The gray cat looked up at Windstar. "She would actually..." He paused, and couldn't talk anymore.

The brown cat smiled and nodded. "She would actually take away one of my lives and make me lie about it. That's her, and her evil dark spirit. Silverpelt will not except her when she dies."

Thunderstar sighed. "I'll be back with the results later..." He said, starting to walk away.

The brown cat jumped over the border to ask the cat when they'd meet again.

"Moonhigh," Thunderstar mumbled, as he walked back up the hill to his clan.

Windstar smiled and walked down, back into his Clan. "It feels so nice for someone to stick up for you for once," He smiled.

After a hunting trip, Thunderstar caught a bluejay that was quite tasty. He relaxed a little bit, but once he laid down, he looked down the hill, and remembered that he needed to go to ShadowClan for Windstar. "Ugh.." He sighed.

The gray tabby thought for a second. Thunderstar knew Shadowstar almost his whole life. He would always visit her when she was a kittypet, and he was the reason why she escaped. He sat down, and remembered the day he met Shadowstar, the day Shadowstar left her twolegs, and the day they met Windstar and Riverstar.

The gray kitten walked around the twolegs place, noticing all the huge buildings. "They're so big..." He thought. What was it like in there?

He laid down and felt real sadness once he realized no human would ever take him in, if he was born in the wild. He looked to crazy.

With sadness filled inside him, he walked by a cream coloured house. He smiled, looking at how cool it looked.

Before he started to walk away, he noticed the cat door opening, and a gorgeous dark brown kitten walking outside. She didn't notice him, since he hid in a bush while she was coming out.

She's beautiful... Thunder thought, watching the sweet kitten chase away a orange butterfly. She was so graceful with her movements, and every time she did something, Thunder's heart was filled with more joy. He wanted to come out, but he was to afraid.

She was starting to run back inside, but tripped on a small rock. Thunder giggled a small bit.

The kitten glared around the bushes, and noticed eyes in one of them. She gasped, but had a curious look on her face. As she started to walk to the bush, she whispered, "Hello?"

The gray kitten jumped out, and shook the leaves off of him. "Hi!"

She smiled, relieved that it was just another kitten. "Hi. I'm Shadow, what's your name?"

Thunder blushed a little, since he was a teeny bit shy. "I'm Thunder," He said quietly.

"That's a cool name! Where do you live, Thunder?" Shadow asked him.

Thunder sighed. "Out in the woods."

The cat shrieked. "Ew! Isn't it scary in there? I heard there are all of these big, mean creatures, and you have to find your own food!"

Thunder nodded. "Coyotes, Wolves, Foxes, plenty of more big animals. I also hunt mice. They are very yummy!" He smiled.

Shadow sat down beside him. "I never really talked to a outsider before. But I am not afraid," She smiled.

Thunder rolled his eyes. "Why? Are we as monstrous as coyotes?" He asked her. Shadow shook her head. "Something took my brother, I don't know if he escaped..."

Thunder rubbed against the kitten. "No worries. I bet he did, and he's living a happy life either here or in the wild."

Shadow nodded. "I sure hope so. Anyways, it's feeding time. See you later, Thunder!"

The she-cat raced to the cat door, and entered in slowly. Thunder decided to stay in her yard for the night, to see if it was really a nice area.

At the pitch black night, he moved out to the back, so he was near his homeland, the forest. Hopefully nobody would come looking for him.

As he almost fell asleep, he heard something in the leaves. He stood up, noticing a coyote right near him. Thunder gasped as his heart started racing and he panicked. There was no way he could outrun a coyote!

The only way was...to fight it.

He unsheathed his claws, and hissed. "Come at me!" He said. The coyote started to race towards him, as he jumped on a tree branch on a tree. He had never been this high before.

The coyote started to scratch the tree. The kitten gulped. There was no way he could make it.

He jumped onto the canine's back, starting to claw near his neck. The coyote sat down quickly, sliding him down to the ground.

The kitten took a breath as he started to run. A head start would be nice. "Help!" He cried as he jumped onto another tree, screaming and screaming louder each time.

Inside the house, Shadow started to hear yowls of help. Her ears perked as she blinked a couple of times. She yawned as she looked out the window, but noticed Thunder being attacked.

No! She screamed in her thoughts. She ran downstairs, and went out the back cat door. Right when the coyote was about to take the branch down from the tree, the kitten jumped on the coyote. "Stop! You took my brother, but you won't take my friend!"

Thunder had the biggest smile on his face. While the coyote was distracted, he scratched his eye, making the coyote blind in his left eye. It yowled and ran away, having some scratches, and his eye wound.

Thunder breathed heavily as he looked into Shadow's eyes. Once he regained a regular heartbeat and normal breaths, he said to her, "Thank-you."

The two looked at each other for a little while, until Thunder ran back into the forest, not afraid to be attacked once again.

Shadow had entered back into her house.

The two had been visiting each other more and more ever since the coyote attack. Shadow spent days and days in the forest with Thunder, and Thunder spent days and days with Shadow inside.

Shadow and Thunder had just turned seven moons old, and where the toughest cats in the area.

Thunder entered the cat door, and purred after a pet from one of Shadow's owners, a sixteen year old girl. He walked over into the living room, where Shadow laid, looking outside.

"Hello."

The brown she-cat turned around. "Thunder, I think it's time I leave to go to the forest. My older owners think that I am to vicious, and might send me to the pound. It's either that or I go with you."

Thunder nodded. "Okay, do whatever you please," He said. The brown cat smiled and walked out the cat door with the tabby, then ran out. On their way to a new area, they met two cats, Wind and River. They became great friends with them, but since they met them, the two had gone from almost in love to just friends, but they still felt that feeling deep in their hearts.

Thunderstar smiled once he finished his memories. He knew Shadowstar wasn't that crazy to attack Windstar.

He walked over to the border, and called out for her.

Soon, the she-cat walked over to him, looking as beautiful as she did the first day he met her.

"What."

Thunderstar just stared at her.

"I don't have the whole day, Thunder. I'm hunting and making sure Windstar doesn't go in my territory!" She hissed.

He snapped out of it quickly. "Of course. May I enter? I have to speak to you about something that I discussed with Windstar today."

The dark brown she-cat rolled her eyes. "Windstar told you something? Sit with Shadow and tell me," She said, letting him in her territory. He laid down, and glared at her.

"Speak."

"He said that fox that took away one of his lives was you. I sorta didn't believe it, so I came to see if it was true," The gray tom told her.

Shadowstar started to chuckle.

Thunderstar gave the she-cat a confused look.

Soon, the she-cat noticed that she was the only one laughing and stopped. "Totally a lie. Well, part of it. You see, we fought about our borders, but he started to be all 'elegant' and tried to make me 'fall in love' with him. But that would never happen..." She said. Because I only have one cat who belongs in my heart... She finished in her mind.

The gray tom nodded. "Of course. I can tell now, I should have never doubted you... or trust him. By the way, someone has been stealing Riverstar, Windstar, and I's prey. What about you?"

"Same. I can scented all of the Clans, and some Twolegs Place. Of course you and I should have been able to scent that...or did you forget the scent?" She asked him. Thunderstar noticed her eyes from excited that she had company to sadness.

"I did also sniff some Twoleg's Place," He said, and stood up, walking towards her. "You know," He said, hanging his head over her shoulder, "I would never forget that scent." He purred as he walked back to his Clan.