Almost there... Almost there... Stridesplash was only a few whiskeres lengths away from the bird he had been stalked, wen suddenly he heard a scream followed by cat going flying up into the air. He scrambled backwards, wide eyed in wonder. Since when did MoonClan cats learn how to fly?

When faced with such a thing, he was about to turn tail and run until the apprentice's screams for help helped him to realize that this cat wasn't flying. In fact, they were in trouble. Blinking he took in the site as the brown  twoleg vine that was wrapped around his leg. His gaze followed it to where it had been looped around the tree. He stood to help, but stopped as he neared the border. He had never crossed over the border before, other than to go to gatherings "Are you sure the Moon God won't strike me down" his one ear that stood up, bent back against his head in suspcion "Its just like a MoonClan cat to try and lure a SunClan cat over with such trickery"  

The white and black tom tilted his head, one of his ears flopping down and oflding over itself. He made a good point, but the sun god could still punish at night. So why couldn't the moon god smite him during the day? He narrowed eyes on the young cat, trying to decide "Very well, but if this is some sort of trick I am going to drag you with me" he warned, placing one foot over the border as if testing to see if it really was trick. Looking around for some sign that this wasn't what it appeared to be. Were moonclan warrior lurking around in the under brush? We the Moon God going to send down a meteor? or whatever it was that the moon god did as punishment.

Satisfied that nothing was amiss, he finally bounded over, and began climbing up the tree. "Just hold on a little longer" It wasn't something that he had done a lot of in SunClan, and looked rather clumsy doing so. Once he had made it to the branch, he lowered his muzzle and began to chew on the vine, but stopped just as it got thin enough to break "I'm going to try an lower you, so don't struggle" He grasped it between his, and used his claws to break it in the weak spot. The apprentice's weight pulling him forwards without the support of the tree. He took one step forward, then another. Each one taking the apprentice closer to the ground. 

Just as he neared the edge of the branch, he heard a snap, then suddenly there was nothing below his paws. Letting out a yowl of surprise he dropped the vine, as he fell towards the earth. Luckily he wasn't that high up for a warrior, but it still hurt as his shoulder slammed into the ground, narrowly missing the apprentice he had been trying to help

Stridesplash, scrambled to his paws as Maplestar pushed through the bush, keeping his right leg off the ground to keep his injured shoulder from hurting "I thought you said you there were no other Moonclan cats around" his blue eyes were so focused on the apprentice that now was hiding behind another cat. He rolled his eyes, sitting down and forcing his fur to lie flat after the fall and suddenly being faced by yet another enemy 

"I knew I should just let him hang there, mouse-brained apprentice" he cursed under his breath before finally looking up at the smaller she-cat that stood before him. He had to admit that she wasn't bad looking for a moonclan cat, but not exactly what he had been expecting. Weren't Moonclan cats supposed to be silver or black? He sighed "I'll have you that I just saved this mouse-brains leg, and probably his life along with it, but i'll be on my way now. I didn't want to be here anyway....Your welcome" This was obviously a trap the whole time, and now that he had a clan-mate to assist him he needed to go home. He turned to head back to SunClan, but as his paw pressed against the ground it illicited a pained hiss. Forcing him to jerk it upwards once more. It was going to be a long journey back. 

Great... Just what he needed, a cute she-cat laughing at his misfortune. Why couldn't things ever just go his way? As she rushed to his side, he let out a huff trying to pull away from her "I'll be fine" he protested, not wanting to embarrass himself further. He had come here on a rescue mission, and ended up with a banged up shoulder. He should have just him there and called it day. This cat would have found him eventually, and then they wouldn't have ended up in this situation. 

"Its just bruised" although that was clearly not the case. He couldn't put any weight on it, and it was at an odd angle. More than likely the brunt trauma of slamming into the ground had popped the joint out of it's socket. At worse a hairline fracture. Either way walking on his own was going to be painful, for he would have to try hobbling on three legs and keeping the injured one of the ground. His muscles already screaming at having to keep it in the air. 

He hobbled forward a step wincing as the movement jarred his shoulder "Thank you for your concern, but shouldn't you be seeing to that apprentice. He his head rather hard. It would be ashamed if he fell asleep and died after all that I did to save him"

Stridesplash peered nervously over her shoulder, before glancing back to the moonclan border. They were only a few tail lengths away, so if this was all just a ruse he could always scream for help. He opened his mouth to protest further, but they tiny paws pushing at his flank unbalanced him to cause him to fall. Purely out of instinct, it caused his paws to flail to catch himself.  He yowled, rolling over to where his injured shoulder was up off the ground
"I suppose you didn't promise not to push" he huffed

Seriously? Now he had been taken down by  she-cat barely half his size. He almost asked himself what else could go wrong, but surely asking that would only be tempting fate. "Go ahead then, do what you must"

Stridesplash wrinkled his nose in disgust "Who would want to eat a MoonClan cat? I'm sure you would taste awful. Defeat, yes. Eat, no" SunClan wanted nothing to do with MoonClan, so the though of trying to eat one of them was rather unappealing. He stared at the stick, before finally taking it between his jaws, the pit in his stomach only becoming heavier and heavier. He had only ever been told to bite on a stick once before, and it had hurt. Without anything pain he knew he would be in for a treat.

Sure enough, as she popped the joint back into place, he bit down on the stick snapping it with a loud crack he claws digging into the ground. He nearly shot upwards, and it was only through sheer will power that he didn't send the little she-cat flying.