Hi! I hope everyone liked the last chapter! If not... well... um... sorry.

Anyway, I LOVE this chapter and I hope you do too! It's very eventful.

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Chapter 15: Mintleaf

Mintleaf bounded down from Leafstar's den, and sprinted to the nursery. She prodded Willowwind and the tortoiseshell she-cat woke up. Hearing what Mintleaf had to explain, she quickly roused her kits and took them out of the den. Silverriver took longer.

"Silverriver! Wake up!" Mintleaf sighed, prodding her shoulder for the third time. The queen just let out a long sigh and put her paw over the edge of the nest. "Wake up!" Mintleaf screamed into her ear.

Silverriver's eyes flickered open. "What? Go away!" Then she put a paw over her face and her breathing deepened. I didn't know she was such a sound sleeper!

"Silverriver, you need to wake up! Now!" Mintleaf yowled. Silverriver gasped and sat up.

"You don't have to yell! What is it?"

Mintleaf rolled her eyes. "You need to take your kits to Leafstar's den. We're going to attack, remember?"

Silverriver jumped out of her nest. She poked her kits, and after a lot of yelling, they woke up. Apparently, that runs in the family, Mintleaf thought, amused. She padded out of the den and darted over to Leafstar, who was addressing the clan.

"Wait, Mintleaf!" Silverriver called. Mintleaf flicked her ears up and sauntered over to the silver she-cat.

"What?" she yawned. She'd been up all night and it was starting to get to her.

"I want to fight," Silverriver announced.

"But… you're a queen."

"I still have claws. I'm going to tell Leafstar. Will you take my kits?" She gestured with her tail to the five kits sitting against her, blinking and yawning drowsily.

"What about your kits?"

Silverriver hissed angrily. "I'm not planning on getting killed. Just take them, okay?"

"Sure," Mintleaf meowed. "That is, if they don't fall asleep."

Silverriver snorted. "They won't." Then she licked each of her kits on the head and bounded to the crowd of cats standing near the camp entrance.

"Come on, kits," Mintleaf sighed, nudging them ahead of her.

"Why do we have to go to Leafstar's den?" Leafkit whined.

"Yeah, and where's Mama going?" Stormkit yawned, stumbling.

"Mama needs to go help Leafstar with something. She'll come back later." Mintleaf meowed, blocking him from falling off the walk up to Leafstar's den.

"But why?" Snowkit groaned, batting her huge green-blue eyes.

"She'll be back later, I promise. Just be good kits and do what the elders and Willowwind tell you," Mintleaf sighed, pushing them gently into the den.

"Where's Silverriver?" Willowwind asked, extending her tail towards the kits.

"She's fighting. Take care of them. I'm sure Leafstar will come and talk to you." Mintleaf explained quickly, before dipping her head and leaving the den.

"Mintleaf!" Thunderstrike called as soon as she stepped out.

"What?" Mintleaf sighed.

"We're taking the whole clan. Come down here!" Thunderstrike ordered.

…

Mintleaf stood on the stream, trying to hear Leafstar talking to Brackenstar and Flamestar. The stream was rushing loudly and she couldn't tell what they were saying.

"This is so weird," Stormshade whispered. "I can't believe we're going to be fighting StreamClan."

Mintleaf shook her head. "Not the whole clan. Just the cats who side with Flowerstar."

"You think some won't?"

"Stormshade, you of all cats should know that cats don't always follow their leaders. At the beginning of this war, you were standing on that side of the stream, ready to attack us," Mintleaf meowed. "And you almost brought Sootsong to your side."

"Well, I—" Stormshade started.

"Don't justify it, Stormshade," Mintleaf interrupted. "It's in the past and you're a LakeClan cat now."

Finally, the three leaders turned back to their clans. "For now, we are all allies," Leafstar announced. "We will fight Flowerstar and any cat who sides with her. Are Shiningmask and Swiftlake here?" No cat said anything.

"What? She was here when we left camp!" Flamestar yowled, sounding outraged.

"Swiftlake was here too!" Brackenstar growled.

Leafstar flicked her tail. "Looks like I was right."

"Well what about Thunderstrike? He's Flowerstar's littermate too." Mintleaf wasn't sure which cat shouted out, but Leafstar didn't seem to care.

"Thunderstrike is loyal and is not in contact with Flowerstar," she announced. "If anyone sees him fighting on her side, feel free to tell me."

"StreamClan, attack!" The yowl came out of nowhere and screams broke out as the clan surged forward. There aren't enough of them to take us down. We have two more clans than they do! But there seemed to be masses and masses of cats fighting with StreamClan. A brown tabby tom she'd never seen before pinned Mintleaf to the ground.

"Who are you?" She gasped, struggling to free herself. The cat dug his claws into her side.

"A friend of Flowerstar's," he replied, raking his claws across her and then pushing her into the battling cats and running off.

"Wait! Are you a rogue?" Mintleaf called after him, clawing at the cats around her. She dragged herself out of the mess of cats and sat down, panting. The scratch on her side was shallow, and had already stopped bleeding. She sat, panting, for a few heartbeats, and then scrambled to her paws and hurled herself back into the fray. After beating a small grey she-cat, Mintleaf found herself facing Dapplefall. But she's supposed to be an ally!

"If it isn't Mintleaf. Your sister stole my son!" Dapplefall hissed and pushed Mintleaf to the ground.

"What? You're Stormshade's mother?" Mintleaf gasped, clawing at her cheek.

Dapplefall snarled and bit Mintleaf's ear tip. "I am, and just before Stormshade became a traitor, I was going to introduce him to Flowerstar, who in case you didn't know is my best friend!"

"He's not the only traitor to OakClan. Don't be a hypocrite!" Mintleaf found the strength to push the tortoiseshell she-cat off. She pinned her down and bit her neck so that blood gushed out.

"I'm not a traitor," Dapplefall hissed, her voice scratchy. "I've always been on Flowerstar's side. We're going to rule." With that, she flung Mintleaf aside. "This is mercy," she snarled.

Mintleaf lay on the ground, exhausted. Her ear tip stung and her side ached. She scrambled to her paws and limped over to Featherspark, a black and gold she-cat, who was fighting Breezeheart.

"Oh, how exciting! It's my cousin!" Breezeheart snarled. Mintleaf hissed and raked her claws across his smug expression. Featherspark quickly ran away.

"How exciting, indeed. Not that I understand why any cat would side with your excuse of a mother. My father is smart. Clearly smarter than yours. Maybe if you had better parents, or even a mother who didn't plot to kill the entire population of cats just so she can win, you wouldn't be such a mouse-brain." Mintleaf pushed him towards the river.

"How dare you…" Breezeheart whispered. His eyes were like two blazing fires. "You aren't going to push me into the river, are you?" His words were like a challenge, and he was testing her. Mintleaf wouldn't succumb to him.

"Oh, no," she hissed. "You're not worth my energy." She flashed a black paw, with glistening claws across his neck. Blood began to pour out. She licked her paw and smirked, then stood up.

Before she could walk away, Breezeheart grabbed her tail with his teeth. "You will never win against me." Then he leapt on her and picked up her scruff in his teeth. "I hope you rot in the dark forest," he whispered, before pushing her into the river.

Mintleaf screamed as water filled her mouth. She tried to fight the water, but the current was too strong. She was going to drown. And it was all Breezeheart's fault.

I bet you're freaking out! Or you're thinking, well obviously she's not gonna die! I am the author. If I want to kill her I will. I will feel bad of course, because a lot of people like her.

QOTC

What might save Mintleaf from drowning?

This is rather complicated, but there is a one word answer I would take, you just need to have a certain word for it to make sense. Two maybe... Lol Plz review and bye!