I'm aware that I have no fans of my work, save for those with whom I dedicate ReedClan to, but Longclaw has told me that this fanfic can really go places. With some quality advice (no flames) or just a positive comment, you can help it go even farther. So read and review!

By the way, if things go as planned, this will be the first chapter of three, and in order to understand the big cliffie in this chapter, you're gonna have to read the bios on my page.


Longclaw wearily cracked her eyes open, blinking away the remainder of a restful sleep that fogged her brain. The very first thing she registered was a rather heavy burden on her shoulders. A heavy, snoring burden, in fact. "Get offa me!" she snapped playfully, shaking off the ball of brown fluff that lay asleep across her back.

"What was that for?" Lizardtooth asked as he pushed himself to his paws.

"That was for the shoulder ache I'll have for the rest of the day," Longclaw hissed half-heartedly. "And this..." She cuffed him on the ear. "...Is just for the heck of it."

Lizardtooth's head and tail drooped. "Meanie..."

"Oh, stop your whining, you little kit."

Lizardtooth was about to make a clever retort when something caught his eye. "Hey... Where's Glacierstorm?"

Longclaw shrugged. "Maybe she just got up before us. Not unheard of."

"No, I mean, where's her nest?"

Longclaw spun around to find an empty patch of den floor where Glacierstorm had falled asleep the night before.

"Okay, that's just weird.


A small moan escaped Longclaw's throat as she stretched the kinks out of her back. Feeling instant relief from Lizardtooth's previous use of her as a nest, she let out a sigh of contentment and followed him to the fresh-kill pile that lay in the center of camp. As she was picking out a fresh, plump squirrel, she spotted in her peripheral a gray tabby emerging from the leader's den. It appeared at first to be Jayfrost, but a second glance revealed the tabby's fur to be too light in color to be the retired ReedClan leader. Longclaw did a double-take.

It was Rainfrost.


I know it's short, but don't forget that it's still in progress. What do you think so far? Good, bad, neutral, iffy? Be a dear and let me know!