(Note: Occurs during Warriors: Fire and Ice; Told in 1st person; Warriors and all affiliates belong to Erin Hunter.)
Fireheart and Graystripe settled into the hay near Ravenpaw and Barley, and after some time, Fireheart looked curiously at Barley.
"How did you come to live here, Barley?"
Barley looked keenly at the young warrior, then mewed, "It's a long story, but I will be glad to share."
The three younger cats made themselves comfortable and looked to the older black and white tom, as he seemed to gather himself, and he began to speak.
I was born in a litter of five; a large litter to be sure, to a large tortoise-shell queen. I do not know who my father is, just that he was the same color as me, black and white.
My littermates and I grew up in the dark streets of the Twolegs, rummaging among their trash and dodging their monsters and dogs. I was the largest and it served me well, I often got the most to eat and the choicest sleeping spot. For see, out here it was survival of the fittest, only the strongest cats would thrive.
My mother taught us to hunt among the garbage, and showed us how to fight amongst ourselves. At first we didn't understand why we had to learn these skills, but it became clear soon enough.
As we reached our sixth moon, there were only three of us left. Two of our siblings, (their names and colors fade from my old mind now), had been struck down on the thunderpaths as we tried to cross looking for better food. We were starting to range further and further away from our nest, seeking different hunting grounds and better pickings. On one of those nights is when we first came upon what is now known as BloodClan. The cats were fierce; they used the teeth of dogs and other cats they had killed to re-enforce their claws, and while some of them had collars, names, and homes, you could never mistake one of them for soft kittypets.
We were driven from their territory with force, and they took the life of another one of my siblings. Within days we were scattered, and there was no longer a "we". It was just me.