Chapter 10, the attack
Lupin sat awake in the wolf camp. She was waiting for the right time. Tonight would be the big night. She swiped her tongue over her lips. Oh, she couldn't wait.
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Rainfeather listened to the silent camp. Crowstar was sleeping, and Rainfeather was the new deputy.
There was a movement behind Rainfeather. She turned, it was only a shadow.
She stopped. Two red eyes were staring out at her from behind a bush.
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Moonhowl woke in the middle of the night feeling uncomfortable. She loved Ravenshadow and wanted to be with him, but she couldn't, because they were in different Clans and she was a medicine cat.
Moonhowl got up and left the camp briskly, trotting over to the ShadowClan border.
She looked through the tight pine trees, hoping to catch sight of him…
Nothing.
Feeling discouraged, she turned away and headed back to the camp.
That's when she saw it. Two green eyes were staring right at her.
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Crowstar suddenly walked out of his den. "Come, we are going to ThunderClan."
"Why?" Rainfeather asked.
"Just come,"
Crowstar went around and woke every cat in the Clan.
Rainfeather followed him out of the camp and into ThunderClan territory. She had no idea why Crowstar was taking the whole Clan. Why was he going to ThunderClan anyway?
WindClan ran down the slope and into camp. ThunderClan cats turned angrily.
Suddenly a huge white wolf lumbered into camp.
"Lupin!" Rainfeather cried in shock.
All around the camp came wolves. They thundered down the sides and leapt on the cats with yowls of anger.
Rainfeather leapt on a brown one. Its massive legs pulled her off.
Rainfeather slashed her claws over the muzzle of a grey one. He snarled and grabbed her by the scruff and threw her into the air.
Rainfeather twisted in its grasp and leapt onto its back, clawing and biting until it screeched and ran out of the camp.
A small white wolf whizzed past. Rainfeather stopped. It was Stone. She could never attack him! But suddenly he leapt on a grey wolf, his teeth sinking into its leg.
"Why are you on our side?" Rainfeather asked him.
He stared down at her, blood dripping from his forehead. "Because I love you," he barked, and sunk his teeth into a nearby wolf.
Rainfeather froze, and then turned around slowly. She hardly knew Stone! But still…
"I love you too!" she called over her shoulder.
She leaped on a wolf, clawing at its haunches. It bucked, throwing Rainfeather into a puddle of blood.
Sturdy teeth fastened into her hind leg, and lifted her up, high into the air. Rainfeather claws slashed blankly through fur. She yowled, kicking out with her hind legs until the brown wolf let go.
She looked around briefly at the battle. Firestar and Ashfur clung to one, scratching and biting till it had enough and moved on. Crowstar and Sorreltail both attacked one from a side. Rainwhisker was scratching the muzzle of one. But its teeth collided with his flank.
Rainfeather jumped up and dashed across the clearing, blood gushing out of her hind leg. Even a minor wound like that could kill her. What would happen to the cats who received worse injuries?
Rainwhisker looked at Rainfeather through glazed eyes. He stood up, and staggered across the clearing, dragging his hind legs. He collapsed again and his body was still.
"Great StarClan, no!" Rainfeather yowled, dashing over his body to attack a small grey wolf.
The grey wolf turned around with a snarl and its long blunt claws slashed her side and blood gushed out. (AN: I can't do the fight right if the wolves don't have claws.)
Rainfeather raked her claws over its broad chest. Blood from the wolf trickled down her paw.
The wolf sprang at her, its two front paws hitting her flank and knocking her down. The weight was so strong that Rainfeather almost felt her rib cage break. The wolf bit her shoulders, and his teeth clamped down hard.
Rainfeather twisted her head and sunk her teeth into the front leg of the wolf. It dashed up howling and Rainfeather was gone in a flash.
There was a yowl of fear. It broke the noise of the battle, louder then any hiss, growl, howl or bark coming from the battle of the animals. The sound was so strong it sent a talon of terror into every heart in the clearing.
The voice rose clear above the clatter of tooth and claw "StarClan help me!"
Who do you think it is?