Brambleclaw turned to Squirrelflight first. “Will you fight beside me?”Their eyes met for a long moment. “Always,” she meowed.

She will not die today. I won't let her.

Crowfeather: Leafpool, I know you feel the same as I do. Somehow we have to be together.Leafpool: But I'm a medicine cat, and I'm from another clan. There isn't any future for us Crowfeather.Crowfeather: Leafpool, do you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you?Leafpool: Yes, I do.

Mickey continued. "If you ever come back, you will find this thing, your possession, which you gave to me. It was my favorite toy, and when I played with it, I thought of you. This will prove that I came back to look for you--that I never forgot you or stopped loving you.

Good-bye, Graystripe. I love you. Take care of our kits.

The truth is, I love Firestar now as much as I ever did, and I'll watch over him forever, knowing that he can never be mine. He belongs to Sandstorm and to ThunderClan. But my heart is his, and always will be.