It had been a couple moons since the announcement of Skyleap's expecting of kits, and now, she had given birth to three kits, Finchkit, Gorsekit in memory of her father, and Cougarkit. All were healthy.
She had begged Shadowstar not to give the spot of Deputy to another, and Shadowstar hadn't, keeping faith in her Deputy.
"Skyleap, how old are your kits? We need you back on Deputy duty." Shadowstar asked Skyleap.
"They are four and a half moons, Shadowstar. Hold on." Skyleap rolled her eyes, turning away from Shadowstar and beginning to groom her kits.
Shadowstar huffed and padded out of the Nursery, before being stopped by Dragonfeather "Shadowstar! Badger bodies are covering the field!"
Shadowstar's eyes widened and she raced out of Camp, But they have always lived there? We were only allowed to hunt in leaf-bare, its not like my Warriors attacked them!
She halted by the field, gasping when she saw the wretched blood covered land, badger bodies cloaking it entirely.
Shadowstar stepped towards the badger body, probing it with a paw while feeling clamp marks, teeth marks. Dog hairs flickered along the grass but they seemed thicker then usual. Shadowstar shuddered, what had happened?
Turning away, Shadowstar strode back to Camp, acting as if nothing had happened. Maybe it was a hunting party? Two-legs and their dogs always come by here...
She shivered once more before circling in her nest and falling asleep.
"Shadowstar! Help!"
Shadowstar shot out of her den to see large dogs, larger then normal, ransacking the Camp-site.
A huge dog sunk its teeth into Mossfire's back, he yowled and raked its face, making it release him and letting him stumble away for a moment before another dog leaped onto him and attacked him.
Blood spattered Camp and a body already lay un-moving, Yellowsplash...
Shadowstar leaped onto the dog attacking Mossfire and thrust it away from the tom, "Go to the Medicine den!" She yowled to the young warrior, who immediately nodded, wide-eyed, and limped away.
Shadowstar gave a heavy bite on the dog's spine, she heard a crack and began raking her claws down the spine of the large dog, growling loudly. Redstorm joined her soon after, battering at its eyes, making it go blind. It staggered backwards before plummeting to the ground with a howl.
Shadowstar gave it a last scratch on its face and knew at once it was dead.
She turned away to see the Clan fighting rapidly, until, suddenly. Skyleap jumped out of the Nursery, slashing wildly at a dog that had pinned Silverstorm down. Shadowstar raced up, "Skyleap! Get back in the nursery!"
"NO!" Skyleap hissed, continuing to attack the dog.
Silverstorm lay wide-eyed under the dog, until Skyleap yanked the dog on the tail and sent it staggering into her and away from Silverstorm.
Redstorm leaped over and tried to help Skyleap when he was only pushed over by another dog who blocked Skyleap from everyone.
Skyleap was tossed to the ground, pinned by one dog while the other raked its claws down Skyleap's stomach. She yowled in agony while the same dog bit into her flank, another dog joined in and ripped at her legs. She flailed helplessly underneath the pack of dogs, blood pooling out beside her, she was blocked from sight and all was heard of screeches of pain and tearing noises, until no fighting was sounded. Just the dripping of blood and a painful whimper before all went quiet.
"Skyleap! NO!" Silverstorm screeched, rushing over to his mates' side, the dogs parted to show the Queen, who was un-moving and lay numb, eyes shut and blood leaking from the wounds.
"Skyleap!" Silverstorm sobbed.
Finchkit, Gorsekit and Cougarkit glanced out the Nursery, "Whats going on?" Finchkit asked.
"Oh, mommies sleeping." Gorsekit nodded.
"Then why is daddy crying?" Cougarkit asked.
"Hush kits." Redstorm wrapped a tail around their mouths.
Silverstorm continued wailing and weeping, before Shadowstar nudged him, "The dogs will attack you again." She glanced around to see the others still fighting, their yowls of war sounding across Camp.
"We must leave Camp. We will not win." Shadowstar murmured.
She raced to the exit of Camp, "All cats of NightClan! Gather the kits and leave the territory! This is a battle not worth fighting. We will not win," She yowled before turning out of Camp.
The dogs acted as if they had understood, stopping while their tongues began to loll as the cats left.
Shadowstar left Camp, her Clan dragging after her, looking lost and dumbfounded.
"We could have won! Those are just mutts!" Mistpaw yelped.
Silverstorm snarled, "Are you a mouse-brain! We couldn't have! Did you see Skyleap?!" He snapped, his fur bristling.
"Calm yourselves. We are now on a journey for new hope, don't talk rudely to each other. We don't know how long this will take." Shadowstar murmured, Redstorm leaping up to her side.
"Shadowstar, are you okay?" Redstorm asked.
"Of course I'm not. I just lost a wonderful place the Clan could live in, we only just moved in." Shadowstar sighed.
Redstorm nodded, "Right. So, if you need anything, ask me." He murmured.
"I'm not helpless, you know." Shadowstorm softly smiled.
"Yeah, I know." Redstorm chuckled, nudging Shadowstar.
She purred and nuzzled him, suddenly blushing and leaping away, "Sorry about that."
A soft Yes! Came from Redstorm before he turned back to Shadowstar, "Don't worry about it," He slightly grinned.
Shadowstar said nothing back, just gazed into emptiness.
Silentstar, please lead us in the right direction.