Thunderkit blinked open his eyes and stared around at all the harsh lights. As his eyes adjusted he saw the things he had sensed before. He saw his mother dovewing and many other kits and queens. As he squirmed around in his nest he saw another kit that looked very familiar, lightningheart! Memories of the battle came flooding back screeches of pain and delight and victory as he killed lightningheart slicing through him so he could do no more damage.

He turned to look at his mother and asked who he was but it had come very squeaky and sounded like a high pitched mew for help.

"Hush little one your fathers coming to meet you and your brother," sighed dovewing. Thunderkit looked in disgust at lightning heart or lightning kit whichever he had to be his brother great. Thunderkit looked up as his father bumblestripe approached and whispered something in dovewings ear that he could only make out as bramblestar…. ok to call kit… but he… great destiny. Dovewing nodded and looked lovingly at thunderkit.

"Hello thunderkit do you want to play?" chorused the other kits in the nursery; bumblestripe looked over at the kits and shook his head "sorry were just waiting for his brother to open his eyes." Thunderkit blinked thanks at his father hewould want to sit down and think about how he was going to deal with meeting his oldest enemy again he wondered if Wind River and Shadow was kin with their greatest enemies too he knew he would have to find a way to meet up with them it would be far too long just to wait to become an apprentice and go to gatherings

As the kits left to go climb the high ledge bumblestripe started to tell lots of storys of battles and his father graystripe and firestar thunder kit dozed off as he already knew this all but he awoke in a world of nightmares …

"Thunder you have to help them go it's too late for me," sighed the beautiful white she cat"

"I can't leave you your more important to me!" shouted thunder

"Thunder leave we will meet again all I ask is you spend my last minute with me" rasped in a painful tone

"I love y…." Thunder was cut off as a piercing screech broke the calm silence thunder looked down at the cat he loved so much and watched her last breath as blood seeped over her body thunder looked up to see the topaz eyes glinting in the darkness the eyes of a traitor

Thunderkit woke up shivering from the nightmare he looked up to see his mother's reassuring face and saw the eyes form his nightmare the eyes of a traitor a killer a cold blooded killer

"Hello brother"