It was another dry day in the forest. I was laying down trying to cool of. I was all alone with no one to speak to, as usual. For as far back as I can remember, I was never popular. I was always picked on by other cats, but there was one in particular that seemed to hate me. Snakekit, well now Snaketail and formerly Snakepaw, would always taunt me because I was the runt of my litter.
I smelled smoke. What was going on? Suddenly cats everywhere were running out of camp. I saw a strange light coming for behind the trees. I shouted as loud as I could "Forest fire!" I dashed into the nursery to grabs some kits and help them out. The fire hadn't reached the camp yet. Then I saw Snaketail helping the elders out.
The fire reached the camp. I dashed out with a kit and gave him to his mother. There was a shriek for help coming from camp and I raced back there. A large limb of a tree had fallen on Snaketail. He couldn't move and the fire was getting closer and as I stood in shock the fire had surrounded him. I needed to pull him out now if he was going to live and if I waited any longer he would join Starclan.
I kept thinking. I leaped toward him and pulled him as hard as I could and I freed him. He couldn't run, but t make it out alive he would have to. There was another way. We would have to climb over the warriors den though. "Snaketail can you climb? I will help you we have to do it if you don't wish to join Starclan."
Smoke was filling the air. "Okay *cough* I will *cough* try to climb," he said. We got on top of the warriors den and jumped out of camp. We hurried to catch up with the rest of the clan. We both were having breathing problems from the smoke. Snaketail was very weak, and I was afraid he wouldn't survive.
"Thanks runt, I mean thank you Beetlewhisker. *cough cough cough* You saved me from my death there." He said, "Though my death now is almost inevitable." He started to cough a lot more and no matter the herbs we had available to give him he grew weaker. I was with him the day he left us.
"Snaketail don't die on me. Not right now, please don't die!" I said repeatedly to him. Snaketail just said back, "I have always teased you. Why did you try to save me…" he was gone his breathing stopped and so did his heart beat. "You are a cat and I could never let you die… Snaketail it wasn't your time you were still a young warrior! Why did you have to die. It's all my fault!"