Chapter 10
It seemed like we were walking forever, but we soon reached a small Thunderpath that was easy to cross. Then we were in farmland.
"Guys, it's getting kind of late, lets rest now," Ripplepelt suggested. We all nodded. It had been a long day, we needed some rest. We split up and searched for a good spot to rest, until finally I found a small spot in the crook of a tree, surrounded by bushes. "Hey guys!
Over here. It's kind of small, but I think it will do." Everyone came over to the tree and Lilypool shrugged. "Ok, I guess." We all ducked under the leaves and lay down in the grass. I curled up next to my sister for extra warmth and saw that Ripplepelt was laying on
herother side. Mossfeather was sprawled at the entrance, and Reedfin lay beside me, our pelts barely apart. Ollie lay down to the side, next to Mossfeather and Reedfin. After everyone shuffling around it finally got quiet and I slowly slipped into darkness.
'Snap!' "Guys? What was that?" Everyone sat up and Reedfin licked his fur. "I didn't hear anything, Splashheart." They all nodded in agreement and I sighed. "I'm sure that I heard something." Ripplepelt stood up and poked his head out of the foliage. I flicked my tail
as he stiffened. "Guys-don't-move," he quietly stuttered as he slowly pulled his head back and crouched down, fur fluffing up. "See? I told you. So what's out there?" I asked. Suddenly another snap sounded and a flash of orange fur exploded through the brush. Even though everyone yowled, Ollie's was the loudest and he immediately ran away. I barely noticed though, I was already helping the
other cats fight off the fox. We clawed and swiped at its face and managed to bring the fox outside in the open ground. I realized that there was another fox in the distance, and it came into the battle. Ripplepelt and Mossfeather ran towards it and began fighting it. The first fox was fighting Lilypool and Reedfin, and I got behind them. I clawed at its furry sides and snapped my jaws around its tail,
responding in the creature turning around and snarling in my face. I scrunched up my nose in disgust, its breath was horrible! As I lurched back, the fox got a chance to scratch its yellow claws down my face. Yowling, I backed up and closed my eye as the other cats got in front of me. Blood clouded my vision and I crouched down in pain. Thinking the other cats were still covering me I stayed down,
but then the huge fox pushed through them and started tearing through the tall grass, coming straight for me! It jumped on me and raked its hind claws down my belly, making blood seep out slowly at first, but then it started flowing more and more fast. I quickly
pulled my paws up and pushed him off me. I jumped up and ran away, heading for the tall, thick stalks of grass. Weaving through the stalks, I looked behind me and realized the fox had stopped chasing me, but I could see a ball of brown and orange fur tussling in the
distance, but the orange figure raced away, leaving the dark brown figure approaching me. As it got closer, I closed my one injured eye and saw that it was Reedfin. I fell to the ground and started panting. "Splashheart? A-are you okay?" He was covered in blood, and he had a long scar across his flank and his ear was nicked badly. When he stopped next to me I knew something was wrong, because
he was staring at me, wide eyed. "Splashheart-you look horrible!" He lay down and soon Lilypool ran into the clearing, also badly injured. "Oh my StarClan!" she exclaimed, skidding to a halt clumsily. "Your eye! And your stomach!" She lay down next to me and
began licking my fur. I could feel the blood on my eye slowly harden until it turned into crust. I struggled to open it, and when I did everything was blurry. I blinked again and again until I could see clearly in the growing light. "I think cobweb is used for blood… right?"
Lilypool asked as she stood up and left the small clearing to find some cobweb. I could she her figure returning in the darkness many heartbeats later, jaws clamped around a wad of cobweb. "Here" She gave some to Reedfin to put on this flank and crouched down next to me. I rolled over on my back and she began pressing it onto my belly and looked at my eye. "There you go, Splashheart."
Reedfin looked up at us. "Let's get some sleep," Reedfin suggested. Lilypool and I nodded. I curled up next to my sister and sighed, belly stinging with pain. "Goodnight."