On the edge of twolegplace, two cats walked side by side; a long-furred black and white tom and a dark ginger she-cat with pale amber eyes.
"Bone." The she-cat said quietly. When her companion turned to look at her, she twitched her whiskers forward to a small black kitten with one white paw. The kit, ignorant of their presence, fled from the forest with blood dripping from his torn ear.
"Do you think we should welcome him to our city, Brick?" Bone asked as the kitten stopped next to a wooden fence.
"I'm not sure. I don't want to get to know him if it turns out he's too weak to survive here." Brick decided.
"Let's keep an eye on him, then. See if he can hack it here."
"Let's do it." Brick agreed with a nod. Unknown to the small kittypet, Brick and Bone followed him as he left the fence and explored the city. Nineteen and Dark chased him from an ant-covered hot dog but Squirrel offered him some chicken before he went hungry.
"This is pathetic." Bone muttered as the young tom rolled over onto his back in an attempt to push his collar off. Calaban, Sunflower, Snapper, and Stripes noticed the kit and made their amusement known. The kittypet ran from their scorn and found Samwise, the elderly twoleg pet dog. Brick's whiskers twitched in amusement as the small tom stabbed one of Sam's lost teeth through his collar. Without visible provacation, the tom kit jumped to attention and then flattened his ears angrily. The sun reached the horizon and drove the former kittypet to sleep next to a twoleg food-place entry.
The next morning, the black tom set out in search, most likely for food, and came across Clover, Larch, Swallow, and Briar licking scraps from paper sheets.
"Excuse me," the kit began in a naturally high-pitched voice. "May I please share your food?"
The four cats shared looks between each other and Swallow almost smiled.
"Where'd that tooth come from?" Clover stepped forward to ask.
"Huh? Oh, the tooth... I-" he hesitated a heartbeat before finishing. "I ripped it right out of a dog's head!" Bone inhaled in a quiet hiss at the other tom's bold lie.
"The dog was going after some food I had stashed away," the tom continued. "So I had to put it in its place. It was pretty fierce, but it couldn't stand up to me. Once it was dead, I pried open its mouth and took this trophy."
"He claims to fight dogs." Bone muttered. "They won't really believe him until they get proof. And if any of these cats catch him in this lie, they'll consider that food stolen."
"So let's give them proof." Brick suggested. "It shouldn't be too hard to get him and Butch to meet."
"Butch is a coward."
"And not many of our strays know him. We lure him to that food place that always has a good meal and go ask the brave dog-killer for help. If our young tom looks like he's going to attack, Butch will flee back home and everyone will know his story to be true."
"Alright, you go. I'm going to continue to watch over our kit." Bone stated. Brick waved her tail in consent before walking across roofs and fences until she reached the miniature twoleg nest that Butch always slept in. Brick crept up close to the nest and took off running when Butch noticed her. Instinct forced Butch to give chase and he was soon lost in the maze of streets and walls. Brick raced into an alley and jumped up onto the nearly full dumpster, knocking a box of chicken pieces covered in bread down as she escaped up onto a wooden fence.
"Is he there?" Bone asked when Brick found him again.
"Yep, settled down with a good meal."
"Good. The tom is sleeping in the tire yard." Bone informed Brick as he led her toward the chain link fence that surrounded the tire yard.
"Hey, you in there. You in the tire." Bone called after they arrived.
"Huh?" His head popped up in the tire next to them. "Are you talking to me?"
"My name is Bone, and this is Brick. We want to speak with you."
"Uh... okay. About what?"
"Is it true that you fight dogs?"
"Um... yes...?" He didn't sound at all confident in his answer.
"Good. Please follow us." Brick instructed and immediately took off. Bone waited a moment for the kitten to follow her before he began walking. It didn't take long for them to reach the alley where Brick had left Butch.
"Okay... so... what's the problem?" The tom kit asked.
"A big dog has made its den back here."
"It won't let any of us near the food. We've tried to chase it away, but it's too big. Too strong."
"Will you fight the dog for us?"
The tom stayed quiet, staring off into the distance between them.
"Maybe he was lying the whole time." Bone suggested, watching the kit for a reaction. "Maybe he's never fought anything before."
"Either way. You have until moonhigh to decide what you're going to do. And if you decide not to fight," Brick said, thinking of how vicious some of the stronger cats could be if they felt they'd been stolen from. "It would be best for you to leave this place for good."
Brick and Bone left the tom to decide as they sought out and collected as many cats as they could find. By the time he returned to the alley, eleven other cats had joined Brick and Bone at the entrance.
"He must be crazy." Thorn whispered to Larch. The sun began rising behind the black tom as he walked toward Butch. The dog woke as the sunlight spread across his fur and immediately began growling at the fence across from the tom.
"Stay back." Bone warned as Briar tried to move forward to see better.
"We don't want anyone getting hurt by this cat's bold choice." Brick lied. With a series of loud yelps, Butch fled from the alley with the tom giving chase. He gave a decent leap and clawed a bit of fur loose from the dog's tail but Butch escaped without injury. Bone and Brick shared a triumphant glance as the rest of the cats swarmed the kitten in congratulation.
"Thank you, thank you so much, you've saved us, you've saved our lives!" Sunflower stepped closer than the rest as she spoke her words. "What's your name?"
"My name is Scourge."
"He'll do well here." Bone observed quietly. "You don't have to stay if you don't want to."
"What do you mean?" Brick asked.
"I know you like hanging aroung the forest, Larchfoot."
"I-"
"It's okay. I don't mind. Maybe you can even figure out which of us is the infertile one. I'll continue to watch over our city and this Scourge can help."
"Thank you, Bone. I'll still come by to help when you or your Scourge need me."
"If we need you, I'll call."

(My stories here will intermingle and I'll include some cats from the Warriors series but the majority of my stories takes place on the opposite side of twolegplace. I'm changing some of the Warriors characters to suit my fanfiction. The most obvious change in this chapter is that Brick is female, and Bone's mate.)