Chapter 5. Raid
Sunshine woke up at about the same time as Bluepaw. They ate together then went out for some training in fighting. Bluepaw was good at it but needed to work on her timing. She had been an apprentice for about 9 moons and was great at hunting, tracking, was one of the fastest apprentices and she was the elders favorite cat to bring bedding in to them. Of course, she hadn't gotten out of the habit of waking up early. Sunshine was starting to get in that habit.
"Ok Bluepaw" Sunshine said when they were at the training hollow. "Your timing isn't very good. Your good at everything else, but apprentices usually become warriors at about eleven moons and that leaves two moons to get you good at fighting. You give your opponent too much time to think about what to do. That's what we're working on for the rest of your training. Now, attack me."
Bluepaw sprang up from her sitting position and took her mentor by surprise. She had been doing many mock battles and was getting better. When Bluepaw sprang up, Sunshine moved forward and dodged her. Then she spun around and pushed at Bluepaw. Bluepaw moved away quickly and tried to counter the attack by going at her side. When Sunshine pinned Bluepaw down, she stayed down for a few moments.
"Bluepaw?" Sunshine said. "Are you ok? I didn't think I hurt ---" she was cut off by Bluepaw pushing under her and doing some claws at her belly. "Gotcha!" Bluepaw said. Sunshine purred.
They trained and Bluepaw was getting progressively better. When the sun was at its highest peak, they decided to hunt for a break then go back to training later. They raced to Snake Rocks.
When Bluepaw got there first, she went straight back to Sunshine.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Shadow Clan…..lots of the,"
"Go back to camp. Get warriors. HURRY!"
Bluepaw raced back to camp. As soon as she did, Ripplestar was up. "Bluepaw, what happened?"
At Snake Rocks, Sunshine held her ground. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I think we should ask you. For as of right now, we own Snake Rocks."
"Not without a fight, you don't. I have a group of Thunder Clan warriors on their way."
"But their not here yet are they? So if you don't get off our territory, we will have to kill you."
"Oh sure. Listen Shadow Clan scum, get off our land. NOW!"
"You watch what your saying. We may just prefer to take you prisoner. Which would you prefer? A prisoner of Shadow Clan, who is worthless and not taken care of, or death."
"Neither!" Sunshine spat.
"This is your last chance. You get off. Or we kill you."
Sunshine's heart pounded in her ears. Her blood pumped quickly through her veins, her whiskers flickered nervously as the Shadow clan warriors began to encircle her. Just then a triumphant yowl sounded in the distance. It was Blackeyes's battle cry. A whole Thunder Clan attack patrol came. Lead by Blackeyes there was also Ebonyfur, Ivoryheart, Whitepaw, Moonlight, and Lepordspots. Bluepaw was there too.
The eight cats started to pick off the Shadow clan cats who were encircling Sunshine. But Sunshine wasn't there. Not even her body.
The battle raged. Bluepaw and Whitepaw worked together to take down Brokentail, a newly named warrior of ShadowClan. They tripped him and when he was down, bit his tail.
By time Shadow Clan fled, Embereyes, the medicine cat, and his apprentice Spottedpaw, had a lot of work to do. Most cats couldn't get up, and Sunshine was no where in sight.
