BOOK 1~A Broken Beginning

Chapter 26

     Snowsoar stared at him, before smiling happily, "Yes!" she yowled happily, bounding up. Hollowthorn got up and they nuzzled happily, before Dirtwhisker flashed through Hollowthorn's mind.

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     Bramblefur sighed and rested his head on his paws and closed his eyes. He heard Echo give a small mrrow of laughter before he faded off.

     Suddenly he heard a loud snarl and something scrape his back. Bramblefur snarled and scraped the cat under the chin seeing a dark gray rogue. Echo was wrestling with a tan shecat. Bramblefur snarled and raked his back claws across the rogues belly and threw him off he ran over tackling the rogue, ripping at its lower left flank.

     "Burn, stop please," Echo begged. The tan Shecat she was fighting paused for a moment and shook her head. Echo sighed and slid out her clawed. Bramblefur hissed as he heard battle cries from camp and calls for help. He threw the tom against a tree knocking him unconscious and ran to camp automatically.

     Bramblefur heard Echo's paws hit the forest floor behind him as they darted to the Skyclan camp. Bramblefur yowled, and the strong warriors, deputy, and leader look at him.

     "Rogues are attacking!" he yowled.

     "This is your fault!" Thistlestar hissed, leaping down from highrock.

     "I know!" Echo snapped witha crack in her voice. Thistlestar gave her a glare.

     "Prepare, hurry!" Thistlestar yowled.

     Blazepaw and Dustpoppy scattered around, Dustpoppy trying to carry the apprentice to the Medicine cat den while Blazepaw wandered aimlessly. The warriors raised their heads and unsheathed their claws.

     The Rogues flushed in quickly, then all the battling Rogues and warriors froze and faced the white shecat standing proudly on Highrock.

     "Wait!" Snowsoar yowled, fluffing her fur to look bigger and more serious.

     "This is nobody's fault but the Rogues! Why did they steal Echokit? Why did they try to steal me? To battle the Clans!" Snowsoar hissed.

     "Right! Why would the Rogues just attack?" Hollowthorn leaped up besides her on the opposite side of Highrock.

     "This is preposterous!" Bone hissed, guilt filling his eyes.

     "Echo didn't attack anyone!" Snowsoar hissed.

Dirtwhisker quickly filled with fear.

     "Dirtwhisker attacked us! He is in love with Snowsoar, and he thought I was in the way!" Hollowthorn yowled after Snowsoar.

     Echo grew small and weak she began swaying as the voices became mumbles and her vision blurred. She felt a warm u familiar body rush to her. Suddenly with the touch she went back to her senses seeing Bramblefur letting her lean against him as he gazed at his sister proudly.

     "This is rubbish!" Dirtwhisker hissed. Echo crouched and crawled forward as cats glared at Dirtwhisker. Echo slid behind the den and took a deep breath as she raised a paw and got ready to send a blow to his head. She swiped hitting him in the right spot, knocking him unconscious.

     "Your rubbish," she muttered trotted back to Bramblefur. Snowsoar gave her a respectful look and continued her speech.

     "If you are so mad about losing a kit you stole from this Clan, then why did you take her if you even knew this would happen eventually?" Snowsoar asked. Murmurs of agreement from each side of the battle sounded, and Thistlestar watched in awe.

     "Why even fight for a kit that truly belongs here?" Hollowthorn asked, looking at his sister. Suddenly, Bone leaped up in anger.

     "This is rubbish! She's truly my kit!" Bone hissed loudly at the two cats.

     "No, she's Rainwing's kit, not yours, nor even ours. We left Riverclan because everyone hated us, even our own mother and father." Hollowthorn retorted. "But we now truly belong here! Loved," he glanced at Snowsoar, "and respected!"

      "Loved," Echo snorted. "Respected and wanted yes. Loved... I'm not so sure anymore. Just stop the fighting. Bone, father, please just leave them be. Skyclan thank you for your hospitality. I have caused enough problems," Echo sighed. Cats watched in silence as Echo padded out without another word.

    

"Please rogues, do as she said," snowsoar sighed.

"Come on bone," Crimson muttered from behind bone. Bone looked at his mate then to his beta. He sighed and nodded. He waved his tail and beckoned his rogues. Out of camp.