Panting, I was running back to the cave with prey in my jaw. "Dragon, c'mon!" I heard Fang, my sister, yowl. Once the cave was in

sight through the thick jungle trees, I skidded to a halt beside Fang. She glanced at me, then mewed, "That's one good vole you

got there. I'm starving." Rolling my eyes, I replied, "You don't have to be such a mouse-brain!" Then, our brother, Viper, looked

over us hanging on a jungle vine. He playfully hissed, his skinny body shaking. He mewed in a quick, hissy voice, "Is the prey here?

I can smell it," I dropped the vole on the ground, and Fang sliced it into thirds with her claws. We learned how to catch prey at 2

moons, and now we are all 6 moons old. We each took a piece and raked the skin off. Viper was hanging from a tree while eating

the vole. He has an unusually long spine and tail, which he uses to climb and swing from tree to tree. Fang was a protector of our

cave, and I was the hunter. Once we were done eating, I heard a rustle from a bush on the side of the clearing where our cave is.

Fang narrowed her eyes and padded to the bush. There was a hiss from the bush, and 2 cats emerged from the bush. One was the

same age as us, and the other one was older. The 6-moon-old one was a dark brown tom with black stripes, and the older cat was

a crispy brown she-cat with a white muzzle. Viper appeared in front of them, mewing, "Who are you two? You will not take this

away from us!" The brown she-cat cocked her head at him, then mewed, "We won't take this territory from you. We were on a

patrol. I'm Mousepelt, and this is Darkpaw, my apprentice. What are your names?" Why do they have weird names? Why do they

have apprentices and patrols? Many questions wizzed through my head, which made me stumble a bit. Viper replied, "Oh, I'm

Viper, and that's Fang," He hung by his back paws and pointed his tail at Fang. "and this is Dragon." He pointed his tail at me.

Darkpaw stared at me with his hostile amber eyes, but I could faintly make out an affection shimmer in his eyes. Looking away, I

mumbled, "I wish I could go with them..." Mousepelt pricked her ears at me and mewed to me," You can come if you want,

Dragon." Fang nodded to me, and Viper mewed, "I'll protect you with my life!" Mousepelt and Darkpaw bounded away into the

jungle, and I ran after them.