"All right! Let's form a hunting patrol!" Stormheart clapped his paws for his Clan to hussle up. "I want Lionblaze, Brackenfur, Squirrelflight-."

"Me?!" the ginger she cat popped her head out of the den.

"Yes, you." Stormheart meowed in defeat.

"All right!"

Librastar, ThunderClan leader, came over to Stormheart and quietly sighed, "You're doing well, for a deputy. I see pride in your paws and determination in your eyes. You would become a good leader if you had any chances to defeat Sharptooth from the mountains."

"Thank you, Librastar."

He jumped off of Highledge and called over to his patrol.

Stormheart's border patrol quietly walked in a straight path when silhouetted shadows were seen slicing through trees.

Lionblaze pricked his ears. "What was that?"

"I don't know." Brackenfur acknowledged.

Stormheart turned his eyes into slits and stared carefully through the greenery.

Squirrelflight got the scent. "Hhh! Dogs!" she whispered.

Lionblaze unsheathed his claws, a low growl in his throat.

The group of dogs came out in sight.

"Stop!" Stormheart warned, "You're entering ThunderClan territory. If you're here to bark with us, that's fine."

"No." Weed stepped forward.

"Weeed." Kagetora moaned.

"Wait." He turned to Stormheart. "I'm Weed and this is my army. My father Gin here is with me to explore the rest of Ohu-…"

"Ohu?" the patrol quired.

"Yes, the paradise of dogs."

"This Lake territory belongs to us!"

Lionblaze was ready to spring on Kyoshiro.

"Wait!" Stormheart meowed. "Let them continue."

"We are here to find a safe place from a hybrid creature named

Kabitsu or P-4. Please, help us."

"Hmm." Stormheart thought.

Lionblaze came over to his ear and whispered,

"Are you mouse-brained? Taking a pack of dogs into the Clan?

They are even worse than Tigerstar's pack of dogs.

Please, just leave them alone and let us continue with our hunting."

"No." Stormheart confirmed. "We could give them a chance.

Besides, this is their first time, isn't it?"

The patrol seemed to understand.

The cats flicked their tails, beckoning the Weed and the others to enter Thunderclan camp for the first time.