This is kinda a trigger warning for a lot of blood. Like a lot of blood.


Chapter 21: All Good Comes to an End

It was tonight that they would strike. Toastfire sighed as he rounded up some volunteers, which consisted of Goodstar, the newly named Robbierot, Dollface, Barrybee, Moonshine, Hardwhisker, and Bluelightning. Toastfire himself was leading the patrol, despite his pleads for Goodstar to lead them to attack. The dark brown tabby tom sighed as he looked around at the others who decided to stay and guard camp. He looked into the eyes of his son, who he had bonded with over these moons. He then looked at Normaltail, and she walked over to them. "I hope you kick their sorry as- I mean rumps." Normaltail said, licking her mate's cheek. Timberpaw stared at his father in pride, and Toastfire felt warm inside.
The warmth soon faded as he realized that this could be his final moments with his family. He licked both of their heads and murmured, "I love you both very much." Tears started forming, but he soon nodded to both of them and walked over towards Goodstar, who was saying goodbye to Ricetooth. The deputy looked around at the camp, growing more depressed as he stared over at the families.
The three siblings were crying as they said goodbye to Newsky and Lizardsneeze, who were crying as well. Hardwhisker and Moonshine sadly gazed upon their family, which looked incomplete without Paleale. Wafflepaw and Maplepaw were crying for their uncle and grandmother not to go, but Scotchdrink hesitantly shushed them. Salmoncreek stood helplessly with Heartburn, not wanting to lose anymore of his loved ones, but he knew he couldn't stop them from fighting for their clan, their home, their family.
Bluelightning looked rather lonesome, with only his healing daughter by him. The tom was smiling at the little one, reassuring that he was coming home with her mother and sister. Axpaw simply cried and hugged him in some way, "Dad, if you die, I'll kill you." The black she-cat tried to laugh, but started bawling. Toastfire watched as his son ran over to the two, comforting Axpaw as Bluelightning joined him and Goodstar.
When the others joined, they started off to fight off the evil. The first half of the journey was quite quiet, with little to no words spoken. The silence was broken when Goodstar spoke. "We should talk before we fight, just... Normally." He sighed, and struck a small conversation with Bluelightning and Hardwhisker. Barrybee sounded less enthusiastic than usual as he talked about old times with his brother, while Moonshine told them stories of her childhood with Budlight and the stupid things she did as an apprentice. Dollface sighed as she walked by Toastfire, hesitating to speak to the deputy. "I'm scared." She finally said, her pale calico face looking down at her paws. "We all are, Dollface." He stated, looking to the side. "I don't want to die, I'm scared of what will happen to me." The calico said, lowering her ears.
"Well, you'll go to Starclan."
"I'm just scared about it, hunting for all eternity doesn't seem too fun to me."
Toastfire paused, and looked off in the distance. Moonshine was laughing in the background, "Ay, kid, you should use that stupid pun while we battle. And other kid, you should shout 'Thunderclan is number one' along with your brother." The dark tabby figured she was trying to lighten the mood from it's gloomy atmosphere, and chuckled. Dollface laughed slightly too, and started to laugh more as Hardwhisker did goofy faces. While Toastfire expected Goodstar to force them to keep going, the tom merely roared in laughter, and even Bluelightning let out a chuckle. They could all need some laughs during all of this.

Suddenly, everything changed when Lostclan attacked. Multiple cats pounced upon them, tackling them to the ground. The cat on top of Toastfire was about to bite into his neck, as were the others, but a familiar voice stopped them. "Hold it, guys! We wouldn't want to do that so quickly, where's the fun in that?" Red eyes met blue and green eyes as Breadclaw pranced around, giggling like a she-kit as he witnessed the advantage he was at. Dollface cried out, but the she-cat pinning her down stuffed a tail in her mouth to shut her up. Breadclaw rolled his eyes, and his eyes seemed to glow green. "Okay, guys, let them up. We'll battle them like old tradition, since they don't like us fighting with actual smarts." He ordered and smiled as his Lostclan cats scurried by him and formed a long wall of cats. Toastfire's vision blurred and the world seemed to shake as he backed up along with the Thunderclan cats. A small she-cat grunted as she flexed her claws. "When can we skin them?" Breadclaw let out an audible sigh and shooed the she-cat away. "Doeprint, go to camp, you're not supposed to be here." The she-cat hissed, but reluctantly agreed. The Thunderclan deputy felt offended that Breadclaw would dare to use clan names for such monsters such as himself.
The Exiled Demon smiled menacingly and yowled. "Let the show begin!" Blood was stained on his paws as he lifted them to show his claws.
All Hell broke loose. Toastfire was soon found wrestling a large blood-stained she-cat, who's claws dug into his right cheek, where his scar was. Memories started to flood back to the tom, Brightlight's claws and blood flashed in his mind. He cried out not in pain, but in terror of his own mind. A second passed, and the dark brown tabby screamed as he sunk his claws into the she-cat's neck. The Lostclan warrior started to choke on her own blood as she died slowly. Toastfire shook his head as his mother's corpse flashed in front of his eyes. The tom hissed at himself and turned to see Robbierot and Barrybee fending off four cats at once. Toastfire rushed to help them, but he was tackled and pinned by Breadclaw. "Oh, you poor naive child." The leader chuckled.
"Look around you, dear brother!"
Toastfire struggled to look up, but when he did, he couldn't watch for long. Bluelightning, Dollface, Hardwhisker, and Moonshine were fighting for their lives together, blood covering their limbs and pelts. Goodstar was nowhere to be seen. Robbierot screeched as he bravely slashed at the Lostclan cats with his brother. "THUNDERCLAN IS NUMBER ONE!" The tom was immediately rammed into by one of the Lostclan warriors, who pinned him to the ground and gutted the poor warrior til he went limp. Barrybee stood in shock for a second, but screamed in both agony and anger. "I WILL BARRY YOU ALIVE!" He threatened the Lostclan cats, but all four of the cats piled on top of him, ripping him to shreds.
Toastfire tried to close his eyes, but Barrybee's screams still rang in his ears. He could feel the blood dripping down his face, along with the flowing blood from the she-cat he had killed. Breadclaw merely laughed. "It's funny how life works. I never would have thought I would be able to accomplish this. But here I am now, leading the force that will tear all of the clans to bloody pieces. But all of this blood with have been worth it. There shall only be one clan, Lostclan. No wars, no half-breed mongrels, no more having to kill your other clan friends. No one will steal from one another, everything will be better!-"
The insane tom was soon interrupted as Goodstar tackled him off of his deputy. Toastfire watched in horror as Goodstar and The Exiled Demon wrestled, blood flying everywhere. "RUN!" Goodstar yowled, and the remaining warriors started to bolt towards Thunderclan hesitantly. The last moments of Goodstar Toastfire saw was the great Thunderclan leader fighting every Lostclan there in order for his clanmates to get away. Horror was forever scarred on Dollface's face. Hardwhisker stared at her in understanding, and rushed to follow Bluelightning and Moonshine back to camp.

Toastfire hurried after them.