"Oh I don't know what to do," the cat went on "He's just so- but then she... Agh. I'm glad I have you to talk to."

No problem, although I think I do have a solution to your situation.

The cat sat there for a minute

"You can really do that?" the cat asked

Of course I can. I just need you to do one thing for me first...

"How lucky are we that that patrol came by," asked Ash, walking next to Frost

"Yeah," replied Frost, who had been being awful quiet since they had been cornered.

"Hey," said Ash "You alright?"

"I'm sorry I was freaking out back there," mumbled Frost

"Naw it's fine," answered Ash "There was a badger. Honestly you braver than I thought you would have been."

"Yeah I'm just not normally like that," said Frost "Anyway, what I really wanted to say was thank you. Thank you for comforting me and calming me down."

"T-t-there's a badger," shuddered Frost

"No, listen," said Ash, trying to calm her down "It's gonna be alright."

Ash heard a scream as a giant paw came into the cave.

He leapt on top of it and bit the paw.

"Y-y-you saved me," said Frost, shaking in fear

"Yes, see," said Ash "I'm always gonna be right here to protect you."

"Ok," she said, pressing closer to him as another paw came in "I believe you Ash, I believe you."

"You don't have to thank me," replied Ash "I just did what any reasonable cat would have done."

"Well," said Frost "No cat has ever risked their life to protect me from a badger."

"Do you get in situations like that often," ask Ash, jokingly

"Oh yes," she replied sarcastically "This is a regular thing with me and getting trapped in fox dens."

They had reached the Tribe's home. Suddenly, a white blur shot past Ash.

"Frost," Snow said, panicking "Are you ok? Did the badger hurt you? The patrol told me it attacked you! I was so worried."

"Whoa Snow," said Frost "Calm down ok. I'm not hurt, thanks to Ash. He saved my life."

Snow turned to look at Ash with awe and admiration.

"Y-you saved my sister," she said, then started licking him, to clear the dirt and dust off "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"It wasn't really that hard," muttered Ash, not to loudly though, he was enjoying the attention

"You must be so brave," Snow said after she was done "Especially to defeat a badger like that."

"He just stopped it from hitting me," Frost cut in, looking annoyed for some reason "The patrol defeated it..."

"But you could have defeated couldn't you Ash," said Snow, who was looking at him in a strange way "I bet you can defeat any badger in the entire forest."

"Yeah," said Ash, happy that this cat believed in him so much

"Snow," growled Frost "I see what your doing."

"I don't have the slightest idea what your talking about," said Snow, smirking

Ash was confused.

"Come on Ash," said Snow, twining her tail around his "Do you want to come with me to get something to eat?"

"Sure," said Ash who still had no idea what was going on "Can Frost come, too?"

"No," said Frost, who was glaring at them "I'd like to stay out here for a bit."

"Come on then Ash," said Snow, as they started walking towards the fresh-kill pile. Snow pressed closer to Ash as they walked, which he found a bit weird. She-cats were confusing.