A fox stood in front of Twitchkit. She knew it would be best to yowl for help, or run away, but she was like a tree that had sprouted roots, she was deadly afraid. Suddenly a glowing white- see through pelt appeared in front of her. The fox snarled viciously but then started to whimper and it dashed away through its old tracks. The cat suddenly disappeared and Twitchkit stood alone, by her scratching tree, waiting for Moongaze to come and get her; her heart beating madly.

Moongaze woke up in her nest, and waited for Twitchkit to pounce on her. Surprisingly, Twitchkit wasn't there, and where she had made her nest was cold, and her scent was stale. The other queens and kits lay in the nursery, breathing deeply while they slept. Moongaze wandered to the apprentices' den and watched Harepaw sit up and stare at her. He crept out of the den, careful not to wake his sleeping denmates.

"What do you want?" he growled.

"Remember, you're not a warrior yet, you can't order me around," Moongaze said playfully. "Also, have you seen your sister this morning, she wasn't in the nursery, and her nest was cold." Harepaw's bitter attitude broke, and he suddenly felt worried for his sister.

"No, I haven't seen her this morning. You should tell Smallstar-" Moongaze hissed at the sound of his name.

"I'll try that," she retorted. Moongaze walked off to Smallstar's den. Smallstar was up, looking to his Clan. He didn't even notice Moongaze outside his burrow, until she said something. When Moongaze told him what happened, he acknowledged her, "We will set up patrols to look for her," he sounded anxious, probably hoping that Twitchkit would not be found, so that he didn't have to deal with Moongaze's complaints.

Finally, Moongaze replied, " Fine, I will go look for her myself." Smallstar snapped back to the real world. "We can't risk one of our queens! If you must go, take a warrior with you," he walked at of the den, and called, " Elkfoot! Go with Moongaze to help her find Twitchkit!" Elkfoot stopped what she was doing and rushed over to Moongaze and Smallstar. He gestured with his tail for them to leave. As they walked out of the clearing, Moongaze heard him sound the familiar words again…

Twitchkit was cold, she was hungry, but she could never forget the warrior that saved her. Part of her wonder who they were, and the other half never wanted to see them again. Who were they? Why did they save her? These were the questions that rand through her mind madly. Maybe I should try to go back to camp. Hopefully I won't run into another killer. Twitchkit slowly took in her surroundings; she had never seen this part of the forest before. She paced forward a couple fox lengths, and jumped when she stepped on a leaf. She looked up where the sun had been; it had been replaced with dark, stormy leafbare skies. A rain drop landed on her nose and another seeped into her pelt. Talking to herself she asked, "Does this tree look the same as the one by camp?" The rain had started to fall thoroughly, but Twitchkit kept walking. While she was talking to herself, Twitchkit stepped on a thorn. "OWWW!" She yelped. For the next couple minutes, Twitchkit sat under a tree that gave her shelter while she licked her paw desperately. The long grass that hid her shook and a familiar pelt appeared. "Moongaze!" She ran up to her mother and touched her muzzle. The grass swayed again and reviled Elkfoot. Elkfoot shook her pelt, which sent rain drops flying onto Moongaze's and Twitchkit's pelt. "Watch it!" Moongaze told her. Elkfoot looked at Twitchkit from muzzle to paw and told her, "Well, it looks like you held up well!" Moongaze stepped back from her kit and her expression changed for happy to angry.

"Twitchkit, yesterday Smallstar told you to stay in the nursery! Do you ever want to become an apprentice?" Twitchkit looked down at her paws, and Moongaze continued, "I was worried! You could have been-" At that moment, thunder shook the air, and Twitchkit yelped. "Captured!" Moongaze told her kit. "Let's get back to camp so you don't freeze." She picked her daughter up by the scruff and Elkfoot followed them out of the shelter of the tree.

When the three cats got back to camp, Smallstar stood, looking at Twitchkit furiously. Moongaze set Twitchkit down next to Smallstar.

"Twitchkit! Do you know how much trouble you caused?"

Before Twitchkit could answer, the sight of smoke drifting from a tree outside the camp made her yowl.