Chapter Five: Attacked with a Hidden Plot
Windstar crouched low in the open territory, his eyes scanning for any sign of life that might not be in their burrows. He spotted a rabbit almost instantly. It was hopping calmly towards its burrow. Windstar tensed his muscles and felt the urge to pounce race through him. He crept forward, silent like the wind, and leapt straight at the rabbit, throwing it to its side. He bit down and killed it.
With that Windstar threw his kill in a pile of weeds and covered it so it would be hard to find, much less get untangled. He then looked behind him to see Amberfur and Rabbitfur along with Mudtail behind him, racing towards their leader. Windstar stopped and waited for them.
They caught up and before Windstar could ask why they had followed him in such a large group, Amberfur hissed, "We've scented ShadowClan at the heart of our territory!"
"What! Is it fresh?" Windstar asked.
"Very fresh, we got there seconds before they left." Rabbitfur answered.
Windstar was alarmed, "Could they really be back here, trying to do the same they did a year ago?"
"I don't think so, Windstar. I smelled Shadowcloud with them, I think they're trying to cross to RiverClan border!" Mudtail growled.
"Why would they do that?' Amberfur asked, clearly they hadn't discussed this.
"Because they want an ally, but they don't know that RiverClan just attacked us, it will give them a better chance of getting an ally! We have to stop them!" Windstar hissed.
"Right, but where are we supposed to find them? We didn't even dare track them. I'm not sure you've realized this, but they choose Shadowcloud as their new leader." Rabbitfur informed.
Windstar grumbled about ShadowClan breaking the warrior code before flicking his tail, ordering his patrol to follow him. The four cats swerved off to the stream and Windstar ordered Amberfur to lead them to where they had scented ShadowClan. She did.
Windstar sniffed the scent and found it fresh, very fresh, just as Rabbitfur had told him. He trailed the ShadowClan cats until he heard their quiet voices. He stopped his patrol. "Heartstar won't disagree with us, our spy says that RiverClan was just run off by WindClan hours before." Came Shadowcloud's hushed voice.
"Can we just kill all of WindClan this time? And then Thunderclan , they killed our leader, remember!" came Dawnflower's evil voice.
"Yes, great plan Dawnflower!" came Blacktail's voice.
Windstar nearly leapt at the cat, Blacktail. He was the cat who had destroyed the nursery, and causing him to be slammed into the thick long thorn that had killed him. He restrained himself and listened to the rest of the invaders conversation, "You know the plan! We will kill them when the time is right."
"But when is the time, Shadowstar?" Dawnflower asked, her voice begging.
So Shadowcloud has received her nine lives and new name? Windstar thought to himself. There was no way he could kill a cat with nine lives. He himself only had seven left.
"You'll just have to wait, now lets get going!" Shadowstar snapped.
They obeyed. Windstar followed along with his patrol, ready to attack within moment. He lashed his tail through the air, signaling to attack. Mudtail, Rabbitfur, Amberfur, and Windstar leapt at the cats, their claws extended and they were hissing with fury.
"Windstar!" came Shadowstar's sharp, evil voice. Windstar leapt, not at her, but at Blacktail.
"You cold-blooded murderer! You kill me and my Clan! Now you go to meet StarClan, whom you are not worthy of!
Blacktail's eyes darkened, "Windstar….pleasure!"
With that the black cat shoved Windstar away and leapt at him, biting into his shoulder. Windstar yowled with pain and raked his claws across Blacktail's face, and pulled away. He copied Blacktail and dove at the black cat while he was twisting around, dragging his face and blood came from the deep wound. His teeth dug into Blacktail's skin, leaving another wound. Just as Windstar was about to make another attack, someone rammed into him, pinning him to the earth. Windstar hissed, his yellow eyes burning into the dark amber eyes of Shadowstar.
"Windstar! You are trying to stop our plans once more, you a problem that must be taken care of!" Shadowstar hissed in his face.
"No!" came a loud, but soft female voice. An amber colored cat came racing through the swaying heather and bowled into Shadowstar with such force that the ShadowClan leader was thrown three feet away.
"Silverfang! What are you doing here? I though you left?" Windstar gasped. The battle had stopped. The ShadowClan cats were all staring at Silverfang with such hatred that it was unreal.
"I came back, I've been living near Barley's Farm, somewhere around Highrock. I came down here because I heard fighting all the way across the moorlands. And what do I find, ShadowClan trespassing on my territory!" Silverfang hissed, directing her words at Shadowstar.
Amberfur came forward, "Who are you?" she asked, confused.
Silverfang turned around and looked curiously at Amberfur. "The question is, who are you?"
Windstar sat down and watched this. Rabbitfur came towards Silverfang and whispered something in her ear. "Oh right! Barley mention about telling someone that! Sorry, Windstar I have to go." Silverfang look sincere and left, going off to Barley's Barn.
"What did you tell her?" Windstar asked curiously, hissing at the ShadowClan cats. They quickly fled, but he noticed Shadowstar wasn't with them.
"Where did Shadowstar go?" he growled, looking around. Then, way off, he spotted a black cat slinking htrough their territory, crossing over to RiverClan territory.