I swayed in and out of consciousness, not truly awake, voices cluttered my mind. Some more harsh than others, my brain felt like a broken radio station, filled with static. When I finally gained enough awareness to process what I could see, I realized I was in the Meðal den. I tried to sit up, then was overcome by nausea.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you" a male's voice said

Jay came into view "you hit your head pretty hard on that rock"

"Wha?" I managed

"What were thinking? I try to follow you and I find you fell of the side of the Hill, unconscious, with a broken wing!" he exclaimed

"I fell..." I slurred

"That something you don't hear very often, a flying claw fell of a cliff" he said

"Here eat this" and he pushed a leafy thing towards me, the smell was interesting.

"What is that?" I question

"Alfalfa, it's healthy for you" he said

I chew on it timidly, it was wasn't that bad it I choked it down, but I had never eaten a leaf before.

I watched him as he nosed around the different alcoves, then picked out a long cactus-looking leaf. It smelled sweet, the end that came from the plant was covered in spiderweb, but Jay gently took it off the end and green juice started to ooze out.

"What are you going to do with that?" I asked him

He rolled his eyes "relax, if I was going to poison you I would have done it ages ago, this is Aloe, I going to put it on the place you ripped up your wing, it's good for cuts, bruises, broken bones, and more"

I could see my wing now, lots of feathers were missing, and it was all cut up, I could see it had been cleaned recently. I tried to move it and instantly regretted it, it was painful. He dabbed the apple-green juice over the larger cuts. It stung a little, but it faded away quickly and smelled good.

"There see?" Jay said "eat this, It's Cayenne, for infections"

He gave me a long red pepper, I scarfed it down. Before my taste buds could give me a run for my money. I felt better already, I watched how Jay wrapped up my wing and carefully folded it against me.

"There, now you can't fly for three weeks, you've got to let this heal"

"Where's Sarah?" I asked

Jay stopped mid sentence "she's looking after the one's you....." He trailed off

I realized what he was talking about, and I looked down. I couldn't stay here, not with whatever was making me attack my family.

"I have to leave Jay" I said

"Leave? you've been condemned to the Hill" he protested

"I can't stay here, you have to believe me, something, or someone, is making me do this, I'm running away"

He dropped who-knows-what plant, and appeared to be deep in thought. Then he turned and sighed.

"I know.... I.... had a dream about it" he said

"You did?"

He nodded "I knew this was coming...I ....even prepared a special herb pack for you travels"

He walked over to an alcove cleverly hidden among overhanging vines, and pulled out a necklace-like satchel, made out of a several cloth-like big leaves.

"We have these made by Birds all the time, they can sew, In here is mostly licorice root, and eleuthero, fatigue fighting herbs, these will keep you from tiring for short amounts of time"

He slipped it around my neck, it was comfortable, and short enough so that I wouldn't trip over it.

"Now, there is a side section, in there is the sweet smelling goudaberry, but it will knock you out if you eat it, if you need to make a quick gettaway, throw some on the ground for you enemies"

I nodded and headed for the door, he placed a paw on my shoulder. His pleading blind eyes stared into mine.

"Come back to me in one piece okay? and use the Medicine-claw door, it's lest suspicious that way"

I nodded and headed for the outside.

-----------------Zara's POV----------------

I was walking to the Medicine den to check on my brother. It had been hours since I'd last seen him and then I hear he fell of a cliff! I was just turning the corner when I caught hold of the conversation.

"-I'm running away" said my brother

I stifled a gasp, why? This gave me little time act. I need to follow him, I couldn't bring him back to the Hill, because he keeps injuring everybody. I ran towards the main exit/entrance, and started following Zach.

Hopefully I could get to him in time.