A rustle in the leaves made the ginger tabby jump. At first the she-cat thought is was the wind but when a burmese stepped nimbly over the brambles she crouched down, ears flattened against her head she hissed.
"Calm yourself, Lightstar. Your as prickly as a thorn these days." The burmese set to cleaning behind his ears. The she-cat glared at the tom.
"Easy for you to say." She hissed. The tom seemed to be ignoring her. At first she was fine but then it starting being annoying, and then frustrating. The silence was filled with tight tension, that was broken when a tortoiseshell she-cat leaped from a rock high above the two lone cats. The maine coon eyed Lightstar then moved towards the tom. Carefully weaving herself around him before bringing her muzzle up to his ear.
"This isn't a good idea, Flamestar" she hissed.
" No need to worry, Silversword. No one's claws are unsheathed" he meowed calmly. She grumbled before carefully placing herself next to the tom. Both she cats eyed each other suspiciously in the dark of night, there eyes glowing. The tom was still ignoring both she-cats, but seemed to have tensed as Silversword arrived.
A howl echoed through the night. Flamestars ears pricked up and he was now readying himself for a fight. "Run" he hissed at both she-cats. they both hesitated until a dog bounded into the clearing. Claws unsheathed, Flamestar leaped. Both she-cats looked at each other and joined the warrior as he fought.
Yowls broke through the silent night, waking all cats within a million miles. Firestar leaped up and ran out of the den. Chasing the sound and scents of his mother, father and aunt. He arrived just in time to see his mother pummelling the dog's stomach. He watched as his father leaped, landing on the dogs shoulders and digging his claws into its neck. He leaned down and let his teeth sink into the dog's neck. The dog howled with pain and lashed out, creating an open wound around his pelt. He watched as the cat tumbled through the air. He felt a limp body collapsed on him. He whipped around to his sister unconscious.
When the dog took its final breath. He and his sister raced over to their father. They crouched down as his mother held him close to her, the Clan crowded them, all bowing their heads. And Firestar watched as his father died in his mother's paws. His life would never be the same.