Warrior cats FanFiction < The Taken>

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Hawkstar ducked under the bushes and emerged back into Shadowclans camp following Redstar.

"Shadowclaw, where is Rowantail?" Redstar meowed to a black tabby she-cat dropping a vole onto the fresh-kill pile. Shadowclaw turned round to her leader she stopped in a moment of thinking and then responded.

"I saw him whilst i was catching prey, he said he was going to hunt" she told him.

"Alone?" Redstar asked.

"Yes.. i thought i was strange too but i thought nothing of it" she meowed casting her gaze of Hawkstar suspitiously.

"Where did you see him last?" Redstar continued.

"Near the big Willow tree" she replied.

"Thank you Shadowclaw," Redstar meowed, who turned and nodded to Hawkstar and bounded out of camp with Thunderclans leader behind him.

They ran for around 5 minutes before they reached a huge willow tree, its leaves dragging on the ground. Redstar scented round the tree and found Rowantails scent.

"He was just here, we arn't far behind him" Hawkstar informed, perking his ears as a russle up ahead caught his senses.

"I'll follow the trail Hawkstar, go look around i give you permission to look upon my territory" Redstar meowed as he began to follow Rowantails scent, nose to the ground the marroon tom vanished behind the great willlow. Hawkstar drew his attention to the bushes and walked forward slowly, he looked up to see Icy blue eyes flash infront of him then a great body weight smashed into him throwing him backwards knocking the air from his lungs. Hawkstar pushed with his back legs sending the weight off him. He sprang to his paws and came face to face with Rowantail.

"What are you doing on Shadowclan territory!" the dark brown tabby snarled.

"I have permission from Redstar himself, you have murdered one of my warriors!" Hawkstar growled, drawing his lips back in a putrid snarl.

"Liar!" Rowantail snarled launching himself onto Hawkstars haunches and digging his claws into the maine coon cats pelt. Hawkstar jumped and flipped over onto his back crushing his weight onto Rowantails body making the tom grunt in pain. Redstar's voice broke through the growls of fury.

"Hawkstar are you alright i-" Redstar stopped as he saw Rowantail with his jaws wrapped around Hawkstars neck. Redstar launched himself forward grabbing Rowantail by his back and ragged him away from Hawkstar, who got up quickly and helped Redstar pin the thrashing warrior down.

"Get off me!" Rowantail snarled trying to push with his hind legs but Hawkstar pinned his legs down with his paws.

"You murdered Sharppaw of Thunderclan!" Redstar growled.

"He invaded our territory, he attacked me first!" Rowantail meowed his emotion turning to Guilt.

"There was no scent of Sharppaw on our territory, only your scent on ours" Hawkstar meowed in defence.

"Stop lying Rowantail, their is no point now!" Redstar bared down on the warrior.

"You should of followed the code, you don't have to kill to win a fight, and to murder an apprentice who was only 8 moons old!" Hawkstar growled tears running down his face as he stared at his apprentices murder in the eyes.

"Your banished Rowantail, you are no longer welcome on my territory and in our clan.. get out!" Redstar yelled at the tom who's eyes widened in astonishment.

"No redstar please it was an accident, i didn't mean to-" He broke off as Hawkstar unsheathed his claws and slashed down the toms face, scoring through his right eye. Making the warrior fall onto his back and yell in agony.

"Hawkstar.." redstar gasped watching Rowantail writhe in pain.

"He deserves it, if it was up to me i would murder him where he stands, but then i would sink to his level and that is lower than low!" Hawkstar meowed baring over the dark brown tabby who dragged himself to his paws.

"Go!" Redstar snarled. Rowantail looked at them both with scared eyes and shot off into the forest, his tail dissapearing over the hill.

"Redstar.. Thank you" Hawkstar meowed draping his fox-like tail around the shadowclan leader.

"I need to go tell my clan what has happened, as do you Hawkstar, i shall see you at the next gathering, goodbye" Redstar meowed sorrow in the back of his throat as he dipped his head in goodbye and watched Hawkstar jump over the river into his side of the territory.

As Hawkstar arrived in camp, gasps arose all over camp as they saw Hawkstar wound on his neck. Leafpaws head shot up and ran out of the apprentice den, She gasped at Hawkstars wound and darted into the medicine den.

"Lavendernose, Hawkstars hurt!" she meowed in panic. Lavendernose's grey tabby fur came into the light, her blue eyes clouded with worry as she picked up some herbs and ran outside alongside Leafpaw.

Lavendernose began checking Hawkstar's wound and began chewing up a poultice of Comfrey, Chervil and goldenrod. She applied it to the wound and placed Cobwebs over it to keep the mix in place and to stop the bleeding.

"What happened?" Leafpaw asked looking into her leaders amber eyes.

"Rowantail.. killed Sharppaw" Hawkstar stammered as he watched the young apprentices eyes grow into shock.

"He.. he admitted it?" Leafpaw stammered. Hawkstar nodded in reply, Leafpaw rushed forward and burried her head into the Mainecoon tom's chest.

"how could he! what has Sharppaw ever done!" she cried out, Tigerpaw hearing her crys ran over to her sister.

"Oh leafpaw" Tigerpaw whimpered looking at her burried in Hawkstar fur, Hawkstar's head snuggled into the young apprentice's Tabby fur.  News spread around camp fast and the whole camp was in mourn for the young tortoise shell apprentice.

"He is with Starclan now" Rockfur meowed to his mate Birchblaze who was crying into his fur.

"Where is Rowantail now?" Eaglestorm meowed Looking down at his daughters Leafpaw and Tigerpaw.

"He was banished from Shadowclan, he is gone" Hawkstar meowed in reply.

"Leafpaw?" Eaglestorm meowed, looking down at his daughter who turned to look at him her eyes blood shot from crying.

"Here," he meowed placing the snag of Sharppaw fur that was found on the bushes infront of her.

"I thought.. you might want it" Eaglestorm meowed watching Leafpaw come away from Hawkstar and look at the tortoiseshell fur infront of her. Tears ran down her face as she layed down and rested her head upon it, Sharppaw's scent drifting into her lungs.