loner out for revenge

Flareclaw followed behind Cinderfoot quietly

Ashenpaw trailed Cinderfoot as well, nothing but a silent shadow among the ferns. She considered jumping out to confront the cat, but decided to wait for a warrior to make the first move.

Flareclaw sighed thinking to herself. "Well I ever find love?"she asked herself not meaning to say it out loud

Ashenpaw's ears swiveled toward Flareclaw and she shot the she-cat a questioning glance. She was startled--the young apprentice was in love with her best friend, Timepaw, but didn't know how to tell him. Could this cat help?
"What did you say?" she asked in a whisper.

Ashenpaw's hackles rose as she immediately jerked into hostility. She turned a smoldering amber stare on Cinderfoot, teeth bared. "Why would you want revenge in ThunderClan?" she demanded.

"Ashenpaw hush you don't need to know"Flareclaw said she looked at Cinderfoot. "Yes you will and maybe so will I..."she said

Ashenpaw lashed her tail but held her tongue, sensing that something beyond her understanding was going on here. i'll stay though, she thought, just in case flareclaw needs help.

Flareclaw stayed quiet thinking. "Ashenpaw what I said before now is nothing you need to know"she said looking at her

"What's going on here?" Ashenpaw asked out loud, clearly confused. "Why does that cat want revenge?"

"Its nothing! Just be quiet!"Flareclaw hissed her expression was somewhat angry but her eyes showed that she was trying to not get anyone in trouble

Shrugging her shoulders, Ashenpaw turned and, moving swiftly and smoothly, leaped up onto a tree trunk. Fast as a snake, she clawed her way up to the first branch and perched there, tail and head lifted. After cerefully scanning the forest floor for Cinderfoot, she crouched low to her branch and rocked her haunches.
Moving with the speed of river water over rocks, the lithe gray she-cat leaped from branch to branch, tracking the cats, but making it sure to do it silently. Ashenpaw was a master at moving and combat in the forest canopy.

Flareclaw stayed quiet thinking about her parents who had died saving her life and her friends Flamefoot but now she was going to help get revenge on him. "Why am I doing this?"she asked herself queitly

Ashenpaw spotted the patrol and silently dropped from her tree. She felt the wind in her fur and then she was landing in a battle crouch, claws unsheathed. She was concealed by a clump of brambles, and she watched from there, waiting to see what would happen...