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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MJiW16pKd
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnB0kyQ3q5
I got her to her paws and got her out. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PMZwmnWNh
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMYcSduxRc
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUdJTSPH9C
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJWYwxVoOG
They started desperately digging me out. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbSS0QQQFx
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIrfaw1mhM
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BKaerHsGv
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQx39hQotxa
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxtjw5TsKh
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEA06hB598
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLlmWTx9Qv
“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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgSPy5U2Ms
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSytNVfxluL
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dgChCVM3i
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkClZjbGX9E
“Which ones?” 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RJyZSgOJ4
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNRgjaylUL
“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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg93cQauQs
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8XgmNzg9U
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0qwKnGQnU
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvuR7Up1kf
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A829gICFG
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5gJirrl52
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcEy4JyQ0d
I turn to my warrior. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoePgbKju8v
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTreqzM6mb
“Okay.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTaOMdb11G
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoPBRsgi84
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE3q8EEdtk
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9NfOvnCHH
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VV9FRos58
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNxxDTgmJI
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBXuieDWaD
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrJhzEStqB
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQ7n1Rr6PD
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJactTEkl8e
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTltiBx10H
His eyes shown with happiness.639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJe6IVz1dO
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOl2S90YNP
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFoRSBIjyr
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqpwfUI7ig
That night, I have a dream. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTGEzXCFST
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfa7ZhWUmE
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfX9vPKKHQ
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hmbJYyP7m
“What? What danger?”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOC92WAZch
“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.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvivQC8bWj
“What have you foreseen?”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVfxGoGnKo
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6fR5wArrr
The Thorn of the Claw639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PHmdumXoO
And the Dust of the Pelt639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDzzp0So8i
Will rise639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGEfEDVFAM
The cats of half and half639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLthWkwwjAq
And the Star of Gray639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWfyozPNGB
And others639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIr2ggwchU
Will be in grave danger639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l7ruDPmS2
Clan will fight clan639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgD0Ccto3y
Blood will spill blood639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QKwjkYcv2
The earth will bleed639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1cgJ5bSpR
And all will be lost639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZtsdsBywN
And separated forever and ever639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurLlvGWQpa
Unless the Thorn of the Claw639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIPoMsqHAR
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolwUCwfMQH
No! I think. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHefi5Udkr
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp4NIyON11
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIzNHiNFKU
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgvTwBFSME
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqCsE8nTYn
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7eXYJUxUo
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs9lPC4vHC
Jayfeather comes up to us. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fnfu2lM5o
“What!?” 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeqMb2SCm7
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5WMcUvQ9q
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqlvXPqVzy
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmh4TlIefBn
I go on. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUMWpitB5R
“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.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAl3SIGJSO
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVrqUzMlX2
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07dVWJUFCP
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToKXJySVOz
“And Sandstorm?”639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhs2VAJqQF
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePJrm95f7z
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.639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnGyoEFvS2
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xtVxVQTp7
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMgNbuoxt7
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEC7dwt2HL
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. 639Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPoX4rzrGu
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
