Authors Note: I'm super sorry this took so long, writers block decided to smack me upside the head, expect more frequent updates from now on (of course depending on school) sorry about the quality too, I really feel like I could have done better but I felt the need to get this out.

"Everyone okay?," there was a yawn from Thunderstrike who hadn't gotten more than an hour of sleep at best, she had been too worried.

"Yeah."

"I think so."

"Kittypet get your paw out of my face!" a muffled shout from Tessa who was trapped underneath Kittypet's foreleg with her paw jabbed in her face. But Kittypet was out cold and the only reply was snoring and Budderhats laughing.

Destiny padded up from behind her, "I'm fine, just a little tired, do we want to start moving like we planned or wait?" Thunderstrike thought for a minute and turned to the rest of the group, "I'm not sure, what do you guys think?" There was no dispute, they all agreed to start moving that day, "I don't want another attack, it'd be best to leave," BerryJay added. There was a murmur of agreement and everyone gathered, even Kittypet and Tessa who had finally gotten untangled. So they all filed out of the barn, going down the single board in a filed line, warily they passed through the field, through the opposite fence, and didn't calm down until they were out of sight of the barn.

"Shouldn't we hunt now, I don't know about everyone else but I'm starving, how about we all split off in pairs?" everyone nodded and sort of gathered by themselves, Kittypet and Sheep, Tessa and Berryjay (of course she always stuck to him like Velcro) and Budderhats, Thunderstrike and Destiny were left in a group with each other. Destiny waved over to a large oak tree that was covered in brush, and lowered into a hunting crouch, the other two following. By spreading around that area they managed pretty well, catching a thrush and two mice. Budderhats catching the last one, may it be added very ungracefully, Destiny almost had to yank her back by the tail to keep her from crashing into the tree.

But Budderhats came back with her usual cheer and bounced past the other two she-cats, unaware they weren't following. Destiny let out a purring laugh, "She's such a thistle-brain."

"I hadn't noticed," Thunderstrike replied as she padded beside her, letting slip a small smile. They made it back to the spot they had started and lay down to wait for the other cats, "You know... that thunder and lighting storm yesterday was pretty freaky, it came out of nowhere," Destiny suddenly commented. Thunderstrike tensed and looked away from her, "Must have been starclan watching out for us," she mumbled.

"Star what now?"

"Oh right, you wouldn't know. There the clan of the ancestors," she flicked her tail towards the sky, "Whenever a cat dies they join starclan where everything's practically perfect. Each star represents a different cat."

"Wow," she murmured, "So they can do stuff like change the weather like that?"

"Yep, they send signs like that, there were gatherings where the two clans got together, whenever fighting was going to start clouds covered the moon."

Before Destiny could ask any more questions the rest of the group came barreling through the undergrowth, nearly trampling both of the two she-cats, "Hey! Tessa get off me!" Thunderstrike squealed impatiently. Tessa jolted and struggled up, "Sorry," she mewed sheepishly.

"What was that whole thing about anyway? Were you being chased? Was it the rats again?" Destiny worried.

"Nope, we were racing," Kittypet exclaimed, "And I won! Eat my dust!" The brown and gold she-cat pranced over to where Destiny was sitting with an exasperated expression plastered on her face, looking quite happy with herself.

"Well I'd say we should eat and get going again, were burning daylight," Destiny said. Kittypet nodded her head knowingly, suddenly going stone still but going straight back to prancing as soon as she started. Thunder picked a mouse and lay down next to Kittypet and Budderhats and they all ate, making jokes. Berryjay who had been listening nearly choked on his thrush laughing, it didn't help when Kittypet made a joke about him looking blue in the face. But when they settled back down Thunderstrike couldn't help but glance over at Destiny who was sitting with Sheep talking, something's different today... she actually started conversation with me, Thunder thought, yesterday she wanted nothing to do with me at all.

"Hey Thunderstrike, you okay? I said we're leaving now," Budderhats prodded her with a paw, snapping her back to reality.

"Oh, right," she dazed, "Coming."

"Where are we headed anyway? Any plans?" Sheep asked quietly.

"Yeah! We're headed to the lake, it's perfect swimming weather!" Tessa purred. There was a round of cheers from everyone except Destiny and Thunderstrike who both let out low groans, "I'll pass," Destiny muttered.

"I second that." But the other cats were chatting among themselves happily, ignoring them both. Budderhats lagged to let Thunderstrike catch up and let out an excited squeal, "Isn't this awesome?! I can't wait!"

"Budderhats, you do realize I don't like water? I told you that when you showed up, remember?"

Budderhats had to think for a minute before coming back at her with a blank smile, "Nope, can't say I recall that," she laughed. Thunder sighed quietly and shook her head at her friend's absent-mindedness. "Don't worry, it's going to be awesome! We always go down to the lake when it gets warm!" Budderhats reassured, purring.

"I'll take your word for it."