Zena wandered through the frigid mountain side, cold and alone. The outcast of her clan, why? She wondered in the dark. If only she had never met him, then she wouldn't be here. Climbing farther up the mountains she found a sheltered alcove. Laying down the memories all flooded back.

There was a new cat joining the clan, a loner. All the others gathered round to meet him, Zena was busy learning the herbs. When the cats stopped crowding she could catch a glimpse of him. He was tall, strong, with many battle scars. He looked in her direction, she smiled and turned back into the medicine cat den. The next morning there he was, leading the patrols, his eyes burned with a warriors fire as his coat glowed in the sun. She went out for herbs later, she was so busy searching she didn't notice the sent of badger. Bumping into the monster she meowed in terror, answered by the loner. He swept in front of her, bravely fight with the badger. It retreated, and the battle stopped. "What were you doing walking into a badger!" He said. "I..I..I don't know, thank you," She answered. "I dont think I've met you yet, I'm Sayder," He said calming down. "I'm Zena," she answered, at that moment she fell in love.

The weeks passed and she spent more and more time with Sayder, every one noticed. Months later, Zena had kits, even when she was a medicine cat. She tried to bring them into camp as kist she had just found, but her leader was smarter. ...And thats when now begins.

A frosty gale blew into her cave, as a single tear hit her cheek. The ice cold wind forze it solid. She was the outcast, the forgotten, the forbidden lover.