Two updates in one day? I'm so proud of myself :D I hope my cliff hanger was good enough. But here's the outcome of the battle.
Snowflower's POV
"RiverClan attack!" the cry was earsplitting. Snowflower cringed and was swept off her paws as a RiverClan warrior attacked her. She felt the claws rip through her flesh and she bit back a yowl. "Fox-hearts!" Snowflower hissed.
Snowflower swiveled her ears to make sure the rest of her clan-mates were ok. She heard a wail of desperation and she surged upward, knocking the silver tom away from her.
Snowflower hurtled herself at a rather large apprentice that was on top of Cinderpaw. "Enough! I will not let you harm another hair on her!" Snowflower hissed as she lunged the tom that was attacking the apprentice. Her claws tore into his flesh and the tom shrieked in agony.
Snowflower felt the adrenaline pour through her body as she finished clawing the tom. She jumped to her paws and streaked to Greycloud's side and began to fend off the pair of cream colored she-cats. "Get off our territory!" Greycloud hissed, swiping her claws against one of the she-cat's eye.
"Honeypetal!" the cat beside her wailed as the pair ran off, Honeypetal stumbling over roots.
"I hope you blinded her" Snowflower muttered and made her way back to Cinderpaw who lay ominously still. "Cinderpaw?" Snowflower murmured softly. The she-cat's breathing was shallow, but she was still alive.
Snowflower let out a snarl and turned around, letting out a yowl. "Enough! This battle is over!" she shouted, heaving Cinderpaw onto her back.
"Take this part of the territory if you must, but know this" Snowflower growled, her voice growing dark, "ThunderClan will get its revenge one way or the other" she meowed dangerously sweet.
Snowflower began to pad towards the camp. She felt two bodies press against her, helping her with the weight of Cinderpaw.
Snowflower stumbled slightly and scented who was next to her. Greycloud and Redfeather. Brackenflame was in the rear comforting his apprentice and soothing Nightpaw's frantic mewls.
The flame colored tom was good with the young ones.
Snowflower grew hot at the thought, embarrassed about wanting kits with them tom. She lashed her tail and began to pad faster to the camp.
Once they entered through entrance they were bombarded with questions.
Snowflower ignored all the cats that questioned her as she made her way to the medicine cat den. "Cinderpaw!" she heard Brightcloud wail in distress.
Snowflower shot the frantic mother a glare, rooting her to the spot. She vowed to herself that Cinderpaw was her responsibility now.
"Flamedapple!" Snowflower called out, stumbling into the medicine cat den. "Flamedapple is out collecting Catmint." Bluepaw murmured sleepily. She caught scent of blood and fluffed up her fur.
"Come in" Bluepaw murmured as she retreated back into the den. "Quickly!" she shouted.
Snowflower quickly made her way into the den and gently layed the light grey apprentice on some clean moss.
"What happened?" Bluepaw demanded as she began to clean the blood from her sister's fur.
"RiverClan jumped us while we were all out hunting." Snowflower explained quickly. "A larger apprentice attacked and I think he would have killed her had I not stopped him" Snowflower snarled, scoring her claws through the dirt.
"Don't focus on that! Focus on where her wounds are. Do you remember where the apprentice scratched her?" Bluepaw asked, pressing cobwebs on the bigger scratches.
"Her entire left side, see?" Snowflower pointed with her tail seeing a long gash going from her shoulder to her rear on the left side.
"That's going to scar" Bluepaw murmured sadly. "It'll make her more beautiful. It won't disfigure her" Snowflower reassured the medicine cat apprentice.
"Leave, I can't concentrate with you in here" Bluepaw mewed suddenly.
Snowflower quickly exited the den and bumped into Nightpaw.
"Is she alright?" the black apprentice asked, trying to look over Snowflower.
"Your sister will be fine. Bluepaw is doing a wonderful job. She has trained under the best medicine cat after all" Snowflower purred.
Snowflower watched as Nightpaw's body physically relaxed. "I hope she'll be able to get back to training soon" Nightpaw mewed, trying to stay hopeful, but her eyes giving away all her doubts and sorrow.
Snowflower pressed her nose to Nightpaw's shoulder fur. "She'll be fine" Snowflower promised. She looked around and made eye contact with Brackenflame. He flicked his tail and entered the warriors den.
Snowflower nudged the apprentice playfully and followed after Brackenflame. She poked her head in and spotted him with his back facing the entrance.
Snowflower easily fit through the entrance and stood beside him, "Brackenflame what's the matter?" Snowflower asked, sitting down beside him.
"We… We have to take revenge if she dies" Brackenflame murmured softly.
Snowflower felt the comforting thrill of excitement at the thought of spilling blood.
"Against whom?" she asked softly, excitement coursing through her body. "That fat apprentice who nearly killed her!" Brackenflame hissed.
Snowflower flicked her tail in satisfaction and looked around to make sure no one heard them. "We'll go after the gathering. I don't know who that apprentice is but yours might be able to find out. He got a good look at the tom" she murmured as she remembered seeing the white tom's terrified face as she stood over Cinderpaw.
"We have to get the one that killed your parents too…" Brackenflame meowed softly to her. Snowflower stiffened at his words and looked to her paws.
Gorsetail.
His name constantly rang in her head every day since her parent's death.
Gorsetail.
Snowflower lashed her tail and stood up abruptly. "We'll discuss this later" she mewed curtly as she stalked out of the warriors den.
Gorsetail!
Snowflower felt the tears threaten to spill over and she ran out of camp. She felt the tears slip and fall to the ground as she ran through the territory. She tripped over a root and fell to the ground, making her fur dirty with red dust.
"Gorsetail!" she yowled into the blue sky. "I swear on my existence I'll kill you!" she snarled loudly. She let out another wail as his words rang in her ears.
"Those kits deserve to die after what StarClan has told us!"
Snowflower put her paws over her ears, trying to block out the voices that taunted her. Monsters! Monsters! Monsters! Snowflower let out a wail of despair
"I'm not a monster!" she yowled into the sky.
Greycloud's POV
Greycloud watched in shock as Snowflower writhed on the ground, her paws over her ears. She had heard what Brackenflame had said about Gorsetail. She followed her sister to make sure she was alright and now she was a mess.
"I'm not a monster! Snowflower yowled at the unheard voices that haunted her.
Greycloud came out of hiding and approached her sister, putting her paw on Snowflower's shoulder. Snowflower bared her fangs at her, but her eyes returned to normal as she recognized Greycloud.
"We're not monsters" Greycloud murmured to Snowflower. "I don't know what StarClan has in store for us, but all I know is that we have to stand together" Greycloud meowed, quickly waving her tail
"And with Redfeather and Brackenflame. I've seen the way you look at Brackenflame" Greycloud began to tease as Snowflower heaved herself to her paws and began to clean herself. "I look at him just like any other cat in the clan" Snowflower defended herself lamely.
Greycloud let out a purr of amusement and pushed her sister gently. "Yeah right you want that tom to father your kits! I know you've always wanted to kits. I am your sister after all" Greycloud pointed out as she looked to Snowflower. She froze and let out a squeal as Snowflower began to chase her.
"Come back here! You've said it too loud! All of ThunderClan probably heard you" Snowflower fretted.
Greycloud let out a mrrow of triumph and stopped to let her sister catch up to her. "You know… I want to bare Redfeather's kits too" Greycloud mewed shyly.
Snowflower stared at her sister and pressed against her. "After we kill Gorsetail I promise never to kill again and redeem myself worthy of StarClan" Snowflower vowed.
Greycloud looked to the sky and saw the stars starting to twinkle. "I promise too" Greycloud vowed as she and Snowflower began to pad back towards camp to start their vigil.