A/N: Yay super fast update! I am a writing Machine, I wrote three chapters for Terra today! My goal is to finish this story within a week so I can prepare for NaNoWriMo, I f you havn't already voted there is a poll on my profile! Well there isn't much more to say, but please can I get a few reviews? I would update again tommorow If I made it to 90 reviews :) That's only 8 reviews, please can we try? Thanks!

~Leo~

CHAPTER 16

Soft sounds of whispering wreathed around the enclosed den.

Emberpaw lay in his soft moss bed, dreaming that he was talking with Aquashine. Her beautiful silver-blue pelt rippling under the moonlight, and her diamond like eyes that sparkled more than crystals.

They were talking about having kits together, how beautiful they would be. Having Emberpaw's dark gray fur, and Aquashine's beautiful blue eyes.

But then another image replaced Aquashines. This cat had light gray fur, and long white whiskers that curled like reeds down by the lake.

Dovepaw? Why was Emberpaw dreaming about Dovepaw? He could almost smell the ShadowClan scent on her, wait a second. He could smell ShadowClan, it was all around him!

Bolting up out of his nest, Emberpaw gasped in shock as he saw the outline of figures stalking around the den. And the sounds of fighting in the distance could barely be heard, ShadowClan was attacking!

Right in the center of RiverClan territory! It seemed Frostpaw had the same realization in her mind as her round blue eyes stared at Emberpaw in horror.

"Be careful" he warned to the white she-cat, "We don't know where or how many there are."

Although this was his first battle, Emberpaw somehow knew what was waiting out there, kind of like instinct.

"Remember" the apprentice meowed to him quietly, "If you find yourself fighting some big old cat, use the dizzy tackle."

"Okay" he meowed as they moved towards the entrance slowly, it seemed Blizzardpaw, Timberpaw and Eelpaw had already left the den. Why hadn't they woken either of them up?

As Frostpaw pulled across the hanging lichen, both gasped as they saw the sight before them. Pretty much all of the clan was out fighting, and they weren't talking about RiverClan.

ShadowClan cats streamed into the camp, their stench polluting the fishy river smell that was RiverClan.

"Why are they doing this?" he asked Frostpaw.

But the white spotted she-cat had already pounced onto Thunderbolt, a ShadowClan warrior.

"Stupid Otter!" he screeched as Frostpaw bit onto his scruff, she hadn't used the dizzy tackle yet. Emberpaw leapt forward, soaring across the stream like an eagle, and dove into the large gray warrior with a great force.

He may not have had much training, but Emberpaw was born with a large frame, much like his father. Frostpaw leapt off of Thunderbolt as both he and Emberpaw fell to the ground.

The apprentice tried to pin him down, but the warrior was just to strong and threw him a fox-length away. He coughed up dirt that fell into his mouth, and by the time he looked back, Thunderbolt had run off to fight someone else.

"Fox-Dung!" Emberpaw spat, why had he let the warrior get the best of him?

But what else would have happened, after all Aquashine hadn't exactly trained him that much in fighting. A horde of cats were fighting next to the warriors and leaders den, thank StarClan they weren't fighting near the nursery.

But as he gazed over towards the safe haven that was the nursery, Emberpaw gasped as he saw Otterkit wandering outside.

"Get inside!" he yowled, running over to her. But as the gray apprentice began to race towards the small kit, he felt an extraordinary force bolt into him.

Emberpaw felt like a monster had hit him full force, and could hear the cracking of one of his ribs. He rammed into the ground hard and dirt flew up into the air, who had attacked him?

Coughing up bits of blood, the gray apprentice turned his head in terror to see a large gray tom standing over him. And those paws, pure white as snow and as large as a Lions slammed into Emberpaw's chest full force.

"Lightningcloud?" he asked while the wind was still knocked out of him, why was the deputy attacking him?

"Shut up you stupid filth!" the deputy growled deeply, "I've seen the way you've been looking at me. Your planning something aren't you?".

Emberpaw's eyes widened in shock, had he really been that obvious? He's going to kill me, the look in the toms fierce yellow eyes made that apparent.

Emberpaw's own father was going to end his life.

But just as the tom un-sheathed his long claws, and prepared to slice open Emberpaw's neck, Fernstar rammed into her deputy with a force stronger than a tornado.

"How dare you attack one of our own!" she hissed full of anger.

Lightningcloud writhed under her grip and was about to get free, but not before Fernstar slashed her claws across his face, leaving a nasty gash. The battle was beginning to break up, and ShadowClan was gathering near the exit.

"This isn't over!" Lightningcloud spat from next to Flintstar and Moonclaw. "I'm going to have revenge on all of you! And next time I'm going to attack to kill!".