Chapter 6
A blood curdling howl filled the forest, ThunderCloud shot out of the mouth of the cave to see what was going on... Rouges… ThunderCloud dashed out ready to defend his pack, even at the cost of his own life… once he got down he saw an injured she-wolf…WhiteRose…She had bite marks, scratches, scars and blood was bubbling out of her wounds.
"ThunderCloud…Please help the pack there are three of them…Archer…Mooncry and… Copperclaw, I tried to hold them off… I was too weak…" WhiteRose growled,
ThunderCloud nodded and raced through he saw Mooncry he leapt, but only managed to bite a small chunk of flesh out of his silver back, Mooncry turned around he snarled in shock and lashed out this paws and struck ThunderCloud just below his eye the same one that had the scar from the deer, it opened the wound again and a trickle of blood leaked out down the side off his face, ThunderCloud locked eyes with MoonCry, he snarled and pounced aiming at his neck the fire burning bright in his eyes, MoonCry turned to the side and shouldered ThunderCloud hard in the face knocking him off his target, MoonCry then spat at him snarling and growling and barking insults at ThunderCloud, He let them Passover him not letting his anger get in the way but then MoonCry howled and the other two wolfs came, CopperClaw and Archer, they stood either side of him growling spitting out insults, ThunderCloud was cornered he had nowhere to go he was trapped, but just when ThunderCloud had almost given up DaisyMeadow dashed out of the crowd and galloped towards Archer the one to the left of MoonCry, she clasped her jaws around his neck and brought him down, she would have killed him if CopperClaw hadn't rammed her, loosening her grip Archer took full advantage, he swerved around and now on top of her bite deeply into her neck, DaisyMeadows eyes bulged she coughed up blood and a mist formed over her eyes…She dyed… Archer would have got away with it but DaisyMeadows brother Storm had seen this, he caught the rouge off guard and knocked him flying he crashed into a tree, a faint snap was heard, Archer howled out in pain…His front right leg went limp…It was broken…Storm made another dash this time at the wolfs neck and as he did so he got many scratches on his face and upper body but would not back down, he clamped he jaw around his neck and bit deeper into the already broken flesh finishing what his sister started… As this was happening MoonCry was on ThunderCloud snapping madly at his face, ThunderCloud pushed him off with much effort and got up as quick as he could…but then he realised…he was pressed up against a thick tree… MoonCry trough himself at his enemy and was aimed at the neck…This time he would not miss…
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" A voice yelled as a She-wolf flew in front of ThunderCloud taking the deadly bite, ThunderCloud taking full advantage of this he jumped on MoonCrys back and snapped and bite at him wildly… that was until he saw who the she-wolf was…WhiteRose… MoonCry dropped the dead, lifeless body of WhiteRose, blood dripping from her neck and previous wounds, CopperClaw had fled retreating for safety, now followed by MoonCry.
"WHITEROSE, NO, WHY, WHY WHITEROSE!" ThonderCloud cried out grieving for his fallen friend 'WhiteRose, I don't understand why would you do this…for me?' Wondered ThunderCloud as he shed a tear for his lost friend 'Why does everyone I care about get hurt, die or suffer…WHY!?'
That night ThunderCloud found it hard to sleep that night his mind race with all that happened. When he did he found himself in a dream… He seen WhiteRose lying down by a stream, she was looking up at him smiling,
"Do not worry I did not tell a soul" WhiteRose said her amber eyes staring straight into his own,
"Didn't tell anyone what?" ThunderCloud asked,
"You and Tigerlily" she sighed her smile disappearing from her face "I'm sorry, I tried to make you have feelings for me and that was wrong I know that now, that's why I sacrificed myself for you, to make it up to you" the smile returned to her face,
"T-thank you" ThunderCloud whispered,
"You will make a great father" she smiled her eyes shining brightly "I wish I could have been the mother, but you will make Tigerlily very happy, happier than I ever could have been" She smiled and started to fade away,
"Wait please, don't go… what do you mean I will be a father?" he asked not wanting to wake up, but it was too late.
When ThunderCloud awoke, GoldenLeaf was walking by,
"Have you heard the great news… the Green Cough has past!" She said cheerfully "Thankfully we only lost a lost a couple of pack members!"
"Yes, that's great" ThunderCloud mumbled, GoldenLeaf was too happy to notice how miserable ThunderCloud really was and ran out of the cave to spread the good news.
That night ThunderCloud had another dream, WhiteRose was there, she faded and was replaced with Tigerlily, but then she faded and he was all alone in the woods and he could have sworn that the wind was talking to him, he put his head up and listened closely, the wind was like a voice and that voice was getting louder 'The packs will clash, and when they do, old love will die and new love emerge… but that love will lead to pain and that pain will lead to war, whoever comes victorious in that war can and will change every wolfs destiny' then the ground gave out and ThunderCloud fell…
ThunderCloud awoke with shock not knowing what to make of the dream, he thought back to what happened WhiteRose, Tigerlily… and the prophecy…