Allegiances
ThunderClan
Leader:
Olivestar- cinnamon colored she-cat with amber eyes
Deputy:
Garlicnose- white tom
Medicine Cat:Oatnose- golden brown tom
Warriors:
Cherryface- tortoiseshell she-cat
Thrushfall- gray-brown tom with yellow eyes
Mintflower- pale gray she-cat
Shadeclaw- gray and white tom with yellow eyes
Sycamorewhisker- gray tom
Rowanwhisker- ginger and white she-cat with blue eyes
Hazeltail- gray and white she-cat
Adderpelt- pale ginger tom
Linnetflower- light brown she-cat
Spiderfoot- black tom
Bouldertail- large gray tom
Duskwhisker- dark gray tom
Tigerstorm- dark ginger tom
Apprentices:
Owlpaw- mottled brown she-cat
Stonepaw- gray tom
Lizardpaw- tortoiseshell she-cat
Queens:Blueflower- blue-gray she-cat
Fallowwhisker- light brown she-cat
RiverClan:Leader:
Reedstar- tall golden tabby she-cat
Deputy:Rooknose- black and white tom
Medicine Cat:Rushwhisker- brown tabby tom
Warriors:
Pebbleheart- gray tom
Ruddwhisker- gray brown tom
Dapplefur- dappled gray she-cat
Slugtail- black tom
A tall she-cat flicked her tail. Her Clan slowly padded out from where they were hiding. Pelts bristled and growls rumbled in the throats of warriors and apprentices alike. Eyes flashed menacingly in the dimly lit clearing. The powerful odor of the two Clans mixed as they stood, facing each other, waiting for the other to attack first.
A she-cat's voice broke the heavy silence. "Reedstar, withdraw your warriors. This is not a battle worth fighting."
"Any battle is worth fighting, Olivestar." Reedstar meowed back, voice even.
The leaders stood almost nose-to-nose with each other as their warriors waited behind them, waiting for the signal to attack. Tension hung in the air like a heavy fog. Muscled bunched together, claws unsheathed. Crickets chirped as the cats stood, looking almost frozen in time.
Warriors behind Olivestar took a pawstep forward. The clearing erupted with screeching and hissing as the Clans engaged in the battle. Blood splattered the patchy grass, and clumps of blood-soaked fur flew through the air as claws sank into flesh.
A group of apprentices leaped into the thick of the fighting and dug their teeth into the shoulders and paws of their enemies.
Olivestar and Rooknose locked themselves in a series of accurate blows and dodges as they attacked each other. The RiverClan deputy twisted the ThinderClan leader's paw using his teeth. The cinnamon colored she-cat hissed in pain and pinned the black and white tom to the ground. Rooknose lashed out at her, gouging her nose. Olivestar bit into his well-muscled shoulder and held him down as he struggled to get free. When Olivestar bit harder, he used his hind legs to knock her off of him. Olivestar skidded backward, eyes never leaving the deputy. Olivestar yowled with rage as the deputy turned from her, leaping on an apprentice of ThunderClan. She ran at the deputy as he sunk his sharp teeth into the apprentice's neck. The apprentice struggled to break loose. Olivestar bowled Rooknose over, pinning him down on his belly. She bit his spine and sliced at his ears, her bloodstream pumped with adrenaline.
Reedstar delivered a last blow to her opponent before spinning around to survey the injuries. Her shoulder was bleeding heavily, and she was starting to feel faint and light-headed because of the amount of blood she had lost. Stumbling as she tried to walk a few paces forward, she let out a long puff of air as a small warrior rammed into her side. She stood shakily and turned to face her opponent, but she could hardly lift a claw. She summoned what strength she had left and yowled, "RiverClan! Retreat!" She limped quickly out of the clearing, followed by her injured warriors.
The ThunderClan cats watched as the RiverClan battle parties scrambled out of the clearing, trying not to slip on the blood stained grass. They let out small cheers and long sighs of relief.
Cherryface stood hovered over the small frame of a cat, yowling in grief. Olivestar padded up to the tortoiseshell she-cat. "Cherryface, I'm so sorry. I tried to stop thi-" The leader began, only to be cut off by Cherryface.
"Tried to stop who?" Cherryface demanded.
"Rooknose. The RiverClan deputy. He flung me off of him and then went after your kit. I attacked him, but by then it was too late."
"RiverClan will soon wish their deputy had never been kitted." Cherryface hissed.
ThunderClan's medicine cat, Oatnose, checked over all the warriors and apprentices and treated their wounds. Cherryface sat in the center of the camp with her nose in her fallen kit's fur. Adderpelt laid near the dead apprentice's head, being his mentor. Cats retreated to their dens quickly, eyes heavy with weariness and pain.
