Jayfeather stood in an empty space surrounded by an unfamiliar sight. Well, all sights were unfamiliar to him but this was one that he'd never even seen in dreams. The word fog came to mind.
Jayfeather knew that this was a dream of sorts since he could see the murky grey substance surrounding him rather than the usual darkness of blindness. He looked down at his paws and saw that he was even standing on the stuff, there was no ground beneath his feet.
"Strange, isn't it?" a voice spoke. Jayfeather looked up and saw a cat padding towards him. It was as if he was walking on clouds. "It's very different from what the both of us are used to."
"Who are you?" Jayfeather asked. The cat somehow looked familiar which was surprising since he'd only seen so many cats in his lifetime.
"Guess," the cat said, stopping before him. He had an imposing aura about him, something about him made Jayfeather think that there was much to him the wasn't seeing.
But right now looks were all he had to go off of. This cat before him was a grey tabby tom with blue eyes, nothing else stood out much from him.
As Jayfeather stared at him, he got a strange feeling that made his belly churn and his fur prickle. It felt like his body was trying to throw itself towards this strange new cat. Jayfeather unsheathed his claws to steady himself despite the lack of ground beneath him to dig his claws into.
The more he stared, the stronger the feeling got and Jayfeather began to get frustrated by his inability to recognize this cat. The cat, however, seemed to be amused by this. He wore a smug smirk and waved his tail around behind him.
"You really don't get it do you?" the cat asked. He feigned a step forward. Jayfeather flinched. When the cat had gotten closer, the strength behind that pulling feeling increased tenfold. "Are you really that blind?"
Jayfeather glared at him but didn't say anything. "What's the point of this?"
The cat shrugged. "I don't know. I just wanted to see what kind of cat I became."
Jayfeather blinked in shock. "You're Jay's Wing?"
Jay's Wing nodded. "The one and only."
"But… aren't you, you know, apart of me?" Jayfeather questioned.
"I was but someone just had to use his powers when the power of the Dark Forest had infiltrated the world and now I'm stuck here instead of going back to the Astral Plane."
"What?" Jayfeather tilted his head in confusion and twitched his tail in annoyance. He wasn't used to being in this position or being talked to like this.
"Ever wonder why you don't have your powers anymore?"
"I thought StarClan took them since the procephy was-"
Jay's Wing interrupted with a scoff. "You still have so much faith in the power of StarClan? You should know by now that we are greater than StarClan. They aren't nearly strong enough to take your powers."
"Then how did I lose them?"
"You don't get it do you?" Jay's Wing said. He waved his tail, gesturing at himself. "It's because I'm here and not you."
Realization suddenly hit Jayfeather. His powers came from the soul of Jay's Wing who was apart of him. His soul had somehow split, Jay's Wing wasn't a part of him anymore and when he lost Jay's Wing, he lost his powers.
Jay's Wing seemed to read his mind. "That's why you had all those memory flashes of memories you never experienced. Since I was missing, your body was trying to accommodate."
Jayfeather didn't say anything as he took it in. It made so much sense. Jay's Wing seemed to understand his frustrations with StarClan cats, the ancient cat made his explanation direct. But one thing still didn't make sense.
"But I'm you… and you're me," Jayfeather said. "How are we…?"
"Looking at each other? I really don't know," Jay's Wing said. "I've been you for so long. I have all of your memories, I know how you feel, I know your struggles. It feels so wrong to be separate from you."
Jayfeather nodded. "I feel like I'm you too. I walked in your pawsteps… I have your memories…"
"But I've had a long time to think about this," Jay's Wing continued. "I think some kind of power spread through the universe when the Dark Forest and StarClan cats came down from the Place of No Stars and the Silverpelt."
"And that power separated us?" Jayfeather questioned.
Jay's Wing nodded. "I learned a lot in my time in the Astral Plane, most importantly that the Astral Plane is tied to the universe."
"And since my powers are connected to you and you get them from the Astral Plane-"
"When the a disruption rippled through the universe, our connection was disrupted," Jay's Wing finished.
Jayfeather nodded. "That makes sense. But it still doesn't explain why there are two of us."
Jay's Wing shrugged. "It's just a theory. I don't understand why we're both here either. We should be one cat. Or at least I should be back in the Astral Plane."
"You want to return?" Jayfeather asked.
"That was the plan," Jay's Wing said. "When Lion's Roar, Dove's Wing and I made that prophecy, we thought we'd just wait in the Astral Plane until we were needed then send down our power then return but…"
"But what?"
"After the prophecy was made, I spent lifetimes upon lifetimes in this place!" Jay's Wing said bitterly. "When I became you, all the memories from this place faded with the rest of my memories but they all came back when I was knocked loose from you and your physical form."
Jayfeather was surprised at the harshness of Jay's Wing's tone but he also understood where he was coming from. Jayfeather wasn't the most patient cat and to spend so long in this place. It wasn't exactly welcoming. Jayfeather hadn't been here for very long and he already wanted to claw his fur out.
"I'm sorry," Jayfeather murmured.
"You have nothing to be sorry for. You're me. If and when we become one again, all my pain will become yours," Jay's Wing said.
"We can become one again?" Jayfeather questioned in surprise.
"Jayfeather exists because Jay's Wing made a prophecy to be reborn. It feels wrong that you exist independent of me," Jay's Wing said. "And I don't want to spend anymore time in this place."
Jayfeather nodded and looked around. All he saw was fog. Lots and lots of fog. He'd hate to be stuck in such a terrible place. "So how do we-?"
"Merge?" Jay's Wing finished. "I don't know about you, but this weird feeling like-"
"Like we're being drawn to each other?" Jayfeather finished. "Yeah."
"Seems we still have a pretty strong connection," Jay's Wing smirked. "Not only do we both feel like becoming one once more, we can finish each other's sentences."
Jayfeather purred and twitched his whiskers in amusement. "I think we should-"
"Touch?"
"I was going to say focus but that makes more sense."
"I touched you earlier, nothing happened."
"It brought me here. It brought me closer to you in some way. May as well try it."
"Alright," Jay's Wing said. Jayfeather braced as Jay's Wing took one pawstep after another towards him. With each movement, the tugging feeling grew stronger and stronger until Jayfeather could barely keep himself from yowling and launching himself at his other half. That alluring feeling was almost unbearable, painful even.
Finally, Jay's Wing stood before him. It felt like forever even though it had only been a few heartbeats, he hadn't been standing too far away. Jay's Wing rose his head as Jayfeather lowered his own. Jay's Wing touched his chin to Jayfeather's forehead. Immediately, the latter felt a wave of energy rush through him.
Jayfeather gasped in pain and spread his legs out further to steady himself. He lurched, nearly falling over. When he looked up, Jay's Wing was gone and a moment later, he was on the nonexistent ground, writhing in pain as his vision began fading.
Author's Note: I had kind of a hard time deciding how to present Jay's Wing. He's been trapped in the world of fog for a long time and it drove him a bit mad so I kinda thought about making him kind of evil but then I was like "nooo Jay's Wing is good!" and decided to make him just a normal cat.
Reviews-
Wolfjem- Seeing as there are only two chapters left, probably not though that would be interesting. Jayfeather's connection to Jay's Wing is unique.
Darth Jay- I do too, I wish there was more in the books.
Guest- That would be hilarious.
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