Jayfeather stopped and sniffed the body below him. Not a clanmate. Then he moved on to repeat this task on the next cat. He felt his hackles raise and his fur stand on end. This was no ordinary cat, it was Tigerstar! He could tell that he was no-longer living, if that was even tthe phrase. This broad shouldered warrior had been dead before Jayfeather was born, yet he still had plotted to kill Firestar seasons after his death. Jayfeather didn't know where Tigerstar would go now, back to the Dark Forest, or someplace worse?
"Lionblaze! Come and dispose of this fox-hearted peice of mouse-dung!" Jayfeather mewed to his brother then walked away from the murderous warrior. He stopped at the next body and a different emotion surged through him. But it didn't come from him, he felt it across the clearing as Dovepelt pelted across to see the body he was stading over. Unconditional love flowed off her.
"Oh Foxleap, what will I do without you?" Dovepelt murmured. Jayfeather once again jumped into her memories. He was eating next to a red tabby. He looked into his eyes and saw love and wanting. He flashforward and jumped out a bush to tackle the same cat, but he had grown since before. These are her memories with him... They wrestled playfully in the dirt before slinking off together, tails twined together. Shock hit him like a wave.
"Your having his kits..." Jayfeather whispered.
"He would've been a great father." Dovepelt said, half to herself.
Jayfeather padded away. not knowing what else to say. He soon tripped over someone else. Mistystar! Her small rising and falling of the chest told him she was still alive, but only barely.
"Bumblestripe! Someone! Help me get Mistystar back to camp!" He hissed. Bumblestripe and Cinderheart raced past him to grab Mistystar's scruff and hauled her in the forest towards camp. Jayfeather raced up to follow them.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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