Dovepaw and Birchfall crawled through the bushes."Blackbird!" She said, having her nose point to the bird. Birchfall jumped up and hung onto a large branch and bit the bird's throat. He dropped it into Dovepaw's paws and fell down himself.
"Can we share this, father?" She asked. Birchfall licked his legs and nodded. "We could leave a little for Ivypaw if you want." Birchfall told her. Dovepaw shook her head. "I can barely talk to her! She is so into Bumblestripe, and so is he. They are basically mates." She said. Ivypaw had been in love with Bumblestripe since she was an apprentice.
Birchfall nodded. "I promise she'll have a hunt with us tomorrow." He promised, hopefully. Or else if he couldn't get her to go, he would have to invite Bumblestripe too. Dovepaw reached for a bite of the blackbird.
Then, Birchfall saw a white animal in the shadows. "Hello." It said. She came near them! "Ivypaw!" Dovepaw purred. Ivypaw smiled. "I am sorry I never spend time with you. Bumblestripe makes me go crazy." She told them. Dovepaw sighed.
Ivypaw looked and saw gray animals running near Birchfall. Rats! "Birchfall!" They squealed. Birchfall looked. He saw the rats darting for him. He ran back to camp with Ivypaw and Dovepaw on his trail. Luckily, Dovepaw had the bird in her mouth.
"Bramblestar! Rats have been near our territory." Birchfall screamed. Ivypaw noticed Bramblestar was near them. "We must be alert then." Bramblestar replied. Thornclaw, the deputy, came to them. "Alert of what?" He asked. Dovepaw looked at the tom."Rats! They came by us while we were hunting and they almost bit Birchfall!" She cried out.
Thornclaw, very much surprised, nodded and went along to set the sunset patrols. Dovepaw took a deep breath after her screaming and looked into the sun. "Everyone will be okay.." She hoped.
"Escape from the territory now!" Screamed cats the next day. Birchfall opened his eyes. He saw a rats all over the camp. Cats were gathering prey, while WindClan warriors were helping them. Dovepaw and Ivypaw were were deep sleepers. Bumblestripe took Ivypaw's muzzle and ran to the patrol of WindClan warriors.
Dovepaw woke up once she heard, "Is everyone out?" She didn't notice the rats, so she went in the Clearing. Three rats were darting for her paw!
Dovepaw looked around to notice she was covered with rats near her. "Help!" She screamed. Birchfall blinked to see his daughter horrified in the Clearing. "Dovepaw!" He screamed. He ran and jumped, able to push Dovepaw out of the way, able for the rats to climb up him more easily cause he was laying on the ground. Tons of rats kept climbing up him and biting him. He didn't move. He didn't try to battle them off. He did nothing.
Ivypaw woke up in Bumblestripe's hold. "Birchfall!" She screamed. The two apprentices and the warrior were the only ones left in camp. The rats stopped biting and ran away to ShadowClan territory.
Birchfall was bleeding, were ever you looked was bites with blood. Dovepaw ran to her father, and Bubmelstripe dropped Ivypaw's muzzle and Ivypaw ran over to him. "Birchfall!" They ran to them. He licked around Birchfall's nose and mouth. He was dead.
Whitewing was the first warrior back to camp, and she looked at Birchfall's biten body. "Oh no... Birchfall, it was supposed to last..." She whispered into his pelt.
Dovepaw looked into his bitten pelt. Instead of your promise, StarClan gives us your death... I promise Ivypaw and I will spend more time together, I promise.