Ooookay......first of all, thanks to everyone who reviewed and second, when Sam (or another character) is thinking, it'll be in /these/ and in italics.

(P.S., I own nothing.)

Carly poked Sam in her side. She jumped up.

"Carly, wha-"

They were still in the cave. Sam groaned.

"So it wasn't just a dream?", she asked.

Carly shook her head. Sam sighed and laid back down.

"Sam, get up!"

"What?!", Sam hissed.

Carly sat beside her.

"We have to help around camp. You know, as a favor to the clan for taking us in."

Sam stared at her in disbelief.

"Look Carly, courtesy may be your thing, but it's not mine. I don't even want to be here!" /I hate this place! I wanna go home!/

Sam looked around.

"And where's Freddie?"

A heartbeat later, Freddie came back with a dead mouse in his jaws. He dropped it at Sam's paws. Sam stared at it.

"Freddie….what is that?", she asked.

"It's breakfast.", Carly answered.

Sam gaged.

"You mean this is what they eat out here?"

Freddie let out a mrrow of amusement.

"What did you think they ate, Sam?"

Sam shrugged.

"I don't know….um, Friskies?"

Carly and Freddie burst out laughing.

"Seriously, Sam, Friskies?!", Freddie laughed.

Sam growled.

"Shut up!", she growled. Carly's laughter ebbed to a giggle, but Freddie laughed even harder.

"Friskies!", he laughed hysterically. Sam growled again. /I don't have to take this! Not from Freddie anyway./ She pounced on Freddie, knocking him down on his back and tried to pin him down. But Freddie was stronger than her, or at least more experienced in using his new body. He threw her off with his hind legs and she landed on her back. Before she could get up, Freddie pinned her down. Sam huffed.

"Unfair!"

Freddie purred.

"Oh….are we interrupting something?", Hollyleaf said. Freddie and Sam turned around and saw Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Hollyleaf. Freddie let Sam up. Sam let out a low growl. /What did she think we were.....ew, gross!!!!/ Sam gagged a little. Carly shook her head.

"No, no. They just got into another fight.", she told Hollyleaf.

Hollyleaf shrugged.

"If you say so." She turned to Freddie. "Ready?"

Freddie gave her a nod and they padded off. Carly, Sam, Lionblaze and Jayfeather padded deeper into camp. Lionblaze turned to Carly.

"Are you ready?"

Carly nodded and started to pad away.

"Wait, Carly! Where are you going?", Sam asked. /I don't like these cats and I certainly don't want to be in their camp all alone./

"I'm going with Lionblaze. He's going to train with me." Carly mewed.

"Train? As in fighting? "

Carly nodded. Sam frowned.

"You…fighting? Against…him?" She growled at Lionblaze. /That dude's gonna murder her!/

"If you hurt her, I promise, I-"

"Sam, relax. It's just training, not the real thing."

Lionblaze padded off with Carly close behind. Sam looked at Jayfeather.

"So I guess I'm stuck with you, huh?"/Great, now I've gotta lead Blindy around...../

Jayfeather shrugged.

"No offense, but I couldn't care less."

Sam smiled and purred. /So far, he's my favorite cat./

"Finally, someone who'll let me do nothing all day!"

Brambleclaw padded over to them. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Sam.

"Freddie is patrolling with Hollyleaf, Carly is training with Lionblaze…..but what are you doing?", he asked.

Sam froze.

"I…I was, um-" /Aw crap./

"Coming with me while I gather herbs.", Jayfeather finished. Sam eagerly nodded. /He saved my butt./She briefly looked at Brambleclaw. /That dude looks like he could do some damage..../Brambleclaw gave her a nod.

"Alright. Carry on.", he said before padding off. Sam turned to Jayfeather.

"Thanks, Jayfeather."

Jayfeather padded to the entrance of camp. Sam hurried after him. /Where's he goin'?/

"Hey, wait up!"

Jayfeather turned around.

"I thought I was supposed to come with you?", Sam said.

"You don't have to."

"But....I want to."

/Wait....did I just say that? Me? I actually want to work for once? Ah, guess there's a first time for everything..../

Jayfeather shrugged and said, "Follow me."

Out in the Forest

Sam padded beside Jayfeather. Up until now, she didn't like this place. That is, until she met Jayfeather. It was just something about him that made him stick out....other than the fact that he's blind. Sam felt weird around him, not like a bad weird, but a strangely good weird. She looked at him, not expecting him to look back, since he was blind and all.

"What?", Jayfeather mewed irritably. Sam eyes widened. /He saw me?!/ She opened her mouth.

"I-I, uh….", she stammered. Her face felt hot. /What's wrong with me? Why cant I-/Jayfeather let out an annoyed grunt and faced her.

"Yes, I am blind, so stop staring."

"S-Sorry."

Sam found herself giving her chest fur a few embarrassed licks. There was rustling coming from the bushes a few fox-lengths away.

"Got it!", she heard Carly say. She heard Lionblaze's voice, too.

"Nice catch, but keep quiet or you'll scare the rest of the prey away.", he said.

Jayfeather and Sam padded over to them. A vole was dangling from Carly's jaws.

"Hi, Carls."

"Oh, hey Sam!", she mewed happily. Carly dropped the vole between her paws. Sam looked at the dead animal. /Ugh..../

"Carly, um, did you…?"

"She caught it, and quite expertly might I add.", Lionblaze mewed.

Carly purred at his praise.

"Thanks, Lionblaze, but you taught me how. I'm not familiar with hunting on this kind of terrain."

Sam blinked. /You could've stopped at 'hunting', Carls./

Lionblaze pointed to Sam with his tail.

"I see you got stuck with the trouble maker.", he said.

Sam hissed./He invited me, than you very much! Furball..../

Jayfeather could tell Sam didn't like Lionblaze and vice versa.

"No Blaze, I invited Sam along.", Jayfeather said.

Lionblaze shrugged.

"Fine, whatever. but just watch out for her."

Sam hissed at him and Carly sighed.

"I should take this back to the fresh kill pile." With out another word, Carly picked her vole up and padded away with Lionblaze following. Sam watched them until they disappeared, and in the process didn't notice Jayfeather was gone. He sat beside her with a bundle of comfrey (a plant with large leaves and small pink, bell-shaped flowers) in his mouth.

"I'm done. We can go back to camp now.", he informed her.

"You mean.....that's it?", she asked. /I didn't even do anything! Hey, I could get used to this...../

Jayfeather nodded.

"That's it." He got up and passed Sam. Sam followed him./I'll stick with Jayfeather for now. No work=Happy Sam./ She grinned at him, but he didn't see. /There's just something about him..../

Had to cut this chapter in half, but more happens in the fourth! I'm back at school, so it may take me a while to update.......unless I get lots of reviews.....(hint hint)