"ThunderClan!" Ashfur suddenly cried.

"What?"

"ThunderClan! I know where we are! Remember, you hadn't joined the Clan then, but I'm sure you've heard stories-- you know the ones about ThunderClan leaving because the Twolegs were destroying our old home?"

"Great StarClan!"

"Yes, we are in the Clans' old home."

"We traveled far."

"Yes, we did. Although we didn't travel over mountains..."

"What?"

"Oh--Oh, nevermind."

"Come on, we need to find prey," Ratpaw called over her shoulder to Ashfur.

The dark gray tabby tom seemed to snap out of a trance. He followed her throught the bare, exposed dirt. Ashfur and Ratpaw could hear the roar of a Twoleg monster in the distance, still killing the great elm, maple, fir and all other types of trees. Ratpaw closed her eyes and tried to block out the noise.

"We're not going to find anything alive here," She whispered, and turned away.

Ashfur sniffed. He crouched low, and pounced. He came back up with a mouse. After a while, Ratpaw caught a scrawny vole.

"Let's head back," Ashfur suggested.

The two cats arrived to see Tsunamipaw and Whitepelt standing over a rabbit.

"NO!" Ashfur shrieked. He lunged towards Tsunamipaw's rabbit and threw itinto the woods.

"What?" Whitepelt asked, hungry eyes looking to the trees.

"Whitepelt, do you not remember? Every cat that ate those rabbits died."

Realization dawned on Whitepelt's pretty features.

"All we caught was a mouse and a vole," Ratpaw mewed sadly.

"I caught a squirrel and a blackbird," Whitepelt replied.

"We have enough for everyone," Whitepelt said as she gave the blackbird to Tsunamipaw. The cats finished, and Whitepelt stood up.

"I think we should leave. We'll starve if we stay here," She meowed.

"Why don't we stay here for the night and leave in the morning?" Tsunamipaw suggested.

"I don't know," Ratpaw mewed uncertainly.

"I think Tsunamipaw's right. We should stay here and leave in the morning." Ashfur put in.

"Alright," Ratpaw and Whitepelt agreed reluctantly.


Sorry for updating so late, guys! I'm starting Chapter 21, so updates will be more frequent! (Plus, it's SPRING BREAK, so I have lots o' time to update.)