Ch.13: The Fight
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to everyone who loves cats, like suspense, action, prophecies, mysteries, and everyone who is a fan of the Warriors series by Erin Hunter.
Prologue
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I looked at the fire that was all around me. The heat was making my pelt feel like it was scorching from the flames. I couldn’t stop though. I had to help get the clan out. I looked around frantically for my kits, but couldn’t see them. I could however, just barely make out Snowbird. The white she-cat queen was carrying her two kits, making her way quickly to the Gorse tunnel. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeibBotAQw0
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRfCi9h065
I got her to her paws and got her out. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCB0dnAen4
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCZxrroFLl
I ran to help him, but was trapped by fire and collapsing dens. I felt pain surge through me as rocks fell on me and I was stuck. I couldn’t get out. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhJBT8PLId
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjInuMh4Grt
They started desperately digging me out. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrYqp8mhhL
As I looked, I could see Squirrelflight. Leafpool’s sister looked weak, as if she was sick or tired or something.
Chapter 1
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It’s a beautiful day at sun high. I’m sun bathing with my eldest kit Tigerheart. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVXCsRr02S
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNik7mdQn2o
I get to my paws and tell my deputy, Tigertail, “Watch over the clan,” before I run through the Gorse tunnel at my younger kit’s flank. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjTpATukHX
We look at the scene in horror. I never would’ve thought there were any more traitors in Thunderclan. Apparently, there are. Thornclaw has lured his own Clan mates Sandstorm and Jayfeather into a trap. Dustpelt is with him. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf5FMdSKQp
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0d2nZShpp
I jump onto Thorn Claw and rake my claws down his pelt, biting his hind leg while I’m at it. Thorn Claw is stronger, though and pins me down. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBQZ8tBjJs
“Leave her alone!” booms a familiar elderly Thunderclan tabby tom, and pull him off me by the scruff. It’s Tigerheart. He used to be Tigerstar, but is good now. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ496r4RZusC
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHKpIBMGdr
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1F6rCMJAq
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAKJLdyRPF
“Which ones?” 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNhEJ3VBf9
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYCApu4Zn4
“Cobweb to stop the bleeding and marigold for infection; if you can’t find cobweb, moss will do. Go. Run as fast as you can,” I order. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGQxyhyoEo
I dig as fast as I can to loosen the fox trap around Sandstorm’s neck. I then gently pull her out by the scruff. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9g0W2a5ip
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zQilWdVTN
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2vWXdUlrE
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2OeZJgWhm
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡph7dbpId0f
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGsGyRO5a5
I turn to my warrior. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMeuMyR01v
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBaT26BXLq
“Okay.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjwvYtMW1X
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoezPsyoKz
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ875gnUafxn
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJBf0ibIXW
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w5IYtBoPS
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2CeLBaPn5
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡervOibEQ2W
I can’t let him die in the paws of the river. I have to save my father.
Chapter 2
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I plunge into the river, pushing my fear of water and drowning away. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQq0VrV9Yym
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FQFST9P51
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxKexKvV7u
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlhutxCQku
His eyes shown with happiness.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzejFHo7mX8
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ95Oy2Tywl
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2s5WLIf7s4
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLCNlTlJ6w
That night, I have a dream. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKTXHPdUZA
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIIG8qa8BM
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWVDPW6jCT
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwfypjcakY
“What? What danger?”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusPxSFjm67
“Don’t fret. In the time of need, I’ll be with you until the very end. I have a message. I have foreseen it.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7XJc0wRlC
“What have you foreseen?”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH638byAVvq
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0USRLFtcO
The Thorn of the Claw608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8VVCB9bPZ
And the Dust of the Pelt608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXox4sRIFop
Will rise608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoADzLRx0OI
The cats of half and half608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5NRdkquCN
And the Star of Gray608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpIGnAlymY
And others608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBZjksHhRD
Will be in grave danger608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpIuPNX14O
Clan will fight clan608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPpXG5FWN2
Blood will spill blood608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lsSVL9FVT
The earth will bleed608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJx5IU6f1s
And all will be lost608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVVJ15bWk4
And separated forever and ever608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtz7Eo1Af6
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And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSBXzTq1MI
No! I think. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOOBhEiqlb
I know what it means. Half clan cats, Graystar, and others will be in danger. Our clans will fight and blood will be shed. Our clans will separate into clans no more. All of this will happen if Thornclaw and Dustpelt aren’t destroyed. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4KvKUndQn
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJkSTPWyNo
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSuAEg3Po2
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M9mT7K6fS
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGRcBteFMB
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6t0NHKThE
Jayfeather comes up to us. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW5SDAXzpe
“What!?” 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFlu7nn2Qb
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OSQBcuclX
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GiykMzeIF
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUUSLyENJ7
I go on. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDhEI5Jdu7
“They’re going to rise, clan will fight clan, blood will be shed, clans will be no more, and half clan and other cats will be in danger. They must be destroyed; stopped.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBUE0hF1dK
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hFBuyhFgE
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXDAhlepDW
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelxZX54VOB
“And Sandstorm?”608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqLGdVZSqj
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPStrZhnGh
I dip my head to my old friend.
Chapter 4
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A moon later, my clan and Thunderclan fight against Thornclaw, Dustpelt, and the surviving cats of Bloodclan.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GVZDgTHU7
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEi7YGYf76
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIBghre52b
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7qD3jPEDG
There’s one thing I would like to say. Graystar died in leaf bare from Green Cough and Lionblaze becomes Lionstar. His deputy becomes my father, Tigerheart. This time, I know, my father won’t try murdering cats. He’s friendly like most of us. There goes to show you how the love of a parent or Starclan, can bring a lost cat or soul back from the dark side to the path of light and good. 608Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsu7sn5PQE
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
