Disclaimer - I don't own warriors. If I did, Crowfeather would be killed for what he did to Breezepaw.

"It's a kittypet!" Gingerpaw hissed, the fur on her back rising up.

The she-cat sniffed disdainfully. "I'm no kittypet; I'm just a traveller."

Before the ginger apprentice could say anything else, Echostorm stepped in. "What do you want?" he growled.

The she-cat nodded towards him and replied, "I don't mean any harm this time, I just noticed you all over here and I knew that you were a of the forest...or what's left of the forest." She turned towards where a dark cloud of smoke was rising up from where TreeClan territory used to be. "Are you what's left?"

"What's it to you?!" Amberpaw spat. "We don't need to tell you anything!"

"Well sorry for being concerned!" Cassie snarled.

The tabby hissed as Mistpelt stepped between the two. "Easy now," she sighed. "We don't mean any trouble, Cassie. We're just a little overwhelmed right now."

"What happened?" Cassie asked, the fire still in her eyes.

"It's a long story, Cassie." Echostorm muttered.

She calmed down the moment Echostorm spoke. "Well, we have time."

"We don't have to tell you anything!" Speckledpaw growled. "Besides, how does he know your name?!"

"We've met before," Echostorm quickly explained. "I caught her in TreeClan territory while hunting." Echostorm looked around at the cats, hoping that they didn't ask any more questions.

She nodded. "Although TreeClan doesn't exist."

"Doesn't exist?" Amberpaw repeated. "Of course it exists! I'm a part of it!"

"Whatever."

Echostorm sighed. Why is she so convinced that Clans don't exist? Has she even heard of StarClan?

"Just ignore her," Crookedtail meowed. "We have to leave, anyway?"

At this, Cassie perked her ears. "Oh? Where are you going?"

Rainkit, who had just woke up, took this opportunity to talk. "StarClan told us to find a new home and start a new Clan!"

Echostorm bit back the want to snap at the kit. Just like that, their journey revealed to a kittypet! "It doesn't concern you though, so you can move along," he meowed hurriedly.

Cassie ignored her and looked at the gray kit. "StarClan? I have no idea who that is, but I am interested in the fact of you all starting one of these make-believe Clans."

"They're not make-believe!" Speckledpaw spat. "We are Clan cats! We have Clan names! We are apart of Clans! Just because you've never seen one doesn't mean they're not real!"

Birdpaw nodded. "Why do you think we have such different names from you?"

She shrugged. "I just assumed your mothers hit their heads before they named you."

Firestorm sighed. "No, our mothers had similar names to us. For instance, a kit has 'kit' in their names. That's why my kits are called Rainkit and Sunkit. Apprentice's have 'paw' in theirs, hence Birdpaw, Amberpaw, Tallpaw, Speckledpaw, and Blackpaw. Warriors and medicine cats and keep the original suffixes, and their names end with something that describes them. Like Firestorm, Crookedtail, Echostorm, Mistpelt, and Forestgaze. Leaders always have 'star' at the end of their name."

"Now that we've told her everything, why don't we just invite her to tag along?!" Amberpaw mewed sarcastically, while Blackpaw voiced his agreement.

"It would actually be fun to come along," Cassie replied, either ignoring or not hearing the sarcasm in Amberpaw's voice.

Echostorm opened his mouth to reject the idea of the loner coming along, but then closed it. She knows the Twolegplace better than us, so she can help us through if needed. Maybe she will be useful. "Do you know where the closest place that hasn't been invaded by Twolegs is?" he blurted out. The moment he did, he looked away to avoid harsh glares from Blackpaw, Speckledpaw, and Amberpaw.

The she-cat scuffled her white paws before saying, "Yes, as a matter of fact I do. But, the quickest way is through the heart of the town- uh, Twolegplace as you say. There's also some pretty nasty cats."

"We could take 'em!" Sunkit yowled as his mother scolded him.

Crookedtail looked from Cassie, to Forestgaze, then to the other cats. "I'd say it's the choice of the cats who were chosen to go on this journey in the first place."

"Well, I'd say that we should chase her off!" Speckledpaw hissed. "We don't need her! She'd just be a burden."

"For once, I agree," Amberpaw chipped in.

Gingerpaw inspected Cassie. "Does she even know how to fight?"

Echostorm felt a flash of panic. The others were going to say no to his idea; he was sure of it. Looking towards the other two MeadowClan cats, his yellow eyes glittered as he asked, "Well? What do you two think?"

Birdpaw's sightless eyes glowed in the dark. "I think that you're right. She'll be useful."

Tallpaw nodded. "I don't like outsiders as much as the next person, but we know nothing about the Twolegplace or what's beyond it."

"She'll be a burden!" Amberpaw protested. "She probably doesn't know how to fight!"

Cassie's tail flicked back and forth. "Would you like to test that?"

"Enough!" Echostorm turned to see Forestgaze was the one who spat out the command. "She's coming with us, and that's final. No fighting or arguing is needed. I agree with Echostorm; we need a guide through the Twolegplace." Giving a stern gaze to Gingerpaw, who was about to argue, she added, "If you can be friends with a cat with a paw in two Clans, why not a loner?"

Echostorm looked over at Minnowpaw, who was looking at the ground. That's right, he thought. She's a halfClan.

Gingerpaw looked from her friend to Cassie, and then sighed, giving up. "Fine, but if she does one thing that gets us in trouble, she's outta here."

"Good enough for me," Cassie replied, standing up. "When are we leaving?"

"Now," Echostorm meowed, looking around at the other cats, who nodded.

"Great. I'll lead the way." With that, she bounded off and jumped onto the log.

Echostorm sighed as he watched her dash off without looking back at them. Maybe it wasn't a good idea to let her come along with them.

A/N - MY MOM PRE-ORDERED ME LONG SHADOWS!!! :D:D:D:D:D YEAH!!!

Ahem.

Anyways, I read this transcript and I found out what Jaypaw's official name was. I'll tell you if you want, just tell me in the review if you want to know it if you already don't. If you do, wasn't it predictable? Jeez Leafpool...Jeez...

Oh, and for those of you who read the other version of this chapter, I'm REALLY sorry about how jacked up it was. I was trying a different format, but, it didn't work out. Here's the neater one.