Do you want to join our clan?

Join our clan?

Do you want to?

Join her clan?

Would I want to join our clan?

Would I want to join their clan?

Spark stared at Finchsong in shock.

"What?" Finchsong asked.

"I just- I don't- but- Why?" She struggled to get a grip on her words.

"Because you show amazing skills. I saw you hunt before. I first thought you would miss it completely, but you blocked it escape route." Spark regarded her for a moment.

"So..... you were watching me? Like..... creeps?" She asked.

"When you put it like that, it does sound sorta creepy...." Finchsong admitted.

"Yah." Spark nodded. "Why though?"

Finchsong glanced back at the tabby tom, who was still watching them intently. He gave a nod, and she turned back to the ginger she-cat.

"Because we are making a clan."

"So- wait- you haven't made a clan yet?" Now Spark was starting to get really confused. And maybe a bit more interested. "Maybe introduce the other cats.....?" She squinted at them all.

"Okay yeah." Finchsong turned to them. "That is Archspirit, my mate." She pointed with her tail to the tabby. "And that unfriendly cat who has incredible trust issues is Leafysnarl." She rolled her eyes at the black tom, who's head has shot up and was glaring at both of them.

"See what I mean?" Spark laughed, and Finchsong joined in.

"How about you come and see our camp. We have nearly finished setting it up." Spark nodded after a small hesitation, and she followed the 3 cats as they moved away. 

Finchsong paused. "How old are you?" Spark looked at her.

"Uuhh, about..... 19 moons? Maybe 20 soon? Why?" 

"Oh, just making sure you are old enough to be Warrior."

"Umm... okay?" She tried, not knowing what a warrior is.

"A warrior is a cat in the clan that hunts and fights." Finchsong explains, as if she can read her thoughts. "A Queen is an expecting she-cat, which me and Vipertiger are at the moment."

"Vipertiger?" Spark looks around.

"She's back at camp, she is due to have her kits today actually. I'm not due for another couple of moons." Finchsong tells her. "A medicine cat is a healer. The deputy is like the second in command. And of course the leader is the leader of the clan. Though I'm thinking I want a shared leadership..." Finchsong trails off, her eyes fixed on the mouse trail that was ahead of her, the one that they were following.

"Sooo...... uhhh.... How are you gonna build up the clan?" Spark tried to start a new conversation.

"We have a list." The tabby spoke up this time. Archspirit.

"A list?" Spark slowed her pace to walk next to him.

"Yeah. We choose a bunch of rouges we have seen, we talk to them for a bit, them once we know them, we ask them to join our clan." Archspirit seemed slightly uncomfortable about Spark walking next to him on the small path, so he moved away from her a bit, going to walk closer to his mate.

"Huh." Spark murmured, seeing the sense in that. She looked around to see where they were, and she realised that they were walking past a lake. Not a very big one, but it had several little streams running into it. "Where is the camp?" She asked.

"Just one the other side of the lake." Archspirit replied.

"Is it on the island?" Spark found that there was a small island in the middle of the lake, with on giant oak tree in the middle of it, one of its heavy branches draping over the side of the bank, making a clear pathway to the island.

"No, but the branch covers the camp. It's like a hollow it the ground, with old fox and badger dens in it." Spark squinted at the branch again, looking for a hollow it the ground. "And it's really hidden, so you won't be able to find it."

"Oh." Was all Spark said, and they continued to walk in silence.

She soon realised that Leafysnarl had caught up to the group and was walking next to her. He seemed to realise the same thing and glared at her. Spark could practically feel the anger radiating off of him. 

"So how did you join the clan?" Spark asked him.

"Why do you care?" He snapped and slowed his pace until he was far behind her.

He is a delightful cat. She thought sarcastically.

"We're are here!" Finchsong called back to them.

Spark looked around, and she blinked in surprise. The Branch was much bigger then she had thought.

It was covering a hole in the ground, with gentle sloping sides. 

"This way." Finchsong gestured with her tail, and Spark followed her to an entrance. The leaves were parted to revel a large entrance to a surprisingly light camp.

She looked around, padding up to everything. There was another branch jutting off of the big on, and it was at the center of the camp. There were 2 holes off to the side, which must be the warriors den and the apprentcies den, Spark figured.

A leafy overhang at the opposite side to the warriors sleeping place, is clearly another den.

Maybe the Nursery?

Spark looks up into the leaves and the giant branch, and spots a hole where the smaller branch meets the bigger one. It was quite large, from what she could see, and could hold at least 2 cats. It was smaller then the Warriors den though.

"Thats the leaders den." Finchsong tells her, coming up beside her.

"Wow. That's cool as!" Spark gaps.

"So. What do you think?" Finchsong asks.

"It is awesome." Spark admits.

"It is isn't it?"

"Definitely." 

"But what do you think. Of living in a giant clan. With many cats?" The Tortoiseshell she-cat asks.

"I think..." She hesitates.

"Well?" Finchsong prompts.

"I think..... Yes." Spark says?

"Yes what?"

"Yes I will join your clan."