An attack
Lillybright and Nightstorm had been sitting at the camp wall all night, waiting for dawn. when the sun finally peaked over the trees, Lillybright stretched,
"Great Starclan I'm stiff." She purred to Nightstorm
"Wait." he went rigid after standing, his ears perked. Lilybright perked her ears, and swiveled them, catching whispers in the woods. the scent of Windclan rolled over her.
"Nightstorm, go wake up the clan, now! be quiet about it though, I'll try and stall them." the small she-cat hissed. the young red and black warrior noided curtly then slunk into the camp. out of the brush came Nightcloud, Owlwhisker and Onestar, followed by some warriors Lilybright didn't recognize.
"Please, just go home, Onestar." Lilybright thought with all her might Go home. you dont want to fight.
"Why would we do that? we've come to kill the traitor, Crowfeather." Nightcloud hissed.
"You let him leave." Lilybright retorted, trying her best to stay calm and project that to the other cats, "Just go home." she growled with as much force as possible. Owl whisker seemed slightly dazed and began to back up.
"Dont leave you coward! or are you a traitor too?" Onestar snarled. Lilybright reached into his thoughts with her strange sense of emotions, she felt hatred and hurt there, Crowfeather had been one of his most adamant supporters when Mudclaw was trying to run him out! She reached into Nightcloud, she felt pain and hate, she had loved Crowfeather. but the stupid Thunderclan medicine cat was prettier. In owlwhisker she felt regret and reluctance. Nightstorm and Foxpaw came out of the camp and stood at either side of her flank, Nightstorm's strong form reassured her, and the warmth of Foxpaw's courage gave her strength.
"Nightcloud, please see reason, we- we have sick kits. we just want to live peacefully. Crowfeather has gotten sick now too! I know its only Leaf-fall, but… he has greencough! we're so scared he's going to die!" Lilypaw put so much distress into the lie, that she felt herself choking up, she could almost believe the lie her self.
"You cats don't smell like your warrior's are sick." onestar sneered.
"That's because we were standing Vigil, Onestar. Lilybright and I were made warriors yesterday, I am now Nightstorm." Nightstorm growled.
"What about him?" a small black apprentice stalked up to Foxpaw, "He looks like he's a kit!"
"He's Foxpaw, he was recently made an apprentice, he slept outside with us because his sister is sick too, and she's the only other apprentice. Jayfeather had to have Brightheart and Leafpool help him because so many cAts are sick that the medicine den is full." Lilybright slapped her tail over Foxpaw's mouth as he opened his mouth to snap at the black windclan apprentice.
"Proove it." One Star sneered.
"Fox Dung." Nightstorm hissed.
"Attack!" Lilybright caterwauled. Thunderclan cats streamed out of the gorse tunnel behind the three young cats. Firestar careened into Onestar, and the two clans clashed. Leafpool met Nightcloud her claws scoring down the black she-cats flanks. Lilybright threw herself into battle with a white she-cat and bit down on her ear. the she cat screeched and swiped her claws down Lilybright's flank, thankfully with Lilybright's thick fur, all she got were some large bunches of fur. Lilybright hissed, as it still smarted. she slithered under the white she cat and scored her claws down the cat's belly. she faced the she cat, and stared her in the eye, meowing,
"You are hurt, you should go back and have Barkface give you herbs." the she cat became dazed and nodded, turning and streaking through the brush. a large frey tom leaped onto her back and she easily collapsed. she hissed and twisted trying to escape, but she couldn't he had his teeth deep in her scruff. she writhed and managed to flip over and began scrabbling at his belly. he just purred in amusement and placed one large paw against her throat. she couldn't breath, she tried to move but her vision was going dark. there was a flash of ginger and the weight vanished. Foxpaw was clinging to the tom and had his mouth clamped over the tom's entire ear, and was shaking his head as the tom screeched. with a sickening rfip, Foxpaw was thrown off- with the ear still in his mouth. he stood up and spat out the lock of fur and skin he had in his mouth, and hissed at the tom, standing over Lilybright,
"Get out of here you Foxheart! and dont come back!" the grey tom hissed and ran, blood running into his face. Lilybright struggled to her paws, still slightly dizzy from being choked,
"Thank you, Foxpaw, that was amazing."She purred and licked his ear." he lowered his ears embarrassedly, and purred,
"He tasted like fox-dung."
Across the clearing, Nightstorm was fighting Owlwhisker, he zipped around the tomcat like it was nothing, leaving blows here at there,
"How in the name of starclan are you so fast?" the tom gasped.
"I suppose it is a Gift of Starclan. now leave."
"No, I- I want to see Crowfeather." Owlwhisker gasped.
"I suggeast you don't." Crowfeather's deep meow sounded behind Nightstorm. the young tom looked back, and saw the lithe black tom walking forward, blood glistened on his flank, and one ear was nicked, "They will see you as a traitor, Owlwhisker. leave, I am of ThunderClan now. I am no longer you clanmate, therefore not your friend, now leave my territory." Owlwhisker dipped his head,
"You are a brave warrior, Crowfeather, you are an asset to ThunderClan. Onestar was foolish to let you go. goodbye, my friend." Owlwhisker then turned, and ran out of the forest.
"You're a traitor!" Thornclaw's snarl sounded behind Nightstorm and Crowfeather.
"No! he's not, he told Owlwhisker to leave! do you not see the wounds on his flank? Did you not hear him threaten Owlwhisker? he told him to leave!" Nightstorm snarled.
"But he-" Thornclaw was cut off by a yowl from Crowfeather as he jumped over Nightstorm and ran over to two tussling small cats. It was Breezepaw and Skypaw. But Crowfeather was too late, Breezepaw had hurt Skypaw too bad, she was barely breathing when Nightstorm and Lilybright made their way over.
"Skypaw!" Lilybright was shaking with fear for her sister, "You'll be ok." Squirrelflight darted over to her daughter.
"Oh Skypaw, Skypaw! don't close your eyes! Someone get Jayfeather! or Leafpool! just someone save my baby!" she yowled. Windclan stepped back and observed solemnly. all the fighting stopped.
"No, Mother, I… I can't do it. So tired… and I… I see a cat with stars in her fur! She's so pretty, Mother she has silver fur." Skypaw gasped.
"YOu have fought bravely young one. I will give you the only gift I can now, a dying apprentice's ceremony" Firestar walked forward, his green eyes sad. "I ask my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has learned the warrior code and given up her life in the service of her Clan. Let StarClan receive her as a warrior. she will be known as Skystrike, for her bravery and loyalty to Thunderclan."
"Skystrike… I like it, thank you Firestar." Skystrike took a last rattling breath, and died. Lilybright let out a wail of pure anguish, while Squirrelflight buried her face in her daughter's bloody fur.
"You!" Crowfeather whirled, his blue eyes fixed on Breezepaw, "You aren't supposed to Kill without reason! no true warrior does that you stupid piece of foxdung!' he snarled at the small apprentice. Nightcloud stepped forward,
"Dont you dare yell at him!" she snarled.
"No, Nightcloud, he is right. no true warrior kill another warrior for fun. that is what Brokenstar or Tigerstar would have done." Onestar growled, "WIndclan will go home now."
"You better leave." Nightstorm spat.
"I swear," Lilybright walked up to Breezepelt, "I will kill you if you ever step paw over my border again."
Well poor Skystrike. it was a needed thing =I sorry anyone who liked her.