Attack Cats
Cloudy gazed over the cliff. It was beautiful, with water running under the smooth rock cliff. Cloudy, a lazy she-cat, enjoyed falling to sleep, hearing the water. But today, she just felt like watching it.
Fang, a huge, muscular gray tom-cat, padded through the forest. He lifted his head and smelled the air. "Red, Claw, Dust, Icy, come here," he announced loudly. Red, Claw, Dust, and Icy hurried over to their leader. Fang looked at Icy. (Any cat with "y" or "s" at the end of their name is a cat training to be an "Attack Cat", which means your a full member of the group now, a warrior.)
Icy looked up. She had joined the group Fang had made recently. It had sounded fun. But now she wanted out. Fang said he would kill any cat who wanted out though, so she kept her mouth shut.
Red was the mentor of Icy, and he was also the second in command of the group. Red had an orange pelt, with dark orange stripes running down his back that looked like they were red, so Fang named him that. He liked his new name much better than his old name, Toby.
Fang had told the group to look around for new recruits. He had called them back because he found a special one, his sister, Cloudy. Fang stared in shock at the white she-cat, lying on the cliff. He flicked his tail, which meant follow him. Fang quietly creeped through the bushes in his way, with the group following. Fang flicked his ear and the group stopped. He gazed at Cloudy with his emerald green eyes. She was still a beautiful pearly white color, and she had grown in both height and weight.
He silently padded towards Cloudy, and flicked his tail for the group to follow. The dusty gray tom-cat leader spoke. "Cloudy..."
Cloudy heard a voice. She perked her ears. Was that her name being called? She nervously turned around, claws unsheathed in case the cat wanted a fight. Her jaw dropped in surprise. "Ashes!" she called in happiness, sheathing her claws and running towards her brother. She purred happily. "Ashes, where have you been?" she asked. Fang looked at her. "My name is Fang now, and I'm the leader of a group of cats called Attack Cats. Want to join, sister... please?" he asked. Cloudy looked unsure, but nodded her head anyway. Fang turned. "These are the cats in my group," he announced. The cats stepped out, they had been hiding in a bush. Cloudy looked at Fang. "Ash-I mean Fang, I have another cat with me. He's out hunting though. His name is Sage, and I took him in when he was just a little kitten, lost in the forest," she said. Fang nodded. "He may join if he wants," he said. Fang looked around at the group. "Also, I want to change things up so we are stronger. Red, Dust, and Icy, you are now Redstar, Dustfall, and Icepaw. Redstar is the leader, Dustfall the deputy, and Icepaw, an apprentice." The cats looked shocked by Fang's new theory, but nodded. Fang continued with his speech. "Icepaw, do you promise to protect your clan at all cost, even at the cost of your life?" Icepaw nodded. "Then by the power of this clan, I name you Icestep," Fang said. Icestep nodded again, pleased with her new name. Just then, Sage padded into the clearing, two mice in his jaws. Surprised, he dropped the mice. "Cloudy, who are these cats?" He asked. "They are a clan, formed by my brother Fang. Remember the stories about Ashes? He changed his name," Cloudy told him. Fang nodded. "Sage, would you like to join?" he asked. Sage looked at Cloudy. Cloudy nodded. "Yes, I do," Sage said. "Then by the power of this clan, I name you Sageleaf," Fang said. "And Cloudy, I name you Cloudysky," Cloudysky and Sageleaf both nodded in approval, pleased with their names. Fang looked around. "Their will be four clans, as soon as we get more people. I will be Fangstar, and we will meet here at this cliff every moon to share news. Right now we have to decide our clan names," Fangstar said. Redstar looked at his group. "I name our clan... RedClan," Redstar announced. Fangstar nodded. "I name our clan FangClan," He said. "Actually, now that we have more members, we can make two other clans. Icestep, you will be Icestar... what do you want your clan to be named?" he asked. Icestar looked surprised that Fangstar had chosen her. "IceClan," she said. Right when Fangstar was about to announce the leader of the fourth clan, ten cats walked into the clearing. Dustfall lead them. Fangstar's jaw dropped. "Fangstar, I brought my friends, and they brought their friends, and so on," Dustfall said as thirty other cats walked in. "Dustfall, I name you Duststar. You are a clever young cat, lead your clan well," Fangstar said. Duststar dipped his head in respect. "I name my clan DustClan, and ten of these cats will be in it," he said. "Ten will be in each clan," he corrected himself. "I name my cats Blossomstripe, the deputy, Snowfall, the medicine cat, Robinpaw, the medicine cat apprentice, Ragecall, Frogleap, Crocodilefoot, Songvalley, Skyheart, Stripepaw, and Blackkit," Duststar said. Fangstar then announced his clan. "Cloudysky, Sageleaf, the deputy, Runningbrook, the medicine cat, Fishsplash, Roaringblaze, Sparkfrost, Lionstrike, Robinpaw, Lightpaw, Breezekit, Whitekit, and Shadowkit." Redstar then listed off his. "Whitecloud, the deputy, Flamepelt, the medicine cat, Fireblaze, Frostwind, Floodwave, Rivercurrent, Slashpaw, Frogpaw, Shadepaw, and Tigerkit." Icestar stepped forward. "Brookstream, the deputy, Sparrowwing, the medicine cat, Heartsong, Blazefrost, Icyclaw, Wolfleap, Songpaw, Ghostkit, Dogkit, and Lionkit," Icestar finished. Fangstar, Redstar, Icestar, and Duststar then decided on Clan boundary lines and found a camp. They made dens and put fresh moss in the dens to sleep on. The leaders found a place they named Soul Water Cave. There they got their nine lives. After that, clan life started, and after a few moons it became normal and everyone was happy. But then Winter came, and many cats died of starvation. Icestar's new kits, Spiritkit, Soulkit, and Stonekit died. She only had one kit left and he was very sick, Snakekit. Icestar lost three lives because of the harsh winter, Fangstar lost four, Duststar lost seven, and Redstar lost six. Then Duststar lost another life in a battle with RedClan for more territory. DustClan sadly lost.
Duststar called his deputy, Stripeflash, and his medicine cat Robinflight to his den. Duststar was very sick, and the whole clan was still sad about the deputy Blossomstripe and the medicine cat Snowfall's deaths. Robinflight feared Duststar wouldn't survive this winter, and Stripeflash was confused and angry at RedClan.
Robinflight sighed, giving Duststar more herbs. "Duststar, you won't make it," Robinflight whispered sadly. Stripeflash padded over. "He has to, I just became deputy and I can't lead a clan yet!" he said, scared. Robinflight looked at Stripeflash. "It is time I tell you my dream..." Robinflight mumbled. Stripeflash looked confused. "The snow's fall brings the flight of a robin. The flash of a stripe takes over when the blossom is gone," Robinflight said. Stripeflash looked annoyed. "That already happened," he said. "Keep listening," Robinflight whispered, glancing at Duststar. "When the dust falls, the stripe will fall with it. The lion's roar will shake the stripe into nothing and the snake will slither up but won't hiss." Robinflight whispered to a very confused Stripeflash. "So basically, I'm going to get killed by a lion and a weird snake?" Stripeflash asked. Robinflight shook his head, annoyed. "Snakepath and Lionspirit are in IceClan... your destiny lies in that clan. I don't know how your path is intertwined with theirs, I just know it is," Robinflight said.
Stripestar and Icestar were locked in combat. Icestar though DustClan was stealing prey. "Icestar, we don't steal prey from anyone," Stripestar hissed, clawing Icestar's ear. Icestar growled and furiously clawed at his throat. The new deputy of DustClan, Blackthorn, leapt onto Icestar's back and slashed her back with his claws. Icestar continued attacking Stripestar's throat, and eventually Stripestar went limp. "Stripestar is losing a life again!" a DustClan warrior shouted.
Snakepath stared at Icestar madly clawing at the DustClan leader's throat. Icestar had gone insane when her second litter of kits died, Springkit, Snowkit, and Scarkit. She even made up reasons to attack other clans. Icestar was his mom, but he had to stop her, or more warriors would die for no reason. He took a deep breath, and lunged towards Icestar.
Icestar grinned madly as Stripestar went limp. Suddenly she felt weight crash onto her back, and sharp claws scratching her. "Probably the deputy of DustClan," she thought. "Well I'll teach him a lesson..."
Lionspirit noticed Stripestar go limp. "Good," he thought. Stripestar and his clan should all die. He bounded towards Icestar. A flash of gray shot through the air. "Huh?" he thought, confused. He looked closer, and it was... Snakepath? Lionspirit growled. Snakepath was a traitor! He wanted to save Stripestar. Lionspirit suddenly smiled. Well, he wouldn't be successful. Lionspirit ran towards the now conscious Stripestar and unsheathed his gigantic curved claws.
Stripestar woke up. He had just lost a life. Icestar had killed him two times, he had to be careful or he would lose all his lives. Thankfully, he saw a gray warrior attacking Icestar. He stared at the warrior. "It's Snakepath..." Stripestar thought. "He's in IceClan. Why is he attacking his leader?" Stripestar shook the thought out of his head. He was probably just a gray tom who looked like Snakepath. Just as he was thinking that, a huge orange tom crashed into him, clawing at his throat.
Ghostfoot and his friend Dogfur battled two she-cats of DustClan, Skyheart and Crocodilefoot. Songvalley and Ragecall rushed over to help them so Ghostfoot and Dogfur quickly left the fight and split up. Ghostfoot looked around, and noticed that Lionspirit was struggling against Stripestar. He hurried over, ready to fight.
Stripestar easily fought Lionspirit. He was a leader, after all. He could beat a single warrior of IceClan any time. He regretted thinking that as another tom-cat joined the battle. "Thanks Ghostfoot," Lionspirit muttered. "So the gray cat is Ghostfoot..." Stripestar thought, thinking of Robinflight's dream. Could the orange cat be Lionspirit?
Blackstar lead the way into DustClan camp. After Stripestar and Icestar died, the clans had decided to end the battle. Tail dragging in the dirt, Blackstar padded into their camp. A tom-cat named Snakepath had killed Icestar, his own leader, so he joined DustClan. Blackstar was planning to make him deputy because he tried his best to save Stripestar, and Robinflight had filled Blackstar in on his dream. "He won't hiss..." Blackstar thought. "He won't hurt us I think," He muttered under his breath, leaping onto High Rock. The clan gathered quickly as he called for a clan meeting. "DustClan, I am the new leader, and I must pick a deputy," Blackstar announced. "I have chosen..." He took a deep breath, hoping he was doing the right thing. "Snakepath," he said. Snakepath dipped his head in respect, a grin showing on his face. Blackstar jumped down from High Rock and padded into his den, signaling to the clan that the meeting was over.
Snakepath padded into the nursery to see his kits. His friend, Icefrost, padded in after him. "Skyheart, what are you going to name the kits?" Icefrost asked. Skyheart looked at a golden tom-cat with a black tail-tip. "That one will be named Shinekit," She said, then nodded for Snakepath to pick the next name.
Snakepath rested his tail on a gray tom-cat with black stripes. "Badgerkit," he said.
Skyheart gazed at a black tom-cat with a white tail-tip and white paws. "Twistedkit," she announced.
Snakepath looked at Icefrost. "Icefrost, name the last one," he said. Icefrost smiled, looking at a dusty gray she-cat with dark gray stripes. "Echokit," Icefrost said. Snakepath looked pleased with the names. "Shinekit, Badgerkit, Twistedkit, and Echokit," Snakepath said, looking at his kits. "Good names," said Robinflight, coming into the nursery. He looked at the kits and padded out. Snakepath shook his head. Robinflight was so mysterious sometimes.
Snakepath leaped into Ice Clan camp. They had been stealing prey from Dust Clan territory. He spotted a golden tom fighting beside a black tom-cat, and hurried over. "Twistedfang, Shinesky, go help Blackstar, I can handle these two she-cats," Snakepath said quickly, clawing the cats. He dived under one of them and madly slashed at their belly, making the cat yowl in pain. It ran away, leaving just a dark brown she-cat. They fought for a long time, until Snakepath started furiously clawing her throat. She went limp so Snakepath rushed over to help Blackstar. "No..." Snakepath wailed when he spotted a bleeding gray tom-cat with black stripes on the ground. Badgerpelt... Snakepath looked for the medicine cat, but by the time Robinflight got to Badgerpelt, he wasn't breathing. "I'm sorry, Snakepath... but your kit just died," Robinflight said. Snakepath stared at Badgerpelt, sorrow in his gaze. He pushed his head into his kit's fur, wailing sadly. Snakepath stood up and tried not to look at the lifeless body of Badgerpelt. Skyheart padded over and wailed in sorrow. Suddenly, a huge brown tom crashed into Snakepath. "You betrayed us," he hissed. "Dogstar, Icestar had to be killed," Snakepath growled. Ghostfoot, the Ice Clan deputy, slammed into Snakepath. "No she didn't," he hissed, clawing at Snakepath's throat.
Blackstar only had one life left, they had to retreat. Suddenly he noticed Snakepath trying to get two huge tom-cats off of him. Blackstar raced towards Snakepath and crashed into Dogstar, growling. He madly slashed his throat, and Ghostfoot joined the fight. Snakepath had time to escape.
Snakepath looked at Blackstar, astonished. He was signaling Dust Clan to retreat! Then he spotted his daughter, Echopath, leading a huge dusty gray tom into the battle. His eyes widened as he saw a whole clan follow. Echopath had brought Fang Clan into the fight. He saw Sageleaf and Cloudysky attacking Dogstar and Ghostfoot. Wait... where was Blackstar? He glanced around and gasped in shock when he saw the limp body of Blackstar. He had died...
Dogstar yowled for his clan to retreat to camp. Snakestar hurled insults at them. "Mousebrains!" he shouted as they ran to their camp. Fangstar had lost a life but he still had four left. Snakestar still had to go to the Soul Water Cave to get his nine lives though. He lead the clan back to camp and picked a new deputy, Echopath. Echopath and Snakestar went to the Soul Water Cave and Echopath waited outside while Snakestar received his nine lives. Oddly, another tom-cat walked out with him. He dipped his head to Snakestar. "Farewell," he called, slightly in a hiss, padding away. "Who was that?" Echopath questioned Snakestar. "Ghoststar," Snakestar said. "Dogstar died." "Oh" Echopath said as they padded back to camp for a good, long sleep.
Robinflight stared at the starry figure. "Hello," Duststar said. "You must pick a new apprentice soon..." Duststar mumbled. Duststar cleared his throat and spoke. "The moon will shine onto this path... the path of healing." Duststar's voice echoed in Robinflight's mind as he woke up.
"Moonkit, I now name you Moonpaw," Snakestar announced. The whole clan cheered until Snakestar flicked his tail for silence. "Your mentor will be Robinflight," he said. Robinflight nodded and padded over to his apprentice.
Moonpaw looked at the she-cat. She could name one of the kits? Moonpaw glanced down at Skyheart's kits. Tigerkit, Stonekit, Scorchkit, and one left for her to name. "Um..." Moonpaw wondered aloud, thinking of names for the dusty gray tom. "Ashkit," she said, then walked over to Echopath and her kits. Echopath looked up. "I decided to name them Oakkit, Songkit, and Blackkit." Moonpaw nodded. "Good names," she said. Echopath purred in thanks. Moonpaw sighed. Seven kits had been born, and she was exhausted. Robinflight didn't help at all, he was like a grumpy old elder.
Robinflight cheered the loudest at Moonpath's name ceremony. Moonpath purred in happiness. Robinflight suddenly walked up to Snakestar. "Snakestar," he rasped. "I wish to move into the elders den." Snakestar looked shocked, but dipped his head in respect for the older cat. Moonpath burst into tears and crashed into her mentor, sobbing on his shoulder. "Don't become an elder!" she screeched like a kit. Robinflight sighed, and gently shoved her away. After Robinflight retired to the elders den, Moonpath was devastated.
Moonpath stood proudly as Snakestar named her apprentice. "You will now be named Ashvalley," Snakestar announced. A sudden memory of her ceremony flashed into her mind, and she remembered Robinflight. A tear ran down her cheek as she remembered his death. Moonpath quickly looked up and smiled, shaking the thought from her head.
Snakestar growled and lashed out at Tigerdash. He had betrayed the clan by helping Ghoststar kill Crocodilefoot, and was banished, but refused to leave. Tigerdash flashed a grin and quickly struck Snakestar's throat with his claws, over and over, until Snakestar lost all of his lives. Echopath raced into the clearing with help, and her jaw dropped. She realized what had happened, and hissed angrily. Echopath's gaze locked onto Tigerdash, and she yowled angrily. "ATTACK!" the cats Echopath had called to help leaped forward, all of them landing on Tigerdash, attacking him fiercely. Echopath signaled them to stop and padded forward, claws unsheathed, teeth bared. "You killed my FATHER!" she hissed loudly, then gave Tigerdash the death blow with her claws.