Meanwhile, back at Leafclan camp, Rosepaw was standing by the injured Skypaw. She was very sleepy. Nothing will happen if I just sleep a small wink. She thought as her eyelids drooped low, very, very low until she barely knew what was in front of her...
Rosepaw was on her Skyclan plateau. She didn't smell anything. She could see, but yet, she couldn't see. She was running around, yelling, "Wildstar! Momma! Jayfeather! Hello?" She looked for dens, but then she saw a horrifying sight. Everything was black. Fire was still in small embers everywhere and one den was still burning. It was the self-dug den that Crackedfang only slept in. Rosepaw ran up to it, and gasped. Behind the flames, Crackedfang was trapped in the den. His eyes wide and rolling. Crackedfang was choking on the thick smoke, and then Rosepaw woke up. "No! Crackedfang!"
"Shut the ruddy Starclan up, twerp!" yowled Shadowlight, clearly in another den. He ran in to check on things, and saw Rosepaw looking around, her eyes wide. Skypaw's breathing was fast and labored, and her wound was greenish and ugly. "It's infected," said Riverwind. "She's not going to live long. Might as well feed her to the wolves right now."
Rosepaw then slammed into Riverwind and grabbed Skypaw by the scruff. She scrambled under Shadowlight's legs and ran out of camp as fast as she could with Skypaw in her mouth.
"NO!" cried Blackstar, the Leafclan leader. "THEY'LL LEAK INFORMATION!" Rosepaw was already gone. She was tumbling through the shrubs and grasses. She was the high plateau where her camp was. She was almost home.
Rosepaw was running much slower. She was exausted and her legs were complaining from all the over work. She fell to the ground, and her body would not let her get back up. She tried to remember what Jayfeather said about anti-bacterial venom... "Grass snakes!" she suddenly remembered. A whole bunch of dumb luck shined upon her as a grass snake slithered right into Skypaw's heaving body. It was clearly old and didn't know what to do with the furry mass blocking its way. Rosepaw killed it and found a large leaf. She used her claws to open its mouth and let the harmless venom drip onto the leaf. Twice she spilled the venom and she had to start over, but she got it. She dripped it onto Skypaw's wound and prayed for a merical.
Then, Shadowlight charged into the tall grass where Rosepaw was hiding and healing Skypaw. He looked insane, his body cut and his eyes wild. "Oh, you little brat! I go through all the trouble to kidnappe you, knock you and and whatever-paw here out cold, and you run off without a 'Good Bye!'" he said. "Now, I am gonna do what I need to and get out of here, and you're going to be a good girl and go along with it." Shadowlight leaped at Rosepaw, his ransid, yellow teeth bared and ready to tear. He grabbed her neck and held tight. "I an gonna ki' you!" he said while still holding on. Rosepaw gasped for breath.
He was slowly killing her, a shameful way to kill an enemy. It was brutal and was considered a sign of a deranged and evil cat. But Shadowlight held. He seemed to have done this before because he tempted Rosepaw by letting go the tiniest bit and the tiniest bit of air went into Rosepaw's lungs, which just tortured her more. Rosepaw collected all her remaining strength and tried to throw Shadowlight off. He flew off, though his teeth raked her neck and made her bleed. Rosepaw looked at Skypaw, still now, with lighter breathing. She saw the wound on her head, and anger built inside her. She hissed and jumped on top of Shadowlight.
She bit down on his neck, a deadly blow, and Shadowlight yowled into the sky and fell limp. Rosepaw looked at what she had done. Pride and fear covered her heart, and she wished desperately that she was at her camp, with soft mosses to comfort her at night and Skypaw, with no wound, sleeping beside her.
She poked Skypaw with her muzzle, and she gave a low rumbling sound. Skypaw groaned, looked warily, and laid her head down. "Rosepaw," she whispered. "are we home?" Rosepaw was startled at this, and quickly told it the best she could. "Not yet, Skypaw. Not quite yet."