After the brush with untimely death, Mapleshade is miraculously saved by ThunderClan's replacement medicine cat, and accepted back in by the weakened, guilt-ridden Oakstar. Though, knowing that Appledusk's kin will always be a part of RiverClan, her thirst for blood-soaked vengeance for her kits still would never rest. And with the favor of her one of her own kin, as tensions rise between these two of the Clans, she could now further stain the forest in RiverClan's blood.