I'd like to say thank you to Northeasternspirit for the support and I hope new people will red it to. Here's a new chapter to whoever is even bothering to look at this. Disclaimer: I don't own the idea of Warriors but I own the characters in this story. Please R&R!

Charter 1

Patches was laying her the nest, listening to her parents arguing and her brothers play fighting. Then she felt a nudge from her sister. "Come on Patches, get up and play," Eagle mewed. Patches moaned then reluctantly opened her eyes only to see Eagle right in front of her face.

She then took her sister by surprise and rammed into Eagle's chest. Unfortunately she was smaller than her sister so Eagle quickly pinned her. "Eagle get off your sister and Patches you shouldn't be fighting," Patches heard her mother yowl.

Patches looked at her mother stubbornly. "But mom I can be tough," she whined. Cherry looked at her sternly and she backed off.

Once Patches was sitting back in the nest Cherry went to arguing with Branch again. Patches perked her ears forward so she could hear her parents. "Why would you tell her she can't play when it's good for her," she could hear her father growl. "Because if she gets hurt she'll be upset," Cherry replied in a hiss.

After that comment Patches decided she didn't want to hear any more of the conversation. She turned back to her tussling brothers. Wood had pinned Blaze to the ground. Patches saw this as her chance to tackle Wood. She walked closer as quietly as possible. When she was within a good distance she leaped at her brother. She was able to take him off of Blaze and pin him. But when she did she got off right away. "That was great you really caught me off guard," she heard Wood say. But she wasn't looking at him. She was looking to her mother for approval. Unfortunately there was none only shame. "Tackling an opponent from behind is a weak way to win. You should just stick to hunting surely you can't fail at that as well," Cherry said coldly before walking away.

Patches padded slowly back to her nest and just sat there. I'll show her, she thought.

(The next day)

Patches woke early the next morning so she could go hunting for her family. I'm sure mother will appreciate me after I catch something for her, She thought, silently walking through the field they live in. She wandered around for a while. The whole time she felt as though she were being followed but every time she turned back she couldn't see anything pass the grass. She finally saw a rabbit and got into a sloppy crouch. She tried creeping up on the rabbit. Sadly she made enough noise for the rabbit to hear her and it ran off.

"You'll never catch a rabbit like that," she heard a voice say from behind her. She turned quickly and saw a dark gray tabby tom that looked only less than a moon older than her. "And how would you know when you're not even a moon older than me," she retorted.

"My mother, Pebble, taught me, "He shot back. Patches looked at him warily then said, "I'm Patches and what might your name be?"

"Oh, I'm Shade, for my shadowy pelt, "Shade replied. "Long name, "Patches joked. They both purred.

Then Patches looked to Shade and asked, "So how do I catch a rabbit?"

"Oh that, crouch down like you did before and I'll instruct you from there," He replied. Patches got into her so called hunters' crouch. "Tuck your legs in. Put all your weight on your haunches," Shade began instructing. Patches was finally able to get into an adequate hunters' crouch. "Now go find a rabbit and try it out," Shade said to her when she stood up straight again.

Patches watched as he padded away. Then she focused on finding another rabbit. She sniffed the air as she padded along. Finally after what seemed like moons she spotted another rabbit. She got into the crouch she had worked on with Shade and checked the wind like he told her to. Luckily she was downwind. She began stalking closer to it when she felt teeth grasp her scruff. She looked up and saw Eagle dragging her back towards the family. "Let go I almost had it, "She protested.

When Eagle let her go she was in front of Cherry and Branch. She looked up at them. There was pride gleaming in her father's eyes, but Cherry just had the usual look of shame. "I was going to catch that rabbit and you stopped me, "She said rebelliously. Cherry just shook her head and walked away. When her mother was out of earshot her family bombarded her with questions.

"How were you able to do that I never taught you, "Her father asked. I looked at him then to my siblings and decided I should tell the truth.

"I met this tom and he taught me. He said his name was Shade and that his mother, Pebble, taught him, "She explained to her family. Her father looked at her with pride and love shining in his green eyes. Two things she hadn't seen in her mother's eyes in a long time.

"We should get back before your mother gets mad at me, "Branch told his kits.

As they were heading back to their camp Patches couldn't stop thinking about what her mother might have said if she had caught that rabbit. She probably would've said that it was too small and I should quit trying to impress her.

So there's the first chapter. Now I need to clarify something. The character I'm basing Cherry on wasn't actually that mean. Now I'm sure this isn't the best so please send in anything that might help my writing I always accept any review and I could care less if you do flames. Now I'm going to do the description of Shade and Pebble.

Shade: Dark grey tabby tom with amber eyes

Pebble: Grey tabby she-cat with amber eyes

There now since I haven't said anything about Shade's father I won't be describing him. This time I will try to update early or on time if not don't hate me. Sorry it's not to long. Till next time.