The Mountins (Jayfeather/Half Moon)

Chapter 22

Half Moon's POV

Half Moon stood up, shaking away the sadness her dream had entailed. She had been in the mountins this time. The cats she had hunted with in her dreams were in the mountins. Jay's wing had left her. He had made her Stonetller.

Your dreams are really weird. Like you could ever be Stoneteller.

Half Moon was to focused on her goal to care what the voices said. In her dream, the cave had been so beautiful. She had read the signs, noticed her ancestors for the first time. She had to go back there.

She stood, slowly walking towards the cave of pointed Stones. If she were in the right mindset, she'd question why no cats were awake, and maybe even go back to sleep. But she wasn't in the right mindset. She barely knew what she was doing. She just knew she had to enter the cave.

Reaching the tunnel, she slowly slipped in. The walls were narrow, and she barely fit.

When she reached the cave, she was amazed at what she seen.

Its exactly like the dream! Half Moon thought. This means somthing!

She heard whispers in her ear, but couldn't decipher what they were saying. She remberd standing here in this very place while Jay's Wing told her she would be the first Stoneteller.

Rising moon. That had been the name of her mother.

"What are you doing in here?!" She hears a voice whisper to her.

"Jay's Wing? I thought you left?" She questioned. She had forgotten that this wasn't the real world. Everything was blurred together.

"Jay's Wing! You've called me that before..." He trailed off, and as Half Moons clouded state wore off, she relized what she'd done.

"Jayfeather! I- um."

Jayfeather narrowed his eyes at her. "What does that name mean to you?" He questioned. Half Moon quickly searched her brain for a lie.

When she couldn't find one, she decided to tell the truth. "I've been having dreams lately. There was a cat named Jay's Wing in them... he looked identical to you.." She said. She was extreme embarrassed.

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Jayfeathers POV

She had dreams of Jay's Wing... does that mean...? Realization hit Jayfeather like a wave. Jayfeather hated water. He'd almost drowned a few times as an apprentice.

"Half Moon... that's because.. he is me. Sorta. Technically."

Half Moon stared at him as if he'd suddenly grown 5 heads.

"You... what?! How?"

"I.. I've never had to explain it before. Well, I call them the anceint cats. They used to live in the territory by the lakes, before some twolegs drove them away. Then they lived in the mountins."

Half Moon nodded slowly. "I lived by the lake with them for awhile.. then I traveled to the mountins."

"Yeah. Well... Half Moon... I traveled back in time to lead them to the mountins. Then I helped them learn to live there. I taught them what they needed to know, then left. You... you become the Stoneteller."

"Then how am I here now?" She practically wailed.

"You must've been reborn... that must mean your related to the prophecy in some way."

"Prophecy?"

Jayfeather glanced at her. "You might want to sit for this."

Half Moon sat down, her legs shaking slightly. Jayfeather sat down, trying to decide where to start.