I was once again woken up to claws poking into my fur. But this time the paw holding them was shaking and they were jabbing me constantly.
"What?" I asked shooting up at the sound on a scream.
"Darkclan are attacking us." I look up to see my apprentice Crypaw looking down at me with worried eyes.
"What!?" I exclaimed jumping up next to her. The quick glance around the den made me see I was the last warrior left in the den.
"Come on let's go." I told her as I rushed to the entrance to join in on the fight.
When weentered the fight I saw small Hawkpaw in a fight against a large Darkclan tom. That wasn't even slightly right. Hawkpaw hadn't even been an apprentice for a moon and already he was locked in a deadly battle against a Darkclan warrior. Darkclan was ruthless. They'd kill a cat if they were given the chance and they wanted to. They never have followed the warrior code. I leapt at the tom. He clawed at my ears and I left a large gash on his side. He hissed in pain as my claw ripped through the flesh on his shoulder. Though I screamed to as his claws scrapped against my belly.
"Go to the nursery!" I shouted at Hawkpaw who was standing there shaking from fear. He nodded quickly before running off towrads safty. Or well the safest he could be.
The tom and I contuined our fight. He managed to gain an avantage and held me down with his weight. I flailed my paws at him trying to claw him but it was no use. I couldn't move my claws anywhere near him from the way he had me held. His claws slowly started to dig into my neck. Not enough to kill me but enough to scare me. And scared I was. I was going to die. I was sure of it. I closed my eyes as he started to add more pressure until.. until it was gone? I opened my eyes to see Wildflare chasing the tom away from us. His Icy blue gaze slipped over to where I was still frozen to the ground.
"Well don't just lay there!" He snarled snapping me out of my frozen position. Leaping up I raced into the battle with him.
"We need to protect the nursery." I told him to which he nodded and we ran towrads the nursery where cats where already trying to get into. The queens were at the entrance fighting with the cats but you could tell they were loosing the battle until we joined in.
Snarling I ripped my claws through the pelt of the she-cat that had been fighting with my mother. The fight between the two clans raged on for what seemed like ages. Cats kept trying to invade the nursery but we kept fighting them off. Finally I heard the two words that were like music to me ears.
"Darkclan retreat!"
I watched as my three younger siblings raced into the medicince cat's den with their eyes wide in awe. They had been shaking after the events of the fight but were now back to normal. They raced through the den until they reached Wildflare.
"Can you teach us how to fight?" Bearkit asked him with wide eyes filled with awe for the bigger tom.
"Yeah you were amazing!" Ivorykit added to her brother statment.
"Why don't you come back and bother him when you're apprentices." Scorchclaw grumbled shooing them from the den. The grumbled as they marched out of the den and I couldn't help but giggle.
"Do I really have to stay here tonight?" I grumbled to the medicine cat.
"Yes. Your scratches are bad and I want to keep an eye on them." Scorchclaw meowed as he examined his brother.
"They're not that bad are they?" I asked sighing.
"Yes they are." Scorchclaw said sternly. "And looks like Wildflare here will be joining you tonight. His cuts are bad too."
I heard Wildflare grumble as Nettlethorn laughed setting down some herbs for Scorchclaw.
"You don't want to spend time with your brother?" Nettlethorn asked me faking a hurt expression.
"I spent enough time with you when we were kits and when I was an apprentice." I told him.
He laughed. "Yeah. We're from the same litter and I end up still being an apprentice long after you've become a warrior."
"You wanted to be a medicine cat." I laughed at him and he playfully growled at me. We had always been close as siblings.
"Nettlethorn make up two nest for them." Scorchclaw told his apprentice.
Nettlethorn nodded before leaving the den to make the nests. Sighing I rested my head on my paws.
"How are the cats?" I heard the deep voice of Battlestar as he entered the den. I turned my head to look at him.
"They're all ok for the most part. I had to give Mintscreech's kits some poppy seeds to calm them down. And these two have to stay in my den for the night." Scorchclaw informed the leader. Battlestar had already been tooken care of by Nettlethorn.
"How bad are they?" Battlestar asked with concern.
"Hopebattle's got a pretty good cut on her neck and her sides. Wildflare just has some deep cuts I want to keep an eye on."
"But they're not to seious?" Battlestar asked still deeply worried about his warriors.
"In a few days they'll be back on warrior duties." Scorchclaw promised Battlestar as he finished treationg Wildflare. "until then they'll have to get use to eachothers company."
"This is boring." I sighed stretching out in the nest that was made for me.
"Tell me about it." Wildflare gurmbled. I was slightly shocked. He never really talked openly to others. He kept to himself more often then not.
"We defend the nursery and this is what we get." I grumbled looking over at him. Wildflare's whiskers twitched as he held back a chuckle.
"Next time I'll let them get Bearkit, Ivorykit, and Tansykit. They'll be begging for us to take them back before they even get a night with them." I laughed and he actually laughed too.
"I'd have to agree with that." He said softly.
A comfertable silence fell between us for a fe moments before Gingerrose entered the den where our nest where.
"I just wanted to check on you two." She said softly. "Are you guys okay?" She asked worry clear in her voice.
"I'm fine." Wildflare told her and I told her the same.
"Good." She said softly before licking Wildflare's ear quickly and leaving the den.
"She worries alot doesn't she?" I asked him.
"Yeah. Has been ever since we were kits." He told me.
I never knew him as a kit. Well I guess I did but I don't remember it. I remember him being an apprentice. We were apprentices together for a short little while.
(Flashback)
"Teach us a move please!" Clearkit and I begged Honeypaw and Wildpaw.
"Why should we?" Wildpaw joked his whiskers twitching.
"Because we want to learn." Clearkit exclaimed.
"Sorry but you have to wait until you're apprentices." Honeypaw said appoligaticly.
"Listen to what she said." Wildpaw said once he noticd how out attenion turned from Honeypaw to him.
"Why are you scared?" I taunted.
"Scared of what?"
"That I'll kick your furry butt!" I exclaimed.
"I should be worried about you? A tiny kit with now training?" He said while holding back laughter.
"I could!" I exclaimed as I charged for him and jumped at him, clainging to the side of his pelt.
He laughed as he playfully pinned me to the ground. "No fair you're an apprentice!" I giggled and he laughed.
"I though you were going to beat me." He questioned.
"I will one day when I'm older!" I declared laughing.
(End of flashback)
I barley remember those day but I guess we had been close when we were younger. Everynow and then I got flashback to times like that. But I mostly remember him after he started shutting the clan out, when he went from open to close in a matter of days.
I looked at him and laughed at how while I had been thinking of my flashback he had already curled up and fallen asleep.
I sighed deeply and curled up into a ball and burried my nose deep into my tail's fur.
"Thanks for saving my life." I whispered before sleeped pulled me under it's spell
So how do you guys like it? Leave me a review please! Also I was wondering what's your guys fave warrior couple?
Mines Lionblaze and Cinderheart and Leafpool and Crowfeather.