Hey, I'm back. Sorry for not updating, I kinda had a writer's block there. DD:
Anyways. To the story! Thanks MoonGazer08 for the support!
Disclaimer: I don't own Warriors. Sadly. sniff
Last time, on Sky's Tears.
Cat's claws raked at her fur, turning the once glossy and clean fur to become matted and bloody. She struggled to fight back, but she was pinned to the ground as if Clans of cats were piled upon her. Suddenly, the claws disappeared, and Rainygaze was floating up in Silverpelt. She looked down upon the mountains where the 4 clans settled, and heard a soothing voice "War will come and-"
"Rainygaze?"
"Rainygaze wake up!" Purplesong cried. Rainygaze jerked awake.
"What happened!?" Rainygaze asked.
Purplesong blinked, and pointed to the dawn patrol leaving. Rainygaze's eyes widened and she scrambled up and just barely managed to catch up with them.
"Where in the world were you, Rainygaze? You're really late!" Graywing scolded. Rainygaze rolled her eyes and darted off into the forest towards the IceClan border. She appeared in the clearing, her eyes just adjusting to the bright light. The stone was warm beneath her paws, and she slowly padded to the small stream where the border was. The smell of it however, was strong. It seems like the IceClan patrols were marking their boundaries pretty clearly. The rest of the patrol, including Graywing, Mistpaw, Sharpfrost, and Frostwing, started to match IceClan's border, renewing the StreamClan scent. Then she scented a faint IceClan scent in the wind. Graywing's ears pricked as if he had smelled them too.
Suddenly, the whole patrol was on their paws, closely observing their surrounding. Rainygaze saw a figure standing on a rock nearby, and lowered her weight onto her haunches, ready to pounce at the slightest sign of danger. The high mountain peaks were a great place to hide for a clan like IceClan. They absolutely loved to play dirty. "Mistpaw, if a fight starts, run and get help as fast as you can, got that?" Graywing breathed. Mistpaw merely nodded as his muscles tensed. Rainygaze whipped around just as an IceClan cat came, hurtling out of the bushes. In a couple of heartbeats, a fight was set aflame.
Rainygaze's P.O.V
Graywing was battling with a tortoiseshell, and Frostwing was snarling at a light brown tabby tom, and a black one. I clawed furiously at my opponents pelt and muzzle, my heart pounding in delight as one of my blows hit him straight across his muzzle. I took the chance and kicked him straight off of me, landing several fox-lengths away. "Frostwing!!" I yowled, bowling one of the toms over. I flew off a couple of fox-lengths as his well-built hind legs slammed into my underbelly, and scrambled up just in time to feel him drag his claws across my side. I lashed out my claws, raking them across his ears. He cried out in pain, and fled. However, it seemed that there were even MORE IceClan cats.
"Oh where in the world is Mistpaw?" I thought, in complete anguish.
Just then I heard a battle cry behind me, and a surge of StreamClan cats flooded out behind me, lashing out claws, teeth, and hind legs. I felt a pair of sharp claws slash across my muzzle, making me yowl in pain.
"You'll pay for that you piece of fox-dung!" I hissed at my attacker.
"Oh we'll see about that…I don't think you got the guts, little she-cat!" My attacker, Wingheart of IceClan taunted.
"Die you stupid flea-bag!!" I yowled, clawing him as hard as I could on his side, although I didn't get away without a couple of marks. I smirked in delight when I felt my claws dig into his pelt, the blood spilling all over my claws. My paws sticky with blood, I whipped around to glimpse a cowering apprentice, shivering with fear. I smiled at an easy victory. I blinked and pretended I was innocent, and after a couple of seconds of repeated blinking, I lunged forward and snapped my bare teeth a whisker-width away from his muzzle, sending him reeling back with fear. He glared at me with eyes filled with rage, and lunged at me, lashing out a paw. I reared back on my hind legs, and crashed down on him, only to feel the sensation of flying through the air once again. My eyes narrowed at the smirking apprentice not too far away.
I bent into a crouch, bracing my muscles. Just as I was about to pounce, Hazelpaw flew out of the bushes and barreled into him, locking them in a fight. I winced at the pain of my scratches as they started to sting. Luckily for me, they weren't bleeding too heavily, and I managed to whip around just in time to dodge a lunging warrior.
"StarClan, when will this stop?" I muttered under my breath as I looked around for another enemy.
As I turned my face, I felt a pair of claws scratch across my muzzle, causing blood to fly everywhere. I fell against the cold stone, a sharp pain shooting up one of my hind legs. I closed my eyes tight, trying to resist yowling in pain, as I felt pebbles graze my scratches. My eyes flew open, burning with rage. But that rage quickly faded, as I recognize who my attacker was.
"………Copperheart?" I breathed, stunned that my own brother would attack me like this.
I didn't need to look at him to feel that he was starving. He was horrifyingly light, and I felt as if I could throw him off using a paw. I rolled out from under him and stared him down, observing his scrawny figure. He glared at me with eyes burning with desperation, and pounced upon me, tearing at my underbelly with his claws. I yowled and kicked him as hard as I could, successfully making him fly several fox-lengths away. I ran across the bloodied stone of the mountains, to stand in front of my own brother's vengeful eyes.
"What is wrong with you?" I growled.
"I'm fighting for my Clan!"
"And you decide to attack your own sister of all people?"
His eyes lowered in shame. "We're starving, Rain." He managed to croak, after a long silence.
"Don't call me that. You don't deserve to. You. Are not my brother." I spat at his face.
He stared at me in shock before backing and retreating with his clan. Grayfrost padded up to me and stroked my shoulder with his tail. "I saw what happened. I'm sorry." He murmured.
"I've lost my brother……..Not only was he the one I played with most in the nursery, but he was also the one that I loved most. Up until now." I fumed, shrugging his tail off and bounding away into the forest alone.
I ran as far as my legs could take me, off into unknown territory beyond the borders. I found a small, queer looking den that I could take refuge in for the night and plodded in, my paws aching with exhaustion. Just as I laid down, a scarred face flashed in front of me, making me shoot up with fear. I backed away slowly, neck fur bristling, and snapped at the cat. The rogue blinked, and sat down in front of me.
"What brings you, a Clan cat, into my little shed?" He probed, licking his pure white fur casually.
"How do you know I'm a Clan cat?" I snarled, narrowing my eyes at him.
"You smell of the mountains."
"I'm a StreamClan cat, and proud of it!" I said, puffing out my chest with pride.
He yawned and stared out into the horizon, watching the sunset. " It's getting dark, shouldn't you be going home?" He asked, turning his head to me.
"I was wondering if I could stay the night. Something happened back in the mountains." I mewed sheepishly.
"You're welcome here. By the way, the name's Fox, what's yours?" He asked politely.
"My name's Rainygaze. Nice to meet you Fox." I replied, letting out a yawn. "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep, see ya in the morning, Fox." I meowed, feeling woozy from exhaustion. I drifted off to sleep, hoping it would be dreamless.
Fox's P.O.V
As I saw the female drift off to sleep, I rose to my paws and stepped out into the evening, padding away. Not far from the shed was my band's campsite. Yes, I belong to a clan of outcasts, and rogues, all seeking revenge on the Clans. I joined this clan because they told me that if I didn't take care of them once and for all, I would have to join them, and live to their rules, or they would kill me or maybe, drive me out. But Rainygaze isn't like that…..Is she? Anyways, the leader, Seagull, wishes to attack soon, but first, he's decided to chase foxes and badgers into Clan territory and blame it on the neighboring clan. Diabolical isn't it? He plans to weaken them before he attacks them, one by one.
He's also guided hawks and eagles to clan territory to starve them. Geez, I'd hate to get on the bad side of him. He's absolutely ghoulish. Well, I'm supposed to report back to Seagull, and tell him that I've found a Clan cat!
" Nice work, Fox. Now we can use her as a tool to our plan. Fox, I want you, to convince her to stay here with you, and then once you've got her trust, bring her to us. Got it?" Seagull confirmed.
"Yes sir, I got it." I replied, dipping my head and bounding out of the den, " I don't want to deceive her, but I have no choice….." I thought to myself, curling up in the barn to pretend that I was asleep as well.
My eyes widened with shock as I entered the barn, Rainygaze was gone!
