"Willowshine! Thank StarClan you're alright! I almost sent a search party. Oh. I see you brought Jayfeather. Okay, that's fine." Mothwing rolled her eyes at Jayfeather's storming entrance. "And who is this?"

"Mothwing, this is Jinx," Willowshine gestured to the dark brown tabby. "Jinx, this is my mentor, Mothwing."

"Greetings." Jinx dipped his head to the golden she-cat. "You have a delightful she-cat here. She is very enthusiastic."

"Thank you." Mothwing blinked warmly.

Light snowflakes drifted from the air and settled in Willowshine's fur, making her shiver.

She side-glanced at Jayfeather, who was sitting stone still, tensed.

Wait for it...

A snowflake landed on the tom's nose.

"Argh!" Jayfeather screeched, leaping a fox-length into the air. "Great StarClan, that's cold!"

Every cat in RiverClan turned to the ThunderClan tom and snorted with amusement.

"Hey!" Rose meowed, catching several cats' attention. "Watch this!"

She stood up on her hind legs and stuck out her tongue.

Balancing, she inched forward.

Finally, she dropped back to all fours. "Got one!"

RiverClan kits peeked out of the nursery.

"Mama, can I try?" pleaded a small black tom with big blue eyes.

"Oh..." A reddish brown queen sighed. "Alright."

A series of loud yowls of happiness squealed from the nursery as many kits tumbled out.

Jayfeather's eyes widened at the scent of so many. Fifteen kits in the nursery?

Willowshine purred at the kits trying to copy Rose and catch snowflakes on his or her tongue.

All the while, Jinx and Tawny stared at nothing in particular.

Willowshine kept track of their gazes. To Mothwing, to Mistystar, to the kits, to Jayfeather-why would anyone look at him?-to Rose, to me... still me...

Jinx and Tawny padded their way towards Willowshine, tails bobbing.

"Hey, Willow." Jinx mewed casually.

Tawny looked up. "Mistletoe."

"What?" Willowshine politely asked the tawny she-cat.

"Mistletoe." Tawny meowed again. "It's a type of holly leaf. Look above you."

Willowshine tilted her blue gaze upward.

Sure enough, there were holly leaves hanging from one of the twigs sticking out of the den she was near.

"So?"

"So," Jinx snorted teasingly. "whoever is under mistletoe with you, you've got to lick their cheek."

"Oh!" What strange but sweet way to spread kindness and love.

Jinx's eyes glinted with an expression of an idea. "Wait here."

Tawny gave a little mrrow of amusement as he stalked off, looking devilish.

Willowshine tried to crane her neck around Tawny in order to see who he was heading towards, but Tawny leaned with her and blocked her view.

"Don't peek!" Tawny teased.

Willowshine cocked her head and sighed in defeat. "Oh, alright."

Heartbeats later, Jinx returned with some cat behind him.

"Why do I have to come over here?" An achingly familiar voice complained.

Jinx and Tawny sat together, satisfied.

"Oh, no." Willowshine fretted as she saw the new cat's face. "You did not just put me under the mistletoe with Jayfeather!"

"Oh, I think they just did." Rose, now joined in the conversation, purred. "Now you've got to follow the rules and lick his cheek!"

"She's got to what?" Jayfeather flattened his gray ears.

Willowshine grimaced. Well, I've got to do it. Think of Jayfeather as just another cat. Oh, this would be so much easier if this were Kestrelflight!

Closing her eyes, Willowshine swiped her tongue over Jayfeather's cheek.

Jayfeather jumped at the action.

Willowshine leaped out from under the mistletoe, flattening her ears. "See? I did it. Now don't put me under with that... thing again!

"Um, excuse me, 'thing'?" Jayfeather scoffed, insulted. "It was bad enough being called 'Blindface' all the time."

"Come now, Willowshine, don't be so sore." Rose shook her head. "Even Jayfeather's actions are better than yours."

Willowshine turned to Jayfeather, who was simply wiping his cheek with his paw and muttering and hissing and rolling his blind blue eyes.

Oh well. Willowshine sighed. I bet all the other Christmas activities are more fun than this one.

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This one is my FaVoRiTe chapter! I'm surprised I even had this much humor a couple of years ago when I first wrote this. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my chapter! Warriors all the way! Bye now!