Marshkit woke up. He couldn't sleep. He was having the same visions from the day before and he couldn't get them out of his head.

"Bramblefur, are you awake?"

"What is it, Marshkit?"

"I had another vision."

Bramblefur sat up.

"What happened in your vision?"

"It was the kit, but all grown up. The collar had dog teeth on it. He looked at me like we were enemies."

"Sounds a lot like Scourge."

"Who is he?" Marshkit asked.

Bramblefur sighed. "This world isn't all peaceful all the time. It's about time you knew about the dark parts in the past."

Marshkit was silent and listening.

"A long time ago, he came to the forest as the leader of BloodClan. He was the most evil cat in the forest. He killed Tigerstar with one strike of his claws. But he didn't believe in StarClan. That's how Firestar was able to defeat him. He had only one life to lose. With his death came peace to the forest, and BloodClan scattered."

"So that kit grew up to be an evil monster?"

"I guess so. Now go to sleep."

"Okay, Bramblefur."

He went to his den in his Special Place, and fell asleep.


In his dreams, he saw Scourge's past. Being attacked by the brown and black tom with amber eyes. Running away to twolegplace. Attacking a rouge cat. An agreement with Tigerstar. Finally, he saw the Battle of BloodClan.

But somehow it was different than the way he normally saw things.

He was seeing in black and white.


"Hey Rosemary, do you want to come to the forest with me?"

"No thanks, Tigerstripe. My life is here."

"But your kits!"

"My kits are dead! They didn't survive the storm!"

She sighed. "No body knows my sorrow."

"I do, Rosemary. I had to leave the ones I loved at a young age. My family. Everything I knew. I miss them sometimes."

"Will my kits be alright?"

"I'm sure they're fine. Up there, they have everything they will ever need. Food, water...Us kittypets are never gone forever."

"They're not?"

"No. They tell us prophecies. They give us advice. They watch over us and appear in our dreams. Never is one gone forever, as long as one remembers them."

"If I remember them, how come they don't appear in my dreams?"

"It might take a while. Wait a bit, and perhaps they will visit you in your dreams."