p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Dovestar looked out at thunderclan from Highrock. Down below, kits were playing in the sun, and apprentices were coming back from the last hunting patrol. There was no crisis going on, no battles being fought. There was a mountain of food and the medicine cats had a seemingly never-ending stockpile of herbs. The sun was at just the right angle and the Elders were sitting out and dozing in the sun. Yes life was good, but as normal in the clans, this would be short lived. Dovestar got up and stretched before trodding down to the floor of the thunder clan camp. Looking out towards the mountains says to himself "Starclan, what's next?"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"The harbor had been walking for two days. They had put 5 more cats into the clan. They found 4 kits and their starving mother. Their father was planning on eating the kits and if they hadn't had them the father would've killed and ate them all./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Dark trotted through the mudlands in a single file line. He was hungry and fur stuck to his bones. In some places fur had come off completely, and his tail dragged in the mud. Looking up he saw the barn that they would be resting in. From what he had heard from the two cats in the back this barn was full of mice. As they approached the cat with mottled brown fur yowled, "You'll never break in, my mate Barley will kill you all!" "Is that so?' Claw mused, "very well Dark you are up." Feeling all of harbors eyes on him he gulped down his fear and stepped forward. Approaching the barn he yelled out an: "Hello!" Hearing nothing he stepped into the barn./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 138%; text-decoration: none;"span style="background: transparent;"Suddenly a claw whipped out from the darkness and tore a gash between Claws eye and his nose. Jumping back he hissed at the enemy and looked around to see nothing but blackness. Taking another step in, he put his nose up to the air. In the bar he could smell the mustiness of hay as well as the different pieces of wheat that were lying around. The only light was moonlight filtering through two open windows. With a big gulp he stepped into the darkness./span/p
p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Suddenly a claw whipped out from the darkness and tore a gash between Claws eye and his nose. Jumping back he hissed at the enemy and looked around to see nothing but blackness. Taking another step in, he put his nose up to the air. In the bar he could smell the mustiness of hay as well as the different pieces of wheat that were lying around. The only light was moonlight filtering through two open windows. With a big gulp he stepped into the darkness. /span/p
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p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Meowing a small: "Hello?" He glanced around. In the barn he saw nothing but his paws and he started to get scared. "Is anyone there!" Noticing a small figure laying down he walked up to it. A small mouse lay on the ground, half eaten. His mouth starting to water he bent down and took a bite out of the mouse before getting hit by a large cat. Standing up he sent a claw upward at the enemy before getting nipped in his back legs. Swiftly turning around he sent a kit flying. The kit let out a pained cry and dropped to the floor. /spanspan style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"Three more kits climbed out of bales of hay before sending a claw at the Darks nose. Wrinkling his nose he shook out bubbles from his head. Unsheathing his claws he curled his lip, displaying an impressive set of teeth. Throwing a swipe at the kit's head it dodged before biting his paw. The second one jumped up and was tugging on his ear. Shaking off the kit on his head. He looked down with a dark stare at the kit still on his paw. /span/p
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p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Grabbing the kit in his mouth he began to crunch down on it. He heard the breaking of the bones as the kit yowled out a pained scream. From behind him a massive paw grabbed his pelt and pulled him to the cat's mouth. Letting out a scream of his own he sent another shot towards the cat, but ended up swiping at air. Tumbling to the ground he felt another claw rip through his stomach. Standing up he coughed up blood and felt a pang of pain seeing his own blood. Sending another blind swipe at the cat and feeling flesh on claw he digs deeper before touching something bone. Staggering back at the weird feeling he looked at the damage he had done. A crevice one a rat-length wide had been made between the cat's ear and mouth. With a ravine like showing bone and teeth. /span/p
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p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"Looking up at the cat that had taken his life, Barley saw something he hadn't seen in a long time. The dark glint in his eye, his humongous claws, his fire red striped pelt. It couldn't be, but it was right here. "Tigerstar"? He said, before falling to the ground. /span/p