I was like, totally out of ideas when I suddenly thought about our awesome Jayfeather. So I decided to write about his BLINDNESS! OMS! xD And maybe his full medicine cat name, etc. Yay. Enjoy! Will this be good?! Will this be bad?! Read to find out!
Black
When I was borne
I heard voices
A feisty one
"Oh, look, Leafpool!"
I smelt milk,
My mother's milk.
My mother Leafpool's milk.
I used to think it was
Squirrelflight's milk
But now I knew
It all.
I was the last
To open my eyes.
I'm a gray tabby tom,
My brother is a golden tabby
And my sister
Is all black.
So they say.
I didn't think I'd ever
Be able to see my siblings
Even once.
Lionkit opened his eyes first.
I remember Leafpool
Exclaiming
In the medicine cat's den,
"Look at those huge amber eyes!"
Then Hollykit was next,
and Leafpool was so joyful
"What beautiful green eyes!
Squirrelflight,
Hollykit's got your eyes!"
I should've been next,
But when I felt the chilly air
Enter the gaps of my eyelids,
I only saw black
And nothing else.
At first
I thought
It was Hollykit's fur
But at the end
I realized
I saw nothing
But blackness!
"Such lovely blue eyes!"
I gasped for air,
Horror-struck.
"Leafpool,
Leafpool!"
I gaped furiously.
"I can't see anything!
Anything but blackness!"
I felt Leafpool's own amber gaze
Turn on me.
Her fear scent was all over the nursery.
"Really, Jaykit?"
I nodded desperately
"I will see something soon,
Right, Leafpool?
Will I?"
I wanted to see the
Medicine cat
So badly.
Hollykit mewled happily
"So Lionkit and Jaykit look like this!
Why are they black, gray, and white,
Leafpool?"
The medicine cat gently replied
"You will see in color soon."
I wailed
"But I can't see anything!"
The horrible truth
Soon hit me.
"You're blind, Jaykit.
You were born
Blind."
What?
No!
How could I possibly
Be blind? I don't want to...
I wanted to see!
It's just black!
I hate black!
Not black!
"I'm sorry,"
Leafpool sighed.
What was she saying?
"Jaykit, all you'll be able to see,"
she mewed solemnly,
No! No!
"Is black."
No!
I wanted to see colors.
I wanted to see cats.
I wanted to see my littermates
I wanted to see
Everything!
But Leafpool says
All I will ever see
Is black!
How could that be?
No!
I did not want that,
I pleaded Leafpool
Were there herbs
To cure my blindness?
Please!
All I ever wanted
Was to become a warrior.
Why couldn't I see?
If I couldn't see,
I couldn't fight!
If I couldn't see,
How could I catch prey?
No!
I didn't want to see just black!
It's not want I want!
Not black,
Oh no,
Not black!
Even if I can see in my dreams,
I just wish
Those dreams were reality,
And reality were the dreams.
I want to see,
See colors
See cats
See my brother
See my sister,
See everything.
I wanted to see
Everything
But black.
Leafpool's words
Never left my mind.
"Jaykit, I'm so sorry."
"You'll never be able to see."
"All you'll see,"
"Is black."
Please...
Not black!
Sniffles. After writing this I realized that I'm lucky to not even have glasses. Yay eyesight! Yay eyesight! Cheer with me! Poor Jaykit. At least he could see in his dreams, could he? Aww. Poor, poor Jayfeather.
~~Rainy