Author's Note: Two moons have passed. Leopard and Foxpaw are kittypets, and live with new housefolk in the Big Twolegplace.

Leopard woke up. She stretched, and walked out of her comfy bed. Her blue collar's bell jingled as she walked over to the kitchen to grab breakfast, alway homemade with love. Today, her housefolk had mixed turkey and ham with her regular homemade breakfast. There were no bones of course, and Leopard preferred it that way anways.

After breakfast, Leopard walked out the cat door into the yard. She jumped onto the fence, and saw Red Cat across the street.

"Hey, Leopard!" Red Cat said, "How are you?"

"Just fine. Thanks for asking, Foxpaw."

"You know that we're not clan cats anymore."

"I know, Red Cat. But I prefer to call you Foxpaw. It suits you."

"Hey, Leopard! You want to go into the forest?"

"Sure! Let's go tonight!"

"Okay!"

A black and white she-cat with light green eyes was looking out the window.

"Looks like Jewel is awake." Foxpaw said.

Leopard said, "She never goes outside, says she's afraid of the outdoors. She won't go past her cat door, she'll just...stare. Look around, listen to the birds and monsters whoosh by."

"Hey, I heard that you know!" Jewel said from the window.

Leopard jumped into Jewel's yard.

"Come on, Jewel. Why don't you come outside?"

"I'll come outside, but I won't like it."

She poked her head out the cat door, and sniffed the air. Then, she put the rest of her paws beyond the cat door, and in the yard.

"It's not that bad." Jewel said, "I just have to get used to-"

A dog barked in the distance.

"Dog!"

Jewel ran onto the porch.

"The dog isn't here, Jewel." Leopard said, "It's far away."

"I better get used to the dogs."

A brown and black she-cat with light green eyes walked out Jewel's cat door.

"Oh, yeah. This is Nepia. She's the new cat my housefolk got. I think they're getting another one in a few full season cycles."

"Hello!" Nepia said. She began to groom herself, and licked her paws clean.

"Going into the forest?" Nepia said, "The twoleg have been putting fox traps there. So watch where you step. They'll be even harder to see at night."

"Alright." Leopard said, "Thanks for the tip."

"I, Blackstar, leader of ShadowClan, say these words call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn. Tigerpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

Tigerpaw nodded. "I do."

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Tigerpaw, from this moment you will be known as Tigerfoot. StarClan honors your bravery, courage, and loyalty, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ShadowClan."

"Tigerfoot! Tigerfoot!"

"What do you think Leopardpaw would have thought of the ceremony?" Tigerfoot asked Blackstar.

"I think she would have been proud to see you become a warrior, Tigerfoot."

"Me too, Blackstar. Me too."

It was dusk. Leopard and Foxpaw were going into the forest.

"Remember what Nepia said about the fox traps."

"I know, Leopard."

Leopard sniffed the air.

"Yup. Twolegs have definitely been here. The scent's everywhere."

"What about the foxes?"

"The scent is faint. The last fox around here was a moon ago. They must have moved on."

Foxpaw sat down.

Suddenly, Leopard heard the sound of a fox trap close shut.

"Leopard! My tail's caught in the trap!"

Leopard found the stick holding the trap and dug it out.

"That should help. But your tail is gone..."

"Perhaps it's better off this way. I've been dodging all kinds of fox traps since we came here, Leopard. Every single hunter tries to hunt me down. But I'm not even a fox. I'm only a cat."

"Come on, Foxpaw. Let's get out of here. Your housefolk might freak out, but at least you survived. Remember Berrynose?"

"Oh yeah. When he was a kit, he got his tail caught in a fox trap, too..."

The two walked out of the forest, back to twolegplace.