Redtail
The day was dark; storm clouds filled the sky, casting shadows over the forest. At sunningrocks, everything was quiet, deathly quiet. A patrol of ThunderClan cats stood opposite a line of RiverClan warriors, lashing tails and bristling fur, there eyes were narrowed in hostility. Both Clans were tensed, waiting for the cry that would send them rushing at each other, fangs glinting and claws ripping flesh. And then, a huge brown tabby leaped at the ThunderClan cats. The silent air was filled with the sound of yowls and cauterwauls as the cats rushed at each other, tearing and clawing and wrestling, fighting to the last. Redtail ran for a gray RiverClan she-cat, but suddenly something slammed into his sides. He whipped around, claws unsheathed and soured the cat across his side. He let out a yowl, and reared up, pouncing again. He was a dark brown tabby, Oakheart. Deputy agains deputy, Redtail moved aside just in time as Oakheart leaped, and twisted around, grabbing his side he bit down as hard as he could. Oakheart hissed in pain, and leaped on him, slamming his head against the ground. Redtail struggled to get up, but the huge tom held him down, biting him fiercly on the neck. Redtail waited, and when the deputy tried to bite him again he exploded up, claws extended, the RiverClan deputy was thrown off. Redtail rushed at him again, but Oakheart faced him and stepped out of the way, sending Redtail skidding under a rocky ledge. Oakheart growled, eyes narrowed in determination he attacked Redtail, biting him over and over again, getting everypart he could reach. Redtail yowled in pain, and tried to fight back but he was loosing blood. Suddenly, a crack split the air and the entire ledge came crashing down. Redtail barreled into Oakheart, pushing him out of the way and he shot out back out from under the rock. He heard a crunch and a yowl of pain, cut off sharply. Redtail turned around, and his tail lashed in horror. The rocks had collapsed on top of the deputy, all Redtail could see was his tail. But there was no way he could have survived that. Shaking the creeping feel of horror from his tangled fur, he ran back toward the rocks where most of the fighting was gone. He spotted Tigerclaw. "Redtail is dead!" he cried. He turned and saw a huge gray cat hurtling toward him, eyes burning with hatred. Stonefur slammed into him, ripping his fur out and biting him with twice the ferocity of Oakheart. "You killed my father!" he yowled, voice filled with pain and rage. "No—" Redtail choked, he hissed, biting down on Stonefur's ear. Stonefur flinched, but Redtail took atvantage of the distraction and rolled out from under him, coming from the side. He ran to Stonefur's paws and nocked them out from under him, pinning him down. He dug his claws into the gray tom's fur and hissed in fury. He lunged at him, biting down on his neck but Stonefur knocked him away with a claw, and threw him off. Redtail landed on his side on the bloodstained ground. His vision went blurry for a second, but he regained it. This couldn't go on any longer, he decided. Redtail leaped up on a rock, claws scrabbling the stone he raised his head and yowled. "ThunderClan, retreat!!". The cats were beginning to thin out, it was near the end of the battle anyway. Gradually, ThunderClan disappeared, running back into the woods. RiverClan left too, it was just Redtail at Sunningrocks. He leaped down and suddenly a dark shape came out of no where. Redtail whipped around and hissed, expecting another RiverClan cat. But it was just Tigerclaw. He blinked in relief, and turned around to make his way back to ThunderClan, but suddenly with a menacing hiss, Tigerclaw leaped on his back. Redtail gave a yowl of disbelief, and tried throw him off, Tigerclaw sunk his teeth into his neck. Pain shot through Redtail, and at that moment he knew he was going to die. The last thing he saw were Tigerclaw's ambitious amber eyes.