A/N sorry it took so long to update I was busy with other things. Hope you like the chapter and as always please please please review!

Chapter 3

Almost no cat spoke the whole day. Moonshadow guessed that the cats had been gone from there home for some time because they all had gotten tense, excited, and were paying all their attention to the path ahead of them. While on the

move the captive she-cat had more time than she needed to think about her present situation. She still could not figure out why they would capture a cat that was living nowhere near their clan. I couldn't have posed any threat to them.

And what are they planning on doing with me, keep me prisoner forever? That thought didn't sound appealing at all, seems like I'm going from one prison to the next except that here I am an official prisoner.

The cats camped that night in a thicket similar to the one they had slept in the night before. All the cats went almost right to sleep after eating; exhausted from traveling so many miles Moonshadow joined them and didn't stir until the

next morning when a orange paw prodded her in the side. Lifting her head from her paws she starred up at the cat as she tried to blink the sleep from her eyes. "It's time to go." As her vision cleared Moonshadow recognized the cat as

Orangestripe.

Staggering to her paws she nodded.

"Don't worry we don't have long way to go today."

Moonshadow followed the tom to where Silvercoat was waiting impatiently. With a flick of his tail the cats set off at a steady trot. Still sleepy Moonshadow struggled to keep up with the others. She concentrated solely on placing on

paw in front of the other and hardly noticed the change in scenery. Suddenly her foot sank into mud and she let out a surprised shriek. The other whirled around eyes wide as they glanced around for what caused her to scream. "WHAT

WRONG?" Freezing-rain asked.

"Its mud." Moonshadow whinnied glancing down at her dirty paw.

The white she-cat rolled her eyes; "Look around you there's mud everywhere! It's called a marsh. Welcome to FogClan!"

She was right; the thick trees that they had been traveling through had thinned out. Now the forest floor was gone and in its place were pools of muddy water and clumps of tall cores grass scattered throughout the shallow water. An odd

tree could be seen growing up from out of the muck, vines and moss growing up their trunks. It was incredibly bleak looking territory. "This is where you live?"

"No this is just where our territory starts. Not even MistClan would actually live in the marsh although you can sometimes catch prey here."

For a heartbeat Moonshadow forgot her muddy paw and gazed at Freezing-rain, "MistClan?"

"Yes, you didn't think there was only FogClan? FogClan and MistClan both have half of the marsh in their territory. Then there is HillClan and PondClan."

"Four clans…" Moonshadow gazed in wonder at the cat; four clans that's just coincidence.

"Well are we going to stand here all day because personally I wouldn't mind curling up in a warm nest." Orangestripe meowed starring at Silvercoat.

"Right lets get moving. I will go first then Freezing-rain. Moonshadow you'll go next then Orangestripe and Maplepool with go last."

"We're going to wade through all that?" Moonshadow knew she wasn't in a position to disagree but she did not want to go through all that mud.

"No, there is a path through the marsh; just follow closely and you won't get too muddy." By the look in Orangestripe's eyes the she-cat knew he was only joking.

As they formed a line the four FogClan cats started to navigate through the swamp with apparent ease. Moonshadow had to struggle to keep up but she kept slipping into the mud. In vain she tried to tell the trail apart from the soft

ground but to her it all looked the same. She would be walking on firm grass and suddenly her paw would sink into the dark foul mud. Before long her pretty cream coat was flecked with mud and her legs where completely covered.

She tried hard not to pay attention to harding mud on her paws but to no avail; she couldn't stand being dirty and at the moment all she wanted to do was sit down and try to get it off.

Seeing the expression on Moonshadow's face Maplepool meowed, "Don't worry we're almost out of the marsh; after this it's a clean trail to camp."

Moonshadow nodded not trusting herself to speak; the last think she wanted to do was make these cats think she felt sorry for herself.

Luckily Maplepool was true to her word and the trail continued to get firmer until they were out of the swamp entirely. They where now in a dark forest the ground was covered in pine needles and there were only a few plants growing

through. While the cats padded silently across the soft ground Moonshadow continued to glance nervously around there was no where to hide and she could only pray that the whole forest was pine trees. The other cats, however, were

completely relaxed and they started up a pleasant conversation with each other.

"Ohh I can't wait to get back to camp and sleep in a warm nest!" Freezing-rain had dropped back and was walking beside Orangepelt.

He smiled and nodded, "Just think we won't have to hunt for every single piece of prey!"

"Plus I have some scratches that I want Coolwind to look at." Maplepool added.

"Is Coolwind your medicinecat?" Moonshadow asked venturing in on the conversation.

"Yes, just wait until you meet him he is so kind and is one of the best medicinecat's the clan's have seen in seasons!"

Freezing-rain looked puzzlingly at Moonshadow, "What were you in ThunderClan?"

"Me? Oh, uh I was just a warrior."

The others nodded they had thought as much. Suddenly Maplepool became very excited and ran ahead through the thickening trees, "We're almost there!"

Freezing-rain laughed then whispered from the side of her mouth to Moonshadow, "She's wants to get back and see Coalfoot."

The cream she-cat nodded by the sound if it the two were mates and she could see why Maplepool would want to get back. "What does your camp look like?" She asked.

"Why don't you see for yourself we're here." Orangepelt meowed.

Moonshadow glanced around what had been a pine forest was now full of maple, birch and other trees; and the floor was hidden by underbrush. In front of her was what looked like a wall of shrubs and plants but she could make out a

tunnel going through it. Maplepool had already disappeared through the hole. The others motioned for Moonshadow to go first. Taking a deep breath she stepped into the tunnel. What she saw on the other side took her breath away;

FogClan camp was unlike anything she had ever seen!

A/N oh and before I forget if anyone has more names I could use I'm still trying to put together allegiances thanks.