Ash stood on top of the ledge, looking down on his soon-to-be tribemates. What had he been thinking! Why had he agreed to join? Why? He still needed to find Spark and Coal.

Two white cats were slowly walking up to him. These cats must be the leaders that Frost had mentioned.

"Hello outsider," the first said "I am Sun that shines in the sky. This is my second in command and brother, Cloud that hides the Sun. Us and our sister, Clover that grows in field, run this clan together."

Sun paused, giving Ash a chance to catch up.

"Now most outsiders," he continued "Join us and make new lives for themselves. Frost has told me that you wish to join as well. Is this true?"

"Yes it is," said Ash

Why did he keep doing this? He had to look for his friends.

"Then I will make the announcement," said Sun "You should probably get some rest, though."

"Fair warning, however," said Cloud, speaking for the first time "When you wake up, some of the other cats might try to interrogate you about where your from. They are not very trusting. I sense you are a good cat, though. Don't let them bother you."

"I won't," answered Ash "And thank you for letting me into your Tribe."

"Your welcome," said Cloud "Now follow me to your den. I hope you don't mind sharing with the others."

Ash decided that if this cat believed in him. He would stay a couple more days.

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Ash woke up suddenly. That dream... Ash could never remember his dreams, but he knew this one had been scary.

He looked around to see three cats huddled up together, and seemed to be in deep conversation. One looked up and stared at him in an untrusting way.

Ash thought it would best to avoid them, so he got up to find Frost.

"Hey you," a voice called out "If you try anything funny, you can bet we'll see it."

It was the cat who was glaring at him earlier. Ash followed Cloud's advice and walked away.

Ash spotted Frost in the clearing. She was talking to a plain looking white she-cat and an orange tabby.

"Oh hey Ash," her voice called out "Come and join us for breakfast."

"Alright," Ash said as he trotted over

"This is my friend Bella," she said gesturing to the tabby "She was like you and joined us. She chose to keep her name short, too."

Bella nodded at Ash to say hi as Frost went on.

"And this is my sister," she said "Snow that covers trees."

Ash turned to say hello, but when he did he saw Snow eyes widen and she started opening and closing her mouth as if she were trying to get words out but couldn't quite form them.

Well that was kind of weird. Ash looked over at Frost who just rolled her eyes.

"Hi Snow," said Ash to be polite

Snow let out a little meep sound and ran off.

"Is she ok?" asked Ash to a now giggling Frost and a Bella who was muttering something about stupid toms

"She's fine," answered Frost "I think you just scared her a bit."

"Huh?" said Ash confused, but Snow was already coming back

"Sorry," she muttered

"It's fine," said Bella "Come on guys, we better eat and then get Ash assigned to a job."

"Oh yeah Ash," said Snow, acting completely different now "Do you want to be a hunter, defender, or an explorer. The hunter is kind of obvious, they hunt. The defenders fight off the enemies that attack us, and the explorers search for new territory because our Tribe is ever growing."

"I think I would want to hunt," answered Ash

"You do have the build for a hunter," replied Frost "You can come with me, I'm a hunter, too."

"Ok!" said Ash excitedly "This will be fun."

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"Alright, Ash," said Frost "Today your hunting with me, so try to pay attention."

Frost crouched down, and slowly creeped forward towards a really stupid mouse that was laying out in the open, sleeping.

Suddenly, quick as lightning, Frosts paw darted on the mouse, killing it in an instant.

Smiling triumphantly, Frost padded up to Ash, who wasn't looking at her catch.

Ash was looking over Frost's shoulder in terror. A look of confusion spread on Frost's face as she slowly turned around.

Ash heard a tiny yelp from Frost as see looked at the badger in front of them.

Ash looked wildly around and spotted an empty fox den.

"When I say run," said Ash "Follow me. RUN!"

Ash darted through the fox den, Frost right behind him. He did not nearly drown just to get killed today!

"Oh Ash," said Frost sitting right next to him "I've never been this scared before."