Amanda stared out the window. It was 4 years since her pet kitten, Snowy, had disappeared. Her parents had believed long ago that he was dead, but Amanda knew that he was alive.

She went to the forest. Suddenly a flash of white caught her eye.

"Snowy!" she yelled and chased him into a clearing.

"Twoleg!" howled a yellow cat.

"What's a twoleg?" Amanda asked.

Silence.

"She speaks our tongue!" Snowy cried.

"Your right Clouldtail!" mewed a tortoiseshell.

"Welcome, I am Firestar, leader of ThunderClan," meowed the yellow cat. "What's your name?"

"Amanda."

Firestar looked briefly at the sky.

"It is night. We must sleep. Amanda, you may sleep outside my den."

Amanda followed Firestar to a little cave and fell asleep.

"Amanda, you have been singled out by StarClan. You can speak cat."

Amanda looked up. A silver blue cat stood before her.

"Who are you?"

"I am Bluestar. You are dreaming. Amanda, do you wish to become a cat?"

A slight breeze blew Amanda's hair. Did she want to be a cat? She thought of running through the forest, hunting prey…

"Yes! Bluestar, I want to be a cat."

"Spirits of StarClan, this Twoleg no longer wants to be what she is. Now change her form to that of a cat's."

Bluestar touched her nose to Amanda's. A scarlet flash startled her wildly and threw her to the ground. Amanda was a cat.