Warriors' Fan Fiction The Life of Shadow

Chapter 1

I am Shadow and I am a loner. I live alone. I love to wonder around in this world. I love to see everything StarClan has to offer me. I may not be a Clan cat, but I know about everything in the Clans. I know how they work and how to live in them. I want to live with them, but I have never had the courage to ask to join them. I don't think that I can find the courage to do it. I should try to do it. I will try to do it! I will tell you my whole story.

I went to the edge of there territory. The border markers were stale. I knew a patrol would be around soon. I waited there and sat until my stomach growled. I waited longer and a patrol appeared out of nowhere. I sat there embarrassed when they looked at me with hostile eyes as if they had expected to find me stealing prey on their territory. I calmly walked up to them with calm eyes.

"I wish to speak with your leader. It is very urgent and I have to speak to your leader first. I mean you no harm and I come in peace. I wish you can respect my wishes. I really mean no harm to you or your Clanmates. Please let me see your leader. I will not steal any prey from your territory. I will only accept some if it is offered and if it is not offered, I will just have to go hungry. Please take me to your leader." I said in a clam and nonthreatening voice.

They looked at me with bewilderment clouding each gaze. I heard, after a few heartbeats when they did not respond, my stomach growl. They looked at me and I looked back with pleading eyes. My stomach growled again.

"Would you like us to hunt something for you? Can you hunt?"They asked with a worried look now clouding each gaze.

"Yes please. But I do not wish to be a burden. Please tell me if I am ever a burden. I can hunt yes, but this is your territory. Not mine. I am not a thief."

They soon caught some fresh-kill for me and then they caught some more. They carried it and the one who had the least fresh-kill in his mouth said, "Please follow us so that we can show you to our leader."

So I followed them towards their camp. We soon got there and the camp was covered with trees. The only thing that was not covered with trees was the roof of the camp. I walked inside with all the warriors in the patrol flanking me on each side. They lead me to the back of the camp and there was a den there. A cat came out and the one whom had spoken to me earlier, said, "This cat wishes to speak with you, Ashstar. She says she has to speak with you first. She promises that she does not mean any harm, but I would watch her if I were you, Ashstar."

Then, the patrol put the fresh-kill on a pile with other pieces of fresh-kill already stacked on top of the pile. Ashstar said, "Please follow me to my den."

And so, I followed her to her den and I could not contain my excitement. It was finally happening! I was going to join a Clan!