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Chapter 3

Lionblaze sighed as he grabbed a piece of fresh-kill. He saw Cinderheart grooming her soft gray fur by the high rock and padded over to her. He winced as he walked hearing yowling in the medicine cat den. 'Scarlet' had been here for barely two days and his brother and her had been butting heads almost every minute.

"Ow! That hurt!" He heard her yowl, he heard his brother hiss back, "it wouldn't hurt so much if you stopped squirming!" He sighed in annoyance as the clan started muttering.

He finally made it towards the pretty gray she-cat and dropped the mouse in felt of her. She raised her head to look at him and smiled. "Hey Lionblaze," She purred.

"Want to share?" He offered, she nodded and scooted over for him to sit down. They ate together in silence, but a screech filled the camp.

"URGH! God damn it! Let me out of here! This idiot is driving me crazy!" He twitched his whiskers in amusement and he felt Cinderheart purr. "Stop calling me that you stupid stra-OW! What the-? Did you just slap me?!" The whole clan seems to be listening to the two cats arguing, even Bramblestar poked his head out of the den.

"Starclan, those two are like fire and ice!" Cinderheart exclaimed. He nodded in Agreement and sighed, "if Scarlet is going to stay here for a couple of moons they better get used to being den-mates." He heard them start to screech again and sighed, he stood up and shook his fur before turning to Cinderheart. "I'm going to go check on them, see ya later." She smiled but nodded and he turned towards the medicine cat den.

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With Scarlet and jayfeather~

"Will you stop squirming!" Jayfeather growled. She turned her milky green eyes on him an glared daggers at him. "It hurts though!" He rolled his eyes and me owed exasperated, "oh stop being over dramatic and just let me do it you big kit!" She growled but grudgingly gave in. He sighed in annoyance before applying the marigold to her shoulder. She winced and gave a small hiss of pain before sighing with relief. "There, finished. Now go rest in your nest."

"No way! I've been in here for days, I want to check out this so called 'camp of yours. Besides I need a break from you." He growled, annoyed but closed his maw. Fine, he thought, if she wants to reopen her wounds again let her. He sighed and muttered, "fine, do whatever I don't care." She gave a smug snigger and lifted herself to her paws, purposely lifting her injured paw and limping towards the exit.

"She-cats." He muttered to himself, "thank Starclan I can't take a mate," the stubborn she-cat had been giving him trouble since she arrived and it was gradually getting worse. He longed to rake his claws over her ears but sadly he couldn't.

"Jayfeather?" He flicked his ear as he heard his brother Lionblaze pad inside. "Geez, the whole clan could hear you two!" He exclaimed. Jayfeather ignored him and went on to organize the herbs, sniffing in anger as he realized the mess the rogue had made.

"So where is she?" The tabby asked, jayfeather flicked his tail towards the exit and went back to cleaning the mess. "Ah...so what do you think of your new den-mate?" He asked teasingly. Jayfeather flattened his ears and hissed, "she's the most annoying she-cat I've ever met! Not to mention stubborn, rude, and difficult! She slapped me for trying to put some marigold on her-"

His brother cut him off, "so pretty much a female version of you." Jayfeather whipped his gray head towards his brother and gave him a death glare. Lionblaze chuckled nervously and flattened his ears giving a sheepish smile. Jayfeather sniffed before turning back to the herbs. His tail lashed in anger and annoyance as Lionblaze mewed, "we'll I'm going to go say hey to our 'guest', see ya later jayfeather."

He flicked an ear to show he'd heard him and Lionblaze left the den. He sighed as he fumbled with the mess, this was going to be fun.

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Scarlet left the den and immediately felt shock and amazement run through her. Their 'camp' was huge! Huge rock walls surrounded them leaving an opening to a bramble tunnel and their were different dens and cats everywhere. As she limped through the camp, she heard a few gasps of shock and the staring of them. She felt anger seethe through her at their judgmental stares.

Scarlet whipped her head around at the cats and they immediately turned away and started whispering. She growled in annoyance but she stopped short when a delectable smell hit her nose. She looked around, trying to find the source and her teal eyes landed on a pile of food. Mice, robins, sparrows, voles and other delectables were sitting there, waiting to be eaten. She felt her stomach growl, she was starving. She hadn't eaten since the chase.

It growled again and she flattened he ears and looked down at her stomach. 'Shut up you!' She mentally scolded her stomach.

"Hey." Her head whipped upwards and she found herself locked in amber depths. It was erm...Lion...something. He looked amused and she growled in her throat. "You look hungry, come on, they don't bite." He mused, flicking his tail towards the fresh-kill pile. She flattened her ears and growled, "we'll obviously stupid."

He chuckled but meowed, "come on, I'll get you something. Your hungry, obviously." She relaxed a bit but glared at him at his last remark. He flicked his head towards the pile an started to pad towards it. she followe him silently. He turned back around with a juicy looking mouse in his jaws and her mouth watered.

He dropped it at his paws and nudged it towards her with his paw, "go ahead. I already ate." She eyed him warily and retorted, "I'm not an idiot, you could of poisoned it!" He rolled his eyes and meowed, "oh dear Starclan, just eat it!"

She glared at him before muttering, "damn you guys are weird." She turned her gaze towards the mouse and immediately started to dig in. She savored the able in her mouth, in the city, mice were extremely rare, so most alley cats had to supply with rats or eating out the the human garbage. She heard him laugh a little above her. She looked up, licking her chops and saw him looking at her wig an amused expression. "What?" She growled irritably.

"Nothing but you seemed to be really hungry, I've never seen a cat dog into a mouse like that." She felt her ears grow hot with embarrassment and looked away. Muttering to herself. "So what's it like in the city? If you don't mind me asking." He asked.

She rolled her eyes, "so your serious? Your never been to the city? Wow. Well, it's full of humans and buildings and of course alley cats like me." He nodded for her to continue and she went on, "we lived their ever since my parents...passed on." Pity and sorrow filled his eyes and he murmured, "oh, I'm so sorry..." She nodded but he asked, "you said we?" She inwardly groaned, "yes...I live with my little brother there."

"You have a brother?" He asked curiously, tilting his head to the side. She hissed, "isn't that what I just said, stupid?!" He flattened his ears and she sighed, "look, I'm sorry ok?" He nodded but before he could say anything a voice interrupted them, "hey Lionblaze!" Hey both turned their heads to see Icecloud padding up to them, "hey Icecloud," he greeted. The so called 'Icecloud' turned her white head towards her and her eyes widened when they landed on her pelt, "woah...so it's true.."

Scarlet flattened her ears and asked bitterly, "what?" Icecloud stated at her for a little longer before coughing awkwardly and shaking her head. "N-nothing but everyone was talking about how your fur was blood red, and well, I didn't believe it until i saw you." She growled inwardly, but nodded, "hm, well thanks for the information, 'icecloud'." The she-cat seemed surprised by her bitterness and lowered her head and backing away, "yeah..erm ok I-I'll see you later then..." She awkwardly padded away and she stared after her. She turned back to Liomblaze, but didn't meet his eyes.

"Go ahead." She muttered. She felt his amber gaze burning into her pelt but he didn't budge. "Go ahead and what?" He asked.

She sighed, "Go ahead and ask about my pelt and tell me how weird it is." She waited for him to answer but he never did. "Scarlet, I'm not going to ask I you don't want me to, besides I don't think your pelt is weird, it's just different. There's nothing wrong with being different, it make you unique, and I for one think your pelt is rather pretty."

She raised her eyes up in surprise, and saw him smiling at her slightly. He don't think she was weird looking? He was the only cat to think so besides her brother and Ace. She looked up at him and muttered, "thanks...I mean you know, for saying all that..." He nodded and smiled wider. She got what he was thinking and immediately drew back. "Hey,hey,hey! Nuh Nuh Nuh, oh hell no. Just no." He threw his head back and busted out laughing. She glared at him but couldn't help but let out a small smile. He was easy to get along with that was for sure, an she was not one to get along with easily, her temperamental nature kept cats away if her pelt alone didn't. When he finally stopped, he meowed still chuckling, "your not that bad you know, for a stray." She flicked her tail in annoyance at the last remark but smirked a little. "Thanks same with you."

He grinned and asked "anyway so you have a brother right? Where is he?" Her smirk immediately turned into a frown. He noticed her reaction and flattened one ear, "oh, I'm sorry, if you don't want to talk about it that's fine..."

She shook her head and looked at him wearily before sighing, "no. It's fine. I live with my brother back in the city. I guess I've been his protector ever since our parents passed. He's still there." Liomblaze nodded, his amber eyes filled with interest and curiosity. "Well what happened? Why are you here? Why isn't your brother with you?" She felt impatience prickle her pelt and she answered stiffly, "I think you got enough out of me for one day." Disappointment filled his eyes and he meowed, "Starclan, your a mysterious one aren't you?"

She snorted, "ok seriously, Starclan? Thunderclan? What the hell are those?" Lionblaze rolled his eyes but sat down. She did the same, eyeing him expectantly. "Huuuuh. I guess going to have to explain everything don't I? Well, thunderclan is the name of our camp. Each of us are either thunderclan apprentices, warriors, elders and so on. There are four clans, Thunderclan obviously, Shadowclan, Windclan, and Riverclan. But-" she cut him off.

"Ok, weird, weird, weird, aaaaand weird again. But what about that Starclan thing?" He sighed but continued. "Starclan is the clan of heavenly warriors. Our warrior ancestors. When a warrior falls, they join Starclan. You know that thick band of stars at night?" She nodded. "That's silverpelt. When we die, we join them up there and get our own star." She stared at him for a moment before bursting out in a for of laughter. He stared at her in confusion until she was done. When she finally finished, she turned her gaze back on him and saw his confused look. "Dude, your serious? Oh my god, that...is the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life. Warrior ancestors? Silverpelt? Only a kit would believe in that load of crap."

Lionblaze glared at her, "no it's not! It's true!" She rolled her blue green eyes. "Riiiiight, sure it is. But do keep going. I find it amusing." She joked. The golden tabby sighed in annoyance but looked up to meet her gaze. Her teal eyes were swimming with amusement as disbelief. He found his eyes locked on her own as he continued. "Fine, I'll tell you. The leaders also get nine lives from Starclan..."

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Well that's it for now sorry the chapter sucked big time. But I'll try to update some time soon. Read and review please!

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