Chapter Three
Rage and sorrow
Reaperpaw and Berrywing made to the training glade and they started to practice his fighting skills. He had just perfected a move when Lionstar's battle yowl sounded. "Quick young Reaperpaw! To battle!" Yelled Berrywing running towards camp. Reaperpaw followed and found the camp swarmed with strange cats, and instantly leaped on to a brown tabby tom and slashed his side. The tabby retaliated and swiped at his ears, Reaperpaw yowled in rage and tackled the tabby giving him a good bite on one of the tom's hind legs, only letting go when the tom yowled. As the tabby fled he looked around, he found his mom and another queen defending the nursery and Nightwish and the other elders fighting together. He heard another yowl and found Mintstorm the deputy surrounded and came to his aid, seeing that Lionstar was doing the same. He fought off a light brown she-cat as Mintfur tackled a silver tom, nearby Lionstar was grappling with a bracken colored tom. There was chaos everywhere he looked, there was a sudden screech by the nursery and found that a tom had gotten past Dapplebright and Midnightpelt and was shoving his way in. Oh no Duskkit! He thought and ran to the nursery with an angry yowl tackling the tom into the nursery. He fought for his sister's life but he was flung out of the nursery as the tom was on his back and used his back feet to fling Reaperpaw out. Reaperpaw landed with a thump and had only just stood when he heard the squeaky cry of Duskkit. "NO! Duskkit! He yelled in dismay then angered further he launched himself at the tom only to find that Lionstar and Midnightpelt beat him to it but he still helped by swiping at the tom. The tom went running and he heard Berrywing call for help and ran to help her, while Mintfur fought off a huge tabby tom close by. Berrywing was fighting two warriors at once and Reaperpaw swiped at the fiery colored she-cat, he got scratched on his side and he swiped at her face and chased her off only having to jump on the other warrior that was wounding Berrywing pretty badly. After that he saw Mintfur die along with Dapplebright, Berrywing and his parents. The horror of the situation got to him and he snapped. He felt angry and blood thirsty, his second ability activated. His blood rage power flooded his system and he yowled a challenge leaping at the nearest warrior and nearly ripping the tom to shreds. The tom managed to escape only for their leader to attack Reaperpaw and lose. The white tom was covered in blood, he looked in terror at the black apprentice and yowled a retreat. Reaperpaw watched as the cats ran out of camp and ran after them making sure they left the territory for good. It was then that the Blood Rage left his system and as he stopped to catch his breath he realized what had happened and with great sadness came back to the camp to find it utterly destroyed, nests were ripped apart and bodies were everywhere. Worst of all he found his parents laying side by side dead next to the nursery, with a sob he checked inside Dapplebright had died next to her kits Barkkit and Mosskit. The saddest was the body of Duskkit laying in a bloody heap, he slowly walked over to his only sister and gently laid on top of her as if to hug her and wept his sadness out.