"Do you really have to go already?" Stormfur asked. Jayfeather stood by the cave's entrance where Stormfur was seeing them off. Dovewing, Lionblaze, and Crane's Wing stood a few tail lengths away.

Jayfeather nodded. "We're kind of in a hurry."

"You've only been here a day," the former RiverClan cat objected. "It may do you some good to rest and eat before heading out again."

"We did rest and eat."

"I mean longer," Stormfur said.

"We need to go to the old forest and get back to the clan as soon as possible," Jayfeather told him.

"The old forest?" Stormfur questioned. "What do you expect to find there?"

"I'm not sure but it's something to do with an old prophecy," Jayfeather told him.

"Well I hope you find whatever you're looking for," Stormfur said dipping his head.

"I do too. It was nice to see you again. I'll tell Graystripe you're doing well."

"Thanks. Good luck on your journey!"

Several sunrises later, Jayfeather lay tiredly next to Crane's Wing and Lionblaze under a bush while Dovewing kept watch. The two older toms were licking Jayfeather's fur.

"The twoleg stink isn't coming out," Crane's Wing said after a while.

Jayfeather sighed. "Don't worry about it. Once we get out of here, I'll roll in some dirt or something."

"A twoleg place is no place for cats," Dovewing said looking out from the bush. They were surrounded by twoleg dens and thunderpaths. "Why did that twoleg grab you?"

The day prior, the four cats had been talking to a kittypet who offered them food. Kittypet food was disgusting but twoleg places lacked any prey to hunt so they had to make do with what they had. A twoleg found them. The kittypet had said the twoleg was fine but it grabbed Jayfeather and carried him off. He'd managed to escape with the help of the kittypet the next day but Jayfeather wasn't exactly happy.

"The stupid twoleg out me inside and took me to this other twoleg who put a bunch of twoleg medicine in my eyes," Jayfeather said. He blinked a few times. "It's really gross."

"And you smell weird," Crane's Wing said and resumed licking.

"Millie once told me that there are these twolegs called vets," Dovewing said. "She said that they might be able to fix Briarlight. Maybe this twoleg was trying to fix your eyes."

Jayfeather grumbled something ineligible under his breath.

"A twoleg grabbed me when I was traveling on my own," Crane's Wing said. "It kept me trapped in its nest with its kits for two whole moons. The kits would always touch my fur and grab my tail and they always made me feel bad for clawing them."

Jayfeather shuddered. Graystripe had told him about twoleg kits too. He was glad he didn't encounter any. They sounded like little beasts. "We should get out of here as fast as possible."

Lionblaze nodded. "We should be close to the forest. This might even be the twoleg place that Firestar is from."

"Really?" Dovewing asked. "We should ask around for the cats we know live here."

"Princess and Smudge," Jayfeather said.

Lionblaze and Dovewing looked at him in surprise.

"How do you know that?" Lionblaze asked. "You were never that close with Firestar."

Jayfeather shrugged. "I used to be able to walk in dreams remember? Firestar had a lot of weird dreams. Princess is Cloudtail's mother and Firestar's sister. Smudge was Firestar's best friend when he was a kittypet. Oh, we should look for Barley and Ravenpaw too. Firestar and Ravenpaw were close and Barley was a friend to all the clans."

"I could go out and ask around," Dovewing offered.

"I'll come with you," Lionblaze offered. Jayfeather and Crane's Wing got to their paws but Lionblaze shook his head. "You two stay here."

"What? Why?"

"No offense but a twoleg place is no place for a blind cat," Lionblaze told his brother. "And Crane's Wing, you're kind of weird. And loud. Kittypets don't really like wild cats in the first place, we don't want to scare them off."

Crane's Wing grumbled and settled back down next to Jayfeather. "You're going to regret making us stay. We're going to have such a great time without you."

Jayfeather looked at Lionblaze in mock horror. "Don't leave me with him."

"Have fun!" Lionblaze said jokingly and walked out from under the bush alongside Dovewing.