The two young cats sat in their den, glaring at each other.
"Why didn't you smell him?" Dapplepaw growled, "you're always bragging about your strong sense of smell."
Duskpaw didn't reply. He sat on his bed of moss, a scowl covering his face.
"Any great ideas now?" Dapplepaw hissed, "now that we're bound to get stuck on cleaning out the elders den for half a moon? I bet we won't be going to the next gathering either."
"Quit complaining," Duskpaw muttered, "it's not only my fault we got in trouble. It's yours too."
Before Dapplepaw could respond, howls echoed through the camp and a familiar voice wailed, "LeafClan, fight!"
The apprentices jumped to life, scrambling out of their den to see a wave of cats spilling through the camp entrance.
The first thing that entered Dapplepaw's mind was FireClan. FireClan was invading!
Without a second thought, Dapplepaw jumped into the mass of cats, tackling a gray apprentice, taking him down with a thud.
The apprentice was about the same size as Dapplepaw, and just as strong. Almost as soon as Dapplepaw had tackled the FireClan cat, he was rewarded with a slash of unsheathed claws across his snout.
Recoiling, Dapplepaw slashed the tom's belly, blood spilling out.
Both cats, with unreleased rage, clawed each other, giving no mercy. Now that Dapplepaw's opponent had to his feet, the fight grew dangerous.
The FireClan apprentice reared onto his hind legs, and Dapplepaw saw his chance. He darted forward and rammed into the other cat's stomach, knocking him onto his back. Dapplepaw got ready to pounce, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Moontail fighting a she-cat. All the other warriors were busy fighting, and one cat trying to guard the nursery wasn't enough.
Leaping away from the apprentice, Dapplepaw bounded towards the nursery, managing to avoid the cats going for revenge.
Once Dapplepaw was close enough, he leapt onto the FireClan cat's back.
The she-cat spun around, and then rolled, attempting to get her attacker off. The apprentice jumped off before he was squished, and while the warrior was down, Moontail pinned the FireClan warrior to the ground. Satisfied that he had given Moontail an advantage, he turned away, ready to attack any cat that came near the nursery.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw something approaching, but before he could turn and look he was on the ground and his head felt as if it had been cracked open, and fire was shooting through all his senses. Dapplepaw was ready when a wave of blackness engulfed him, numbing his senses, and sweeping the pain away.
Thank you for reading, and thanks to those who have reviewed! I welcome critique as long as it's useful, and I would like to hear what you think about the story so far. Also, I changed Cometsong's name Moontail.