Slowly moving through the tall grass, SwirlFang and TigerHeart move side by side to the main entrance of the clan. Bushes, flowers, and trees cover up the clan nicely, making it hard to be found by predators like foxes or for that matter….. other clans.

TigerHeart sighs and pouts, “I thought this would be way different….Now that I'm a warrior, the first thing I have to do is stare at trees all night!”

SwirlFang slightly bumps TigerHeart. TigerHeart had stopped to yell at him but didn't have the chance to before he spoke.

“I have you and you have me. So at the very least, we still have each other.”

TigerHeart face froze at what he said and her face started to flush, but then she looks away quickly and huffed. 

“Like you would be any entertainment! You're just as boring as the trees I'm going to be staring at!”

SwirlFang frowned, sighed, and turned away; walking away from her.

TigerHeart realized what she said and heard paw prints going away from her. She quickly caught up to them.

“I….I guess you are a little fun to be around.” TigerHeart softly spoke.

SwirlFang slightly smiles, “You are too, and while we are out here, I can practice some more with my dummy.”

TigerHeart looked confused, “Dummy?”

SwirlFang smirks and turns towards her, “Yeah, you.”

TigerHeart snarls a little, “You little…. you're lucky we have a job to do or else I would have beat you into the ground!”

SwirlFang scoffs, “Oh really? With what strength? You can barely even beat me at training most of the time.”

TigerHeart pouts and looks away, “You will see….Once we get back into the clan tonight and rest.” 

“Right, like you would ever stan-”

A rustle in the bushes loudly interrupts SwirlFang. 

“Hello? I-Is someone there? I ne-need help! Please!”, an unknown cat yelled out.

TigerHeart looked worried and took a step forward towards the unknown cat’s direction, but SwirlFang put a paw on her back to stop her. 

“SwirlFang? We have to help them! You heard them! We can't just leave them!” TigerHeart told him heartfelt about the hurt cat. 

TigerHeart waited for SwirlFang to respond but she noticed something….that worried her.

“You…. don't want to help them?”

TigerHeart stepped back from SwirlFang and shook her head. SwirlFang had a neutral face earlier but when he saw how she acted to his thoughts, he frowned. 

TigerHeart stuttered, “Y-You c-c-can’t do that! That's a cat! They need help! You want to h-help them right?!” She kept pestering him to get an answer. 

“Hey! Guys, I need help! I’m bleeding! Badly! Please…..I need help.”

SwirlFang slightly hesitated and sighed. He turned towards where the unknown cat could be heard and yelled back, “Yeah! We're on our way to help!”

TigerHeart face froze and she lets go of the breath she was holding, “Thank Goodness…” she laughs slightly, “I thought you just wanted to leave them to die.”

TigerHeart started walking to the unknown cat once again, but just like last time….

“What now?” TigerHeart sighed when she felt SwirlFang stop her again. 

“Don't worry, I just want you to head back to the clan to get some help.” 

TigerHeart pouts, “Why can't you just go back for help? You didn't even want to help them in the first place!”

SwirlFang sneers, “Well, do you want them to die?! Cause if you don't go back to the clan and get someone to help, then they most likely will!”

TigerHeart sighs, “Alright….you didn't have to be so mean about it though!” 

She turns around and runs as fast as she can to get a Warrior to help.

SwirlFang frowns and makes his way to the hurt cat. He goes through bushes, vines, and a couple of branches before he is able to see a shadow of a cat. 

SwirlFang saw beautiful, dark red fur. His face furrowed a bit but then it 

quickly deadpans. 

“Hey…” The cat turns their head slowly to face SwirlFang. He noticed that the cat did look like they were in pain. 

“Are you gonna come closer? I-I can barely get up.” the cat whispered.

SwirlFang didn't move.

The cat chuckles, “Are you usually this stubborn? It took you a long time to get here too…”

SwirlFang's face furrowed again, he obviously didn't like how ‘friendly’ this cat was. He slowly put one paw forward…..but keeping his eyes on the cat. 

The cat chuckles again, “Careful too…..but not cautious.” As soon as the cat said that, it jumps up and sprints to SwirlFang. 

It caught SwirlFang off guard a little bit, but he focused on his opponent and quickly rolled out of the way and jumped back up.

“Ahh…. You're a quick little rat!” The cat took a step to it's right and SwirlFang did the same, trying to keep his distance. 

SwirlFang sneers and growled watching them. He took another step to right, and the cat followed, making them circle each other . 

“Ah, so you don't want to talk to me? That's quite rude, if I might say so.” The cat once again chuckles.

“What are you?” SwirlFang spoke.

The cat looks surprised, “Well, the rat speaks! Obviously I'm a cat.”

SwirlFang circles once more and faces them. “You know what I meant!”

The cat stops its happy persona and sneers, “As if I would tell you!” 

The cat leaps and tries to claw SwirlFang, he slides to the side and gets behind them. The cat was faster and swipes to get him away from their back end. The cat again bounds for him but this time…..for SwirlFang, it was like a blur and he couldn't dodge them. The cat caught SwirlFang and pushed them to the ground with their paw on his neck.

SwirlFang sneered and yowled. He tried to get the cat off of him. 

“Stay still! Unless you want to die, rat!” the cat yells at SwirlFang.

SwirlFang, still sneering, stops.

The cat laughs, “At least the rat has a brain!”

SwirlFang wanted to kill that cat on the spot.

“Red! Let's go! I got the supplies!” Another cat comes through the bushes and yells to the cat holding SwirlFang hostage. 

“Really? Alright! Good job, Silver! Let's leave this little rat!” 

Red lets go of SwirlFang and heads out of the IvyClan’s territory, running with Silver.

SwirlFang watched them leave his clan. He slowly got up and turned away, heading back to the clan, slowly.