Does Graystripe have any enemies, I wonder? Don't bristle, Blossomkit; not even ShadowClan is the foe of every living cat. He was the first to make friends with FireStar, when he was no more than a lost and very curious kittypet. He and FireStar share the same foolish generosity: could you imagine any other pair of cats catching food for Riverclan when the river was poisoned, or traveling far from the forest to rescue WindClan and bring them home?

But Graystripe's life isn't just a tale of freidnships or about heroics. Like Bluestar, he fell in love with a RiverClan cat, Silverstream, and he fathered her kits. It tore him apart that he had to leave his own Clan-and his best friend-when he took his motherless kits to their mother's Clan, but he believed it was the only place where they'd be truly welcomed. I think he was right; for all ThunderClan's noble gestures, they are not always kind to half-Clan cats. Graystripe came back when he realized that their loyalites were not to his kits' Clan, but to his own.

Now Graystripe has a new mate, Millie, a kittypet that he met when he was captured by twolegs. I don't think ThunderClan realizes how much they owe to Millie for their save return of their leader's best friend and deputy. It was her determination that got them out of Twolegplace, her encouragement that helped Graystripe follow all of the Clans all the way from the forest to the lake. I hope that he never forgets how much she has given up for him, and how far she has travled from her home,in more ways than one.