Softdawn was happy. Today was the day she would finally become free of her boring life as a deputy. Her Stuffy leader, Willowstar, had "mysteriously" died of eating deathberries. Softdawn wondered what happened. She was waiting in front of the medicine den for CinderHeart. The previous leader before Willowstar was Squirrelstar who had also been Softdawn's great aunt. Cinderheart was the child of The previous Cinderheart, who was a warrior but This Cinderheart prefered herbs. "Are you ready"? Cinderheart asked while they started walking to the Moonpool. "Of course!" Softdawn laughed, that was a ridicious question. She was born ready. As soon as they came to the moonpool, Softdawn drank a bit of the water and fell asleep. Mystical voices surrounded her but she couldn't make out what any were saying. She opened her eyes and saw nine cats waiting for her. Squirrelstar gave her a life for strength, Firestar for love, the old Cinderheart for hope, Cloudpelt for faith, her father, Jayfeather gave her a life for compassion. But no more cats approuched. "I want my other 4 lives" she Yowled. they all shooked their heads. "We are sorry but no one else wishes to give you a life" they said in unison.
Back at the camp, the apprentices were excited. No one liked Softdawn, so the rest of the clan decided to ambush her as soon as she came back and feed her deathberries until all nine lives were lost. They were going to do this because Leafymallow saw her sneak deathberries into Willowstars mouse she was about to eat. Then Lionspirit would take other as leader and gain his nine lives. The plan was perfect.
Softstar was tired. She was almost back at her Thunderclan camp but she felt so confused. Why did she only recieve five lives?
She walked into camp but then the ambush began. Slowly, one life after another, all her lives dissapeared. She opened her eyes. She was in Starclan. In the distance she could see Yellowfang. "Why am i in Starclan, Yellowfang? Surely my clan doesn't hate me enough to kill me?" Yellowfang grimaced. "well they killed you the same way yu killed Willowstar. And when any cat joins us, they are told of how their lives could havebeen. You would have become ruler of all clans and tribes if you slowed down, wasn't as harsh and was more SOFT
