Zera

> “Why do I feel like Seraphina has something to do with this?”
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## Overall Summary

Zera is a black and white tom with one green eye and one blue eye. He has black dots under his green eye and white dots under his blue eye. He was the medicine cat of the rogues and is now the medicine cat of Eclipseclan

Zera is a black and white tom with one blue eye and one green eye. He has 3 white spots under his left eye and 3 black ones under his right

##### Role

He was the former healer of the rogue group and is now the medicine cat for Eclipseclan

## Chapter 1

Zera is first seen giving Seraphina her usual prey, and protests with Lisiha when Seraphina has to go and see Coco. He also tells her which way she needs to go to reach the clans. After he wishes Seraphina goodbye, he begins to cry as he says goodbye one final time to Seraphina.

## Chapter 2

Zera is only seen as a picture and mentioned as “medic” by Seraphina, though he is not mentioned by name

## Chapter 3

Zera starts the chapter in the medicine den, when his father, Jay comes in to tell him something. He tells him that his mother Fizz is worried about him not coming outside very much. He calls his mother an airhead, and Jay scolds him, telling him to go outside. He then goes to collect Watermint, and has to go onto Eclipseclan territory to get it. He is attacked by Mistyflower, and she forces him underwater. Zera nearly drowns, but finds a piece of driftwood to breathe through. He then suspects that Seraphina has something to do with this, then he see’s something. He is also seen in flashback, described by Seraphina and Tintleaf as “medic”

## Chapter 4

Zera is mentioned by the term “medic” when Silva tells Tintleaf and Seraphina that Mistyflower killed the medic.

## Chapter 7

Zera is heading back towards his den, and when he enters he see’s his brother Alex messing up his herbs, accompanied by Melody and Kip. He asks what they're doing, and is mad when he finds out they were munching at his stuff on purpose since they were bored. He is seen, briefly, with his right eye replaced by an empty black hole occupied by a green X. He attacks Alex, and then gets scolded by his mother Fizz when she finds out they were fighting. He runs out of the den, and hears the cats all around him whispering about him, and how he was friends with Seraphina. He runs off and finds Sugarcane in her den. He lays down and finds comfort in talking to her, saying that she doesn’t judge him.

## Chapter 8

Zera emerges from behind a bush and is confronted by Hourglass (Foxcakes10). Upon being asked why he's in the camp, Zera responds that he's "just looking for a friend". He then spots Seraphina, who is surprised, as she tried to kill Zera and thought that he was dead. Seraphina then denies that anything is wrong, and Hourglass leaves to get Poppystar, who allows Zera to stay.

## Chapter 9

Seraphina ask Zera for the usual herb concoction, but Zera tells her he doesn't have them. He then rushes away telling her he needs to go or Poppystar will kick him out.

## Chapter 10

Zera tells Sugarcane to stay close by him and not to call him 'daddy'. She responds with 'ok, daddy!' much to Zera's frustration. He then starts to tell her about juniper berries, but stops when he realizes she's wandered off. He finds her watching a butterfly and tells her not to scare him like that. She apologizes, and Zera says he's just glad she's safe. However, Zera hears a cat say 'argh, where's Zera when we really need him?' He rushes off to help them, and leaves sugarcane by herself, telling her not to move. Zera then apologizes to the other cats for being late and asks them what's happening. He is shown a gray tom laying on the ground, with a wound on his ear. Zera spots black blood coming from the wound, and promises to see what he can do. He is also mentioned twice as 'daddy' by Sugarcane.

## Chapter 11

Zera is sitting next to a lake when Seraphina sits down next to him. She apologizes for not talking to him recently. Zera accepts her apology and tells her it's ok. She then asks him why he followed her to the clans, and he tells her that's its so peaceful that he can forget all of his troubles. He then falls asleep next to her. She wakes him up to show him fireflies, but then tries to leave. Zera stops her and asks her to stay and hang out, "just like we all used to". She doesn't respond, so Zera starts to apologize for being selfish, but she decides to stay. They are then shown doing different activities together (walking through the woods, 'fishing', etc.), while Zera is singing a song. Seraphina asks him if he made that up, to which he responds with no. He tells her to go home, and after she leaves, tells himself that it didn't work at all and that he worried the whole time. He cries a single tear and asks himself why he is so useless. Zera is then shown that a shadowy cat with the same silhouette and eye color as him, except no features are shown and the shadow cat has X's instead of eyes.

## Chapter 12

Zera's features aren't shown when he comes up behind Seraphina, who think's he's an attacker and slaps him. Upon being asked what he's doing, he responds that he was watching the camp and saw her, so he jumped on her. Zera is slapped again, 'for scaring her', and Zera yells that that was unnecessary, even if the first one was. He then asks her to apologize, and when she refuses, he breaks the fourth wall and tells her that it's for the readers. After this, Zera tells her he's not going to the gathering because Poppystar wants him to stay (as it would be weird to try and kill someone then let them into your clan). Zera then leaves.

## Chapter 14

Zera is seen crying next to Sugarcane's body. A flashback occurs and Zera realizes that 'something's wrong'. He then leaves the cat he was talking to and enters the woods. As soon as he does this, he thinks "I sense a presence. Surely it's not...". He then stumbles on a mirror image of himself, except features unseen and an X instead of a green eye. As the cat leaves, he finds Sugarcane's body lying in the grass. He starts to panic and thinks, briefly, that she's dead, but after feeling her body he realizes she's alive. But when he pulls away his paw, her blood is on his pads and he sees that its black. Zera realizes that the shadowy cat he saw in the woods caused it, and remembers how the wound with black blood doesn't heal and prevents the cat from waking up. He unsheathes his claws and decides to talk to the shadow cat. He promises to come back for Sugarcane and runs to the lake. The shadow cat watches as Zera runs. Zera finds a hole and pulls out a stone with a strange engraving. Hoping that it will work, he throws the stone into the water and opens a purplish-pink portal by singing. After deciding to jump into the portal, which he soon discovers behaves like water, he steels himself and exits the other side of the portal. He slams into the ground and cries out that it 'really, REALLY hurt'. After mumbling that he'll be sore for days, he notices that the grass is black, the plants are crystals, and the portal is gone. After a voice tells him that they can answer his questions (but probably won't), Zera yells "You! You said-". The voice tells Zera they will talk, but warns him that he might not be ready for the answers.