Elkleaf stared up at the sky. A few snowflakes dripped on his winter clothes. He smiled as he caught a snowflake on his tongue.

"Well…I better get to that meeting…" he grumbled. Sometime he hated being the leader. He just wanted to make a snowsquirrel and be happy.

As he walked through the orchard, he was met by Kall. He quickly looked around, but saw he was alone.

"What do you want Kall…?" he asked. Kall just grinned.

"What do you think? I want my fort back!" He said calmly. Elkleaf shook his head.

"No way…we won it fair and square, not my fault your too stupid to leave people behind" he replied. Kall just laugh.

"I'm so glad I get to do this…doesn't matter anyways, I was going to do it not matter what…" he smiled evilly.

"What are you talking about?" Asked Elkleaf, he stood on guard. Kall just simply waved his hand. From the trees above Elkleaf, two squirrels drop a bucket of water on top of Elkleaf, and before he could run away, Kall's other beasts dove out from under the snow. They were drapped completely in white, making it almost impossible to see them from above. They threw snowballs at the already shivering Elkleaf, who didn't have enough time to see what was going on. Over and over they pelted him, before he just fell over. Kall calmly walked over to him, grinning.

"See Elkleaf? You took my fort…so I got you, maybe you be sick for a while, or even die…" He laughed. Then he punched Elkleaf in the face, knocking him out. He walked away from the orchid, followed by his troops.

Rockfist was the first to find Elkleaf, who was already almost buried in the snow. He picked him up and rushed him to the infirmity. Elkleaf was then covered with blankets and hot pockets. The elders were confused on Elkleaf came to be in this predicment. No one witness what had happen. Luckly, he came to before dinner.

"…I just fell in the pond…and was thinking I was ok, went to play hide'n'seek….I guess I just fainted" he lied. The elders belived him, but his friends weren't as gullible.

"It was Kall wasn't it? You gotta tell on him…he took it to far!" said Alia. He just shooked his head. "No…then they'll find out about the war and punish all of us…I cant let that happen…" He then looked at Alia. "…how come you didn't know about this…?" he asked.

Alia shook her head. "…he never told me about it…I never knew…I'm so sorry!" she said. Tears were in her eyes. But Elkleaf just smiled.

"Don't worry about it…I think maybe Kall might know you're a spy…or something. Anyway we need to be more careful from now on" The others nodded.

"Any new ideas chief?" asked Rockfist. Elkleaf just closed his eyes and fell asleep. The others slowly left, but not before leaving gifts of candied chestnuts, and a wooden toy sword.

Outside the infirmity Rockfist slammed his fist against the walls, leaving little cracks in it.

"Dang it! That Kall…he just…he coulda killed Elkleaf!" he shouted. Midit just sighed.

"Look…I think I speak for us all when I say Elkleaf needs to be revenged, but how? If Kall gets creamed, he can blame it on us…and has the numbers to back it up…" he said. Sikka spoke up.

"I do belive that The Skipper is going on a scouting trip…maybe even fish a bit at the river. He plans to take Kall…maybe we can get the others to join our side, and leave Kall alone?" he suggested. He looked at the others who just nodded.

"That could be a good idea…" said Elia. She looked around. "Hey…where did Rockfist go?". The others turned to where Rockfist once stood, only to see nothing.

Skipper nodded at Rockfist.

"Sure ya can go Rockfist! We could use another strong beast…hope ya don't mind but Kall is also coming along" he said. Rockfist nodded.

"Tis ok…me and him are good friends…" he said.

Later that evening, Skipper, followed by Rockfist and whimpering Kall set out for the River.

"alright kiddies… I'm going over in the forest, you two just stay here, stay out of the River, its pretty cold now-a-days" Skipper ordered as he walked off deeper in the forest.

Kall laughed nervously "So…hee hee, how's Elkleaf doing…I heard he fell in the Abby Pond, hee hee…" he said. Rockfist nodded.

"Seems so…hey, is that a fish?!" He rushed over to the river, and knocking Kall into the river in the process.

"HELP!!!" Kall screamed as he shrugged in the shallow river, grasping a large rock that stood in the middle of the river.

"I'm DROWNING!! SOMEONE HELP!!!" he shouted.

"Don't shruggle, you could draw the attention of the pikes…they love flesh of beasts ya know" said Rockfist calmly. That shut Kall up, who just looked up at Rockfist pleadingly.

"please…get…me…out…of…here…" he said slowly. Rockfist went of into a nearby clearing in view of the river.

"Hmm… Cant use this stick…or this…hmm…" he looked up to the trees. "AHH! The perfect one! All the way on top of this tree! Just hang on!" he said as he slowly climbed a tree. Along the way he would take two steps up, and one step down.

"Hurry please! I'm too young to die!" shouted Kall. Finally, Rockfist reached the top and broke off a branch. He slowly made his way down again. He went over to the river, and held out the stick on which Kall cling on to. In one quick jerk, Rockfist sent Kall over his shoulder, into a pile of snow. He then sat down, and watch the river absent-mindly. Kall, shivering with both cold and fury.

"You ment to take that long!! Now see how you like it!!" He shouted as he charged Rockfist, who kept his back to him. Kall just bounced off of Rockfist, and fell back into the snow.

Skipper finally came back.

"Whoa ho…how did ya get so wet Kall?" Rockfist turned and growled.

"Yeah Kall…how…did…you get…wet…" he said, crackling his knuckles in the process.

"Uh…fell in the river, and Rockfist pulled me out…" he said. Skipper turned to Rockfist.

"…saved two beasts in one day…but who claimed to fall in a body of water…." He said, peering over at Rockfist. Rockfist just shrugged.

"Just…in the nick of time I guess…" he said. Skipper laughed.

"Alright mate, I belive ya! Now…lets go home"

TO BE CONTINELED.