Hello new and old readers. This was a new story I had cooking in my head for a few days. Ferncloud's generally considered a Queen, a kit giver and... that's it. No one else knows much about her personal life, because everyone in the Clan only sees her as status quo(how I used that term correctly).

So what happens if that's taken to the literal effect? Ferncloud is literally gone, and no one notices? Hope you enjoy

Purring kittens and sleepy queens greeted Ferncloud as she roused herself from her nap. She stretched and rolled onto her back. It felt so comforting to be in the Nursery.

The gray tabby Queen shook her pelt and peeked out of the Nursery. ThunderClan cats prowled the clearing. Their pelts shifted and she made out Brambleclaw calling on names. She hoped it was for a hunt. Ferncloud could do with some prey in her jaws.

"Hey Ferncloud," Brightheart mewed as they passed.

"Hi Brightheart," Ferncloud greeted, but the one-eyed warrior was already joining a group separated into two by Brambleclaw. The she-cat shrugged and nosed her way between the cats.

"Which group do I join?" she called.

Brambleclaw flicked an ear. "How about Toadstep's?"

The white and black Warrior was waiting impatiently beside the exit, beside him Sorreltail and Graystripe chatted.

"Brambleclaw said I can join your group," Ferncloud mewed as she paused beside them.

"Who - ? Oh, Ferncloud. Finally! Come on, let's go!" Toadstep lead his patrol, albeit hastily, through the entrance outside. Ferncloud trotted briskly after them, enjoying the sights and smells. She kept herself alert as they neared ShadowClan's border.

Toadstep peered through the dark pines. "They're probably watching us."

Ferncloud doubt it. What would be the point? They liked to command through intimidation, not sneaking around. But she could not be completely sure. ShadowClan changed so much from the blood thirsty Clan she knew in the old forest.

Ferncloud didn't have long to scent a fine trunk when a familiar hiss rang through the air.

"If it isn't the kittypet hunters."

Ferncloud peaked over the trunk. She groaned. Ratscar. The big brown tom was accompanied by three ShadowClan Warriors. Redwillow, Olivenose and Pinenose. Her heart rose slightly. Redwillow was usually fair with other Non ShadowClan cats. Usually.

Toadstep slowly rose from watching a ladybug and Graystripe and Sorreltail padded closer.

"What are you doing here?" Ratscar repeated.

"Just scenting, is that a problem?" Toadstep mewed. They were nose to nose.

"Let's go," Ferncloud mewed sharply. "Toadstep, don't do this." Toadstep didn't move. Ferncloud looked to Graystripe for help. He was too busy competing over the sharpest claws with Olivenose as they mrreowed. Only Sorreltail kept her distance.

"Come on!" Ferncloud mewed louder. She headbutted Toadstep slightly.

He blinked quickly and jerked his head. "Come on, the stench makes me want to vomit." The patrol quickly followed after him. Ferncloud sighed in relief.

"That was not a smart move," she mewed after Toadstep's retreating figure. He made no reaction to her words. The she-cat spat angrily.

"Can you believe that?" she mewed to Sorreltail. "Why do toms always think they should fight when they lock eyes?!"

"What?" the she-cat looked around. "Oh, yes. That's a shame. We'll get them next time. Don't worry, Ferncloud."

Ferncloud opened her jaws to retort, then thought better of it as Sorreltail had resumed to inspecting her surroundings again.

The patrol padded to the edge of the lake for a quick drink. The surface sparkled like a thousand stars. Ferncloud dipped her head and stuck her tongue out to lap the delicious water.

She halted.

What?

Ferncloud looked over her shoulder, then back at the water. Beside her Toadstep, Graystripe and Sorreltail's faces reflected off the clear water.

So where was her reflection?

The she-cat tapped the surface a few times. She shook the drops and looked up again. Was it a trick of the sun? She glanced at her paw.

Her paw's gone too! Ferncloud shook it in front of her face. She could feel it, but she couldn't see it?

"I'm gone," she whispered. "I'm... wind..."

Ferncloud looked around. No one was beside her. They disappeared too!

At the sound of paw steps above shore Ferncloud turned around. The patrol were disappearing just within the trees. She ran after them.

"Brambleclaw!" She gasped. "Brambleclaw, do you see me?"

"What?" The tom looked at her briefly before he turned to the trail again. "Yeah. Come on."

"But I'm gone!"

"Don't be silly, you're right there. Now let's go."

Ferncloud stuttered as the cats jostled passed her.

Was it all in her head? Was she going insane?

Maybe I just need a lie down. That's all.

Once ThunderClan came into view Ferncloud ran through the entrance. She jostled in the Nursery and collapsed on the nest.

Daisy paused in mid-lick. "Ferncloud?"

The gray she-cat grunted.

"Where are you?"

"Right here."

"But I don't see you!"

Ferncloud looked around. Daisy was staring at her nest, her eyes wide. "Are you hiding?"

"You can't see me either?"

Daisy shook her head.

Ferncloud shook her pelt and sat beside the queen. Daisy squeaked. "I'm right here."

"But how?" Daisy's eyes continue to flit around the den, her nostrils flared. She hesitantly nosed the ground.

"I'm not hiding in the nests, I'm right in front of you." Despite Daisy's fright, relief broke through Ferncloud. "I thought I was going crazy. But if you can't see me, then it must mean I am gone!"

"Hasn't anyone noticed?"

Ferncloud shook her head and mewed, "No. They barely looked my way... way..." Ferncloud's voice died in her throat.

"Ferncloud?" Daisy mewed meekly after the silence stretched. "Are you still here?"

"That must be it," Ferncloud mewed. "Maybe it's because they don't pay attention to me anymore." She began pacing. "Yeah... that must be it. During patrol they ignored me or pretended to hear what I was saying. They don't realize I'm gone because they haven't tried to pay attention to me yet!"

Sadness anger overwhelmed her insecurity. "It's like I was never here to begin with! Just another Queen in their eyes!"

Before Daisy could put a word in, Ferncloud trotted out of the Den and looked about her. No one paused to say hi. She accidentally brushed Toadstep, who flared his nostrils and muttered "Hi Ferncloud" before moving on. She didn't reply.

"Ferncloud?"

Ferncloud looked over her shoulder. Daisy was looking around, sniffing the air. The gray she-cat turned back to her target. Dustpelt was sitting alone, chewing contently on a bird.

"Hi Dustpelt," Ferncloud mewed, sitting next to her mate and licking him on the head.

Dustpelt looked up brielfly, confusion in his eyes. Ferncloud's heart rose slightly. Then the tom flared his nostrils and the focus disappeared. He returned to his meal. "Oh, hi Ferncloud."

Ferncloud worked her jaw. "Do you notice anything different about me?"

"No."

"Look at me."

Dustpelt looked up briefly. Ferncloud grabbed his chin with her tail(how awkward, she can't even see the gesture!) and brought him close to her face. He pulled away. "Ferncloud, what is wrong with you?" he demanded.

"Look at me!"

"What?" He glanced at her. Ferncloud waited. Dustpelt's eyes still had that unfocused look.

Ferncloud sighed. "Forget it."

She pushed herself past him and left Camp. She wanted to be alone. To think. Dustpelt, her own mate, couldn't even see her.

She walked slowly through the forest and didn't return until late in the day. When she returned, there was not a cat outside. No one was frantically running around, noticing a Queen had been gone past Moonhigh. With a heavy heart she shuffled in the Nursery.

[-]

" - and that's how you separate a bird's scent from a mouse," Rosepetal explained.

"It's very important you know what you're hunting, because there's different techniques in stalking different prey," Foxleap cut in.

Cherrypaw and Molepaw, sitting just outside the training hollow, nodded quickly. The Training Hollow was a large clearing of very fine sandy material for the Warriors to practice their fighting skills without harm. Rosepetal and Foxleap sat in the middle of the hollow, their tails creating small grooves on the sand as they spoke.

"When can we practice on real prey?" Molepaw mewed excitedly.

"Soon," Rosepetal mewed. "For now, pay attention."

The apprentices groaned. Sitting a few tail-lengths from the Warriors and their apprentices, Ferncloud twitched her whiskers. Rosepetal's dark creamy fur shifted as she gestured with her paw the different tactics to encircle their prey. Foxleap's reddish fur gleamed faintly in the sun as he watched.

Ferncloud could tell they liked one another. But for reasons she could not explain, they still didn't become mates. It was obvious the fascination between them was powerful. She supposed they wanted to wait before they got too serious.

Oh, and none of them noticed she was here. She could not tell if they were even ignoring her scent, which usually gave away her presence if nothing she sayed quiet. But the she-cat had been able to walk past cats without them even uttering a single word.

Ferncloud followed after the departing cats for their practice hunt. Rosepetal continued to meow instructions as Foxleap looked for a potential prey. Cherrypaw and Molepaw whispering behind the she-cat's back. They both giggled.

"Pay attention," she muttered in Cherrypaw's ear. The ginger apprentice leaped in the air and whipped around.

"Who said that?"

Ferncloud didn't answer.

Cherrypaw looked at Molepaw. "Was it you?"

"Huh?"

Ferncloud scraped a claw lightly on the she-cat's head. "Listen!"

Cherrypaw slapped her paw on her forehead and looked around, horrified. She gave Molepaw a worried look before she quickly turned to her mentor again.

Ferncloud nodded and crept away. She had been half-hoping the she-cat would remember her scent. Either Cherrypaw couldn't, or she was too surprised to notice. Either way the she-cat didn't mind.

After getting over the scare and ingidnation, she enjoyed it a little. She could go about whenever she liked and both cat and even predator didn't see her. She once stumbled into a fox during one of her moods. Thankfully even though the creature could smell her, it couldn't find her and eventually gave up the chase after it ended up at the same dead end five times.

Ferncloud didn't go back to ThunderClan. She was still a little sore with Dustpelt. He had not looked in the least bit worried after Ferncloud returned late to camp. Just found him relaxing in the sun the next morning. Oh no, his mate was gone all day, and he didn't think anything odd about it.

She returned to camp and shot straight for the Nursery. It was empty except for Daisy. Ferncloud forgot Poppyfrost left the Den long after Molepaw and Cherrypaw had been made into Warriors.

"Daisy," Ferncloud mewed

The creamy she-cat looked up from her wash. Her eyes strayed to the entrance. When no one appeared she returned to her licking. "Ferncloud?"

"Yeah."

"What is it?"

"Let's go for a walk."

Daisy looked up. "Walk?" she mewed, as if it was the most repulsive thing in the world.

"Yeah, I want to stretch my legs some more."

"B-but how can I follow you if I can't see you?" Daisy demanded.

Ferncloud pushed her lightly to the entrance. Daisy squeaked. "Just follow the sound of my voice."

"Will you be talking the entire time?" Daisy mewed as she walked awkwardly to the exist, alone. Many heads turned to the creamy she-cat as she disappeared. Daisy rarely left camp alone, if it all.

"I will," Ferncloud assured her.

"So what was so important it had to be out here?" Daisy mewed, looking about her nervously.

"About my disappearance."

"I wouldn't know what to tell you."

Ferncloud doubt as much. But she needed to tell someone, and so far Daisy was the only cat she could find to converse with, considering she already knew Ferncloud wasn't here. "I've been thinking lately, that maybe this isn't an accident."

She glanced hesitantly at Daisy. The she-cat was looking every which way, her ears flicking back and forth. "To your right."

Daisy turned. "Do you know how this happened" she asked, staring about a mouse-length to Ferncloud's right.

"Maybe... StarClan did this," Ferncloud muttered.

Daisy said nothing. She looked down. Ferncloud almost forgot. Daisy didn't actually believe in StarClan.

"Or it could be something I ate," Ferncloud interjected quickly.

"Ferncloud, maybe you should tell someone who knows more about this stuff then me," Daisy mewed quietly.

"I don't mind talking to you about it!"

"But what could I tell you? I think you should tell Jayfeather."

Ferncloud wrinkled her nose. "No."

"Why? He knows about Medicine and spirit things. He probably knows what this is"

Ferncloud hesitated. That was a possibility. Would it really hurt her if she didn't tell him anytime soon? "He's unpredictable." Daisy stared nonplussed. "He'll probably tell the entire Clan," Ferncloud mewed.

"And that's a bad thing?"

"I want to keep this going. See how long it takes them to notice my absence."

"But aren't you scared?" Daisy mewed. "I'd be horrified if I knew I couldn't see myself ever again!"

Ferncloud placed a tail on Daisy's shoulder to halt her. The she-cat shuddered, but didn't jerk away. "Don't tell anyone, please?"

"It oculdn't hurt to try," Daisy implored.

Ferncloud smiled faintly. "I appreciate your concern. But if anything else strange happens, I promise I'll go to Jayfeather, alright?"

Daisy nodded reluctantly.

"Don't worry so much, Daisy! I'm still here!"

"I know. I just wish I could see you again..."

Ferncloud placed her tail on Daisy's shoulder. "Come on, let's go home and share a mouse."

"But I'll look like I'm eating by myself," Daisy protested.

"At least they'd notice you."

Daisy's eyes widened in dismay. "Ferncloud, if you're trying to make me feel bad, it's working!" Her voice cracked.

Ferncloud forgot how sensitive Daisy could become. She wrapped her tail around her shoulders and led her good-naturally back to camp to share that mouse.

Let me know what you think of this first attempt please. And although it looks simply for the humor, there is a plot reason why Ferncloud is invisible. Whether she'll figure it out or not depends. I know it's there in the story, let's hope she finds out :3

Some of you probably noticed, neither Ferncloud nor Daisy used the word "invisible." Why? Because I don't think the Clan cats understand the concept of "invisibility" yet. It's like Midnight trying to explain to them how machinary works. They just give her a look like she's talking slug.

So far Ferncloud and Daisy believes she's "part of the wind" or somewhere their eyes can't see, but the idea confuses them too much to delve deeply within.