season cycles its been since, y'know…"

Lionblaze nodded. "I understand that Nightcloud doesn't approve…"

"Right. I think Breezepelt still thinks of me as a traitor for what happened," Crowfeather said.

Lionblaze felt sympathy for the WindClan cat. Crowfeather and Leafpool were together before he was even born. How can he hold it against them? Lionblaze then felt guilty. I did the same…

"I wish your brother and sister were here for this," Crowfeather said. "I don't think I really ever spoke to Hollyleaf and Jayfeather never seemed to like me much."

Lionblaze sensed that there were things left unspoken. Hollyleaf was dead and no one knew where Jayfeather was. If he didn't return then Crowfeather never would've been able to talk with is other son.

"He'll be fine. He's a medicine cat, he knows how to take care of himself." Lionblaze knew he was convincing himself just as much as Crowfeather.

Crowfeather nodded. "I'm sure that's true. He really impressed me when we went on that journey to the mountains. But I'll keep an eye out for him on patrol. I'm sure he isn't on WindClan territory but just in case.

Lionblaze was about to respond when Rowanstar yowled to his cats. "ShadowClan! We're leaving!"

Lionblaze looked over and saw that the leaders had finished their talk. ShadowClan cats said their goodbyes to the other clan cats and followed their leader to the tree bridge.

"WindClan is heading out next!" Onestar called.

Crowfeather turned back to Lionblaze. "I should get going…"

Lionblaze nodded. "Right. It was nice talking to you."

Crowfeather nodded back and ran off to join Nightcloud, Breezepelt, and Heathertail. His kin didn't seem happy to see him but Heathertail greeted him.

Cinderheart padded back to Lionblaze. "How did that go?"

"Surprisingly well," Lionblaze said.

"That's good."

"How was your talk with Sedgewhisker?"

Cinderheart began talking. Lionblaze knew he should listen to his mate but he wasn't very interested and he had a lot on his mind regarding his father and brother. Bramblestar called to his clanmates once WindClan crossed and Lionblaze followed his clan home.