Twilightheart's eyes softened. "I was the only kit in my litter that survived. The rest didn't make it past two moons. I was weak and small, my mother afraid I wouldn't make it. I did, and I grew strong. My father left us," she snarled at the mention of her father, pinning her ears back, "when I became an apprentice, to be a kittypet! My mother..... She had long, white fur. She saved me from drowning, but her long fur dragged her down, and......"