Princess awoke groggily to the bright sun. Realization struck that Ravenpaw was not there, and she jolted up. Then, seeing the mouse next to her, she relaxed as she realized that he had only gone hunting. After a moment's indecision, she gulped down the mouse and went out looking for him. It would be good to practice her tracking skills.

But soon she found that she didn't need them after all. A fierce hiss could be clearly heard even from camp, and it didn't take Princess long to find him at the speed she moved!

He was fighting a young fox that, normally, wouldn't be tricky to beat. It was clearly inexperienced. However, Princess didn't know this; the fox had caught Ravenpaw by surprise and wounded his haunch, making his movements far slower than normal.

With a hiss, Princess readied herself to lunge at the dog-like creature, when it suddenly leaped at the black cat in front of him, jaws ready to bite.

But it never made it. Half-way through its jump, it was bowled over by a very large…and familiar looking gray blur. With a shocked yelp, the fox scrambled to its feet and ran off.

"Ravenpaw, are you alright?" The tabby rushed over to his side, momentarily forgetting the gray cat that had helped.

"I'm fine," he insisted. "Thank you for your help…" He trailed off in disbelief. "GRAYSTRIPE?"

"What're you doing all the way out here, Ravenpaw? Who's this kittypet?" The large, gray tom mewed curiously.

"I think I should be asking you that." With a shake of his head, Ravenpaw mewed.

"I'm Princess, remember? Firestar's sister. We met a long time ago." Princess tried to remind. After a few moments of thought, Graystripe's eyes lit up and he nodded. "I'm trying to find the Clans' new home, and Ravenpaw's helping."

"Well then, our reasons are the same. I've been trying to find the Clans for weeks."

Princess interrupted, "But I thought the workfolk captured you. That's what Cody said. How'd you ever escape?"

Graystripe looked hesitant, and said, "Well…it's a long story, but here goes."

As soon as the Twoleg monster began to move, he had been forced into a cage and brought to this very large Twolegplace. Inside, there were cages everywhere, cats and dogs all inside them. It was odd, because he could understand what most of the dogs were saying.

"I suppose it was because they had been locked up with cats for so long." He inserted before continuing.

Every now and then, a Twoleg would come in, sometimes with kits or their mate. More often then not, by the time they left the 'workfolk' would take out a cat, put it in another cage, and the Twolegs would leave with the cat. Believing this to be his only way of escape, Graystripe tried to make himself more appealing in the Twolegs' eyes. Eventually, it worked and Graystripe was brought to a smaller Twolegplace. As soon as they let him out, he tore off, trying to catch scent of ThunderClan.

Ironically, he had been brought to the Twoleg's den that Princess and Ravenpaw had seen earlier (the one behind the hedges) just the day before, so he still had missed the Clans.

"Well, it's great to see you again. Just wait until Firestar finds out!" Ravenpaw said cheerfully. "He still hadn't chosen a new deputy when I last saw him."

"Really?" Eyes widening in surprise, he said, "Well, since we're going the same way, let's go together."

With a nod and mews of agreement, the two both thought that that would be a good idea. "Well, we should get going. We're wasting daylight." Ravenpaw insisted.

"But what about your injuries?" Princess asked worriedly.

"They're fine, nothing major. Let's get going." He continued, getting to his feet.

Graystripe followed without a question, but Princess looked at the black cat's haunch, which dragged slightly. Eyes narrowing, she continued after in quiet concern.

Yup, yup, Graystripe's back . I tried to make this more realistic than some I've seen. What will happen now that there's another cat in the group? Dunno. I want to go straight to the Twolegplace and Purdy now, but if any of you guys have different ideas, let me know.