Hopefully this will be the last chapter for "Dawn on the Horizon" If not, maybe in the next chapter? Well I hope you enjoy!
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It was when Dawn Light and Lightning Storm were in a light sleep, when the orange tom known as Ember found Lightning Storm.
"Ha, I knew something smelt funny!" The orange tom hissed, making Dawn Light jump to her paws, and stood protectively over her son. Her claws extended out in front of her in defense.
Even when Dawn Light put up an amazing fight, Ember managed to over power her with the help of some of the other cats in Slash's gang. Dawn Light was hauled out of the den by the scruff of her neck, hissing and trying to claw as both her captures at once, while trying to grab at her son who was in the clutches of a black-and-white-tom known as Splinter. Who was giving her son rough shakes as her son tried to claws at him.
"Stupid, lying, flees infested rodents!" Dawn Light could hear Slash's angry outbursts, it was clear that he was angry. Seeing as none of the Clan's has kept their promise to allow them to hunt, she knew this was going to happen. And she would of happily have died knowing that her kits and the Clan was safe…but Lightning Storm.
"What do you have there?" Slash hissed as Dawn Light and Lightning Storm was shepherd in front of Slash, whose eyes swept across mother and son.
"We found him," Splinter pushed Lightning Storm in front of Slash, whose eyes glared down on the young kit. But Lightning Storm puffed out his storm like pelt making his eyes glisten into two jade jewels as they matched Slash's glare. Neither backing down, their fur rising on ends.
"I'm sick of all these Clan cats," Slash hissed, his teeth bared as a dark look crossed his fixtures, both Ember and another cat flanked Dawn Light who tried to reach her son. But she was over powered by the two, who had within them the drive to kill her at any moment. "And I think I plan to get rid of you!"
Slash raised a sharp nailed claw in the air, his eyes narrowed on to a hissing Lightning Storm whose own claws were extended.
With relaxed skill Slash pinned Lightning Storm down, making her son squeak out in shock. "Don't!" Dawn Light Screeched, clawing at Ember's muzzled as she tried to squirm pass Splinter.
"NO!" Harvey's brown muscular frame shot past Splinter, hurdling himself onto Slash as he toppled and rolled with the mangy, scarred brown tabby tom. Both hissing at tarring at each other's pelts, shredding at the fur and basically trying to kill the other.
"No one hurts my son!" His yowled, biting hard on Slash's ear. Bee and another black colored cat come to Slash's rescue yanking Harvey off of the murderesses cat that held a vengeance against the clan.
Still hissing Harvey was panting hard, his eyes never leaving Slash as Slash circles him. "You made a good follower." Slash said scornfully, his eyes glaring hard into Harvey's.
"No one hurts my kits." He hissed back, lunging at Slash. Slash waited till the last possible second, using Harvey's rash thinking to his advantage.
"Harvey, N—" Dawn Lights warning comes to late, Slash stepped off to the side and as Harvey rushed past. Slash's extended claws slice Harvey's throat the momentum from Harvey's weight propelling in onward due to gravity and ripping his throat deeply open.
Harvey falls onto his side, his mouth gurgling as he lay twitching on the ground. His tail twitching, He was facing both Dawn Light and Lightning Storm. His focus sully on Lightning Storm who couldn't look away from his dying father, He watched as his father's green eyes looking exactly like Lightning Storm's own slowly dulled and his painful looking spasm stilled completely.
"He's dead." Snake a small, wiry broad shouldered, matted brown tabby tom with yellow eyes reported after sniffing Harvey's lifeless corps.
"Fool, should of never cross me," Slash challenged looking around his group. Lightning Storm stared sadly at his dead father, a cat that had done great wrong, but gave up his life for his son against an evil cat. Lightning Storm could see that somewhere that Harvey was a good cat, even though most of the time he didn't show it.
Glancing behind him he saw his mother, Dawn Light stare sadly at Harvey as well. Even though he had done much harm to his mother and would never really be redeemed, his mother looked sad for his death.
"Anyone else want to challenge me?" Slash raged, but no cat stepped up. Slash whirled around to once again glare at Lightning Storm an intense glare of hatred burning brightly, Lightning Storm forced himself not to shake as he stared boldly at Slash, he would go out fighting even in the end.
"Good by you little p—" Slash gave out a yelp of alarm as he was bawled over by a black tom, that looked awfully familiar—"Lightning Tail!" Lightning Storm gasped out, jumping out of the way as he got to close to their fight.
Lightning Storm watched in shock, when a graying snowy-white she-cat with short fur and stormy, bright green eyes ran past him. He ducked in time to avoid a wiry brown tabby she-cat with yellow eyes, which jumped incredibly high over his head. And following after them was another she-cat running quickly as she yowled out a challenge, her white chest puffed and her only white paw raised.
"Cream Fur!" Lightning Storm gasped out, watching as the three she-cats attacked both Ember and Splinter, dragging them away from Dawn Light. Both Cream Fur and the snowy-white cat helping drive off Splinter, while the wiry brown tabby she-cat held her own against Ember.
"Cream Fur!" Dawn Light chocked out in shock, not even hesitating as she helped the two younger she-cats with Splinter.
Lightning Storm turned his head, watching as Owl Eyes slashed open Bee's nose while another cat that he recognized as River Ripple attacked her flank.
Whirling to see Violet Dawn and Leaf fighting side by side against Snake and Beetle. Glancing around he could make out his brother Hawk Wing fighting against a giant yellow cat twice his size, but before he could jump in to help, he noticed a jet-black she-cat and a slender-framed orange and white she-cat with green eyes jump to his defense. A dark brown tom with golden eyes was fighting not to far away.
'Lightning Tail!" He heard Thunder roar, watching as ThunderClan's leader jumped in to aid his friend against Slash.
"There's too many!" Yowled Splinter as he turned away from the three she-cats and went running for the entrance, his ear bloody and torn badly.
Ember soon following with a bloody eye. Soon Slash's entire group of cat's where over taken and fled. Lightning Storm felt a pang of triumph, they had won! Until he heard the growing snarl that came from Slash, who was still in camp being held their by Thunder and Lightning Tail, giving him no escape even though they weren't touching him.
Slash tries to dodge off but another cat, the same wiry brown she-cat cuts him off, forcing him back into the invisible circle. Being boxed in by Thunder, Lightning Tail and the she-cat while the other cats stood on guard seemed strike fear in Slash although he wasn't showing it.
"Which one of you mouse-brained fools will finish me off?" Slash taunted, glaring at Thunder and Lightning Tail as they both took a step forward. Slash took an involuntary step back, keeping his gaze firmly on Lightning Tail and Thunder.
"I will," Hissed another cat, to Lightning Storm's disbelief it was his mother, Dawn Light. Dawn Light sprang at him, not giving him the chance to attack first. She grabbed onto his back, clawing at his shoulders. "This is for how you treated me," She cuffs him over the ears, digging her back claws into his fur to hold on. "This is for my kits," She clawed at his sides, toppling them over as they both feel hard to the side.
"This is for the grief you put my mate through!" She recovered and narrowly avoided getting her ear clawed off as she lashed at his left shoulder. "And this is for my friends," She reared back; clawing down his front, although she did leave her stomach exposed to get clawed at, she quickly kicked him away.
"For Harvey," She lashed at his nose, scratching it and watched as he reared back and hissed. "And your own cats!" Dawn Light's paws were pulled out from under her, making Lightning Storm stare in horror as Slash fell on her with claws lashing out. Pinning her as his teeth sank into the side of her throat making her shriek in pain.
"Mother!" Cream Fur yowled, jumping on Slash's back, while Hawk Wing bit hard on his tail, making him release their mother. Lightning Storm in furry, leaps towards Slash clawing at his exposed shoulder, making him howl in pain as him and his siblings hold onto him.
Using their combined weight they manage to pull Slash off their mother, watching her wiggle her way out of his claws. Her skinny form jumping back to snarl at him, she looked wobbly on her paws and unsteady. And to Lightning Storms relief she saw Violet Dawn run up to her.
Cream Fur was shaken from Slash's back, falling right in front of him as she was exposed and looking frightened, Slash's paw was raised as his claws looked like a hawk talon, with blood running in his ears Lightning Storm jumped at Slash's throat, clamping on and chomping down hard. The fill of warm cat blood invaded his mouth, his eyes crinkled shut as he bit down harder. Like a mouse Slash sank to the ground his body scrambling in the dirt, even when he became still Lightning Storm didn't let go.
"That's enough, he's dead." Whispered another voice, peeling open his eyes he looked up to see Thunder, Lightning Storm released Slash's throat, wincing at the thud he made as his head fell to the dirt.
"Lightning Storm!" Dawn Light exclaims, watching the fight between her kits and Slash. Feeling sick that she couldn't do anything, nor that anyone seemed to want to help. But it seemed like this was their destiny, for Slash to die by one of her blood kin, her kits.
"Come on," Lightning Tail ushered his three children away from Slash's dead body, quickly padding up to check his mate antsy.
"Dawn, are you alright?" Lightning Tail said in distress, forcing her to lean on his steady shoulder's that had a nasty claw mark on his left shoulder.
"That's not my name fur-ball," Dawn Light wheezed, making Lightning Tail look at her in confusion. "It's Dawn Light now." She retorts purring, Lightning Tail's eyes gleamed over, looking at her with affection and love.
"That's a wonderful name." Lightning Tail purred back, giving her face a series of affectionate licks that covered her entire face.
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"Mother!" Cream Fur, Hawk Wing and Lightning Storm ran towards their mother, coming to check her over asking over and over again if she was alright.
"Just a little hungry and tired, but I'll be ok." She assured them, nuzzling their heads in turn.
"We thought we lost you!" Hawk Wing wailed, distress clear in his eyes. "I would never leave you." Dawn Light fiercely reassured her son; pure loves pouring out of her as she would rather die then have to leaves her kits to face the world without her, unprepared.
"I wasn't scared," Cream Fur lied, making Lightning Tail give her a disbelieving look but not commenting. "You're one of the strongest she-cats in the entire Clan!"
"And so are you." Wind Runner said, the wiry brown she-cat padding up to the white and brown tabby she-kit. Cream Fur's chest puffed up at the praise, her blue eyes sparkling in pride.
"Thank you for saving our mother Windstar." Hawk Wing said, dipping his head at the WindClan leader. Wind Runner's head tilted, wondering where the 'star' came from. But not questioning the young brown tom-kit.
"You fought well," Wind Runner continued, her gaze softening on Cream Fur. "I'm glade we could have helped," Wind Runner's eyes began to sadden a bit at what she sad next. "I will miss you." Wind Runner dipped her head to Cream Fur then to Thunder and then to Dawn Light.
As Wind Runner gathered up Fern Leaf and Moth Flight and prepared to leave, Cream Fur's unexpected yell stopped everyone in their places.
"I'm coming with you!" Cream Fur shouted, shocking Lightning Storm as well as his parents and brother.
"W-wha—" Dawn Light couldn't get a word out as Cream Fur stared at her sadly, but had full certainty resolute resolve in her blue eyes.
"I'm going with WindClan," She meowed, glancing away from her families gave and shuffling on the ground towards the WindClan cats. "I'm sorry but I can't be a ThunderClan cat, I don't feel like it's my Destiny to be there, I feel like the moor is calling me. That WindClan is where im supposed to be," Turning back around to face her family, she said with certainty. "WindClan is where I'm needed most, but you'll all be in my heart."
Dawn Light was silent for a moment, making Lightning Storm's hair stand on ends on how his mother would react. Dawn Light got to her paws, being helped by Lightning Tail as she padded up to her daughter.
"If that is where your heart is, then I will not stop you." Dawn Light whispered, touching noses with her daughter, who looked surprised yet happy at the same time.
"If you think that is where your destiny and future shall lie, then go for it." Lightning Tail agreed, coming to touch noses with his daughter, looking just as sad as Dawn Light.
"You better come to the gatherings!" Hawk Wing growled, playfully nudging his sister's shoulder, who nudged him back.
"Don't worry she will," Wind Runner said, coming to wrap her tail around Cream Fur. "I'll look after her." Wind Runner assured Dawn Light who nodded her head in acknowledgement.
As Cream Fur began to follow after the other WindClan cats Lightning Storm remembered he didn't say his own good-byes. "But this isn't goodbye now is it? We'll see each other again, so there's no need to say goodbye!"
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Cream Fur's heart hammered inside her chest, threatening to break loose. Padding behind Moth Flight and Wind Runner, she couldn't help but feel excitement as she realized she was now a WindClan cat. A WindClan warrior!
Walking over the ridge she stared down at the hollow, Wind Runner gesturing her to follow her.
"Cream Fur!" Slates thick gray fur eloped her into a warm embrace. "What in the world are you doing here?" Slate asked, checking over the small she-cat.
"She's our new Clan-mate." Wind Runner murmured happily, making Cream Fur's pelt puff up. "And I promise to be the best WindClan warrior there ever lived!"
"I'm sure you will!" Moth Flight purred, blinking admiringly on the small she-cat.
"Cream Fur!" Silver Stripe yowl came from across the clearing as she came bowling into Cream Fur, their fur twinning in pale gray, brown, and white fur. "You're here! We can learn to hunt together!" She squealed, making Cream Fur purr in reply.
"And I can show you the hollow!" White Tail said, coming to skid to a halt in front of her.
"That would be great seeing as I'll be living here now!" Cream Fur announced, getting more excited squeals from both White Tail and Silver Stripe.
"I'm happy that you finally came back home." Black Ear said softly, padding up to touch noses with Cream Fur, closing her eyes Cream Fur leaned into the touch of the patched black-and-white tom with thick fur and hypnotizing amber eyes that took her breath away.
Staring at them Slate and Wind Runner shared a look, both could easily imagine the two as more mature adults, Black Ear with a much brooder shoulder length and more muscular frame, while Cream Fur will shimmering brown and white fur running gracefully across the moors, they would be good together, touching noses as mates. Although they need time to realize that, if only to wait a little bit longer.
"I'm glade you're here." Black Ear mumbled, making a purr rise from both of them. "I am too!" Cream Fur replied back.
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Last chapter will be updated soon!