The 100 Tales Challenge

by Amberleaf le Haunt

I'm battling against other authors to see who can write 100 Tales first! Wish me luck! ;3 Rated T, just to be safe. OMG I SHALL WIN! Hehe. XD EDIT: I HAVE NOW OFFICIALLY WON THE 100 TALES CHALLENGE! YES! WHOOT! GO, ME! :3 ;

72. Ruined

100 Tales 72

Ruined

"Ruined! It's all ruined! BirdClan is…. BirdClan is broken!"

The leader of the ruined Clan was letting out a painful yowl. A group of rogues, whom of which were living just outside of the territory, had attacked, just that afternoon. They had outnumbered the Clan cats, and had taken the queens and kits, killed the elders, and killed as many other cats as they could. The leader used to have five lives left; now, she only had two.

"I…. I…." A cat next to her opened its eyes. It was an apprentice, Orangepaw. She looked at her leader with wide scared eyes.

"Vinestar….? What happened….?" she asked, rather fearfully.

"W—W—We were attacked by rogues. You have amnesia?" Vinestar asked, surprised.

"I…. I guess so." Orangepaw looked down at herself. "That—That's funny. I—I d-don't even rememb-ber getting hit." She was covered with scratches.

"Ooh, well; you're lucky, then." Vinestar sighed. "Time to go and find out which cats are dead, or not."

A couple of cats crept through the camp's entrance. It was the medicine cat, Amberleaf, along with her apprentice, Willowpaw, and two pregnant queens, Sunflower and Flowerpetal, and three younger kits, Leafkit, Sandykit, and Rockkit. Vinestar had sent them away to save themselves once it seemed to be getting really bad.

It was the right choice, she commended herself. Good job, me!

"Oh, good! You're alive." Amberleaf hurried over to Vinestar and Orangepaw. "Oh, and Orangepaw…." She glanced around the camp. "It looks like a lot of cats died, doesn't it….?"

"Yeah." Vinestar nodded. "We've been ruined. Now, let's go see who exactly survived, and who, unfortunately, didn't."

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In the end, the cats that survived were Vinestar, the leader; Amberleaf and Willowpaw, the medicine cats; Violeteyes, Sandtail, Whitefoot, Lilycloud, and Windypool, of the warriors; Orangepaw, Blackpaw, and Whitepaw, of the apprentices; Sunflower and Flowerpetal, of the queens, and Leafkit, Sandykit, and Rockkit, of the kits. BirdClan wasn't very lucky, in that almost three quarters of their cats had died—but at least some of them were still alive, and because of the queens and the kids, BirdClan would be back to normal in no time!!

"BirdClan has been ruined, but we will soon become strong again!" Vinestar declared, standing on top of Highrock. And, her Clan agreed with her.