"You're nose blind? Sweet, why didn't you tell me?" The boy pup whimpered. Sweet looked at him and sighed, but before she could respond, a snapping noise came from the ropes. The pups howled and squeezed each other's paws.

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      The orange cat, called Sunstone, looked at the cave's entrance. She had givin birth to two handsome boy kittens a few days ago. She was slightly larger than her mate, Flare. He was orange, white, and an overprotective father. They both had green eyes and the highest statuses in the clan.

 The older one they called River. His light grey fur was soft and straight. He had dark grey stripes. If you look closely enough, you could see River's fur had a blue-ish tinge to it. 

      The other kitten, called Spirit, was an orange tabby like his parents. His eyes are a greyish-blue, unlike his parents. He is the polar opposite of his brother. But at the end of the day, Spirit and River get along very well, even after River was chosen to be the next leader.

      Suddenly, howls were heard. River squeaked, and Spirit yawned. Flare ran to his mate with Moon, the advisor, and Mia, the kitten sitter, by his side. "We gotta-" Sunstone got up. "No, I'll go. Mia, can you watch the kits?" The grey and white cat nodded, the bluebonnet in her fur standing out. Sunstone and Flare rushed out.

      --------Back at the swamp--------

      Sweet and the pup were hanging helplessly from one last string of rope. It snapped, but the pups didn't fall. Instead, they looked up to see an orange tabby carrying them. The cat put the puppies down slowly. "Thanks," the boy said, "but where's our home?" 

      "Brother, they must've left us," the little girl whispered.

      The cat looked down at the two pups. "How do you know one another?"

      "Littermates," the boy explained. "We weren't given our pup names yet."

      The cat picked up the pups and ran.

      "Where are we going?"

      The cat didn't answer. Eventually, they got to a smaller, cleaner water source.

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      The little girl, now called Yip, ran next to the boy, now named Wag. "What's your name," Yip asked the cat. 

      "Sunstone. I'm going to take you two to my clan, if that's ok."

      Both puppies nodded and let Sunstone grab them. On the way, Sunstone grew tired, and had to let Wag walk alone, as he was the bigger of the two.

      Suddenly, something came out of the bushes. This made Wag tremble, until she spoke.

      "Hi there." After she said it, Wag ran behind Sunstone, scared. Sunstone laughed. "Wag, Yip, this is Nuzzle. She's a Malamute pup and she'll have her naming ceremony at the same time as you."

      Wag smiled at Nuzzle. There was something inside him, some shyness that he didn't quiet understand...

      At least not yet.