Challenge Log- A Deadly Decision

by Nightlings of NightClan

In this challenge, our members were told to write about a cat who must choose who to save, their leader or their mate. Let's find out what our authors decided should happen when they are given such a prompt, shall we?

1. Flygon

I stared at the battle, blood dripping down the side of my flank from several scratch. The blood soaked ground was full of cats clawing and bitting for their clan. My gaze swept the field, searching for a cat to help. MoonClan was in a furious battle with SmokeClan, a vicious group of cats that hated the Warrior Code, and vowed to destroy it.

My field of vision landed on Moonstar, our leader. I leapt down to help her, as I was the only warrior who knew of her secret. "I can not let our leader loose her last life." I told myself. I was about to swipe my unsheathe paws down the pelt of Moonstar's attacker, Drake, when I saw my mate, Morningsun, being pinned down by a cat twice her size. "No!" I hissed. I turned around, and around, my head spinning. "Who do I save?!" I continued asking myself, "I wish I had a sign!"

"Save the leader!" I decided, "She'll understand!" I then lunged at the SmokeClan cat, hauling him off Moonstar. "You're not allowed to hurt my leader!" I howled at him, and he turned around. Moonstar nodded towards me. Tears were flooding my vision as I turned to see my mate. As I anticipated, she lied on the ground, her breaths coming out in shallow gasps. "Morningsun, I'm sorry!" I gasped, my tears dripping and falling on her unmoving body.

"It's- it's okay. I understand." Morningsun whispered to me, "MoonClan needs you Frostpine." "But, I need you!" I wimped. I barley noticed the battle going around me, it was like time was still, just for us. That StarClan understood. "It's okay, I'll always be watching." Morningsun said as her final words before joining the ranks of StarClan.

I let the small drops of water splash around me, and I didn't hear the echo of "retreat" around me, and the set of paws steps approaching me. "Frostpine, you have done a noble thing today." Moonstar whispered.

I whipped around, taking my gaze off of my dead mate, and fixed it on the cat I saved. "The cat Morningsun gave her life for." All I could do was stare up at Moonstar, into her grass green eyes. "My deputy, Ryesplash, has fallen in this battle." Moonstar announced. "And I already know who will be my deputy." Moonstar said, hinting that I would be the deputy.

I barley heard him, my eyes were focus on a pale outline of cats around the clearing. I saw one, of Morningsun. I knew the cats around the clearing, were StarClan cats. I didn't notice Moonstar pull up Ryesplash's body into the blood soaked clearing. I focused my gaze as soon as Moonstar started speaking.

"I, Moonstar, leader of MoonClan, say this before the body of Ryesplash, so that he may hear and approve my choice. Frostpine is the new deputy of MoonClan!" Moonstar announced. I was swept up in glee, just for a moment. The StarClan cats all gathered around me, and Morningsun came up to me, "Avenge my death for me." she whispered before the StarClan cats faded away.