Amberfur laughed with her friend, glancing at the half eaten rabbit. "Oh of course I'll share!" Lightstar laughed some more and then fell silent. The silence that followed was akward because Blacksmoke kept looking at her. Finally Lightstar broke it, "Blacksmoke if you will please take this to the apprentices' den, I'm sure Bramblepaw and Lightpaw will find it. In the meantime, Amberfur," Lightstar turned to her. "I want you to come out of the camp so we can train, then you might be able to-" Lightstar was cut off by a loud yowl.
Amberfur, Blacksmoke, and Lightstar rushed out of the den to see Bramblepaw and Lightpaw charging into the camp, their ears bloody and their sholders slashed at, "ShadowClan is attacking! They're trying to get to the camp!" yowled Lightpaw, her voice choked with pain as she limped hurridliy towards the warriors' den. Bramblepaw was coming their way.
There was no need to tell the Clan again. Everyone was out of their dens, hissing and fluffed up with rage and fear. The two apprentices had gone to the medicine cats' den. (Okay I have a feeling I put the medicine cats names in here somewhere but I can't find them, changing them-srry!) Yellowfoot(I loved Yellowfang!) came out of her den, followed by Herbtail. They quickly rushed towards the two apprentices and began to examine their wounds.
Meanwhile Amberfur rushed to the camp entrance, posed in front of it. Many cats followed her and all at once, a black cat soared through the entrance, followed by a pale gray cat and many more. . .
Amberfur hissed, rage and fury buliding up in her bones and blood. It like she had liqiud fire running through her vein as she launched herself at the black cat, Blacktail, her enemy until death. Amberfur's claws cat the cat's chest and ripped through his fur as she flew over him. (Ouch!) Amberfur felt Blacktail smack her across her belly with a yowl of rage. Amberfur's eyes blazed and with WindClan's swiftness, she whirled around in mid-air and landed on her feet. She then struck out, her aim was true. It struck Blacktail in the eye, blinding him in his left eye. Blacktail whimpered in pain and shook his head every which way, blood streaming out of it.
Amberfur growled and lunged for the death bite, but a black cat cut her off. She opened her eyes and saw Deathstar pinning her down. He hissed at her, his breath stinking off long dead mouse. Did ShadowClan always eat crowfood? Amberfur twisted around, snarling. She felt Deathstar's hot breath on her neck, theet were about to close around her throat, the claws of death reaching for her once more. Amberfur's eyes snapped open, her fur rose on her back, still pressed against the ground. Someone whispered in her ear, Do not worry, for I am here and back. After a year, I have returned to you my daughter, do not fear Deathstar, he is not your enemy, you are your own enemy, fighting death at every turn because of a loss you had when you were so young, but WindClan will thrive once more. One day we will rule over ShadowClan like we once had, we will always be strong. Amberfur, you must fight back, do not struggle, fight. Claw him, bring him the pain he has brought your fellow Clanmates, I am here. Do not worry Amberfur, for I am here. And coming closer to life once more. Fight . . . .do not give in . . . . fight. Don't be afraid to kil . . . The voice vanishe and a new anger and strength rose with Amberfur. Streaching out her hind legs, she raked her unusally long claws through Deathstar's belly fur and causing him to bleed greatly. His blood ripped onto
Amberfur's amber-like coat, but the red was barly visible with her odd colored fur.
Amberfur slung Deathstar off of her, only to be met by Blacktail. She was ganged up on and was being rippede apart by two cats, then three and four. She screamed in pain and agnoy. Finally sshe found words, "Windstar where are you? Help!" she wailed.
Deathstar ordered the others to stop from killing her and grinned. "It looks like we found our WindClan cat." he smiled, aiming a blow at her head that would klnock her out, but before he could do anything, every single WindClan cat leapt at the four warriors, killing two of them and four of the warriors leapt at Deathstar. Amberfur and her fellow WindClan warrior leapt at Blacktail, he was cowaring now, not trying to kill Amberfur. The fellow warrior named Brushfoot held Blacktail down while Amberfur snarled,
"You killed my leader and I swore that I would kill you in turn, and now here's my chance!" she yowled, raising her claws. Her paws and claws fell across Blacktail's throat, scoring the juglar and blood spirted out. Amberfur and Brushfoot stepped away and watched the enemy watrrior convule and then die. Amberfur grinned at her victory and turned to look at Deathstar. He too was laying limply on the dust, his eyes wide and blood smeared his coat, almost making him unrecginizable. (Eww!)
ShadowClan
Shadowcloud ought for her life as she battled with one of ThunderClan's strongest warriors, Blacksmoke. Her pelt was smeared with blood, while his was barly touched. Suddenly she heard a ripple of shock spread through the crowd. Both cats stopped fighting to see what had happened. Two cats lay nearby, both of them were coated in blood and one was almost unrecginizable. But Shadowcloud knew who it was and gasped with grief. It was Deathstar! His body was nothing but red and fur, some cat or cats had murdered him brutally! Then she spied many WindClan cats that were bloody, but the blood was not their own. She snarled, they had turned against her and killed her leader! Now they would all perish! With her father dead, there was nothimg there to stop her from killing them.
WindClan
Amberfur was looking at the two bodies in front of her when she felt a paw tap her on the shoulder. Amberfur whirled around with such swiftness, she looked like a dark brown cloud of dust. What she saw made her stumble with surprise. Windstar stood in front of her, his black-and-white fur was sliky and unstained by blood. His eyes glowed amber and they were soft with love. "Windstar . . ." she whispered in awe.
"Hello, my daughter. I told you niether of them are your enemy. You were and you have beaten yourself in battle. I promised I would come and here I am." Windstar's voice was smooth like it always had been. "Now we must get back to camp, WindClan will grow strong again, our family is back, even the stolen kits. They knew they were not of ShadowClan and joined us. They may have been raised in ShadowCLan as ShadowClan warriors, but they still carried WIndClan's scent." Windstar looked over at six cats, four females and two males. Two of the females had round bellies. "They will be half-and-half kitten's but we do not care, no one will arm thise kits. They are the beggining of a new WindCLan, a bigger WindClan." Windstar whispered softly. (How is that Swiftfoot? You said they were stronger and a bigger Clan, well they are turing into it, slowly, but surly.)
Amberfur nodded and watched as the ShadowClan cats swarmed around them, rushing out of the camp entrance, their eyes wide with terror. Both their leader and going-to-be-deputy-after-Deathstar-died were dead. A pale gray she-cat rushed past them, her actions were full of fury. Amberfur didn't seem to notice any of them, they all were nothing but blurs in her vision, she only had eyes for her leader. He was alive!
Amberfur finally rushed forward. "Why have you not come back to me sooner?" she wailed.
Windstar answered camly, "It takes along time for StarClan to heal a wound like mine."
"Yes but we buried you!" yowled a WindClan warrior.
"I came back." answered Windstar calm as ever. "But now we must leave, we must rebulid our camp." Windstar comanded, turning around.
Amberfur felt joy leap into her heart as she followed her father. A little ways off, Blacksmoke felt depressed. He had liked Amberfur and now she was leaving him forever.
He wanted to wail his sadness to the worl, but he kept it containe within him.
Lightstar glanced at her deputy and sighed. She knew he had liked Amberfur, but did Amberfur like im back? Was this the right choice to make. Yes. answered a voice in her head. Lightstar realized it was her own dead mates vocie, not Deathstar, but Iceclaw. Iceclaw had died many moons ago in battle with ShadowClan, and grief still clung to Lightstar. She had never really loved Deathstar or her daughter, they were the ones who had killed Iceclaw . . .
Lightstar approached Blackstar, "You may go with them if Windstar agrees." she sighed.
Blacksmoke felt hope leap into him, but he was suddenly filled with worry. "But what about you and the Clan, you need a deputy." Blacksmoke, siad his voice showed no happiness in it.
"I've already picked another one, they aren't easy to pick sometimes, but now they are. He is a brave and smart warrior, he will do well as deputy. Now go ask if you can stay with them before they leave." Lightstar said gentely, her gaze turning to Windstar.
Blacksmoke nodded and bounded over to Windstar.
Amberfur watched the black cat with curiousity, why was he speaking to Windstar? Suddenly she noticed joy dancing in Blacksmoke's eyes as he loped over, his amber eyes glowing. "Why are you following us, Blacksmoke?" asked Amberfur as she noticed the cat trailing behind them.
Blacksmoke lookede her way, "Lightstar says I can join your CLan if it was okay with Windstar." he answered.
"Why?" asked Amberfur.
Blacksmoke didn't feel like giving away is secret so e answered, "You nedd warriors and don't try to hide it. I know what ShadowClan is like, they're awful."
A WindClan cat spun around, his fur bristling. His name was Rabbitfur. "How do you know what ShadowClan is like, you didn't stay with them for a whole year!"
"Your right I didn't, I stayed for three. I am not a ThunerClan cat, but half. They battled fiercly to keep me, but in the end ShadowClan won. I was taken thjere and trained as an apprentice, a warrior, and now I am a deputy for this Clan. I betrayed them." Blacksmooke looked away, his face flashing with sorrow and pain.
Amberfur went over two him and rubbed against his shoulder, trying to cheer him up. "Don't think about that. I didn't even know who my mother was and still don't. Think about living in WindClan." Amberfur mewed, her voice smooth and reasuring.
Blacksmoke looked down at her. "How could you not know your own mother?" he asked, puzzled.
"Because I was put in the nursery when I was so young, I can't even remember it. Windstar told me, he told me he was my father too. But he refused to say who my mother was. He said he'd tell me when I'm older. And so I waited and am still waiting." responded Amberfur, her eyes downcast.
Blacksmoke didn't say anything, but licked her ear. He knew it wouldn't help much, but there was nothing else he could do. Amberfur continued to walk, her tail dragging. Rabbitfur came towards her. "I know who your mother is, Amberfur. I think it is time you knew, because we were good friends, she was friends with the whole Clan to. I won't tell you here, but I can take you to her next week." Rabbitfur purred.
Amberfur's eyes widened with disbelief, "Really?" she asked, her voice soft with surprise.
Rabbitfur nodded. Blacksmoke scuffled his paws in the dirt beside her. He didn't like Rabbitfur that much. Amberfur's tail stood straiht up, her eyes lit, and she purred very loudly. Amberfur padded on tjrough ThunderCLan's territory, her movments displaying her comtempt. (Joy for those who do not know.) Blacksmoke glanced at Amberfur and he suddenly felt his tail intwin with hers. Amberfur looked at him, her purr growing louder.
