This is an adaptive twist on the Warriors books written by Erin Hunter and published by HarperCollins. The characters and world do not belong to me save for a few OCs added to change things up a little more, Firestar's Quest is not my intellectual property and this is a fan rewriting of said story with a different main character. There may be some quite unreasonably bad writing and possible inconsistencies associated with this work, and timing has been done to not make it a carbon copy of the original.

A soft pitter patter of rain on the roof echoed through the interior of the barn, as a black and white tom returned with his coat soaked in blood as his ears were flat against his head. Right beside the tom was a shorter black tom with had a nick in the ear, as they entered the warm interior of the den the black and white tom's haunches fell down. His head hung low as the black tom beside him lay down beside the tom, looking over his shoulder at the loner who looked back.

The black and white tom closed his eyes as he took a deep breath. "It's over… by the sun it is over." He murmured as he tried to straighten himself up and raise his head again, but it just fell back to his shoulders with a sigh of defeat. The black tom nosed his side as he looked up into the tom's amber eyes with great worry in his own green. The black and white tom looked back and gave a weak smile as he raised his head again. "What?"

"Barley… I know how much that battle meant to you, are you sure you are alright?"

"Fine, just fine actually."

The smaller black tom cocked a brow his eyes glimmered with bemusement, as he licked his chest for a brief moment and flicked his tail behind him. "You aren't as subtle as you think; don't think for a moment that I cannot see it." He murmured his ear twitching as he readjusted himself to sit up tall and look forward into the den. "But… we are home at last, and we can rest at last in peace; no?" he cocked his head if he looked over at the tom.

Barley nodded slowly as he looked down at his paws, getting up with a slight limp in his step before he recomposed himself. As he padded straight towards the thickset of hay off in the corner of the den, as Barley crushed the soft bedding under his paws as he turned three times and settle down and rested his head on his paws. As the black tom padded over towards the opposite end; as Barley watched the tom settle in his mind wandered back a moment just a few minutes earlier. "Do you miss being with the clans?"

"What kind of question is that, I thought we already discussed it?" the black tom answered before laying his head down on the edge of his nest. "Well yes I do miss my friends… I just don't feel like that is my place anymore; not ThunderClan anyway and definitely not ShadowClan. I can't swim, so RiverClan is out of the question. And I can't keep up with the WindClan warriors, it's just not my calling for either of the four." He answered.

Barley nodded as he looked away and recomposed himself, his tail flicking behind him with his eyes narrowing slightly as he closed his eyes. Laying head down he drifted off to sleep.

Allegiances:

ThunderClan:

Leader: Firestar– bright ginger tom with a flame colored pelt
Apprentice: Bramblepaw

Deputy: Graystripe– long haired gray tom with a darker stripe across the back

Medicine Cat: Cinderpelt– dark gray she-cat with a torn up leg

Warriors:

Mousefur– small dusky brown she-cat

Dustpelt– dark brown tabby tom

Sandstorm– pale ginger she-cat
Apprentice: Sorrelpaw

Willowpelt– very pale gray she-cat with unusual blue eyes

Cloudtail– long haired white tom
Apprentice: Rainpaw

Brackenfur– golden brown tabby tom

Thornclaw– short golden brown tabby tom
Apprentice: Sootpaw

Ashfur– pale gray tom with darker flecks

Apprentices:

Bramblepaw– large dark brown tabby tom

Sorrelpaw– tortoiseshell and white she-cat with a crooked tooth

Rainpaw– dark gray tom with blue eyes

Sootpaw– lighter gray tom with amber eyes

Queens:

Ferncloud–

Brightheart–

Elders:

Goldenflower– pale ginger she-cat

Frostfur– beautiful white she-cat with blue eyes

Dappletail– once pretty tortoiseshell she-cat

Speckletail– pale tabby she-cat

One-eye– pale gray she-cat, the oldest cat in ThunderClan

ShadowClan:

Leader: Blackstar– large white tom with jet black paws and two extra toes

Deputy: Russetfur– dark ginger she-cat

Medicine Cat: Littlecloud– very small tabby tom

Warriors:

Oakfur– small brown tom
Apprentice: Tawnypaw

Elders:

Runningnose– small gray and white she-cat

WindClan:

Leader: Tallstar– black and white tom with a long tail

Deputy: Mudclaw– mottled brown tom

Medicine Cat: Barkface– short tail brown tom

Warriors:

Webfoot– dark gray tabby tom

Tornear– tabby tom

Onewhisker– brown tabby tom

Runningbrook– light gray she-cat

Queens:

Ashfoot– gray fur

Morningflower– pretty tortoiseshell

Whitetail– small white coat

RiverClan:

Leader: Leopardstar– spotted golden tabby she-cat

Deputy: Mistyfoot– gray she-cat with blue eyes

Medicine Cat: Mudfur– long haired light brown tom

Warriors:

Blackclaw–smoky black tom

Heavystep– thickset tabby tom

Stormfur– dark gray tom with amber eyes

Feathertail– light gray she-cat with blue eyes

Queens:

Mosspelt– small tortoiseshell

Cats Outside the Clans:

Barley– black and white tom that lives on a barn not too far from the clans

Ravenpaw– black tom with a white tail tip and dash across the chest

Smudge– black and white splotched tom that lives on the edge to the twolegplace

Hattie– brown tabby she-cat who lives near to Smudge's home