It's wrong, but she is mine! (Jayfeather X Female Reader)

Chapter 22

Y/W/N had been getting much better, and her burns had pretty much healed completely. Jayfeather had decided to let her return to her normal duties, despite her complaints to stay just one more night.

Y/W/N was currently on a hunting patrol, and she felt excited at being able to hunt again. She hoped she wouldn't be too rusty, as she had been stalking around the medicine cat den in her hunters crouch and pouncing randomly, sometimes onto Jayfeather, given the medicine cat wasn't doing something important.

As the patrol weaves through the healing forest, Y/W/N kept her ears and nose perked for prey. Even if there wasn't going to be much, the warrior was still hopeful to get lucky.

Soon enough, she caught the scent of a sparrow, and immediately dropped into a crouch. The rest of the patrol had noticed but Y/W/N was the first to start moving towards the prey, so the rest of the patrol followed carefully.

Y/W/N came upon the sparrow at the base of a slightly burned tree, and it seemed to be pecking at some food on the ground. Y/W/N quietly crept closer to the bird, trying her hardest to keep quiet.

Just as she got into range, her hind left leg, the one that had been burned, momentarily lost balance and she crinkled something, which alerted the sparrow. It immediately saw the warrior and spread its wings to fly away.

Y/W/N made a leap for the bird as it took off from the ground. Y/W/N didn't feel her claws catch anything, and was immediately disappointed until she landed, realizing that her claws didn't connect, but somehow her paw did and she pinned the sparrow.

Y/W/N quickly snapped the birds neck as her patrol padded up to her. "Close one Y/W/N" Berrynose said

Y/W/N shrugged "At least I got it. Better than missing it completely" She said, to which the tom nodded in agreement.

Y/W/N buried her prey and marked it, then continued with the patrol. Over the course of the day they managed to find a few mice and even a squirrel, which showed that the prey was returning to the forest since the fire.

The patrol padded into camp and tossed their haul onto the fresh-kill pile, which now seemed to grow a little bit bigger every couple days. That's good Y/W/N thought. Maybe things can finally get back to normal.

Y/W/N woke up in the middle of the night, an uneasy feeling in her stomach. She couldn't quite place why she was feeling this way, and couldn't shake it, so she decided that she'd go take a walk and see if that would help.

Y/W/N padded out of the warriors den, and thought about waking Jayfeather, but decided against it. Instead she went to the camp entrance and left, going to take a walk through the forest.

Y/W/N didn't see whoever was supposed to be on guard duty, but didn't pay attention to it as she figured they'd probably gone to make dirt quickly. She just padded into the forest, hoping to shake her uneasy feeling.

As she walked, Y/W/N thought about her dream-memory, and who that tom could have possibly been, and why she could have felt any kind of closeness to him.

Was I upset at his death? I think so, I was crouched over his body until that Twoleg appeared..... She thought, and thought about the one feature she could make out on him.

His eyes were E/C...... Not a littermate, he was clearly much older than me...... Maybe..... My father.....?

As Y/W/N thought, she became aware of the sound of paws scuffling, and perked up. Was someone nearby? She crouched down, as she couldn't make out who or what might be nearby.

Maybe some prey? I could hunt it maybe..... Y/W/N decided to investigate where she heard the pawsteps.

As she approached, she suddenly heard the pawsteps come closer to her, and she realized t definitely belonged to a cat. She tried to scent for them, but realized they were downwind of her.

Mouse-dung! They probably know I'm here! Y/W/N got into a defensive stance, just in case the cat was hostile.

But to the warriors surprise, Hollyleaf burst out from a bush, completely out of breath. "Hollyleaf? What are you doing?" She asked, confused.

The black she-cat looked at Y/W/N, terror in her eyes as she met Y/W/N's gaze.

"Y/W/N!!! You need to help me! I just did something terrible!!"