Prologue
It was a quiet day in the forest. Sorreltail was in the nursery, nursing her new kits, as her mate, Brackenfur, looked on. "What are you going to name them?" Brackenfur asked. Sorreltail looked at first one, a ginger kit, and said, "This one will be Cloverkit. She is the biggest one in the litter."
The one next to Cloverkit, which was a dark gray kit, Sorreltail said, "This one will be Rainkit, in honor of Rainwhisker. Even though she is a she-cat, she can still honor Rainwhisker.
And pointing to the next to the last one, a gray kit, who was just a little bit smaller than the other kits, but born first, Sorreltail said, "This is my first kit born in this litter, so she will be named Fernkit, as she looks like Ferncloud." And pointing to the last one, a light brown tabby with white paws, and said, "This one will be Wildkit."
And as Sorreltail and Brackenfur smiled at their four healthy kits, Leafpool left the nursery to give them their privacy, as she had done all she could to help the four new clan cats. She sighed. She knew that medicine cats could not have kits or love, but seeing her friend with her four new kits, had made Leafpool sad. It was hard, seeing the kits that were hers with Sorreltail. She knew that medicine cats could not have love, but it wasn't her fault. She hadn't wanted to have kits, but… she sighed. They will never know I'm their mother. At least they'll have good friends. She knew they would because just a moon ago, Whitewing had given birth to her first litter of kits; three; a tom and two she-cats. And even less than a moon ago, Brook had given birth to her first litter, of two kits; both toms. Leafpool sighed again. I wish they could know I'm their mother. "Leafpool?" someone called. She turned around. It was Jaypaw, calling her.
"Yes Jaypaw?" she answered.
"Is Sorreltail okay?" Jaypaw asked. Leafpool replied, "Yes, she's fine. She has four healthy kits."
"Wow!" Jaypaw said, "We're going to have so many apprentices when all these kits are six moons! All of those kits, Whitewing's, Brook's and Sorreltail's, plus Foxkit and Icekit!" He then bounded away saying, "I'm going to tell all the other apprentices!" Leafpool sighed, again, thinking, at least they'll have a good foster mother. Sorreltail will take good care of them. She went back into her den, and laid down to sleep.
She was standing right next to a pool in her dream, and as she looked down into she saw a lion. Then she heard a voice in her head say, "An evil warrior is coming to doom ThunderClan, but the heart of the wild will overcome it." Leafpool didn't understand this at all. It was a new prophecy, she realized. It doesn't make any sense, though. She decided not to tell Firestar about this new prophecy.
Back in the nursery, Sorreltail smiled at her four new kits, but especially at one in particular: Wildkit. Wildkit was just like any other kit, but Sorreltail felt that Wildkit had a destiny different from all her other kits.