Spider was a former loner living with her mother and her brother, but one day a wildfire spread out on the prairie causing her to get separated from her family,eventually she found Ermine, her kit-sitter and they made it to the stream away from the fire. Once the fire dies out Spider and Ermine look for survivors, sadly Spider's mother and brother didn't make it and died in the fire. They find one survivor, an older kit named Yew, Ermine takes care of the two kits until they meet the group heading to the lake, they join the group and the newly named Spiderkit is excited for her new life in Rainclan.