The final chapter! Not of the story, but just for now. The story is actually waaay longer than this. It'll probably be longer than Silence, even.

I woke later, to the sound of voices. I padded out of the den, and there was Snowstar.

"Sandypelt! There you are!" He ran over to me. "Your parents called us last night. They said you ran away from home, and I guess they figured you were with your friends."

"Well I wanted to at first, but I didn't want to risk it. So, I came here."

"Was the den alright?" Barkclaw asked me.

"Yep."

"We can't worry about that! Um... they don't know you can Change, do they?" Snowstar asked.

I nodded reluctantly.

"That really complicates things. What if they get Animal Control over here?!"

"They wouldn't! They know that once they figure out I'm actually a human, they'll involve the government, and the scientists, and it'd be all over the news that I'm a part-cat freak!"

Snowstar bristled and I sighed.

"Look, I know my parents. They wouldn't want that. They'd rather let me be."

"Alright." Snowstar walked away.

I padded into the shade and started grooming my fur. More cats were coming, and so I got up and found Stormpaw.

"Sandypelt! Can we train today?"

"Sure. Let's hunt. I haven't eaten since yesterday."

My stomach growled in agreement.

Stormpaw's whisker's twitched in amusement. "Okay. I was practicing my crouch last night; I think I've got it."

We ran into the forest, and once we came to a thicker place, I slowed down.

"Okay, let's try. What can you scent?"

Stormpaw breathed in deeply.

"Trees, mostly. And squirrel, bird... Mouse?"

I nodded, flicking my ears to the base of a tree.

Stormpaw fell into a hunter's crouch, stalking silently across the forest floor. He got nearer... and nearer... Then he jumped. The mouse just barely realized what was happening before Stormpaw ended its life.

"Good work!" I mewed.

"You want it?" Stormaw pushed the mouse to me.

I nodded and started to eat. Stormpaw was testing the air, trying to figure out what else there was. He walked a little ways off, then came running back to me.

"Sandypelt, look at this!"

I got up and ran to the spot where he was standing.

There were two little kits together. One was breathing, the other was not.

"She's dead," I whispered.

"And he's barely alive."

"Let's take him back to camp."

I picked up the tiny little tom. He didn't struggle, just mewled once.

When we got into camp, most of the cats were there.

"Poppyflower!" Stormpaw called

"Coming!" Poppyflower ran across the clearing.

"Oh, poor thing!" She exclaimed when she saw the kit, limp in my jaws. "Bring it right in here."

I followed her into another little cave formed by the Boulder. Inside there were a few nests and I set the kit into one.

Poppyflower sniffed him. She closed her eyes for a minute, then ran over to the other side of the cave.

She got a few leaves and started to chew them up.

"How do you know all that?" Stormpaw asked in wonder.

"StarClan told me," She said, spitting the pulp onto another leaf. "Someone has to know all the herbs!"

She picked up the leaf and sat down by the kit.

"Stormpaw, could you go and get Cloupaw here, so he can watch?"

Stormpaw ran out of the den, calling for Cloudpaw.

Poppyflower gently nudged the kit. He opened his eyes, and whimpered.

"Ssh, eat his."

She started to feed the kit the herbs.

Cloudpaw walked in and sat down a little ways from his mentor and watched.

Eventually, the little kit closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"Cloudpaw, we have to stay in the camp tonight to watch the kit. Will you?"

Cloudpaw nodded after a bit.

"Thanks. We also might need someone else in the camp to guard us. Will you, Sandypelt?"

"Okay."

"Good."

I walked out of the den. Snowstar was lying down on the Boulder, watching everyone.

"Hey, Snowstar, what're you thinking about?"

"We've come so far. Just a few days ago, Poppyflower had the crazy idea that we'd make TreeClan. Now we are TreeClan. I'm actually thinking of leaving my human life behind."

"Well, we've made a great camp, Stormpaw is an amazing hunter, Poppyflower is a natural, and you're... You're... A natural leader."

"I guess. But sometimes I think, 'What have I gotten myself into?' TreeClan has already taken you out of your home, and I think we may wind up living here for good."

"StarClan gave us this gift for a reason. Our destiny is laid out for us."

I lay down next to him and started grooming his ears. He mumbled, "Our destiny is, Sandypelt, our destiny is." Then he sighed and went to sleep.

Yay! Okay, maybe that part was a little cheesy, but I started writing this a few months ago. It'll get better! See you next update!