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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uZXSSGVEP
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslGcwT0uUx
I got her to her paws and got her out. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJUyENqPeJ
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBJc0k4Dw1
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISuVfldRo7
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDG8f3vUKu
They started desperately digging me out. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRWRLLRe6T
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuOPJqus9r
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxWeOtUF79
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Tww1dAqVk
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QSVWPWJmq
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPjnXrPdKp
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyPlzzThTf
“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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02lMDTca7g
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlS4j8HW6F
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYc3Vr3PojP
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwdZ62NIfY
“Which ones?” 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfnms98oFq
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyyK0FyEbv
“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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtZCG3OTa5
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5marVBrWI
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmx2iNHAaM
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJcplR426k
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EbFDq2FzO
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq58y8ieWHG
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHyWTcpdap
I turn to my warrior. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZsKkAm22R
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjt81hBcOm
“Okay.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHanqTnnVZj
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbjCMTD2qD
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsDsqxtoUj
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ5jjEeAZw
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAMEdfPSmB
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdd3lW8eQvI
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkL8pdfa9C
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFBH0gEljG
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ850SB5z534
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSD1EMR5NZ
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPZ9hgCyrQ
His eyes shown with happiness.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ktQYZNHId
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtKNC7ONGl
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLB0uMTOtm
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlKGyOARJv
That night, I have a dream. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogGliupaUY
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRqERloeCw
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FVe7pdd3O
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezekJXOhkM
“What? What danger?”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tHZZZSv24
“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.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpCfZw3m4U
“What have you foreseen?”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjukdyFi1tP
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fSot8wclN
The Thorn of the Claw649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mhUDK26Pq
And the Dust of the Pelt649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXOmnKDA0l
Will rise649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1EBDGr3LE
The cats of half and half649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik31ceqUUP
And the Star of Gray649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjwiJl1mcF
And others649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhCkS82WCY
Will be in grave danger649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcFHpJTBgr
Clan will fight clan649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17kqateqId
Blood will spill blood649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggJmdPYdWd
The earth will bleed649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuXJpSYnJp
And all will be lost649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3FW7c8CpN
And separated forever and ever649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlE4r9FDZk
Unless the Thorn of the Claw649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZONjAy2gSW
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7jt0MmvYo
No! I think. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk9hGuvR4Q
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPk3cMYUdQ
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0Ch1Zzd3F
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYouTK0Y4OC
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8an01FNgwf
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oWJKpzO57
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OhRT3beRE
Jayfeather comes up to us. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtnT27gfI6
“What!?” 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RdNuB8WYP
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9P18dD7IN
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyEaF228Xi
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj4taQ5sYV
I go on. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFZ24y8uOO
“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.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsHj73H5PE
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdJb5pR2ka
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU5FkyL0du
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFb8RsS0ILu
“And Sandstorm?”649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIWZXezW4e
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK89MG4EJuu
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.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohkVRwYSVP
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfxTZvBp2g
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg5fbDBsov
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGYGDYNNJu
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. 649Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4QCQNbwJd
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
