The air was cool as I bound through the undergrowth. I went towards the WindClan border, where the river was. To my surprise, I wasn't alone. Jaypaw was sitting at the edge of the river, just staring into space.

I step back. He probably doesn't want to talk to me. Too late.

Jaypaw turns his head to rest his sightless gaze on me. "Featherpaw."

I slip out of the bushes and walk over to sit next to him. We both look ahead, and he breathes in. "I'm sorry." he mews.

I frown at him. "For completely ignoring me unless you need to know what your stupid dreams mean?"

He looks at his paws. "Well, you could put it that way."

"What did I do to offend you?" I tilt my head.

"Nothing, Featherpaw, it's not your fault."

"Then what's wrong?"

Jaypaw sighs. "It doesn't matter,"

"Well, it obviously does." I mew. "You don't like me, do you?"

Jaypaw raises his eyebrows. "No! Featherpaw, don't you understand? That's the problem!" I look into his jay blue eyes. "I'm a medicine cat. I can't love you."

I step back. "You- you love me?"

Jaypaw looks at his paws. Oh, Jaypaw, how do I tell you I feel the same? He looks at me again and meows "You have feelings for Foxpaw, don't you?"

I shake my head. "What? Foxpaw? You're jealous of Foxpaw? He's a good friend, nothing more!"

"Really? You seem pretty close to me." He says sadly, yet I hear anger in his voice. "I'm nothing to you!"

I look at the sky in frustration and growl. "Stop saying things that aren't true, I don't love him! Even if I did like Foxpaw, why should you have anything to do with it? You're a medicine cat!" I whip my head around and run off.

Jaypaw stares after me with sadness, but the sympathy I felt for him a few heartbeats ago has vanished when he accused me of loving Foxpaw.

Day 7
(a/n Yay! It's been a week since Featherpaw has joined the clans! ^.^)

I wake up in my soft nest, lined with some rainbow feathers. Where did I get these? I stretch until I shook and my tail curls. Foxpaw and Icepaw are already gone. I must've slept in again! I rush outside to see the camp is alive with cats.

Squirrelflight, Whitewing, Icepaw and Foxpaw emerged from the tunnel entrance.

Graystripe pads over to me. "Featherpaw, are you ready for the training session?"

I nod eagerly. "Yes,"

He beckons with his tail for me to follow. "Let's go then."

I follow him out of the camp and we go to the training hollow.
~*~*~

"Try again." Graystripe meows calmly.

I groan. Getting onto my back legs, I swipe the air with my front paws, but I lose balance and fall over.

Graystripe looks at me. "You need to stay focused."

I get up again and do the same, but I fall over. It's so hard to balance on my back paws, because it feels like my knees are on the wrong side of my legs. It doesn't feel natural.

"Keep practising." Graystripe meows. He leaves the training hollow.

I sigh as I get up and try it again, my paws swipe the air, and- I don't fall over! I try it again. It works!

I swipe three times, then take a step back and go on all fours again.

I can't help but feel a bit proud of myself as I try it over and over to get it right.

"Hey, Featherpaw!" A voice whispers to me. I lose my balance and fall over. Growling softly, I swing my head to where the voice came from.

Jaypaw's blue eyes are only just visible through the leaves of a holly bush.

"What do you want?" I ask, my tail flicking with annoyance.

Jaypaw frowns. "I'm sorry. Why are you so angry?"

I sigh. "Fine, apology accepted. Now, what do you want?"

"I need to go with Firestar to the Moonpool."

I widen my eyes. "Why?"

"If I knew, I'd tell you." Jaypaw snaps.

"Hey, hey. Calm down." I flick my tail over his nose.

Jaypaw grabs my tail in his teeth. "I'm going now."

"Okay. Tell me what happens." I mew, pulling my tail away.

"No."

"Hey?!"

"I'm kidding." Jaypaw meows. "See ya!"

I look around. "Graystripe?! Where are you?"

The grey warrior walks over to me, a mouse in his jaws. "Yes?"

"You were hunting while you waited for me to learn the move?" I gape.

Graystripe nods. "The fresh-kill pile was looking rather low. Have you have you got it yet?"

"Yep, watch this!" I get up on my back legs and swipe three times before stepping back. "Did I do it right?"

I wake up as I hear whispers and pawsteps outside the den. I step out of the den to see Jaypaw returning to the medicine cat den.

"Psst." I whisper.

Jaypaw looks at me. "I'll tell you tomorrow,"

I nod. "Okay."

He slips through the bracken tunnel.

Day 8

I wake up. Once again, I've slept in. Getting up quickly, I start to leave the den, but bump into Jaypaw on my way out. "Ow!" I yelp, rubbing my nose. "Hey. watch where you're going!"

He raises his eyebrow. "Um..."

"Right. What happened? What did Firestar need?"

"I think Firestar just needed StarClan's guidance; about the Clan and Ashfur's strange death. But, um... Yellowfang was talking to me."

I feel my heart beat a little faster as I notice his troubled eyes. I nod my head, ushering for him to go on. Jaypaw closes his eyes and sighs. "She told me Squirrelflight isn't our real mother."

Oh no. I must be hearing things. But from the lost-kit look in Jaypaw's eyes, I know what he said is real.

"Who is she?" He frowns slightly. "I know you know."

I step back. "Please, Jaypaw. I'm doing this for your own good."

His blue eyes are desperate. "Please, Featherpaw, I-"

"Hey, Featherpaw! We're going on a border patrol, you wanna join us?" Foxpaw calls out to me.

I let go of the breath I was holding and walk away. "Sorry, Jaypaw. I'll have to talk to you later!"

I bite my lip as I see his gaze sadden and it tugs at my heart. I'm doing this for your own good.