Bramblestar stared at the wall of his den. It was something he did often. It was a good way to think. He was clan leader after all, he had a lot of important decisions to make.

But this wasn't clan business or a big decision. His medicine cat, the cat he'd once believed to be his kit, had just told him that he was reborn, that he used to be another cat and that in this life he had visited the ancient times. It was a lot for him to wrap his head around. If Bramblestar was able to die and come back to life thanks to the nine lives granted to him from StarClan then surely anything was possible but going back in time? That sounded ridiculous.

Bramblestar didn't know how long he was staring at the wall but Leafpool soon arrived at the entrance of the den and kicked a stone to announce her arrival. "Bramblestar?"

"What is it Leafpool?" Bramblestar asked.

"I think there's something wrong with Jayfeather," she said slowly.

"Why? What happened?"

"He ran out of camp again and-"

"What?" Bramblestar got to his paws. "Is any cat looking for him?"

"Don't worry, he came back a while ago," Leafpool reassured. "He's sorting herbs right now."

"Then why are you worried?" Bramblestar asked. It wasn't unusual for a cat to leave camp.

"Earlier when he was sorting herbs," Leafpool started, "he just sort of… froze."

"He froze?"

"He just stopped moving." Leafpool nodded. "He just stood like that for a while and when I talked to him, it was like he didn't hear me. When I touched him, he snapped out of it but it looked like he was in pain and he started shaking and he ran off."

"He was shaking?" Bramblestar questioned. His thoughts went back, he didn't think he'd ever seen anything like that happen to Jayfeather.

"Violently," Leafpool confirmed. "He wasn't gone for long and when he came back, he was really calm. Like nothing happened."

Bramblestar nodded absentmindedly. Jayfeather had mentioned remembering his past but he hadn't mentioned anything about it being painful or freezing. "Did he tell you anything?"

"No, he said it was nothing," Leafool said. "But it happened again. He was eating a mouse and he suddenly he just stopped and stared at it awhile. I just watched him this time. I didn't want the same thing to happen again. He was like that for a while and by the time he moved again, the mouse was already cold and he didn't seem to realize anything had happened."

"Do you know of any sickness like this?" Bramblestar asked. He didn't want to believe there was something wrong with Jayfeather but his tale was kind of unrealistic. He didn't want to doubt his medicine cat but he felt it was more likely that something was wrong. He knew fever could affect the mind. Surely there were other illnesses with similar effects. Jayfeather had always been different. Leafpool had once told him that Jayfeather was blind because of some kind of condition. Bramblestar's pelt prickled with worry. There was a chance something was seriously wrong with him.

To his relief, Leafpool shook her head. "Maybe StarClan is sending him visions? I've never heard of them lasting very long but I suppose no cat really knows what's going on when they are contacted by StarClan."

Jayfeather was blind. Could he even receive visions? When I received my nine lives, he was there and could see me. Maybe StarClan grants him sight when he's in their presence?

"I don't know anything about that," Bramblestar said.

"I didn't expect you too, I just thought you should know in case Jayfeather is unfit for duty."

"Unfit for duty?" Bramblestar repeated. "He's younger than you, far too young to retire. He's your protege, he's supposed to take your place when your time as a medicine cat comes to an end."

"I know," Leafpool said. "But that wouldn't stop him from getting sick."

As Leafpool went on, the leader's thoughts and worries racing. Could there really be something wrong with his former son?

Jayfeather was walking around the camp with Briarlight at his side. She was dragging herself after him as fast as she could.

"Keep it up, Briarlight," he encouraged. "We're almost done with this lap."

Briarlight didn't respond until she reached the foot of the highledge. Jayfeather stopped and looked at her as she flopped down onto her belly in exhaustion. "That was hard!"

"It's for your own good," Jayfeather told her. "This exercise is the closest thing to what you'd be doing if you could walk. Your body still needs to work at that level."

"I know. I miss being able to walk. Do you ever wish you could see?" she asked suddenly.

Jayfeather was surprised at the question. Most cats avoided the subject of his blindness, especially around him, but he was the only cat in camp who could relate to Briarlight's problem. Neither could live the life of a warrior because of their disabilities.

"Not really," Jayfeather answered. "I mean, as a kit and an apprentice I did. Leafpool told me when I was really young I asked her to fix my eyes right after I realized that I couldn't see."

Briarlight gave a small purr of amusement then stopped as she realized that it could be taken the wrong way.

"But being blind is kind of to my advantage too," Jayfeather continued. "I feel like I'm a lot more… observant than other cats."

Briarlight nodded. "It always seems like you know everything going on with other cats."

"Yeah," Jayfeather said. "Do you want to go another lap?"

"Maybe later," Briarlight said. "Blossomfall just got back from patrol, I want to talk with her. But you already knew that, didn't you?" she teased.

"Just go talk to your sister," Jayfeather grumbled and flicked his ears in the direction of the returning patrol. Briarlight said goodbye and dragged herself off to speak with Blossomfall.

Ears still pricked, Jayfeather listened around the camp. He could hear Lionblaze and Crane's Wing laughing in the warriors' den. They seem to be getting along well. Spiderleg and Daisy were talking outside the nursery. Maybe they are thinking about getting back together? He heard Cinderheart's voice join them. No, they're just talking.

Poppyfrost and Berrynose were sharing tongues, Snowpaw and Amberpaw were showing each other battlemoves while Stormpaw watched and made comments, Brackenfur and Cloudtail were talking about fixing up the nursery now that there were oncoming kits, Berrynose was arguing about something with Bumblestripe, Purdy was deep into a story that Millie and Graystripe were sleeping through, all seemed normal.

A pair of voices caught his attention. Directly over him, he could hear Bramblestar and Leafpool talking in the leader's den.

"... shouldn't worry about Jayfeather, Leafpool," Bramblestar was saying. Jayfeather's senses focused in on the cave. Leafpool's worried about me?

"There's something wrong with him," Leafpool insisted. Jayfeather's expression hardened. What in the name of StarClan could possibly be wrong with me? His mind went back to just before he ran out of camp for the second time. He realized he'd been so worried about himself that he didn't think to wonder what Leafpool thought about his little episode. I shouldn't have done that. But the tunnels were really the only thing that could've helped through that.

Bramblestar sighed. "You're a medicine cat and you work with him. Just keep an eye on him or better yet, ask him. There's not really anything I can do."

"I understand," Leafpool said and headed out of the den. She jumped off the highledge and began walking towards the medicine den. Jayfeather stepped in front of her. She gave off the smell of surprise but she kept the same demeanor. "Jayfeather!"

"You think that there's something wrong with me?" he growled. "That I'm sick?"

"You were eavesdropping?" she questioned with slight anger slipping into her voice.

"You weren't exactly talking quietly," Jayfeather said.

"You still shouldn't listen in on other cats' conversations," Leafpool said sharply.

"Hey, you try being blind then you can tell me off about listening," Jayfeather snapped. "You kept saying my name and I was sitting right here, how could I not hear you two?"

"What were you doing here?" she asked suspiciously.

"I was doing laps with Briarlight," Jayfeather explained. "But you're avoiding the subject, you think I'm sick."

"I think something's going on with you and your not telling me," she snapped. She took a deep breath and calmed down. "I'm worried. You're behaving very strangely. You said this has nothing to do with StarClan so-"

"I never said that," Jayfeather interrupted. "I said this has nothing to do with being a medicine cat. There's difference."

"What?" Leafpool sounded puzzled.

"It doesn't matter, quit bothering me," Jayfeather snapped and walked away.

Author's Note: Leafpool's worried, Bramblestar's doubtful, Briarlight's as cheerful as ever, Jayfeather's angry. Nothing unusual.

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Wolfjem- Yeah, its funny. I wrote that scene because I thought Crane's Wing would find that just as funny as we do.

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