Chapter 7(: Oky-doky, I'm determined to keep this story going, and I will keep uploading chapters. So here's Chapter 7!


Eaglepaw froze, fur bristling at the sight of the intruders, ShadowClan's rank scent crashing through his senses. Over Puddlepaw's shoulder, Eaglepaw could have sworn he saw ShadowClan's whole camp slinking over the border, a huge white tom at the lead, easily distinguished by his huge black paws.

That must be Blackstar!

Closely trailing the huge leader was a dark ginger she-cat, whom Eaglepaw suspected was the deputy. He saw Brambleclaw's long front claws sink into the ground.

"Firestar…" Their deputy murmured, hackles rising. Firestar nodded. "I know, Brambleclaw…"

Puddlepaw's ears flicked, obviously trying to catch the soft whispers of the passing ShadowClan cats.

"They're going to our camp…" He finally reported. "I think… They want to drive us out…"

Eaglepaw felt his own claws tearing at the earth under his paws. "Let them try… We'll rip them to shreds…"

Firestar flicked his tail for silence, before beckoning them silently back into the bushes. "The four of us can't take on that patrol alone." He meowed, tail already lashing at the prospect of battle.

Brambleclaw nodded. "We'll need someone to run back for help."

Puddlepaw was quiet, his crystal clear eyes locking with Eaglepaw's for only a second, easily reading the jealousy there.

I'm younger Eaglepaw was thinking reasonably, trying not to yowl in frustration. Of course they're going to send me!

"Unless…" The ashy gray apprentice piped up, his dark gray paws kneading anxiously at the ground. "There was a diversion. Then all three of you could run back to camp and warn the Clan, and they would be lead straight into an ambush."

"I could do that." Brambleclaw offered, stepping forward. "I could easily lead them astray from the camp…"

Firestar shook his head. "No. If they want to drive us out, they won't let us get them away from the camp."

"What about stalling them?" Puddlepaw suddenly mewed. "just something to keep them distracted, even if it's just long enough to fetch one more patrol."

Once again, Eaglepaw felt the softest tug of jealousy, this time for the older apprentice's level-headed thinking. What would he do in this situation?

"I could run back." Eaglepaw said, speaking for the first time. "They're only getting closer to the camp, and I'm the smallest." Barely. He added in his head.

Firestar paused for a moment, then nodded. "Go. Run like you've never run before, Eaglepaw." Then to his deputy and Puddlepaw, "We don't have much time for diversion, so-"

Eaglepaw had already started running. And ShadowClan had already heard. It was mere heartbeats before Eaglepaw heard yowls of pursuit, which quickly morphed into startled hisses as Firestar's battle cry rang out through the forest.

Great StarClan Eaglepaw thought desperately. They've already begun fighting If I don't make it in time


Lilypaw sighed, restraining a yowl of frustration as she sat up in her nest. It didn't matter what the light tabby she-cat did, she could not get to sleep. Hollypaw stirred beside her, ever dreaming in her deep slumber. With another resigned sigh, Lilypaw got up, carefully edging out of the apprentice's den and into the hollow. She sat in the moonlight for a moment, enjoying the play of moonlight on her light brown tabby fur, turning her snowy white legs silver.

"What are you doing up so late…?"

Lilypaw started, only to relax as she recognized the delicate form and dark tortoiseshell pelt of her sister, padding silently to sit next to her.

"Oh…" Lilypaw shrugged. "I just couldn't sleep."

"Hm…" Emberkit turned her blue-eyed gaze to the stars, a distant look entering them as she seemed look beyond even Silverpelt shining above them. "I have a bad feeling about tonight…" The smaller she-cat murmured, shivering as if she were cold. "I feel that there will be bloodshed… And de-"

She never got to finish that sentence. An awful racket in the thorn tunnel turning both of the she-cats heads.

"ThunderClan!"

Lilypaw jumped to her feet, amber eyes wide. "Eaglepaw!"

The smoky gray tom seemed to hardly notice her. "It's ShadowClan!" He yowled desperately. Cloudtail and Sootfur, who had been standing guard, bounded over, eyes wide.

"What are you yowling about, Eaglepaw?" Cloudtail scoffed lightly.

Eaglepaw shook his head, and Lilypaw rushed over to hear better as her brother panted out the story again.

"We were…Checking the ShadowClan border… And we saw them… They're invading… There's so many…"

"And where is the rest of the patrol?" That was Sootfur, his amber eyes already flashing with the light of battle.

"Already fighting…" Eaglepaw shook his head. "They're hopeless right now, they said to come get help! You have to go now!"

Cloudtail nodded, flicking his tail. "Alright. You rest, Eaglepaw, you'll be part of the backup wave." By then, at least half of ThunderClan had gathered around. "Sootfur, Rainwhisker," he motioned the two gray toms. "You're with me, we'll go now."

"Puddlepaw's out there."

Lilypaw's ears pricked as Tanglepaw pushed his way forward. The dark ginger tom's fur was already bristling. "I'll go with you, Cloudtail."

His snowy mentor hesitated, before nodding. "Let's go."

"I'll take the second patrol." Dustpelt, a senior warrior, and Lilpaw's mentor stepped forward. "Sandstorm, Ashfur, Spiderleg, Birchpaw, and-"

Crowfeather pushed his way forward. "I'll go."

Dustpelt's eyes narrowed before he gave a curt nod, and Lilypaw felt her heat surge with joy and pride. Her father was going to fight for their Clan, for ThunderClan.

"Let's go then." The brown tabby mewed gruffly, before racing for the entrance where Cloudtail's patrol had disappeared moments before. He paused at the entrance, throwing a quick, "the rest of you stay to defend the camp, until we send for more help." Over his shoulder.

Thornclaw's tail lashed furiously from side to side. "If there's as many as Eaglepaw says," he mewed. "We're going to need more than just those two measly patrols."

Brakenfur shook his head. "No. This is ShadowClan we're talking about. They've probably spilt up, one patrol to catch our moonhigh patrol-"

"And the other to come straight back here…" Squirrelflight finished, claws out. "And you can bet three mouse-tails that we'll rip them limb from limb when they do get here."

Lilypaw sighed, slipping away from the throng of anxious warriors to talk to her brother. Hollypaw and Emberpaw were already with him.

"I can't believe it." She mumbled as she approached, her three siblings turning to look at her. "Puddlepaw and Tanglepaw both get to fight… And all four of us are stuck back here at camp…"

Hollykit shook her head. "Brackenfur is right though." She mewed sensibly. "This is ShadowClan we're talking about."

Eaglepaw's eyes flashed. "I get the feeling that they'll be here soon…"

Emberpaw just nodded, crouched close to the shelter of Eaglepaw's flank, her eyes clouded.

"Well good." Lilypaw niffed, tail-tip flicking. "Because the last thing I need is something else for Tanglepaw to give me a hard time about." The tabby could have ripped the ginger tom's pelt off on numerous occasions, but the presence of their mentors—as well as the fact that Tanglepaw was bigger than she was, had kept her claws sheathed.

"They're here…" Emberpaw mewed softly, just moments before a dark gray form burst through the entrance, followed shortly by a river of ShadowClan warriors. Brackenfur let out a fierce yowl, and the ThunderClan camp burst into battle.


Okay, I know it may seem short… (Or maybe it seems long?) but here's Chapter 7! I'm taking requests on POV, and I still wanna know who the favorite is(: lol. So R & R. And the faster I get some reviews the faster I'll be updating;P Byez!