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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAFsi4ZQ5xZY
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.644Please respect copyright.PENANAwcNP3YyyAS
I got her to her paws and got her out. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAORg4gqTxTR
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 644Please respect copyright.PENANA8bkuUwh5v0
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAMuid7hHfc4
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAAabTjLXT2S
They started desperately digging me out. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAjT7JhaL57t
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAx3aR4sLC1g
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAXkVtau0aOu
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAbnFIY5QKs4
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAmuHshZYDzx
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAogNIczpPut
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAKB51gQlMB1
“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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAPRBXXPwkTR
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAlvnbCjCB2a
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 644Please respect copyright.PENANA2qWGcurRaN
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAMMj9YhVtyi
“Which ones?” 644Please respect copyright.PENANAAFwZkF2Jc7
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.644Please respect copyright.PENANA1jBWeiErRN
“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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAdYPHCye6th
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAEnNMLpJRVi
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAr4YBKjMrdq
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAfQlUc3dA8p
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAoGWheN0GGv
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAg5n76dyNv1
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAEGpvpSSLTP
I turn to my warrior. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAjjKPMLprIG
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAKgA6sQtyit
“Okay.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAgoD6r7FBpr
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”644Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ8d0FGRi0
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAjG6WD5Ny4N
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAL66hhWVzXA
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAE00NzBfjvB
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAy7dOw6xySJ
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAn7RcikjVGN
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAWcLOSRJY1C
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 644Please respect copyright.PENANABhiou1QkRM
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAokHzDehb3l
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAiGU8RINszL
His eyes shown with happiness.644Please respect copyright.PENANAniLVg2NyPs
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 644Please respect copyright.PENANADES0qV9QiF
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 644Please respect copyright.PENANA7UsSE0Cao0
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 644Please respect copyright.PENANA89i4Z6YbXJ
That night, I have a dream. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAB0mdWsfBjj
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAXufHC8zIfp
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAL3MKNuinXG
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAHqCOYBBJwG
“What? What danger?”644Please respect copyright.PENANAZerlyCLKeR
“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.”644Please respect copyright.PENANA4Kd5U3ejqA
“What have you foreseen?”644Please respect copyright.PENANAPgCaG1rrit
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come644Please respect copyright.PENANAsA9Xxt0VwN
The Thorn of the Claw644Please respect copyright.PENANAVKQSKehuPM
And the Dust of the Pelt644Please respect copyright.PENANA646y50ppTw
Will rise644Please respect copyright.PENANAimXFJtNFga
The cats of half and half644Please respect copyright.PENANAs1UEvUXZqi
And the Star of Gray644Please respect copyright.PENANAUJBUCKkkwh
And others644Please respect copyright.PENANAmcLExv1Jw5
Will be in grave danger644Please respect copyright.PENANAo0UtHEsHAG
Clan will fight clan644Please respect copyright.PENANAKJsOAGyDzr
Blood will spill blood644Please respect copyright.PENANAWFCeBC4pkm
The earth will bleed644Please respect copyright.PENANADto6u0o5Mw
And all will be lost644Please respect copyright.PENANADgffDJmN00
And separated forever and ever644Please respect copyright.PENANAaapbWhdXRc
Unless the Thorn of the Claw644Please respect copyright.PENANASLW79mGhlX
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAcSNQfHS4TT
No! I think. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAGhscEAwFYz
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAp9O3fhxYZu
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAfB2MtzM7yE
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAkfLks0ZkVd
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.644Please respect copyright.PENANATzeiAMuUyU
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”644Please respect copyright.PENANAzp5AKFGolb
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAhzIXbKHtmL
Jayfeather comes up to us. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAEGUptQmjzU
“What!?” 644Please respect copyright.PENANAz8nSanbM36
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAe3smCcnWxw
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAGhxFojoV5u
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAHZ9CBb2KiV
I go on. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAWvtA4IFWvS
“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.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAqyNVsrNdnG
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAeQ0iPBgyWY
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.644Please respect copyright.PENANAjpdjoALNpd
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”644Please respect copyright.PENANAWbZycw29nf
“And Sandstorm?”644Please respect copyright.PENANAky4UAdxMbh
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 644Please respect copyright.PENANA5ycnTzDHZa
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.644Please respect copyright.PENANAbKntCQfHnC
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAThZfK4cWMy
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 644Please respect copyright.PENANA9uS76kLLWN
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.644Please respect copyright.PENANAkXLM6fvtry
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. 644Please respect copyright.PENANAmVDSYx9gSd
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.