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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUYZI0dtwi
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3CnL4cYTP
I got her to her paws and got her out. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQsHcfJAQ7
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonerArAxzH
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aNcwG3rdn
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFghyGufiO
They started desperately digging me out. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2r2hmzm9b
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNERG9wbKhz
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaWeRe6ECQ
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvXdP9zqxv
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwerkYvJYZ8
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wHfV774YE
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvgA22yCqd
“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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWlmFhGNLi
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzWyJ1z3D5
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQzwpMP2mI
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynnt7Zk0oc
“Which ones?” 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPugLeYtxV
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK2hAmmVYY
“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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkouoOSDXlP
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s1eNWtgM8
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaibzty433d
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNV2Us0Hy1
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq85rZicwH5
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4h4FIqRGT3
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8Bq6oqqxK
I turn to my warrior. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFMz1MMsGI
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpf9kp68Ur
“Okay.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhN39skU1v
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsGYjzrleS
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLda7K1SmjJ
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgTwLQ4B7X
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xq3LoE6P9
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgP2LrBazHZ
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfQZ9Uqr9K
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkY1mciAzU
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU76UlXXq4
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtcE9W2AE1
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ytHCa9kGJ
His eyes shown with happiness.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmV9hAi4DZ
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOgnh5k0Tb
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLPbnLKyE3
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaewnjUsGne
That night, I have a dream. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0HgnQS4HU
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqypbt2EVii
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4zuZGNdP4
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9iV9Aon38
“What? What danger?”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LB7NDJ32t
“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.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8ChVqxCHT
“What have you foreseen?”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8a8T4EEIs
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5WKcdYnrV
The Thorn of the Claw652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdgmWK7iJp
And the Dust of the Pelt652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5hnQ2O0os
Will rise652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX98B3bZbIU
The cats of half and half652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhfHfM8hkv
And the Star of Gray652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJsQ1ZrVSs
And others652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLIeV1jla9
Will be in grave danger652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtZkgEE3Iy
Clan will fight clan652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPb2co5CkX
Blood will spill blood652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaczLKL7E9
The earth will bleed652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS61OiH5GsW
And all will be lost652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5hb690wtv
And separated forever and ever652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXbSijbEsv
Unless the Thorn of the Claw652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q4UBoISzk
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXZ2n1at2u
No! I think. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKB1VJoFRXO
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIUPPfLPbP
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3LDCXfTxJ
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Jp42jpyzc
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch3b0h3lhL
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshxqsZiS68
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIGOpBJAnM
Jayfeather comes up to us. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqBhSNR49J
“What!?” 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1WUUUTJix
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4fMDwrFxh
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIjrzfwy1x
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0oGpu01Hu
I go on. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrodCKMsA0
“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.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJhR76b84s
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEOs4dRfNj
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f7WbxWO70
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3E75YMhVm
“And Sandstorm?”652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjTZSHgxbG
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wHrKgWw9d
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.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Myw0yXpLJ
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPTT9aulZs
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriG9trFSq5
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ3oMDoQJE
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. 652Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBCz05FXSN
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
