You ever wonder why Erin puts the first few words of each chapter in italics? The first six words of the first sentence are in italics, but the last two words of the sentence are not. So odd, right? Anyway, I'm sure everybody is as eager as I am to see Alderpaw get mauled to death by this fox and the pov to switch to me.
Chapter 11
-He watched, stunned, as its wiry body leaped through the air and landed on Sandstorm- Funny, I wasn't stunned at all. There's like five cats here, of course it lands on the only elder in the group who we all knew it was a bad idea bringing along. I should have predicted Sandstorm would be the one to get attacked- but I didn't think even Erin Hunter would drop so low so fast. Why did the second sentence in the chapter have to be so clichéd? Ughh, anyway, let's keep reading.
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It's funny, the next paragraph's first line is Alderpaw leaping onto the fox, and in the very next sentence is him being thrown off before doing any damage at all. Good try wimpy Alderpaw, you would have better luck chasing the fox off with icky herbs.
... holy, what? All of a sudden, he's dodging the fox's attacks and leaping around and landing blows of his own? Is this the same cat who has never caught a piece of prey in his life?
... okay, never mind. Now he's a wimp again and out of the blue, a whirlwind of fur emerges from he bushes and latches on to the fox. Of cousre, since we don't actually know who it is, we are just going to refer to it as 'whirlwind of fur' and 'ball of fur'. Oh, and don't forget 'strange cat' because why not? Hehe, we are going to call said cat 'strange cat' four more times before we finally discover who it is, because you know, cats that are fighting are indistinguishable.
And the dramatic reveal! It's Needlepaw! You remember that kinky ShadowClan she-cat from the Gathering? Yeah, it's the same cat... Ughh, and she's just as intollerable as ever with her sass and uppity attitude. Apparently she was hunting on WindClan territory and spotted the group of ThunderClan cats passing by. Of course she had to follow them.
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There isn't much for me tow rite about, it's just an obnoxious back-and-forth conversation of "you can't come with us" and "you can't stop me." I mean, I don't mind stubborn cats, I mean, I was a stubborn cat. But I had a cool reason and everybody loves me. This cat is just stubborn for the sake of being stubborn and it just rubs my fur the wrong way. I'm so ready for somebody to say, "If you don't stop following us, we'll catch you and rip your throat out and feed it to you."
... And the conversation is now about the prophecy again, with the shadowy thing or whatever. Needlepaw is desperately saying ShadowClan should have some destiny part or something about it, I don't exactly know what she's getting at, but it seems to be making the others feel sorry for her or soemthing. Bottom of page 148. Oh, I just realized, we are exactly half way through the book. The book is only 296 pages long.
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And now she's asking her furture-mate, I mean, Alderpaw if he thinks she should be allowed to come along. He knew he shouldn't like Needlepaw as much as he did- Oh come on! Why you got to be so obvious?! The ThunderClan cats decide they will make the decision together just to fill up more pages with text. We all know she's coming along. She didn't come this far only to be turned around.
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By the way, as we are discussing whether or not let this slexy apprentice join the group, Sandstorm is still bleeding to death- but hey, Priorities!
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Heh, Sparkpaw is wondering if Alderpaw is taking bossy lessons from me when he tells Sandstorm to wrap the wound in cobwebs. Also, by the way, in real life, spiders don't leave webs all over the place. In fact, fun-fact, most web-making spiders will actually eat their own webs once they are done with them. How do I know this, you might ask? Because I'm a medicine cat.
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And even though we just said we would agree as a group to decide, in the end, Sandstorm just has Alderpaw decide anyway. Why even write those past few paragraphs of discussion when we're just coming to the same conclusion as what we had in the beginning?
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Needlepaw is coming with them. Surprise.
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And Alderpaw remarks at how sleek Needlepaw's pelt is when they return to tell her their decision. He's looking deep in her eyes for some reason, but I'm sure we all can guess why. Eh, that's the end of the chapter.
I'll bet you a days worth of fresh-kill that Sandstorm dies of her wounds. Of course she won't die instantly- she'll have to say some noble and glorious rubbish before she passes as all great dying cats do in the series.