Ch.13: The Fight
Copyright
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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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAFL4hLV58x0
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.426Please respect copyright.PENANAaxBwJoqFpI
I got her to her paws and got her out. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAx8ux8DXlvg
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAxU1fUPAFm8
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAlzdnuHf7Yl
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 426Please respect copyright.PENANACf8KdB1LUK
They started desperately digging me out. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAK5wDiu2ghw
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANASvWjsZq2Lb
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 426Please respect copyright.PENANArestZQ92KW
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAaruKNSty66
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAAEiJSg5jdv
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAWU2YnVajbN
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAxaIx6S2Byq
“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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAlPLH3cXBjH
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAslkxxyb1dI
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 426Please respect copyright.PENANA1zNNIRPvKl
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAGfvLEm2kJE
“Which ones?” 426Please respect copyright.PENANAgivOlIZ66V
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.426Please respect copyright.PENANAaeOR4nYSRz
“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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAqJVedOgxl7
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAl8PWVGnl4O
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAtDPT2Zvi26
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAk2Tcovy6dW
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAAh1vgmc9Tu
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 426Please respect copyright.PENANANV8k2k29nZ
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAaeOC86KiNW
I turn to my warrior. 426Please respect copyright.PENANA57hzOIx17k
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAvdQO8eSbis
“Okay.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAFTgnnEsh74
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”426Please respect copyright.PENANA6lMKVUzKSJ
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAKESA4GU6a8
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAGdkf8fJWGD
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAnPsUG3jK6h
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 426Please respect copyright.PENANA7uVJfwzJOY
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAIsMG01372m
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAeDmvLxqRHq
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 426Please respect copyright.PENANADejFTSJCGX
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAkNk7jUgo8F
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAvVagsg0lrU
His eyes shown with happiness.426Please respect copyright.PENANARJHFIKWU0F
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 426Please respect copyright.PENANA8OPYv3Rh9n
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAfDLNJuCbj1
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAZQyXsOwVAk
That night, I have a dream. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAFyrmdq71rf
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAqkM0acI2pf
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”426Please respect copyright.PENANANf3Bjjy9jN
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”426Please respect copyright.PENANA5FwuuQiAJ6
“What? What danger?”426Please respect copyright.PENANAGqp9D2jL1W
“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.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAirMwIzlZJR
“What have you foreseen?”426Please respect copyright.PENANA4zcQJmVzmE
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come426Please respect copyright.PENANAO8R1rk5FcD
The Thorn of the Claw426Please respect copyright.PENANAeN0bHrVHmt
And the Dust of the Pelt426Please respect copyright.PENANAJNg9dYXrak
Will rise426Please respect copyright.PENANACKVc4mVcGW
The cats of half and half426Please respect copyright.PENANAWyUMf29jZr
And the Star of Gray426Please respect copyright.PENANA9ImwZNHN2R
And others426Please respect copyright.PENANAqwUXz3DCQc
Will be in grave danger426Please respect copyright.PENANAdjTIIv65eu
Clan will fight clan426Please respect copyright.PENANAPECtZVlrru
Blood will spill blood426Please respect copyright.PENANAd9SHJJFsnr
The earth will bleed426Please respect copyright.PENANAU3vC9FBJ5a
And all will be lost426Please respect copyright.PENANAYmfumNdM7S
And separated forever and ever426Please respect copyright.PENANAYQOHvaQqGq
Unless the Thorn of the Claw426Please respect copyright.PENANASUlpz8Mr5q
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 426Please respect copyright.PENANABvOyRPwzeJ
No! I think. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAibnYYU8nYy
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAdZM9fnFkP8
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAHbn4yxAeFk
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 426Please respect copyright.PENANALCHzZOuj8a
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.426Please respect copyright.PENANAkawSWV8UTz
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”426Please respect copyright.PENANAEJiFADefbD
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”426Please respect copyright.PENANADIRCZ3DGND
Jayfeather comes up to us. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAsKwiqUISQa
“What!?” 426Please respect copyright.PENANAOf6A80r5kE
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 426Please respect copyright.PENANA7wlqjeg5Mg
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAfqom5CW0Uq
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 426Please respect copyright.PENANArY9VToM77z
I go on. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAmHnzDoPZlA
“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.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAIeReqBzrQL
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”426Please respect copyright.PENANAG2c25IsyW0
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.426Please respect copyright.PENANA80IxRsAUHY
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”426Please respect copyright.PENANA75A9KqGWKX
“And Sandstorm?”426Please respect copyright.PENANAcuZhGwW2qH
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAX9X1YzFXjY
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.426Please respect copyright.PENANAUFkqpg99Hx
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 426Please respect copyright.PENANA5l0iaprzMA
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 426Please respect copyright.PENANA6ahiwycoTZ
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.426Please respect copyright.PENANAqPj6gZwJVz
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. 426Please respect copyright.PENANAwl2pQoVNxl
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.