Hey guys! First of all I am SO SORRY for the wait. Wow, almost a year since last time! I've been so busy with school and had an 8-month case of writer's block. Not to mention my mom banning me from fanfiction . But I'm back thanks to my faithful reviewers! Yes, GreyAthena, pearlgirl97, and KhandTwilightFan15, I mean you guys and I can never thank you enough for giving me the extra push I needed!

Jayfeather POV

What is she hiding? Jayfeather thought as he headed towards the Twoleg nest. It definitely involves Nightcloud in some way… Just then, his thoughts were interrupted with a scent that he recognized immediately.

That's the scent left by those strange Twolegs. Except… it's more like normal Twoleg… Then he noticed something else. There's tansy! It's in the garden! Jayfeather ran like he never had before, desperate to protect the herbs his Clanmates depended on.

The stench grew stronger, but he ignored it. "Hey!" he screamed. "What do you think you're doing?"

He could sense it freeze. "Sorry! I didn't realize…" it said in a high-pitched voice. Great StarClan, she can speak, he thought.

She seemed to think the same thing. "Wait, you're a cat! How the hell can I speak to you?"

"How am I supposed to know?" Jayfeather was curious, but that was a question for another time. "What are you doing with my herbs?"

Waves of confusion came off from her. "These are yours? What are you gonna use them for?"

This statement made his blood boil. "What do I use them for? Just healing my sick and injured Clanmates!"

"Sorry, I thought they were just flowers," Jayfeather sensed that her apology was genuine when she put the tansy down.

Before picking them up, he decided to ask her one last question. "What are you doing on ThunderClan territory?"

"ThunderClan?" she replied with even more confusion. "What's that?"

"We live here in the forest and don't like it when outsiders destroy our herbs!" Jayfeather told her without disguising the anger in his voice.

This response seemed to frighten her. Good, maybe she'll leave now. Suddenly his mind was filled with a bunch of images. Dogs chasing Twolegs; a bunch of Twolegs hiding in the abandoned Twoleg nest, one looking a lot like the one he was talking to. They must be running from something, he thought. Then he noticed the Twoleg looking at him in a strange way. Then it clicked.

"You sent me that?" How? He added mentally.

She just smiled. "So how about this? We get to stay here and I will never bother you again"

Jayfeather thought about it. There's no guarantee that she will keep her end, but it's not like I can fight her. For some reason, she seemed stronger than other Twolegs.

"All right!" he said. "But if I catch you here again, you'll have to face my Clan!"

"Deal!" she said with a terminal note as they parted.

"Hey!" she suddenly said while looking back. "I didn't get your name!"

"Jayfeather," he said in a whisper.

She seemed to hear him regardless. "Nice meeting you Jayfeather! I'm Nessie!"

She ran back into the nest as Jayfeather headed back to camp.

Great StarClan, apprentices seem to be getting more careless by the day! Jayfeather thought as he lay in his nest. Ivypaw had woken up with a huge gash in her flank that was bleeding like crazy, which she claimed she got from a thorn in the dirtplace in the middle of the night. Then during the sunhigh patrol Blossompaw sprained her hind paw falling into a fox den. Lucky for her, there was no fox inside.

His mind drifted to his encounter with Nessie as he fell to the shadows of sleep.

He woke up in a meadow, filled sweet grass and flowers. He wondered how he got there in the first place.

Mousebrain, he chided himself. This must be a dream from StarClan. Sure enough, another scent soon came over him. "Yellowfang," he said curtly without turning around.

"Is that how you talk to a fellow medicine cat?" she replied with a hint of humor in her mew.

Jayfeather tried to suppress his annoyance, but still released a small growl. "Why have you called me?"

"Alright, I just cut to the chase," she said. Jayfeather found that she sounded a little rushed. "Remember that Twoleg you met today?"

"Sure, what about her?" He was officially confused now.

"You need to go back to the Twoleg nest and meet her family!"

"What? Is this some kind of joke?" Why should I have anything more to do with those Twolegs? He added silently

"I thought you would ask that," Yellowfang replied calmly. "You will need their alliance when battling the Dark Forest."

Jayfeather bristled with annoyance. "You think we can't fight our own battles?"

"Will you turn down an offer to strengthen your forces?" she retorted back.

She got him there. No matter how long they bumped heads, she always won. "Fine, but not willingly!"

Yellowfang smirked. "I thought you'd say that," she said before disappearing.

I know it's kinda short, so I'm sorry if I disappointed you. Please note, I will only be able to work on this story (or my other fic) during school breaks, so will probably update in July at the earliest. Again, thank you to all of my reviewers and continue sending reviews if you like the story (I was considering dropping it before I saw the reviews I had).