CHAPTER 1

Silver stirred out of her dream. She was dreaming of a huge silver sun rising up from the mountains, but in front of her were two battle-scarred cats. "We need your help." They mewed. That was when Silver woke up.

Who are those cats? Silver asked herself and as groomed her sparkling silver fur. Her sapphire blue eyes rested on the kittypet food her owners gave her for breakfast. She sighed. "When will I ever get live food?" She asked herself as she ate a single mouthful of the tasteless kittypet food. Silver walked through the cat flap and jumped up the fence, looking at the forest and smelling the delicious prey roaming it.

"One kill won't really make a difference, will it?" Silver mewed to herself as she jumped off her fence and into the forest. She crouched down and flicked her ears when she smelled mouse. She jumped but so did another flash of gray!

Silver skidded through the forest floor and instantly looked up to the cat that had caught her prey before she did. She did not expect to see what she saw. In front of her was the most handsome gray tom she had ever seen, with the greenest eyes and the smoothest pelt. In his mouth was the juicy mouse.

"Who are you? Why are you on Clan territory?" The handsome tom dropped his prey and growled. But the growl was like the sweetest mew to Silver's ears.

"I'm Silver. Sorry, I didn't know that is was...Clan territory." Silver mewed, not having a single idea what a Clan was. "What's a Clan?"

"Some mouse-brained kittypet." The gray tom murmured. He was strangely dazzled by the sound of this she-cat's pretty voice but then he spoke again. "A Clan is a large group of cats living together. We hunt for prey and fight with other Clans for territory."

"Well...I'm sorry to be on Clan territory. I need to get back to my owner now." Silver mewed, shivering at the thought of fighting. As she turned to go back, a huge golden tom was glaring back at her. Silver tucked her tail between her legs, gulping.

"Why are you on Clan territory?" The golden tom snarled in her face.

"I...I just wanted to um...eat prey." Silver stammered, shivering uncontrollably. What if the tom threatened to kill her?

"Have you any idea that prey is scarce? We barely have enough for ourselves! Stormheart's catch over there is the biggest piece of prey I've seen today!" The golden tom continued to snarl.

"I...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intrude." Silver mewed, feeling like a kitten being scold by an older cat.

"You're coming with us. We need to report this to Shinestar." The golden tom growled at Stormheart. Stormheart nodded and the two toms led Silver into their territory.

"Shinestar! We've found an intruder on our territory!" The golden tom mewed. Silver growled silently, she had just told him that she didn't mean to intrude!

A sleek, elderly ginger she-cat appeared from a den, her smart blue eyes resting on Silver. Silver looked back with her sapphire gaze, challenging the Clan leader silently.

"Hmm...where did you find this young she-cat?" Shinestar turned to Stormheart and the golden tom. "Goldfur, you first."

"She was hunting on MoonClan territory. Stormheart caught the mouse before she did." Goldfur mewed, glancing at Stormheart who was putting his mouse on a pile of food. "She claims she didn't mean to intrude but I don't think we should trust this kittypet." It took all of Silver's energy to not unsheathe her claws and claw Goldfur.

"You! What is your name?" Shinestar snapped back to Silver.

"Silver." Silver mewed.

"So, Silver, explain why you were on our Clan's territory." Shinestar sat down.

"I didn't like the food my owners gave me so I decided to go and eat some prey, which are more delicious." Silver explained.

"Did you want to join our Clan?" Shinestar asked suddenly. Suddenly, Silver remembered that Shinestar was one of the cats in her dream.

"I...I...I don't know." Silver mewed. She wasn't sure. "Maybe..."

"Please consider my request now. Either you can join or I'll let my warriors chase you off." Shinestar mewed, tapping her tail impatiently.

"I will join. I will join MoonClan." Silver mewed slowly, after thinking. Shinestar nodded, satisfied.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their prey gather beneath the HighRock for a Clan meeting!" Shinestar yowled from a huge high rock. About twelve to seventeen cats of different ages gathered beneath the HighRock. All, expect Goldfur and Stormheart, were surprised to see a kittypet.

"This kittypet has agreed to join our Clan. Once, she was called Silver, but now, she is named Silverdawn. Stormheart, you and Shadefrost are to teach her everything relevant to the warrior code and battle training." Shinestar announced.

When the meeting broke up, all the cats were mewing about the newly named Silverdawn. "A kittypet?" "How did Shinestar find her?" "She will be useless to the whole Clan, only a burden!"

A jet-black she-cat with green eyes padded up to Silverdawn. "Hello! I'm Shadefrost. Me and Stormheart will be training you."

"When do we start?" Silverdawn asked.

"Now." Shadefrost replied. She and Stormheart led Silverdawn into the forest.

END OF CHAPTER 1

This is my second book that's not in the Dawnrose series. I hope you all enjoy it!

~Bluefeather