Chapter 1

Two cats, one a brown she-cat and the other a grey she-cat with ginger patches who was also pump with kits, walked through the stone path of a twoleg place, "How much further Sparrow, I need to rest soon."

"I don't know Dawn, all I know is that the clan that my father and the others used to visit is next to a twoleg place. It could be on the other side of this one." The brown she-cat named Sparrow meowed to the grey and ginger tabby she-cat. Sparrow and Dawn walked for a while until they heard a yell behind them, "Who are you?" the voice hissed. The two she-cats turned to see a big black and white tom. The tom starred down both she-cats, Dawn started to lower herself to the ground and her ears pined back to her head. Sparrow placed herself between Dawn and the tom.

"Bone, what's keeping you?" A black she-cat coming up behind Bone meowed, "Who are they?" she she-cat hissed.

"I don't know." Bone said, "Really," the black she-cat hiss her fur fluffing up and her spine starting to arc up, "Then why don't we teach them a lesson about trespassing on Bloodclan territory." She hissed, then she and Bone sprang to attach the two she-cat but Sparrow was faster and as she told Dawn to run she jumped at the two cats plowing into the tom and kicking out at the she-cat with her back legs, as Sparrow told her to run Dawn turned around and bolted away from the Bloodclan cats. Seeing her friend running Sparrow swiped at the two cats a few more times before running after Dawn. They ran as fast as they could until they reached the trees at the border of the twoleg place. When the two she-cats reached the trees Sparrow looked back to see Bone and the black she-cat hissing and growling at them, she turned back to Dawn and the two she-cats continued deeper into the wood.

The two cats walked through the woods for some time, they only stopped when their stomachs made growling noises, "Looks like we're both hungry." Sparrow meowed. Sparrow and Dawn began to look around for something to eat, then she heard the sound of cats. When she found the cats they were around a kill tearing it apart, then one of them saw Sparrow and Dawn and the look the other cat gave them made Sparrow wish they hadn't, "Look what I found." Growled a battered scared brown tom, "Good eye Clawface." Meowed a long hair dark brown tabby tom. Sparrow and Dawn know what was coming and they both started running, Sparrow could hear the paws of the other cats behind them. They ran as fast as they could, by the time they left the woods and reached the moor that was beyond it, Sparrows legs were burning and she was having trouble running, Sparrow could only guess that Dawn was having trouble too. Sparrow was on the verge of collapsing when she felt a force push her over, "What are you doing on Windclan territory?" asked a voice in her ear, she looked up to see a white face looking down at her, "Please don't hurt us, where just trying to get away." She meowed to the white cat; the other cat looked up to see Clawface and the others running straight at them, "Onewhisker, Deadfoot!"

"What is it Whitepaw?" Onewhisker asked as he and Deadfoot came into view, Whitepaw got off of Sparrow and face Clawface and the other cats. Deadfoot saw them and growled, "Brokenstar, what are you and your outcasts doing on Windclan territory?" he hissed at the intruders.

"Deadfoot, Onewhisker," Brokenstar meowed coldly, "It looks like Thunderclan really did bring you back after me and my clan chased you out."

"That's right and you and your outcasts are not welcome on Windclan territory." Deadfoot hissed back. "And the two she-cats are?" Brokenstar meowed in a taunting voice, "Well given that you and your outcasts are the reason why they're on our land, I'm sure that Tallstar will be ok with them being here." Deadfoot meowed back. Deadfoot and Brokenstar stared at each other, Onewhisker and Whitepaw walked up to Deadfoot, one on either side, ready for a fight if Brokenstar and the others attached.

"What's going on here?" Sparrow looked in the direction that the voice came from and saw a black and white tom with a long tail, and two other cats, a tabby tom and a young light grey she-cat. "Brokenstar, you have a lot of nerve to set paw in Windclan territory." The black and white tom meowed. Sparrow rose to her paws with the help of Dawn and then Sparrow faced Brokenstar and his cats, despite how weak her legs felt. "Stay behind me Dawn." She meowed. Now outnumbered Brokenstar signaled for his cats to retreat, he then turned to the black and white cat, "You may have won this time Tallstar, but you will come to regret this." He hissed, then turned and fled into the woods.

"Thanks for the help Tallstar." Deadfoot meowed. Tallstar nodded his head in acknowledgment, and then he turned his attention to the two she-cats, "Who are they?" he asked. "Don't know, they were chased here by Brokenstar and his outcastes." Deadfoot meowed. Tallstar walked up to the two she-cat, "My name is Tallstar," he meowed to them, "I am the leader of Windclan, what are your names?" he asked them.

"My name is Sparrow, and this is Dawn." Sparrow meowed. Tallstar looked at Sparrow and then at Dawn and noticed that both of them were a little shaky, "You two look exsiccated, you two should let our medicine cat, Barkface, take a look at you." Tallstar meowed, and then he turned to his cats, "Whitepaw, Runningpaw, you two help Sparrow and Dawn back to the camp. Tarnear, you help Deadfoot and Onewhisker finish their border patrol, you can train your apprentices later." Tarnear and Onewhisker nodded and with Deadfoot they continued on, while Tallstar led Sparrow, Dawn and the apprentices back to the Windclan camp. When they entered the camp Tallstar instructed Whitepaw and Runningpaw to take Sparrow and Dawn to the medicine den, as they entered the den Sparrow saw a short tailed brown tom rummaging through some leafs. "Hay Barkface, we have two new cats for you to look at." Whitepaw meowed. Barkface turned his attention from the leafs to Sparrow, Dawn and the apprentices, "Who are they?" he asked.

"This is Sparrow and Dawn," Whitepaw answered, pointing to both cats in turn with her tail, "I find them being chased by Brokenstar and his lot while out on patrol." She said.

"Tallstar wanted you to take a look at them." Runningpaw meowed.

"Ok." Barkface meowed, he began to examine Sparrow and then went onto Dawn, "Well, it looks like they don't have any injuries, all they need is a good meal and some rest." Barkface said after a few moments. "I'll go let Tallstar know." Whitepaw meowed.

That night Sparrow laid in a nest that Barkface made for her in the medicine den, as she laid there she was looking up at the stars. "Father, are you up there in Starclan," she meowed to the stars, "Or do you walk in deferent skies?" Unknown to her, from his nest Barkface was watching her. After some time both cats fell into a dreamless sleep. The next morning as Barkface sorted throw the herbs, Sparrow sat in her nest giving herself a good wash and Dawn was just waking up, then a young dark gray tabby tom walked into the medicine den with a rabbit in his jaws, "My name is Webpaw," the tom meowed as he laid the rabbit in front of Sparrow and Dawn, "Tallstar asked me to give you this rabbit." Webpaw told them.

"Thanks Webpaw." Dawn meowed. Webpaw dipped his head and left the den, Dawn and Sparrow started to eat the rabbit, when they were done they started to groom each other after they finished Sparrow looked over at Barkface, "If you have something to ask me, then just ask. And just don't keep staring at us." Sparrow meowed to him.

"Who was your father Sparrow?" he asked. Sparrow just stared at him for a moment, "What do you mean?" Sparrow then asked, "I heard you last night, you asked your father of he walked these skies, or deferent skies." Barkface meowed.

"My father was named Sparrow, my mother gave me his name when he passed." She meowed, "He died when I was just a kit, but I can remember stories that he told me and my brother and sister." Sparrow meowed as she looked down at her paws. Barkface looked at her then he asked, "What stories did your father tell you?" he asked her. "They were stories about a clan that he and his friends used to visit during the warm season." She told him.

"Do you know their names?" Barkface meowed, "There was Mole, Bess and Reena and another that I can't remember." She meowed, "Why are you looking at me like that?" Sparrow asked when she saw the look on his face, "Why did you leave?" he asked, "Well, I wanted to find the clan that my father and the others once visited." She told him.

"Well, you found us now." Barkface told her. She stared at him shocked at what he just told her, "You mean that Windclan is the clan that my father and his friends visited during the warm season?" she asked him. He nodded and then meowed, "I'm going to talk to Tallstar." Then he left the den. Sparrow looked up at the sky, "I did it father, I found the clan." She meowed, "Yes you did Sparrow." Dawn meowed sitting down beside Sparrow. A few moments later they heard rustling at the den entrance and saw Barkface return with Tallstar behind him.

"Barkface tells me that you are the daughter of the rouge cat Sparrow who visited us during greenleaf." Tallstar meowed to Sparrow, "Yes, he was my father, he told me about his visits to your clan including the last visit when a cat died in the tunnels, I remember always felling sad when he told that part." Sparrow meowed.

"Do you know the name of the cat who died in the tunnel?" Tallstar asked, "I think his name was Sandgorse." Sparrow meowed, "Your right." Tallstar meowed, "He was my father."

Sparrow looked at Tallstar with shock, then he continued, "Sparrow why did you want to find our clan?" he asked her.

"After my father died, Reena and Mole would tell us their stories, and when I was five moons old I decided that I wanted to become a clan warrior. I meet Dawn about three moons later her mate had just been killed by a twoleg monster and she wanted to find a safer place to have her kits." Sparrow meowed.

"Not all cats are meant to be warriors," Tallstar meowed, "But some are, even some that are born outside of the clans, and there's only one way to find out if a cat is." Tallstar got up and with a flick if his tail he headed for the entrance, Barkface turned to Sparrow and Dawn, "That's the signal for us to follow." Barkface meowed. Barkface left the den with Tallstar and after a moment Sparrow and Dawn looked at each other then followed then out. Tallstar headed to a sandy hollow and jumped on to a pile of rocks, "Let all cats old enough to run on the moor gather below the high rock for a clan meeting." Sparrow and Dawn watched as the clan gathered around where Tallstar was, as the cats sat down in a semicircle Sparrow found a spot at the back of the group and Dawn sat down with her.

"As you know we have suffered great loses these past few moons, and during that time only three kits have survived. But now Starclan is smiling down on Windclan, for a young rouge has decided to join us and I have decided to give her a chance. Sparrow, Dawn step forward." Tallstar meowed, Sparrow and Dawn walked to the center of the cats, then Tallstar continued, "Sparrow I know that you wish to join us, but do you Dawn also wish to join the clan?" he asked Dawn.

"Yes it is." Dawn meowed.

"Then Sparrow until you earn your warrior name you shell be known as Sparrowpaw, your mentor will be Deadfoot." Deadfoot walked up to Sparrowpaw and bent his head down to Sparrowpaw's, "It's part of the ceremony for mentor and apprentice to touch noses." He meowed, Sparrowpaw nodded and stretched her head up and touched her nose to Deadfoot's. Then the clan began to cheer her new name, "Sparrowpaw, Sparrowpaw."

Then Tallstar turned to Dawn, "I Tallstar leader of Windclan call upon my warrior ancestors to look upon this cat she has chosen the ways of your noble code, Dawn do you promise to protect and defend this clan even at the cost of your life?" Tallstar asked her.

"I do." She replied.

"Then by the powers of Starclan I give you your warrior name, Dawn from this moment on you shell be known as Dawnfrost." Tallstar jump down from the rock pile and walked over to Dawnfrost, he whispered something to Dawnfrost that Sparrowpaw couldn't hear and then placed his muzzle no her head and she licked his shoulder. When Tallstar stepped back and the clan cheered her name, "Dawnfrost, Dawnfrost." Sparrowpaw joined in on the cheer, happy for her friend.

Tallstar then walked over to Deadfoot, "How about you take Sparrowpaw out to see the clans' territory?" Tallstar meowed to him. Deadfoot nodded, "That's a good idea." Deadfoot meowed, just then three cats walked into the camp. Sparrowpaw recognized Onewhisker and Webpaw, but the third was a molted dark brown tom that she didn't know. Tallstar looked up and called to them, "Onewhisker, Mudclaw," Tallstar then turned back to Deadfoot, "I'll leave you to your new apprentice now." Tallstar meowed, and then he walked over to the other cats.

Sparrowpaw looked over to Dawnfrost to see a gray she-cat and a tortoiseshell she-cat walk up to Dawnfrost, "Don't worry about your friend, Ashfoot and Morningflower will look after her." Deadfoot meowed to Sparrowpaw. Sparrowpaw nodded and then Deadfoot lead her out of the camp, through the moor and heathers until they came to a big rock sticking out of the ground, "This is look out rock," Deadfoot meowed to Sparrowpaw, Sparrowpaw sat down next to Deadfoot and look up at the rock, "This is where both warriors and apprentices take turns watching over the territory." Deadfoot told her.

"So, will I have to look out from here?" she asked.

"Someday soon, but for now lest continue with seeing the territory." Deadfoot meowed. Moving past look out rock Deadfoot lead them to the crest of a hill, "This is the edge of Windclan territory, beyond here there are no clans, only rogues, loners or kittypets." He meowed.

"What is a kittypet?" she asked.

"A kittypet is a cat who chooses to live with twolegs." Deadfoot meowed.

"Oh." She meowed as she looked at the lands beyond her new clans' territory. Deadfoot looked down at her, but before he could say anything she meowed, "My mother was a kittypet before she joined my father's group.

"So you're the daughter of a rouge and a kittypet then." Said Deadfoot, Sparrowpaw just nodded. "Come on; let's go see the Shadowclan border." Deadfoot meowed.

"Ok." Sparrowpaw meowed, Deadfoot lead her to the border with Shadowclan, "Beyond here is Shadowclan territory, can you smell their scent?" Deadfoot asked her.

Sparrowpaw gave a sniff and then renckled her nose, "It smells like fox scent." She meowed; Deadfoot gave a small laugh and turned to Sparrowpaw, "Yes, Shadowclan dose smell like fox." He meowed to her; he then led her to the Thunderclan border before heading back to the camp.