(Well, I think it is time we fully meet Sakura's siblings. Keep in mind that I still think of Jayfeather as my least favorite cat, I told you my -pointless- reason. I just have a sadistic pleasure for cat fights, and I couldn't help but type it! Besides, I am pretty sure Leafpool was getting tired of Jayfeather's crap and fur balls. Oops... Spoiled it...I think. Oh well. *shrugs* onwards with the chapter!
Oh, and since I can't find a way to reply to you guys on your reviews without posting a review on my own story -that feels really creepy to me- I'll reply to you in my little parenthesis notes here. To Warriorsgirl, I'm sorry you won't favorite the story. People have different viewings of the whole Jayfeather-Leafpool thing. I just decided to keep the hatred in for my little plot *evil twinkle* So sorry for making him a complete butt. *snickers* butt. I'm glad you like the story still though. I'm gonna work harder on it more than ever now! Greystar thank you for liking it and all you others. Super nervous when I wrote this. Very much appreciated. Thank you for the tips Mudkip. They really helped, I think. Would you scold me if I told you I never really paid attention in grammar class in fourth grade? ^^; *nervous chuckle* that and I text waaaaaay to much for my liking XD Destiny I think I kinda explain how the story goes in one of these chapters. Thank you for mentioning it. I completely ignored my beta's/best friend's warning about the confusion.
Iiiiiiii think that's all of them? Lolz if I missed some much kisses, the chocolate ones! In this chapter we get to know a "little" about my clan cat's nature. Cruelty, ya know, that stuff. And OMG THIS CHAPTER HAS 6K+ WORDS! Ok like I said before, onwards with the chapter!)
Jayfeather's dream~
He was at the same place. 'It has been a while since I've been here, and it seems as though it had gotten less foggier than it was last time,' Jayfeather thought.
Jayfeather started walking again around the mist. He strained his ears to pick up the slightest sound and trained his paws to walk as quietly as he could. He stopped walking when he heard talking, then he ran to the voices. He stopped on top of a hill and turned his head to the direction of the voices, which was again below him.
A cat was talking. He saw in the mist what was now certainly red fur. And surrounding that red fur was the blue, white, black and pink fur. They were walking, talking. The red furred cat he guessed was supposedly the leader, because she led them. And because they listened to her. He sat there and waited while he too listened to whatever he could of the faded out voices. He got nothing out of it other than stray words, like laws and betrayal. Jayfeather could've swore he heard the words clan wars, but he shook it off.
He waited for something, anything to happen, but nothing did. They just kept walking and talking. 'Are you kidding me?' Jayfeather thought. All of a sudden he felt, he felt lonely, like he was missing something. He didnt know what he was missing though. The feeling left as soon as it came, so he filed it away in his mind for later.
He was about to give up and leave, but then he heard voices. And barking. Well that couldn't be good. 'Twolegs!' He yelled inside his head. At that same time he heard one of the cats yell the word human. What was a human?
Jayfeather watched with wide eyes as tall greyish figure appears. The twoleg was loud and made the cats scatter. It's mutt then ran out of nowhere and chased the cats up a tree. It was by luck that they made it, because the blueish one almost had his tail chewed off. The dog stayed for what seemed like hours, and Jayfeather gave a sigh of relief when it went away. The cats then jumped from their tree and continued on. It began to get dark and Jayfeather yipped in joy. He was waking up.
Leafpool's dream~
She was in a tree this time, not a ledge. It was still foggy, but a bit clearer. She looked down as she heard running. A shadowed figure showed, but it looked more grey. Three more shadowy figures appeared. One looked orange, one looked...well...dark red, orange? The other looked brown.
The greyish one walked over and sat. He spoke softly and the orange cat walked over to him. What happened next took her by surprise. The orange looking one spat and yowled at the grey one. The grey one stood and spat back, but became more silent as the orange one continued talking. She strained her ears to listen. She heard a loud and accusing voice say "Kittosatsujin!" Leafpool frowned. What was that? What did it mean? The grey cat had backed away and sat down.
The reddish cat mewed something, then the brown. The orange one sat and began talking with them. Her eyes widened and ears perked as she heard one mew 'prophecy'. She had quickly came to a conclusion when she heard the word said again. This was a message from Starclan! She listened more intently and picked up the words ocean, moon, fruit, raven's wing and flower. Strange, but it was something from a prophecy and it was important.
The cats stopped talking now and they had appeared to be settling down, but the grey cat didn't join them. She felt, sad, for some reason. Strange. As it began to darken Leafpool grew very excited. A prophecy! She could be of use to her clan again and maybe even earn Jayfeather's respect!
~ooo~
Both Jayfeather and Leafpool woke up at the same time. Jayfeather had stretched and yawned, and looked around blindly. He heard running paws and smelled a familiar scent and a squirrel and groaned. Leafpool came bursting inside the den. He could practically feel the excitement dripping off her fur. Had she been that excited to go to the medicine cat meeting tonight? Wow.
He flattened his ears as Leafpool squealed. "Jayfeather! Hurry up and eat, you will not believe what I found out!" Jayfeather twitched his tail, half interested. What could she have dreamed off that has gotten her so excited?
He ate his squirrel and followed Leafpool as the excited she cat ran out of his den. When he walked into Bramblestar's den he started to scold her. "You are acting like a kit! Calm down!" Leafpool sat still, though her tail was repeatedly tapping the ground. Was she a dog now?
Bramblestar watched Leafpool in amusement. It has been a while since saw her so excited and it warmed him. His mate beside him chuckled. Yes, he let her stay in his den another night. But this was the last time. Hopefully.
Squirrelflight purred, "You act as though you have found a large juicy rabbit in our territory Leafpool. I haven't seen you this excited since we were kits!"
Leafpool shuddered and purred. "I do feel like a kit again actually."
"You are acting like one too! Cut that out!" Jayfeather snapped. He felt Leafpool staring at him in amusement and his hissed lowly.
Bramblestar cleared his throat. "Anything new?"
Leafpool stayed quiet, which Jayfeather could tell was hard for her. Jayfeather sighed and started. "Nothing happened really. The cats were talking and a twoleg appeared. They ran up a tree when a dog chased them and waited until it ran away then they jumped down and kept walking and talking."
"Did they mention anything?" Bramblestar mewed. Jayfeather shrugged. "Something about betrayals and laws, but that's it."
Bramblestar nodded and looked over to Leafpool, who looked as though she couldn't contain her excitement. He nodded to her and she practically yowled her news.
"Its a prophecy!"
All of the cats stared at her, even Jayfeather. She stood and paced as she told her dream. "I was in a tree and the cats came, the ones from before. It wasn't as foggy so there was a bit of color. One was greyish, one was orange, one was brown and one was a dark red. The grey and orange cat were arguing and the orange one yelled..." She scrunched up her face, "keeto...sats kin, or whatever he said. Then the grey cat got quiet and the orange sat with the others. They mention prophecy a lot of time! They said prophecy and then brambles, but then one cat denied it. And then I heard prophecy said with the words ocean, moon, fruit, a raven's wing and flower. I don't know what it means but it is a part of the prophecy and it is important!"
They stared at her as she finished. Leafpool was panting trying to gain her breath, her tail lashing around excitedly. Jayfeather's brain was in turmoil. Starclan had told her first that it was a prophecy! But he was the medicine cat! Not her! And never will she be! Jayfeather growled lowly and hissed. "It is a prophecy huh? They tell a former medicine cat, not the current?! Oh my that is lovely!"
Leafpool frowned and stepped towards him. "Jayfeather..." Jayfeather hissed at her.
"Be quiet you has been! I don't need to hear anything from you!"
Jayfeather turned tail and ran out of the den. He was stopped when Leafpool yowled out to him while running out of Bramblestar's den. He turned around quickly facing Leafpool. He could feel the heat radiating off her fur, the anger. Leafpool stood in front of him panting. "Aren't you taking this too far? We are seeing two different groups! Maybe mine just-"
"No! That doesn't matter! They could've easily mentioned it in my dream! It was plain enough! But no, it had to be you, the one who broke the code and medicine cat laws!"
Leafpool narrowed her eyes. "Jayfeather..."
Jayfeather continued his rant, ignoring Leafpool's warning mew. "If they suddenly decide to make you a medicine cat then I will GLADLY give the position back to you! You seem to want it bad enough!"
Leafpool glared at him hard and clawed the ground. "You can't do that! The clan needs you! You are their medicine cat not me!"
"Well Starclan must be thinking differently. Apparently they trust a Windclan lover more than a loyal Thunderclan medicine cat." he spat coldly.
Leafpool yowled and knocked Jayfeather to the ground with a quick and hard slap to his head and had pinned him there. She was tired of it all, his threats and sneering, his verbal abuse period. She had had enough. It was time to put the stubborn tom in his place for good and give him what he has been yowling for.
Jayfeather yelped in surprise and winced as her paw was planted on his head, claws just piercing his skin and keeping him down and still. Has the she cat lost her mind? Has her brain shrunk to that of a mouses? She's attacking a medicine cat, her clans medicine cat! Her son! What type of mother attacked her own kit?! Jayfeather froze. He isn't hers, no he isn't! He is-
A ripple of fear coursed through his body as Leafpool bent down to his ear, has breath hot and ragged, stopping his train of thought. "Fine then, Jayfeather. I give up. I try to get along with you, tried to make it up to you, but you are too stubborn to let go of your hate for me. Hollyleaf had forgiven me on her last dying breath and Lionblaze has even started to forgive. But you? You..."
She growled and increased the pressure slightly on Jayfeather's head, causing him to flinch and whimper as her claw dug deeper. Leafpool whispered in his ear again.
"I've tried so hard for you because I love you and you are my kit, but if this is what you want then fine. I won't act as your mother anymore. I will not think of you as my kit anymore. I won't open my mouth and give anymore hints or tips with herbs and I won't come around you anymore. I won't even LOOK at you. I will just act like you aren't there, like you want me to. Like a Windclan lover who hates her clan. Would you like that Jayfeather? Isn't that what you want?"
She stepped away from him and he stayed laying down just to be cautious. He felt Leafpool's anger grow. "I here by disown you as my kit. I say this to the whole clan so now one will run to me to help you or vise versa." Leafpool leveled Jayfeather with a hard, hurt glare that somehow made his heart stop and clench in pain, a familiar feeling he felt in his dream. "I can tell you one thing though Jayfeather, you are not my kit, but you are definitely Crowfeather's. You get all of your traits from him. In my family my mother, my father wasn't as cold hearted as you." And with that Leafpool turned while growling in frustration, completely ignored Lionblaze and his hunting patrol as she trotted past him and out of the brambled entrance of the camp.
~ooo~
Lionblaze watched her leave then he looked at Jayfeather who was now standing clumsily. What had just happened? He had just walked into the camp and bristled at the sight of Leafpool standing over Jayfeather as she pinned him to the ground. Her declaration had shocked him, especially the anger that was pouring off of her like rain. He saw Squirrelflight sticking her head out Bramblestar's den, a worried look on her face. He turned to look Jayfeather, only to find the tip of his tail slipping into the medicine den.
He looked at Brackenfur as the golden tabby tom walked over to him, shaking his head. "Leafpool has had enough, and it's about time too. I got tired of trying to comfort her at night as she complained about Jayfeather not accepting her."
"How did this happen?!" Lionblaze yowl. What had Jayfeather said to make Leafpool disown him?
Brackenfur sighed. "Well, Jayfeather had said some pretty bad things. I guess that was the last claw for her."
Brackenfur picked up Lionblaze's dropped squirrels and walked over to the fresh kill pile while Lionblaze glared at the ground. He was torn between going after his mother he was just getting along with so well and going after his brother who he has been with since they were kits. He relented and ran into the medicine cat den, finding Jayfeather applying a bit of salve to the side of his head.
~ooo~
Jayfeather flicked his ears towards his brother and Lionblaze sat by him. "What happened?" he asked softly. Jayfeather snorted and growled lowly. He didn't want to talk to Lionblaze about this, not now anyway. When Lionblaze didn't leave or change the subject Jayfeather sighed in defeat.
"She finally got the message. Now she can leave me alone. She can stop acting as my mother and I can stop worrying about her trying."
Lionblaze sighed and dropped his head. "You can at least try to forgive her Jayfeather? She's done nothing but try to make it up to us for her mistakes. She means good you know."
"Well that doesn't change what she did in the past, Lionblaze. I can't forgive her for it or even bring myself to try! The humiliation, the suspicious glares and the accusations without giving us a chance or second thought, it was all her fault! If she hadn't-"
Jayfeather stopped talking when he felt Lionblaze rest his tail on his shoulder. "Well, in the medicine cats defense, it is pretty bad not to have a mate. Maybe seeing other cats being happy and having kits together was hard on her."
Jayfeather scoffed. "So why not have a Thunderclan cat's kits?! Why a Windclan's?!" Lionblaze sat quietly and Jayfeather sneered. "Exactly. There is no excuse for that is there? No, there isn't." Lionblaze shook his head.
"That's not the point. The point is that she has been trying to make up for the mistake for moons now. The least you could do is forgive her. You don't have to be nice to her, just forgive her."
Jayfeather shook his head, ears flattened in defeat. "No. I can't. I just...can't." Lionblaze rose up and padded to the entrance. "The way I see this going Jayfeather, I don't like it." When Jayfeather didn't answer Lionblaze exited the den.
~ooo~
Leafpool patrolled the borders. She was hurt, angry, upset, pained and just...ugh! She tried, she really did. She just couldn't take it any longer. It was like telling a kit that they couldn't run around the camp. Impossible.
She settled for hunting after she marked the borders, forgetting her training and not being as quiet and discrete as she should have been. She just didn't care at the moment. She felt wild and tense, like she wanted to hurt something, let out her anger on something, someone else, and with each prey she killed it didn't help. It actually enraged her further. She glared down at one piece of prey. It was this one and two others that she buried somewhere.
Leafpool looked up at the sky. She didn't know how long she was gone, but judging by the sunset, she'd say all morning. Her anger wasn't sated at the least. She still felt like ripping into something. Maybe if she started with the trees...
Leafpool froze as she heard a twig snap. Her fur bristled as she crouched and looked around. She could faintly hear mewing, paws stepping. The bushes in front of her shook as three Windclan cats appeared in front of her, holding prey in their jaws, eyes wide in surprise, but Leafpool didn't care. She stared at the prey. Her prey. Thunderclan's prey.
'It's their fault! All theirs!' her mind screamed. Leafpool growled at them, eyes wild. Breezepelt was among them. Excellent. Perfect. Release. With a yowl she launched herself at the still surprised cats, claws outstretched and mind clouded.
~ooo~
Jayfeather sat in his den alone. His mind was reeling over today's events just earlier. Leafpool had gone crazy, that he knew for sure, or to some degree. Then again she had also been hurt by his words. He snorted, like he'd care. He was hurt too. An eye for an eye. Now that one of his problems was solved, he couldn't help but feel bad.
'But why?'
She deserved it, right? She had it coming.
'Did she really Jayfeather?'
He shook his head. He wouldn't dwell on that now. What's done is done.
He shivered. Something ominous just went over him. He blinked as he was able to see the world, or a forest really. Thunderclan's forest. Another vision? A cat laid in a starting pool of blood, a fox close to it. Another cat was between the other and the fox. Words were whispered past his ears, though he couldn't make out if it was male or female since it was so low.
"We can help you, just let us take over."
Let who take over? Why? Everything faded to dark and Jayfeather blinked again. Somehow he felt he shouldn't tell Bramblestar about this. It felt to, personal. His ears perked as he heard yowling. He poked his head out of the den and was shocked to feel a burning gaze on his face. He smelled blood, and prey and, Windclan? Leafpool's voice scratched at his ears and he winced. Ouch.
~ooo~
Leafpool didn't return to the camp until the sun was setting. Foxleap gasped at her as he watched Leafpool walk into the camp, covered in scratches and blood. Her left ear was shredded, but she acted like she was perfectly fine.
Squirrelflight was walking out of the nursery den over to the freshkill pile when she saw her sister and bristled. The other cats watched in horror as she casually walked over to the fresh kill pile and dropped the prey that was in her jaw in the pile and picked out a bluejay before settling down somewhere to the side of the warriors den.
Bramblestar, Toadstep, Squirrelflight and Dustpelt ran over to her. "What happened Leafpool?!"
Leafpool looked up at her sister and smiled. "How are your kits sis? Have they kicked yet?"
Squirrelflight frowned and sighed. She knew her sister knew the kits had already kicked. She was the first to feel them. "Leafpool..." she said in a warning voice.
Leafpool continued eating. Only after she had swallowed the food in her mouth did she talk. "Out of anger, I patrolled the border by myself. Then I hunted. It was after I buried my third prey had I found three Windclan warriors sneaking over the border and trying to hunt. The rest you can piece together yourselves."
She went back to eating her bluejay. Toadstep gawked. "You took them on by yourself?! Why didn't you call for backup?!"
Leafpool rolled her eyes. "I didn't need it. They were new warriors, and it was perfect for taking out my anger. I'm sure they will think twice before crossing Thunderclan borders again." she said purring proudly. 'Well, two newbies and Breezepelt.' Inside she laughed. She stopped eating her bird and stood, wincing as she stretched her sore legs and rolled her shoulders. "I am going to take a small nap before I leave."
She put her paw on the half finished prey, wonder if she should leave it for the kits or take it to her nest to finish it. Birchfall then ran out of the medicine cat den and over to her, tail raised as he sniffed her. Dustpelt watched him curiously, looking him over. "How is your claw?" Birchfall snorted, tossing his head.
"I'm fine. It irritates me a bit, but other than that I'm fine. What about Leafpool though? She should go to Jayfeather so he can treat those nasty wounds."
Birchfall yelped in surprise as Leafpool snarled and snapped at him. "Why go to him when I can treat myself?! I am FINE! I am not worthy enough to have a loyal, Windclan hating Thunderclan medicine cat to treat me because I am still untrustworthy! And since I use to be a medicine cat before my mistake I can treat myself! A few scratches from protecting my clan from a bunch of Windclan newbies won't hurt me! Besides, I will bear these wounds proudly. They will show just how LOYAL I am to my clan!"
She directed the last two parts somewhere behind Birchfall with a strong glare before she stalked off into the warriors den her tail lashing angrily. Squirrelflight glared at Birchfall before she glared behind him, straight at Jayfeather who had just emerged from his den. She huffed and padded (more like waddled) to the nursery where Sorreltail and Poppyfrost scolded her about moving around after she was so close to birthing.
Bramblestar sighed and pawed his muzzle. "Great Starclan this is going to be difficult." Toadstep nodded and walked over to talk to some other warriors, asking them to help him patrol the Windclan border for any more trespassers. Jayfeather growled and went back into his den. Bramblestar looked to the ground, staring at the half eaten and completely shredded bluejay. He groaned. "Waste of food."
~ooo~
Jayfeather had just emerged from his den when Leafpool whisked by his den and out of the camp. She smelled of herbs. She must have collected some supplies to treat herself. "Sly cat," he muttered under his breath as he called out to Blossomfall who was guarding the camp. She nodded to him as he left and he stopped at the border where he met the other medicine cats. He felt the surprise in the air as Littlecloud, Kestrelflight, Mothwing and her apprentice Willowshine stared at Leafpool.
They stared in silence until Kestrelflight spoke. "What is she doing here?!" she yowled in surprise. Her outcry completely out voiced Littlecloud's concern over Leafpool's wounds. Jayfeather muttered in anger as Leafpool dipped her head to them. "Very nice to see you all." There was a hint of sarcasm in her voice and she turned and trotted away.
The medicine cats looked at Jayfeather and he sighed. "I will explain."
~ooo~
By the time Jayfeather had gotten to the Moonpool he had explained everything. Leafpool waited by the water impatiently for them. Littlecloud walked over to her. "Is it true? Starclan really told you about a prophecy?"
Leafpool narrowed her eyes. "Well I don't know. I'm not a medicine cat," she spat and she ran over to Willowshine and laid down beside her. Littlecloud looked at Jayfeather in confusion before he took his spot at the Moonpool. Jayfeather frowned in annoyance before he laid in his spot at the pool. He touched his nose to the cold water and instantly relaxed, drifting off into a deep sleep.
~dreeeeaam poool~
He was instantly greeted with a enraged Hollyleaf. She glared at him and he stared at her in surprise. What has he done to make her mad? She snorted and turned and walked away. He ran after her as she lead him into a forest. They had stopped in a clearing surrounded by four trees. In the middle of that clearing was Firestar and Bluestar. Leafpool was already there and was currently getting her head lick by her father, purring loudly. Firestar stopped when Jayfeather appeared and curled his tail around his paws, mewing a happy greeting. Jayfeather dipped his head respectfully, making a face at Leafpool and sat in front of them.
Firestar started speaking. "The reason we called you both here is because-"
Jayfeather interrupted him. Leafpool growled at him as he did. The blind thing had been interrupting a lot of cats lately. "Why did you tell Leafpool about the prophecy and not me?! I am the medicine cat here!"
Bluestar glared at him. "We called you here to listen to us, not to come and scream your head off kit!"
Jayfeather sneered at being called a kit, but he stayed silent. Firestar continued. "The reason we called you here is because we have had a...warning, from another clan. No, not one of our clans, but one from far away clans. These clans are going to be a danger to us and our forest clans and the far war away clans' ancestors have come to us to aid us. It appears that they want to stop a war from coming before it's too late."
Jayfeather and Leafpool nodded and
Hollyleaf continued. "We don't know where they came from. They just...I don't know...walked into our skies. Two of them are here now as we speak."
They all turned to look to the left side of them as two cats walked into view from out of the shadows. One of them was a handsome red tom with yellow eyes and broad shoulders, his powerful muscles rippling under his fur as he walked, black stocking blending in with the black background. The cat beside him was a sleek white she cat with green eyes. She had black stockings too and black tipped ears and tail tips, and her fangs hung slightly over her bottom lip. Both of their long, bushy tails swayed simultaneously as they walked over to forest clan cats, looking them over in curiosity.
The white she cat's eyes instantly landed on Leafpool, then Firestar. "This is your daughter, I take it?" When Firestar nodded the white she cat grinned. "She has your eyes." The red tom sat and the other mimicked him.
"My name is Flameblood, and this is my little sister Killerfang." Killerfang sighed. "At least that is what our names would be."
Leafpool tilted her head. "You have strange names." Flameblood smirked.
"And you have strange dreams."
Leafpool's eyes widened as Flameblood continued talking. "I hear from you father, daughter and old leader that you have both been having dreams of other cats." Killerfang tilted her head. "Can you describe the cats to us?"
Leafpool nodded. "Well I don't know who they are other than their fur colors. My dreams were always covered with fog. One is kinda greyish, one was orange, one was a darkish red and one was brown." Both cats looked at Jayfeather and he sighed.
"In my mysterious dreams, one looked red, one looked kinda red, one looked white, one was obviously black and one was blue."
"Are you certain it was white?"
Jayfeather nodded. "My dreams were obviously clearer than hers." He nodded over to Leafpool who in turn ignored him pointedly.
Flameblood purred. "You dream of our mother, sister and their companions feather boy. And you leaflet, you dream of our father, uncle and their companions."
Jayfeather growled at his new nickname and Leafpool's eye twitched. "Please explain." she meowed dryly. Killerfang nodded.
"In your dreams, feather boy," Jayfeather twitched, "you dream of the red one Cherry our mother, the reddish pink one Sakura our little sister, Ocean the blue tom and Luna the white she cat, who are our mother's apprentices. The black tom is Ravenpaw, Ocean's apprentice."
Jayfeather snorted. Like that clearly older tom was the blue one's- wait. Apprentices have apprentices?
"You leaflet," Killerfang continues, "you dream of our father. He is white not grey and his name is Whitethunder. The orange cat is our uncle, Autumnspot. The brown cat is a she cat named Mudfur and the other she cat, the rusty orange one is named Longclaw. You dream of their journeys. It is obviously the signs of a prophecy from Skyclan."
Leafpool grinned. "I was right!" 'But its not a prophecy told by Starclan.' Leafpool deflated inside. Oh well, close enough.
Killerfang nodded. "You are. You dream about them because, with permission from Skyclan, we let you. We want you to watch over them for us. You will know when they are nearest to you, because you will not only see and hear them clearly, you will feel their emotions, pains. And they will see you." Leafpool's tail flicked in excitement, remembering the brief feeling of sadness she felt earlier. They were getting closer. Wait, why?
Leafpool frowned in confusion. "Closer? As in coming here, to us closer?"
Flameblood nodded. "Yes. They journey to you to help you against our clan, to try and stop the oncoming bloodbath that awaits you. Keep in mind that you will only have dreams of their battles or when they are saying important things, and that these cats have some hard ships of their own. If you watch and listen close enough, you might get a glimpse or two about them." Something about the way he said bloodbath made Jayfeather shudder. The cat sounded like he enjoyed it, looked forward to it.
Leafpool nodded. "I see. We dream of not only their travels, but to let them know we are here and waiting and to, understand them."
Killerfang smiled, fangs glinting. "Yes, exactly."
Jayfeather looked down. "So then, two moons," he looked at Firestar, eyes seeking confirmation. Firestar nodded. "Yes. In two moon the closest ones will come. The others are only a half of a moon behind." Leafpool groaned inside. Another whole moon and a half to wait! She wanted to meet these mystery cats now!
The two siblings looked at Hollyleaf, Firestar and Bluestar and dipped their heads. "Thank you helping us by the way. It is best to stop this before it starts." Flameblood mewed. Bluestar, Hollyleaf and Firestar bowed back.
"Its a pleasure. We want nothing to befall our clan. Come, let's tell this news to the other cats," Hollyleaf mewed. They rose and walked towards the trees.
As Leafpool got up and went the other way, Flameblood stopped and walked towards Jayfeather and growled. Jayfeather, being surprised, bristled and narrowed his eyes. Flameblood bared his fangs. "And for the record feather boy, Leafpool only found out about the prophecy by pure coincidence since our uncle and his companions chose that moment to talk about it. Stop acting bad to her out of jealously and old wounds."
Jayfeather sneered at him. "You don't know anything about my wounds! What she did was dishonorable and betraying. Totally against the warriors code and against medicine cat rules!"
"Well personally I think your rules stink for medicine cats. Our medicine cats are doing fine with their mates. It is the reason they have apprentices," Flameblood growled. Jayfeather tossed his head and snorted.
"Well this is Starclan, not Skyclan. So whatever rules you are talking about don't apply here. We don't need faraway clans to tell us how we forest clan cats should live our lives. That especially means how to deal with our disgraceful mothers!"
Flameblood snarled at him. "At least you met your mother, grew up with her and was trained by her! I never even got the chance to taste her milk!" Jayfeather stayed still as he watched Flameblood. "It is cats like you that take things like this for granted. You sit there and complain about what happened in the past, say that she shouldn't have done it and keep blaming her for it. If she didn't do it in the first place you wouldn't even be here. The next thing you know, she could be dead. And Leafpool has no intention of taking you precious role away from you because she can't, not even if you gave it to her."
Jayfeather frowned. "How did you-"
Flameblood flicked his ear. "I might have talked to Firestar and he might have let me see how you have been acting towards her and I might have been angry about it," he sneered. Jayfeather growled lowly before another thought took him.
"Wait, so you mean to say that you and your sister..."
"Died before birth, yes. Had I been alive well, let's just say I kill cats like you for fun." Jayfeather's eyes widened in horror. "How could you?!"
Flameblood gave him a creepy grin. "It is in our nature. Moonclan cats are naturally strong, cunning and creepy cats. We love to torture and kill for either our clans or for fun. I would kill your mother without a second thought just for you to see how easy it is to lose her." He thought for a second, a menacing grin slowly spilling over his face. "Actually I think I will. I will kill her in YOUR dreams, every night you sleep. Every night you don't forgive her I will kill her in the most cruel way I can. Oh yes, I think I will do that, starting tonight."
Jayfeather growled. "You wont dare. That is sick and disgusting! You and your clan are merciless fox hearted mange pelts!"
Flameblood purred, which disgusted Jayfeather even further. "Another reason why we are here to stop this oncoming war." He turned and trotted away. "Forgive your mother, feather boy. She can be gone before you know it!" he mewed in a singing but creepy voice as he vanished into the trees. Jayfeather turned and ran. What he said had some type of hidden message in it, he was just too spooked out to figure it out.
~ooo~
When he woke up the other medicine cats had been gathered around him and watching, except of course Leafpool, who waited at the entrance with her tail twitching impatiently. "Is it really true Jayfeather? Are the clans going into another war?!" Littlecloud mewed in horror. Jayfeather nodded.
"That is why we have to stop it. It is not really the clans, just Thunderclan. But if your clans somehow get in this, then yes, the clans will be at war."
The medicine cats began murmuring to themselves. Willowshine hissed. "We just left a clan war! Why do these outsiders want to start a war with us?! What did we do to them?!" Jayfeather sat and thought. Why did they have to go through it again? And why Thunderclan? Why was it always Thunderclan?
Leafpool meowed out behind them, her tail crossed impatiently over her paws. "Sitting here whining over it like kits isn't going to stop it. What's important is that we gather our clans to stop it when it comes. The most important part will be left up to Thunderclan, since it is us who are really being threatened. Your clans are nothing but sideline help in case it gets too rough. We have to make it to where no cats will die on that day."
~ooo~
Jayfeather shuddered slightly then shook his head. He wouldn't listen to Flameblood. The cat was bluffing. 'They wouldn't just go and kill cats like that, would they?' Jayfeather thought. 'That's not how we cats function. We aren't bloodthirsty killers.' He shuddered. 'Unless you're Tigerstar.'
A thought deep in the back of his head reminded him that they wasn't like his clans, but he pushed that to the darkest part his mind. Cats are cats. They don't kill for fun, they at least have a purpose for it whether its stupid or not.
Jayfeather jumped when Kestrelflight nudged for him to start walking. He followed them until they reached the borders and parted ways, making sure that to tell them that the secret was for the clan leaders and the clan leaders only.
~ooo~
As soon as they padded into camp Leafpool made a beeline for the pile. After she ate she nursed herself with her hidden herbs and went straight to sleep. When Jayfeather finished his meal he walked into the medicine cat's den and laid on his moss bed, relishing in the comfort of finally being able to lie down on soft moss and not the hard, cold ground of Moonpool. He closed his eyes and instantly fell asleep. He regretted it immediately.