I'm sooooo sorry I haven't updated in a long time! Well here's the next chapter…
"I will wait for you forever, Jay's Wing!"
"Jayfeather. Jayfeather! Wake up!" Jayfeather opened his unseeing eyes and stared at Brairlight who had awoken him from his dream.
"What?" Asked Jayfeather, he had just arrived from the mountains a night ago and he was very tired.
"Foxleap is complaining about a thorn stuck in his paw."
Jayfeather grumbled as he got up from his nest and quickly took a small amount of cobwebs into his mouth. He left the medicine cats den and made his way towards the warriors den. As he got near the entrance the scent of blood filled his nostrils and small whimpers filled his ears. At times Jayfeather couldn't help but wonder how Foxleap became a warrior. He makes a big deal about the smallest things! As Jayfeather entered the den he made his way toward the corner, where Foxleaps nest was.
"Jayfeather, you're here! Can you help me with this thorn?" Foxleap lifted his right paw in front of Jayfeather.
Jayfeather scoffed. "Why do you think I'm here?" He sniffed the area before taking the thorn in between his teeth. He gave a small tug and the thorn came out along with some blood. Jayfeather set the thorn down and applied the cobwebs. He then left without a word.
As he made his back to his den he was stopped by Firestar. Jayfeather mentally groaned. Can't he get any rest?
"Jayfeather, I hope you're well enough from your journey to go to tonight's Gathering." Jayfeather thought for a moment before nodding his head, the gathering would be a good excuse to get some rest. He then entered the medicine cats den and saw Brairlight doing her morning stretches. He made his way towards his nest and curled up. He didn't get much sleep on his journey back, since his thoughts were always on a certain green eyed she-cat. He was soon engulfed in a deep sleep.
When he opened his eyes the first thing that he noticed was that he could see, but that wasn't what puzzled him, he always saw in his dreams. He was standing outside a cave and all he could see was white. Then a soft voice reached his ears.
"Jay's Wing, come inside or you'll freeze to death."
Jayfeather hesitated for a moment, but then entered the cave. He didn't care if it was all a dream and that it would soon be over. Ever since they left the mountains he had been having dreams about Half Moon. At first he would avoid sleeping because seeing Half Moon just reminded him of what couldn't happen. But now he would want the dreams to come.
He saw Half Moon standing there but she was slowly fading away. She gave him a small smile before slowly disappearing. Panic filled Jayfeather as he franticly called out to Half Moon. He walked outside the cave but was blinded by the white snow and harsh winds. He couldn't see anything. He entered the cave once again and in the same spot that Half Moon was there laid a small white she cat. He stood in front of her and she slowly opened her eyes. Looking back at him was a pair of green eyes. His mouth opened in shock. This cat was not Half moon, but… at the same time Jayfeather felt as if it was. The small she cat opened her mouth as if to speak but then he felt something poke his sides and his vision soon became blurry.
Jayfeather's eyes snapped open. He felt irritated at the cat that woke him up. He felt as if the she cat was about to say something important. He got up turned his head towards Loinblaze.
"Jayfeather, it's almost time for us to leave for the Gathering." Jayfeather just glared at Loinblaze. Loinblaze nervously backed away and left the medicine cats den. Sometimes Loinblaze couldn't help but be scared of his blind brother.
Jayfeather reluctantly got up and headed to the fresh kill pile. He picked out a vole and started chewing at it. He started thinking about his dream. What does it mean? He was very confused. Before he could dwell on it any longer Firestar announced that they were leaving for the Gathering. Jayfeather sighed and took one last bite of his vole before slowly making his way towards Loinblaze and Dovewing.
"I'll be okay Moonpaw. You should go to the Gathering instead of staying here with me."
It had two days since Sunpaw got injured when he fell down an abounded rabbit hole. He had a sprained paw and it would be a few more days before it completely healed.
Moonpaw just sighed in defeat. "All right, but you better be awake when I get back. I'll tell you all about the Gathering." Sunpaw just nodded his head and smiled at his sister. He wished he could go to the Gathering, but if he told his sister she would stay by his side while their brother, Barkpaw, went. Just then Bark paw entered the medicine cats den.
"Moonpaw we should go now, Sunpaw will be alright, he's not a kit."
Moonpaw slowly got up from her brothers side and said goodbye to him before leaving. She couldn't help it if she was protective of her brothers. As they started leaving for the Gathering her thoughts about her brother disappeared and instead excitement filled her. She was going to her first Gathering! How will the cats from the other clans be like? Will Shadowclan cats be dark, dirty, and cruel like in the nursery tales? Would Riverclan be plump, smelly and silent? And what about Thunderclan? Moonpaw looked out to the lake and saw the island. She squinted her eyes and she could barely see cats already there.
"Do you think Onestar will mention us at the Gathering?" Asked Moonpaw.
Barkpaw looked at his sister and tilted his head in thought. "I'm not sure. It would be great if he did though! We are the first apprentices in moons."
Moonpaw nodded in agreement. They walked the rest of the way in a comfortable silence. They soon arrived at the fallen tree that acted as a bridge to get to the island. As they leapt on to the fallen tree their excitement grew. As they made their way through the bushes they were awestruck by the sight. Cats everywhere were mingled together and in the middle stood a large tree with bare branches at the bottom.
Not sure what to do they decided that they would stay with their clanmates. As they made their way through the crowd they were stopped by Krestlflight, who was being followed by a gray tabby tom.
Jayfeather carefully tried not to trip over his own paws as he followed the scent of the other medicine cats to their usual spot. He then bumped into another cat. He opened his mouth to give a rude remark to the other cat when he realized who it was.
"Jayfeather! Just the cat I was looking for!"
Jayfeather mentally groaned. "Why were you looking for me, Krestlflight?" Possibly to tell me something unimportant, thought Jayfeather.
"I got an apprentice! Now I don't have to run around all over Windclan to help cats and gather herbs all by myself," Krestlflight sighed.
Jayfeather's ear twitched in annoyance. He was about turn around and walk away when Krestlflight spoke. "Would you like to meet him?"
Normally he would have said no, but for some odd reason he nodded his head and breathed out a small "alright". Krestlflight turned and lead the way through the crowd, Jayfeather following closely behind. Krestlflight suddenly stopped and Jayfeather almost crushed into him. Almost. It was times like these that Jayfeather hated being blind.
"Jayfeather, this is Barkpaw, my new apprentice and his sister Moonpaw," said Krestlflight.
So this is Jayfeather, the blind medicine cat, thought Barkpaw and Moonpaw. They have heard about him and how he was a blind half-clan cat.
At that moment Jayfeather could feel the pity that Barkpaw was feeling for him right now. He hated pity. But he wasn't surprised, it happened all the time, even his clan mates still pitied him. Moonpaw also pitied Jayfeather, but for different reasons. He almost forgot about the other cat that was standing next to Barkpaw. Jayfeather was about to turn around, but what shesaid next stopped him.
"I-I think it's, g-g-great that you are able t-to do so much for y-your clan even though your b-b-blind." Oh great! I just made a fool of myself! Why did I have to stutter? I never stutter!
While Moonpaw was chastising (I just had a vocab test in lit/comp and this was one of the words [sorry for the interruption]) herself, Jayfeather's mind was completely blank. Not only what she said very, very…strange? Different? He couldn't help but ask himself if and why that voice sounded very familiar. And now that he thought about it her scent was slightly familiar. It was the scent of Windclan mixed with something else. He didn't want to linger on the thought anymore, so he did what any sensible cat would do: walk away.
Moonpaw was very flustered that she didn't realize that Jayfeather had walked away. Krestlflight did notice this and was about to call out to him, but was stopped by Firestar announcing that the gathering begin. Moonpaw barely paid any attention and instead her thoughts were on Jayfeather. Had she said something wrong? Her thoughts were interrupted by Onestar announcing that the Gathering was over.
"Onestar did mention us," said Barkpaw as they made their way back to camp. Moonpaw just nodded her head as she looked at the stars reflecting off the lake.
In Sign of the Moon Starclan is divided and so are the clans and the Medicine cats. But in my story they are all still on… good terms with one another. For now. Please review! Sorry if the chapter sucked