Wade padded through the forest feeling curious at what or who might be in there and paused because he could feel eyes on him but no matter where he looked around there was no one. His neck fur stood up at the absolute silence in the forest but to his shock a voice meowed, "I wouldn't go further unless you want to be killed kittypet". Twitching his left ear Wade looked up to a tree on his right and saw laying on a branch with a amused look on his face was a tom. He saw that the tom has tortoiseshell and white fur, bright gold eyes, three scars on a shoulder and a fluffy tail.
"why would I be killed? who are you?", meowed Wade relaxing when he saw that the tortoiseshell and white cat meant no harm yet he stayed at the spot. The strange cat's tail twitched.
"If you went any further than you would've encountered ShadowClan who hates kittypets or you would've encountered RiverClan who hates rouges, loners or any intruders. Further along is WindClan who would've chased you all the way back to your home and ThunderClan who would probably invite you to stay or chase you off. You would've encountered ShadowClan first though", explained the strange cat his gold eyes blinking. Wade tilted his head then turned around to leave when he stopped and turned to look at the tortoiseshell and white cat who was surprisingly still there.
"who are you?", he asked hoping for the answer.
"Wolfpaw", meowed the tortoiseshell and white cat standing up on the branch. Wade hesitated in leaving.
"could you...could we meet again?", mewed Wade wanting to learn about the forest life and Wolfpaw who was silently sitting on the branch. Wolfpaw reluctantly agreed then Wade ran back to his housefolk.

They began meeting silently often going to different areas so they wouldn't be caught and Wade learned about Wolfpaw, Clan life, hunting and the history. One day however his housefolk lock him inside making him miss meeting Wolfpaw and the next day he wasn't allowed to see Wolfpaw again. The next morning as soon as the door opened Wade ran out ignoring the yowls of his housefolk. Jumping over the gate he ran all the way to where he first met Wolfpaw but found the wild cat nowhere to be seen or any scent was found. Suddenly out of nowhere Wade was knocked over onto his back and found himself looking into familiar gold eyes.
"Wolfpaw? I'm sorry for not meeting you. My housefolk locked me inside", mewed Wade seeing the anger in the bright eyes. The anger slowly faded from the gold eyes and the tom got off so Wade could get up. The light brown tabby noticed how his friend look completely now. The tortoiseshell and white tom was more skinny than ever, the fur was dull and ribs could be seen. His heart broke at the sight of his friend looking all fur and bones. "I want to introduce you to someone Wolfpaw. He's a friend of mine and he's also a kittypet but you'll like him!", meowed Wade hoping to cheer his friend up. Wolfpaw's ear twitched.
"alright. lead the way", said the black tom following the light brown tabby out of the forest and into the Twolegplace as Wolfpaw called it. They went past the fences and arrived through a gap into a yard. Wade told Wolfpaw to stay there while he went to get his other friend before going through the flap. He came back out followed by a dark grey tom with amber eyes and a purple collar.