But the 'Night' will Save the Clan
Stormstar watched from the corner of his eye as he and the clans fought. Everyone seemed to be fighting as hard as they could. But this time their best wasn't good enough. "This is bad." He said to no one in particular.
For a second it got worse. Death Trap launched herself at him. She never made it. Stormstar heard her collide with another cat and turned to see who it was. He had only meant for it to be a glance, but when he saw who it was it was a lot more than that.
"Knight!" he exclaimed.
Knight looked embarrassed. "I know you don't want me around but-"
Stormstar interrupted. "No! I was wrong. Help! Please!"
Knight smiled. "I will. And I won't do it alone." Beside him more Dark Forest cats appeared. A she cat walked up beside Knight. "Abandon, take your half and go to the other side of the fight." Knight instructed. Abandon nodded and dashed off.
Then Knight's 'half' started fighting where they were.
"No." Death Trap said softly. "No!" She shrieked. She launched onto Stormstar.
He kicked her off and leapt to his feet. He ran towards her and she kicked his jaw and neck. His head snapped back and Death Trap jumped up, slamming her claws across his face. He staggered to the side. She gave him a shove and he fell. Then she grabbed his ear and started pounding him against the ground.
Come on Stormstar. He told himself. You're not going to be defeated this easily. He kicked her face as she tried to bring his head back down. She let go and stepped back. Stormstar jumped back up and spun around. Death Trap swung her claw, but he'd expected that. He ducked and lashed his paws out at her feet, knocking them out from under her. As soon as she hit the ground he slammed into her. She rolled over and kicked him in chest. For the second the wind was taken out of him, and in that moment she ripped into his stomach. He fell on top of her and she bit into his neck.
This is it. This is the end. He thought. And then it wasn't. At first he was confused, then he realized he'd just lost his first life. Not an experience he wanted to re-live anytime soon. Unfortunately Death Trap had her claw on his neck. "I know you're coming back to life." She snarled, "And I'm prepared for you when you do."
Well I'm prepared to make you wait. Stormstar thought. And that he did. He waited for a while. Death Trap leaned in closer, and that's when he lashed out. He ripped right into her neck and chest. She yowled and made a run for it. Stormstar tried to follow her only to be knocked to the ground by a dark one.
Knight lunged onto the dark one, bit into its head, and yanked it back. Stormstar gave a grateful nod in which Knight flicked his tail in response. Then Flame came to help Knight. "You might want to Nightwind and Ghost. They're having some trouble." He suggested to Stormstar.
Stormstar nodded and dashed off. Sure enough Nightwind and Ghost, a Dark Forest cat, were having trouble with their dark one. Stormstar jumped up onto the dark one, digging his claws in. It didn't seem to notice, but then he bit into its neck. Nightwind came in from below and bit its neck too, and Ghost fought it while it tried to get the other two off.
For the fight, the apprentices had teamed up. There was Emberpaw from Stormclan, Sorrowpaw from Lightingclan, Emeraldpaw and Bravepaw from Fallenclan, and Smokepaw and Snowpaw from Moonclan. They weren't doing that bad really. Smokepaw, Snowpaw, Sorrowpaw, and Emeraldpaw attacked at the dark one's legs while Emberpaw and Bravepaw went in for the kill.
Then the dark one struck Smokepaw and he flew back. For a second he couldn't move, the wind was too knocked out of him. Then he stumbled up and didn't know what to do. He couldn't find the scents of the other apprentices through all the fighting cats. However he could smell dark ones, a lot of them too. He wasn't sure which one, if any, was after him. Then one swatted him. This time he managed to land on his feet. Smokepaw jumped out of the way blindly, which turned out to be a good move considering this dark one had swung its paw too. Without wasting time, Smokepaw jumped on and swung his front paws trying to find its neck. His paw went into the dark ones mouth instead. "Leave him alone!" he heard one of the Dark Forest cats shout. Whoever it was launched onto the dark one, but it was too late to get it to release Smokepaw. It flung him aside by the paw.
Smokepaw let out a groan as he smashed into the ground again. Then he could smell a familiar cat. He scowled. "Hello Jayfeather." He greeted. "Here to tell me you were right? That I could never be a warrior and this proves it?"
"Actually, I was going to say you were right. But if you're going to be that way-" Jayfeather started.
"Wait, I was right?" Smokepaw asked, sounding confused.
"Yes." Jayfeather sniffed. "Don't wear it out."
"But . . . I failed."
Jayfeather snorted. "What, because you got tossed aside by a dark one? They're not the type of challenge most warriors have to deal with. You're doing amazing well. Better than I did."
Smokepaw tilted his head. "You were a warrior?"
"I tried to be. I never made it far, because I wasn't meant to be one. But you, I think you were. You'll just have to do things differently." Then he faded and the rest of the world came back to Smokepaw.
He sniffed around. It was a lot to take in, but he thought it was safe to get up. So Smokepaw did so. "Smokepaw!" someone called.
"Snowpaw!" he ran towards her. She shoved him just as a claw whizzed by.
"Smokepaw, we need your help." She explained.
Smokepaw nodded. "Gladly."