Mousepaw had been true to her word. She refused to hunt. She even went as far as to not eat anymore. Mousepaw went on a hunting patrol with Frightwing, Ravenclaw, and Limptail. The older warriors kept silent, but Frightwing continued to get Mousepaw to speak to him.

"Would you forget it!" Limptail finally snapped. "She's a lost cause, she wants to starve this leaf-bare then let her!"

Snow had fallen and prey was scarce, but the rest of the Clan had plenty to eat with Mousepaw not eating and two new apprentices. Moonkit and her brother, Ashkit, were the only kits in the Clan, but if Viperfang was victorious in getting Ravenclaw there could be more on the way.

"Mousepaw," the brown she-cat's mentor turned to face her, "I smell a squirrel not far from here, go get it."

"I told you, that hawk was the last piece of fresh-kill I would ever get for you." Mousepaw put calmly.

"Would stop being selfish for once and-" Ravenclaw began.

"Look I'm not eating anymore am I?" Mousepaw stood. "If I die before I kill Silversol you all will have no one else to blame!"

"Mousepaw, please," Frightwing begged, "you have to eat, you're skinnier than Limptail!"

"I don't care!" Mousepaw spat. "I'd rather die than keep putting up with your disappointment in me!"

"I'm not disappointed in you!" Frightwing meowed.

"You don't count, I helped you become a warrior and now you're just paying me back!" Mousepaw growled. Another dizzy spell hit Mousepaw and she wobbled on her legs to keep up.

"This isn't good," Frightwing put, "she needs something to eat now!"

"Take her to camp then." Ravenclaw turned.

"I don't want to go back!" Mousepaw pushed away from Frightwing.

"Then leave." Ravenclaw growled.

Mousepaw glared at her mentor and the warriors around her. Limptail was about to speak, but Ravenclaw went on walking. Frightwing gave Mousepaw a pleading look, but the she-cat pushed past him and bolted away from the toms.

It was sun high and Mousepaw just looked at her reflection in a stream that went past RiverClan and ShadowClan. Her fur was ruffled and her ribs were showing. She decided to just lay there and die. Who would care besides Frightwing? And after the fight with Amberpaw, the golden she-cat probably didn't want anything to with Mousepaw.

Mousepaw didn't want to go back to Twoleg place. Those Nofurs would only give her food and ignore her. It would be just like the Clans. Big Boy was probably only nice to her because Amberpaw was there. She then thought about going to the city. Mousepaw then realized that if she didn't belong in the forest or Twoleg place, she didn't belong anywhere. She buried her face in her paws and did something she never thought she'd do, she prayed to StarClan to help her get through this.

That's when small mewling was heard. Mousepaw raised her head to see a small group of kits being herded to the side of the stream. Something was going to drown them! She spotted Moonkit and Ashkit among the kits. Mousepaw bounded over, but stopped when a puff of smoke appeared in front of her. Silversol then appeared, her eyes gleaming with pride.

"Hello, my favorite little kittypet!" Silversol's whiskers twitched.

"What are you doing with these kits?" Mousepaw demanded.

"Getting revenge for you of course," Silversol meowed in reply, "you're not welcomed here, even with how much heart and soul you put in to helping them, these kits are the future of all clans, how do you think they'll take it when they all die?"

"Moonkit, Ashkit!" Mousepaw cried out. The kits' eyes were clouded and they didn't seem to hear her.

"Fool," Silversol purred, "they're under my control, all they know now is wait for me to give the single to jump in the water!"

"You can't do this!" Mousepaw yowled.

"Oh, yes I can!" Silversol retorted. "A cat from your clan killed my mate before we could have kits of our own, now Darkstar's lineage will never continue! I'm taking back you took from me! All your queens and kits will die! Go!" Silversol turned her yellow green eyes on the kits and at once the jumped in to the frigid waters.

"No!" Mousepaw jumped in after as Silversol vanished in a puff of smoke. The kits seemed to have woken, mewling was heard, and they splashed their paws hoping to swim. "I'm coming!" Mousepaw called.

"Turtlefur, Snaketooth!" Mousepaw could hear Ashkit's cry along with his sister's.

"RiverClan kits, can you swim?" Mousepaw asked padding after them, her just barely above water.

"Barely!" One cried back.

"Grab as many small kits as you can and when I reach you-" water filled her throat, but she wasn't giving up on these kits. "Grab on to me when I get to you!" She rasped. The two RiverClan kits grabbed one WindClan kit, two ThunderClan kits, and three SkyClan kits. Moonkit and Ashkit were too far to grab. Mousepaw had reached the closest kits and they grabbed on to Mousepaw with unsheathed claws, but Mousepaw ignored the pain. She needed to save Ashkit and Moonkit. "Moonkit, Ashkit, you'll be okay, husk kick your legs and make your way toward me, use your forepaws too!" the kits obeyed and once Moonkit was close enough, Mousepaw snatched her up in her jaws. She motioned with her head for Ashkit to climb on her back. The dark grey tom climbed on and dug his claws in to Mousepaw's pelt. "Now hold on! It's gonna be a bumpy ride!"

"My kits!" A ThunderClan queen wailed. "Silversol took my kits!"

"Oh, my lovely Moonkit and charming Ashkit!" Turtlefur joined in, burying her face in Snaketooth's chest.

"There has to be something we can do!" Whisperstar demanded.

"What can we do?" Foxstar rasped. "Silversol took the only kits in every Clan and we have no idea where they could be."

"They could be dead for all we know!" Jumbledstar flicked his tail in defiance.

"We can't just stand here doing nothing!" Rippledstar hissed.

"He's right," Lionstar agreed, "I say we set up a search party!"

"Wait, someone's coming!" Yellowstone announced. All the cats of the Clans glared to the entrance from the tree bridge to the island. The leaders called a meeting and all the Clan cats came along to know about their kits. All of them unsheathed their claws and waited. A faint thumping was heard as if someone was limping.

"It's Mousepaw!" Frightwing announced.

The brown she-cat appeared from the bramble with Moonkit dangling in her mouth, Ashkit laid on her back while the RiverClan kits, who were older, held two SkyClan kits, with one leaning against one of the SkyClan kits and the two ThunderClan kits were in the other RiverClan kit's jaws with WindClan kits on her back. Mousepaw was bleeding and soaking wet. The kits were all scraggly from being licked and the kits who weren't RiverClan looked tired. The Clan cats realized they were sleepy from poppy seeds.

Mousepaw set the ShadowClan kits down and they bolted to Turtlefur and Snaketooth. The RiverClan kits let the ThunderClan kits run to their mothers and helped the SkyClan and WindClan kits to their mothers before heading to their own.

Mousepaw then began to shake and breathe heavily. As she fainted, the last thing she saw was Coldeyes, Frogstump, Frightwing, and Ravenclaw run toward her.

When Mousepaw woke up she saw Coldeyes pacing around. He stopped and looked over to see the brown she-cat wake up.

"Oh thank StarClan!" the medicine cat apprentice meowed happily.

"Is she awake!" Goldenpelt's voice called from not far off. Mousepaw shakingly got to her paws and looked to see she was on the island hidden in some bushes.

"Come on Mousepaw," Coldeyes leaned against her to keep her up, "some cats wish to speak to you." They came put see all the Clans gathered, rejoicing with their kits. The ShadowClan cats stood when they saw Mousepaw and the kits pushed away to get to Mousepaw's paws.

"Yay, you're okay!" A WindClan she-kit squeaked.

"We wanted to thank you for saving our lives!" A RiverClan tom mewed happily.

Mousepaw felt her pelt burn with embarrassment. She didn't think she'd get  so much praise. The RiverClan, ThunderClan, SkyClan, and WindClan queens took their kits back as ShadowClan padded up. Most looked ashamed and embarrassed.

"Mousepaw," Smoothpelt started, "did... Did you save all these kits?"

"By yourself?" Goldenpelt added.

It took a moment before Mousepaw finally decided to nod her head slowly.

"You should have seen it!" Ashkit beamed. "She was like a fish and a boat at the same time!"

"I almost saw StarClan for a moment!" Moonkit exclaimed.

"Mousepaw," She turned to see Viperfang, Ravenclaw, Limptail, Brokenjaw, Limptail, Snaketooth, Silvertongue, and Stoneheart looking at her with shameful looks. "We're sorry we treated you like nothing but a kittypet." Limptail's skinny tail was drooping.

"Yeah, we were taking you for granted and almost forgot why we needed you." Viperfang mewed.

"Can you ever forgive us?" Ravenclaw begged. Mousepaw was confused, she didn't know how to react.

"After all we've done to you, you still saved our kits." Stoneheart explained.

"I couldn't just let them drown," Mousepaw spoke, "their only kits, thet don't deserve to die at such a young age."

The warriors' eyes shined with admiration. Mousepaw crouched down her fur burning.

"Alright, alright!" Goldenpelt and Smoothpelt jumped in front of Mousepaw.  "Everyone back off, the hero needs hee space!"

"And the hero deserves an award," Jumbledstar grinned stepping up, "when we return to camp, Mousepaw will no longer be an apprentice, she will be made a full fledged warrior!"

Yowls of joy sounded from all the clan cats. The kits cheered the loudest and Mousepaw felt her heart beat faster than she ever thought possible. She turned to see Amberpaw yowl louder than anyone and Mousepaw wanted to apologize, but ShadowClan began heading off the island. Mousepaw followed after with Ashkit, Moonkit, Smoothpelt, Goldenpelt, and Frightwing.