Author's note: What's good?

Okay I know I know WHAT THE HECK? WHY? WHAT ABOUT YOU OTHER STORIES?

Here's an update on the stories (the warrior ones)

Fire in the Sky (On Hiatus) for the time being, I need an end goal for the story which I don't have yet and once I do it will be picked up

Firepaw of SkyClan – I need to decide what to do with Princess' kits before I pick the story up again. The same thing is true for Dovefeather she was originally due for a role that I had planned for her but I'm not so sure I want to take that route.

A Sparrow's Fire (On Hiatus) I'm currently debating if I'm going to revise this story or not. There is something about it I'm unhappy with but I don't necessarily want to scrap it just yet, I think it can be salvage so it might be getting a revision.

Warriors: Blood and Loyalty – is in the process of being revised. The story itself isn't changing and a lot of the plot is the same. What's being changed are I'm replacing OCs with characters from the books. In the process of writing a chapter I wanted to include someone from an SE into the chapter but found it difficult to do so because I started to question (Why wasn't this character present earlier? Why didn't they interact with this character earlier? It would seem like something they would do) so that was the first reason for the revision (that and I felt my own characters were boring and wanted to explore characters in the books who did not enough screen time.)This doesn't mean all my OCs are gone just most of the filler ones from other Clans that made an appearance. Also there was something in the plot that I wanted to add into the story but realized I couldn't add it in because I made no mention of it earlier on and it would confuse everyone so that was what forced me to do the revision. Not too much will be changed you can probably skim through a lot of the chapters if you've already read all the current chapters. The revision is coming along nicely. I'm debating whether to post it chapter by chapter like a new story or to just drop the whole thing. I may just replace the chapters in the original story as I go.

So that's that now for this story it's quite simple.

So what if Fireheart had been a pretty she-cat instead of a handsome tom. How would this have affected the events of the warriors' series?

Would she still be leader or would she follow a different path?

Who would she fall for and who would be attracted to her?

The idea for this story came to me a few years ago from Rowanclaw's famous gender switch in Starlight. I noticed it right away and had a good laugh over it, but it got me thinking, what if Fireheart had been a she-cat?

I've found a few stories with similar ideas like Princess joining instead of Rusty or Rusty and one of his sisters joining, but not one where Rusty was a she-cat and joined ThunderClan.

I changed her name to Rosie since Rusty is a boy name.

Chapter 1

Rosie was curled up comfortably in her basket dreaming of hunting wild mice in the cool dark forest. In her dreams she had trapped a mouse and was beginning to finish it off when she woke up. She yawned and stretched her long body out of her basket and padded into the kitchen up to her food dishes. She lapped up some water before heading toward the cat flap that led to her garden. Once she had made it to outside, she moved quickly to the fence that was a border between the forest and her garden. She loved to sit on that fence, it was her favorite spot in her garden. She leaped onto the fence and gazed around looking at the tall trees that surrounded the ground. While she was perched on the fence, she paused briefly to listen to the sounds that came from the forest. She decided that tonight she wasn't just going to look at the forest; she was going to explore it. Just as she was going to jump down and explore the forest, a familiar black and white tom jumped onto the fence beside her. It was her friend Smudge who lived right next to her.

"Hello Smudge." she mewl softly as she turned to face him.

"Hey Rosie, what are you doing out here so late at night?" he asked curiously, tilting his head to the side. She glanced at the forest before looking back at Smudge.

"I was going to have a look in the forest." she said with a bit of wistfulness in her voice. She had been thinking of going into the forest for a while now, but hadn't gathered up enough courage to go until recently. Smudge and Henry, the old tom who lived not far from her, had told her stories of wild, bone eating, blood thirsty cats, who would tear her to bits just for setting a paw in the forest. She had been frighten of going at first, but after having so many dreams and staring into it so often she couldn't help but wonder what it was like. She was determined to see what was out there.

Smudge looked at her as if she had lost her mind. He gently laid his tail on her shoulder.

"Why would you want to go into the forest? It's dangerous in there."

"You've never thought of going in?" she asked

"Of course not!" he scoffed

"You never once thought of what was out there?" she pressed him.

"No all that's out there are those crazy wild cats that eat the bones of the house cats they kill. You wouldn't see me set a paw in the forest." Smudge meowed. Rosie thought she may have seen a shiver go down his spine when he looked at the forest. She looked back into the forest and for a moment her mind went to her earlier dream of catching mice.

"I won't be out there long, I just want to have a look around." she mewled looking deep into the forest. Smudge leaned against her a little looking cautiously into the forest again.

"Please don't go Rosie, I don't want you hurt." Smudge meowed softly. Rosie looked at her friend and saw the fear and concern for her safety. She purred softly and brushed her tail over Smudge's ears.

"I'll be fine Smudge." Rosie meowed confidently looking back into the forest. Smudge looked at her a moment and realized that her mind was made up. He sighed heavily as he turned to leap back down into his garden.

"Just be careful okay?" Smudge sighed. Rosie nodded before leaping off the fence and padding off into the forest.

She moved through the undergrowth, feeling more and more confident as she padded further into the forest. A breeze rustled her fur a gently rustled the leaves. She was awed by the forest's lush undergrowth and the tall trees. She was half tempted to clime one.

Suddenly she caught the scent of a vole and turned slowly looking around to pinpoint where it was. She spotted it nibbling on a seed at the root of a nearby tree. She crouched down and started to creep toward the unsuspecting vole. When she was within range she heard a twig snap and vole started to bolt away, but Rosie was faster and leaped far enough to trap the vole beneath her paws. She lean down started to bite the vole in the back of the neck when a gray blur slammed into her side. She tumbled a little and got to her feet quickly and faced the gray blur that had attacked her. She realized it was another kitten like herself and at first began to relax until she realized it was coming at her with claws unsheathed. She flinched and dodged the attack that was aimed at her flank. Unfortunately, this allowed the gray kitten to block her from getting home. She hissed in frustration knowing that she'd either have to find a way around the big kitten or risk going further into the forest.

'What should I do?' she thought worryingly, as she kept a close eye on the other kitten. Suddenly the tom charged her. She moved out of the way and swiped at his sides. She barely grazed the tom's still kitten soft fur with her claws. He landed spinning and knocking her back with his legs. She tumbled a little before regaining her footing. This time she charged the gray tom, seemingly surprising him a she aimed her claws for his muzzle. Ducked her blow and headbutted her in the chest. She ended up rolling onto her paw belly flat to the ground.

Just then the gray kitten launched himself into the air looking to crush her beneath him. She seized the moment and quickly rolled onto her back and pushed up with all the strength in her hind legs, as the kitten's heavy body landed on hers', and flung the confused kitten over her head. A loud thud followed the kitten's landing. Rosie felt drained of strength but, she knew she wasn't out of danger yet and as quick as she could she scrambled to her paws, watching as the gray kitten appeared to be motionless. Then she watched as the kitten slowly got to his paws. She tensed her body, ready to dodge another attack that could be coming at any moment. She was surprised to see that the kitten was looking at her with an amused expression on his face.

"Your pretty tough kittypet." The tom meowed. Rosie froze at the comment and stared at him with a look of confusion. 'What's a kittypet?'

"What do you mean kittypet?" She hissed lowly at the tom. The gray tom purred softly in response.

"You're a kittypet, you live with twolegs don't you?" the tom answered. Rosie blinked slowly. 'Twolegs, what are twolegs? He must mean my housefolk.'

"Yeah so what, I'm not scared of you." she growled a little in defiance.

"You should be." The tom growled suddenly and without warning leaped onto her. She screeched loudly and tried to wriggle from underneath him, but she was already drained from their earlier fight. …all that's out there are those crazy wild cats that eat the bones of the house cats they kill. You wouldn't see me set a paw in the forest, Smudge's words echoed in her ears as she continued to struggle. 'This is it's' she thought to herself. She closed her eyes in fear, trembling as she prepared for the gray tom's teeth to sink into her throat, only to open them in shock when she felt his warm tongue lick her ear. She shook off her surprise enough to realize that the tom had given her enough room to wriggle free from him. She backed up a little watching the tom warily as he mrrowed with laughter.

"I was only messing with you. I wasn't going to hurt you." he purred. Rosie relaxed enough when she realized that the strange tom wasn't going to hurt her but she still was prepared to dart away if he changed his mind.

"My name's Graypaw by the way. What's your name?" Rosie watched him closely before answering.

"I'm Rosie, do you really live in the forest?" she asked curiously. Graypaw nodded.

"Yeah and not just me there are lots of cats in the forest." Rosie blinked in surprise.

"Really?" Graypaw nodded again.

"Yes, there are four groups of cats in the forest. ThunderClan, ShadowClan, WindClan and RiverClan. I'm an apprentice of ThunderClan."

"An apprentice?" she asked curiously

"An apprentice is a cat in training to be a warrior." Graypaw answered proudly.

"So you are training to be a warrior?" Rosie meowed in slight confusion.

"Yes warriors are the cats that hunt and protect our Clan."

"Is everyone a warrior?" asked Rosie more interested in these wild cats she had heard so much about.

"No, there are queens who take care of the kits of our clan and the elders who are cats that are too old continue their warrior duties." Rosie nodded in understanding.

"Tell me more about the Clans." Rosie meowed eagerly, wanting to hear more about the wild cats of the forest. Graypaw was about to say more, when he suddenly stiffened. His ears twitching back and forth.

"You need to leave right now quickly." Graypaw meowed urgently. Rosie gave Graypaw a look of confusion. 'What is wrong with him? Weren't we getting along just a moment ago?' She thought with dismay. Then the scent of other cats filled the forest area, Rosie realized why Graypaw was asking her to leave. Rosie started to run when a large golden cat emerged from the shadows of the trees. Rusty noticed the cat's powerful looking shoulders and haunches. Another cat appeared behind the other, the cat had blue-gray fur that shined silver in the light from the moon. At the sight of the gray cat, Graypaw lowered himself to the ground. Rosie decided that it was best to follow his example and lowered herself onto her belly. The gray she-cat looked down at the two lowered to the ground.

"Graypaw who is this cat?" meowed the gray she-cat. Graypaw looked up from his paws and let his gaze travel from her to the golden tabby.

"She's just a kittypet, Bluestar" answered Graypaw. Bluestar looked more closely at Rosie. The golden tabby looked at Graypaw crossly.

"Graypaw you shouldn't be so close to the Twolegplace" meowed the golden tabby. Graypaw looked shamefully at his paws.

"I'm sorry Lionheart, I wanted to see this part of the forest. I scented an intruder and went to run them out of our territory. I didn't mean to stray so close to the Twolegplace." Graypaw meowed. Rosie looked curiously at Graypaw. 'These cats smell like him they must be a part of his Clan.' She thought to herself

"Kittypet, what is your name?" asked gray she-cat as she looked over the young she-cat. Rusty looked up at Bluestar and watched her carefully.

"My name is Rosie" She meowed softly, proud of herself for not letting her voice tremble. Lionheart turned his gaze over to the flame furred kitten.

"You fight well for a kittypet Rosie and you seem to enjoy the forest. Would you like to see more of it?" Bluestar asked her curiously. Rosie looked at her confused. The gray she-cat purred in amusement after noticing Rosie's confusion.

"Forgive me for not introducing myself, I am Bluestar the leader of ThunderClan and this is one of my warriors, Lionheart." Bluestar flicked her tail at the golden tabby beside her. "Though you have trespassed in our territory I can see great potential for you as a warrior for ThunderClan, would you be willing to give up your life as a kittypet and be a warrior of ThunderClan?" Rosie blinked in surprise. Lionheart turned to Bluestar with a look of shock on his face.

"But, Bluestar she is a kittypet. She is use to a soft life, with food given to her every day by twolegs." murmured Lionheart. Bluestar gave Lionheart a hard stare.

"She would have caught that vole if Graypaw hadn't attacked her." She glanced at Graypaw still crouched on the ground. "She also fought well against your apprentice, do you not agree?" Lionheart sighed and nodded

"Yes Bluestar I agree with you." Bluestar purred at Lionheart before turning her gaze back to Rosie and Graypaw. Rosie trembled slightly nervous, but felt better when she felt a slight brush of Graypaw's tail on her flank.

"You may both rise" Bluestar meowed. Rosie slowly stood up. Graypaw rose to his paws.

"Bluestar is offering you training. Although it might be too much for you since you must be use to a comfortable life." meowed Lionheart. Rosie felt hurt by Lionheart's words, she tried not to let it show; but she didn't seem to do a good job of it.

"He did not mean to insult you just that the offer I have made to you is not one to be taken lightly" soothed Bluestar. "You will come to our Clan and you will learn our ways but if you cannot live by our code you will have to go back to your twolegs and not return." Bluestar watched her for a reaction. Rosie was a little unsure, but she felt determined to do this.

"If you join, you will have to be willing to give your life for the clan, but you'll know what is like to be a true cat." Bluestar meowed.

"May I have more time to think about this decision?" asked she asked quietly. Bluestar gave her an understanding nod.

"Very well, Lionheart will be waiting here tomorrow at sunhigh." meowed Bluestar "You may give him your answer." Bluestar flicked her tail in a silent command and led her Clanmates back into the forest. Graypaw glanced back and gave a wave of is tail. Rosie returned the wave with a bit of apprehension, she continued to watch them until they were out of sight.

Rosie awoke from her basket with a stretch. Her spine curving gracefully as she climbed out of her basket. She headed over to her dish and began to lap up the water found inside the dish. Once she was finished she pushed her way through the cat flap into the garden. She looked over at the fence and thought back to last night. It had been exciting to meet the wild Clan cats living in the forest. And hearing about their lives had interested her. Could she live among them? Would they accept her? She was shaken from her thoughts when she heard a voice meowing at her from the fence.

"Good morning Rosie, it's about time you woke up." meowed Smudge as he sat on the fence. He leaped down from the fence padding over to her looking eager to speak to her. Rosie meowed a greeting to him as he approached her.

Smudge shook his head slowly as he sat down beside her. "You are going to get as bad as Henry if you start sleeping in." Rosie mrrowed a little as she thought of the cranky old tom.

"I don't think anyone can sleep as much as Henry," Rosie mewed softly. Her mind again began to wander to the forest cats from the night before. Smudge must have noticed her pensive look because he suddenly looked concerned.

"Rosie are you okay? Did you hurt yourself out in the forest?" Smudge meowed looking her over for any injuries. For a moment Rosie's thought's wandered to her confrontation with Graypaw, but she shook her head clearing those thoughts away.

"No that's not it," she told him softly, "But something did happen." Smudge blinked at her in confusion.

"What happened?"

Rosie took a deep breath before answering. "I ran into some wild cats in the forest."

Smudge's eyes widen, "Really? Are you okay? Were they violent? Did you have to fight them?" Smudge's eyes were filled with even more worry and concern, but also curiosity and wonder.

Rosie closed her eyes and briefly recalled the excitement and fear she felt from her brief battle with the young Graypaw. She opened her eyes and explained all that happened that night in the forest.

"So these cats want you to join them?" Smudge looked at her in complete disbelief. "You can't seriously be considering going with those wild cats are you?"

Rosie could see tension in the young tom's shoulders, she felt a little guilty for worrying the tom but she had given the decision plenty of thought.

"It's true, and I decided that I want to go." Rosie mewed firmly, shocking Smudge who looked even more upset.

"No, please don't go Rosie" wailed Smudge he blinked at her with a pain filled gaze, Rosie felt bad this was the first time she had seen Smudge so upset, and it hurt her to know that she was the cause of his pain, but even so... this was something she knew within her bones she had to do. She tried to think of something to comfort her friend.

"Don't worry Smudge, I'm sure my housefolk will get another cat." meowed Rosie brushing her tail against his flank comfortingly.

"It won't be the same!" Smudge exclaimed. His eyes were wide and shiny glimmering with unspoken sadness. Rosie felt another pain of sadness and mentally grit her teeth and decided to keep going. She gently placed her tail on his shoulder and began to speak gently to him.

"Smudge I'm sorry, but I can't stay here, I can't really explain it but I feel like this is something I must do. I have to go." Firepaw explained. Smudge was silent, and for a moment Rosie thought Smudge didn't hear her or was simply ignoring her, until he gently touched noses with her. He breathed a shaky sigh.

"Okay Rosie, I'm miss you" he murmured.

"I'll miss you too" Rosie sighed softly happy to know that her friend was accepting her choice, she asked if they could play together one last time before she left. Smudge agreed and the started to gently wrestle with each other.

Okay so that's it for Chapter 1 review and let me know what you think.