I stalked back and forth, then slammed my paw into the ground. "Rain, you know we can't trust them!" I snarled. "They killed mom." I blinked away tears. Rain padded up and purred softly, "Rose, they didn't mean to. They didn't know that she had kits… us. They want to take us in because they feel bad."
"Well, they can save their pity and Froststar can find someone else to take in. We don't need them!" I hissed. Rain shook his head, "Rose, we'll starve, k. we don't know how to survive out here. We're used to having free rein, not having to share territory." He murmured, and I winced, knowing that he was right. "Can you just try it, please? For me?" my eyes filled with pain, for he knew that I would do anything for him. He was my only living family. I gave him a curt nod, and curled up to sleep, letting them dark, black sleep envelope me.
When I woke up, dawn was breaking through the branches of the oak tree where our den was. I yawned, my jaw popping and creaking. I trotted out of the den and opened my mouth letting the scents of the forest flood in. Mouse, my ears pricked up and I dropped into a hunters crouch. I stalked forward and jumped, finishing off the mouse with one bite. When I got back to the den I had caught two mice, one for me and one for Rain. "Wake up, dormouse." I mewed, right in his ear. Rain shot straight up into the air and yowled, "I'm up, I'm up!" and bristled his fur. I stifled a purr and fixed his crumpled whiskers with a sweep of my tail and purred, "No, silly, breakfast." And shook my head, dropping the mouse next to him. Then I sighed, resigned "Then.. we can go to Thunderclan when you've finished your mouse." And went to eat my mouse.
