Silence of the Shadows (Book One)

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Allegiances:
ThunderClan:[/spoiler][/font]
Leader:
Bramblestar: a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Mate: Squirrelflight.

Deputy:
Squirrelflight: a dark ginger she-cat with one white paw and green eyes. Mate: Bramblestar.

Medicine cat:
Jayfeather: a pale gray tabby tom with blue eyes.

Leafpool: a pale brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes.

Medicine cat apprentice:
Stormpaw: a mottled blue-gray tom with blue eyes. Son of Stormcloud and Mistystar.

Warriors:
Ambermoon: a pale ginger she-cat with amber eyes.

Berrynose: a cream-colored tom with a stump for a tail and amber eyes. Mate: Poppyfrost. Apprentice: Graypaw.

Birchfall: a light brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Mate: Whitewing.

Blossomfall: a tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with green eyes.

Brackenfur: a golden-brown tabby tom with amber eyes and a graying muzzle. Apprentice: Goldenpaw.

Briarlight: a dark brown she-cat with blue eyes and a broken lower spine.

Brightheart: a ginger-and-white she-cat with blue eyes and half of her face missing. Mate: Cloudtail.

Bumblestripe: a pale gray tabby tom with green eyes.

Cherryfall: a ginger she-cat with amber eyes. Apprentice: Sparkpaw.

Cinderheart: a smoky gray tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes. Mate: Lionblaze.

Cloudtail: a white tom with blue eyes. Mate: Brightheart.

Dewnose: a gray-and-white tom with amber eyes.

Dovewing: a pale gray she-cat with blue eyes. Apprentice: Igneouspaw.

Fernsong: a yellow tabby tom with amber eyes.

Hollytuft: a black she-cat with green eyes.

Ivypool: a silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes.

Lionblaze: a golden-brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Mate: Cinderheart.

Molewhisker: a brown-and-cream tom with amber eyes. Apprentice: Alderpaw.

Mousewhisker: a gray-and-white tom with green eyes.

Rosepetal: a dark cream she-cat with green eyes.

Snowbush: a white tom cat with amber eyes. Mate: Lilyheart.

Sorrelstripe: a dark brown she-cat with blue eyes.

Spiderleg: a black tom with a brown underbelly and amber eyes.

Stormcloud: a gray tabby tom with amber eyes.

Thornclaw: a golden-brown tabby tom with green eyes.

Whitewing: a white she-cat with green eyes. Mate: Birchfall.

Elders:
Graystripe: a dark gray tom with yellow eyes. Mate: Millie.

Millie: a silver tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Mate: Graystripe.

Sandstorm: a pale ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes.

Apprentices:
Alderpaw: a dark ginger tom with amber eyes. Mentor: Molewhisker.

Sparkpaw: an orange tabby she-cat with green eyes. Mentor: Cherryfall.

Igneouspaw: a dilute calico she-cat with bright blue eyes. Mentor: Dovewing.

Goldenpaw: a large, golden tabby tom with amber eyes. Mentor: Brackenfur.

Graypaw: a small, dark blue-gray tom with white paws, half of his tail is white, and white ears. He has one dark blue eye (right) and one ice blue eye (left). Mentor: Berrynose.

Queens:
Daisy: a cream-colored she-cat with blue eyes.

Lilyheart: a dark brown tabby she-cat with white patches and blue eyes. Mate: Snowbush. Kits: Honeykit, Leafkit, and Larkkit.

Poppyfrost: a pale tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with green eyes. Mate: Berrynose. Kits: Spottedkit. Foster kits: Hawkkit and Emberkit.

Kits:
Honeykit: a white she-kitten with yellow splotches and blue eyes. Daughter of Lilyheart and Snowbush.

Leafkit: a tortoiseshell she-kitten with yellow eyes. Daughter of Lilyheart and Snowbush.

Larkkit: a black tom-kitten with blue eyes. Son of Lilyheart and Snowbush.

Spottedkit: a dappled, pale tortoiseshell-and-white she-kitten with amber eyes. Daughter of Poppyfrost and Berrynose.

Hawkkit: a dark brown tabby tom with a white underbelly and ice blue eyes. Son of Tigerheart and an unknown loner. Abandoned by mother in ThunderClan.

Emberkit: a dominantly ginger tortoiseshell she-cat with yellow eyes. Daughter of Tigerheart and an unknown loner. Abandoned by mother in ThunderClan. [/font][/spoiler]

WindClan:
Leader:
Harestar: a brown-and-white tom with green eyes.

Deputy:
Nightcloud: a black she-cat with amber eyes. Mate: Crowfeather.

Medicine cat:
Kestrelflight: a gray-brown tom cat with white splotches like kestrel feathers and green eyes.

Warriors:
Breezepelt: a black tom with amber eyes. Mate: Heathertail.

Crouchfoot: a ginger tom with amber eyes. Mate: Featherpelt. Apprentice: Brindlepaw.

Crowfeather: a dark, smoky-gray, almost black, tom with blue eyes. Mate: Nightcloud.

Dewspots: a spotted, gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes.

Emberfoot: a gray tom with two darker paws and amber eyes. Mate: Sedgewhisker.

Ferntail: a gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Apprentice: Smokepaw.

Furzepelt: a gray-and-white she-cat with green eyes.

Heathertail: a light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes. Mate: Breezepelt.

Hootwhisker: a dark gray tom with amber eyes.

Larkwing: a pale brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes.

Leaftail: a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes.

Oatclaw: a pale brown tabby tom with amber eyes.

Sedgewhisker: a light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes. Mate: Emberfoot.

Slightfoot: a black tom with a white chest and amber eyes.

Weaselfur: a ginger tom with white paws and ginger eyes.

Willowclaw: a gray she-cat with blue eyes.

Elders:
Gorsetail: a gray-and-white tabby she-cat with blue eyes.

Morningflower: a pale tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes.

Rushtail: a creamy-brown tom with green eyes.

Whiskernose: a light brown tom with amber eyes.

Whitetail: a small, white she-cat with green eyes.

Apprentices:
Smokepaw: a gray she-cat with blue eyes. Mentor: Ferntail.

Brindlepaw: a mottled brown she-cat with blue eyes. Mentor: Crouchfoot.

Queens:
Featherpelt: a gray tabby she-cat with green eyes. Mate: Crouchfoot. Kits: Stormkit, Gingerkit and Graykit.

Kits:
Stormkit: a gray tabby tom kitten with amber eyes. Son of Featherpelt and Crouchfoot.

Gingerkit: a ginger tabby she-kitten with green eyes. Daughter of Featherpelt and Crouchfoot.

Graykit: a gray tabby tom kitten with green eyes. Son of Featherpelt and Crouchfoot. [/spoiler]

ShadowClan:
Leader:
Rowanstar: a dark ginger tom with green eyes. Mate: Tawnypelt.

Deputy:
Crowfrost: a black-and-white tom with yellow eyes. Mate: Dawnpelt.

Medicine cat:
Littlecloud: a brown tabby tom with light blue eyes.

Warriors:
Berryheart: a black-and-white she-cat with blue eyes. Mate: Sparrowtail.

Cloverfoot: a gray tabby she-cat with yellow eyes.

Dawnpelt: a cream-furred she-cat with amber eyes. Mate: Crowfrost. Apprentice: Beepaw.

Ferretclaw: a cream-and-gray tom with green eyes.

Grassheart: a pale brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes.

Mistcloud: a spiky-furred, pale gray she-cat with blue eyes.

Owlclaw: a light brown tabby tom with amber eyes.

Pouncetail: a brown tabby tom with green eyes.

Rippletail: a white tom with blue eyes.

Scorchfur: a dark gray tom with amber eyes. Mate: Snowbird.

Snowbird: a white she-cat with green eyes. Mate: Scorchfur.

Sparrowtail: a large, light brown tabby tom with green eyes. Mate: Berryheart.

Spikefur: a dark brown tom with blue eyes. Mate: Pinenose. Apprentice: Yarrowpaw.

Stoatfur: a ginger tabby tom with green eyes.

Stonetooth: a white tom with blue eyes. Apprentice: Juniperpaw.

Tawnypelt: a pale tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes. Mate: Rowanstar. Apprentice: Needlepaw.

Tigerheart: a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Apprentice: Sleekpaw.

Wasptail: a yellow tabby she-cat with green eyes. Apprentice: Strikepaw.

Elders:
Ivytail: a black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes.

Kinkfur: a golden tabby she-cat with unkempt fur and green eyes.

Oakfur: a small, dark brown tom with green eyes.

Ratscar: a dark brown tom with green eyes.

Smokefoot: a black tom with green eyes.

Snaketail: a dark brown tabby tom with green eyes.

Whitewater: a white she-cat with yellow eyes, one of which is blind.

Wetfoot: a gray tabby tom with amber eyes.

Apprentices:
Beepaw: a white she-cat with black ears and green eyes. Mentor: Dawnpelt.

Juniperpaw: a sleek, black tom with blue eyes. Mentor: Stonetooth.

Needlepaw: a silver she-cat with a white chest and green eyes. Mentor: Tawnypelt.

Sleekpaw: a yellow tabby she-cat with amber eyes. Mentor: Tigerheart.

Strikepaw: a creamy-brown tabby tom with blue eyes. Mentor: Wasptail.

Yarrowpaw: a ginger tabby tom with yellow eyes. Mentor: Spikefur.

Queens:
Pinenose: a black she-cat with green eyes. Mate: Spikefur. Kits: Lionkit, Puddlekit, Slatekit, and Birchkit.

Kits:
Lionkit: a yellow tabby she-kitten with amber eyes. Daughter of Pinenose and Spikefur.

Puddlekit: a brown tom with white splotches and blue eyes. Son of Pinenose and Spikefur.

Slatekit: a sleek, gray tom with green eyes. Son of Pinenose and Spikefur.

Birchkit: a beige tom with green eyes. Son of Pinenose and Spikefur. [/spoiler][/font]

RiverClan:
Leader:
Mistystar: a dark blue-gray she-cat with ice-blue eyes.

Deputy:
Reedwhisker: a black tom with dark gray eyes.

Medicine cat:
Mothwing: a dark golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes.

Medicine cat apprentice:
Willowshine: a dark gray tabby she-cat with bright green eyes.

Warriors:
Beechfur: a light brown tom with green eyes. Mate: Gorsetail.

Brackenpelt: a tortoiseshell she-cat with yellow eyes.

Curlfeather: a pale brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes.

Duskfur: a brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes. Apprentice: Copperpaw.

Graymist: a pale gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes.

Havenpelt: a black-and-white she-cat with green eyes.

Heronwing: a dark gray-and-black tom with amber eyes.

Jaywing: a gray tom with green eyes.

Lakeheart: a gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes.

Lizardtail: a light brown tabby tom with blue eyes. Apprentice: Foxpaw.

Mallownose: a light brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Mate: Petalfur.

Minnowtail: a dappled dark-gray-and-white she-cat with amber eyes.

Mintfur: a light gray tabby tom with amber eyes. Mate: Icewing. Apprentice: Nettlepaw.

Mossyfoot: a brown-and-white she-cat with amber eyes.

Otterheart: a dark brown she-cat with blue eyes.

Owlnose: a brown tabby tom with yellow eyes. Apprentice: Shadepaw.

Patchwing: a gray-and-white she-cat with green eyes.

Petalfur: a gray-and-white she-cat with amber eyes. Mate: Mallownose.

Podlight: a gray-and-white tom with green eyes.

Rainstorm: a mottled blue-gray tom with blue eyes.

Shimmerpelt: a silver she-cat with green eyes.

Sneezecloud: a gray-and-white tom with yellow eyes.

Elders:
Dawnflower: a very pale gray she-cat with blue eyes.

Heavystep: a big, golden tabby tom with green eyes.

Mosspelt: a tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with blue eyes.

Pouncetail: a ginger-and-white tabby tom with green eyes and a short tail.

Rushtail: a light brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes.

Stonestream: a gray tom with blue eyes.

Swallowtail: a dark brown tabby she-cat with green eyes.

Apprentices:
Copperpaw: a dark ginger she-cat with green eyes. Mentor: Duskfur.

Foxpaw: a russet tabby tom with green eyes. Mentor: Lizardtail.

Nettlepaw: a dark brown tabby tom with green eyes. Mentor: Mintfur.

Shadepaw: a dark brown she-cat with green eyes. Mentor: Owlnose.

Queens:
Icewing: a white she-cat with blue eyes. Mate: Mintfur. Kits: Pricklekit, Nightkit, and Breezekit.

Kits:
Pricklekit: a dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes. Son of Icewing and Mintfur.

Nightkit: a dark gray, almost black, she-kitten with amber eyes. Daughter of Icewing and Mintfur.

Breezekit: a white tom with blue eyes. Son of Icewing and Mintfur.[/spoiler]

[ThunderStorm]

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It was a cold LeafBare morning when Igneouskit, Graykit, and Goldenkit were born. Their mother, Cinderheart, gave each of them a fond lick on their forehead before curling up around them, exhausted, and falling into a light, guarded sleep.

Graykit, eyes opening sooner than thought possible, and much sooner than his siblings, gazed around the nursery, though didn't see any of the cats in there, such as Daisy and his mother Cinderheart, as well as Lilyheart, whose belly was swollen with the kits she was expecting; Snowbush's.

Graykit, eyes round with wonder and a strange mix of fear and excitement, gazed around at the starry-pelted cats that were all around him. He couldn't see their faces, or get their scent right over the smell of his mother, milk, and the other queens in the den, but he could tell their pelt colors; dark ginger, dark gray, gray tabby, ginger-and-white, and one of them even had no fur at all!

The hairless one turned his blind, bulging eyes on Graykit, and it took all of his will-power not to flinch away from his harsh and terrifying gaze. "This one, it can see us," the hairless cat meowed, turning to the gray tabby, "What do you make of this, Jay's Wing?"

The gray tabby, Jay's Wing, crouched down and pressed his nose against Graykit's ear, soothing his racing heart. "This one," Jay's Wing meowed, fondly, "Is one of the three, isn't he?" A look of knowing past between the hairless one and Jay's Wing that left Graykit feeling even more hopeless and confused.

"Three?" Graykit squeaked, his voice nothing more than a whisper of a mouse as it is caught. For a second, he wasn't sure whether the cats before him could hear him, and his thoughts were confirmed when they didn't reply, and the only reply he got was his mother pulling him closer to her belly and the distracting smell of milk.

"Rock, I think you're scaring the poor thing. Hasn't been in the world but a few moments and he has to look at your ugly face," a pretty, ginger-and-white she-cat meowed. Graykit bit back a meow of protest at her insulting Rock, but stopped when he noticed that Rock didn't seem even slightly fazed by what she had said.

Rock shrugged his shoulders. "Hey, he chose to open that scary blue eye, so this is his fault, not mine," Rock meowed. Graykit tilted his head, feeling slightly offended at the insult until he noticed the gap in his vision on the left side of his view and realized he only had one eye open. He also realized that he couldn't open said left side, as though there was a weight on it. But was his right eye really so unattractive?

Graykit let out a growl, if it was really that simple, and he only had to close his right eye to get rid of these cats, then he should be able to close his eye. He struggled for a moment trying to close his right eye, but nothing came out of it except for a burning frustration in his chest as he realized that he couldn't.

Graykit perked his ears as he heard the entrance to the nursery rustle, and then he smelled the tang of herbs. Looking over, he still couldn't see anyone other than the ancient cats but he heard someone talking, "Cinderheart seems to be recovering well." It was a masculine voice, but Graykit didn't know who it was, as he couldn't see them.

"That's good," another, more feminine voice, meowed, "She'll likely sleep through the night, given the pattern of how she's sleeping." A calming feeling overtook Graykit, and he found himself curling up to his mother, as though propelled by a force beyond his control. His eyes drooped.

"Do you think.... they're them?" the male asked, after a pause. Graykit's eyelids continued drooping, but he desperately tried to stay awake to hear what the male had to say. Who were them?

"It's likely. Though the dream was fairly vague..." Graykit fell asleep before the she-cat could finish her thoughts, and fell into a deep sleep.

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ThunderStorm updated for you :}

[ThunderStorm]

Oh I love it! <3

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I love this! Also, haha, yes, Rock, your ugly face is scaring Greykit. It would scare me too :3

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Would you guys mind letting me know if there are any swear words in it? I write this on wattpad, so sometimes I use them on accident.

CHAPTER ONE
"Graypaw!" a soft, but distinctively male, voice called out to him. Graypaw turned around, and looked up at a mottled blue-gray tom. He smiled fondly at Stormpaw, who had been Graypaw's friend for a long time. Stormpaw, though older than Graypaw, had to stay in the nursery for longer due to getting in trouble. When he was apprenticed though, it had been on the same day as Graypaw and his siblings, though Stormpaw was a medicine cat apprentice, unlike Graypaw and his litter-mates.

"Yes, Stormpaw?" Graypaw asked, warmth in his tone that rarely ever showed unless he was with Stormpaw or Igneouspaw or Goldenpaw. Sometimes his tone was warm when he was playing with Rock though, but Graypaw had been gradually learning to tune out that part of his vision, and he rarely saw Rock anymore.

It was sad, though Graypaw knew that this was likely for the best, as every time Graypaw tried to play with Rock, he got in trouble for making so much noise or for talking to himself. In fact, this was probably the reason that not many cats talked to him, because he was always talking to "himself" even though he knew the ancient cats were always around him.

Graypaw had learned a lot since that day in the nursery, when he'd first seen the cats for the first time, such as the fact that these cats weren't StarClan cats, but were actually Ancient cats. Graypaw had lost interest in StarClan though.

This made Graypaw worry that StarClan would never approve of him as a warrior, but what did that matter, knowing that he had the approval of the Ancient cats, that knew much more than StarClan ever would? Graypaw knew that these thoughts would get him in trouble, but it didn't matter to him, even though he knew that it should.

"Jayfeather wants to see you," Stormpaw meowed. Graypaw unsheathed his claws, and tore at the grass below him. Jayfeather seemed to always take an interest in him. It was strange because he never did that with his siblings, almost like he knew that Graypaw was different.

Graypaw let out a soft sigh. It wasn't that he didn't appreciate the medicine cat's interest, it was just that he didn't want to be a medicine cat, and it felt like Jayfeather wanted that. Not to mention, Stormpaw was already filling that role. Did Jayfeather expect Graypaw to take Stormpaw's place?

It was also quite annoying, because Graypaw already had a mentor. Sure, he was an obnoxious and bossy tom, but Graypaw still would rather be trained by Berrynose over Jayfeather. No offense to Jayfeather, but being a medicine cat didn't appeal to Graypaw as being a warrior did, so he would just stick with this for now.

"Alright, tell him I'll meet him after the dawn patrol. Brackenfur wants me to go out on it," Graypaw said and turned to walk away, but Stormpaw touched his shoulder with his tail tip, causing Graypaw to jump at the sudden contact.

"You know he means well," Stormpaw said, surprising Graypaw with the edge of jealousy in his tone. Was Stormpaw jealous that Jayfeather took more interest in talking to Graypaw than training Stormpaw? Or was it the fact that Jayfeather didn't seem to be training him as Leafpool was?

"I know," Graypaw said, giving the other apprentice a sympathetic smile. He shrugged off his tail. "Let him now I'll be back before you can say 'mouse'," he said and headed over to the patrol that was waiting by the bramble entrance. It was composed of Igneouspaw, her mentor Dovewing, Graypaw's mentor Berrynose, and Thornclaw.

Poppyfrost, Berrynose's mate, sat outside of the entrance to the nursery, their kit, Spottedkit, and their fostered kits, Hawkkit and Emberkit, chased each other just in front of her. Berrynose looked impatient to get back to his mate and kits, and for once, Graypaw felt his own tinge of jealousy. Lionblaze was always too busy with warrior duties to care about his kits, and as much as Cinderheart didn't want to admit it, she was too busy as well.

Thornclaw nodded to Graypaw. "Ready to go?" Thornclaw asked and Graypaw gave a sleepy shrug. Igneouspaw seemed impatient to get going, shifting the weight in her paws frequently, and looking up and out of the camp occasionally.

Graypaw shook out his pelt, the cold dew flicking off his pelt and hitting Igneouspaw. "Watch it, furball!" she exclaimed, holding up a paw as water was flung towards her face. Graypaw gave her a sly smile, causing her hackles to raise. She pounced after him, and Graypaw dodged to the side before taking off out of camp. He could hear his sister's breath as she chased after him.

He barely heard Thornclaw mutter, "Apprentices these days..." Graypaw ran through the forest, vaguely familiar with the way that the forest was laid out. He skidded to the halt as a familiar hairless tom appeared in front of him. Graypaw focused, but as much as he tried, he couldn't get him to go away as he always had, by closing his eye.

Graypaw's eyes widened, as he stepped back, knocking into Igneouspaw and knocking them both over. When Graypaw opened his eyes again, and saw that it was only Sandstorm, though at the time, it couldn't have been anyone but Rock. Sandstorm gave him a quizzical look, full of accusation.

"Shouldn't you be in the elder den?" Graypaw asked, harshly. All the playfulness that he'd had before disappeared once he had seen Rock. He could swear that he saw him, but it didn't matter. Nobody else had. Graypaw felt like there was a weight in his heart, as he realized he was alone with this burden. Nobody would ever know what it was like to feel like you were, well, crazy, as he was getting stares as though that's what he was.

He felt like his morning was ruined. He pushed himself off of Igneouspaw and saw the rest of the patrol catch up to them. "What happened?" Thornclaw asked, noticing how Igneouspaw was just getting up off of the floor, and shaking out her gray-white-and-ginger pelt.

"I-" Graypaw was cut off by the sound of a yowl, and a silver tabby ran up to him. "Jayfeather!" Graypaw meowed, feeling the familiar annoyance in his pelt. Igneouspaw was looking at Jayfeather, wondering what he wanted no doubt, but Graypaw didn't have to wonder; he just knew.

Stormpaw trailed after Jayfeather, looking rather annoyed and, well, kind of angry. No doubt because Jayfeather was, once again, trying to talk to Graypaw. "Jayfeather, is this really necessary? I told you he'd be ba-" Jayfeather cut him off, by slapping his tail over his mouth. Stormpaw's disdain increased.

"Graypaw, when a medicine cat asks you to do something, you should probably do it," Jayfeather meowed, casting an accusing glance toward him. Graypaw bit his tongue to not say anything.

"Alright, go on Graypaw. Jayfeather clearly needs you," Igneouspaw said, curiousness as well as confusion in her tone. Graypaw let his head hang as he followed Jayfeather back to camp, and he felt Stormpaw's angered glare on his back, but he didn't dare look back at Stormpaw.

Jayfeather flicked his tail and stopped in the middle of camp. "Why don't you go collect herbs or something, Stormpaw?" Jayfeather commanded. Stormpaw grit his teeth, tail lashing and stalked out of camp.

"Jay-"

"Let's go into my den," Jayfeather meowed. Graypaw wasn't sure how his Clan-mates dealt with him without shredding his pelt. He was already getting on his last nerve.

Jayfeather led the way into his den that Graypaw had become so familiar with. He was pretty sure that he spent more time in here than Leafpool and Stormpaw combined.

Jayfeather halted, and sat down in his nest, gesturing for Graypaw to sit too, but he didn't, and continued standing. "Jayfeath-"

"I needed to talk to yo-"

"Jayfeather!" Graypaw snapped, "I am not your apprentice or whatever you think I am. I am training to be a warrior. You need to let me do my training, or I'm going to be an apprentice forever!" Jayfeather seemed unfazed by the way Graypaw had talked to him.

"I needed to talk to you about something," Jayfeather continued, as though Graypaw hadn't said anything at all. I feel so bad that Stormpaw has to deal with this constantly, Graypaw thought to himself.

"Ugh what?" Graypaw meowed, miserably.

"I know," Jayfeather meowed, causing Graypaw to tilt his head, "About how you see the ancient cats. I used to be able to do that. Of course, I had to use a.... prop of sorts to communicate with them. But you; you just see them don't you?"

Graypaw let his dark blue eye focus in on the medicine den. "Furled Bracken is here," he meowed, looking at the ginger tom standing behind Jayfeather.

Jayfeather's fur seemed to prickle with anxiety. "He thinks I'm disappointed with him," Furled Bracken commented. Graypaw would never have figured that out without him. "But I'm not. I'm so proud of him."

"How do you know him?" Graypaw asked, his question aimed at Furled Bracken, but Jayfeather's ears perked as though he'd thought it was aimed at himself.

"I knew him a long time ago," Furled Bracken explained, "Before any of the Clans were formed. This was his destiny, I know now."

"Furled Bracken said he's not disappointed in you," Graypaw meowed to Jayfeather, who seemed a little more at ease then he had been before.

"You're one of them then," Jayfeather muttered, making Graypaw strain to hear him, but still only hearing a bit of it.

"One of what?" Graypaw asked tilting his head, but Jayfeather had already turned his back and begun sorting his herbs. Graypaw let out a frustrated sigh and exited the den. This talk had just left Graypaw with more questions than answers. Was there something that they weren't telling him?

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*flails* YOU CLIFFHANGER'D ME!