Chapter 17
Moonbeam stood on the Clanrock, watching in horror as the ThunderClan cats emerged from the camp entrance.
She saw Brightwhisker fall to a ThunderClan tom's claws, and Volepaw pinned beneath Thistlethroat, the tom she had scarred terribly all those moons ago.
Amberstar was fighting alongside Farcry, fighting like LionClan.
But Moonbeam knew that it wouldn't be enough, and saw Amberstar her noble leader, fall.
Her body hit the ground with a sound that echoed throughout the clearing, and then-
Firestar breezed through the camp.
And Moonbeam woke up.
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"Bad dreams?" Archstorm asked.
Moonbeam nodded, still shivering at the thought of the blood soaked clearing.
She turned to Archstorm as he coughed and hacked. Carefully laying her tail on his back, she led him to the medicine den. "C'mon," Moonbeam mewed. "Let's get some herbs for that cough."
Archstorm took a breath. "Save it for the elders. Hollowfoot is getting worse, and Barkpelt needs some herbs too-"
More coughing.
"Archstorm," Moonbeam said. "You wont be doing Swallowflight and your unborn kits any good if you get whitecough."
Archstorm sighed and padded into the medicine cat's den.
Nosewhisker's voice could be heard, giving Moonbeam's adopted brother the proper medicine.
Amberstar walked over to the younger she-cat. "Don't say that, Moonbeam, we don't know if it is white cough yet."
Noticing her leader's strained look, Moonbeam touched Amberstar's shoulder with her tail. "Are you alright?"
The ShadowClan leader sighed. "Nosewhisker just informed me that Stormcloud will heal, but will not be able to keep his position of deputy. He will have to move to the elders den."
Moonbeam hung her head. She had visited her father every day checking on him and this was a sad end for the noble warrior.
"Also this business with Shadeclaw betraying us, not once but numerous times right under my nose, upsets StarClan greatly."
"But it wasn't your fault! I should have known as an apprentice." Moonbeam protested.
"It is not you- it is not your job to watch over the Clan, it is mine. And I have allowed a weed to grow unwatched in ShadowClan."
Moonbeam watched in concern as Amberstar walked away.
Thunder cracked overhead, and more rain began to pelt down.
"Great StarClan!" Ridgepath muttered. "Will this rain ever stop?"
Moonbeam saw Archstorm leading a shivering Swallowflight back to the nursery. The pretty she-cat's fur was slicked back with rain, and her belly was swollen.
"Amberstar! Help!"
All cats turned to see Pebbleclaw, Buzzwhisker, Overstep and Beastfur run in, soaked through and- bleeding?
"ThunderClan ambush!" Pebbleclaw managed to choke out. "They're coming!"
Yowls of fear echoed in the camp, and Amberstar quickly instructed the Clan to get into battle positions, have guards at the medicine den, nursery, and elders den. Moonbeam met up with Badgerfang at the base of the Clanrock.
Silently ShadowClan waited, waited for the ambush they knew that was coming- a direct attack on their Clan.
And still the rain pelted down.
(A/N- Ahh! ThunderClan invaders! This is terrible! What is gonna happen to Moonbeam! What does her dark dream mean- and will it come true?
-Thia)