I ran through the burning forest of Leopardclan's territory. Where are they? Did they escape? ...Or are they trapped? My clanmate ran beside me as she huffed out smoke. Her white fur stained by the fire. "Any sign?" she asked. I shook my head.
"All I smell is smoke." I reported. We ran to the river and looked around. Two leopards were sprawled on the ground, one silver and one ebony. I looked at my clanmate before we sniffed their unmoving bodies. "Are they…?" I broke off as I saw their chest slowly rising and fallind. My clanmate shook her head.
"They're alive. We have to help them." she meowed. Then she bent down to pick up the silver one's scruff while I picked up the ebony's. I think we already met… of course! She's the leopard on the patrol. What was her name?... Storm Dream! That's it. I dragged Storm Dream through the forest. My clanmate followed me closely as the trees started to fall.
"Come on, Snowing Cloud! You're a lion for Starclan's sake!" I snapped.
"I'm trying, Running Breeze!" Snowing Cloud snapped. We ran through the forest until we came to a river. Leopardclan was huddled around the water healing their clanmates or drinking water. Crystal Sky looked up at us.
"Storm Dream! Silver Frost!" she exclaimed. The clan looked up and Ocean Breeze ran up to us.
"Silver Frost! Storm Dream! Oh Starclan, this is all my fault!" she whimpered. Thunder Light ran up to me and grabbed Storm Dream from my jaws.
"My flower… my little shadow..." he whispered looking at Storm Dream then Silver Frost. Ocean Breeze grabbed Silver Frost. Rising Star and Light Eyes ran up to us.
"Our daughter!" Rising Star wailed. Crystal Sky walked up to me.
"Thank you for finding them." she murmured. I looked at the clan and my gaze rested on a tom. Flying Eagle! Is he alright? I tried to catch his gaze but he was avoiding me. I sagged with hurt and Leopardclan's medicine cat, Young Heart, ran up to the leopards. She nuzzled through their fur and I looked closer as I saw Silver Frost's belly bleeding heavily and the skin was burnt around the wound.
"Dappled Fish!" Young Heart called. Young Heart's apprentice ran to her side. "Get some moss and soak it with water." Dappled Fish nodded and ran off. "Flame Bird! Look for as many herbs as you can! And hurry!" Young Heart called to an orange she-leopard. Young Heart turned to Crystal Sky. "If they don't hurry, Silver Frost and Storm Dream won't survive tonight." Wails came from the leopards gathered around us. Light Eyes and Rising Star cried into each other's fur.
"She didn't deserve this! She was only trying to save Silver Frost!" Rising Star whimpered. Ocean Breeze was huddled with Thunder Light who was staring at the ground in shock and grief.
"Silver Frost was too young…" Ocean Breeze whispered. "We were going to be made warriors together… we were going to find mates and have kits… I never got the chance to say goodbye or I love her…" she broke off as she cried harder. Thunder Light rested his paw around her and held her close.
"It's not your fault." he murmured. I looked at the devastated leopards in pity. These cats must really mean a lot to them… I shared a look with Snowing Cloud.
"Lily Storm asked if you needed help. I can see everything is alright so we'll be on our way." Snowing Cloud meowed.
"We hope they'll be ok." I mewed. Young Heart stopped us as we turned away.
"Can you ask Sharp Thorn if he has any herbs to spare? I know he must be busy trying to heal his own clanmates but… these cats mean everything to us. We can't let them die." she said. I looked at her with sympathy.
"We'll ask him." I promised. Then we turned away and ran through the raging forest.
