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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiafs3Sc6vq
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYeFo9onku
I got her to her paws and got her out. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyK6n1koAI
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqOykSwI56
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkmdSVDOX7
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZaV4intR7
They started desperately digging me out. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrc0PYViNN
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8W9RWhJQQ
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuHcHNLVmw
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACliGoGRR2
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYMI3OsAJt
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekkQFVge4a
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG0ivalkpf
“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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUBFo6T2VJ
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbkfEYufpy
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HUlSFMNww
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YPsF6QBaV
“Which ones?” 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOffbMSMFtv
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUjCu5mDvs
“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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2Wsx6u2ry
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxZlsHkyGn
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2WyDk08CI
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqkBy8BJIL
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyX8xFEnh7b
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QhGBZ0YEo
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3RETR3Jax
I turn to my warrior. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXc8UCohQk
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6G0U3ykOWn
“Okay.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH7dFQ5saf
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJq783cs7N
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcMKXETeXv
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ6OSJgE4N
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAf2xFwtMqI
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsegqUz5ZTL
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH3S02iusA
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQNHK1g5c2
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1x1Mtau4m
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLhyIgPYU3
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzq4fE7Q8JF
His eyes shown with happiness.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDZtcN62jy
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQAqaVb4Cd
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgvHblZvfz
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkbmQ9huDK
That night, I have a dream. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Blebaq5XZ
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvbO9RNOqf
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7wEPUXGBl
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw46uUFsAFp
“What? What danger?”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzXdyRQzWK
“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.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwAswvMUr9
“What have you foreseen?”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZHQqqjgwp
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6WBpXIqq3
The Thorn of the Claw580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRal7IdPGX
And the Dust of the Pelt580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZcAjRBGp8
Will rise580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklLvN8E6Kh
The cats of half and half580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XTZ4p6CaV
And the Star of Gray580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYr0aG5w58F
And others580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6RULt4vnI
Will be in grave danger580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2foDLmRSF
Clan will fight clan580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSHdj6QqOh
Blood will spill blood580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4YAmyYZxw
The earth will bleed580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4KXMsF4C2
And all will be lost580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP3cNhUzd1
And separated forever and ever580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6naUcCrWh
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And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMVz0qMnsT
No! I think. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCK345jbqU
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdBylEhlJg
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCorifGqtk
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqr1AMjKC36
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5nLNdtx1Z
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKV9OzOlnv
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4CJvq59Aa
Jayfeather comes up to us. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVeP5spm4F
“What!?” 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0gfiCJzja
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJzrGsiQ4X
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWmLEpwos7
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOYzOsn9sQ
I go on. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfe8By2Yd8
“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.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uzyzLNfyX
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX2EeGy5YL
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXTdpSS1N3
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzacrTDVMN
“And Sandstorm?”580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqZOHSF9j5
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu1PGfPh3R
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.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZ5YxCPZMl
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfUxQte2iP
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfCgYKGLaA
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7fmu4LUBN
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. 580Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAkJTtuOcQ
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
