Prologue

Lilystar couldn't swim, but she couldn't let this little kit die.

Lilystar summoned all her courage and jumped into the water.

"Lilystar, no, what in the name of StarClan are you doing?" Shallowpool hissed.

"What I have to do. Like I vowed to StarClan, I will protect my clan!" Water poured over her head, and she couldn't breathe.

Don't worry, Wolfkit, I'm coming… Lilystar thought. When she finally reached the kit he was squealing like crazy.

Lilystar gasped, and more water poured into her mouth. Her lungs begging for air, she threw the kit onto the banks of the river.

"Lilystar, hurry!" She heard Goldenstripe scream.

She had protected the tiny kit, now StarClan would protect her.

She finally gave into the waves and let the current and the weight of her fur to drag her into the dark abyss.