Willowshine was moving around in the Riverclan medicine den, getting ready for the Moonpool meeting.
"Now, that should be it. Are you ready, Mothwing?" said Willowshine.
Mothwing's spirit has been around Willowshine for about a moon now.
"Ready." said Mothwing.
They both nodded their heads in agreement and headed out towards the Moonpool.
"Hi Willowshine." said Mosspelt along with her apprentice, Pebblepaw.
"Hello." said Pebblepaw.
Willowshine nodded in response and walked off without another word.
Willowshine was on her way to the meeting, but her paws didn't agree and swayed her in the direction of the Willow tree.
She stood there for a while and just stared at it, but after a minute or two, she looked down at the grave of her mentor.
She was buried in front of the Willow tree, at the cleanest and least crowded area there was. It was also surrounded by willow leaves and a moth's wing was placed on the top of the grave.
When she saw the grave, she couldn't help but cry at the sight of her mentor's resting place. Again, repeating the events that happened when she found out Mothwing was dead, she placed her head near her mentor's spirit and was calmed down by continuous licks and shh's.
"I'm sorry Mothwing. I just hate seeing you dead when you're standing right next to me." said Willowshine.
"It's fine Willowshine. I know that you miss the Mothwing that everyone could see and feel, but that one is dead. I am the spirit of her that only you can see and feel." said Mothwing.
Willowshine, after having a ten-minute crying fit, finally recovered and turned herself back on track towards the Moonpool.
You are always with me Mothwing. Till the day I die. Willowshine thought while looking at the Willow tree.
After a half-hour walk towards the meeting place, they finally made it there.
"Ah, there you are Willowshine. We thought you weren't going to make it here." said Littlecloud.
He was there with Kestrelflight who was looking around like he was searching for someone.
". . . Where is Mothwing?" said Kestrelflight.
Willowshine froze at that question and looked at the two medicine cats with a look of pure sadness. It wasn't long for the two to understand her facial message.
"Oh . . . may Starclan lead her to safer lands." said Littlecloud.
Both Littlecloud and Kestrelflight bowed their heads in prayer, but Willowshine just stared at Mothwing's spirit and she tried to hold the tears welling up in her eyes.
"Well this is all very touching and I would say 'sorry for your loss', but we have Starclan meeting that we need to get to." said Jayfeather, nearly scaring Willowshine out of her fur.
"EEE! Jayfeather, you pessimistic son of a fox. You nearly scared me half to death." said Willowshine.
Jayfeather was simply standing to the side of the group, looking at them with blind blue eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, say what you want. Can we get going . . . Songpaw, come on you need to catch up." said Jayfeather raising his voice so that it could be heard from about ten fox tails away.
Songpaw? thought Willowshine wondering who this mysterious cat was
About five seconds later, a small golden tortoiseshell with light green eyes and white-tipped ears came out of the woods.
She was clearly exhausted, from her panting and the sweat coming from her pelt.
"(huff) . . . (huff) . . . h-hi everybody." She managed to get out.
"W-who are you?" said Kestrelflight.
"She is my apprentice." Jayfeather said in a matter-of-factly tone in his vioce
Kestrelflight had an astonished face showing a 'What in Starclan's name' kind of response.
Jayfeather went to her side and offered his shoulder for her to lean on and she accepted.
"Thank you Jayfeather." Songpaw said, out of breath
Willowshine was even more surprised than Kestrelflight seeing Jayfeather being nice to someone.
Who is this little she-cat that can bring out this side of Jayfeather? thought Willowshine
"Looks like your crush has a soft side after all" said Mothwing.
"W-w-what are you t-talking about?!" Willowshine mumbled, surprised at what her mentor just said.
"Look as though you need help walking, ask Jayfeather for his shoulder." said Mothwing.
Before Willowshine could protest, she felt Mothwing push her down that made it look as though she sprained her paw.
"What's wrong Willowshine?" said Jayfeather.
Mothwing looked at Willowshine expectantly and soon she succumbed to her former mentor's look
"Jayfeather, c-can you lend me a hand? said Willowshine.
Jayfeather nodded his head curiosly and put Songpaw down on the ground
"Can you walk on your own, Songpaw? Jayfeather said while looking at her with blind eyes
"I'm fine Jayfeather." she said.
She got up off his shoulder and sprang back to life, fully recuperated and ready to go.
Jayfeather nodded his head and bent down to let Willowshine lean on him.
Why are you putting me through this Mothwing? Willowshine thought.
When she got up and got near and leaned on him, she felt sparks go through her body. She didn't know what just happened, but she liked it and wanted more. She pressed even further into his fur to find more sparks, but to no avail.
She then noticed that Jayfeather dropped her.
"Owww! That hurt Jayfeather." Willowshine said with her voice showing anger towards the gray tabby tom, who was smiling and slightly laughing at what he did
"Ha ha uh sorry Willowshine, you just set yourself up for that one . . hee hee." Jayfeather said with a little tone in his voice which stirred something deep in Willoshine.
Something she kept hidden the day she met this rude tom.
What is this feeling I have for him? She thought with immense curiosity.
She got back on him, now just basically on top of him, holding onto him so that she wouldn't fall off. As they made their way towards the Moonpool, Willowshine couldn't help but notice Jayfeather's fur rise and the sparks came back, electrifying Willowshine's body for about split-seccond.
Did Jayfeather feel them too? she thought as she then relaxed and laid down on the tabby's back, wishing the for that feeling to come back.