After discovering the truth about Silverwhisker's past, Snowpaw had been more cautious and observant around her, not trusting her as much as she used to.

            It had been about a moon or so since discovering the truth. Silverwhisker had not acted the same as she did, but she was still a great mentor. Stonecloud would tell Snowpaw about bringing up Silverwhisker's past left her in a depressive stage for awhile.
            Snowpaw had to feel for the she-cat too. Her mate had left her, her daughter had murdered her son and hired someone to murder her, and now her daughter was an evil and vicious cat.
            One day, Snowpaw couldn't take it anymore. She felt odd around Silverwhisker and had to cheer her up somehow. But she couldn't tell Silverwhisker that she knew the truth.
            Snowpaw sighed, padding up to her for another hunting lesson. "Silverwhisker, is everything alright?"
            "Fine," the she-cat quickly replied.
            "No, it's not," Snowpaw replied. "You act so depressed now. Is this about your past?"
            "I don't want to talk about," Silverwhisker groaned.
            "But talking will solve your problems," Snowpaw said.
            "No. Talking doesn't solve everything, Snowpaw. Talking doesn't solve war, or the murder of innocent cats," Silverwhisker said.
            "War? Innocent cats?" This Snowpaw had no idea about.
            "I do need to tell you the past. It'll help me and you learn from our mistakes," Silverwhisker said. "Come, sit beside me," she said, pointing to an empty spot on the snowy floor.
            "I was born in FoxClan," Silverwhisker began.
            Yes! An actually descriptive story Snowpaw thought.
            "FoxClan? Where is that?" Snowpaw asked.
            "It's in a forest far away. By SnowClan."
            "SnowClan! That's where I was heading to when..." she stopped. "Continue."
            "Yes, I was born in FoxClan. I lived a normal clan cat life. I even met the love of my dreams. His name was Reedfur. He was charming, sweet, lovely. He was a thick-furred brown tabby tom with those bright green eyes that shone brightly. He was born in FoxClan, though he was of ForestClan descent. His father has been a ForestClan cat, his mother a FoxClan cat. He had family in ForestClan, sometimes even visiting there. Do you know about ForestClan?"
            Snowpaw nodded.
            "We became mates and one day, I found out I was expecting kits. Our leader, Sunstar, had also been expecting at the time, the deputy taking over for the time being. Anyway, Reedfur received a dream shortly before my kits' birth, claiming he had to go help ForestClan because they were in danger and needed help. He claimed he couldn't return because he didn't want to return to an empty camp with me gone. He didn't want to return hearing our kits had died. So he went to live in ForestClan.
            "The night he was about to leave, I gave birth to two kits. A handsome brown tabby tom with the same green eyes as Reedfur. I also gave birth to a silver-blue she-cat with bright green eyes. The tom was named Owlkit and the she-cat...Moonkit. Reedfur left that morning without even saying good-bye.
            "I didn't want anything to happen to my two lovely kits. I let them play with the other kits in the nursery, so they had some fun. But one day they snuck out and I lectured them. They had described their experience with a fox and I was scared for them. But then one day Moonkit lashed out at me and said she hated me. As a mother, it hurt me. I was hurt, still trying to keep in mind that Reedfur would not return. I was confused. I didn't know what to do, so," she sighed. "I spoiled Owlkit and practically abandoned Moonkit. I knew how it felt, but I didn't care. I was in too much pain.
            "I hadn't really cared where Moonkit went. She would disappear now and then, though I would never go after her. One day, she claimed she would leave FoxClan. As much as I hurt, I couldn't let her leave! I rushed in the forest after her, only to be greeted by a muscular tom who...killed me. I turned to the bushes, seeing those familiar green eyes of my kit flashing a blood red.
            "And I was in StarClan, looking down, wondering what had made my kit think killing me was the only way. Owlkit was hurt and sad. And Moonkit lied to the clan, claiming I had been killed by a fox. Moonkit went all the wrong ways. The rogue who had killed me had become her mate and she became pregnant when she was about eleven moons.
            "Then those two SnowClan cats showed up and Moonkit went insane, forgetting she was expecting kits and had a mate. She wanted to be mates with a tom who loved someone else. She tried to kill him, but failed. Owlpaw at the time had figured out she had murdered me, the clever tom. He had stopped her from murdering the SnowClan she-cat, but he had died instead.
            "Moonpaw was exiled from FoxClan, going off to start her own clan. She gave birth to four kits, two of them scared of her and her evil clan of MoonClan. And then she got members and...there's going to be a war soon, Snowpaw. My little daughter took the name of Moonstar. She's killed so many cats...her own kits escaped to get away from her, two staying. She's murderous and evil. And those eyes, those blood red eyes..." Silverwhisker began to tear up. "I failed."
            "Sh," Snowpaw said. "You didn't fail. Moonstar did. I know what it's like to be abandoned too."
            "I know," Silverwhisker said. "Stonecloud and I know your story. That's why we're here. Thank you for listening, Snowpaw. Now, let's work."
            Snowpaw spent the remainder of the time having the old Silverwhisker back. They hunted and talked about shelter, practicing fighting moves too. Snowpaw was nearly nine moons now, getting bigger and better at her moves.
            She returned to her small camp, Stonecloud eyeing her.
            "We talked. She's better," Snowpaw whispered.
            Stonecloud smiled and dipped her head, acknowledging the young warrior.
            As Snowpaw padded off to rest, she thought. She really missed her family, even if they were annoying. What if they were suffering from MoonClan right now? She shuddered and pushed the thought away. But what if her family was in danger? She had to protect them even if she was just a runt and abandoned!