Chapter two

While Mouse was struggling with being on her own with her pup, her family was having their own problems, while foraging the next day their vicious archrivals the Thorn Bushes attacked, being lead by Seige and her partner Rogue.

After a long fight the Thorn Bushes retreated but they left their neighbors unscaved, Phantom was worried by this action but then a figure caught her attention, Mouse was crepting towards the group with little Hedgehog in her mouth. Mouse didn't relize there was a battle and she might be unwanted but Phantom greeted her and allowed her back into the mob.

Once Mouse's pup was settled, Phantom turned her attention to the Thorn Bush mob's territory, something must of provoked them into attacking, and it was clear why, Seige had a litter of five pups, and five more fighters that would outnumber the Pale Sands even more.

Not wanting to take any chances Phantom lead the charge, at the Thorn Bush's burrow the pups were being babysitted by Bold, it was a bad move, Bold is hardly more than a pup himself, he is one month old and like his name suggests he's very bold.

The young male left the burrow to taunt a herd of antelope that he fail the noticed the Pale Sands, when Bold saw the group running towards him his courage broke and he fled, only to have a small band chasing after him.

The Pale Sands stormed the burrow and begun to dig out the pups inside, soon Phantom's sister, Cleopatra went below ground. Two of Seige's pups Sandy and Russet wandered further from danger into another chamber while their sister and brothers stayed.

Soon the three pups were dragging out of the burrow and killed, but before any one could go below ground for the remaining two pups the Thorn Bushes arrived and a vicious battle broke out, The battle raged on and one until two of the Thorn Bushes managed to get the pups out before they fled.

Even though the Thorn Bushes were large and had a proudly large territory, they didn't have any burrows close to their previous one so they had to run farther and with the Pale Sands following, the group stopped when their rivals crossed a dirt road before they set claim to their new patch.

Weeks later all the pups are weaned and now Phantom was ready to mate, while the mob was foraging in their new part two Thorn Bush males apeared, the biggest one was Smoky, the nephew of dominant female Seige, and the other one was the playboy of the desert, Titan, who was Hedgehog's father.

Smoky went over to Rose, and groomed her but Jockey spotted him and gave chase, what he didn't relize was that he left Phantom alone, Phantom slipped away from the group to forage in peace and Titan spotted her.

Titan was one smooth male and mating with a dominant female was a real treat, he slipped towards Phantom and groomed her, however he was spotted by Octavian, Jockey's younger brother.

Octavian chased the rover and attacked Titan before he turned and headed back for the mob, however, just because he chased Titan away from Phantom it didn't mean he was doing it for his brother.

Octavian went over to Phantom, although he and his brother joined with Phantom and Cleopatra, however Jockey overpowered him and became dominant male, and now with Jockey chasing Smoky this was the perfect chance for Ocatvian to mate with Phantom.