Hi, this is my new story Burning Ivy but the idea belongs to tr1xx777. So yeah. I hope you like it. Please enjoy :)

See you around

Ivypool followed Birchfall, Spiderleg and Sorreltail as they headed off on the patrol of the Shadowclan border. She would much rather be hunting but the borders had to be defended, and the tension between Thunderclan and Shadowclan was definitely on the rise again. In the moons following the dark forest battle the rivalry between the four clans had been a lot less prominent than it had been before, but now it was steadily growing again, especially between Shadowclan and Thunderclan.

There were a lot of cats in Thunderclan at the moment, and with it being greenleaf there was enough food, but it was closer to leaf-fall than newleaf and when it got to leafbare there was no argument to the fact that if they didn't have any more territory, they would starve.

All cats starved in leafbare, Ivypool knew that, but most cats didn't starve to death, Thunderclan would. That was why, at the gathering which had occured a quarter moon ago, Bramblestar had asked Blackstar if Thunderclan could have a patch of Shadowclan territory. Blackstar did not react in the way Thunderclan had hoped. He had refused Bramblestar's request immediately before stating that Shadowclan would be keeping a very close watch on their borders and any enemy scents would cause a battle. Onestar's reaction was pretty much the same, albeit a little less angry and a bit more understanding.

As the four cats got closer to the Shadowclan border they saw a Shadowclan patrol already there and marking their territory, and they all stopped as the Thunderclan cats approached.

"Oh look, it's the territory thiefs!" Shrewfoot sneered.

"Don't provoke them Shrewfoot," Crowfrost joined in with a sneer also present in his voice, "We don't want them to attack us, do we?" It was obvious by the way he said the words the a fight was exactly what Crowfrost wanted.

"Look at them!" Scorchfur said, "They wouldn't be able to scratch us, a kit could beat them!"

Ivypool felt her anger rising as each of them jeered at her and her clanmates, she wanted nothing more to leap over there and claw their ears off, and she could tell that her clanmates were thinking the exact same thing.

"See!" Scorchfur carried on, "They won't even defend themselves, they're acting like mice!" Then, just to annoy her even more, Scorchfur purposefully stepped into Thunderclan territory, and Ivypool didn't hesitate to leap straight at him and sink her claws into his fur. Scorchfur let out a hiss of annoyance as he threw Ivypool off. The two patrols were fighting now, and Ivypool and Scorchfur were now circling eachother.

It was Scorchfur who went for Ivypool first, he was aiming for her front legs but Ivypool saw this and dodged out of the way and got a few scratches in around Scorchfur's ears. Scorchfur was soon ready to fight again, but this time Ivypool jumped first. Unfortunately Scorchfur saw it coming and bowled into her, his sheer strength knocking the wind out of her.

He got a few scratches on Ivypool's back before she managed to stand up and faced him again.

"Well, at least you don't back down from a fight, it's a shame you're not gonna win it though." Scorchfur taunted before leaping again. This time Ivypool knew exactly what she was going to do. She didn't move until the last moment so Scorchfur wouldn't be able to twist his body around. As soon as he hit the floor she dug her claws into his dark grey pelt and was about to start scratching him when she heard Bramblestar yell, "Enough!"

With a hiss of annoyance she lifted her paws frem Scorchfurs pelt, and was about to leave when he said, "Not too bad, for a Thunderclan, see you around territory thief."

When they got back to camp Bramblestar was not happy about the fight. He went on a long rant to the patrol about how there was no need to give Shadowclan another reason to try and start a fight, and that this was just adding fuel to the fire. Ivypool got exactly where he was coming from, but Shadowclan had been asking for it, Scorchfur had been asking for it!

Scorchfur. What did he mean 'see you around'. They weren't going to see eachother around, they were in different clans, so why had he said it. And why did he say she wasn't too bad. That was pretty much a compliment! Why would he give her a compliment when they hated eachother! Ivypool really didn't get it, but she couldn't stop thinking about the way his voice sounded and his dark grey fur for the rest of the night.

So yeahhhhh, that's the first chapter. Please review thanks :)