We can't give up.... [Bacon]

"We could still do part of the idea.." He said quietly.

She stared at her paws.

Longfur sighed, "The origional clans of this area were all from the same pair, yes it would caused problems, but we'd have a clan again" He said.

She shook her head, sighing. "That wouldn't work. We'd all be related and that would create problems. As much as I hate it, leaving is our best bet."

"I'll leave it to you to decide out of the two options, but I was thinking about... Us becoming mates and rebuilding the clan with the kits" He told her.

She cocked her head to one side.

He sighed, letting the kit sleep, "I had a secondary idea though, if you really wanted to stay" He said softly.

She looked down at the small, golden, four and a half moon old kit.

"I don't want to leave either, but it'll be better for her" He said sadly, watching the kit.

She looked away from him.

"The weather will take us eventually as well" He sighed, "We want Dawnkit to have a good life, dovwe not? So we have no choice" He said quietly.

Silverstar winced. "Leave?"

"There's a boat that comes with twolegs, they stay for a couple moons then they leave, when they come we can sneak on and go with them" He told the leader.

As she started to warm up, Dawnkit fell asleep.

Silverstar sighed heavily.

The large tom sighed and curled around the two, keeping an eye on the outside.

She reluctantly got up and walked a few steps to lay down and curl around the kit.

"I'll find a way" He huffed, his ears pinned back, "We'll worry about it later, let's keep Dawnkit warm" He said.

"How?" She argued. "We're in the middle of the ocean, for StarClan's sake."

"When the weather is nicer I'll travel in search of more cats, but only when its safe for you two" He said.

She shook her head. "We're the only cats left on this island. How could we rebuild the Clan?"

"But we are still here" He told her, "We can rebuild the clan when the weather is less life threatening" He said.

Silverstar looked up at the tom, tears in her eyes. "They're gone, all of them," she whispered.

He set the kit down and he looked to his leader, "Silverstar, we need your warmth as well, and you need ours" He said softly.

She hung limply in his grasp, tail flicking weakly.

Silverstar gazed at the ground.

"Let's get you warm" He sighed and carried her inside, his tail flicking.