Chapter 2 You can call me Swiftshadow

Erin stopped in front of the old twoleg nest. She observed it carfully. She knew that it never callasped in the series, but this time it's real life not to mention was a human, or twoleg. It looked sturdy eugh, but just in case she kicked one of the wood leading up to therafters. It caused the slightest tremble thatmost people would have missed, but she happened to see perfectly. She walked into it and chucked a sleeping bag she managed to nick after she found this place. Her stomach rumbled and she looked at he star on her hand.

"Hmm... Wonder how well I would do at hunting.."she muttered thinking aloud.

She pressed the star and transformed into a cat. As she padded into the forest, she let her thoughts wonder for a moment.I wonder what I look like, she thought looking at her paws. They were as blond as her hair, with a golden tinge. Maybe I can find a pudle. Erin stopped dead in her tracks and lifted her nose to the air. I'm guessing this is mouse,she thought in amusement. She scanned the undergrouth around her. A small munching noise lead her to her prey which was nibbling on a nut.

She ran over the instructions she had learned when she was reading Into the Wild. She crouched down trying to move all her weight equally. She stepped forward slowly hoping she was stepping lightly. the mouse didn't notice her. Erin moved forwar a few more steps and calculated how far she shold jump. She lowered slightly, building up power in her back legs. Biting her touge, she jumped and her paws landed on her mouse. The mouse went limp after she gave a well-aimed bite to it's neck.

She smirked in satisfaction. She felt it's still warm body after she picked it up. Erin ran back to the old twoleg nest, sat down on the sleeping bag and immeadiatly bit into the mouse. It was good, really good. She finished it in a few famished gulps. Now all she needed was water. Changing back into her hybrid form, she swung from the trees the find the stream that was the WindClan border. It felt good to feel the wind run through her fur. She let a laugh leave her lips. She landed next the stream and changed back into a cat. Peering into the water, she looked at her reflection. A golden she-cat with hazel-brown eyes with flecks of gold in them. She smiled showing her long canines, the she-cat smiled showin her long canines.

"I should think of a name," Erin mused."If ThunderClan, no when, they catch me, I can't give them my real name. I can't have them thinking I'm a kittypet. Hmm..I can use the names that me and Miranda(anothe warrior friend) came up with. There's Raineyes, Lunashine, Sorreltalon, and Swiftshaow I could use. I think that it would narrow it down to Raineyes and Swiftshadow seeing how the others sound too much like warrior names." She looked at her reflection again."Raineyes doesn't really describe me so much." She smiled."So Swiftshadow it is."

The newly named Swiftshadow leaned down and took a long drink of running water. Suddenly, her head was pushed into the paniced and began sucking in some un-needed water. The presser of the something pushing her head into the water. Swiftshadow lifted her head out of the water, sucking in much-needed spun around and glared daggers at the being that neerly drounded her. Two she-cats stond behind her, hissing. One was light gray with light green eyes filled with hatred, the other was a silver and white tabby with blue eyes. Swiftshadow glanced between them repeatedly. Good thing I came up with a name, because ThunderClan has already found me. If I'm wrong,those are Ivypool and Dovewing.

"What are you doing on ThunderClan teritory?"Dovewing hissed threatingly.

Swiftshadow raised an invisible eyebrow."Being threatened by two ThunderClan warrior, which by the way is completely an honor,"she said sacasticly, rolling her eyes.

Ivypool hised in annoyance."Real nerve you got there,"She leaped.

Swiftshadow yelped as Ivypool landed on her back causing her to crumble onto the ground. She unsheathed her claws and raked it down Ivypool's side. She yowled as Swiftshadow scrambled out from underneath her. She was surprise when Dovewing knocked her legs out fom under her and claed her belly. Swiftshadow understood why the belly was the most valnerable part of a cat. It hurt like hell. Swftshadow jumped back up and kicked out with her back legs, where she sensed Ivypool coming. She smirked and came at both of them, adreline plusing through her ears.

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Dovewing yelped as the loner raked her claws down her belly and spin around to claw Ivypool's nose. Even when she was fighting, she could see the look in the loner's eyes. It was the look of a fighter, the battle-hardened look of a fighter. Most warriors in the clans never achived the look and the only one she knew had that look was her former-mentor Lionblaze. Yet, this loner had it, and if she wasn't mistaken the loner's eyes glowed abit. Though it was far from cheerful.

Dovewing callasped, breathing heavily. Beside her, she felt her sister fall. She looked at the loner. She was smirking in amusment. Dovewing gritted her teeth. We were no more than her playthings, Dovewing thought ruefully. But suddenly, the loner's look of victory and sasticfaction turned to a look of horror as if she just realized what she did.

"Oh my god," she gasped."What did I do?"She ran over to sniff the warrior's wounds."I guess I should just get cobwebs for the bleeding and marygold so it doesn't get infected. Good thing margold grew in my front yard or I wouldn't know what I would be looking for."the loner muttered under her breath.

She knows herbs? What is a f-fron ard? Who is this loner? This was the last thing Dovewing thought before she gave into the darkness and passed out.

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Swiftshadow removed Ivypool's cobwebs and placed new ones on. She glanced over to Dovewing and grabbed a vole from the small fresh-kill pile so when Ivypool and Dovewing woke up they could have something to eat. She layed down on her part of the sleeping bag and bit into the peice of prey. Swiftshadow heard a tiny groan and immediately sprang out of the old twoleg nest. She changed outside and leaped up onto the roof.

Inside she heard Dovewing groan louder."Wha-Where am I? Ivypool..?"she gasped and Swiftshadow knew that she remembered their fight."Ivypool, wake up!"

"Get away...I don't have dawn patrol.."she heard Ivypool mew sleepily.

"IVYPOOL!"

"Ok ok, I'm up-wait where are we?"

"I think the abandoned twoleg nest. Remember the fight?"

Ivypool gasped."Which means that loner is still running around in ThunderClan teritory. She could be attacking our clanmates right now!"

"No I don't think so. Remember we attacked her. And she helped us, put cobwebs and marygold poultice on our wounds, too."Her voice lowered to a whisper."I can sense something on the top of the nest."

Swiftshadow smiled. Leave it to Dovewing and her power. She jumped down into garden and transformed into a cat again."Really good senses you have Dovewing." she called into the nest. She saw them freeze and padded into the nest."But of course, so do I. Call me Swiftshadow," she disapeared again and reapeared again jumping from tree to tree in her hybrid form.