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Some bright light was shining in my eyes, like a Two-leg monster. I leaped up to discover it was the sun.
Where was I?
I looked around and saw I was on the Island.
And who would be sleeping next to me?
Hawkfire!, I suddenly remembered. I shook my head, realizing the Clan would figure out i was gone sooner or later.
"Fox dung", I cursed, and I nudged Hawkfire, because he had a Clan too. He blinked a few times and stretched.
"Moonecho", he said, and purred as he rubbed himself against me. I lost myself for a little bit as his entracing scent came over me, then I snapped out of it.
"Hawkfire, we need to go back to our Clans", I hissed lowly, but my hiss was out of sadness, not annoyance. Hawkfire licked me on the cheek, then raced off, giving me a wink behind his shoulder. I sighed and raced back to my camp, rolling in wild garlic on the way back. I remembered they would wonder why i was gone, so I grabbed some borage to make it seem like I was gathering herbs. As I walked in to camp I sighed with relief to see only Lionblaze awake.
"Moonecho", he purred, and he padded over to me. He wrinkled his nose when he smelled the wild garlic covering my fur.
"I tripped", I said, and he seemed satisfied enough with the answer. He coughed harshly and I asked, "Dad, what's wrong."
"Well Moonecho, I'm getting old. I won't be around forever you know." He said it as if death was welcome to take him. I was about to question him when a dawn patrol bursted in to camp.
"ShadowClan is attacking!", I heard Rabbitcloud yowl. I started to run up to her, but Bramblestar had hobbled out of my den.
"We need to get out warriors together", he said hoarsely.
"Bramblestar, if you are thinking about fighting, you're thinking wrong", I said, holding a paw in front of his chest.
"No, I need to protect my Clan", he coughed out. We continnued argueing for awhile until he got the upper hand with, I'm the leader, my word is law. I sighed, stopping my attempts to show him he was digging his grave.
I listened to them plan for a little, then most of the warriors raced out of camp. I brought Wolfpaw into my den with me, and we arranged herbs for battle wounds. We made leaf bundles, and followed the foul smelling ShadowClan scent.
What I saw was devastating.
ThunderClan was losing terribly. ShadowClan was slowing progressing. Then I saw Lionblaze. A black warrior had slashed him across the flank, and Lionblaze was slow to fight back. I growled some orders to Wolfpaw, then leaped over to the black warrior, coming between Lionblaze and him. I yowled a battle cry.
The black warrior smirked at me and brought up his paw to slash me across the face. I brought my paw up faster and gave him a gash on the nose. He was persistent, and kept trying to fight.
I slid underneath him, raking his belly with my claws. I was faster then him, and he looked around, wondering how I got to his other side. I hissed in his face and he fled. My father was nowhere to be seen.
I saw a tabby apprentice appproaching Wolfpaw, and I jumped over, smacking him aside with my paw. Wolfpaw was unharmed.
We began to set to work, helping our fellow warriors. When proud Bramblestar finally decided to retreat to camp, I looked over our Clan.
We were broken.
Bramblestar had three long gashes across his flank that were bleeding heavily. Many of our younger warriors were terribly injured, and the apprentices were bruised and bleeding. I looked for my father, but I wish I hadn't.
He had been carried to camp by Rabbitcloud and Bumblestripe. Rabbitcloud looked at me sympatheticly, and I raced over to him. He was gasping for breath, and I licked his face, begging him to continue living.
"Moonecho", he croaked. "Don't pity the dead. Pity the living." His eyes glazed over, and I yowled mournfully, burying my face into his fur. I looked for Icecloud, but when I asked everyone, they said she couldn't be found.
I was so broken, like someone took my life and smashed it to pieces. As a medicine cat though, I coudln't abandon my Clan.
I worked solemnly to clean everyone's wounds, not saying a word. Snowpelt had been originally trained as a medicine cat, and she helped me a great deal. I wondered why she hadn't become medicine cat, she wasn't a very good hunter, fighter, and she didn't even have a mate.
When Bramblestar had slightly recovered, he croaked to me to try to find answers at Moonpool. I set off with Wolfpaw at my side.
The cold Moonpool water made me shiver. I lied down, wondering what dreams would come to me.
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