So I finally updated Chapter 1! Yay! I'll try to update more a little quicker and stuff. But please R&R it! I'm trying to work on it, but I'm not the best writer...

But thanks to xLeafheartx for reading it and reviewing it!

Disclaimer: Erin Hunter owns Warriors. Not me.

Chapter 1

Squirrelpaw was following a mouse through the forest. Or now, it was mainly a field, as all the trees had been cut down, and taken by the twolegs. Suddenly she emerged onto a plain with hundreds of twolegs and their monsters running around, barking and waving their hairless paws.

"Why are you destroying our forest?" she yowled over the howling wind. "What have we done to you?" As she watched the twolegs rip a tree from the ground and throw it into a monster, she turned as she felt something sharp poke her side. Fearing it was a monster attacking her, she yowled in horror and lashed out with her claws unsheathed. As her paw was stopped, she jolted awake. "wha..?" she muttered, half asleep.

"Squirrelpaw! Keep it down!" It was Hazelpaw, her sister who had prodded her in the side. Hazelpaw looked very angry, and Squirrelpaw soon understood why. She had a huge claw mark down her light brown tabby side, and it was starting to bleed.

"Oh Hazelpaw! I'm so sorry!" Squirrelpaw gasped, horrified at what she had done to her sister. "Was that from me? I think I was dreaming when I scratched you."

"Yeah, I could tell you were dreaming. You were yowling loud enough to wake up the whole forest." Hazelpaw mewed crossly. "Then when I tried to wake you, you attacked me."

Not knowing what to say, Squirrelpaw glanced around the apprentice's den. Trying to change the topic, she asked, "Where'd everyone go?"

"Well, it's past sunrise, and Gingerpaw and Leopardstorm went hunting with their mentors. I think Sandpaw went with them too." Hazelpaw replied. "We should probably go hunting to. I bet Reedfur is looking for you."

Suddenly Squirrelpaw remembered her dream. And it all came back to her. Their clan was starving, and prey continued to disappear. Almost all DesertClan's patrols were for hunting now, as there was almost no threat of another clan attacking. Every clan was facing difficulty as twolegs destroyed more and more of the forest. Gazing around the empty den, Squirrelpaw felt a wave a guilt wash over her. She should be out in the forest with her clanmates, not sleeping in the apprentices den.

Sighing, Squirrelpaw got up from her nest. "You're probably right. We should go hunting." She mewed as she padded out of the den. Hazelpaw followed her, and together they entered the camp clearing.

As soon as Squirrelpaw entered the camp's clearing, her mentor, Reedfur, and Hazelpaw's mentor, Falconflight raced over towards them.

"What took you so long?" Reedfur growled crossly. Squirrelpaw sighed, as the black and white tom was always hard to please. Still, he was a great mentor, and she had learned a lot.

"Well, this lazy furball wasn't going anywhere until I walked in and woke her up," Hazelpaw replied. "And what do I get for waking her up? I get clawed in the side!"

Squirrelpaw glared at her sister as her mentor gave her a stern look. Why was Hazelpaw telling them this? Now she was just going to get in trouble, and probably end up checking the elders for ticks instead of hunting.

"Are we going hunting or not?" Squirrelpaw mumbled, turning red with embarrassment. "I'm sure that Nightflower and Snowcrystal are getting hungry." She flicked her tail impatiently, wanting to get out of camp and away from her sister, who was acting strange. As if to prove her point, her stomach rumbled loudly.

Reedfur, who was still staring at Hazelpaw and Squirrelpaw mewed, "Sure, let's go, but we'll split up to see if we can catch more prey. Is that ok with you, Falconflight?"

The brown tabby tom nodded. "Hazelpaw, lets head towards the IceClan border," he suggested. Hazelpaw glanced at her sister, but Squirrelpaw wouldn't look at her. She was still mad at her for telling Falconflight and Reedfur about what had happened. When Hazelpaw knew she wasn't getting anything, she finally replied, "Okay, that sounds good." The two of them headed out of camp, with Flaconflight leading.

Once they had left, Reedfur turned to Squirrelpaw and asked, "So where do you want to go hunting? Should we head towards the Gathering Log?"
Squirrelpaw was staring at her paws, anger flowing off her like waves. "Sure, why not?"

Reedfur gave her a long look. "Well if we're going hunting, we should probably be going around now."

"Fine by me," she replied. And without another word she turned towards the camp entrance, and followed Reedfur out into the forest.