Hey everyone I just wanted to right about some of the clans' history and about Windclans temporary rise to power. I hope you like what I've come up with and if you would like to join Windclan on this journey then just stick around and I'll try to have the next chapter up within a couple of days.

Disclaimer: I do not own Erin Hunters Warrior Cats.

Chapter One

The wind whipped across the open moor, carrying with it the scent of rain. The few plants that grew in this part of the territory were rustling madly as a small patrol of cat's traveled along its boarder.

One of the cats stopped to sniff the scent the wind carried. Thunderclan. She turned her head from side to side, her green eyes scanning the distant trees. They narrowed as she saw a small brown tom speed after a rabbit. He had amazing speed and was almost on top of his prey, but was drawing too close to the boarder for that she-cats liking. His size told her that he was still only an apprentice.

Flattening herself to the ground the she-cat skirted an outcrop of boulders and positioned between two. The wind still ripped at her black fur, but she hardly felt its cool grip as she watched the brown tom close in on rabbit and boarder. She gathered her hunches beneath her, preparing to strike as soon as he crossed into her clans' territory.

He must have noticed the new scent markers one of her clanmates had just refreshed because he pounced; claws outstretched trying to bring the rabbit down before entering another clan's territory. His paws slammed down on the rabbits back, causing it to snap. The she-cat was about to turn away, some-what disappointed she hadn't been given the chance to defend her territory. When her eyes narrowed dangerously as she watched to tom roll over the invisible boarder line. The toms speed had propelled him forward and he flipped tail over head.

The she-cat wasted no time and sprang from her hiding spot; she raced across the stretch of land separating them, her paws barely skimming the ground. She barreled into the tom's side, unbalancing him. She jumped away before he could counter attack. She dived under the toms belly and kicked his legs out from under him. Her claws were sheathed, but that didn't stop her from landing some blows that would leave sore muscles later. She rolled away as he twisted, jaws snapping at her shoulders. His teeth caught and ripped her skin. With a yowl she sprang away from him trying to put a bit of distance between them, her tail flicking side to side. With fur bristling and teeth bared she darted around the tom with lightning quick speed, nipping at his hind legs.

The Thunderclan apprentice tried spinning around to land a blow with unsheathed claws at her shoulders, but fell tripping over the dead rabbit. The she-cat didn't waste the opening he left her and darting in, placed a paw on his neck, just over the part that, if she wanted to, could unsheathe her claws and rip open his throat, but she wouldn't kill an innocent cat just trying to feed his clan. She let her claws slip out just enough so that he could feel them and knew that she could end him if he made the wrong move.

She dipped her head and growled in his ear. "If you were smart you would have let that rabbit go. I watched you as you caught scent of our boarder mark." Her tail whipped furiously as she continued, "And yet you still crossed it."

"I-I d-didn't mean t-to," he stammered. "I just didn't t-think-" the black she-cat snarled, silencing him. Her green eyes were ablaze with open hostility and the different shades danced like green fire.

"Swiftpaw!" The black she-cat jerked her head up and looked toward the trees that stood along the edge of Thunderclans territory.

Three warriors emerged from the dense undergrowth and the black she-cat recognized Frostfur, Thunderclans deputy, she's seen her at gatherings twice before. Accompanying her was an unusual light brown and ginger she-cat, Lilyspring, and a brown striped tom with eyes the colour of night. He must be Adderstrike. She'd heard his name being called at the last gathering, announcing him as a newly made warrior.

"Shadowpaw, release the apprentice at once." Lightningstrike, Shadowpaw's mentor, called appearing behind her. She hesitated a moment before she released her grip on Swiftpaw, growling softly before she did so.

"What is the meaning of this!" Frostfur growled stopping just short of the boarder.

Shadowpaw carefully stepped around the brown tom as Lightningstrike moved in and stood beside the young tom, carefully making sure he didn't run off anywhere. "He crossed the boarder and I was defending my home." Shadowpaw simply replied.

Adderstrike walked up beside the Thunderclans deputy and Shadowpaw watched as he was about to cross the invisible line that separated them, heading for his apprentice. She snarled. Adderstrike stopped, black eyes narrowed and shining with hatred.

Windclans deputy, Foxblaze padded alongside Shadowpaw and ran his tail along her back, smoothing out her ruffled fur. She twitched her whiskers and bowed her head slightly, giving her deputy lead.

"As I saw it, what Shadowpaw says was right." He spoke only to Frostfur, who stood opposite him.

"My apprentice was hunting and caught it before the boarder." Adderstrike stared defiantly at Foxblaze. "He has the right to-" but Frostfur silenced him with a flick of her tail.

"Lightningstrikes apprentice, Foxblaze, has every right to defend her territory," Frostfurs blue gaze flicked over Shadowpaw before going back to Windclans deputy again. "Just as Swiftpaw has ever right to hunt in his own territory, I'm sure Nightstar will have something to say about this. But I think that if he killed his prey outside, near or in just inside your territory he should be aloud, as long as he started his hunt in Thunderclan territory and not in Windclans. And as for Shadowpaw I don't think she needs to fight the way she did."

Anger sparked through Shadowpaw. "I fought with my claws sheathed! Swiftpaw here had his claws unsheathed." She heard Foxblaze sigh quietly but continued, "at least I didn't draw any blood." She murmured half to herself, flicking her left ear at her shoulder, indicating to the small trail of blood that dotted her leg.

Foxblaze flicked his tail indicating for Lightningstrike to return Thunderclans apprentice. "We're finished here," he said to Thunderclans deputy as Swiftpaw scrambled over the boarder. "Don't let us catch any of Thunderclan hunting along our boarder again or next time you won't be so lucky." He turned around not waiting for a response, beckoning Shadowpaw and Lightningstrike to follow him.

Please R&R and I am open to any comments about my writing and even a few lumps and bumps that m might happen throughout the story.