Chapter 22

One Moon later

Tigerstripe was sitting with his mate and kits in the nursery. Since the big battle was in one moon the whole clan knew him and his brothers where the three. The whole clan was preparing for the dangerous battle. Darkfeather and Lilyflower were gathering herbs. The apprentices where named warriors early. Stormypaw was now Stormypelt, Stonepaw was now Stoneclaw, Frostpaw was Frostfoot, and Rainpaw was Rainstorm.

The warriors where building a barrier around the Nursery so no Dark forest cats would get in during the battle. They were using any material they could find. Tigerstripe was in the nursery talking to Mintstorm and his kits.

"Tigerstripe. Will cats die?" Asked Mosskit.

"Yes, some cats might die." Tigerstripe replied honestly.

"Will you die?" asked Rainkit.

"No," said Tigerstripe. "I can't die."

"Yeah!" Agreed Rabbitkit. "Dad is the best warrior ever."

"He'll be leader soon." added Vixenkit.

Tigerstripe looked down. He knew his leader would die in this battle. Tigerstripe told Leopardstar not to fight. But Leopardstar said that he had too. Leopardstar said it was his destiny to fight Scarstar and his band of Dark forest cats. Just like everyone else is. Leopardstar said he was going to die, but he had to fight for his clan. This one moon before the battle is his last… and he will die fighting for his clan.

Tigerstripe knew that in a moon he would be Tigerstar. He had to fight so he could be Tigerstar. He had to fight for his clan.

"Yeah…I might." Tigerstripe said. "I have to send out patrols."

Tigerstripe then left the den. He walked out and saw his brother standing there.

"Hey Tigerstripe. I sent out patrols for you to give you a break. Also, Bramblethorn wants to see us."

Tigerstripe nodded and followed his brother. The two brothers walked over to the fresh kill pile where Bramblethorn was sitting. He signaled them over.

"So what's up" asked Tigerstripe. "Make this quick."

"Leopardstar just talked to me and told me he was at his last life! He also said he would fight in the battle and Starclan told him that he was going to die in the battle." Bramblethorn said.

"What?" said Lionstrike.

"Knew this already…Look I have to go." said Tigerstripe and he walked away. Tigerstripe knew this was the biggest battle that would ever happen. He had to talk about it to his leader more.

Tigerstripe walked into the leader's den. Leopardstar was laying in his nest with Sandbreeze. They were sleeping next to each other. He would have to talk to them later.

Tigerstripe saw Stormypelt, his former apprentice. He was walking up to him. "Tigerstripe. The hunting patrol caught three mice, and a squirrel." reported Stormypelt.

"Good work." said Tigerstripe. He looked at everyone preparing for the battle.

This is going to be a long moon.

Yay! The Big Battle is in the next 3 chapters. I want to thank the following people for helping me. Mossshine, Silent Dawn-The Ancient Cat, ShinobiStar, seddieshipper8766, and Violetsong for giving me cats and warriors for my story. This is appreciated and I hope you are looking forward to the big battle

Sincerely,

MossStarFromRiverclan.