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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAoxnWxzpF21
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.622Please respect copyright.PENANAx7wgTfVI2u
I got her to her paws and got her out. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAj44iuCiJgx
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAzw1fpIJ6s0
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAyuyZFSMOKA
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAp8e40R5Yd2
They started desperately digging me out. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA54Nz6uhNlZ
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAVgcr8HAgtA
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA9IqvqjgyTy
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA4fErpEGk1q
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAlRjMLiZJOR
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAQPGRgrRs4U
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAusWWxBxCAH
“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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAp1fVlOeI4N
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA9wHwsRQVOC
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAtgfB2OyCgy
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAJBXf6C6Xgl
“Which ones?” 622Please respect copyright.PENANAweyU6CwOLd
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.622Please respect copyright.PENANAmnwwkjgZk3
“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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAtUQNp6UNoM
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA20e5OUAMMe
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAwL7ztEwBSe
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”622Please respect copyright.PENANARqLnJBWCjx
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 622Please respect copyright.PENANADmMb6cIOpI
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAfyLndbSX7E
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAOJBjdco4NM
I turn to my warrior. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAkxczCBLj13
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAX5LgCCy87w
“Okay.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAuiat6CSnWT
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”622Please respect copyright.PENANA2hTZ7z5PJo
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAi3O3xjuipu
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAky7S6I4iw9
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA2YemVQ4qrb
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAknYj4f9ZIz
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAIRNjkSWyPH
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAqHqs2hWS0d
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA8ypZecy8Sc
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA4qxsrraFUE
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”622Please respect copyright.PENANA2lUy6EampR
His eyes shown with happiness.622Please respect copyright.PENANADg8QaT1WEU
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAolap3E3SPD
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAySgTvOioFa
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAmAa7tKKnh8
That night, I have a dream. 622Please respect copyright.PENANADDOZHaF3sT
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”622Please respect copyright.PENANABJzdGsQ1oU
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAhLKRth7ii1
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAJiKtsDjJeK
“What? What danger?”622Please respect copyright.PENANAoKLQZKmOLM
“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.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAff3P1TYPvT
“What have you foreseen?”622Please respect copyright.PENANAXOK56Qurig
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come622Please respect copyright.PENANACfOwcQQhPz
The Thorn of the Claw622Please respect copyright.PENANATdBuuMPhJ5
And the Dust of the Pelt622Please respect copyright.PENANABTqpq7aGoS
Will rise622Please respect copyright.PENANAw0OrUbgMiR
The cats of half and half622Please respect copyright.PENANANGEa1WgCyA
And the Star of Gray622Please respect copyright.PENANATDyclOY8Ou
And others622Please respect copyright.PENANAkdVA0e5G7A
Will be in grave danger622Please respect copyright.PENANABoon290MRS
Clan will fight clan622Please respect copyright.PENANAzcWUja4jU4
Blood will spill blood622Please respect copyright.PENANAP2CD4rdDsC
The earth will bleed622Please respect copyright.PENANA5uDOJc7UTQ
And all will be lost622Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ag9uOEU6h
And separated forever and ever622Please respect copyright.PENANAm3V3yWWTvw
Unless the Thorn of the Claw622Please respect copyright.PENANAJJBsz9Wt3E
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA6hKkZcIyWp
No! I think. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAuN1dAQhBo1
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAbIWgIWcSN8
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAaS3QnKCs21
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAMwq8alDni9
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.622Please respect copyright.PENANAJnAcAaTaC9
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”622Please respect copyright.PENANAzkbZYfAnLS
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAGR6wV9iMMz
Jayfeather comes up to us. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAkWrp0AAcsX
“What!?” 622Please respect copyright.PENANAYfosGE8ufb
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAh0Od4emwHs
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”622Please respect copyright.PENANA2oN0aj2afb
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA3tBUCln4gK
I go on. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAC2taN0vY7V
“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.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAzVsBLEaft1
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”622Please respect copyright.PENANAzl8nXVceYu
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.622Please respect copyright.PENANAjzmccmbGO1
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”622Please respect copyright.PENANA6TZLhnZ3bn
“And Sandstorm?”622Please respect copyright.PENANA2kQCVLmTvx
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAjWR1uhNzFL
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.622Please respect copyright.PENANAdm0nNgESMQ
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAiCjnnTfak8
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 622Please respect copyright.PENANA7DlRMW7u0z
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.622Please respect copyright.PENANA4aKmNWispw
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. 622Please respect copyright.PENANAZtRz3UAxKG
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.