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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLClKK641kZ
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJLxAj29Gn
I got her to her paws and got her out. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeGfXA3AfN
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TeyozirOt
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9WcCkwtbM
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPbQmsjeza
They started desperately digging me out. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbpnEKJNJy
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5AhYpn4kL
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fiQyfFuSp
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzMNiaXpie
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFV5Vpd7bCG
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTrz8jEmVJ
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDVMDF551nU
“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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKj2LvbPpu
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgqJWnrOKp
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfVIdJmf66
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKlPKvyhQ3
“Which ones?” 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufzlH745Zm
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6G08I0EDs
“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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡir0pvI5edN
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5HDe1QbuX
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFONNbuVgV
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkkkmbjliP
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vttMo20O5
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQeuhEs4VH
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyMXzvDHuY
I turn to my warrior. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3K8W3LOCVq
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWNNlRTJaj
“Okay.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhycec546kB
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfNPi1YeS8
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnwtgIngiK
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B4QnIewWe
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkPMz9g2vw
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Nnzt92rt
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrNZtBVm8l
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6kZWONAxq
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3UVh7x0JU
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡID3XcGEj8d
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOAK1P10R1
His eyes shown with happiness.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38h9b3zel0
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI7Gek9JOx
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoGXxsM1ZR
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ax2M76Glt
That night, I have a dream. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFRdnyudrf
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIfHSeTWgA
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93BaGRxy3D
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvgWSwllUOr
“What? What danger?”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42Vo9g7qVa
“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.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRRsQiCuKt
“What have you foreseen?”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeSMgqKZiy
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyDCwPmfMM
The Thorn of the Claw648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTpMug8s4a
And the Dust of the Pelt648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6U3tsdwGg
Will rise648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XMNNvZ8k3
The cats of half and half648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgUDg6vNdx
And the Star of Gray648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi5P6sc3pG
And others648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO1dmrYUbU
Will be in grave danger648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVtpsFSQHC
Clan will fight clan648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxq5V3R1WW
Blood will spill blood648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RY698WgGH
The earth will bleed648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj1U0MMmHu
And all will be lost648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8s73wkWSC
And separated forever and ever648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiB0XiInsC0
Unless the Thorn of the Claw648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTtneHJ46N
And Dust of the Pelt are destroyed.”
Chapter 3
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I wake up with a start at sun high. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONETeytKoV
No! I think. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYTVWUSyqk
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzAkNEGxG5
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHnvkIP9Sw
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJboxG1EruO
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP6dehY1a2
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXErXc2t47
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJJlR9Mv1p
Jayfeather comes up to us. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Z46IWns8C
“What!?” 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkUzdbN0iT
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNte2xOdMkG
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquo3UmoGEN
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU52HyhZ5x9
I go on. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ESjKi32Z7
“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.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0HGpl1ADB
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtrrDtucKb
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUpfWGIGg5
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmp7nos0wA
“And Sandstorm?”648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEslpkeeM2
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMcAFOjHVk
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.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6r2Yyw38K
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69IqgvxwZT
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMQb2WUMES
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfUFEacmWa
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. 648Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoGenysxUw
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
