Foxgaze's Haunting

Chapter 8

(Cat above is Pebblefur)
"You have to jump into the air and then bring your paw down hard on their head" Pebblefur demonstrated. The lithe tom reared up onto his back legs and then brought his paw down on top of a loose tree branch. The branch cracked through the middle and fell in splinters to the ground. Pebblefur licked his paw "That's what it does to your opponents skull if tou do it right".

Foxpaw nodded and took a deep breath. She and Pebblefur, her mentor, were in the training hollow. She had begun to learn the final moves for her final assesment. One of which was the badger strike, the move Pebblefur had just demonstrated. Foxpaw thought the move over in her head, in which she noticed something odd about it. She meowed "What would happen if your opponent slashed your belly? I mean, your completely exppsed".

Pebblefur looked flustered. His tail twitched in curiosity "Well...I guess... I guess you are".

Foxpaw reared into her hind paws but this time jumped into the air. She curled her stomach flat so that any attacker would never think of clawing at her. She brought her claws down hard on another branch. It cracked beneath her grip and splintered.

She turned around to Pebblefur who was startled. He stammered "That was amazing. A little weak but I could see only one weakness".

"What?" Foxpaw cocked her head to the side. She hadn't seen anything she had done wrong in the move.

Pebblefur purred "That your not doing your final assessment yet!"

Foxpaw's eyes lit up "I'm only at 11 moons Pebbefur and really?"

"You seem to know everything. You're a sucessful hunter and an excellent fighter. Your bravery has shown itself in battle. Foxpaw, 12 moons or not, you're ready".

"Oh thank you Pebblefur!" Foxpaw exclaimed. She licked the tom's ear in thanks. He purred "You can have to rest of the day off".

Foxpaw laughed and bounded towards camp. She jumped on Glazepool who was carrying a squirrel in her jaws. Foxpaw smiled "Guess who's going to be a warrior?"

Glazepool spat the squirrel on the freshkill pile. She merrowed in amusement "I'm not sure, maybe a trout named Holy StarClan"

"It's me silly!" Foxpaw blinked "Pebblefur said I'm skilled enough to be made one. I just have to pass my final assessment".

"That's fantastic!" Glazepool meowed "I'm proud of you".

Suddenly, a patrol of IceClan warriors burst into the camp. They were all breathing heavily and covered in wounds. Firefur gasped and yowled "SeaClan...c-coming for rev-venge!"

Nightstar jumped onto the HighRock and yowled "IceClan warriors! Attack!"

Littlestar, followed by her warriors burst into the clearing. The clearing became a turmoil of fur flying and screeching from the infuriated warriors. Foxpaw yelped as something barreled into her side. She looked up and saw it was Silverclaw, the warrior that had attacked her during the raid on SeaClan camp a half moon ago. The silver tabby screeched "How's this for your lousy prey stealer!". The warrior bit Foxpaw's ear, tearing the edge.

Foxpaw shrieked in pain and pushed Silverclaw off her using her back legs. Foxpaw reared up and brought her paw down hard on Silverclaw's head, a move she had learned just before the battle. Silverclaw thudded to the ground and groaned. Foxpaw turned away and lept into the battle.

Her anger for the SeaClan warriors made her as bloodthirsty as a dog in a cat camp. She scratched and bit at the SeaClan warriors until she started to feel dizzy. Just as she was about to collapse on the ground, Littlestar yowled "SeaClan! These rougues have learned their lesson. Retreat!"

The SeaClan warriors, groaning and hissing began to file out of camp. Silverclaw was being helped to her paws by a brown and white tom. She hissed at Foxpaw "This isn't over".

Foxpaw looked at her fur. The dappled tortishell pattern had a red shine, all from blood that wasn't hers. Her paws were red. Her ear hurt but she knew it would heal. I've never been covered in so much blood She remembered the time when she was attacked by the fox, that wasnt mine.

Foxpaw limped to the medicine cat den. Bitten and wounded cats lay everywhere. Leafpaw and Lakeheart were running around frantically to plaster cobwebs and make poultices. Foxpaw decided to come back later but she saw Pebblefur and wanted to ask him something.

"Um. Pebblefur, when do you want to do my final assessment?" she mewed.

Pebblefur winced as Leafpaw plastered something onto a cut on his flank "You know, I don't think you need an assessment. In the battle you proved yourself a fierce warrior".

"Sure! That sounds great" Foxpaw meowed. She was too tired to be excited.

As she padded out of the den, Foxpaw collapsed into her nest, ignoring she still smelled of blood and was injured, and fell asleep.

Hi guys! So just saying, I changed Littlestar's gender to a girl because I thought she was a guy until I looked at their roleplay page. So, from this point on, Littlestar is a girl.

Thanks- EvilKittypet