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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAYQwXjjcvtn
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.429Please respect copyright.PENANAVvfeDNEDDc
I got her to her paws and got her out. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAw1tKIUTm27
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAYpG9MrdETE
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAvO73V2M6Sw
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAa1ZxgAvQKi
They started desperately digging me out. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAUCwzvcjjjO
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANANl6Wtjyh5z
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAFz14P8JjK5
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAmQ5AyHCz9j
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAXhVcN66pAF
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAYAAr0tTuDu
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANA2fMJlJh49B
“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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANA2tijJnzUs4
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAsDjgIc2v3Z
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 429Please respect copyright.PENANA9BkniV6qjQ
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAb6NPkzy6RS
“Which ones?” 429Please respect copyright.PENANAwBw395otFe
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.429Please respect copyright.PENANAognXDKBi8j
“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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAYgynsCH5eY
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAyIYRbNjgHM
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAFcyo0zjWZU
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAQLT9lLLZQc
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAaukdfp3k54
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAm2GZzBeRtL
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAYTcWoSElcA
I turn to my warrior. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAd9km1xPw0Y
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”429Please respect copyright.PENANA9b4JQw84VT
“Okay.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAxuR6kzJquv
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”429Please respect copyright.PENANAdzyICBIquf
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”429Please respect copyright.PENANA5mWx6NuXzp
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAkwTXcERZfL
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAGsOuXzYOHd
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAPaYOWPtMoL
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAD1rU1umrZk
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAav3kg7AdGz
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAJKjk3NUhC9
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 429Please respect copyright.PENANATBImOwnZE1
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ2jk8HErb
His eyes shown with happiness.429Please respect copyright.PENANARfBw0taRX3
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAdNY8yC0XBv
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 429Please respect copyright.PENANA8VXXKTI4gE
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 429Please respect copyright.PENANA1YINgejsE2
That night, I have a dream. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAMTwV0l5il4
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2jMZNq94h
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAJR32sV68by
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAPEIkkRTBQH
“What? What danger?”429Please respect copyright.PENANAbycPK4uo9N
“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.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAuSPckgITW0
“What have you foreseen?”429Please respect copyright.PENANAOgS4uKOe0q
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come429Please respect copyright.PENANA2kj8OuFyOU
The Thorn of the Claw429Please respect copyright.PENANAcCsFgezJE9
And the Dust of the Pelt429Please respect copyright.PENANAYiSbPfcw2U
Will rise429Please respect copyright.PENANAZLV1GW5Q2l
The cats of half and half429Please respect copyright.PENANAPwcA7ljEYg
And the Star of Gray429Please respect copyright.PENANAJr5MxxMA6I
And others429Please respect copyright.PENANAePhurV7Qgi
Will be in grave danger429Please respect copyright.PENANAF5Wm5bLuIB
Clan will fight clan429Please respect copyright.PENANAOar4PJIKB1
Blood will spill blood429Please respect copyright.PENANAaB91EhRJF4
The earth will bleed429Please respect copyright.PENANAUODDDdYkbT
And all will be lost429Please respect copyright.PENANAzUN00IqLH7
And separated forever and ever429Please respect copyright.PENANA02LxPPf6sR
Unless the Thorn of the Claw429Please respect copyright.PENANAOaZLoJb7wf
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAJPuubhgTv9
No! I think. 429Please respect copyright.PENANABbEdnYTQoB
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAxzBQEM9NRx
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 429Please respect copyright.PENANABObbyrdT82
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAtOdlGWChwY
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.429Please respect copyright.PENANAFq2tLABSno
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”429Please respect copyright.PENANAPZQUPPbZxo
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAXLWfXLk2EP
Jayfeather comes up to us. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAZwxh7BTyiN
“What!?” 429Please respect copyright.PENANAo94UtRTOHm
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAaw1Ki47Egy
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAZrD5xrBxso
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAOzNIT3bqjw
I go on. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAO3FnCsyn0n
“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.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAeeFApAl856
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAFvgYFa1KSt
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.429Please respect copyright.PENANAAHVf5Dv2JF
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”429Please respect copyright.PENANAMcPIHgZfEY
“And Sandstorm?”429Please respect copyright.PENANASP7baui4Tr
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 429Please respect copyright.PENANA7Fk5VxlCv0
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.429Please respect copyright.PENANAMXsfSNfX57
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAK7rqPjHTzc
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 429Please respect copyright.PENANAcVdl4zd1og
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.429Please respect copyright.PENANA0JKjPmGqTb
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. 429Please respect copyright.PENANArNG350BNjq
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.