"You're right. That does sound crazy." Thornkit said.

"Lighten up. You're just nervous because we're in the woods for the first time in moons." Coalkit added.

Stormykit sighed. "I guess you're right."

Trekking through the woods, the four kits walked along the trails, looking around for something to do. "I feel really small." Coalkit mewled.

"You can say that again." Her twin commented.

"I feel really small."

Thornkit glared at her sister. "I didn't mean it litterally."

"I know." She grinned.

"Guys, I think that's a patrol." Jaggedkit pointed ahead with his tail. The other three kits looked up to see a group of cats, talking amonst themselves but also watching the forest with careful eyes. The twins looked at each other worriedly and Stormykit took an involuntary step back.

"Right. C'mon let's hide." Stormykit said, turning and leaping into the underbrush. The rest of her kit-patrol followed. Stormykit turned around and peered through the bushes. She saw Stoneleaf, Branchpaw, Treepelt, and Cloverseed. She remembered Cloverseed was once a kit of GrassClan, and kept her eyes mainly on her.

They passed by easily, until they took a few steps by and Stoneleaf stopped. "Why do I smell kit-scent here?" He asked.

"Dunno. Did it blow in from the camp?" Treepelt suggested.

"Or did a few naughty kits sneak out?" Cloverseed suggested with a smirk.

"I'll find them and put them in their place." Branchpaw grinned a devilish grin that made Stormykit wince slightly.

"You will do no such thing." Her mentor Treepelt commented. "We'll let Rainstar decide punishment if they had snuck out."

"C'mon." Thornkit whispered. "Let's get out of here before they find us." She turned and streaked the other direction of the patrol, followed by the rest of the kittens. They left the patrol behind to their curious talkings, and stopped beside a river due to a foul smell.

"Yuck! What is that smell!" Stormykit yelled, putting a paw on her nose and taking a step backwards.

"I don't know but it's disgusting!" Coalkit groaned, crinkling her nose.

They looked around confusedly, trying to find a source to the smell. Stormykit took a step forward and looked into the river. "Is it the river?" She suggested, leaping down onto the bank.

"Stormykit! Why did you jump down there, how are you getting back up?" Thornkit said.

"I'll find a way in a minute, just come down here." Stormykit called back up. Thornkit groaned and leaped down after her with Coalkit. Jaggedkit jumped down with them. "Look, it's a pawprint."

"So a cat came here to drink, what's new about that?" Jaggedkit said, and Stormykit casted a glare at him.

"No you mouse-brain. This paw is huge."

They crowded around the pawprint, studying it closely. "Wasn't there something about foul scents in the forests?" Stormykit whispered to Thornkit. Jaggedkit casted a confused glance, but she ignored it, knowing he was the only actual kit here.

"Yeah. Like, a badger scent." Thornkit said, then her eyes grew wide. "Do you think there's a badger nearby?"

Stormykit looked around, then looked down the river. She looked up at the ledge over the bank and then froze.

"Not a badger. A fox."

The rest of the kits raised their glances to look at what she was looking at. An orange lithe creature stood at the ledge over the bank about a few hundred yards away. It's amber eyes flashed in the sunlight. It's orange pelt was dirty, and it looked hungry. "Stormykit..." Coalkit whispered. "It's looking straight at us..."

Stormykit gulped, then looked at Thornkit, who looked like had an idea.

"On the count of three, run up the ledge using the roots of that tree." Thornkit whispered. Stormykit turned her head to see the roots that could provide leverage to get them back onto the ledge.

"Alright." Stormykit whispered, turning back to the fox's glare.

"One..."

The fox leapt down onto the bank.

"THREE!" The kits flipped around and Thornkit leaped onto the roots quickly, grabbing one of them and leaping into the air. She climbed them like a ladder, followed by Stormykit. She tried to ignore the fact that Thornkit's butt was in her face. Right now, she was focusing on running.

She could hear the pawsteps of the fox gaining speed down the bank beside the river. Stormykit shoved Thornkit onto the top of the ledge once she reached the top, and pulled herself over. Once Stormykit dragged herself to her paws she began to run. She turned around and saw Coalkit appear over the ledge. Coalkit scrambled to the top and broke off after the other two, then Stormykit saw Jaggedkit's head pop up. Coalkit ran past Stormykit, catching up to her twin, while Stormykit stayed to make sure Jaggedkit got over. He put his paws up, but then he slipped, his head dissapearing. He let out a yell, and Stormykit gasped.

"Stormykit help!" He yowled. Stormykit glanced back at Thornkit and Coalkit, who were well ahead, not aware that Jaggedkit was in danger. Stormykit took a deep breath and bolted back towards her brother. She ran to the edge and saw the fox only a few feet away. She looked down and saw her brother's back paw trapped within the roots of the tree. She reached down and grabbed him by the scruff and pulled, unsuccessfuly trying to free him.

The fox opened it's jaws.

Stormykit leaped down onto one of the roots in front of her brother and hissed protectively. "Back off you flea-pelt!" She hissed, swiping a paw at it's face, but on the inside her heart was thudding loud and panic was rising in her. The fox leaped at Stormykit, and she closed her eyes for impact.

The impact that never came.

She blinked her eyes open to see a streak of black. The fox had been barreled into the ground and was fighting a new enemy. The two rolled in the dirt, spatting furiously and clawing each other.

"Moonscar!" Stormykit gasped.

"Run!" Moonscar yelled, her voice distorted as she concentrated on fighting. She grabbed Jaggedkit's scruff once more and tugged harder. He let out a squeal of pain, but she pulled harder. Finally, his paw was released and he scrambled up the roots. Stormykit followed behind him, bumping his rear to help him up. He gasped, grabbing the ledge and hauling himself over. He raced in the direction of Coalkit and Thornkit in fear. Stormykit flipped around to see Moonscar fighting.

The sound of fighting, or the scent of the fox, Stormykit didn't know how the patrol knew to come here. She just heard a number of pawsteps gaining from another direction, and the four cats she saw earlier. They all had jumped into the fight against the fox, but once it knew it was outnumbered, seemed to surrender as it chased it off the territory. The fox turned tail and ran in a random direction.

Stormykit breathed a sigh of relif, and the cats around all turned to look at her.

"What are you doing out here?" Cloverseed asked.

She shuffled her paws. "I- just went exploring."

"That must be why we smelled kit earlier." Treepelt said with an eye-roll.

"Let's just get back to camp." Moonscar suggested quickly, and the others seemed quick to agree. Stormykit joined them as they walked along the group. She fell into step with Moonscar.

"How did you know where to find us?" Stormykit looked up at her friend.

"I followed you from camp."

She suddenly felt realization, and relif to know who had been watching her. "But- if you knew we had left, why didn't you stop us?"

"Every kit needs to have an adventure." She smiled and winked down at Stormykit.

Congrats, guys. You get a long chapter BD Well, about 500 words longer than usual. This was so much fun to make, like probably the funnest chapter so far.

Though, this does break my streak for uploading a chapter every day. I HAVE AN EXCUSE. It wouldn't let me log on yesterday.

Also, I apologize if you couldn't review the last chapter, I had to merge the first chapter and the allegiences, so... uhh... it kinda messed up the story a bit. Enjoy, and please review! Thank you so much everyone for your reviews, I really appreciate it. It's why I write :D

~Stormy:D