Leaves rustled in the bushes. She swung her head side ways to see a rabbit sniffing at the nuts. The young she-cat crouched so her belly was skimming the grass. She placed one paw in front of the other. She stepped on a twig. Snap! The rabbit, alerted, sat up and ran. The she-cat sprang after it, out of the forest and into the meadow. She was on it's tail. Almost there! She thought. "Water! Where are you?" Water stopped. "I'm in the meadow!" She called to her mother. She sat down and waited for her mother. She didn't come. "Mom?" A frightened yowl sounded from deep in the forest followed by a bang. "Mom!" She leaped up and headed towards the sound. The world seemed to spin around her. She saw a lump of white fur on the ground against a tree. Mom... She rushed over there. "Mom wake up! Mom..." She sobbed. In the background she heard twolegs calling. Water noticed a hole in her mother's shoulder with a little bit of blood pouring out. The twolegs did this! She thought angrily. No... I can't do anything to them. I'm too small, I- I'm only a kit... No... no! I can't do anything... Tears rolled down her cheeks. "Mom..." She heard twigs snapping and leaves cracking. "No... the twolegs are coming back..." She whispered. She was trembling with fear. Then four cats stepped out of the bushes their eyes wide. A tall brown tom spoke quietly. "What happened here?" "T-the two-legs h-hurt my mother..." She stammered. Two of the older cats picked her mother up. "What are you doing?" "We're taking her to our medicine cat. To help her." He added. Medicine cat? "Do you want to come with us?" A light brown tabby she-cat meowed. "Yes."