Brambleberry's Path

Chapter 36:

Hey guys! Guess what? It's almost the end of the book! There might be a sequel. If you guys want one, that is. It is almost all caught up to Waterclan's prophecy. I'm really excited, because this will be officially the first book I've ever finished. EVER. XD And these are written differently than Brightstar1210 writes them because I don't want to copy her writing. These are in different POV's too, so it isn't the same as her's XD. Thanks for reading, and if you want a sequel, please tell me and I'll take it into consideration XD

~Infinite

Brambleberry opened his eyes and his fur bristled when he heard cats shrieking and the scent of blood washed over him. He looked over at Hakwing's nest and fear rose into his throat.

She wasn't there again.

He dashed out and his eyes darted around, scanning the clearing for her. She was nowhere to be found. His blood ran cold with worry, but he quickly swallowed it when he felt claws dig into his haunches. He spun around and swiped at the cat, taking them by surprise. Brambleberry's claws slashed down where the cat's face used to be, but they ducked away and darted behind him. He kicked out with strong hind legs and sent the cat flying away from him. He growled and let out a growl as he searched the camp again.

He really hoped Hawkwing was in a safer place or wasn't having any trouble fighting the cats. There was a yowl of anger and he whipped around to see a large grey tom with darker flecks hurtling towards him. The tom knocked into him, plowing both of the cats over and rolling in the dirt. Brambleberry let out a furious hiss and kicked at the cat with his hind legs, trying to get the intruder off of him. He was as large as Brambleberry, if not a little taller.

"Where are they?!" The cat hissed into his face, digging his claws into Brambleberry's shoulders. The large dark tabby glared at the tom and hissed back.

"I have no idea who you're talking about, you peice of fox-dung!" The cat's face was inches away from his own, and he could feel the tom's hot breath on his face and wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"The two unpure ones! They have mixed blood! I know they're here. You can't hide them from me!" He hissed, spittle flying into the dark tabby's face. He growled angrily and kicked the tom off with ease.

"You make no sense!" Brambleberry growled, crouched low and ready to launch himself at the cat. But the tom's attention was elsewhere. It was focused on Ivel as he tried to keep multiple attackers away from the nursery, where his mate and kits were inside, trying to help Riverheart as the queen was going into labor. The cat looked back at Brambleberry and bared his fangs at the large tom.

"I don't need you to tell me where the unpure one are anymore. I just found them!" He snarled, launching himself through the mass of struggling cats towards Ivel. Brambleberry contemplated going to help the tom, but decided against it.

He still needed to find Hawkwing.

As soon as he took four steps to look closer at two cats wrestling with each other, something hit his back and he whipped around to see two cats slashing at him with their claws. He got locked into battle with them, and his patience was running out. He was trying to find Hawkwing, and yet things kept getting in his way! He had finally managed to give the two intruders some permanent scars on their sides and faces. They yelped and scrambled around, bumping into each other as they tried to escape. Brambleberry let out an angry snarl and his eyes darted around the clearing again.

He was getting worried that Hawkwing was in trouble.

Even at the thought of the brown she-cat the dark tabby flexed his claws and his eyes blazed with fury. He wouldn't let that happen, not even if it killed him. He darted around the camp, tearing off any intruder from any Waterclan cat in a desperate attempt to find her. He had just ripped a cat off of Frogleap when he heard a distressed wail and immediately darted towards the sound. As he ripped two cats off of the cat that had let out the sound, he spotted ginger and white blotched fur and growled with irritation.

"What is wrong with you?!" Brambleberry hissed as he clawed at one of Blazecloud's attackers. The ginger and white warrior glanced at him and slashed at another attacker from his side.

"What's wrong with me?! I should be asking you that!" He hissed back as the two toms fought off intruder after intruder. Brambleberry glared at Blazecloud for a split second before turning back to the cat he was fighting and dodging claws as they sliced through the air towards him.

"I thought you were Hawkwing!" He hissed at the ginger warrior. Blazecloud glared at Brambleberry and leapt over a cat's head as they tried to sweep his paws from under him. As he kicked the cat in the haunches and sent him flying onto his face, he turned and faced Brambleberry.

"I'm not Hawkwing." He mewed. Brambleberry managed to make the cat he was fighting flee and turned towards Blazecloud, glaring back at him. Both toms' fur was on end and bristling as the air around them thickened with tension.

"If I had known that sooner, I wouldn't have helped you." Brambleberry growled, and Blazecloud flicked his tail.

"I wouldn't have needed your help anyways." He hissed back. Brambleberry's eyes glinted and he turned away, padding towards an unaware intruder. He turned his head to look at the ginger and white splotched tom.

"Good luck fighting off the rest of them." He mewed darkly as a couple more cats attacked Blazecloud, who had whipped around to fight them off.

And then the large, dark tabby leapt into battle once more to try and find Hawkwing.