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A ginger tail was leaving the border, murmuring and chatting with her clanmates. Willowclaw recognized the fur, it was the fur she had stuck in between Larchpaw's claws. Willowclaw waited a few minutes, the minutes it took for the sun to set. She looked at her clanmates and with a nod, stepped over the invisible border. It was past sunset, and Shadowclan was ready to attack.
As they treaded through the snow covered undergrowth, holding back hisses and snarls, Willowclaw and the rest of her clanmates knew they were not able to be so silent in so much roots and bramches and undergrowth, the brambles snug at their feets, and thorns brushed and poked their pelts. Willowclaw squinted trying to find a clear way through the dense forest to get to the Thunderclan camp, as they reached another set of bramble bushes Willowclaw raised her tail so her patrol would stop.
"Geez! How does Thunderclan even wa-" as Shadowfang started coment, Willowclaw curled her lips and stashed Shadowfang's mouth with her tail. She turned around, glaring at her patrol, specially at Shadowfang.
"Shut up! We don't know if Thunderclan has night guards or a night patrol" she half-hissed, half-whispered.
"As if they'd be so smart" Dustwind murmured. Willowclaw hissed, shutting them all up.
She opened her mouth to scent, as did the others, with her tail she ppointed to the direction they were going. Like true Shadowclan cats, they slinked hiding through the shadows and as Willowclaw looked back, she felt a surge of pride of her clanmates which ofcousre she quickly pushed away, many shadows slinked from tree to tree, showing up only for a moment then disapearing into the darkness again.
Willowclaw stopped once they were infront of the bramble barrier, the shadows concealed everything including them. She crouched to the ground and whispered softly.
"Adderfur, make sure the guard is silent."
"How?" the tortoiseshell whispered back, her blue eyes glazed in fear
"I don't know" Willowclaw hissed. "just silence him, stuff your tail in his mouth, moss something" she whispered. Willowclaw glared at her as the she-cat slipped inside, a short squeak was heard but nothing else, WIllowclaw nodded and slipped inside the camp, hiding against the shadows. The moon was already in the sky, it wasn't totaly dark yet but WIllowclaw could hear the snores of warriors. Willowclaw had already planned this with her patrol, so they split up she and Dustwind made their silent way to the Warriors den as Shadowfang stepped beside what they assumed to be the apprentices' den and Skyflower stepped infront of what smelled strongly of herbs. With a silent nod, all the cats yowled their battle cry, Adderfur let the guard who was a white and gray tom stand and he didn't hesitate to yowl, as the rest of Shadowclan poured in.
"Shadowclan's attacking!"
Willowclaw didn't wait for the warriors to attack, instead she slipped inside the den and raised her claws grabbing hold of a tail and dragging it back. Willowclaw soon realized that she was not in the warriors den, and that she was in the nursery. A spitting tabby queen faced her, protecting some new born kits. Her kits...Dewkit...Bluekit...Dapplekit...and maybe it had been Thunderclan.
A sudden rage entered Willowclaw as she bit down on the queen's shoulder, as the queen who was heavier than her bowled her over and they rolled out of the den.
Willowclaw gave the queen a blow to the head, and slipped away. She scanned the camp, watching the tabby she-cat scamper into the nursey.
Willowclaw felt head her being slammed into the floor, she lifted her head and glared at her attacker. WIllowclaw snarled as she squirmed under her attacker's weigh. She lifted her hind paws and gave the tom a few earned scracthes. It was her turn to pin him down, her claws digging into his shoulders, and her back paws on the ground. The tom snarled and tried to snip at her shoulders, and finally pushed her off, making her rear onto her hind legs.
She snarled as she and the warrior, who she recognized as Rocktail, circled around each other. Willowclaw glared.
"kittypet" she spat as she pushed herself off the ground, tackling Rocktail as they tumbled around. Willowclaw bit down on his shoulder, yowling in pain as he dragged his claws over her flank. Rocktail made sure her face didn't go free of scratched and lashed out at her head, Willowclaw ducked and lashed out instinctivly at his head, shredding his ears as he snipped.
Willowclaw pushed him off, what was the wrong with her? With a snarl she swiped at his legs, pulling them out from under him and making his chin hit the floor very hard, Willowclaw took the chanse and lashed out, paw after paw shredding his neck and ears. Rocktail pushed himself up, snarling as he lashed out at Willowclaw, the white and gray she-cat ducked away and lashed out her head but the move went wrong as her jaw conected with his lashing paw. Willowclaw hissed and cuffed the tom on the head, making sure her claws ripped away his fur. Willowclaw and the tom engaged in a fur ripping, fang baring, claw tearing battle. Willowclaw ended up thrown on the floor, as the tom fled to the medicine cat den, and Willowclaw turned her attention to a hissing she-cat. When she saw, her eyes widened as she saw a small tortoiseshell trapped under the black she-cat's claws, it was Shadepaw.
Willowclaw jumped on to the she-cat's back, digging her claws deeply into her fur and skin watching as the scarlet blood tinted the black fur. Willowclaw was thrown off the bucking she-cat as she looked to Shadepaw who stood, impressed her mentor had saved her. WIth a growl, Willowclaw lashed out to the she-cat but the black cat had leaped and the strike went her attacker's underbelly, leaving four bleeding claw marks as she fell on top of Willowclaw. The gaping mouth of the she-cat told Willowclaw she would probably die as she pushed her off and rushed to Shadepaw.
"Fight some apprentice, don't deal with warriors" she growled as she scanned around the camp, watching for any cat that needed help.
A cream and brown ball of cats made her turn her head. It was Sunstar and Eaglestar fighting, she narrowed her eyes as she realized SUnstar was loosing. She stepped back, crouching so she wouldn't be trampled by the fighting cats. She bobbed her head up and down, looking past the swipes and blows, as she saw Eaglestar and Sunstar engage in a deadly battle. She narrowed her eyes, she wouldn't put it past the brown and white leader to take both of Sunstar's lived. Willowclaw didn't care if Eaglestar took one of her lives, she just made it easier, but the last life was hers. When she saw Eaglestar raised her paw to strike, what seemed to be a killing strike she raised her head watching curiously before a white and gray tabby popped up infront of her, hissing. Willwclaw could recognize this cat, it was...Featherstone? STonefeather? Silverfeather? NO, it was Grayfeather.
Willowclaw reared back on her hindleg, bringing down her claws down Grayfeather's face. Her claws had raked over her face and her eyes, leaving the she-cat blinded as blood filled her eyes. Willowclaw snarled, she needed to get to Eaglestar and Sunstar. She gave Grayfeather a few more blows to her face, nicking one of her ears. A deep growl rumbled in Willowclaw's chest as she recieved a cutting lash on her chest from Grayfeather. With a snarl she bit down on Grayfeather's throat not deep enough to kill her, but enough to scare her. She leapt past the fighting cats, giving swipes to several warriors and knocking away an apprentice as she made her way to Sunstar and Eaglestar.
She stood about two tail-lengths behind her, as the battle went on behind her. The nursery was being attacked by Nighttail and Honeyleaf adn being guarded by the same white she-cat Willowclaw had fought and a ginger warrior.
Willowclaw realized Shadowclan and Thunderclan warriors were too busy fighting to notice her, or their leaders. She crouched not wanting to be seen as she hid in the shadow of a ledge. Sunstar and Eaglestar were still fighting, because it seemed Sunstar had not given up so easily, but Eaglestar being younger and stronger had the upper paw and a strong bite to Sunstar's throat ended the battle, Eaglestar stood above the squirming cat. It was obvious Eaglestar knew that Sunsar was not on her last life.
Willowclaw crouched as she watched Eaglestar bend down to the eye-glazing leader, the brown and white leader was scared Willowclaw could smell it from her spot as Eaglestar prodded Sunstar's body. That's when Willowclaw sprang from her hiding spot, landing on Eaglestar's back as she snapped on to her scruff or neck. Eaglestar, surprised by the sudden attack, wildly thrashed her head around looking for her enemy. Willowclaw's side was crushed as Eaglestar dropped to the side, but Willowclaw had been trained by a dark forest...leader. She sunk her teeth into Eaglestar's shoulder and bit down as Eaglestar yowled and got up, ready to attack Willowclaw, who had quickly stood up and was now snarling at the leader. Willowclaw dodged away from a blow to the head, but couldn't dodge as Eaglestar hooked her paw around her paws and pulled, making her trip forward. Willowclaw stood quickly, not giving Eaglestar anymore time to attack. She curled her lips, baring them into a snarl as she gave Eaglestar a blow to the head. Willowclaw darted from her spot, back to the shade of the ledge. Willowclaw used the shadow of the ledge to her advantaje, making Eaglestar fight in darkness, with a growl Eaglestar lashed out at empty air causing Willowclaw to sneer. The leader couldn't see aswell as her in darkness and kept throwing empty strikes as Willowclaw circled her, making a tap with her claw before she moved again, she had the leader confused and dizzy but Willowclaw had recivied a pair of good blows when she hadn't moved quickly enough, and she could feel her flank bleeding as she winced and crouched pawsteps away from Eaglestar who thrashed her body around looking for Willowclaw. She pounced on the leader, her claws digging into her chest, closer to her neck than should be. She pinned the leader to the floor, ignoring the stinging pain of her underbelly as Eaglestar raked her claws over her stomach, going again and again. Willowclaw yowled loudly, and yowled again and again, her claws digging deeper into Eaglestar's chest, finally the cat's stopped fighting.
"Eaglestar has taken a life of Sunstar" she yowled, as she scanned the unfamiliar and dark camp she realized Shadowclan was winning. "And Thunderclan has taken enough of our clan mates" she shouted, her voice cold and unforgiving as she kept pressing down her paw on Eaglestar's chest, she could see Sunstar and watched as the leader opened her eyes, starting to breath shallowly she hushed, watching the cream and white leader stand up, glance around and then yowl to her clan.
"Thunderclan has been warned, Eaglestar. Keep your warriors in your side of the border" the angry leader sounded like a cobra waiting to bite. "Or it will not be only your clan that pays!" she snarled, as if on cue Nighttail and Honeyleaf held up two kits one was white with black paws the other a dark fiery ginger with a white paw. "Shadowclan, we're leaving!"
Sunstar with that started to walk slowly, the moon was already high in the sky and it was nearer to Dawn than to Dusk. Willowclaw dragged her claws over Eaglestar's body and then leapted over her, a sneer on her face, as she followed her racing clan mates out of camp. As she walked, she saw a sandy apprentice whimpering next to the body of a black she-cat, the black she-cat's stomach was cut open in four slashes Willowclaw sneered proudly, after all it was her job.
Willowclaw walked silently away, Shadepaw finally stepping back to her side, her head lowered. When the tortoiseshell raised her head, Willowclaw saw, the black she-cat had left a deep wound in Shadepaw's chest near her neck, where blood was pouring. Willowclaw growled and set her tail on her apprentice.
The black cat had paid, and Willowclaw had her fun. But all fun comes with a price...right?
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