A/N: Sorry for not updating sooner! I had writer's block! And, a special thank you to MoonpoolOrHalflight! Oh, and you have a twitter account, follow me please! PoprocksM

Snowpaw grabbed a thin branch. Echopaw heard it crack, making her paws shift. "You need to come down. Now!" Emeraldheart screeched. From the tall oak, Snowpaw yowled, "Make me! I am trying to prove myself!"

Echopaw shifted and turned to Runningfoot, who's eyes were focused on the tree. Emeraldheart shook as she watched Snowpaw's body climb higher. "I . . . almost . . . got it!" Snowpaw grunted. She had finally reached the sparrow. It chirped a soft song, as its killer got closer.

Snowpaw's belly growled. The bird quit singing and jerked its head towards the direction of the white cat. It stared into Snowpaw's shimmering amber eyes. The sparrow hit the branch three times with its foot. The cat was confused.

"Snowpaw! I'm going to tell Goldenbrook!" Echopaw yelled. The sparrow heard the silver she-cat and took flight. Snowpaw moaned and jumped up, clutching the bird in her claws. She landed back on the branch, her body flipped over.

She winced in pain, but then, she turned over to where she could see Echopaw, Emeraldheart, and Runningfoot. "Hey, guess what? I caught the bird!" she shouted triumphantly.

Echopaw saw something strange, as she fixed her gaze on the sparrow. Its eyes flickered lightly, and a single feather slipped off of the body. It slowly sank to the ground and landed in the dirt. She stared at it briefly, before whipping her head back up to her sister. "Snowpaw, please! Please come down!"

"Why don't you make me?"

"Please?!"

Snowpaw leaned over the branch, smirking at the other apprentice. Then, without warning, the cracking in the tree grew louder. Everyone turned their attention to the limb where Snowpaw laid. She gasped, "Echopaw! Help!"

Echopaw stood, frozen in her tracks. Runningfoot and Emeraldheart dashed to the trunk of the tree, ready to climb. But, they were far too late. The branch hung lower. Snowpaw gasped and tried to claw her way back up.

A shivering wind whirled around the cats, and that was before a white body fell from the oak.

"SNOWPAW!" Echopaw screeched as she watched her sister fall. Snowpaw hit the ground with a sickening CRUNCH!

The limb had her under its weight. She struggled to pull herself out from under it, but her attempts were far from helpful. Snowpaw quit trying and sank to the ground, her paws sprawled out. Echopaw was crying now, for Runningfoot was shaking his head.

"No, no, no, no! She's not going to die! Emeraldheart, can you go and fetch Heathernose?"

"I don't- Of course! I will be back." Emeraldheart said as she bolted towards camp. Snowpaw laid unconcious under the branch. Blood streamed out from under her. Echopaw closed her eyes tight and unsheathed her claws. "I'm sorry, my sister . . ."

Runningfoot looked away and curled his tail around his paws.

Snowpaw fluttered her eyes open. "E- Echo- Echopaw?"

"Snowpaw!"

"Hello."

Echopaw sniffed, "Hi. Listen, Emeraldheart went to get Heathernose. You'll be fine!"

"No, I won't. I'm already near StarClan. Echopaw, I'm sorry for everything I've done. I'm sorry for judging you, and for not listening to you," her eyes wondered off towards the direction of the tree, "Dawnpool is telling me it's time. I'm not scared of StarClan. Not anymore. Hey, Echopaw? Could- Could you tell Goldenbrook I love her, and that I will watch her from StarClan?"

"Sure. I will." Echopaw choked. Snowpaw smiled. Her last words were barely audible, almost like a whisper, "Thank you. Good . . . bye . . ." She looked up, her amber eyes fading slowly. Soon, the glimmering within them was gone.

Crying again! :'(

Okay *sniff* time for a *sniff* a couple of quotes!

Graystripe: "Silverstream!"

Silverstream: "Good-bye, Graystripe. Take care of our kits."

Cinderpaw: "Silverstream!"

Graystripe: "No, Silverstream, no. Don't go. Don't leave me!"

~Silverstream and Graystripe before she dies in Forest of Secrets (pg. 222)

Graystripe: "Silverstream!"

Silverstream: "I'll be waiting."

~Silverstream to Graystripe, shortly after Firestar's death in The Last Hope (pg. 326)