"She's gone." Luna mewed to Bird, her voice shaking with sadness. "I think we should give Snowkit to Windclan tomorrow. I don't think I can handle giving three kits away in two sunrises."
Bird nodded, squinting to see Snowkit playing with Softkit in the growing darkness. She shuddered at the thought of having to give away her only kit. Luna went out and quickly caught two mice. She gave one to Bird and the other to the two kits left. She wasn't hungry so she laid down with her head on her paws and fell asleep. She woke around sunrise to a small paw prodding her.
"Wake up!"
She jolted to her paws and looked at the kit that had awakened her. It was Snowkit.
"I'm going now." He meowed, his eyes pooling with grief. "I'm going to miss you."
Luna licked his cheek gently and said a final goodbye. He walked slowly out of the den and followed Bird towards Windclan. Luna turned to her final kit and curled her body around Softkit's sleeping form. Bird and Snowkit padded along quietly, neither one knew what to say. Finally, Snowkit cleared his throat and spoke calmly to his mother. "I'm not going to see you again."
Bird just nodded, her throat was too tight with sadness. Snowkit knew how sad she was so he continued. "I know I will probably forget you because I'm only a moon old, but I really hope I don't. You're the best mother any kit could have." He stopped because he could hardly stand his mother's mournful star. She picked him up by his scruff and bounded across the Thunderpath. As soon as she made it across safely, she dropped him.
"How much farther?" Snowkit whined. He had obviously forgotten the mature speech he had just given.
"Not much longer." Bird mewed gently. They finally reached Windclan territory and Bird smelled something familiar.
Mother a voice whispered in her head. She followed the scent and found a beautiful white she-cat sitting next to a small kit. Bird walked slowly up to the cat and noticed that the kit was drenched, and dead.
"Who's there?" The she-cat growled, whipping her head to face Bird. Bird stood still, trying to remember her mother's name.
Her fur looks like the moon
"Moonfur!" She meowed. Moonfur stared at her for a second, taking in the sight of a tattered brown tabby she-cat with eerily familiar yellow eyes. "Why do you have my mate's eyes?" She hissed.
"I'm your daughter." Bird stammered. "Did you really forget me?"
Moonfur's eyes lit up with recognition. "Is that really you Birdkit?"
"It's Bird now, but yes." She replied. "This is my kit, Snowkit."
She pointed at the light brown tabby and white tom beside her. Moonfur didn't seem like she cared about him. "This was my son, Kestrelkit." She glanced at the dark bundle beside her. "He was a moon old, but he just drowned. I got him out of the Riverclan river right before you got here."
"I'm sorry." Bird mewed quietly. She quickly explained her life and all about Clover. "Finally, I met Luna and we both had kits at the same time and they have the same father. I want my only kits, your kin, to grow up in Windclan." She took a deep breath and squeezed her eyes shut awaiting her mother's decision.
"Of course!" Moonfur exclaimed, shocked that her daughter even thought she had to ask for her mother's help. "Sure, no cat has really seen my two kits except for my mate, your father, and Snowkit could pass for one of mine."
Bird mewed a quick thanks. "I really appreciate this. Goodbye Snowkit, have a good life." She turned and started to leave her one and only kit.
"Wait!" Moonfur yowled. "Where are you going?"
Bird sighed and padded back to her family. "I'm not coming with you. The clans aren't the right place for me. I'm a loner." She left her mother, trying to forget the look of confusion and distress on her face. She finally got back to the den and noticed how distraught Luna was. "What is it?" She meowed, worry tingeing her tone. Luna sniffed the air frantically. "I can't find Softkit! I woke up and she was gone!"