Chapter 5

Amy rose to the Doctor's voice.

"Rise and shine, kitties! I'm sure we have a long, big, great day ahead of us. Oh, yes, rise and shine!" Amy opened her eyes, blinked away the light, and peered at him, irritated. He was stretching his back.

Blast him. How is he always so full of energy? Amy thought to herself, groaning. "Can't you stay sick for once?" She pushed herself off the ground, discovering all sorts of aches and hurts from sleeping on the ground. She wondered how the wild cats did it.

"Can't be sick, what, with nasty monsters stealing cats. Not very wise, not at all,Amelia Pond." He tisked at her, and turned. "Now, you'd think Firestorm would be awake by now, us talking and everything." The Doctor padded over to Firestorm, who was still snoring softly, curled in a ball. Amy looked at him in wonder.

"How in the world do you know her name?" She asked him, walking to stand by him. The Doctor looked at her slyly.

"I have my ways." He prodded Firestorm with his paw. The flame colored cat woke with a start. For a moment, she just stared at Amy and the Doctor. Then she asked, "How are you awake? You're suppose to be sick." The Doctor somehow managed to twist his face up in a frown.

"Well, that's a little cold." Firestorm made a face of what Amy took to be a smile.

"That's not really what I meant... Well, now that you're awake, I suppose there's no point in waiting around." The she-cat picked herself up and started walking off, in what Amy assumed to be the direction of camp.

Amy and the Doctor exchanged glances, shrugged, and ran to catch up with Firestorm. And as always, the Doctor was the first one to speak.

"So what's it like being a cat? This the first time I've ever been one." Firestorm looked at him like he was crazy. Which most everyone thought he was. (As Amy pointed out in chapter 2)

"Why in StarClan's name are you asking that? You are a cat." The Doctor ignored her and asked another question, "What is StarClan? I don't think I've ever heard of that before, and trust me, I've heard a lot of things. Then again, it's not every day that I'm a cat."

Firestorm rolled her eyes and said, "I should have known that you weren't an ordinary cat."

Amy snorted. "That's a big understatement. But he's not going to leave you alone 'till he knows, so you might as well tell him about this StarClan."

Firestorm gave an exasperated sigh. "They're the four clans' ancestors. When you die, you go to StarClan. That is, if you've stayed true to the warrior code."

The Doctor cocked his head. "I haven't heard about this warrior code either."

Firestorm gave him a sideways look. "I'll let someone else explain it to you." She increased the pace. "Now I have a question for you. Why do you smell so funny Doctor?" That actually made the Doctor trip over his paws a little bit.

"I smell funny?" He chuckled. "That's a first."