Firestar's loyal mate, a really good mother to Squirrelflight and Leafpool, she's the cat that won Firestar's heart after Spottedleaf died...Is this how Sandstorm will be remembered? She deserves more than that,in my opinion. If it weren't for her, Firestar might not have led his Clanmates into battle against BloodClan at all. I see your ears prick up, little kits. In spite of StarClan's prophecies and Firestar's determination to save the forest from Scourge, Sandstorm was the one who made Firestar believe he was doing the right thing by fighting the cats from Twolegplace. He trusted her because she loved him above all and would never sacrifice his life for the good of the Clan. She knows Firestar better than he realizes-better even than Spottedleaf, for all of what the medicine cat's murmuring in Firestar's sleeping ears.

Sandstorm isn't just Firestar's shadow, either. Her courage matched his on the journey to rebuild SkyClan. She took on the role of the medicine cat to help the scattered Clanmates, and she matched Firestar blow for blow in the battle against the rats, even though she had only a single life to lose.

I hold Sandstorm in a higher esteem than I do almost to any other Clan cat. She has traveled really far from the days when she and Dustpaw tormented Rust the kittypet. I hope Firestar appreciates her journey as much as she deserves.