Ch.15: The Journey (Power of Three)
Summary: Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf head out to go find their true parents. Will they be able to find them? Read to find out.
It was a beautiful day, as cats were bathing in the sunlight. Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf were heading out into the forest. As they were walking in the forest, Jayfeather and his siblings thought of Squirrelflight. She had told them the truth. That they weren’t her kits. Right now, they were going out to find their true parents. But first, they had to tell Squirrelflight where they were going.
“Squirrelflight,” Jayfeather greeted.
“Hello,” she greeted the prophesied cats.
“We’re going on a journey. We’ll be back as soon as we can. We’re going to go find our real parents,” announced Lionblaze.
“Be careful,” she told them.
As they started their journey through their territory, the tabby warrior called back to them, “And may Starclan go with you and light your path!”
A few days later, they found themselves in unfamiliar territory. There were two leg nests everywhere. But not familiar ones.
“Hello, are you Clan cats?” asked a beautiful, pure-white she-cat from on top of a white, picket fence.
“Yes. We are,” Jayfeather answered her and stepped forward.
His litter mates followed him.
“How did you know?” Jayfeather asked her.
“Firestar is my brother. He’s a Thunderclan cat. And my son, Cloudpaw, is also in Thunderclan. I asked my brother to take him in. It was a very long time ago, though. How is he? How’s my brother and son? Cloudpaw must be a warrior by now.”
Jayfeather answered her saying, “Yes. He’s a warrior by the name of Cloudtail. Cloudtail is a senior warrior now. Firestar is well but getting old.”
“Cloudtail. That’s a beautiful name,” she commented.
“What’s your name?” Lionblaze asked her.
“Princess. So where’s Thunderclan now? I know that the twolegs destroyed the forest. They had to move.”
The sightless cat replied saying, “We moved to the Sun drown-Place not far from the mountains.”
“How’s Squirrel paw and Leaf paw?”
“Squirrelflight is a senior warrior and Leafpool is a warrior but was a Medicine cat. I’m the Medicine cat now,” Jayfeather told her.
“Cinderpelt must’ve died than,” she said sadly.
“Yes. But she was reincarnated. She’s Cedar heart now.”
“So who are you three?” she inquired.
“The prophesied cats. We have the power of the stars in our paws. I’m Jayfeather. These are my litter mates. Lionblaze and Hollyleaf. They’re warriors. Lionblaze is unstoppable in battle, Hollyleaf is wise, and I can walk in other cat’s dreams and see cat’s memories. I can also know what another cat is feeling, as if it’s my own feeling.”
“That’s amazing,” she mewed. “So where are you going?”
“We’re on our way to find our real parents,” Hollyleaf told her.
“I’d like to join you. May I?” Princess asked.
“Of course,” Lionblaze told her.
“Is it okay if Smudge comes, too? He’s Firestar’s old friend,” Princess said.
“Sure,” Hollyleaf answered her.
“And if we pass the Barley Farm, Barley could come, too. I just thought you could talk to Firestar’s friends and kin. And then there’s Ravenpaw. He was his friend when he first came into the Clan. Firestar and Graystripe had to help him escape to Barley in case Tigerstar wanted to kill him.”
A few days later, they found a forest and met Purdy. Then they set off again.
Jayfeather was amazed as to how much the kitty pets could take. He decided that they had learned so much from Firestar, that they knew how tough it would be.
“Ouch!” Princess yowled on a moorland.
“What happened?” Jayfeather asked, padding over to her.
“I stepped on something hard and prickly.”
“Let me check.”
She gave him her paw and he gently pulled a thorn out. Then he gave her pad some Marigold juice. He rubbed it in and they went on.
A few days later, they met up with a black and white she-cat. She was a loner. They out that her name was Belle.
That night, they sat with her in a forest. They talked and found out that she was their mother and their father died when they were young.
The next day, they headed home.
The three litter mates, Princess, Smudge, Belle, Ravenpaw, and Barley headed back to Thunderclan. The loner and kitty pets wanted to be Clan cats.
Several days later, they were back in the forest.
When they entered, Firestar bounded over to his friends and sister.
“Why are you here? Did something happen?” he asked.
“No. We’ve decided to join your Clan.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
“Then you’re in. All of you. But who’s she?”
“I’m their real mother,” Belle answered the leader.
“Come,” he said.
The newcomers followed and he did a ceremony the next day. Princess was renamed Whitepaw, Belle was renamed Black paw, Ravenpaw kept his name, Barley was renamed Patch paw, and Smudge was renamed Brown paw. Cloudtail was White paw's mentor, Lionblaze was Black paw's mentor, Hollyleaf was Patch paw and Brown paw's mentor, and Sandstorm was Ravenpaw’s mentor.
“You found your mother. Congratulations,” Squirrelflight praised Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf.
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