"Minnowpaw! Run Minnowpaw! RUN!"

I felt that hot breath of another cat on my heels and I surged myself forward. I swerved into the marshy area on the border of ShadowClan when Ripplestar took me down.

Sounds of frogs and birds swirled around me, but Ripplestar's hiss made me recoil in fear.

"You filthy half-Clan," she spat "Prepare for death, fool!"

I braced myself for the worst, but a cat sprang out of the shadows and gripped Ripplestar.

"Hurry!" The shadow spat. "Run!"

Ripplestar tore herself free and I ran to ShadowClan, but to no avail. Her claws tore at my neck, her fangs sank in and blood flowed into my eyes. I could feel myself twitching, my body no longer mine, not in StarClan or alive. Ripplestar licked the blood off her claws cruelly and watched my demise.

That was when, I swore to StarClan, to the cat that might save us all, that I would put an end to this tyranny.