Sandnose smiled at the little newborn kitten in her paws. She had just given birth that morning to a beautiful son. He basically resembled his father, Pebblefoot because of his golden-brown fur. His name was Stonekit. He was Sandnose's only kit, but she loved him from the moment she layed eyes on him. She licked the newborn kit affectionately.

Soon, Pebblefoot entered. The golden-brown tabby tom had been on patrols when she had given birth, so this was the first time he would be seeing the kit. A smile lit up on Pebblefoot's face as he saw his son.

"Have you named him?" he asked.

"Is 'Stonekit' alright?" Sandnose asked.

"Of course," Pebblefoot said, licking his mate's ear.

"He looks a lot like you," Sandnose said. Pebblefoot nodded as the kit slept soundly, though sadness shone through his dark green eyes.

Pebblefoot had not been the same lately. He was still charming and lovely, the same cat that Sandnose had fallen in love with, but he had become more depressed. Many moons ago his sister, Jetpelt, had died of greencough. Her only kit, Blackkit, had dissapeared and the father didn't even care because he was too much in shock. His sister, Rosefur, pregnant with her mate's kits, had been sent away for protection by her mate, Olivetail, many moons ago as well. She had returned and given birth to another litter of kits, but a fire had come in ForestClan, and Rosefur had left as did Olivetail. Rosefur did not return and neither did Olivetail. Their kits were never seen again either.

Pebblefoot did not have any other family besides Sandnose and Stonekit. He told Sandnose old stories of how his father had died when he was only seven moons. He vaguely remembered his mother. He had described her as a white she-cat with icy blue eyes, the first part of her name beginning with "ice". His father had been a dark black tom with bright green eyes. His mother had left him and his two sisters at ForestClan when he was seven moons, and he never saw his mother again. She had abandoned them, never showing her face again, even though she had promised she would.

Sandnose could relate to him though. Her past had not been well either. When her mother, Angelpelt, was an apprentice, she fell in love with a tom named Barkface. The two got along well and everyone assumed they would become mates, but Barkface quickly showed her a new side. It was a side of evil. He had apparently planned to take over the clan by killing Birchstar, the leader.

Angelpelt had become scared and she left him. She instead fell for Sandnose's father, Goldentail. Angelpelt then gave birth to Sandnose, her sister, Snowflower, her brother, Goosepaw, and her other sister, Littlekit. Goldentail was killed shortly after their birth, no doubt murdered by Barkface. The leader of ForestClan found out and exiled Barkface for what he had done.

Littlekit died of disease shortly after her father's death.

When they all became apprentices, Angelpelt decided to take Goosepaw into the woods to show him how to hunt some more. He was struggling with a move and his mentor wanted Angelpelt to help him because he believed it would be better for him if his mother was there to make him feel comfortable. Their bodies were found shortly after and brown hair was left on their wounds.

Patrols were stepped up because they knew Barkface was still in the forest. Sandnose and her sister, Snowflower, were scared.

Many moons later, Snowflower fell in love with a cat named Treewhisker. The two were happy together and became mates. But when Snowflower went to tell him that she was expecting his kits, he wasn't in the warriors den. His body was found near the border with the same brown hair that layed on Angelpelt and Goosepaw.

Soon, night patrols were sent out to make sure Barkface did not return. Snowflower soon gave birth to two kits. Both of them were toms that resembled their father entirely. One was named Treekit, after Snowflower's mate. The other was named Bearkit. The two played happily until one day the kits wandered out of the camp for fun and both died. One of the warriors had seen Barkface leave the two dead kits, laughing as he padded away.

Patrols were stepped up even more. Barkface would not stop with his plan. Moons passed until one night, when the sisters were sleeping side-by-side. The tom entered the den and growled. Sandnose noticed and quickly woke Snowflower up.

Snowflower leapt at the tom, but Barkface was a good warrior and he knocked Snowflower off of him. "Why are you doing this?" Sandnose had asked.

"I don't want any of Angelpelt's kin surviving!" he had replied.

Right as he was about to leap onto Sandnose, Snowflower jumped in the way and he killed her instead. The cats quickly woke up and the warriors led Barkface out of the forest. Moons had passed and he hadn't returned. At least, Sandnose hoped he wouldn't return.

"What about Barkface?" Pebblefoot asked nervously, flicking his tail back and forth.

"If Barkface draws into the forest, I will take him away. He doesn't even know that Stonekit is alive."

"I better head on patrols now," Pebblefoot sighed, anxiety in his voice. "He's a beautiful kit.I look forward to being a father."

Sandnose smiled as her mate left. She was worried though about Stonekit. Barkface couldn't know of his existence. If he was reported, Sandnose would leave the clan and make sure Stonekit was safe. She couldn't have her one and only son killed. It took her moons for Pebblefoot to convince her to have kits, since Sandnose had argued that Barkface would surely kill her kits if she had some. She didn't want to admit that she was right.

Sandnose closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. She awoke in StarClan. Blue lights dazzled. Lovely trees and a soft mist came into a view. A pure white she-cat came forward. "Angelpelt?" Sandnose asked, forgetting her mother had patches of brown on her body.

As her vision became clearer, she noticed it was the SnowClan leader, Icestar.

SnowClan was in a clan far away. Icestar claimed that Sandnose was a cat that Icestar had seen in her dreams named Sandpelt.

Many visions had come, and Sandnose discovered that Sandpelt was actually an ancient cat that had died ages ago. Sandnose was a reincarnation of Sandpelt, though she was much different. Sandpelt's visions hadn't affected Sandnose in any way since Sandnose had much worse memories. As for her dreams, she and Icestar would meet up in their dreams every once in awhile. Sandnose enjoyed the times they did, since she didn't have any good friends. No cat would step near Sandnose, scared that if they became friends with her, Barkface would kill them.

"Why are you here, Icestar?" Sandnose asked.

"Your ForestClan ancestors have asked me to convey a prophecy to you."

"Why couldn't they have come theirselves?" Sandnose asked.

Icestar shrugged. "I'm not exactly sure why. But here it is: In the clan of forests, one kit shall be born of stone. His life may seem short, but another life he will live as well. Prospering in two different worlds, the stone shall live on and return happily bringing happiness to his clan."

"What does that mean?" Sandnose asked.

Icestar shrugged. "I do not know for sure, but it is time I told you the truth."

"What truth?" Sandnose asked.

"I am Pebblefoot's mother."

Sandnose gasped.

"You must not tell him of this. It might interfere with the prophecy."

"I won't," Sandnose said, promising she would not let it slip.

Icestar faded and soon Sandnose awoke in her nest. What did the prophecy mean? His life may seem short. Did that mean Barkface would kill him? She did not know. She didn't want to know. It hurt her too much.