Chapter one
Falcon limped through the ferns, his eyes darting around, searching for another attacker that could be hidden behind any tree. 'Why did I have to leave the twolegs', he thought
"who are you?", Falcon spun around, eyeing every tree
"I-I I'm f-falcon, please don't hurt me", Falcon mewed.
"you smell of shadowclan", a white she-cat stepped from behind a tree. Falcon stepped back at the sight of many pink scars accross her left eye.
"Oh, look at your wounds!, you must come with me at once", the she-cat said looking at him with worry in her eyes.
Falcon stepped into a hollow, still limping, he could see other cats looking at him, with curiosity blazing in their eyes.
"Who's that?" a dark brown tabby padded up to Falcon, and the she-cat, who said her name was Brightheart.
"This is Falcon", Brightheart mewed
"you smell like shadowclan,but you dont have a clan name, were are you from?", tha dark tabby sat down as if he was expecting a long explanation
"he needs to see Leafpool", Brightheart explained
"Of course, I'll go get Firestar", the dark brown tabby stalked off.
Falcon entered Leafpool's den to see the light brown she-cat sorting herbs, she looked over at them with glowing amber eyes.
"oh, hello Brightheart, and..."
"I'm Falcon"
"Oh, let me get some cobwebs for you", Leafpool mewed eyeing a deep scratch on Falcons side
"Do you want me to stay with you?" Brightheart mewed as they watched Leafpool retreat deep into her den.
"No, I'll be fine", Falcon said
"no, he's gonna be my friend first"
"no, he will like me better"
Suddenly two cats burst into the den; they looked about the same age as Falcon – around seven moons old.
"Hi, I'm Berrypaw", the cream coloured one mewed excitedly
"And I'm Hazlepaw", a small grey and white she cat padded up to Falcon
"Are you a kittypet? You look like one"
"No, I ran away from the twolegs, they took me from my mother. I hate them" he retored
"Ok, ok, I don't need my den filled up, Berrypaw go make sure the elders have fresh kill, and Hazlepaw you need to rest, you havn't fully recovered from that fever yet". Leafpool mewed shooing the two apprentices away, she then pushed the cobweb into Falcon's wounds
"There that should stop it bleeding, if it tries to start again", Leafpool sat next to Falcon.
"Thanks" mewed Falcon.
"Hello", Firestar, pushed his way into the den
"so your name's Falcon?" he asked
"yes" mewed Falcon hesitantly, Firestar and Leafpool exchanged a concerned glance.