Starling's point of view
" Great mousedung how much snow is there" Starling thought to himself the snow here was so thick here in these woods that he was up past his belly in snow the wound across his face was stinging like crazy.
Starling had been travelling all night he had tried finding his way back to the thunderpath he had come from but the forest was so thick here that he was completely lost in the vast forests.
Starling's eyes landed in on a large thicket of brambles his eyelids began to feel heavy all the running had made him extremely tired if there was anywhere safe to sleep it was in the bramble thicket.
Scrapping through the bramble Starling curled into a ball letting finally giving in to his tiredness and drifting into the darkness.
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Starlings darkness was broken by a harsh light " Oh goodness is it morning already" Starling sighed wiping the fog from his eyes he could see the sun rising above the trees shinning a bright light into the brambles.
Grooming his spotted ginger fur Starling stumbled his way out out of the bramble's and looked across the forest dead silent in the morning dawn.
" Alright Starling think think of the way you came from Starling looked back at the pine forest he game from
" That's probably a good place to start" Starling began slogging through the snow across the pine forest back to the moor he had crossed to get to the clan territory's.
Applepaw's point of view
" Come on Whistlepaw I'm fine let me go" Applepaw crooked before coughing that she cat had a good grip on her throat her voice had been horse since Kestrelflight and Whistlepaw had kept her in the medicine den all night.
" Applepaw listen to your voice right now you think I'm gonna just let you go when you sound like you gargled a mouthful of sand don't be silly Applepaw" Whistlepaw let out a chuckle before heading into the back of the medicine den whistling i tune under her lips picking up a ball of moss before soaking it in honey.
" Her Applepaw take this it'll help with you're sore throat" Applepaw lapped up the honey enjoying the feeling as its sweet taste eased the pain of her throat. " Now can i leave the medicine den"
" I don't know maybe if you say please" Whistlepaw smirked Applepaw rolled her eyes " May i please be allowed to leave the medicine den"
" Yes you may Applepaw"
Applepaw gave Whistlepaw a playful shove as she slid past her into Windclan camp. The camp looked like a it had been trampled by a herd of horses the gorse wall completely destroyed large patches of gorse were scattered across large spurts of dried blood littered the floor if her clanmates weren't walking about across camp Applepaw would have though the place was abandoned moons ago.
Most of Windclan was back to there normal activities everyone was pretty scratched up from the kins attack Hootwhisker, Featherpelt, and Emberfoot had the worst wounds and were kept under watch by Kestrelflight and Whistlepaw.
" Applepaw there you are" Applepaw turned her head to see her sisters walking up to her " How are you doing?" Brindlewing asked
" Oh ugg could be better my throat has been on fire for the last couple hours but other then that I'm gonna be okay"
" Yep sound like the same old Applepaw" Brindlewing chuckled
" Oh thanks good to see that's what you think of me" Applepaw laughed
" Applepaw! Applepaw!" the oh so annoying voice of Owlkit pierced Applepaw's ears the brown tabby she kit bounded over to Applepaw followed by her brother Runningkit.
" Applepaw is it true you got to fight those big scary rouges" Runningkit squeaked somehow despite all the madness that happened last night Runningkit and Owlkit weren't at all phased by it they both seemed enthusiastic about it they had been questioning the warriors about the fight.
" Applepaw how did you beat the rouges was it scary how many were there" Owlkit squeaked with excitement.
" Owlkit! Runningkit!" Larkwing stormed up to behind Applepaw her mate Crouchfoot following " What did i tell you to about asking cats questions like that" Larkwing spoke in a harsh tone.
" Me and you're mother are both extremely disappointed of you its something you don't talk about its insensitive" Crouchfoot added.
" Harestar! Harestar! where's Harestar!" a piercing cry broke out across Windclan's camp Applepaw turned her head a long furred dark gray she cat stood in Windclan's camp.
" Good Starclan Softpelt what happened" Crowfeather immerged from the medicine den followed by Kestrelflight it was only then that Applepaw realized her pelt was covered in bitemarks dripping with blood " Where's Harestar!" Softpelt panted " Harestar went out on the dawn patrol to make sure the kin were gone we were attacked last night" Crowfeather resounded.
" No not you to" Softpelt spoke horrified
" What happened"
" It's a wolf were under attack we need help"
Wrenpaw's point of view
Wrenpaw was on the morning patrol along the ShadowClan border with Rabbitleap, Bellaleaf, Dewspring, Reedclaw, Macgyver, Plumwillow, Turtlecrawl, Rootpaw, and Needlepaw.
" Well Macgyver i think that's just wonderful" Bellaleaf spook with Macgyver her done slightly annoyed Macgyver and Fringewhisker had announced that they were expecting a litter of kits and Macgyver bless his soul had been over the moon about having kits and he wouldn't stop talking about it to any Skyclan cat that would listen even it was driving everyone crazy even Fringewhisker herself.
" I know i remember when Wrenpaw was a kit" Rabbitleap paused looking over at Bellaleaf
" Some of the happiest times of my life" Bellaleaf and Rabbitleap's eyes radiated a deep seeded sadness behind them Wrenpaw knew that they were thinking of her siblings Mudkit and Darkkit it was something that her parents rarely talked about Wrenpaw had never really asked about it she knew that it was a painful wound that her parents didn't want to reopen.
" Hay Wrenpaw, Needlepaw come look at this" Rootpaw meowed Wrenpaw looked over to see Rootpaw standing over at a large bush.
" Look at this" Rootpaw pointed to a large spirt of blood across the ground near the bush.
" What to you think this is?" Rootpaw meowed
" Probably a fox or badger" Wrenpaw replied
" Good Starclan do you guys smell that it reeks of fox"
" Reedclaw can you come here" Needlepaw meowed
" Ya what is it?"
" we think that we've scented a fox"
Reedclaw padded over and took in a deep with of the air
" Great Starclan that's way to strong to be a fox i think that's a wolf
" Plumwillow, Macgyver, Rabbitleap can you come her"
" A wolf!" Wrenpaw's mind went back to that night when her and Rootpaw had snuck out of camp and they were attacked by a wolf it was the most horrifying thing she had experienced in her life so far.
" Wrenpaw remember that wolf that attacked us that one night" Rootpaw meowed
" I was just thinking the same thing"
" Yes i remember that night you snuck out of camp and nearly got yourselves torn to pieces" Needlepaw chimed in her bright yellow eyes glimmering with a sense of pride and superiority that she wasn't there and following the rules.
Rootpaw rolled his eyes " We get it Needlepaw you're a no fun haver that's why we didn't even ask you if you wanted to come"
" Just out of curiosity what dose a wolf look like?" Needlepaw questioned
" It looked like a fox but it had black fear and was huge!" Wrenpaw explained
" Ya like really huge like up to that tree branch" Rootpaw pointed up to the lowest hanging branch on the tree above them.
" Well that makes me a lot more thankful that i wasn't there"
" Oh good Starclan that's disgusting!" Plumwillow screeched
" What happened?" asked Reedclaw
" I just stepped in a rabbit corps sweet Starclan who leaves a rabbit corpse lying around like that"
" Uh Plumwillow you mite wanna see this" Bellaleaf called pointing to a vast open clearing of trees.
Wrenpaw scanned the clearing and her blood ran cold across the clearing were the strung out corpses of various prey items al torn to pieces.
" Great Starclan what in the Dark Forest could have done this" Turtlecrawl called
" It was that wolf the hole place reeks of wolf scent" resounded Rabbitleap
" I don't know though why would a wolf just leave all of these corpses lying out here in the open instead of just eat them it seems kind weird" Dewspring added
" Well have to report this to Leafstar well want to keep patrols on high alert wolfs are extremely dangerous" Macgyver spoke out
" We should get back to"
" Good Starclan what happened here" a loud voice interrupted Rabbitleap
To Wrenpaw's left across the ShadowClan border a ShadowClan patrol had stumbled upon the scene the cat leading the patrol Wrenpaw recognized as Stonewing behind him was Slatefur, Whorlpelt, Strikestone, Gullswoop, Cinnamontail, Flowerstem, and Spireclaw.
" So that's Spireclaw" Wrenpaw whispered
" What was that Wrenpaw "nothing" Wrenpaw's mind went back to that night she had overheard Pigeonfoot's conversation with Quailfeather and Sunnypelt about how Spireclaw was the father of her kits this was the first time she had seen him in face to face and seeing him explained a lot. Pigeonfoot had said that Dewspring was her mate probably something that Quailfeather had put him up to but most of Skyclan could tell that she was lying. Dewspring and Pigeonfoot were both gray it made no explanation as to were the black and dark gray came it made more since that a black and white tom like Spireclaw was there father from Spiderkit looked almost exactly like Spireclaw in body shape.
" What in the Dark forest did you flea balls do" Gullswoop snarled
" Woah woah woah woah woah now we were wondering the same thing we just happened upon this to" Dewspring resounded.
" Before anybody starts accusing cats what do you Skyclan cats know what happened here?" Stonewing stepped in between Gullswoop and Dewspring
" Stonewing this place reeks of wolf" Strikestone meowed
Stonewing took in deep breath" Oh ya you're right Strikestone how did i not notice that before"
" We scented that to we think that wolf we saw about a moon ago has been hunting around here we recommend that you head back to camp and inform Tigerstar about this and keeping a extra watchful eye "
" Don't worry were already keeping a extra watchful eye out with the kin out and about it be mousebrained to not" Wrenpaw heard Slatefur meow from the ShadowClan patrol
" Ya a patrol from yesterday heard from a RiverClan patrol that Windclan was attacked by the kin last night" Cinnamontail meowed
" What Windclan was attacked! by the kin!" the words rung around inside Wrenpaw's head she hoped that Applepaw was okay with how many kin cats there were "all have to ask tonight at the gathering"
Applepaw's point of view
Applepaw bounded alongside Brindlewing across the Windclan Riverclan border towards the Riverclan camp a patrol had been sent to aid Riverclan consisting of Crowfeather, Sedgewhisker, Leaftail, Kestrelflight, Crouchfoot, Smokehaze, Brindlewing, Featherpelt, Flutterpaw Songpaw, Whistlepaw, Woodpaw, and herself.
As the Riverclan camp came into view Applepaw could see how destroyed the place was the reedbed surrounding the camp was completely crush water and blood were spattered across the camp the soft muddy earth was littered with numerous pairs of cat paws along with a single pair of gigantic dog like paws the belonged to the wolf.
" Sweet Starclan this place looks like a storm swept through here" Crowfeather meowed trying his best to keep his voice calm even so Applepaw could here the fear in her grandfathers voice " Looks like the wolf is gone Kestrelflight, Whistlepaw go see if Mothwing and Willowshine need help "
" Yes Crowfeather" Kestrelflight gave Crowfeather a nod " Come on Whistlepaw" Kestrelflight signaled with his tail before bounding of into the Riverclan camp Whistlepaw following behind him
" Everyone else follow me" Crowfeather signaled heading into camp
Inside camp it was chaos the Riverclan cats were running about camp Applepaw could see the gashes and bite marks along there flanks Applepaw had seen what the wolf had tone to Fogpaw's leg if it got a cats couldn't get out in a few seconds they would probably be killed.
" Hay Flutterpaw" Applepaw turned her head to see Splashpaw walk up to Flutterpaw
" Oh hi Splashpaw ugg how are things going here " Flutterpaw meowed
" Looks like you got yourself a pretty nasty wound on you leg " Flutterpaw pointed to a large bite wound on the brown tabby's frond leg trenched in cobwebs " Fogpaw helping are mon comfort are younger siblings"
" Great Starclan Songpaw gasped "how did that happen"
" Well the wolf got a hold of me thank Starclan that Brackenpelt and Gorseclaw were there to get me free"
" Oh you should of seen Brackenpelt" Graypaw padded up beside Splashpaw " She jumped on the wolfs head and he was like clawing it eyes out"
" Graypaw get over hear help me with finding more herbs for Mothwing Willowshine" Shimmerpelt called " okay Shimmerpelt" Graypaw padded over to his mentor and bounded out of camp.
" That's terrible Icewing just terrible" Applepaw heard Crowfeather meowed in a somber tone.
" What happened?"
" Its ugg" Crowfeather sighed "it's Reedwhisker and Mosspelt they were both killed in the fight"
" Splashpaw that's terrible" Flutterpaw wrapped his tail around Splashpaw supportively
" Ya i know i didn't really now them personally i now my dads pretty upset about it"
" If Reedwhisker is dead then who's the new deputy?" Woodpaw questioned
" Mistystar hasn't named one yet we haven't seen her since the wolf attack lots of Riverclan scattered when it attacked"
Just then Minnowtail trotted into camp Applepaw could tell from her eyes stuck staring at the ground with intense sadness that something was very wrong
" Minnowtail what happened?" Mothwing padded up to Minnowtail
" It's Mistystar she's dead"