CHAPTER 8
Minnowflash felt so happy , so , SO happy ! Walking beside her lover filled her with energy , before dying down when a wave of anxiety hit . What about Toadspring ? Reedkit ? Willowkit ? What about her friends ? They'd hate her for breaking the code !
' Minnowflash .. Are you ok ? You're shaking . ' Aspenfall mewed , concerned . ' y-yeah .. I'm fine . I'm just imagining how my clanmates will take me having you as a mate . Specifically Toadspring . I haven't told him yet . ' Minnowflash sighed .
Aspenfall hesitated , worry glittered in his eyes . ' I could .. Come in somewhere else ? A bit later in the day ? They won't know we were together ? '
Minnowflash shook her head , ' We came together , and we'll stay together , my love . I am yours , you are mine .. ' She twined her tail with her new mate , before scenting a familiar stench . The stench of fox !
Big fight time - BW
Large paws flew into the air as the fox leapt upon Minnowflash , she winced , waiting for the injury that would guide her to starclan , but it never came ! Aspenfall had thrown himself in front of the fox and was now limping . ' ASPENFALL ! ' Minnowflash yowled , unsheathing her claws and leaping upon the enemy , protecting the ex-snake clan warrior with everything she had .
Minnowflash sank her claws deep into the left eye of the fox , hearing it shriek in pain as the blow connected , she was shaken this was and that , the fox ' s head was going up , down , side to side , the dog-like creature clearly agitated ,
Aspenfall raced at the fox , pelting into its side , the fox , wobbling from the unexpected charge , fell onto their back , as Aspenfall gathered his might and slit the belly of the hostile creature . Then it all blacked out .
' Minnowflash ? Minnowflash ? It 's me - Mistleflight - Hello ? ? ' Mistleflight - Minnowflash ' s sister - meowed concerned at the she cat as the hunting patrol brought her and the snakeclan warrior in , both of them deeply unconscious , Reedkit and Willowkit gasped in horror , their father curling his tail around the kits , demanding to the patrol that they tell him what happened to his mate . ' I-Im so sorry Toadspring . We found them both by the dead body of a fox , and a Snakeclan warrior standing over them . We chased her over the border .