Hey guys, this is a fanfiction about Briarlight, and a new look on her accident. I made up a reason that could be why she paralyzed her legs. It's based off ONE sentence in the ENTIRE series that NO ONE barely ever caught. Want to hear it? Too bad it'll give the story away. I'll tell you once you get in the jist of things.

The allegiences are already in the books, plus i'm too lazy. So... enjoy the prolouge. The chapters will be longer than the prolouge, don't worry.

"We need more." The strong voice spoke. "The Dark Forest needs more warriors."

There was a silence among the shadowed cats. They seemed to look from one to the other, as if looking for an answer. The only sound that could be heard were the shadows seeping off the tangible items. They glanced from side to side, until a gray and white warrior stood, and all eyes turned to him.

"I have one in mind that may join us."

"Say then, Thistleclaw." A tortishell she-cat stated impatiently, flicking her tail.

Thistleclaw dipped his head to Mapleshade in thanks for the permission to speak. "There is a cat in ThunderClan, who is fooled and teased from her origins. This can make her vulnerable. If i try hard enough, I can help her anger grow towards ThunderClan, and she will be loyal to us."

"Who is it?" A brown cat with dark tiger stripes spoke to his elder mentor. Thistleclaw turned to him.

"Briarpaw."

"That half-kittypet pest?" Mapleshade was roaring. "Why should the likes of her be worthy to fight along our side!"

"As I said, I can make her anger be her strong point. She will be glad to recieve training from us in despite of the teases her clan gives."

"The teasing is not as bad as you hope, Thistleclaw. We need her angrier. As a kit one of the warriors died for her, she feels grateful to her clan at the moment." Brokenstar pointed out with a flick of his ear. His claws were sheating and unsheathing in the dirt.

"I can provoke the clan to shunning her company. Just enough to let her valuable to us."

"I still do not think she'd be a value." Mapleshade grumbled.

"You said yourself that we need more warriors." A warrior who's mouth had ceased to open until now. His glare seemed to glance from side to side.

"Silverhawk, we need more warriors yes, but first, she is not a warrior. Second, she does not impress me." Mapleshade turned to the elder warrior.

"For the moment. But apprentices become warriors, and a good amount of training and persuasion will get her." Silverhawk stated, glancing back at her with calm eyes. "Remember Crookedkit? You were sure he would make a great Dark Forest warrior, yet he had a broken jaw."

"And how did that turn out, hmm?" She pointed out with a snap, teeth showing with a snarl. "It's a mistake to welcome innocent or broken cats into the Dark Forest." Now she glanced at Thistleclaw, where he remained calm as he listened to their conversation. His eyes were still sure of his idea.

"Why her, though?" Tigerclaw suddenly asked. "Why not her brother or her sister?"

"She is the most fragile, which makes her the most sensitive, and soon her anger will make her strongest."

"That makes no sense, Thistleclaw." Mapleshade said yet again. Her eyes were flickering back and fourth. Her fur was light and see-through, and her eyes were dim of light. The shadows still shed from her pelt, but she was becoming older. Soon, she would fade away into nothingness. The other warriors respected her greatly for her experience and strength.

"Just leave this apprentice to me, Mapleshade. I'll handle her, and prove to you that she is worthy."

"You sound like a love-struck tom." Tigerstar turned his head, ears flat and eyes glaring, but he had a strong tone of teasing in his eyes to his mentor. He enjoyed this.

"Never." Thistleclaw spat, eyes suddenly becoming narrow to his apprentice. "Watch your mouth or i'll claw your ears off. No one could ever replace Snowfur." His eyes grew sorrowful, but he quickly straightened, knowing that showing innocence was a sure sign of weakness. "Briarpaw shows promise. and I'll bring it out in her so that we have another strong warrior by our sides."

"Fine. But this ignorant apprentice is your responsiblity, Thistleclaw. If she fails, it is up to you for her punishment."

"Don't worry." He stated, watching the Dark Forest cats around him with narrowed eyes. His pupils were only slits and his claws dug into the dirt. Shadows seeped from his pelt. "I won't go easy."

The first chapter will be longer than this, I have a tendency to make things lengthy XD anyway... now i'll let you know the only line in the books that gave me the inspiration. Thistleclaw says something like "I had an apprentice, but she failed the assessment." And on the warrior forrums people were making ideas on who it could be. So I made up Briarpaw as the one BD enjoy!

Please review!

~Stormy:D