There was a calm sunset caging in the light for the ever so great darkness of the night. Darkpaw could smell victory in the air for his clan on this decisive night. There had been evidence that Riverclan had been sneaking into Shadowclan's territory disrupting the population of prey. It was time to strike back and take back what was theirs. There was nothing to fear, the darkness would be our defense and our offense. All that awaited was the word from Shadow on when to launch their raid on the Riverclan camp

"Attack Shadowclan"

The signal had arrived and out of the shadows our clan surprised Riverclan. At first they were stunned by our assault but their leader rallied them to counter attack. I was going to go attack a Riverclan warrior who was engaged with my master Ratllefang, a warrior of great skill, till I noticed that my friend Greypaw was picking a fight with the wrong cat, a cat twice her size.
She was trying to pick a fight with River a powerful tom known for his strength. It was a fool hardy thing for an apprentice to do.

I knew I had to help her and the only was I would stand a chance would be to out flank River. I got in position to surprise River from behind just as Greypaw leapt to attack River. But almost like a flash River caught Greypaw with his tail and threw her at me. I barley dodged her, I could have licked her pelt from that distance, and just as soon as I recovered River was already behind me.

"To slow", he yelled as he flung me into the river. The leader was as strong as the legends said he was. He was a strong as the River of his territory and as swift as the currents that would drown any Non-Riverclan cat.

Luckily for me there was a stone in the middle for me to latch onto. I was officially out of this battle there was no way I could get back unless I rode the current on one of the passing logs. But even then there would be no guarantee I would be able to get on to the other side. I was trapped like a rat on that stone.

The fight was going evenly till one point where I could see the fight that would determine the winner of the battle, Shadow vs. River. These two powerful leaders could change the tide of battle. I just couldn't miss it so as soon as I saw a nice stone ahead of me I rode the current to catch a glimpse of these two leaders about to go at it.

The two leaders glanced at each other silently so much so I could feel the tension in the air. Both cats had their claws unsheathed and were ready to begin the battle. They knew what they had to do in order to win their battle against each other.

River made the first move and pounced toward Shadow. Then almost as soon as he leaped towards shadow she dodge and hid in the shadows. "Your eyes deceive you River," she taunted.

Shadow then jumped from the Darkness and took the fight to River. They exchanged swipes in pure parallelism that it was hard to tell if it would ever end. Then Shadow struck out a successful combo and sent River flying to the ground.

"Had enough," she gloated.

"All I had to do was buy time for him and I say I just about got it." he replied back.

Shadow then jumped as she heard the forest stir. But it was to late Sky had joined the battle and had already seized Shadow and was whisked her away to the tree branches where he had the advantage.

Shadow tried to dodge from tree to tree but to no avail. I looked in horror as Shadow was being beaten severely. Sky's dominance was shown in his graceful moves.

"The games end now Shadow," he roared.

There was no doubt they were or that they even started. Shadow had no tree experience and was clumsy in movement and could never recover and fight the tom off. She was dominated in every way possible.

To end the one sided battle River jumped from a tree branch and leaped for Shadow but luckily she dodged his claws. Then River pulled out his ace move. He jabbed Shadows neck with his tail and sent her falling into the river.

"No more of your pointless battles shadow it end tonight," he proclaimed

I had no idea of what I should of made out of that but I had no time Shadow was unconscious and floating down the river! I swam from my rock and tried to reach for her. The currents bashed against my body and I almost lost control. I eventually caught her as the current swept us ashore on Riverclan's side of the river.
My duty was now to take Shadow back to the camp I was sure that sky brought some of his warriors and the loss of shadow would cause our inevitable retreat. The only question now was whether I would make it to camp in time so Shadow could receive proper treatment.