A/N: There should be three or so more chapters after this one... it all depends, really!

Guest: There's more for this story, but if you mean more stories, well, idk yet. :P


Dawnfeather barged through the tangled underbrush, the sounds of battle fading behind her. Her breath came in quick pants, and she slipped on a large patch of smooth lichen.

Snarling, she stood, shaking her fur, sending dirt flying. Dawnfeather leaped into a run again, running through a familiar patch of ferns. The camp is just ahead! She noticed a dark shape out of the corner of her eye. The shadow leaped onto her, grinding her face into the mulch. Claws pricked into her sides, and she kicked furiously, dislodging the cat.

Stumbling to her feet, she crouched and snarled at the BloodClanner. The enemy cat snarled back, claws reinforced with dog teeth glinting in the sun.

"Get back!" Dawnfeather hissed, backing slowly toward the camp's entrance. It was still quiet a ways away, and if she could only get inside the reinforced tunnel, she'd be safe...

The BloodClanner leaped at her, scoring a hit across her eye. The blood began dripping into her blue eye, and blinded her. Dawnfeather clumsily dodged the next leap, slashing her own mark across the Clanner's flank.

The cat yowled and leaped onto her, and they rolled about, crushing many unfortunate plants. Dawnfeather twisted, shoving the BloodClanner underneath her. The dark cat's hind legs battered her sides, and if they managed to get underneath her, they'd rip her stomach wide open.

Dawnfeather jumped to the side, shaking her head quickly to rid it of the blood that dripped into her eye. The BloodClanner took adventage of that moment and leaped at her, only for Mudpelt to crash out of the bushes and knock it out of the air.

"Come, Dawn, to the camp!" The two ThunderClan cats slipped easily into the tunnel, Mudpelt forcing Dawnfeather ahead of him. The angry BloodClanner leaped onto the tunnel above them, hissing as the thorns impaled his paws.

There was a loud shriek, and something landed on the cat from above. The top part of the tunnel collapsed, and the dried mud and brambles cascaded down onto Mudpelt's back, effectively trapping him in the tunnel.

"Dawnfeather!" He yowled, squirming frantically. The white she-cat skidded to a stop, ignoring the scratching thorns as she turned around to help her mate. "D-Dawn, help!" Mudpelt thrashed, claws knicking her nose. She sat back, eyes wide. "Mudpelt. Mudpelt! Calm. Down." The brown tom stilled, deep blue eyes focusing on her light blue ones.

"I hate small spaces." He whispered, claws sheathing and unsheathing. "I know. Let me try to get you out, okay? Just hold still." Dawnfeather began carefully digging, wincing as the thorns dug into her pads.

Dust and blood mixed, dropping onto Mudpelt head and shoulders. "Dawnfeather. Dawnfeather." He said. "Dawn, you have to stop! You're ruining your paws!"

The white she-cat's paws fell still, tears mingling with the dust. "I can't leave you!" As if contradicting her words, yowling broke out in the camp behind her, telling of the cat fights. "You must." Mudpelt said, bringing his paw up to rest it against Dawnfeather's cheek. "Go, my dream. May StarClan light your path."

Dawnfeather backed out of the tunnel, leaving a trail of tears behind her. She quickly leaped into the closest fight, aiding her Clanmates against the might of BloodClan. I promise by StarClan, She thought, biting a cat throat and tearing it open. I WILL come back for you, Mudpelt, my precious.


Icestrike stared with horror down at the prone, stiff body of Firestar. The ThunderClan leader had just lost a life, thanks to two large BloodClanners. Firestar's orange body jerked, and he gasped, green eyes shooting open. Instantly, the two large cats leaped at him, intent on ending the rest of his seven lives. Icestrike leaped forward as well, crouching over the ginger's body.

The two large cats slammed into him, and they rolled away, Icestrike clawing furiously. Firestar pulled himself to his feet, joining Icestrike against the large cats. "We... need to kill them!" Firestar said, ripping tufts of fur out of his opponent.

Icestrike merely nodded, the StarDwellers soft whispers and double vision allowing him to fight better than ever before. The white tom's double vision suddenly went from viewing the BloodClanner, ringed in dark red and black, to a view over the battlefield. Disoriented, Icestrike was distracted long enough for the tom to knock him over and leap at Firestar, who had just dispatched his opponent.

What just happened? Icestrike asked, connecting with a third Dweller. We are scouting the ThunderClan camp. Your mother needs help.

Tell me about it. We ALL need help!

As if summoned by his thoughts, a group of cats appeared on top of High Rock. A tall, slim, she-cat stood at the head, a large, red-brown tom at her side. "The Wild Ones, ATTACK!" The she-cat yowled, and as one, the group leaped off high rock and into the swarm of battling cats.

Icestrike gaped in awe, watching the she-cat and tom fight in a spectacular duo. That's... that's amazing! But why is she so familiar?!

He jolted himself out of his thoughts by a Dweller's vision. The ThunderClan camp was full of fighting cats, and he could see his mother's black and white pelt leaped among the cats. Where's Mudpelt?

Icestrike then noticed the tunnel into the camp was caved in, and dread filled him. He raced through the cats, heading for the ThunderClan camp. A Dweller floated just ahead of him, warning him of potentially dangerous objects he could trip upon as he ran. He leaped over the wall, hissing as the thorns dug into his coat and slashed his paws.

Dawnfeather glanced up at him, love in her eyes for a moment before leaping into battle once more.

Her son joined her, and together, they whirled through the camp, stopping in front of the nursery and helping Flamelight as she fended off three BloodClanners at once.

StarClan help us all.


A/N: Sorry for the seemingly short chapters, I just want to work out the fight scenes a bit better, and I kinda want to draw this out a bit more. Hope you're as excited for the finale as I am!

May StarClan light your path!