Hi guys! Wow three reviewers! I know thats not a lot, but I'm just glad that I actually have some.
My recent reviewer, .7, asked what joke Tigerclaw made on Spottedleaf in the last chapter. Well, I'm sorry that you got confused. In the previous chapters, Chapter 2 specifically, Tigerclaw kept calling Spottedleaf names, and he poked fun at her because of her supposed "romantic" dream involving her and a TigerClan warrior.
Anyways, here it is, Chapter 10!
WARNING: Blood, death of cats, and the death of an important character.
{POV: Spottedleaf, Tigerclaw}
The rogues yowled and screeched in horror at the sight of Bluestar awoken from the dead.
Terminator let go of Spottedleaf's neck, his facial expression of extreme shock. He turned to look at Spottedleaf straight in the eyes. "I WILL DEAL WITH YOU LATER," he hissed between clenched teeth, and stalked off of the platform.
Bluestar slowly padded over to him. They stopped right in front of each other.
"NEVER, underestimate the power of the Clans, and the power of STARCLAN!" Bluestar roared. The ThunderClan captives cheered, and even the other Clan cats cheered for their friend-enemy leader.
Terminator spat. "We shall have a battle. YOU. ME. MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOUR CLANMATES, WILL FIGHT TO THE DEATH. AND I WILL KILL YOU 'TILL YOU RUN OUT OF YOUR LIVES!"
The rogues cheered for their leader, and the Clan cats growled and hissed.
Tigerclaw nodded, beaming with pride, and looked over to Spottedleaf. She also, did the same thing.
"THE CLAN CATS WILL WIN!" Redtail shouted patriotically, and all of the Clan cats chanted with him.
"NOOOO, THE LEAGUE OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALWAYS WIN!" Tiny's high-pitched voice rang from the crowd of rogues, and the other side cheered for themselves.
So that's what they are called, The League. Tigerclaw thought.
There called The League, hm? Spottedleaf thought at the same time.
"Spottedleaf!" Spottedleaf turned around to Ebony's pant. "I need help! I'm, getting, cramps!" The tortoise-shell rushed over to catch the falling queen.
Tigerclaw, at that moment, saw Spottedleaf help the queen Ebony over to the small cave, being followed by a couple of ThunderClan queens.
He looked back over, and joined his side of Clanmates outside of the cave.
He padded quickly in a line with his Clanmates through the flying fur of the battle. He almost slipped on some newly spilled blood.
Suddenly, out of nowhere a rogue flung onto him, slashing and clashing at his throat. Tigerclaw tried to fling the rogue off, but the rogue was clawing hard into his throat.
Gasping for breath, he unsheathed his extremely long claws, and slashed away at the rogue's belly.
Thankfully, the rogue let go, and scrambled farther out of Tigerclaw's sight to pelt onto another cat.
Out of the bloody mist surrounding him, he saw Redtail struggling with Freeze, who was pinning him down.
The tabby rushed over to the scene, helping his Clanmate by leaping onto the gray rogue, making them tumble off of the ThunderClan deputy.
The two fighting cats rose, and slashed at each other's throats, bellies. Fur flew everywhere.
After flinging Freeze off over to the ground, he stumbled upon the body of a cat. He saw several others too, along with the bones of the cats dead many nights ago, covering the stone terrain with bones.
It was worse than any battle Tigerclaw had ever fought to this day.
It was a living nightmare.
Spottedleaf shook her head. She was nauseous from the sounds of the battle, and the scene that was before her.
Some of the ThunderClan queens that joined her when Ebony gave birth were circling the queen, murmuring to each other worriedly. Willowpelt, Spottedleaf's sister, was staying to help her medicine cat sister rather than fight, and she was lying down, wrapping her tail around the two newborn kits.
"Is everything alright? Is Ebony okay?" Willowpelt asked worriedly.
"Let me see," Spottedleaf replied, nudging her way through the small crowd of she-cats.
Ebony was breathing quickly, and inaudibly.
"Spottedleaf," she panted.
"Yes what is it?" Spottedleaf whispered back.
"Can I see my kits?"
Spottedleaf nodded to Willowpelt, and went and carefully picked up each kit, one at a time, and carried them over to the new mother.
Ebony beamed at the small mewling kits.
"What are you going to name them?"
Tigerclaw was suddenly knocked over. He was pinned down, by Tiny.
"YOU KNEW THAT I WOULD GET REVENGE, DID YOU?!" the small rogue cackled sadistically.
Tigerclaw hissed and growled, trying to pry the small black cat off of him.
"YOU! YOU'RE THE KITTYPET FROM ALL THOSE MOONS AGO!"
"HAHAHAHA! YEAH I AM. NOW LOOK AT ME. I'M PINNING YOU DOWN NOW!"
Tiny's cold-blooded laughter rang out from the sounds of battle cries and yowls.
Luckily, Tigerclaw managed to get the small cat off of him, and pinned Scourge down.
"Look who's got the last laugh now?" Tigerclaw taunted.
Scourge let out a tiny roar, scratching and slashing at Tigerclaw's belly.
Tigerclaw winced at the sharp pains newly made in his belly.
Tigerclaw slashed at the little cat's throat, and Scourge writhed under the tabby's weight.
"I GIVE UP! BUT THIS ISN'T THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE ME! I WILL GET MY REVENGE NEXT TIME TIGERPAW!" Tiny hissed, and he freed himself, and scrambled away.
"IT'S TIGERCLAW NOW YOU BADGER-DUNG!"
Now, Tigerclaw stood there surrounded by the red mist. He could here the muffled sounds of battle, but then, Cobra appeared.
Alone.
"I want to name this little kit," Ebony laid her tail on the dark brown she-kit, "Ebony Jr.!"
"Ummm," Spottedleaf replied; Willowpelt giggled nearby.
"I'm just kidding! I want to name her Dusk, because of her pelt. And I want to name her," Ebony laid her tail on the brown-black-and-white spotted she-kit, "Leaf, after the end of your name, Spotted."
Spottedleaf beamed with joy.
"I just hope that they will live to be strong and courageous cats when they grow up," Ebony sighed.
Spottedleaf tilted her head in confusion. "What do you mean? You are going to be ok."
"No, I'm not. I feel my life slipping away from me," Ebony replied, her breath suddenly shortening.
"Ebony!" Spottedleaf rushed closer to Ebony's side, "You are going to be ok. You just lost a little more blood than you should have. You are going to be OKAY!"
Ebony looked directly into Spottedleaf's eyes, and shook her head. "I am going to die. I am sorry Spotted."
Spottedleaf shook her head. "I'm the medicine cat. You are NOT going to die. Okay? But I will check you again, just to be sure."
"Maybe we should ask another queen to see if she will be ok," Willowpelt chimed in.
"Good idea sis. Hey Speckletail," Spottedleaf mewed to the golden and brown queen behind her.
"Yes?," the eldest queen replied.
"Ebony thinks she is going to die. I don't think so, but has anything like this happened to another queen?"
"I don't think I can recall a time when…"
"Oh, ok."
"How much blood did she lose?"
"A little more than she should have, but I think she will be ok."
"Are you sure? Is this her first litter?"
Spottedleaf nodded, and turned to Ebony, but wasn't pleased at Ebony's current condition.
The new mother was lying down, her eyes closed.
The medicine cat rested her head on Ebony's flank, and it was burning hot.
"Ebony?"
No reply.
Spottedleaf sighed. "You are going to be ok. I hope you realize that."
Still, there was no reply.
"Ebony? Are you there?"
The queen was sleeping, and was breathing normally, and so were her kits, lying against their mother..
Spottedleaf sighed with relief. "Let's leave them alone for just a little bit."
She beckoned her tail to the queens, and they followed their medicine cat out of the small cave, Willowpelt padding right behind them.
They all sat down in a small corner in the cavern. It wasn't important to her, but in the corner of her eye, Spottedleaf could see a shadow figure enter the small cave where Ebony and her kits rested.
Tigerclaw growled, and got into a fighting position.
"WELL, IF IT ISN'T SPOTTEDLEAF'S LOVER. TIGERCLAW," Cobra sneered.
"FOR THE LAST TIME. WE ARE NOT LOVERS COBRA!" Tigerclaw yowled back.
And with that, Tigerclaw pounced on the other tabby, clawing at his face, but Cobra flung Tigerclaw off him, and Tigerclaw landed with a booming thud.
"NICE TRY, THUNDERCLAN DUNG!"
Cobra then raced over to Tigerclaw, who was just rising, and pinned him down.
"Too bad you don't get to see your beloved Spottedleaf anymore," Cobra taunted. Tigerclaw growled felling the power of TigerClan rush through him.
"REST IN PIECES, CLAN CAT!"
"ENOUGH!" Tigerclaw screeched, and fully extended his claws, and tore down his stomach, and he sunk his teeth into the other tabby's neck, hard. Tigerclaw felt rushes of joy go through him when he felt Cobra's flank go cold.
Cobra froze, and fell to the ground. Tigerclaw laughed with victory, and he padded away.
Tigerclaw snickered. The sounds of battle were lowering and lowering, until there was nearly no noise at all.
More and more cats were stumbling into the large cavern. Spottedleaf, with her herbs, took her Clanmates' advice and only healed the Clan cats, leaving the rogues be.
"I am going to go an check on Ebony now," mewed the medicine cat to her self, and Spottedleaf left the last Clan cat to go over to the cave.
She walked inside the cave. Nobody else was there. Just her, the kits, and the sleeping Ebony.
Spottedleaf walked over to the queen. The kits were mewling, loudly.
"Hey Ebony… it's me, Spottedleaf."
There was no reply. Ebony probably couldn't hear her over the sounds of little Dusk and Leaf.
The kits crawled over to Spottedleaf, sniffing her while mewing.
She giggled at the kits' curiosity.
"Not now, little ones. I must check on you mother."
But the kits kept mewling, and tugged on her, one of the kits even bit her.
It only pinched a little to Spottedleaf, and she gently picked up each kit, one at a time, putting them right beside their mother.
Spottedleaf put her head on Spottedleaf's flank.
Ebony wasn't breathing.
Spottedleaf gasped, and flinched in horror.
"EBONY! EBONY!" Spottedleaf screeched, shaking the queen. Not even one of Ebony's eyelids opened.
"Oh no, no no no no no. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
Spottedleaf sniffed around the area where Ebony was, in search for anything that could have caused this. She checked the kits too, and luckily, they were fine.
Suddenly, Spottedleaf saw half-eaten berries. Carefully, she sniffed them, and flinched at the sinisterly familiar smell.
They were yew berries. But before Spottedleaf could think about how they got there:
"YOU,YOU KILLED MY SISTER!"
Spottedleaf flung her head around.
Rio was standing tail-lengths away from her.
Spottedleaf was completely frozen. "What? I didn't kill her! I swear!"
"YES YOU DID," Rio growled, a murderous look on her face, "AND YOU TRIED TO KILL THE KITS TOO!"
Instead of fear, Spottedleaf felt anger, and her pelt was hot with rage. "I will tell you this again," she hissed, "I DID NOT KILL HER! SHE WAS MY FRIEND! I SUSPECT YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS!"
Rio snickered, and got into a battling position. Spottedleaf shielded the kits behind her.
The black-and-gray she-cat circled Spottedleaf, who was backing away, in order to keep the rogue from hurting the kits.
"I can smell it all over you medicine cat! You smell of the poison you fed her!"
Spottedleaf growled. Think Spottedleaf! Think! Remember all the battle moves Thrushpelt taught you!
And because of that, Spottedleaf was the first to attack, leaping and slashing at Rio's face.
The two she-cats were lead out of the cave, and all of the surrounding cats backed away.
Spottedleaf felt the stinging pain in her stomach when Rio kept clawing at her stomach, cynically laughing.
Spottedleaf leaped off from her opponent, trying to overcome her dizziness, and she was suddenly pinned down.
"HAHAHAHAHA! I WILL GET MY REVENGE! NO, NOT TOMORROW, NO NOT NEXT WEEK, BUT RIGHT NOW!" Rio taunted sadistically.
Spottedleaf prayed, and she was getting ready to be admitted into StarClan, before:
"GET OFF OF OUR SISTER!" Spottedleaf was relieved to hear her siblings, and to feel the sharp claws of Rio digging into her flesh un-attach from her. She opened her clenched eyes, and saw Willowpelt looking down at her, Redtail joining her.
"Are you ok Spottedleaf?" They both mewed in unison.
Spottedleaf nodded, and rose from the stone ground.
"Where's Tigerclaw?" Spottedleaf asked.
Redtail just shrugged. He looked over and saw Bluestar padding quickly over to them, and he also saw Rio stumbling out of the cavern.
"What a good fight you put up there Spottedleaf," Bluestar mewed. "You still have your warrior spirit."
Spottedleaf sighed with joy, and dipped her head. "Thank you Bluestar."
The leader nodded. "There has been no sign of Tigerclaw, or Terminator. Any of you warriors volunteer to search for him?"
"I want to go Bluestar!" Spottedleaf mewed, eager to find her old friend.
Bluestar shook her head. "I won't permit that. It's too dangerous, and they could-"
"I CAN PROTECT MYSELF. MY FRIEND IS OUT THERE MY LEADER! I MUST FIND HIM!"
"I can find him for you Spottedleaf!" A small ThunderClan kit mewed.
All of the other kits repeated his words, until a queen hushed them.
Bluestar sighed. "Alright fine, but be EXTREMELY CAREFUL! Warn the other Clans!" She nodded to Spottedleaf, and the medicine cat hurried out of the cavern.
Spottedleaf ran through the red mist, nearly tripping over a pair of bones.
She was glad that no one saw her, but unfortunately, the rogue leader Terminator, standing above a dead cat, saw her figure many fox-lengths away.
NO! Not Ebony! Ok probably some of you who don't like OCs are probably glad that she is dead. But still. Also, what about their kits? Later on in the story, I will reveal their destiny.
Any of you have an idea of who Terminator's real identity is? Tell me who you think it is in the reviewer's section.
And Chapters 13 and beyond might take me a little while longer. Also, I have another fanfiction, so their might be a little delay in uploading new chapters.
Thank you for reading! Tune in next time!
~CrazyCatLady9