The cats were traveling through the mountains as they were all responding like RPG party members halfway through the game. The cats were excited yet nervous as they were wondering about what they were going to do. Crowfeather turned to Breezepaw who really wasn't enjoying the journey all that much.

"Do you know how to catch squirrels in the mountains son?" Crowfeather asked Breezepaw. Breezepaw turned to him.

"No I don't, can you teach me how?" Breezepaw responded as his curiosity was the only thing that was making him go on this journey. Crowfeather nodded as he wanted to make sure they were all happy.

"Sure I can, I think we can begin practice when we get there." Crowfeather replied as they continued to walk along. Squirrelflight and Tawnypelt were following closely behind as they were discussing kits.

"…kits sure are a handful." Squirrlflight concluded as Tawnypelt. Tawnypet purred a bit before speaking.

"Yeah don't bother; at least Blackstar was willing to let me go on a journey like this again, I promised to them I'll be there when they get apprenticed." Tawnypelt responded to Squirrelflight. Squirrelflight nodded as they continued traveling along. Crowfeather turned his head to her as she was the opposite of Leafpool, adventurous, feisty, always fired up yet willing to get the job done. Leafpool would be timid and unable to go on an adventure like this without being scared of a squirrel. Talon and Brambleclaw were leading as the apprentices circled around as they were bounding with energy except for Breezepaw.

"Hey Brambleclaw, do the tribe cats have any battle moves?" Talon asked as the cats placed their paws on the rocky surface of the mountain slopes. Brambleclaw turned his head to Talon as he wanted to speak to him.

"Battle moves, I think we have a few, I'll show them to you when we get there but we still have a long way to go." Brambleclaw told Talon but Talon understood, this journey was feeling longer now that the cats didn't have the urge to rush there. Littlefoot was keeping the apprentices in the center as he knew a big bird of prey can snatch up an apprentice and carry him off. Hollypaw continued to travel along as she turned her head to Breezepaw who was down. Fernpaw came to his side to cheer him up. She soon turned her head to Jaypaw who was following along.

"I hate Breezepaw." Hollypaw admitted. Jaypaw didn't care nor did his close friend Ivypaw. They can both sense something was wrong with Hollypaw as Hollypaw bounced along with the group. Lionpaw knew he had the energy to keep going all day and all night. Night turned as she wanted to talk to Hollypaw and Lionpaw.

"You know the clans and the tribe are different." Night began the conversation. Hollypaw looked at her wondering how they were different, they were cats after all so they weren't that much different.

"How?" Hollypaw asked him. Night looked at her with her eyes as he soon spoke to her.

"Minorly." Night responded. Hollypaw wasn't too happy but she was right over the fact that they weren't much different after all.

"Might as well not help you since we're the same after all, we have the same ancestors." Hollypaw soon stopped as she was ready to turn back and walk back to camp. Squirrelflight soon shoved her with her head as she wanted Hollypaw to keep going.

"Hollypaw you know you made a nasty remark to the tribe cats. You'll never understand loyalty." Squirrelflight hissed to her. Hollypaw shrugged upon which she didn't care. She just made Breezepaw seem reasonable. Stormfur soon turned his head to Brook as he spoke to her.

"I hate Hollypaw." Stormfur admitted. Brook just laughed. The cats knew the light was against them as they were judging the sun based on the angle it was rising and setting. The sun was setting to the sun drown as the cats knew that they needed to stop for the night.

"Okay cats, this is as far as we're going to go for today, we'll get to the tribe at sun high tomorrow since we're so close." Brambleclaw told to them, it was time to settle down for the night. The cats panted as they soon found a flat spot to settle down on. Lionpaw was bummed out since he had the energy to keep walking but even Squirrelflight knew that the apprentice was tired.

Littlefoot soon set up a localized fire to stay warm and to deter mountain life away from them since they can use the sticks to fend them off. The apprentices soon went hunting as they brought back some fresh kill to split it up. Jaypaw was setting dry grass on the fire to get it burning. The apprentices soon settled around it as the warriors were chatting.

"So Breezepaw, is there anything you would want to say about anything?" Fernpaw asked him. Breezepaw while a good friend of his still felt like an enemy but since they were together, he knew he needed to speak to him.

"I don't like Windclan a whole lot, Onestar and Firestar swapped us some time before and I think I will miss Thunderclan more than any other clan." Breezepaw replied. Fernpaw felt some sympathy for the apprentice, maybe Breezepaw was just lonely. Fernpaw soon cuddled up to Breezepaw's side.

"Look as long as you, me and Ivypaw are together, you'll have nothing worry about." Fernpaw soon made Breezepaw warm up on the inside as he knew that he had cats that can trust his feelings. Hollypaw however was offended about what Breezepaw said about Windclan.

"So you think Thunderclan is better than Windclan you Mouse brain, the Warrior code says we shouldn't accept any half clan cats like you." Hollypaw hissed. Breezepaw got up from Fernpaw's side as he was ready to defend himself.

"So what? You're half clan too, Crowfeather is our dad, as much as you want to deny it, and it's true." Breezepaw had his ears held high as he wanted to defend himself. He was no half clan scoundrel that Hollypaw called him. The other apprentices soon scooted out of the way as the apprentices tensed around the fire.

"So you dare challenge the Warrior code? I will have your pelt burned with the light of the torch." Hollypaw hissed as she bared her teeth into a snarl. The other apprentices were getting nervous as they knew that a fight could provoke some violence. Hollypaw swished her tail over the fire knocking the sticks down with ease. She soon grabbed the thickest stick out of the bunch that had the brightest flame. She soon held it in her mouth as she continued to approach Breezepaw. "If you so call say one worse thing about Windclan, I'll have your pelt burned off. I don't care what you say, just praise the clan." Breezepaw gulped as he felt like he was being backed into a corner and Hollypaw was there to block off the exit.

"I mean you're in denial, you are a Thunderclan cat from the clan you were raised. You can't declare yourself you're from another clan just because of something the leaders had arranged." Breezepaw tried to reason with her but Hollypaw knew he was trying to threaten her so she swung the stick at Breezepaw. Breezepaw tried to duck and dodge the burning stick as Hollypaw was swinging it around like crazy. Breezepaw knew he had to lash out to defend himself as he knew it wasn't the risk. Hollypaw swung the stick as it strike him in the leg as the fire was now eating away at his fur, wailing in pain, Breezepaw retaliated. Breezepaw soon slapped Hollypaw with his tail as he knew he had to quickly solve the fire situation before he was burned alive. However, help was coming to his aid. Brambleclaw and Crowfeather came running as Brambleclaw slapped Hollypaw knocking the stick out of her mouth as Crowfeather kicked dirt on Breezepaw to put the fire out. Breezepaw was relieved as Crowfeather soon pulled him from the dirt; Breezepaw's back leg was badly burned in a spot as Brambleclaw kicked dirt onto the fire to put it out. He soon spoke sternly to Hollypaw.

"How dare you try to burn an apprentice since he was trying to reason with you, if a cat speaks in a non-threatening manner, you shouldn't go out of your way to burn them, you seriously have issues?" Brambleclaw hissed at Hollypaw since he was fed up with her. Maybe Hollypaw never fully knew the meaning of loyalty. Jaypaw was dabbing Breezepaw's burnt spot with some water soaked moss as Crowfeather held Breezepaw still.

"It hurts!" Breezepaw wailed as he felt the moss on his leg. Crowfeather was there as he licked the apprentice trying to keep him calm.

"Of course it will hurt, but try to remain still." Jaypaw instructed Breezepaw. He soon puts more of the water soaked moss on Breezepaw's leg as he was trying to see what wasn't burned. Breezepaw winced as he felt the moss again. Jaypaw knew herbs were scarce in the area as she knew that they needed to get along in the morning. He turned to Breezepaw. "It's too late in the day to get some herbs to patch up your leg, you will be stuck with that burn until we get to the tribe." Jaypaw told Breezepaw as he was telling him to just put up with it. Breezepaw growled as he knew that a burn like that will hurt him a lot but he soon sighed as he knew that it could have been a whole lot worse. Jaypaw soon settled down with Crowfeather, and Littlefoot's family as they drifted off to sleep. The others growled as they soon settled down to sleep seeing the fact that they were now divided over the fact that Hollypaw tried to burn her half-brother. She soon slept away from the group as she knew the others wouldn't welcome her but at the same time, she knew she wasn't going to apologize to Breezepaw.

The sun was rising the next morning. Brambleclaw soon felt something tickle his whiskers as the others soon got up. Several huge white clouds were above them as they were trying to eat their whiskers thinking it was grass. The other cats got up as they spotted the white clouds as they numbered in the hundreds.

"Woah what are those?" Breezepaw mewed curiously as he slowly got up. His leg was still in pain as Hollypaw burned it. The clouds soon gathered around them trying to eat their whiskers.

"Those are sheep; they look like big white clouds because they have all of that wool." Crowfeather explained to Breezepaw about what those animals were. Breezepaw was trying his best to stand up straight but he had a bad leg. Soon yapping was heard as it was clear there were dogs nearby as they wanted to get the sheep along. Three dogs soon ran along as they soon got the sheep going to a nearby stream. It was clear they were all doing this as there were more dogs, some twolegs and an elderly cat in this group. The dog turned its huge head before slowly walking over to the group.

"Oh hey Brambleclaw, didn't recognize you by your scent and neither Crowfeather." The dog spoke. Crowfeather soon recognize the dogs as it was clear they were back with the huge number of Sheep. It was William. Stella and Edmontonia ran to the cats as they wanted to greet them.

"William, it's been a while, what are you doing here in the mountains?" Brambleclaw asked the dog wondering what he was doing.

"We're participating in a sheep move with some of the other dogs. I know that you would run into us some of the way there?" Stella explained on what was going on, the other dogs soon came up as they sniffed the cats as all the dogs were in range of different sizes and ages as well as different breeds. Edmontonia was happy to be with Lionpaw again as Lionpaw playfully batted his ears.

"I never knew we would run into each other again." Edmontonia happily yapped. Lionpaw was soon on top of the apprentice as he was rolling around in his black fur. Stella soon turned to Brambleclaw as she knew that there was something else to talk to him about. "Also there is a special cat that really wants to see you." Stella soon turned as William was keeping a watch over the twolegs while they were preparing breakfast, the elderly cat soon came over as his muzzle was covered in gray and he had a smile across his muzzle. It was clear that the elderly cat that came to visit was Purdy.

"Brambleclaw, I never though in a million moons I would get to see you again." Purdy walked over to them. The others raced over to Purdy as they were happy to see him again.

"What convinced you to come all the way here?" Tawnypelt asked him what he had in mind. Purdy soon spoke.

"I'm on my way to live with Pip, I never thought I was going to see him again as Midnight brought me the message. Plus I thought I would give that old geezer of a dog a visit." Purdy responded as he had his plans. Everyone was happy to see Purdy, except for Hollypaw who thought the sight of the old tom was too much for her.

"Pip you say? I heard from Pip you tell these stories that would keep us entertained." Brambleclaw mewed as he knew that he paid Pip a visit when they convinced Daisy and the kits to come back.

"Yeah, but this reminds me of that one story when I decided to pay these cats in the gorge a visit for the Leafbare as it was clear that the Twoleg's have moved in and built huge nests as it was flashy lights and many monsters. I knew that place must have been a stopping off point." Purdy began to describe the experience. Breezepaw was keeping his eyes open as he spotted a group of huge Rottweilers coming at the sheep.

"Now's not the time for your stories, we got dogs incoming." Breezepaw shouted as they knew they had company. The dogs that were with the twolegs began barking as they knew that they needed to do everything to protect the sheep seeing these Rottweilers were strays. William and Stella put themselves between the cats as they felt obligated to protecting them. The twolegs soon grabbed their long sticks as they began loading the brass into them. The dogs soon came charging as the herders soon began charging out in a circling formation to try to trap the strays. The Rottweilers not all that smart about it were soon trapped as the dogs closed in from all sides. William and Stella soon went in to help battle against the dogs. Purdy imagined that he was vaporizing the Rottweilers with his eye beams. The twolegs fired the sticks at the Rottweilers as brass shells fell to the ground, the Rottweilers heard the brass being fired as they soon scattered as they knew the noise was deadly. The dogs were panting as their plan of trapping them worked. More importantly no dog was injured.

"Nice move you pulled off there." Crowfeather mewed as he was astonished. "How did you do that?" William walked to Crowfeather as he spoke.

"It's called the trap, how you do it is that you take about 10 cats or dogs, leave 2 at the center and send 4 out to the left and right then you move in on the enemy trapping them in a circle, the more you have the more effective it is. But the minimum to this will always be 10." William explained what it was and more importantly, how to do it. Edmontonia turned to William as he was excited.

"Can I come with these cats, they seem interesting enough? Please?" Edmontonia asked his parents that he wanted to be part of their adventures. William knew he had to test him since he had known his parents all his life and knew he needed the challenge.

"Okay since you asked so nicely but make sure you come back to the barn after this adventure is done. Okay?" William instructed the young pup on what to do when the adventure was over. Crowfeather padded to William as he vowed to keep the pup's promise.

"I will watch him over I promise you." Crowfeather swore to him as he knew that the pup had a lot to learn but he knew he didn't want to make the two dogs worried. William smiled to Crowfeather as Breezepaw came limping back, the Twolegs knew he was burned as so they decided to heal him themselves. His leg was wrapped in a material stronger than any cobwebs that were made before them. Purdy, William and Stella looked on as the Twolegs were finished packing as they whistled to get them along.

"Good luck my son, make your dad proud. I'll see you around." William told the young pup. Edmontonia nodded as the dogs and Purdy all bid farewell to the cats as they soon turned and continued to travel with the sheep. They knew they had an ally.

Meanwhile the rude teenagers were typing in more messages to contact their boss in their code. It was clear suspicion was running high.

Friends, Romans, Countryment

16

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[A/N]: First chapter published since the new year as it's just the cats journeying to the mountains to help the tribe out. They will meet the tribe within the next chapter.

Also the messages that I've been posting are being posted backwards and notice that I've been using some of the same words from the previous messages so the messages are being typed 7 dials backwards so when you type in the letter A then dial 7 back, it becomes a T. To figure out these messages dial 7 forward where the A becomes an H. Also using Cryptii with the Caesar Cipher to type these messages in is really fun to come up with. So try to solve these messages now that I'm giving more help.

Also how am I treating Hollypaw in this story? She snapped against Breezepaw when the apprentices tried to bond over the fire. I'm fine with how I'm writing Hollypaw since some of the events were scrambled about so I'm not disregarding the canon, right? Right?

I'll see you in the next chapter as I will give you more plot and maybe let you meet the rude teenagers in the next chapter so pay attention to that and I'll see you around. Cheers.