((The meida is Leafstar.))

Hollypaw gasped, "W-what are you saying?" Jaypaw turned from her. "A-are you..." She gulped, "Blind?"

"Hollypaw." Mistypool called to her, "Foxwhisker needs you!" She called, when Hollypaw came out of the medicine den.

"I do?" Foxwhisker looked at Mistypool questioningly.

"Yes you do! The fresh/kill pile is nearly empty, and Jaypaw needs something fresh."

"All right..." Hollypaw felt like a Twoleg stole her mother. How could Jaypaw be blind? It just didn't make since.

She tried to focus on the hunt by telling herself it was for Jaypaw. But by the end of the hunt she couldn't even think straight, how could something like this happen to Jaypaw?

Hollypaw ran to the medicine den with a vole in her mouth. "Jaypaw I brought you something!" She was about to leave for the Gathering, and she wanted to make sure he was okay.

"Hmm?" He grunted, not bothering to turn to her, Mistypool was applying celandine to his eyes.

"I... I'm gonna miss you." When he didn't respond she tried again. "I wish you were coming-"

"Hollypaw!" She could here Voletooth, calling her.

"I gotta go!" She licked his ear to comfort him.

She raced out the tunnel, with the other assembled cats, this is what life was about, running alongside your Clanmates, the forest noises around you. But she couldn't feel happy, Jaypaw was all that was on her mind.

Then they plunged into the ravine, and Hollypaw suddenly felt like Jaypaw was pushed to the back of her mind.

"Why don't you go talk to some apprentices from different Clans." Hollypaw looked at Voletooth as he spoke, "But don't give anything about WoodClan away." He padded away to join the other deputies. Hollypaw saw how well guarded he kept himself, and wondered if she'd ever be able to do it so well.

"Hi!" A mottled grey she-cat meowed from behind her.

"Hello." Hollypaw greeted kindly.

"I'm Gorgepaw!"

"I'm Hollypaw."

 "Are you Jaypaw's sister?"

"Yeah why?" Hollypaw felt herself bristle.

"Because I was there when he fell in the river... Is he here?" She looked around hopefully.

"No... He was... needed at camp." She didn't want to let her know Jaypaw wasn't here because he was in trouble.

"Oh." A disappointed look set itself on her face. "That's to bad. Is he okay?"

"Yeah he's okay." She didn't like the thought of lying, but she couldn't let this Sandclan apprentice know that Jaypaw was blind!

"Oh... Well do you wanna come talk with us?" She flicked her tail towards a couple apprentices huddled in a circle against the cold.

Hollypaw brightened, "Sure!" The two apprentices padded over, and Hollypaw tried to distinguish which Clan they were from by there smell. There was one from each Clan, Hollypaw and Gorgepaw, then there was a brown tabby tom from Boulderclan, and a white she-cat from Mountainclan.

Gorgepaw intorduced Hollypaw to them, "Guys this is Hollypaw. Hollypaw this is Coalpaw." She used her tail to indicate the tom from Boulderclan, "And this is Skypaw." She flicked her tail to the she-cat from Mountainclan.

Hollypaw dipped her head to them.

"Nice to meet you." Coalpaw spoke first his hazel eyes met hers.

"Yes nice to meet you." Skypaw spoke up.

"It's nice to meet all of you too." Hollypaw started to feel uncomfortable, Coalpaw wouldn't stop staring at her.

"So you're from Woodclan? I heard there was a little... trouble between there and Sandclan." He smirked wickedly.

"No everything is fine!" Foxwhisker cut in, "Now come Hollypaw and sit with your Clan." He turned and sat with his.

"I'm coming." She flicked her tail to say goodbye and left to sit with her Clan. 

Marshstar started the meeting this time. "Everything is well with Boulderclan, the twolegs have left the river for leafbare, and we have a new warrior. Softsnow." Softsnow flushed from the attention, but she held her head high. Hollypaw wondered if she would be able to be that calm about it. Marshstar looked at Ravenstar.

"All is well with Sandclan..." Hollypaw held her breath, he wouldn't bring up Jaypaw would he? "We had a little trouble with Wooddclan..."