Ch.13: The Fight
Copyright
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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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAAXbxMB7WsL
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.428Please respect copyright.PENANAVXtsdrZ4Eb
I got her to her paws and got her out. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA5sWabmpr5n
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAodbWyTBlyK
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAeNox94hXiy
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA8WTDKvVhBp
They started desperately digging me out. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAfz750XiWpH
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAfdLLX5KDiz
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 428Please respect copyright.PENANALw0A2ozESf
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAGCVAkUnyMj
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAKJzMJBIUst
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAzKmMHWU80W
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANALCrLC1ZFJh
“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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA3rMSZlMulx
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 428Please respect copyright.PENANARQYxtEnnli
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA9osViLlflV
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAGuslrMOwry
“Which ones?” 428Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZGXDGSS8I
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.428Please respect copyright.PENANAWfWUTI4BzC
“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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA1iYBwBrqTr
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA4lpaToQIbX
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAtmbgmVGtX3
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAHW9YUgPWyp
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAdShm0hFmOs
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAImkVM7JIo4
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAgb5vB3bhWA
I turn to my warrior. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAt4QU2OCWC3
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”428Please respect copyright.PENANA3U4JxQUcNd
“Okay.”428Please respect copyright.PENANARuyVzx6gna
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”428Please respect copyright.PENANAiheLE6xzGy
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”428Please respect copyright.PENANA9TXUrUjIpk
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAl4HNTGqbw5
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA8Jy7j8SXOB
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA04PsbNy09o
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAYpIelOHNPt
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA57Xqlu3iYu
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAp0Is4C5Oic
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAKLKtSEIDdn
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAT15EbvRrpr
His eyes shown with happiness.428Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5xQP9f4Ux
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAKuc8xfv8eG
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAa0rtdePmv4
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAaGpk56hu8g
That night, I have a dream. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAUx4YpiC8O1
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAqfvtuw41ml
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAEpmrb5QqAr
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAlgEOzI7Vlh
“What? What danger?”428Please respect copyright.PENANAWGwO1Wad33
“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.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAb5uPZUqmn6
“What have you foreseen?”428Please respect copyright.PENANAWRa6bunG2v
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come428Please respect copyright.PENANArgKkQ7Uslg
The Thorn of the Claw428Please respect copyright.PENANAYI0w2aIdL6
And the Dust of the Pelt428Please respect copyright.PENANAEMrO9upPCf
Will rise428Please respect copyright.PENANANp85UlJ9iD
The cats of half and half428Please respect copyright.PENANAX5GnGkKuTq
And the Star of Gray428Please respect copyright.PENANAr16qoRYLEq
And others428Please respect copyright.PENANAzu2fotYJ8H
Will be in grave danger428Please respect copyright.PENANAzTuIkG4TPm
Clan will fight clan428Please respect copyright.PENANAJULWS4DSKK
Blood will spill blood428Please respect copyright.PENANAPo9Nk1UaPZ
The earth will bleed428Please respect copyright.PENANAE9SyDdfbCh
And all will be lost428Please respect copyright.PENANAT5tNpC7e3S
And separated forever and ever428Please respect copyright.PENANA2laywcGn8a
Unless the Thorn of the Claw428Please respect copyright.PENANAG8MVEPI7JR
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 428Please respect copyright.PENANACs5wzR2Zui
No! I think. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAGfZlHmoQs5
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAOKEPgTZQ08
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAgddDvyNF8K
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAxkffdpKZ4x
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.428Please respect copyright.PENANAF7cL4JZWvH
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”428Please respect copyright.PENANApgIFCTgjeF
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAV4BrsnU5rp
Jayfeather comes up to us. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAnIKesGySz5
“What!?” 428Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8uzyypqqI
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAGk7a9T22e4
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAGYBw6o9OsO
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAHYPU1L0BIf
I go on. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA4voSRzt4pw
“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.”428Please respect copyright.PENANASO2YfhPezO
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”428Please respect copyright.PENANAfesJn3eIux
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.428Please respect copyright.PENANAGAA2uCaHVg
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”428Please respect copyright.PENANA9ymw3HOInB
“And Sandstorm?”428Please respect copyright.PENANAAok0ZZHqrX
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ol2xwAwFY
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.428Please respect copyright.PENANAnI1hQnjC4g
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA4HTnbaG3xT
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 428Please respect copyright.PENANA62wocrCdHn
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.428Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qwa5YHaOS
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. 428Please respect copyright.PENANAIr0J5wOWwt
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.