A/N:

My first story! Yay! I'm not that awesome until I manage to write more stories. Encourage me!

Anyway, the Warriors series already has a ton of other fanfics due to the amount of potential it has. So I'll be sure that this is interesting.

This is rated T just to be safe. :3

Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors. Period.

Chapter 1: Ignored

A slight mist drifted slowly into the den. Flarekit jolted up, and realized the small tickling was only the cloudy air surrounding her. She yawned, relaxed now, and stretched as she trotted confidently to... where to?

Flarekit looked around. The queens weren't there, and even her mother had vanished. Turtleleg and Beasttail, the other queens, were gone with her mother, Burntshell. Flarekit disappointedly fell back to sleep, but as she lowered her eyes, Evekit bolted into the den. He was heaving heavily, and was wheezing even after perhaps a long moment had passed. "F-Flarekit! I... I can't find them!" he whined as he scanned the den for what seemed to be the second time. "When I woke up... they were gone!" Flarekit sighed.

"I know, Evekit. Still. It shouldn't bother us. It's not really anything we've got to deal with anyway," she replied. To her, it was entirely reasonable. Evekit was the youngest, Flarekit the current oldest of all the kits. Evekit had one sister, Shallowkit, and Turtleleg's kits were Palekit, Tinykit, and Hollowkit. Those three were a rowdy bunch, and it usually took the three queens together and sometimes a couple warriors to catch them.

"B-But! I'm so hungry," he complained as he slumped his shoulders down. Flarekit grumbled loudly to show her annoyance. She swiftly batted the mist away with her tail, and stretched.

"Fine. Let's find Turtleleg, Burntshell, and Beasttail. No problem," Flarekit replied. She hadn't changed her mind, that was true, but if she wanted to get some decent sleep, it was after she solved this predicament. In one more moon, Flarekit would become an apprentice. It seemed tough-she needed to get as much sleep as she could.

HOWEVER. The rest of the kits were unable to accept that and bothered her every single...

Evekit howled with happiness, and Flarekit flinched. He was definitely way too loud for his own good, as Flarekit heard a warrior hiss angrily outside. "Well that's that. Thank LightClan that you didn't make me deaf," Flarekit mumbled.

"Let's gooooo!" Evekit called. He was already out the den, where the activity of the clan was to search for the queens. Flarekit's father Maplecut, was frantically searching. He was deputy, and also the son of the former leader, Redstar. Burntshell's mother was the current leader of FireClan, Songstar.

Flarekit followed closely. So, as the currently most stupid question to ask, Evekit questioned Flarekit, "Where are they?" Flarekit fumed with frustration.

"I am following you! HOW SHOULD I KNOW?" she spat at the terrified kit. "I don't even care anymo-"

"I wonder why. I'm feeling awfully afraid right now," Evekit mumbled. Flarekit hissed.

"Don't ignore me!" she yowled. She unsheathed her claws, but then quickly pulled them back, wishing to sink into the ground. No one in FireClan, however, paid any notice to her.

Evekit shrugged, and bounced off to find one of her siblings. Flarekit, who felt surprisingly lucky that no cat saw her do that, went to go find something else to do, until she found a stray mouse that was not a part of the fresh-kill pile. The small robin was, for some reason, unnoticeable by the other warriors. It was possible that the robin got lost in the mess that they had looking for the other queens. "Better return this," Flarekit meowed to herself, and picked the robin up to the fresh-kill pile.

While doing so, she bumped into Goldpelt, who scanned the area. "That's strange. I feel like something bumped me." Then, he continued to search for the queens.

By that time, Flarekit realized. They were playing a prank on her. They were trying to make it as if she wasn't there. "You know what, I'll leave!" Flarekit yowled unhappily, and ran off into the forest, shoving the robin into her mouth in her fury.

One day later...

Flarekit slept in the forest that day. An abundance of moss kept her warm, and dry from her tears. She was ignored. "I hate FireClan!" she hissed in her sleep. The next morning, it was practically burning. Flarekit suddenly ached for the comfort from the shade of her den.

But she didn't go back.

Not yet...

Approximately one moon later...

Flarekit found herself on the outskirts of WaterClan territory. She could go on in, and say that she was part of it. No one would believe her. And Flarekit realized that just before she could detect the scent of WaterClan cats. Immediately, she tested the air. It was blowing away from her. A bad situation.

Though, before she found the time to react, the patrol had come. From what she could tell, it was a border patrol. "Ashpaw, Moonfur, and Riversnow, quickly renew the scent," ordered a bright blue tom. Three of the cats did as they were told.

Flarekit froze on the spot. The blue tom seemed to easily defeat her, but she could stand up in a battle. Living in the wild and staying undetected had helped her once frail body adapt. The first few days were agony. Though, somehow, no real danger ever threatened Flarekit, no, for some reason, nothing besides getting caught and hunger bothered her. Even after crossing some GroundClan borders, they never reacted. In fact, it was close to her apprentice ceremony. Maybe Flarekit should go back to FireClan...

NO! a part of her yelled. Flarekit's heart throbbed, and it ached for some comfort. She was of importance. Her kin usually became leader or deputy. It was expected. She had even thought up of the name Flarestar more than once in her life, more than the other kits. Her kin also belonged in several prophecies, of which most were fulfilled.

So perhaps she should go, even though so much force rejected that thought, it wasn't enough to fight off her will.

The problem was... right then and there, she would be taken into custody by WaterClan. WaterClan, weakest of all the clans... it would be embarrassing. Yet, Flarekit anticipated...

Then, the cat named Moonfur, spoke up, "I smell FireClan stench. It's fresh and strong. It's almost like there's a cat there," he hissed. The blue tom nodded in agreement.

"Yes. I agree. The border patrol from FireClan must have come only a few moments ago. They must've just been here," he replied. "I don't smell their scent on our side though."

By now, Flarekit was shocked. WaterClan would surely not play along with FireClan's game. Although FireClan was the most strongest out of the four clans... it was almost impossible for the proud WaterClan to bend to their will.

As Flarekit turned to leave, she made a fatal mistake. She stepped on Ashpaw's, the apprentice, paw. He yowled in pain. Instinctively Flarekit had unsheathed her claws, and they dug into the poor apprentice's delicate flesh without realizing it.

"What's wrong?" Riversnow asked worriedly. Ashpaw looked at him with eyes full of pain and suffering. He whimpered. Flarekit slowly got off his foot. Blood was on her claws, and the experience was nauseating. Ashpaw showed Riversnow his injured paw, and she jumped back. "D-Did you step on your own paw?" he asked.

Ashpaw shook his head. "N-No. I-I was just going to follow you when something suddenly hit my p-paw. It... hurts. It felt like a... cat stepped on me," he replied as he held up his paw.

"I have to admit, that definitely looks like something a cat would do. What do we do, Blueeye? We can't just leave Ashpaw here, but we don't know if the threat will stay or not," Moonfur mewed. The blue tom, Blueeye, sighed.

"We'll have Silversky inspect that. Right now, healing Ashpaw's paw is all that matters." Blueeye motioned with his tail for them all to follow.

Before leaving, Moonfur glanced at Flarekit, but her eyes were empty. It was as if she didn't see Flarekit there. There was no anger. Just frantic eyes full of misery.

At that moment, Flarekit wanted to die. She hurt the other clan and they... didn't look at all like they noticed.

Would going back to FireClan change anything? If even after the entire moon... no one... no one...-

...

-can see her there?

Closing Words:

This is going to be interesting. Stay tuned I suppose?

~Nyantas