Appletail sighed in frustration. Her desire to go outside was eating at her insides. She had been in the medicine cat's den for a moon, only leaving to make dirt. Her neck wound had almost healed, but Willowshine didn't want her to leave the den. After a moon of sorting herbs, Appletail was ready to claw someone's pelt off. Only one thing kept her from going crazy, her dream. Hailstar came to her dream once more, this time, to warn her about the rogue that attacked her.
"The rogue wants revenge on the Clans. He is angry about us taking up all the prey-filled territory. He won't be a problem, if you stop him before he gets more followers." He had said.
Also, the warning of the foxes came. Four sunrises ago, three foxes came into the camp, but thanks to Hailstar, RiverClan was fully prepared. They beat the foxes, with only small injuries from Mintfur and Pebblefoot. Suddenly, Willowshine entered the den.
"How are you feeling?" She asked.
"Fine. Can I go outside now?" The tabby sighed.
"Well..." She hesitated. obviously reluctant to let her go.
"Please?" Appletail resorted to begging.
"Fine" She sighed.
Appletail jumped up excitedly, and Willowshine winced.
"Just... be careful. Okay?"
Appletail purred and nuzzled her mentor. "Okay"
Appletail let out a sigh of relief. It felt great to finally be back outside. She hesitated as she felt herself automatically heading to the stream where the rogue was. She was scared, but her curiosity was driving her insane. After all, this was the reason she wanted to leave the Medicine den! She finally reached the stream. Hiding behind a tree, and crouching down, she saw... nothing.
"Huh" She exclaimed. She realized she had been half hoping for some excitement. She got up from her crouch and trotted to where the "incident" happened. No scents, no trace that anyone was ever there. Appletail growled in frustration.
"What?" A surprised growl came from behind her and she immediately spun around. She was once again face to face with the dark grey tabby rogue.
