Mapleclaw awoke to a creaking noise, it had been a moon since she and her kits had been exiled. A strange brown tabby tom came into the barn, he looked plump and had no collar.
"Oh I did not know cats lived in this barn," he meowed apologetically, Mapleclaw felt sorry for the tom.
"We only got here a moon ago after we got exiled from our clan," Mapleclaw meowed, the tom looked around confused.
"Who's we?" He questioned, Mapleclaw moved her tail to reveal her three moon old kits. His gaze softened, he padded over to get a better look.
"You will be well fed here, there are many plump mice all year round," the tom meowed, his gaze brightening.
"That's a very generous offer of you, are you sure it's ok?" Mapleclaw questioned him, he nodded.
"No biggy, say my name's Rebel I am a rouge who visits this barn but have made it my home recently, what's your name?" Rebel asked his gaze still soft as he looked at the sleeping kits, Mapleclaw felt joy as he admired them.
"My name is Mapleclaw, these are my kits, Blazekit, Whisperkit and Tawnykit," Mapleclaw meowed, his gaze brightened.
"So will you stay with me, I mean it gets lonely here most of the time," Rebel meowed quickly, Mapleclaw nodded holding back a purr.
"Of course we will stay, as long as my kits are well fed and happy then I am happy," Mapleclaw meowed proudly, Rebel padded closer and sat close to her and her kits. The two watched the kits sleep before they grew hungry, Mapleclaw stood and stretched.
"Well better hunt before these three wake up wanting fresh kill," Rebel meowed, Mapleclaw was surprised by how he knew they ate fresh kill now. The two hunted up a lot of plump juicy mice, Mapleclaw was surprised at how fat the mice were.
"These will feed us for a few days," Mapleclaw meowed, Rebel nodded tucking into one of the mice. The kits awoke and instantly tucked into their mice as did Mapleclaw, they soon finished and the kits began to look rather plump themselves.
"Hey could you tell me more about the clans?" Rebel asked between licks as he groomed his fur, Mapleclaw nodded.
"Of course," Mapleclaw meowed, she finished grooming herself and began to describe clan life and how everything worked. She told him of the battles between borders and how nice most cats were, she told him how the clan life worked and the warrior code. The whole time he listened carefully, his jaw dropped when she told him of how her riverclan mate told lies of her in front of his leader.
"Well if I were you i would get revenge I mean you no longer have to follow the warrior code since your no longer a clan cat," Rebel murmured, Mapleclaw thought he was onto something.
"Maybe when my kits are able to fight and fend for themselves I will get revenge on that jerk," Mapleclaw meowed, she settled down beside her kits to sleep the day away.