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Chapter 4: How?

Bramblestar's eyes widened and then his brow slanted downwards. The tabby leader unsheathed his claws, working them in and out of his mossy nest. His amber stare grazed over the two cats in front of him. He rose from his sitting position. "Where did you last see him?"

"I...I saw him go into one of the tunnels," Ambersky stammered. "But Lionblaze and I just checked the tunnel he went into, and he wasn't there."

"You mouse brain! Haven't you heard the story about Jayfeather?!" Bramblestar hissed, stalking up to Ambersky so that he was in her face. Lionblaze stuck a paw in between the petrified medicine cat apprentice and the furious leader. "She didn't know, Bramblestar," Lionblaze quietly hissed at his leader. "I told her on the way back."

Bramblestar backed away slightly, lashing his tail. "I'll send out a search party for him in the morning. I don't know where Jayfeather could've run off to, but I intend on finding out soon." The tabby tom swished his tail in dismissal and the two cats padded out of their leader's den. Guilt weighed in Ambersky's stomach again. She rose her head to meet Lionblaze's amber gaze. "This is all my fault, Lionblaze! If I had known what happened all those seasons ago-"

Lionblaze rose his tail to silence her. "It's not your fault, Ambersky," Lionblaze sighed. "Bramblestar or I should've told you ahead of time, but it slipped my mind. His disappearance is partially my fault. Don't lose too much sleep over this; we'll find Jayfeather soon."

Ambersky nodded but wasn't reassured. She sighed and trotted over to the medicine den. She reminded herself to check on Dovewing and Cinderheart in the morning, as they were queens. Ambersky slipped in between the lichen curtain and into her den. To Ambersky's relief, Briarlight was fast asleep in her nest. The gray she-cat sank into her nest, rested her head on her paws and closed her eyes.

The next morning, Ambersky awoke to Briarlight prodding her side. "Amberpaw, where's Jayfeather?" Briarlight flicked her ear in perplexity. Ambersky jerked her head up quickly, tossing her head side to side to look for Jayfeather, but that's when she remembered that Jayfeather had gone missing on the way back from the Moonpool. "It's Ambersky now." The young she-cat stood up and shook the scraps of moss out of her fur, ignoring Briarlight's question.

"Ambersky?" she heard Briarlight call after her as she walked out of the den with borage in her mouth. Ambersky reached the nursery and blinked as the dim light threw off her vision for a few moments. Cinderheart purred a greeting. "Good morning, Amberpaw."

Ambersky dropped the borage. "My name's Ambersky now, Cinderheart."

Cinderheart purred again as her kits scrambled into a sitting position to look up at Ambersky. "Congratulations then, Ambersky." The gray medicine cat nodded her head in thanks and pushed the borage towards the gray queen. "This is to help your milk come."

Just as Ambersky turned to leave, Cinderheart tilted her head at the medicine cat apprentice. "Is something wrong, Ambersky?" Ambersky stopped and glanced at Cinderheart over her shoulder. "...No. I'm fine, Cinderheart." Cinderheart's blue gaze hardened at Ambersky; she knew something was up. "You aren't fooling me with that, Ambersky," Cinderheart mewed softly. "Tell me what's wrong."

Ambersky decided there was no getting out of the situation, so she turned around and sat in front of the gray queen. "It's Jayfeather," Ambersky meowed, almost inaudibly. "He's...He went missing last night on our trip back from the Moonpool."

Cinderheart's blue eyes widened and at the mention of Jayfeather going missing, Dovewing picked her head up, quickly blinking the sleep out of her blue gaze. "Jayfeather's missing again?"

Ambersky nodded. "Yes, and I think it's all my fault. It's my fault that I let Jayfeather wonder off into the tunnels." Cinderheart's blue gaze softened, and she tugged her kits closer to her with her tail. "I'm sure it's not your fault, Ambersky. Did you know what happened to him two green-"

"Yes, Lionblaze told me the story after we searched for him last night," Ambersky mumbled. One of the kits, Duskkit, looked up at Cinderheart. "What happened to Jayfeather before, mama? Did he get hurt?" Sunkit, her brother, sat up next to his sister with wide eyes. "Tell us, mama!"

Ignoring her kits, Cinderheart looked up at Ambersky. "I'm sure we'll find him soon, Ambersky." I suppose, Ambersky sighed inwardly. She turned and exited the nursery just as Cinderheart started to tell her kits the story of Jayfeather.

Autumn whipped her head in his direction, her dark ginger curls bouncing around her shoulders. Her brown-amber eyes widened in shock and dismay. "H-home?"

"Yeah."

Autumn looked away from him for a moment, and felt tears sting the corners of her eyes. "Y-you can't leave! You're the only one who cares about me anymore!"

The book in Autumn's hand slipped and tumbled to the ground. Her brown-amber eyes widened as the familiar neko allowed himself a small smile. "Autumn," came his reply in a wispy breath.

He took a step closer, but she took a step back. Tears spilled over the corners of her eyes as she blinked. Autumn tucked her hair behind her ear as she looked up at him. This had to be a dream, she convinced herself. He couldn't possibly be standing in front of her right now.

"I'm sorry Autumn, but I have to go," Jayfeather murmured into her ear.

"I...I know," Autumn stuttered.

"Autumn?" Jayfeather tilted his head and twitched one of his gray cat ears. Autumn stared at him in disbelief. She slowly reached for the gray feather that Jayfeather had given her before he left for his home and fingered it for a few moments.

"Jay...y-you...I-I thought you were gone!" Autumn shrieked. "How did you find me again? I-I..." The words would not form on her lips. Autumn was speechless. After so long, Jayfeather had finally come back for her. She wouldn't believe it.

"The same way I found you the first time, Autumn," Jayfeather blinked at her. Autumn gazed at him for a few moments; his hair had grown longer and she noticed that her grew a few inches. Jayfeather looked older than before; he looked like he was 18 now. He wore a gray t-shirt with a darker gray hoodie and dark blue jeans. On his feet were bulky black high top sneakers. But the one thing that hadn't seemed to change were his clouded blue eyes.

Then something hit her; how would she tell Jayfeather about her boyfriend, Briley? How could she? If Jayfeather was still in love with her, she wouldn't want to break his heart after all this time. A few tears rolled down her cheek.

Jayfeather tilted his head at her and twitched his ears again. "Autumn? Are you alright?"

Autumn embraced him and rested her head on his shoulder. "I...I'm just so happy you came back."

Author's Note~

Wow, I typed this up real fast! :D I wanted to make you guys happy, so I typed this up just for all of you! But I must say, you guys deserve it because you guys care enough to support me and encourage me to update faster.

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~Xelaric the Nobody