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Chapter 4:

Ice opened her eyes and stretched. She slowly stood up, trying not to wake Shadow and Silver. Wait... Silver? Then Ice remembered. Gray was gone. Her father was gone. Only Ice, Shadow, and Silver, her mother, were left.

She gazed at her mother and brother. They looked so peaceful! Ice longed to lie back down and go back to sleep, but her stomach growled. Ice crept over to Silver and nudged her.

"Silver!" she hissed.

Silver rolled over and opened her eyes, moaning. "Go back to sleep, Ice," she grumbled sleepily before closing her eyes again.

Ice nudged her again. "Silver!"

Silver slowly opened her eyes. "What... Ice?"

Ice sighed. "I'm going out hunting," Ice told her.

"Okay, Ice. Whatever you want...," Silver mumbled. She rolled back over and Ice heard her start to snore.

Ice hesitated briefly and then slipped out of the cave. She stumbled, partly from the cold and partly from the snow. Ice remembered yesterday's lesson and began making small leaps and walking very lightly.

Ice soon reached the melted ice. She trembled as she approached the melted ice. "G-Gray?" she meowed shakily, her eyes wide and scared.

There wasn't a sound, except her echo. "G-Gray?"

Ice whimpered. She peeked down in the water. There was nothing there except fish! Her stomach growled. Speaking of fish...

Ice swiped her paws through the water and squeaked in frustration when she came up empty.

She retreated and tried to remember how Silver did it...

"Let's see. Silver sat funny. There wasn't a shadow.. There wasn't a shadow!" Ice adjusted her posture. "Then Silver held up her paw and waited until a fish came along." Ice lifted her paw and waited. Soon a fish swam along.

Like lightning, Ice's paw flashed and a moment later, the fish was wriggling on the ground. Ice sank her teeth into it, her eyes glowing.

"I did it!" Ice squealed.

She stared at the fish triumphantly. Silver will be so proud, she thought. Then Ice gulped. Uhh... so speaking of Silver, what time is it? Ice looked up at the sky. It was late morning, almost sun-high.

Ice picked up the fish and started to hurry back, but it was hard with the extra wait. As she neared the cave, Ice spotted Silver and Shadow outside with their backs to her.

Uh-oh...

Ice trotted down nervously. I'm going to be in so much trouble!

As if he'd been called, Shadow turned around. When he saw her, his eyes lit up. "Silver! Silver, Ice is back!"

Silver whirled around. "Ice! Where have you been? It's sun high, Ice! Oh, I'm so glad you're safe!"

"I brought food," Ice said proudly. She nudged the fish toward Shadow.

His eyes gleamed. "Thanks!"

Silver stepped in front of him. "Just a minute, Ice. I know you brought a fish, and that's great, but you're only four moons old! It's too dangerous for you to leave the cave alone, especially without anyone knowing."

Ice blinked. "But I did tell you, Silver. I did! This morning," Ice protested defiantly.

"I was practically asleep, Ice! But that doesn't matter anyway. You need to learn to follow the rules," Silver retorted, her eyes flashing angrily.

Ice glared at Silver. "I don't care about your old rules!"

Silver bristled. "Ice! That was very rude! I only care about your safety. I'm doing this so that you don't get hurt or-or die...like... Gray. "

Ice's angry demeanour vanished in an instant. "I'm sorry, Silver! I'm so, so sorry!" she wailed, her eyes huge with remorse.

"It's all right," Silver meowed. "I just love you so much!"

"I won't do it again. I promise. And I really am sorry."

"Thank you, Ice. But-"

Shadow's stomach growled. The she-cats turned to him, looking startled. He grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, guys. I'm starved!"

Silver rolled her eyes. "Then by all means, let's eat! We'll talk later, Ice."

The cats went inside the cave and sat down. Shadow took a bite. "This is great! Good job, Ice!"

"Thanks!" Ice purred. "Hunting is really fun!"

"It's fun, but you have to be careful," Silver teased gently.

"Hey! I said I was sor-"

"She's just teasing, sis. Anyway think you can show me your technique?"

Ice's eyes glowed. "Sure!"