Shadowstorm watched the mouse scuffling around in the leaves. Her eyes narrowed and she leaped. The mouse saw her and tried to bolt away, but Shadowstorm was to fast for it.

She filled it with a swift blow to the spine, and picked it up to bring back to the camp.

"Shadowstorm, you mousebrained furball!" a yowl echoed through the woods. Startled, Shadowstorm's head shot up.

"Sparktail?" she meowed, seeing the orange-red tom leaping through the bushes.

"You just crossed the DarkClan border!" he hissed, "That prey belongs to them!"

"But-" Shadowstorm paused. "I didn't smell anything!"

"That's no excuse." sighed Sparktail. "Sunstar will have our tails for sure!" Suddenly, Shadowstorm heard a rustle in the bushes next to her. She just barely managed to leap across the border as a DarkClan patrol padded out of the bushes.

Shadowstorm's ears flattened.

Leading the patrol was Eaglefoot, the deputy of DarkClan. Sparktail dipped his head respectfully.

"Hello, Eaglefoot. How's the prey running?"

Eaglefoot curled his lip.

"Just fine, kittypet."

Sparktail's fur started to rise. Shadowstorm gently put her tail on his shoulder.

"Calm down." she murmured. "They aren't worth it."

Eaglefoot smirked.

"What's wrong? Having a kittypet parent isn't so bad."

"That's it!" shrieked Sparktail, and leaped at Eaglefoot.

"Sparktail, no!" cried Shadowstorm, and started forward. Instanly another DarkClan warrior stopped her.

"He started this fight, he finishes it." he hissed. Shadowstorm flattened her ears and backed away.

Sparktail and Eaglefoot were a whirling ball of teeth, fur and claws. Finally, after what felt like moons, Sparktail leaped away.

Blood dripped from his flank, and he was breathing heavy.

"Sparktail! Are you ok?" gasped Shadowstorm.

"Absolutely." growled Sunspark. "I clawed the fur off him." His eyes were glowing with anger. Eaglefoot was on his paws.

Luckily, he wasn't that injured. He only had a few scratches. He glared at Sparktail angrily and stalked away.

As soon as the DarkClan patrol was gone, Shadowstorm cuffed Sparktail so hard over his ears that he nearly fell over.

"Sparktail, you badger-brained, fox-hearted furball! What in the name of StarClan do you think you would have accomplished by attacking the deputy of DarkClan? All you've done is make them want to fight us!" spat Shadowstorm furiously. Sparktail lowered his head.

"Sorry. But he insulted me! Badly." Shadowstorm understood. Sparktail was very sensitive about his mother, who had been a kittypet named Chesnut.

Sparktail hated when people called him a kittypet. Shadowstorm sighed.

"Come on, get back to camp. Clearsky is going to kill you when she sees those cuts." She watched Sparktail limp away. Grabbing her mouse, she bounded after him.

Back at camp, cats stared at her and Sparktail as they padded in. Smiling nervously, Shadowstorm dropped her mouse in the prey pile and uneasily slipped into the warrior's den.

Sighing, she curled up next to Mistywing.

Mistywing looked up.

"Get into another fight?" she purred.

"Not me-" started Shadowstorm, but Mistywing flicked her tail over Shadowstorm's mouth, grinning.

"I know, you badger-brain." Shadowstorm smiled and lay her head down.

"Thanks, Mistywing." she meowed, and closed her eyes.

Her dreams were filled with comforting darkness and warmth.

And that is Chapter One. I know, I need to work on my other fanfictions, but I decided to put that off. :D Hope u enjoyed Chapter 1! (Which isn't that good but who cares XD)