Lionblaze sat at the foot of the highledge with his brother and former apprentice waiting for Crane's Wing. He was in Bramblestar's den for a while and when he finally walked out, he looked sad.

"What happened?" Lionblaze asked alarmed. "Is Bramblestar making you leave?"

"What? No," Crane's Wing shook his head. "We just… we had an emotional talk."

"An emotional talk?" Jayfeather questioned with some suspicion, some amusement, and some stolidness in his voice.

"Yep," Crane's Wing nodded. "So what are we talking about here?"

"Just what happened, what we should do next."

"Right." Crane's Wing started walking towards the exit of the camp then noticed no one was following him. "Are we staying here?"

"I've disappeared twice now, I don't think any cat's letting me leave for awhile," Jayfeather said. "And I'm sure Bramblestar wants you to stay in camp."

"No. When I said we had an emotional talk, I meant like a really emotional talk," Crane's Wing said. "Like he was mad at me then I started talking about my feelings and then he got all sympathetic and started telling me about his feelings and then-"

"Stop. Just stop," Dovewing sighed. Lionblaze gave her a silent thanks. I really don't need to know about the cat I used to think was my father's feelings. Toms usually don't talk about that sort of thing.

"Alright." Crane's Wing looked a bit confused. He changed the subject. "So what happened at the Moonpool that almost killed you?"

"Nothing, we went to Rock's Cave afterward but we didn't make it past the Rite of Passage," Jayfeather told him.

"Right. Did it flood?"

"You knew about that?"

"Yeah. You should've gone in at sunrise, that's when the ancients usually left."

"That would've been nice to know earlier."

"Sorry." Crane's Wing said looking down.

"It's not your fault, we should've told you we were going," Lionblaze told him.

"So why did you go to Rock's Cave?"

"The Moonpool didn't tell us anything, I was hoping maybe Rock would be able to help us," Jayfeather said then paused. "Do you know who Rock is?"

"Oh yes. He was a great cat. My tribe has some descendants of him too," Crane's Wing nodded. "All the cats in that line have weird names."

"Like what?" Lionblaze asked. He liked hearing about Crane's Wing's tribe.

"There are these two cats around my age named Coal and Chalk. Their father is Claystone. And they've got a sister named Arkose," Crane's Wing said. He looked at Lionblaze. "If you thought my line was running out of bird names, they're way past running out of rock names."

Lionblaze laughed.

"Hey, focus." Jayfeather waved his tail to grab their attention. "Crane's Wing, do you have any idea of how to free our spirits. Or find someone who does?"

Crane's Wing shook his head. "No. I didn't even know you were supposed to do that until Cinderheart suggested it. Solar Sigil just told me I needed to find you. He didn't even tell me how to do that. A badger did."

"A badger?" Dovewing questioned.

"Do you mean Midnight?" Lionblaze asked then looked to his brother. "Should we try to find Midnight?"

"From what I gather, she's nomadic. We'd probably be more likely to find her if we stood in one place than search for her," Jayfeather said.

"How do you know Midnight?" Crane's Wing asked.

"She's a messenger of StarClan, I think," Lionblaze said. He tried to recall the stories that his adopted parents had told him and his littermates about their journey. They were sent to find her and she relayed StarClan's words.

"She's really close with Rock," Jayfeather said casually. He stopped and tilted his head. "They told my mother that they watched the first sunrise over the lake together. In the waters they saw the prophecies."

"Leafpool told you this?" Lionblaze asked surprise.

"Broken Shadow…" Jayfeather spoke quietly and he had a glazed look over his blind eyes. Lionblaze gave him a startled look flooded with concern.

"What?

"What?" Jayfeather suddenly snapped out if it. "Midnight and Rock were really close."

"You just said that," Dovewing said.

"No I didn't," Jayfeather said. "I think I'd remember if I did."

More concern filled Lionblaze. "You said you had memory flashes."

"I still do," Jayfeather nodded slowly, wondering what Lionblaze was getting at.

"You totally just zoned there," Lionblaze told him. "Briarlight told me that you've been doing that lately. I think you just had one."

Jayfeather shook his head. "No. When I get a memory flash I, you know, remember stuff. Usually about my- Jay's Wing's- time as a kit or softpaw."

"Then what just happened?"

Jayfeather shrugged. He didn't seem to share Lionblaze's worry or concern.

"So we were talking about Midnight," Dovewing said, signaling them to switch back to the topic of the conversation.

"Right," Lionblaze nodded. He looked to Crane's Wing. "Do you have any idea where we can find her?"

Crane's Wing shook his head. "No. I don't even remember where I found her and, if what Jayfeather says is true, she's long gone."

"I think we should try to get to Rock's Cave again," Jayfeather said.

"I really don't feel like drowning again," Lionblaze groaned.

"We'll leave at sunrise like Crane's Wing suggested."

"Then I don't feel like running for that long again," Lionblaze said.

"Do you have any better ideas?"

"Half-moon is in three days," Lionblaze said. "Firestar and Hollyleaf told you to talk to Yellowfang."

"I doubt she has all the answers."

"It's still a better plan than going into the tunnels again."

Author's Note: Jayfeather's not doing so good.

Heads up, it's dead week so if I don't update. Chances are I'll still update this story but if I don't, it's because I'm studying.

Reviews-

Wolfjem- Me too. Crane's Wing is a good cat, clan cats are just not very found of outsiders and no one seems to know him very well.