Warriors: Toxic Claws From The Trusted

Chapter Five

Moonpaw watched as Gorsepaw began to bite into it and Moonpaw pounced over him, knocking him over. Gorsepaw's face was planted into the ground. "Why'd you do that?!" Hissed Gorsepaw. "Uhm.. Those leaves are... Poison Ivy." Mewed Moonpaw, glaring at Smallbubble.

Moonpaw padded into camp, tail and head high, as to not show his fear of war. He padded over to the pile of Fresh-Kill and sniffed it. all of their food was Crow-Food now. Moonpaw was horrified. Leaf-Bare starts tomorrow and we have no food! Moonpaw stepped over to the apprentice den, belly empty. The cats gathered around in the clearing, spreading stories of what happened at Fourtrees. Cursedstar didn't bother doing a meeting but just hissed in the clearing. "Tomorrow we will raid each Clan, one by one." Cursedstar padded into his den and Smallbubble followed,her three kits in her jaws. Moonpaw sat next to Gorsepaw inside the apprentice den. "Your herb mix..." Gorsepaw looked up. "It was poisoned." mewed Moonpaw. "What?" mewed Gorsepaw, shocked. "yes, I saw Smallbubble put Deathberries in it... And she knows I saw." Gorsepaw's eyes widened. "I'm sorry... I cannot deal with the stress of being a warrior anymore. Being poisoned? Almost getting killed by just training? I-I I don't think our dream of being warriors together will become reality." Moopaw nodded. "I was trying to tell you. You should just run away." "I cannot." mewed Gorsepaw. "I'm sorry. I just can't run away. I have to stay with you, and mom." Moonpaw rolled his eyes. "Fine." mewed Moonpaw before he cuddled into his moss den, one eye open to see what his brother will do. Gorsepaw's eyes widened before he just padded off onto his nest and Moonpaw closed his eyes to fall asleep.

Cursedstar awoke all cats in the Clan with one yowl. "We shall raid the weakest Clan first! ShadowClan. Muddystar is weak and small and his nine lives will be easy to take. His clan also doesn't get much food in this harsh weather. We'll take one prisoner from each Clan." Every cat padded into the clearing except queens and kits. "I will go to ShadowClan with a party of the cats... Blackpaw, Icefang, Smokefur, and Mudpaw." Yowled Cursedstar. Every cat who had been called nodded and followed him through the gorse tunnel. Moonpaw, who had been sitting in the clearing next to the medicine cat, Lilynose padded over to his brother in the front of the crowd. "Gorsepaw. Promise me you won't go to a raid. You'll surely die out there." mewed Moonpaw. Gorsepaw sighed. "Just one. Then I'll tell you the fate I've decided on." Moonpaw tilted his head, confused what he meant. Smallbubble hopped out of the leader's den. "That isn't where a deputy or queen is meant to sleep." hissed an apprentice behind Moonpaw and Gorsepaw. "My Clan, Cursedstar told me to send out another raid party once he left so... We will raid WindClan now, because of how they've insulted us." "I will take Moonpaw, Gorsepaw, Wolfburn, Lilynose, Bloodtail- oh and of course I'm leading you." Moonpaw's eyes widened. Gorsepaw isn't ready yet... is what he wished he could say. Smallbubble flicker her tail and Riverstripe pelted over to the leader's den and gave each kit a lick on the head. Smallbubble glared at the two apprentices who knew of the cat she's murdered. Smallbubble flicker her tail once again and all the cats she'd called followed her through the gorse tunnel. "Be ready. We have less cats because the others are fighting, meaning we are weaker." Mews rose from the small group of cats she brought. Wolfburn's eyes were filled with grief in sadness after his mate, Sunheart was poisoned, and Moonpaw was sure it was Smallbubble. Moonpaw padded in the back of the group and noticed that Smallbubble was giving Wolfburn a herb mix, from LIlynose and Wolfburn gulped it up in a few bites. "Thank you both for this." He mewed.

Once they found the camp all WindClan cats lived in they sat down for a second. "Wolfburn, did that mix work?" Wolfburn nodded. "I'm much less hungry and not a single mouse was wasted!" he meowed. Suddenly Wolfburn's eyes widened. "It tastes sweet now." Wolfburn glared at Lilynose. "Did you..." Wolfburn started before falling onto the ground, choking. "How dramatic, he is. We put just a little sweetener in the mix and he freaks out." mewed Smallbubble. "You... killed. Sunheart...." Choked Wolfburn before his eyes lost all life and he stopped moving. "What happened?! Was... My mix? No- You-! What?" Stuttered Lilynose. "No... Wolfburn... Not after what I promised you.. But. I think I know who killed Sunheart." mewed Moonpaw quietly as he shared tongues with Wolfburn for the last time. "We will mourn later, the fight is now!" hissed Smallbubble as she pelted into the camp and pounced onto a large warrior. "You smell of ThunderClan! Why are you here?!" Hissed the tom as he pinned down Smallbubble. "Because you defy my mate, you've defied my Clan, you've defied my Clan, you've defied my kits." The tom was confused. He jumped off of the she and slid to the other side of camp. "Get out of this camp! You come to fight but you have no reason to fight! Not a good one, at least." "Darkrose! Stop fighting!" mewled a little, skinny kit. "I'm sorry, Batkit. They chose to come here and end up with their Clan killed." Batkit ran to the nursery and cuddled up with a random queen. Smallbubble's party poured into the camp and a WindClan apprentice padded over to Moonpaw. "You're tiny, huh? Why is a Clan letting their kits join on raids?" The gray tabby apprentice mewed Moonpaw lashed his tail. "I'm here on my deputy's orders. She may be evil but I must do what she says. I'll act like her slave and then kill her someday." The gray tabby let out a mew of amusement. "Big words from such a little kit, huh?" "I'm Rockpaw. You could be a fun fight. Don't worry, I'll go easy on you." Moonpaw's eyes lightened. "My name's Moonpaw. I'll be sure to go easy on you  too." Rockpaw snorted. "You won't need to do that" he got down, his belly touching the dirty ground and he pounced onto Moonpaw. Moonpaw opened his mouth as the gray tabby, who was much bigger than him pinned him onto the ground. Moonpaw bit his shoulder and tried to scratch his belly, since his back paws were under it. Rockpaw stood where he was as Moonpaw helplessly scratched and bit the tom. "You really are just a small kit, huh?" Moonpaw didn't respond and got out of the grip of the cat and slid to the other side of the clearing. Rockpaw flicked his tail and spoke. "You aren't worth my time at this age. How about we fight again someday, when you're older." Moonpaw's eyes lit up even more and he nodded. Rockpaw started wrestling Bloodtail and Moonpaw looked for a cat to fight. Suddenly mewing and hissing came from outside the camp- Mudpaw and his father pelted into the camp, Cursedstar's party following. "We have come to fight as well. We think it's better to send one party at once- instead of my Mouse-Brained plan." meowed Cursedstar. Mudpaw pelted over to Moonpaw. "My vision's gotten worse, but my claws are sharper! Maybe my mother's right!" Moonpaw touched his tail to Mudpaw's shoulder. "We'd better fight, or we'll get exiled!" mewed Moonpaw. Mudpaw nodded and padded off. Blackpaw walked into the camp last and he padded onto the leader's rock. "Is this really all of you? Man, what a small Clan. Almost as bad as ours." He hissed mockingly. More cats poured out of their dens, hissing and tails lashing. A large she noticed Moonpaw and pounced on him. "ThunderClan must be desperate, bringing kits!" Moonpaw slid out from under the she. "They are desperate. Cursedstar lost warriors because he chose to send them to a war that lasted moons! He forced me to become an apprentice at 3 moons! And that's why." The she hissed. "Why? Why what...?" Moonpaw laughed, no real emotion in it. "That's why I'll kill him." The she's eyes widened and she let out an amused purr. "I like you, kit. You've got too much... hm. For lack of a better word...  Spunk." Moonpaw was happy, about how he'd gotten two WindClan cats to like him- Somewhat like him- with just a fight. Moonpaw pounced onto the warrior's back. "I don't plan on killing you, I have no need or want to. So I'm really just practicing." He mewed coolly. The warrior picked up Moonpaw by the scruff of his neck. "You're unlucky to be so tiny, huh?" She mewed. "Oh and- by the way. My name is Maplewhisker." She said before setting down the kit and padding off. "I have no need or want to kill a kit either." she mewed before wrestling Smallbubble. "Maplewhisker.." Smallbubble hissed. "Smallbubble, you seem weak now. Last time we fought you almost killed me. Have you kitted or something?" Smallbubble scratched Maplewhisker's eye. "Maybe- And what do you have against that? I kill whoever defies my kits, and nobody else." Moonpaw watched and thought about what Smallbubble said. Sunheart said the kits were more work. Then she died. "And I'll kill anyone who disagrees" Is what Smallbubble had hissed. Smallbubble tried to kill Gorsepaw too.. Moonpaw tried to think of why she would've wanted to. Maybe Smallbubble knew he wanted Gorsepaw to run away and survive. What if she knew? Moonpaw thought, a horrified look on his face. And Wolfburn... Was the mate of the cat who defied her kits. Smallbubble is truly evil. And she would do anything;                                                           Kill anything for them.  Suddenly another warrior padded into the camp. Mintpaw. The RiverClan spy. "I heard- well.. Half heard there's a raid here. You have barely any warriors, I shall fight for you, Cursedstar- no.... ThunderClan." She mewed before pelting over and wrestling some warriors. "I'm truly here because I couldn't handle the loud mewling of that Lionkit..." Mintpaw said after temporarily knocking out a small, weak warrior. Smallbubble's eyes widened and she escaped the grip of Maplewhisker. "Hello Mintpaw!" She mewed, padding over to the apprentice. "Hello, Smallbubble!" "Hungry?" She mewed, a herb mix of leaves under her paw. Mintpaw looked at the yowling warriors fighting. "Yes, Smallbubble." Smallbubble held her head high and slid the horrible-tasting death mix towards the apprentice. Moonpaw couldn't move, as if his paws were rooted to the ground. Mintpaw bent over and gulped up the mix. "Thank you, It's quite sweet!" Smallbubble nodded and watched as Mintpaw choked and went limp. "Mintpaw... Oh how horrible. Too bad you were like my kits. Perhaps you were too used to RiverClan and they made you a traitor." Moonpaw pretended he hadn't seen, hoping Smallbubble wouldn't pick him next. Moonpaw's eyes searched for an opponent who he could have a fair battle with.

 One black she cat cowered in the corner, watching everyone fight. She stared at Moonpaw while Moonpaw anxiously twitched his whiskers. Moonpaw's eyes found the cowarding she. "You! Uhm... F-Fig-Fight M-M-Me!" The she's eyes widened. "I-I- I cannot... No- You're a kit. I will kill you." Moonpaw realized he made a mistake choosing the cat scared of war. "Remember the name Silentcrow. Never forget it, in StarClan or The Dark Forest. "You're evil aren't you? You'd kill  a kit?!" Silentcrow's eyes lit up. "I'd kill every kit, even my own for WindClan." Moonpaw's eyes widened. "Even your own kits, huh?"Silentcrow pinned the kit to the ground with zero effort, and Moonpaw mewled under the huge she's paw. "S-Stop!" Silentcrow hissed. "You made a mistake asking me to fight! My kittypet roots have nothing to do with my strength!" SIlentcrow began pushing hard on the kit's throat and Moonpaw struggled. "Why haven't you killed me yet if you want to so- bad?" Moonpaw stumbled with his words, choking. Silentcrow took her paw off the kit. "What?! D-Do you wan-w-want me to scratch you? Because only a real forest cat could?! Hm? Do- Do you think I'm not a real f-fores-forest cat?!" She hissed.  "Why are so so... insecure about that?!" Hissed Moonpaw, lying on the dirt ground of the camp. "Maybe I don't have claws, but I have teeth to kill you with!" Moonpaw's eyes widened and her pelted away from the she, then pounced onto her neck. Moonpaw stumbled around before using his claws to get a good grip on the cat and bit her neck. "No..." mewed the she-cat weakly as she fell onto the ground. "Uhm. She's alive... I... think?" Gorsepaw limped over to the she. "Yup! Alive and well!" Moonpaw looked back at his brother. Gorsepaw limped off before Moonpaw could say anything. Moonpaw hid in the fluffy fur of the fainted cat and watched, as Gorsepaw bit the leg of a large warrior. "ThunderClan kit.... I will show no mercy fighting you." Moonpaw looked up at the warrior he had bit.... Above him stood Cloudstar, the strong WindClan leader who had the strength to kill the entirety of ThunderClan if she wanted to. Gorsepaw's eyes widened in horror as he realized he bit one of the strongest cats in the forest. Cloudpaw reached her head down and grabbed Gorsepaw by his weakest leg. "Help! Help me!" Moonpaw pelted forward and Cloudstar turned around abrubtly, glaring at the other kit.