Hey all of you wonderful people who have clicked upon this chapter 1. Er- more of a prologue... but It's still going to be called a chapter one.

This is my newest story for Warriors. Some of you may have heard from The Drifting Fox And The Melting Dawn (which was updated). Any way what you found this is fine, so please give it a chance. (It will have 10 chapters.)

I do not own Warriors and I never will. (Though I think it would be cool to join the Erins and work with them.)

Please read and review and enjoy.

"Whisperpaw, go tend to the elders!" A sharp voice snapped. Whisperpaw, a small, light brown tabby and white she cat, padded out of the apprentices den, stifling a yawn. Her usually bright green eyes were dull with tiredness.

"Can't someone else?" Whisperpaw murmured, half asleep.

"No!" Blackdew, her mentor, hissed. She was a jet black cat with sharp blue eyes. "You can't always be lazy, Whisperpaw. You'll never become a warrior like that." And with that, Blackdew turned and stalked away.

"Great, after going to the gathering, I get to spend all morning looking after smelly elders," Whisperpaw hissed quietly as she stalked over to the elders den, her tail down.

"W-what's wrong, Whisperpaw?" A cat meowed. He was sitting by the fresh kill pile, and had just finished his prey. His rippling golden pelt gleamed in the early morning light.

"Nothing," Whisperpaw grumbled. "Blackdew's just making me wake up to take care of the elders again."

"But you came to the gathering last night!" The cat meowed.

"I know, Goldenwing, but I still have to take care of the elders so I don't lose my tail," Whisperpaw snapped. Then, realizing she snapped at a warrior, she meowed, "I'm so sorry, Goldenwing! I didn't mean to snap! I'm just so tired, and Blackdew's not so nice, and-"

"It's okay," Goldenwing purred. "Here, how about I help you?"

"Thanks," Whisperpaw meowed gratefully. She went and started cleaning out the old moss, and Goldenwing brought in some new moss. She left him to make it into beds and fetched some mouse bile.

"I thought you left me here to finish," Goldenwing purred.

"No," Whisperpaw laughed. "I had to get the mouse bile to finish up." Once they finished, Whisperpaw licked Goldenwing's shoulder respectfully, murmuring, "Thanks for the help."

"No problem," Goldenwing meowed.

"Goldenwing!" Another golden cat by the name of Yellowflower called. Goldenwing's sister. "You and Whisperpaw are needed for this border patrol! You're going to go with Grassstep, Harefur and Larkpaw over to the RavenClan border. Grassstep is leading."

"Coming?" Goldenwing purred to Whisperpaw.

This is one of the best days in my life! Whisperpaw nodded. If only he knew about the crush she had on him. She followed the patrol out of the camp and over to the border.

"DoveClan filth!" A cat hissed from across the border.

"RavenClan trash!" Grassstep retorted.

"So why are you here?" The cat hissed.

"None of your business," Grassstep hissed, marking the border.

"Stay off our territory," The cat answered.

"No problem Yewheart," Goldenwing meowed. "We wouldn't want to catch your disease now, would we?"

Yewheart hissed, but didn't cross the border.

"Come on, let's go back," Grassstep meowed to his patrol.

A yowl sounded behind them as Yewheart leapt at Goldenwing. Yewheart only had three other clan mates with him, two being apprentices. Whisperpaw took on the larger of the apprentices, leaving the other, smaller one to the younger and less experienced Larkpaw.

"Away!" Whisperpaw hissed at the cat. "Get back to your territory!" She clawed the cat across the face, making sure not to claw its eyes. She didn't want to kill any cats, or keep them scarred for life!

"Never!" The cat hissed back at her. Just then, five more cat came out of the bushes, their eyes glinting with rage and hunger for battle.

"Kill them all!" Yewheart growled. "Leave no one standing!"

Oh my StarClan that was short! Sorry! XP The next chapter will be longer- I promise. I'm hoping to have this story all posted before Febuary at the latest, but it depends on how many reviews I get. Okay? So the more reviews, the quicker the updates. Logic.

So, please tell me how you feel about this story (not its shortness). And ... live long and prosper. (Star Treck XD)