Hey guys, here's the next chapter! I've been trying to be more descriptive with both the physical things and the character's emotions, and you may notice that in this chapter. Hope you like it!

As to answer some of the questions in the last reviews, I'm sorry I didn't update for so long….. As I mentioned in the A/N, school has been very busy and I want to get good grades, y'know…. Sorry.

Plushie time! –smile- Okay, here we go. Thanks to hawkpath, too, but you didn't log in so… No plushie this time. –frown- As you can see, I like to have themed plushies.

Anidori-Isilee: Sandpaw

Linzerj loves Warriors: Graypaw

Kacheekyblu2: Firepaw

Birchsong21: Ravenpaw

Wildwaters: Dustpaw

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"I'm so hungry," Mothpaw whined. "There's nothing to eat anywhere in this place!"

"We're hungry too, so stop complaining!" Darkpaw snapped. "We're both looking, okay?"

Mothpaw glared at her. "Well maybe you don't mind eating rubbish, but it makes me sick! All I ask for is a fish, a minnow, but no, I have to eat filth!"

"Well maybe," Darkpaw hissed, mimicking her, "If you shut your mouth and searched for your own food, you'd find something!"

The silver cat opened her mouth to retort hotly, but Owlpaw cut her off. "Both of you are acting immature! Mothpaw, you sound like a whiny kit, and Darkpaw, you're no better. We need to work together, but all we do is fight!"

Darkpaw pinned her ears back in shame. "You're right, Owlpaw, I'm sorry."

Mothpaw didn't say anything, just stared at the ground sullenly. At least she stopped, Darkpaw thought, relieved.

"Let's focus on the bright side," continued Owlpaw. "For one thing, I hear water. A lot of it. We don't have to drink from a dripping tap anymore."

"Really?! Where?" Darkpaw looked up happily, listening for the sound. She twitched her whiskers and grinned, catching the familiar noise that rushing water made. Owlpaw flicked his tabby tail and led the way through the streets.

Minutes later, Darkpaw's green eyes slid around the curve of a building and spotted the source of the water. A large, decorative fountain sat in the middle of the square, spurting water out of the top. With a gleeful mew, Darkpaw darted forward and reared up, putting her front paws on the edge. Tiny drops misted her face.

The twins joined her, staring into the water. Owlpaw leaped up and balanced on the side, sniffing curiously. "Go on, guys, I think it's okay to drink." He bent his head down and lapped at the surface.

Darkpaw copied him. The water wasn't the cleanest and she could taste the human in it, but compared to a dripping tap it was heaven. She slurped it up, trying to fill her empty stomach. Everything tastes like humans here, she thought. Everything smells like them, sounds like them, looks like them. Everything here screams 'human'!

She hopped onto the wall next to Owlpaw, but the strange thing was, he wasn't there. For a moment she was confused, but then burst out laughing when she saw Owlpaw splashing around in the fountain. "What are you doing?" she giggled.

"What?" He glanced up at her in surprise. "You think this is funny?" The water plastered his fur to his sides and made him look especially thin.

"Yeah, kinda," she mewed. He rolled his eyes sarcastically and swiped a paw out at her. She batted it away, but then his other paw shot out and hooked around her legs. With a yelp, she tumbled into the water.

Blinking, she fake-glared at him. "You jerk!" Climbing to her paws, she sprang at him and tackled him, causing them both to go down into the water. Laughing, Owlpaw splashed another pawful of water at Darkpaw, who dodged.

"Mothpaw, come on in, the water's fine!" Owlpaw drawled, flicking water at her.

She crouched on the ground below, looking miserable. "No thanks," she muttered. "I don't want to mess with this human stuff any more than I have to. I'm going back to the alley (where they've been living for the last few days).

Darkpaw stared in surprise. Mothpaw had been so unhappy these last few days. Her moodiness was wearing on Darkpaw's nerves.

"Your loss," she murmured, watching her friend retreat. Turning back to Owlpaw, she smiled. "You look like a drowned rat."

"And you look like a- a-" Owlpaw struggled for words. Darkpaw laughed triumphantly and splashed him. Owlpaw splashed her back, and a full-on war ensued.

They finally emerged from the fountain, soaking wet and exhausted. Darkpaw was grinning at the older tom when suddenly a human appeared behind him. He spun around in surprise.

The two cats just stared, and the human stared back. "Why is it so small?" Darkpaw whispered.

"It's just a human-kit," Owlpaw whispered back. The human-kit reached out a hairless pink paw towards Darkpaw. She froze, not sure what to do, and the kit stroked her back. After a few pats on the head, the human pet Owlpaw too. Eventually it wandered away, and Darkpaw and Owlpaw stared at each other in shock.

"We've been touched by a human!" Darkpaw said excitedly.

At that moment, there was a horrible scream from the alley.

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Ooh, suspenseful. Sorry this chapter was so short; I just wanted to expand the plot a bit. It gets very exciting in the next chapter, so don't worry. So what are your feelings thus far? Review for plushies!