The sun was still high in the sky, but something was wrong. Anger had hit both of the house pets, they hadn't eaten anything for hours, and they had no hunting skills. "Princess let's rest, I'll try to catch something to eat." Sammi offered. Her friend nodded sitting upon the ground under a large tree, the tabby was more tired then Sammi had thought, all this running had made her drive her body to the limit. She slipped through the ferns, looking around for anything to eat. The cream colored feline noticed a squirrel eating a acorn, this was her chance to grant them both something to eat. She bent down, and punced upon the fat squirrel, biting its neck and wrestling it, finally the tiny she-cat was able to kill the squirrel. She picked it up, and begun to carry it back to Princess intil she heard a hiss of anger. Sammi raced with the squirrel dangling in her jaws to where she had left her friend. She bursted through the ferns to see a work-folk grapping for Princess. No you don't! Sammi dropped the squirrel and pounded at the work-folk. Before she reached it, a large metal cage crashed down from a tree above her, it landed all around the she-cat. A trap! The other threw a net over Princess, trapping her aswell, the two were stuck now.
Sammi, and Princess were carried to a large green shack in two small wooden-box-like cages. A pang of fear was in her soul, were they going to kill them? As the door was opened she noticed rows of cages, they were full of cats. The work-folk placed her cage infront of another cage that was empty, and opened both doors. A special back of the cage she had been trapped in slid foward and forced her into the second cage that was next to another cat. It was a gray she-cat was was laying on her side, eyes closed but Sammi knew she was asleep. Next in the same cage was Princess. The work-folk hadn't seprated them after all, that made Sammi a little happier because she wouldn't be around strange cats without her friend. Closing the cage, the taller work-folk hit the cage that the gray she-cat was in, the cat awoken and growled, he yowled something at it and the she-cat bared her teeth and claws. Would she really fight a work-folk? Sammi though, licking her paw then running it across her whiskers. The two left the cats alone within the shack, a food dish and a water dish was left in the cage for both Princess and Sammi. "Eat first Princess. I can wait intil you get you're fill." Sammi mewed, she turned to look on the other side of the cage. A long-haired gray tom with yellow eyes was clawing at one side of the wooden cage which intraped him. He turned to look over at the two newbies, his eyes widened, "Princess! W-what are you doing here?" His voice was deep.
"Graystripe?" She mewed back as she lifted her head from the food bowl, he padded over the the wood wall that had seprated them, placing his nose through one of the bars on the side, "Yeah, it's me Graystripe. What are you doing here? Who's you're friend?" Princess licked his nose, purring. The tom purred back at her returning her kind lick of affection. They must've met some where before, this didn't look like a cat Sammi knew so she just stayed back. "Graystripe, I'm looking for Cloudtail, and Firestar. Oh, and this is Sammi, she's helping me search." Princess poped her tiny paw through the bars placing it on the tom she'd called Graystripe. She even listened to the explanation Princess had given this tom for being here, and why she was looking for the two others. "Princess, you can't escape this place. Only three cats have done it before." Graystripe mewed. Sammi noticed her friend become sad with this news. We can't stop trying now. Sammi rammed into the cage door with all her strength, and she did it again, over and over. She hadn't stopped. Even though both Graystripe, and Princess had pleaded with her to. One more ram was all she needed, Sammi forced herself to her paws, and rushed the cage breaking the nails in the wooden door. The gray she-cat on the other side of the cage who was seen growling at the work-folk stood to her paws. "The kittypet broke free!" she wailed. Graystripe growled to silence her, he looked to Princess, "Go see if Sammi is well. Then find Cloudtail and Firestar."
Princess shook her head, "Not without you Graystripe." The light brown tabby she-cat padded from the cage, using her claws to break the lock on his cage door. The long-haired tom padded from his cage and jumped to the ground, helping Sammi up. Princess looked around, "Cloudtail was here wasn't he?" She mewed lightly. The tom nodded, looking around to see if any work-folk were coming. "Come along Princess. We cannot save all these cats." He nudged Sammi toward the open window, following her. Her head low Princess had followed them, she noticed a tiny silver, light gray, and white she-kit in a cage alone. "Graystripe I can't leave a kit to die." Princess picked this lock freeing the kit and grasping it by the scruff. The light brown tabby then tightened her grasp on the tiny lump, juming from the cage door to ontop of the open window ledge, Graystripe allowed Sammi to exit the shack first, followed by Princess and the tiny kit in her jaws. He knew that Firestar's sister was a kittypet, but like her brother Princess had the heart of a true clan cat. The three cats raced each other along the dirt path back toward the river, Graystripe had took the lead since he knew this land better then both of the kittypets, the long-haired gray tom stopped as they reached the river, stones popped out from the surface of the river. Stepping stones? Sammi thought, she allowed Princess to take the kit across to safety first, then she followed, Graystripe was right behind her. "We will be safe here for a while." Graystripe mewed, the tom was tired from the running they had done, and the sun had set moments ago. The half moon was above their heads, Sammi agreed that they'd be safe since this area had more leaves and prickle bushes surrounding it.