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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedkvX2Q0Iz
I through myself over the fire and ran to help Tigerheart’s mate Sasha.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaPEjZU9tQ
I got her to her paws and got her out. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlUFRgpyeZ
I heard a yowl and spotted even more chaos. Littlecloud, our elderly Medicine cat, had gone down. He was half buried under some rock. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJJAGdaTOq
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM5lY6jcNC
“Tawnystar!” yowled my eldest kit, and he dashed over to help me. So did my other kit and Squirrel Flight. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJVDd7spvb
They started desperately digging me out. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiO4rHHGw4
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQ4OMc9WRH
“Tawnystar, we have a problem. You better come quickly,” Dawnpelt says urgently to me. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YB1hjo9V7
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKjxDdZGxP
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHm4DOJpYDR
I yowl and plunge myself into the scene, Dawnpelt behind me. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFSV2tZZQk
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGKBozJG8M
“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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl35io9PrYt
I leave him to fight Thornclaw, and help Dawnpelt fight off Dustpelt. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFJoLDNPk0
Dawnpelt and I rush over to the helpless Medicine cat and senior warrior. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorfhPOzACZ
“Dawnpelt, get herbs,” I order. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2awyFdHf1
“Which ones?” 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdVXE2lq3H
I think for a moment before answering, remembering what Littlecloud uses for which injuries.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrt4oENWAn
“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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcJh4IexO1
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGBIKrkvff
Next, I go to the Medicine cat. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7m6ZXvdXa
“Jay Feather, it’s me. Tawnystar. I’m going to help you.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpv0H2nguP
I drag him over by the warrior and then crouch down by them. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzKVfdbk1t
Dawnpelt soon comes back with the herbs I requested. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I3NtSWbNF
I stop the bleeding with cobweb and apply marigold for infection. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtk2O4K2p47
I turn to my warrior. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdtk8OZWzO
“Dawnpelt, get them home.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvRoA6vjqb
“Okay.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuwn8vztFC
“What are you going to do, Tawnystar?”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2zez29CAB
“I’m going to help my father if he needs it. He’s not as young as he used to be.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0AAJ2bEtf
She dips her head to me in respect and then I run to help him. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW2qly7gKq
I soon defeat Dustpelt, but Tigerheart has fallen into the river. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62Inj7HXLl
“Tigerheart!” I yowl. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscSEbigDhy
I frantically search for him, but he has gone under. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1BG8f2tL6
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQnbswr8kd
I grab his scruff and resurface with him. He’s still conscious. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0trwwv5G8
We haul ourselves back onto dry land, and for a moment, sit there panting from using all of our strength to survive. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6WGrW8vig
“Thank you, Tawnystar. You saved my life. I am proud to call you my daughter.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZHr6CqG06
His eyes shown with happiness.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkNiozZxac
“And I’m happy to call you my father. You saved my life, too. Thank you, Tiger Heart,” I meow to him. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiJa9y14hy
I walk him home and then pad back into my territory. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjHGoX7Y4h
Thank you, Starclan. Thank you. You helped us all to save them, I silently pray to my ancestors. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKQOSRfMO5
That night, I have a dream. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eVC01NH2z
“Greetings, Tawnystar.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDCn3GFN9k
“Greetings, Yellowfang.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVCe7cJqVF
“Great danger is coming, Tawnystar.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcNaAEtR2g
“What? What danger?”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJk56oQrc3R
“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.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlSWmJ2oBt
“What have you foreseen?”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwJSEndLYO
“This,” she replies and then recites a prophecy.
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“Danger will come614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngQJmVXdOY
The Thorn of the Claw614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJYe69IKQ8
And the Dust of the Pelt614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9Ie6Y0Ynz
Will rise614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9QvJZ5qmn
The cats of half and half614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv7vOyxbU6
And the Star of Gray614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GhPFqilpc
And others614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4LqE0cjZD
Will be in grave danger614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1oALa29LS
Clan will fight clan614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLgGInEAsb
Blood will spill blood614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiEFe90ppV
The earth will bleed614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGCx64Vg64
And all will be lost614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm3fQBgYgW
And separated forever and ever614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTq4paF1mL8
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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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69KDsbVNiw
No! I think. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy59prge2FV
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAix45fcXdP
I dash out of the camp to Thunderclan at full speed. I have to warn them. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rddwXuRgB
“Graystar! Jayfeather!” I yowl, as I race into the camp. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9CJmh8HIn
I skid to a halt in front of the clan leader.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FGHXntheo
“What’s wrong, Tawnystar? Where’s the fire?”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFnDetkuFx
“Graystar, we’re all in danger. I had a dream from Yellowfang last night.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtj88D6eJD
Jayfeather comes up to us. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOh3Tkw2sH
“What!?” 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI2td5Nx1t
He must’ve read my memory from last night. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMz10whB7R
“Yes, Jayfeather. It’s true. Thornclaw and Dustpelt are traitors.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyGVyCdjpG
“ We all know they are,” the deputy comments. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIK5VuQAra
I go on. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpny5PGIc8Z
“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.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFblet6952
“Thanks, Tawnystar. Go home now. We’ll keep an eye out and strike if we see them. We exiled them yesterday.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs4nvjwLoK
“How’s Ferncloud?” I ask.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYz8Oed2v1L
“She’s healing from the shock of Dustpelt’s attack.”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttNTe7pXgM
“And Sandstorm?”614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg1TuagXB3
“She’s almost healed. Thanks for your concern and telling us about your dream,” Graystar says. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vGOYrsMbU
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.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLx2CD1PB0
We fight and fight and finally win, killing them all. We win. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0ZHKH28oQ
Our clans head home and are treated by our Medicine cats. Some of us are only minorly injured. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8o18ZCt1b
A moon later, all of our cats are healed.614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVqpCnrVej
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. 614Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqf9cBvAmj
So we all live happily ever after in the forest.
