Bird and Luna quickly followed the scent trail of Softkit towards Thunderclan territory. They bounded across the Thunderpath, not caring if there were any monsters coming. Fortunately, neither one got hit, and they raced through Thunderclan territory, stopping when the scent trail stopped at Snakerocks. There stood Luna's trembling light gray and white kit, facing a fierce looking adder. Luna stood in shock, not knowing what to do. She had never seen a snake before. Bird leaped forward to grab the kit by her scruff at the same time that a small black tom scooped Softkit out of the way of the adder. The large snake lunged forward and sank his fangs deep into Bird's body. She dropped onto her belly and the black cat killed the adder with a quick blow to the spine.
"No!" Luna gasped. Her best friend was lying on the ground trying to breathe, but the poison was spreading too quickly. She shuddered violently and was dead.
"I'm sorry." The black cat whispered. "I didn't know she was going to do that."
"It's okay." Luna hissed bitterly. "You only let my best friend die. It's fine."
The cat twitched his whiskers in confusion. "I just saved your daughter didn't I? You should be grateful that I even paid attention to rogues like you."
Luna's ears and tail drooped in defeat. "Yes, thank you, but I'm not a rogue. My father was full Thunderclan and my mother joined for a short while."
The tom's eyes flew open in shock. "You're Blackstripe and Brightflower's kit!"
Luna nodded slowly, not understanding why that was important to him.
"Blackstripe is my father." He explained. "That makes you my half-sister! I'm Smallstar by the way."
"I'm Luna. You're the leader of Thunderclan? Wow. Do you think you could raise Softkit? She's your kin."
"Yes, of course. Why can't you raise her?" Smallstar asked.
"I want her to be a clan cat." Luna meowed. She turned around and left her daughter and half-brother behind.
"Goodbye mommy!" Softkit called.
"Hush." Smallstar corrected gently. "She's not your mother anymore."
Luna's heart nearly burst with emotion and she wandered around aimlessly until she realized that the sun had set. She turned and saw two bright lights racing towards her.
Two suns? Why are they back out? Wait, there's only one sun.
She blinked and saw a huge monster nearly on top of her. She started running, but it was too late. The monster snapped her neck like a twig and in a heartbeat, the loving mother of three was dead.