Here is chapter 26!
CHAPTER 26
(Alice's POV)
"What!?" Alice yelled, "Your expecting his kits! Bramblesky we're huma- never mind," she hung her head and muttered under her breath, aware Bramblesky was staring at her.
"How did you find out?" Bramblesky asked Rainbreeze.
"Dawnfire asked me how I was feeling about the kits, then she trailed off once she realized I didn't know," he muttered.
"How did she know?!" Bramblesky asked alarmed.
"She's a medicine cat," Alice stated looking her friend in the eye, "How wouldn't she know?"
Bramblesky sighed, "True, but why are you so mad?" she asked Rainbreeze.
He purred, "I'm not mad! I'm very happy, i'm just concerned with the battle going on," he sighed, "I couldn't bare it if anything happened to you!"
Bramblesky pressed against him, "Same here,"
Alice followed Moorleap into the camp, she couldn't believe Bramblesky! She was a human not a cat! She couldn't have Rainbreeze's kits! She couldn't! Alice found herself heading straight for her nest, plopping down in it and weeping. Just then she heard Cloudstar's familiar call, "Let all cats old enough to sleep under the stars join here for a clan meeting!"
"RiverClanner's too," Runningstar added. Alice forced herself up, she walked out of the den and joined Moorleap.
"Runningstar and I have been talking and with the help of our deputies we have decied that," the clan held their breath, "We stay and fight!"
The gathered cats cheered and Runningstar silenced them, "I have brought all of RiverClan to help even the kits and elders, all queens who feel up to fighting may. For now the queens, kits and elders will go to the nursery." The queens and elders nodded and herded the kits to the nursery. "We do not know when ShadowClan will attack," he glanced up at the sun slowly sinking in the sky, "But we will have four guards on shift always! Two from RiverClan and two from WindClan."
"Our first guards will be Smallfern, Emberleaf, Vinetail and Softwhisker," Cloudstar meowed, the rest of you may do as you please, just don't leave the camp. RiverClanners make yourselves at home, feel free to make yourself a nest and eat some fresh kill, we are allies now!" With that he jumped down from the Tall Rock and went into his den, Runningstar behind him. Alice looked over at Bramblesky who was being forced into the nursery by Rainbreeze.
Moorleap nudged her, "You want to share a rabbit?" he asked.
She sighed, "Sure." They padded over to the prey-pile and sat down with a plump rabbit. They talked and laughed until the sun set, they decied not to sleep and to lay outside near the nursery so they could help Rainbreeze protect the slightly ticked Bramblesky, who was sleeping in the there Alice looked at Moorleap, she wanted to tell him she couldn't have kits, but she kept her mouth shut.
Suddenly she heard loud yowl, "ShadowClan attack!" She was on her paws and racing after Moorleap to the nursery in an instant. They stood beside Rainbreeze and watched as the camp came alive with fighting cats. Cloudstar and Runningstar had already pinned two ShadowClan warriors and sent them fleeing. She slashed at a dark gray tom and watched in horror as Crowmist went to down under three ShadowClan warriors, she nodded to Moorleap and ran to help the deputy. She pounced on a ginger warrior and pulled her off the deputy, they rolled around while Crowmist fought off the other two with the help of Redwing. Alice bit the ginger she-cat's shoulder and she screamed in pain, she slashed madly at Alice not caring where her blows landed. Alice let herself get pinned and waited for the she-cat to loosen her grip, when she did she yowled a battle cry and flung the ShadowClanner off. Alice tried standing up, her whole body felt numb, she had a large cut in her flank and she could hardly put pressure on one of her front paws, not to mention a few nicks on her ears.
She began to limp painfully towards the medicine den when suddenly she was thrown off balance. She tried to fight back but found she didn't have the strength, she allowed herself to be dragged into a dark corner of the camp. Her attacker pinned her and stared down at her with blue eyes. "What aren't you going to fight back?" the cat sneered, it sounded like a she-cat.
Out of the corner of her eye Alice saw the ShadowClan cats fleeing after their deputy. Needlestar must have been killed, she thought. "Run after your friends or you'll be taken prisoner." she snarled.
The she-cat laughed, "Oh, Alice I think we both know that won't happen. After all we are from the same clan."
Alice stared at her shocked, how does she know my- Suddenly she recognized the voice, "Poolpaw?!"
"Good guess."
"But, why?!"
"Alice I think you know why, we both love Moorleap and with you dead he will have no choice but to be my mate!" Alice looked shocked, "That's right Alice, i'm going to kill you." She felt her body tense as Poolpaw raised her paw in the air, her claws shone in the moonlight. Quick as lighting Poolpaw slashed her neck, blood poured out of the wound and Alice felt dizzy. She felt all life leave her body and the last thing she saw before she died was Moorleap laughing at her playfully as she swam to shore at her first gathering after falling off the log bridge.
another cliffy!