Tallgrass was still in the medicine den at sunhigh and Jayfeather flinched as he heard Cinderheart's voice, "Tallgrass where have you been? Your needed on a hunting patrol" He listened, hearing Tallgrass' quiet response, "Okay Cinderheart" She mewed and left the den, Cinderheart on her tail.
Jayfeather layed in his nest to eat his mouse, not long before he finished Cinderheart pushed her way into his den. Sensing her confusement, he probbed into her mind, Cinderheart could sense Tallgrass' grief aswell, what confused her though was Jayfeather's scent that covered Tallgrass' pelt. As his sight again went black, he heard Cinderheart shifting her paws, "Jayfeather, why does Tallgrass smell of you but no herbs? And why does your den smell of her?" Jayfeather let out a meow of laughter, relizing there was jelousey in the deputy's voice, "There's alot of cat's scents in my den, Cinderheart, and Tallgrass and I smell of eachother because she braught me a mouse and we were sharing tongues," The gray furred, blue eyed she-cat was quiet then confusement flashed from her again. "Then why did she seem so sad?" The gray tabby medicine cat shrugged his shoulders then went back to the crack in the stone where his herbs were stored. "We started talking about Firestar, he was her kin you know, she was sad that she wasn't born when the 'Fire that saved the clan' was alive" Jayfeather began to pull out his stock, checking for what he needed, "Are you sure you were just talking?" She meowed warilly. Jayfeather let out a hiss of annoyance, looking in her direction then he started padding in a circle around Cinderheart, there pelts brushing, "Yes I'm sure Cinderheart, oh and you should stop worrying about me" He spoke into her ear now "What would Lionblaze think if he knew you had feelings for his brother, the blind medicine cat? I can't take a mate so concentrate on your on duties, not what's happening with me and my patients." Jayfeather padded back to his supplies, feeling the embaressment coming from Cinderheart, he added "You should go, some cat might notice your not around" The gray she-cat nodded, forgetting he couldn't see her then left his den.
The moon was high above the hollow as Jayfeather padded back to his den after giving Purdy some herbs for his stiffness. As he settled down in his nest his mind ran over what happened with Tallgrass and as sleep swept over him, he found himself at the Windclan border stream, instead of water it was full of blood, the blood smelled of Thunderclan and Windclan. As he gazed up the stream towards the open mooreland he saw a cat's head bobbing in the stream, as the cat passed him he recognized the brown, black and white tabby pelt of Tallgrass but before he could help her, the scent of Shadowclan and Riverclan wreathed around him, cats from both clans were gathering on both sides of the steam, all of them yowling triumphantly. Then a scent Jayfeather hadn't scented in since the death of Firestar crashed over him, "Spottedleaf!" He breathed, surprised as the sweet scent bathed him, her pelt was faint and full of stars, "Shadows will engulf the River, while Thunder and Wind struggle to keep above the dark waters, the paws of two will become one to keep the code from disappearing" Her voice echoed off the tree as her fur faded away into nothingness. Jayfeather's eyes snapped back to the stream as Tallgrass' pain filled yowl hit his ears, without thinking he plunged into the river of blood, before the stickyness of the blood could sink into his fur, his eyes shot open to blackness, Spottedleaf's voice echoing still un his ears as a ominous wind whistled above the hollow.