Welcome to the Family

"No.. Neither of us will.. Die." He said and nuzzled his adopted son. "And as mommy said, your ours not by blood, but by love."

Moon grinned happily.

Faith glanced at them both. "I still don't feel safe bringing Moon into the group, Mufasa has no right to force us. If I have too, I'll join a clan and bring Moon with me, because that seems like the safest choice. For now, I'm staying here. And I'm not joining. Shades may think it's safe, but I don't trust him one bit." She said bitterly, then picked up Moon up and brought him into the hole. She set him down gently in the nest and looked over at Strike, "If you want us to join, then give me one reason to trust him."

Strike listened to her speak. As she asked for a reason, he began to think. "He keeps his promises." Strike said. Mufasa was his kin, but nobody needed to know that. "He.. He's never broken one." He said, without giving away too much.

Moon stared up at them. " Is clan life good there, Strike?" he asked. He yawned again and fell asleep before he could even answer.

"Sort of.." He mewed as she fell asleep. He smiled and licked her head. "I love you, my sweet Moon." He spoke quietly. He stood up. "Faith, Mufasa needs me at sunhigh.. It's sunhigh now. Goodbye, Faith. I love you!" He exclaimed as he began to ride off. "Mufasa means no harm!"

She sighed as he ran off, still thinking. She glanced over at Moon and thought about Tigerpaw, the actual reason she didn't want to join. She didn't want to leave to join Mufasa's group without her other son, because she didn't think she'd have enough freedom to visit Windclan territory. She sighed again. She had Moon and Tigerpaw to worry about, but Strike and Shades were in Mufasa's group. She finally made a decision. She'd talk to Tigerpaw about becoming a rogue again, even if he said no, she'd let Moon decide on joining the group, and if he did say yes, she'd let both of them. She didn't like the idea of holding them away from it against their will, so if they wanted to join she'd have to go also.