A/N: Samantha is the oldest twoleg kit, by the way. AKA, she's a teenager :P As always, the story's not mine, blah blah blah. Oh, and its not your average kitty-pet story. Just FYI ;)

"Alright, babies." Sam said, cradling the two kittens in her arms. "Today is a momentous day for you both!"

"Any idea what she's saying, Spencer?"

"Not a clue, Chio."

"Today, I finally got permission to let you roam around outside, we're going outside!" Sam nosed both kitten's heads, smiling hugely.

"Wait, wait, that's the door!" Chio said excitedly, her meows loud as she scrambled up onto Samantha's shoulder. Her emerald eyes gleamed with glee, ecstatic about the freedom.

Spencer's own green eyes were worried. He's seen the other strays that have crawled all over their yard. Most were ragged, and scary looking. Or dogs, and other animals. All over the yard.

"Do you think we'll cat a mouse?" Chio asked, her tail flicking from side to side as she was set down in the grass. She darted around in circles, just for the heck of it.

"We'll, we are next to a farm." True, their roaming territory was huge, and had a farm bordering one side. The forest on another. In the distance, he could hear birds chirping in the forest.

The chirping was suddenly silence, then an alarm call. He could see the black dots scattering from the forest top. Why did that seem so familiar? He couldn't quite put his paw on it.

"Spencer!" Chio tackled his side, rolling him over with an easy grace. She nipped his ear playfully. "I asked if you wanted to play!"

"Uh, sure," He meowed distractedly, flipping out from under his sister. "What do you wanna play?"

"Tag," The little tabby answered immediately, and her tail pointed towards the forest. "In there. You're it first, no take backs!"

Spencer's jaw dropped, and before he could stop her, Chio had disappeared into the cover of the forest.

"Chio, NO!" He yowled, fearing for their lives as he ran in after her. "Chio come back! We don't know what's in the forest!"

"What's wrong, Spencer, not afraid of the forest are we?" He could hear her teasing voice, but it was getting farther and farther away, no matter how fast he was going. His paws crunched against dead leaves and twigs, probably alerting every mouse and squirrel in the area of where he was.

There was a snap of a twig somewhere near by. He whipped his head around, watching a mouse scurry away. He breathed a sigh, shot nerves and random noises were not a good combination.

He was tackled from the side. It lacked the playful nature Chio always reserved when play fighting him. Suddenly he had a loud hissing in his ear

"What are you doing in EarthClan?"

Spencer was staring with a dazed expression on his face into the angry eyes of another cat. She was calico colored, and had piercing yellow eyes. She didn't look very happy either.

"Spencer, Spencer!" Chio's voice was scared, but coming closer this time.

"Scarletsong, I caught the other one." Was a loud gruff meow.

"Good job, Rainwatcher." Scarletsong replied, getting up off of Spencer. "Get up, now. You're coming with us."

Spencer sprinted the short distance to Chio's side. With Scarletsong in front of them, and the other cat behind them, they were marched towards their unknown destination.

"Are you okay?" He asked, giving her a quick look over. She looked okay.

"Spencer, I'm scared." Chio whispered, she was shaking visibly.

"Scarletsong, they look like nothing more than a couple of kittypets." Rainwatcher said from behind them. "They shouldn't even be worth this much."

"Kittypets that are stealing our prey," Seethed Scarletsong. "Are worth everything that's coming to them.

"But we've never been outside before!" Chio protested.

"Looks like you're outside now, kittypet." Rainwatcher said. His voice was solemn. "And you're not going to get the spoiled treatment you get at your home in ours."