Ch.13: The Fight
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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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOTfTWxrbL
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlF38X3pDS
I got her to her paws and got her out. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1CJBPAj30
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJIMcOQTnJ
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K2t0FIhQ6
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmdz3nIwa6
They started desperately digging me out. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZj9MtPwEE7
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDSr6GaBz5
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy91yS1MkCn
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OsZNdSttA
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUpDoZXVyU
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGF27VWXMh
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DfhCPuTFp
“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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeT7LIbkUF
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktZHQbeBUg
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxxloqkeDB
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnmSaF6cOB
“Which ones?” 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJuPZI92Me
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFWvQy8GoB
“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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOczf8b3aKJ
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDi6Gzc06GP
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprWFB77v0I
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgLRhUVkCJ
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjaINUie2U
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq598RbEYTN
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwLsfJjBRL
I turn to my warrior. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx6ZB0s58u
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE74K8cMsGR
“Okay.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8eHksTs1A
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5nrlD1kYS
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk65H0afIV
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xsOWlsTaj
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNtsLpj79A
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDdG02dqH2
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfSPsYD95T
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6drI9RA11
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtijQqPTuX
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDx3Ou5ewqJ
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJ70sIKf93
His eyes shown with happiness.624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8kdry04yg
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoL7RZbSVky
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvMAhtAvw5
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIKxmIXGO4
That night, I have a dream. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSj4MCq38a
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcN8cUJFoJ
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICTZtZPpag
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCtTTDBIFc
“What? What danger?”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbivsGsxSvD
“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.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGf59q19c5
“What have you foreseen?”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQG8hmmFui
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnY9VObD3f
The Thorn of the Claw624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7Tt0ZYQZi
And the Dust of the Pelt624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrW7NBHzHk
Will rise624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl0slEW9AM
The cats of half and half624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvmco5JH6W
And the Star of Gray624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb18gPBHlOZ
And others624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgSvXiJtDa
Will be in grave danger624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQM1uGmeJo
Clan will fight clan624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWYNAw1BQR
Blood will spill blood624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0lMP6mqM6
The earth will bleed624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGnB1sWwjc
And all will be lost624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nEBeLnGVs
And separated forever and ever624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJekMUSws3H
Unless the Thorn of the Claw624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYndY52RuH
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKKNQoBhWx
No! I think. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnU1r4dpb7
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHObg5XMVnt
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fReeFosTV
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIMLLwH4iC
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJhbTaCynF
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRYqXtJExg
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuZVqswnxq
Jayfeather comes up to us. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFnR6uLM5N
“What!?” 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOqlHfm3XY
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9eI9IABXY
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4qclErX9h
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcHSkI422y
I go on. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf68n0lpaI5
“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.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcIySxtyaV
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvPsvuaHWQ
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh38g3Cyt9r
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UnhFqoVkI
“And Sandstorm?”624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wuN3mjs3b
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOy3PI8nQi
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.624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWeWzAgthz
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAUwfAVPbG
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0klzDduKq
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu3ZglHWGg
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. 624Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8gg4NbDdz
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
