Ravenpaw planned on leaving the next day. He spent his last day in the forest eating as much mice as he could, to gather strength, When he went to sleep, no message from Barley came to soothe him, or to show him the way. So, the next morning, after two mice, he started the journey alone.

He exited the den a said his final goodbye's to Barley. Then, he crossed the Thunderpath, and set off towards Highstones. Apparently he would find the hidden tunnel and escape into the forest beyond. When he reached MotherMouth, the entrance to the Moonstone, he rested. Show me what to do Barley! he thought. As he opened his eyes, a ray of light shone over MotherMouth. Thank you. He prayed.

Ravenpaw got up and entered the cave. It was dark and spooky, and just wide enough for him to fit inside it. When he reached the cavern of the Moonstone, he looked around for a tunnel. Then, he heard footsteps. Twolegs!thought Ravenpaw. He ran in a random direction, with no clue where he was going. He spotted a large gap in the stone ahead of him. He tried to slow down, but instead he fell right into it and landed painfully in a damp hole. He slept.

When Ravenpaw woke up, he considored leaving Highstones, and retunring to the barn. Perhaps he wasnt supposted to find Graystripe. He climbed back through the tunnel, and suddently realized that he had come through the wrong one. He was now out in a strange forest, that looked vaguley formiliar. I came here in the dream! He thought. He was going the right way. He prayed silent thanks to StarClan, and then went off into the wood.

It was a forest of entirely pine trees. Ravenpaw spotted a squirrel gathering nuts beneath one. He went into a hunter's crouch. He crept up on the squirrel, and leapt at it. He killed it instantly. After eating the squirrel, he set off back through the forest.

Ravenpaw soon calculated it to be about sunset on the second day of his journey. He would have to find a place to rest soon. As if on que, it began to rain. The black cat ran into the shelter of the woods. He found a huge tree, with large, long branches that would shield the rain. He curled up underneath and began to groom his fur.

The next morning, Ravenpaw awoke with the scent of rabbit tingling in his mouth. The rain had stopped, leaving the pine forest a mass of wet pine nettles. He washed again, stretched, and headed towards the rabbit scent, his ears pricked to detect badgers of foxes.

The rabbit was sheltering under some ferns. Ravenpaw crouched down. It had been awhile since he had hunted rabbit, but that didnt stop him. Pawstep by pawstep, he crept up on his prey. When the rabbit was about two fox-lenghts away, he leapt. The unsuspecting rabbit was easy prey. Ravenpaw dragged it off back towards where he had slept, hoping to find some water nearby.

"You wouldn't mind sharing that, would you?" asked a voice. Ravenpaw spun around. He had been so busy tracking the rabbit, that he hadn't even noticed that he was not alone.

A large, golden tom cat was behind him, danngling from one of the trees. He had long, slender legs, and huge muscles. Ravenpaw bristled.

"Relax. I'm not going to hurt you." said the cat.

"Who-Who are you?" asked Ravenpaw, trying to remain calm even though every one of his insticts told him to run.

"Me?" said the cat simply, leaping out of the tree. Ravenpaw released a low growl. "You won't need to me worrying about me." he said. "Whats your name?" he asked casualy, exaiming the claws of his left paw.

"I asked you first." said Ravenpaw cooly.

"Okay. Just trying to be friendly." said the cat. "I'm Hawk."

"Well, hello." said Ravenpaw. "I'm Ravenpaw." he tried to calm down, but Hawk still scared him a bit.

"Ravenpaw." repeated Hawk. "Well Ravenpaw, you're a long way from home."

"How would you know." snarled Ravenpaw.

"Well, seeing as you're not part of BloodClan-"

"What!" said Ravenpaw. He took a step away from Hawk. "You're from BloodClan?" he repeated. Ravenpaw had helped Firestar and the other Clans to drive stop BloodClan from taking over their forest several seasons ago. It had not accured to him that the fierce Clan had sought another forest.

"Yes." he said. "So I'll have to be taking you to Bone. He'll want to know how a foriegnor like you got all the way over here." he added, taking a step towards Ravenp