Prologue
The full moon shone bright that night and made the she-cats fur glow. But she didn't even notice, just concentrated on moving. She wasn't light on her paws like the young cat she should have been, she struggled often and kept going slow. A little thing was dangling from her jaws, making it even harder for her to keep moving. But she wouldn't let go. It took her a long while to make her way through the bracken, but after days of travelling, she reached a clearing. The clearing. Tired, she laid down the fluffy black kit, licking its ears for the very last time.
"Maybe you can go on... When I failed." she whispered, then vanished between the trees and would never be seen again.
