Chapter 7
"We have to be careful, Shadowclan might be up to their usual tricks," Firestar meowed as he padded along the Shadowclan border.
"Shadowclan are bad, aren't they?" Squirrelpaw asked.
"Yeah, they are," Tigerclaw meowed, as he paused to sniff.
Firestar also paused and sighed. "Whats the matter, Firestar?" Tigerclaw asked, his eyes wide.
"It's nothing," Firestar murmured.
"Are you having another feeling of death?" Tigerclaw asked. He was remembering the trip to the moonstone.
Firestar didn't answer but opened his jaws to taste the air. "Intruders!" he hissed, instead, dropping into a crouch.
The bushes rustled and a light gray she cat with such bright blue eyes stepped into the open. She was followed by a dark gray tom, a dark tortoiseshell tom and a blue gray tom.
"Who are you and what are you doing on Thunderclan territory?" Firestar hissed.
The she cat stopped and glanced at the dark gray tom. The dark gray tom stepped forward. "My name is Gray, and whats it to you why we are here?" he hissed.
"I am Bramble," the dark tortoiseshell meowed.
"I'm called Sky," the blue gray tom meowed.
"And I am Sapphire," the light gray she cat meowed.
"Okay, then why are you own our territory?" Tigerclaw hissed.
"We are free to be anywhere we want to be," Sapphire hissed.
"This is our territory," Squirrelpaw hissed, arching her back, her fur was starting to bristle.
"So," Gray shrugged, "we have come to hunt, who's going to stop us?"
Squirrelpaw let out a screech of anger and launched herself at Gray, carrying him off his paws.
"Get this stupid she cat off of me," Gray hissed as Squirrelpaw clawed him. She sank her teeth into his shoulder.
But Sapphire leaped on top of Squirrelpaw and thrust her off, causing her to skid close to the Thunderpath.
"Tigerclaw, get Squirrelpaw away from the Thunderpath," Firestar hissed, launching himself at Gray and Sapphire.
Tigerclaw nodded and leaped, knocking both of them away from the Thunderpath.
Gray and Sapphire leaped up and sent Firestar flying into a tree. Bramble and Sky leaped at Firestar and pinned him down as Gray and Sapphire padded toward him, spitting.
"Squirrelpaw, go back to the camp and get some help," Tigerclaw hissed and sprang at Bramble, knocking him into a tree.
Squirrelpaw flashed one last glance at Tigerclaw and Firestar before rushing toward the Thunderclan camp.
Firestar leaped up and clawed at Sky, who was also clawing him.
Tigerclaw sprang at Bramble and pinned him down. The memory of the battle with Bluestar sprang back into his mind, and he tried hard to push it away. He sank his teeth into Bramble's throat and his yowl of pain was cut. Bramble fell limp and Tigerclaw let him go.
He sprang at Sky and Sapphire who had Firestar pinned again.
"You can't win," Gray hissed as another blue gray cat padded into the open. He was followed by a white tom, and a pale gray tom.
"Who are these cats?" Tigerclaw hissed.
"This is Stone, White, and Storm, you will not win this battle," Gray hissed and raised his claws to deal the death blow to Firestar.
A loud yowl stopped him in time. And a moment later a fresh patrol of warriors bursted into the clearing. Graystripe was in the lead with Rainwhisker, Sandstorm, Brambleclaw, Sootfur, Mistystar, Feathertail and Stormfur. Squirrelpaw came next with Whitepaw, Spiderpaw, Shrewpaw, Seapaw and Silverpaw.
They fell onto the invaders with yowls of pure fury. Tigerclaw was about to leap at Gray but about five more cats entered into the battle. And they weren't from Thunderclan, Riverclan or Shadowclan.
For a moment, Tigerclaw thought he caught a glimpse of Flamepaw's dark brown fur, but it was gone so fast, he couldn't be sure.
"Get out of our territory," Whitepaw hissed, springing onto a nearby warrior who was about to attack Squirrelpaw.
She sank her teeth into his neck. He screeched in pain and, tearing away from Whitepaw, rushed away from the group.
Shrewpaw and Spiderpaw attacked Sapphire and Sky, who still had Firestar pinned along with White and Stone. The two apprentices leaped at the two rogues and sank their teeth deep into their shoulders.
Sapphire and Sky yowled in pain and fled, leaving only about eight rogues in the battle.
Firestar struggled to his paws. He was bleeding from a long, deep cut in the flank and a deep looking bite on the shoulder.
Gray knew he could not win, because as Tigerclaw hurried to Firestar's side, Gray yowled, "retreat!" before waiting for his rogue warriors to flee.
Stone and White looked at one another, and fled. The rest of the rogues fled with the clan cats hard on their paws.
Gray was the last to leave the battle. He blue eyes were searching the crowd until they locked with Firestar and Tigerclaw. "This is not over," Gray hissed.
"It is now," Mistystar yowled, coming to Firestar's side.
Gray spat before fleeing after his rogue warriors.
"Well, that was unexpected," Tigerclaw commented.
Firestar stumbled and fell on his side. His wounds were deeper then Tigerclaw had thought they were. He was at his father's side in an instant, along with Squirrelpaw and Graystripe.
"Quick, Whitepaw, hurry back to camp as fast as you possibly can and fetch Leafpaw or Cinderpelt or Mudfur," Graystripe hissed.
Whitepaw nodded and ran off as if a whole pack of foxes were after her.
A/n what do you think?
Stardream: the only reason I'm doing this, is because I need more reviews,
Tigerstar: yeah, we want two more reviews before we post the next chapter
Stardream: a reminder, no flames, I just need more reviews, and I like being evil
Tigerstar: (gulp) please review,
Stardream: (gives evil grin) next chapter when I get two more reviews.