Moonclaw hissed in pain as a sharp thorn dug into her paw. Maybe leaving her Twolegs hadn't been such a great idea after all. Now, she had no idea where to go, was thirsty (Even though she could HEAR a waterfall, but not see it. What was up with that?!) had to deal with her tiny little sister, not to mention that she was STUCK IN A PILE OF THORNY VINES.

Moonclaw had no idea why she was still attempting to get free. Every time she tried, she got about a thousand more scratches. 

"Three Moons. What happened to you?"

The voice made Moonclaw stop struggling and turn around to see who it was. 

Behind her was a plump, fuzzy, pure-white kittypet. 

"There's only one moon, idiot." she hissed. The tom shrugged. "It's just something I learned from my Twolegs. Who are you, and why did your Twolegs leave you like this?"

"They didn't. I ran away. I'm Moonclaw. Who are you?"

The white cat looked appalled. "You ran away? By all the fences! Why would you do that? Oh, milk and tuna. Want me to help you find your way back?"

"No! What's your name? It's something like Prince or King or Fuzzball, right?" Moonclaw asked.

The kittypet drew himself up, looking offended. "My name," he said, "Is Football."

Moonclaw rolled her eyes. "Great. Wonderful. Football. Now, unless your going to get me out of here, you should leave."

Football unsheathed his claws and started to cut through the vines.

The sun was setting when Moonclaw finally got free. "Thanks. Any idea how to get to the Sundrownplace?" she asked.

Football thought for a minute. "You go thataway." he jabbed his tail towards the setting sun. "I think you'll get there...actually no idea. Bye, Clawmoon!" 

"Lightkit," Moonclaw called quietly. "It's safe to come out now."

A tiny, golden-yellow shape crawled out from under a fallen tree. Moonclaw nudged a berry toward her sister. "That's all I could find. It's called a blackberry, I think. They're tasty."

After they ate, Moonclaw led Lightkit to a small stream. "Drink." she ordered. 

After that, they slept. Moonclaw dreamed of swimming, and watching Lightkit play in the sand.