Soft breaths filled the open cavern as it was still early morning. A breeze came from the once hidden opening promising leaf-bare soon to come. Only one pair of green eyes had come to greet the humid darkness. Drips of water plummeted to the floor from rocky spikes on the roof of the cave. Scratching came from another side of the cavern as once more a striped brown tom readjusted his sleeping posture.

Time passed by, told only by the constant dripping from above and soon a grey she-cat awoke with a start, startling awake a cream tom sleeping nearby. The pupils of both cats widened as they calmed down.

"Did Starclan send you a vision of imminent doom, Darkfrost, because I see no other reason to wake up so violently! But oh wait! You refuse to make any sort of contact with them!" screeched the cream tom.

Darkfrost hissed back, "So I suppose you don't have a nightmare every few moons? It would seem fitting with the hellish life you live Sunspot. Besides, why rely on dead cats that do us no good when there are perfectly healthy living cats right here?"

A tall dark she-cat finally made her presence known from her spot near a cove in the cave. "Will you two stop bickering like two kits over who gets to play badger? I'd like to get a move on before the rains catch up to us. Someone wake up the breathing log over there." She flicked her tail towards a tabby ball of fluff covered in moss.

Both Darkfrost and the she-cat moved out of the cave. Sunspot went over to wake up Mapleflame, the only cat who has the ability to go through a whole training session in his sleep. The tabby, unaware of what will happen to his precious nose, continues to snore on, that is until Sunspot slashes at his nose. This caused a shriek to ring out of the cave as he was startled and both Darkfrost and Nightsong agreed that must've been a quite a shock if not hurtful. As the two she-cats layed in the morning sun, the two toms made their way outside as well. They gathered around a sandy area to talk about what they plan to do that morning.

(yes, this is a short chapter, have a fun fact as an apology)

Fun fact: Mapleshade was originally supposed to be an old man until I realized a more energetic, young character was needed to lighten the 'ah, I hate you so much' mood. Although I'm not exactly sure what I'll do with his personality in the future, I hope I can fit the 'old man' somewhere.