"Hello young one."

Angel opened her eyes. She was lying in a beautiful forest. The leaves
and grass were green. She got up to her paws and saw a blue she-cat
sitting a few foxlengths ahead of her. She walked up to her and sat
down.

"What a great looking forest and it is so warm here. I must be dreaming
'cause it was snowing and the leaves were brown. Are you Winterstar?"
asked the white she-cat.

"No, my name is Bluestar." Bluestar licked her paw and moved it over her
ears. "Right now, you are in Thunderclan's medicine den..."

"Thunderclan?" Angel interrupted.

"Yes. It is not Winterclan that needs you, it is Thunderclan." Bluestar
mewed.

"But, I thought it was Winterclan that needed me. That's why Winterstar
came to my parents." Mewed Angel confused.

"Winterstar said that your past would call you back into the forest. I'm
sorry to say this young one but Winterclan is no longer together. They
are all kittypets and rouges now." Bluestar replied.

"So, what does Thunder..."

"Angel, I know you have many questions." the blue she-cat interrupted.
"But it is time you woke up." Bluestar began to fade. "One more thing,
tell them your name is Snowpaw." Within moments, the cat faded leaving
Angel alone in this wonderful forest. She closed her eyes, replaying the
conversation in her head.

She opened her eyes to a dark den, the smell of plants overpowering
other smells. She looked to her left. There was a light brown tabby
she-cat lying right next to her. To the right, a gray tom lay next to
her. I must be in Thunderclan. The gray tom lifted his head.

"You're awake" he mewed. He got up and woke the light brown tabby. The
gray tom looked at her and she nearly squeaked in shock. What's wrong
with his eyes?

"I see you're awake. Firestar found you just in time. Any longer and you
wouldn't have made it." Mewed the light brown tabby.

"Firestar?" mewed Snowpaw.

"My name is Leafpool, and this is Jayfeather. What's your name?"

"My name is Ang...Snowpaw." She corrected herself.

"Snowpaw? You mean you are a clan cat? You smell of kittypet." Jayfeather
mewed, staring at her as if she caught her lie.

"I'm not a clan cat. I was a kittypet. The name was given to me as a
kit." Snowpaw mewed staring back at him.

"How is she doing?" asked Firestar as he walked into the medicine cat's
den.

"She's finally awake." Leafpool mewed.

Firestar walked up to the snow-white she-cat. "Hello, I'm Firestar,
leader of Thunderclan. How are you feeling?"

Snowpaw struggled up to her paws. It feels like I've been sleeping for
days. "I'm Snowpaw and I'm doing fine thanks. So what happen to me?"

"I found you in our territory near the twolegged place. You were
freezing to death, so I brought you to our camp and Leafpool and
Jayfeather took care of you." The ginger tom mewed.

"Twoleg?" Snowpaw mewed confused.

"The housefolk is probably what you called them." Firestar mewed with
pain in his eyes. Snowpaw could see that mentioning housefolk brought
back painful memories. "You're probably tired so ill let you rest. If
you need anything ask Leafpool or Jayfeather." Snowpaw gave a nod.
Firestar turned around and left.

Later that day, Firestar came into the medicine den to talk to Snowpaw.

He explained to her about the warrior code and what clan life is like.

After their talk, Firestar asked her if she was interested in joining

Thunderclan, and she accepted.