chapter 10: the battle
shadowclan attack!
the battle cry echoed through the walls of the medicine den. echoflight woke up immediately. it had been many moons since she had left shadowclan and joined thunderclan. they had welcomed her easily, but some cats had been, and still were, a little wary of them, even though she was there medicine cat and had her full name now: echoflight.
she raced to the clearing; her father must have recovered! and sure enough, there he was, standing at the edge of the camp, yowling in outrage, before bounding up to hawkstorm, her brother! no! she yelped. she tensed, ready for him to get ripped apart, but her brother stood strong. he lashed out and ducked under him, slashed across his underbelly, and before he knew it, she and two cat were racing up to her father: echoflight, and her littermates, wrenwhisker and paleflower.
get away from him! a voice screeched, and the cats turned around to see- there mother.
t first she snarled, but when she recognized them, she eased, backing away and joining in on a battle between the deputy of thunderclan and the deputy of shadowclan, splashpaw's father. echoflight inspected the wound on her fathers belly; to her relief, it looked temporary. wren whisker and pale flower resumed fighting, but echopaw stayed with her father, and whispered in his ear,
I love you.