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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAms1VVjK6Xn
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.425Please respect copyright.PENANASxWx7oaUmb
I got her to her paws and got her out. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAIgjiKcCdt1
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAyestQXB2QL
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAFfGWlhk1zW
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAW956HHZjf2
They started desperately digging me out. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAHcLx5KY3Cx
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAWnjoz3tk7W
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAzoFJqiEIO1
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAODWmYCoIWq
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANA8K7QB2B0fn
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAscWVLi3yEO
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAyI94OmQUN1
“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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANA6qlk52VTw3
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAIpKoEiDztG
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 425Please respect copyright.PENANApXZIkbJiBR
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAFeYsWw8uPE
“Which ones?” 425Please respect copyright.PENANAZnZ5ZHoHfd
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.425Please respect copyright.PENANA1BLI7zNoOJ
“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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAcra429AvPd
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAPj7Uqys27A
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAYgYcfAQWyo
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA3WU1Wlvv8J
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 425Please respect copyright.PENANALViJjC2NsS
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 425Please respect copyright.PENANA3RyciUvrip
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAE1quEeJKJa
I turn to my warrior. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAxzSgO4WA6d
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”425Please respect copyright.PENANABxpQ5hj6Zh
“Okay.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAwJJKY4VAJq
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”425Please respect copyright.PENANA2oT4U4jlif
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAz9a41UJeh9
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAvbUZPPnbJG
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAOK0FsgE7Wi
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAdVzLpUaHdM
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAEzm488QoFB
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAQe942Xn5lN
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAnStzTjve0b
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAXRhkMjyFb5
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAuUBBjxkuZu
His eyes shown with happiness.425Please respect copyright.PENANAEpc2KC6amz
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAaBYKX6BZuN
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAgc1wffgs2K
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAr6VuqdmwGB
That night, I have a dream. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAbAOgwSeREt
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAEkzDlbPUof
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAgVgxtETgmo
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAzb02cyV1Jf
“What? What danger?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAx5sof7iLbv
“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.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA1OMWA6Trir
“What have you foreseen?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAQmlIim0iCX
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come425Please respect copyright.PENANAMmMW2cvGUA
The Thorn of the Claw425Please respect copyright.PENANAp4MK0xksUR
And the Dust of the Pelt425Please respect copyright.PENANA38knPe36e9
Will rise425Please respect copyright.PENANAGOHsFYrntR
The cats of half and half425Please respect copyright.PENANAt15Tpl8VZL
And the Star of Gray425Please respect copyright.PENANAF7FZl2romC
And others425Please respect copyright.PENANAayix8K9I63
Will be in grave danger425Please respect copyright.PENANABAf3NpUNTv
Clan will fight clan425Please respect copyright.PENANA4Reu3tV9YU
Blood will spill blood425Please respect copyright.PENANAOf306MevHE
The earth will bleed425Please respect copyright.PENANAPjtTotxt46
And all will be lost425Please respect copyright.PENANAG5sxbhpAW4
And separated forever and ever425Please respect copyright.PENANArajYp3SoBb
Unless the Thorn of the Claw425Please respect copyright.PENANAW54woGyG1v
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAkXYVYUxDSE
No! I think. 425Please respect copyright.PENANA1UPa1FSX0J
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAgCiitq07ES
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 425Please respect copyright.PENANA1dvl8iaYoD
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAFZgZ8b6ADr
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.425Please respect copyright.PENANAffWPmCtRgt
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAisebVX17ZJ
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAZqTSXLrBNX
Jayfeather comes up to us. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAx8Ye2lELsO
“What!?” 425Please respect copyright.PENANAD0QqinpFvj
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAa4QzE6baXb
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAhyeGlLItar
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAxB9k3SiRE1
I go on. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAnscANXYSXD
“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.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA5H88E2ZU1o
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”425Please respect copyright.PENANAmv08ErAafC
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.425Please respect copyright.PENANAntT0wjncqN
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”425Please respect copyright.PENANA2TcGoCb0yv
“And Sandstorm?”425Please respect copyright.PENANAL6NhPMmkMo
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 425Please respect copyright.PENANA737NBgHBTU
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.425Please respect copyright.PENANAW7T9qWzRQL
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAs2GXOJnT3M
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAS8qxNLbb0L
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.425Please respect copyright.PENANA60pbvPumnV
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. 425Please respect copyright.PENANAPa08vgJSlg
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.