Leafpool looked up. Only a second before she had heard a cat moving quickly through the underbrush. Then, suddenly, they had stopped. She checked the scent. Whitewing! But she was supposed to be in camp. There were already plenty of cats hunting and patrolling. Something was wrong. Leafpool looked around for the young she-cat. There! But why was she lying on the forest floor? Leafpool walked over Whitewing.
"Ashfur!" called Leafpool, realizing that Whitewing had fainted. Ashfur came running.
"Run back to camp and find Jayfeather! Quickly!" exclaimed Leafpool. Ashfur nodded and ran off toward camp.
As he came closer to the camp, Ashfur realized why Whitewing had been out in the forest. The camp was full of fighting cats. Suddenly he saw Firestar who was being attacked by both Blackstar and Leopardstar. He raced over to help. Berrywhisker also noticed and went to help. Together they managed to pin down Blackstar. Since Berrywhisker knew that Firestar was injured, he signaled to Ashfur to take care of Blackstar. Ashfur nodded and Berrywhisker turned to help Firestar with Leopardstar. Then he noticed the triumphant look on Leopardstar's face.
'Firestar's losing a life!' Berrywhisker realized suddenly. He jumped on Leopardstar and raked his claws across her back.
"Stupid kittypet! Don't you know you could never beat a Clan leader like me in battle?" hissed Leopardstar.
"Kittypet?!" growled Berrywhisker angrily, "I'll show you who's a kittypet! You evil idiot!" Berrywhisker clawed Leopardstar even harder, and left deep scratches along her back and sides. Leopardstar responded by using her greater weight to hold him down. Berrywhisker raked his claws across her belly causing Leopardstar to screech in pain. She pulled herself away with an extra couple of bites and scratches from Berrywhisker then ran out of the ThunderClan camp calling to the RiverClan warriors to follow her. Then it was ThunderClan against ShadowClan. Ashfur was fighting with Blackstar again as Firestar struggled to his paws.
"Firestar! You're hurt! Badly. You just lost a life. You're not fighting!" Berrywhisker growled. Firestar could barely stand up, and had to agree with Berrywhisker. Berrywhisker forced him to go into his den before running back into the battle. Together Berrywhisker and Ashfur fought off Blackstar also giving him a few extra scratches and bites to remember them by. Blackstar ran off, followed by the other ShadowClan cats. ThunderClan had won.
During this time, Whitewing had regained consciousness. Leafpool had helped her to stand up, and now she was fine.
"We need to find Jayfeather. The camp was being attacked. I know a lot of cats are injured!" meowed Whitewing.
"Ok. He's probably down by the lake. That's where most of the herbs grow. Let's go!" replied Leafpool.