Ch.13: The Fight
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Copyright March 2010
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67t1SFhcxX
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5n8lmpSCJe
I got her to her paws and got her out. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlHh5tRWfc
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5cOrlKhIJ
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHatzcxTRUe
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0x6ZkEUN2j
They started desperately digging me out. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZVxm30Ihe
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCfLzrTwXy
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIbGh3ai2q
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNIdue6Ryh
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHm4qG7vFo
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBxGdcN7nL
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekJeDgh0RS
“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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbHUMSQt70
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfsW7h60pH
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTiCVznxKA
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgCIettN9E
“Which ones?” 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6myo82Z53
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcVrksVeXT
“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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxymmfX4LYz
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMnatfeLfv
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6i17Qxj0m
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPENBarW6H
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv4Yrn5KwN
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07VvnADDh8
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7BmmuP158
I turn to my warrior. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVfbhSHc8c
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMouayaJBd
“Okay.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkZbKLapjf
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rjTzFlJxF
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVsAExDwQ8
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBQAuqQqAu
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLibAIUOrn
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GxQptj6Cy
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QVJiLlLzb
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieIM6f0HJV
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXGuLUNWck
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5mxYiYmw3
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuk7U2e3Ex
His eyes shown with happiness.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQVTwqVsXv
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX71y4nIZmL
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7CzGWt7hN
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJivBNdER5g
That night, I have a dream. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P0DmZ2fjH
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICCfLWskef
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLsKnB00Oh
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXKaqPqGBr
“What? What danger?”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJjHekfeVu
“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.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1qBFHzSFJ
“What have you foreseen?”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGM5nwb44mr
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbTeEtD2e3
The Thorn of the Claw665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡec7bafWvco
And the Dust of the Pelt665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YiEIDmOYH
Will rise665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf2DSZawd8
The cats of half and half665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWM3ZOgmb39
And the Star of Gray665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg800HnJvIF
And others665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePBl7dDSrL
Will be in grave danger665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRR3uQJ9YO
Clan will fight clan665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEoh6ga1j5
Blood will spill blood665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSr5Ftztq3v
The earth will bleed665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78IayaLP66
And all will be lost665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7hIcwOHfN
And separated forever and ever665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqYwBcM42u
Unless the Thorn of the Claw665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ9acqJzqU
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnspaQlF5NP
No! I think. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rjPijgJJT
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm8liQ0nXg
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9a3DjagAv
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMu1stIXc9
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOCa6zJ3Fl
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMm0zkgtAu
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTVZHcENAl
Jayfeather comes up to us. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3IPDgktWi
“What!?” 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRzcqKduaa
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRY0jj9FZ6A
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmq9dlX8Nz
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ021RG1pe3Q
I go on. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhAUr70ArC
“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.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEeRm0q22I
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JJyp2LRYn
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZXDzc8ARQ
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOrFMYQXFt
“And Sandstorm?”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstQ5kieSa7
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywca20s8AS
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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkR4rrSRhj6
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHudf6ZeBk
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFN0JPZ3yL
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9F3B6kuEtE
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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIzhH45BDz
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
