The snow blew strong, threatening to toss the female cat into the infinite white world. Her feet dragging as she carried four little white bundles, that she would lose if she dropped, through the thick layers of ice and snow. Her kits were her only family, and they weren't safe where they were born, so being their mother she had to take them away. The she-cat stumbled, one of the kits had awoken and started mewing loudly for warmth. But she couldn't stop yet, she had to get them far away, and without a moment to lose, just as the storm began to become too much; she found refuge in a small forest protected by thick trees and branches. She slumped to the ground, exhausted from her long journey, but quickly got back up and gathered moss and twigs and leaves to build a nest. When she was done the nest was nice and warm, her four kits snuggled up together and purring. The sight brought a smile to her face, but it didn't last long when she heard the others following close behind her. "MIST! MIST!" A voice called, the she-cat ran out of the protected forest and back into the storm. That was the last those four kits ever saw their mother, and all they had were each other. From then on it was survival of the smartest, and those kits had to fight to make it.

(Not a chapter* Flashback from when River, Tide, Wave, and Rain were kits)