Cloud Walker

A white-and-gray cat padded onto the moor and looked up at the sky, purring with content when he saw the light blue of the sky and the lazy white puffy clouds drifting by.

A yowl caught his attention and he turned back to the moor, spotting three cats racing toward him.

"Intruder! What are you doing in WindClan's territory?" the largest cat, a dark brown tom, yowled at the white-and-gray cat, when they came upon him.

"Speak, loner," growled a gray tom with darker gray spots.

"I'm just passing through," the white-and-gray loner mewed. "Did you say this was WindClan's territory?"

"Yeah, what's it to you?" the gray tom hissed.

"Grayfang, Pineclaw! Look at his splotches! They look like clouds," chirped the little diluted calico she-cat.

"Hush, Fernpaw," the brown tom, Pineclaw, snapped at the young cat.

"Just curious," answered the loner.

"Then be curious elsewhere," the gray tom, Grayfang, told him.

"Now leave," Pineclaw hissed.

"Can't he stay? He looks nice," Fernpaw asked the warriors.

"No," Pineclaw said.

"We're not like ThunderClan, who lets outsides join their Clan," Grayfang told the apprentice.

"We'll take you to the border, loner. We better not see from you again after that," Pineclaw growled.

The white-and-gray loner nodded and followed the three WindClan cats to the border.

"Now don't come back!" Grayfang hissed.

The loner didn't say anything, just waved his tail in farewell as he walked over the border. As he walked away he thought he heard Pineclaw meow, "I hope ThunderClan likes our present."

The loner was deep into the forest when another group of cats stopped him. This group was made up of three warriors and one apprentice.

"Stop right there, loner," a black tom with a white chest commanded.

The white-and-gray cat stopped and looked at the Clan cats. "Is there a problem?" he asked.

"Yes, you are in ThunderClan's territory," the black tom mewed.

"You were coming from WindClan's territory. Did they chase you over?" a gray-black she-cat asked. "They are always chasing loners and rogues onto our territory."

"I did meet some WindClan cats, but they didn't chase me," the loner admitted.

"That's unusual," a wiry brown tom mewed.

"What are we going to do with him, Spiderfang?" a ginger she-cat asked.

Spiderfang, the black tom, looked at the loner closely. "We will take him to Thornstar," he finally meowed.

"Come along, loner," the wiry brown tom mewed as the group began to move.

The loner followed silently, watching the Clan cats.

"Don't worry, loner," the ginger she-cat mewed. "Thornstar is a fair leader. I'm Redpaw, apprentice of ThunderClan, by the way. And that is Whiskertail and Darkfur and of course our deputy and my mentor, Spiderfang. What's you name, loner?"

"Cloud, my name is Cloud."

Why chapter so short? Because I didn't feel like writing more for this chapter; this chapter was just to introduce Cloud, a main character in the story.

Is Cloud the Cloud Walker? You'll just have to stay tuned to find out.