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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChWnOxYdsn
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYE1GEjd2t
I got her to her paws and got her out. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7wCGj8gF9
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OCKgksMSb
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzxxG1g2tS
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDUmtFhXtq
They started desperately digging me out. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnExlDUiU8
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngKjLMdqxc
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGeElbXGvD
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBopgQ2LU5
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgvLOnurUB
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOihD4UDxky
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMHdU0B5qY
“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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbznn3N0nP
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOrYfm2eed
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUyH4xVaJH
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6uRDlaMCv
“Which ones?” 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2G93KVv8r
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIyURLU1IZ
“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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82kmiUqDI7
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNTTgOSaOa
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQkbRD4IkT
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y9NelpzqG
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZH5Z9MaDML
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaeTFU8gp8
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRUE7OC4w8
I turn to my warrior. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKig7JxUwR
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUa34bm3t2
“Okay.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PLOTD3xQW
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OyzWw70Gn
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iyae8dAXM
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6m04VB7PI
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3GjJOq5oS
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzcdEgJwt8
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnpnGMVAHv
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FNgAp3yV8
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHv8zIhE7M8
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1yXun0q4o
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXc6ltIQEj
His eyes shown with happiness.625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA95FYwohkk
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsESNqwNX6
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrK8x9CyNz9
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLttEplJHv
That night, I have a dream. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eTvBGirbY
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahV2Ay6xl2
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ435gqp2Hxo
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxcP1WpD3O
“What? What danger?”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoKhB1exkh
“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.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDLM6RCEDC
“What have you foreseen?”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO4nIiz4OS
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99m6zX0kmw
The Thorn of the Claw625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6aY6XYKEY
And the Dust of the Pelt625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8jZU4Vm1e
Will rise625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PMY0LAw9s
The cats of half and half625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa20Y2f3hAW
And the Star of Gray625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuH3ejoMbQ
And others625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFiRPrDGvf
Will be in grave danger625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFkWSXiV4s
Clan will fight clan625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUdNjeQ2Nc
Blood will spill blood625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pvhnjjEu7
The earth will bleed625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lcrnq6uTk
And all will be lost625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXMj7vVSbv
And separated forever and ever625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQmOEuBJb3
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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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVjnrLjCN4
No! I think. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFM95NFnVH
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4zO3o0ThC
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuI56MajNh
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQW2z8odZu
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCieVLvICub
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosHIi91BGq
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlP1zadrUY0
Jayfeather comes up to us. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrib3WZE2a
“What!?” 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkL5wV89ZOP
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHIk1r0OPT
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ4YjJWsZ0
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4vPkHduyd
I go on. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusEDULgGjl
“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.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6v8Ieyl1Sl
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wN69d2L0T
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1cP845pcE
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOl1AQFFISx
“And Sandstorm?”625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYevucFzab
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNcNGOvLEQ
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.625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfNVSAHqEk
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHe8YJ9aiPV
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3Gm57I1RZ
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaXVoqE9nJ
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. 625Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8qdgj3grl
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
