Warriors: Spottedfur's Choice

Chapter 6

He awoke to a prodding paw only hours later. He looked up at Riverstar. "We need to leave. They won our territory. We need to find another." He mewed calmly though he could practically feel ther mixture of pain and rage pulsing through him. Spottedfur stared up in despair before standing. His side was completely numb, so it didn't bother him as he stood.

He glanced at Silversplash, eyes cold. 'You could've stopped it. You didn't try.' He thought with a snarl as he padded slowly after his leader. He heard kits wailing as they were ushered out of the nursery he turned away as tears streamed down his face.

"We can rest here." Riverstar mewed a hour of traveling later. Spottedfur glanced around the clearing. It was far from any of the territory's "We need a stream to hunt in." Spottedfur growled as he sat. "That's why we're only resting!" Riverstar snapped. Spottedfur flattened his ears but bit his tongue.

He saw kits yawning and lying down to rest. Spottedfur stared up at the darkening sky. "StarClan help us..." He murmured before lying down to sleep.

He awoke the next day, his stomach growled but the others were already standing up to start walking again. He stood up, letting out a gasp of pain as he moved. He stared at the long cut down his side as it reopened. It wasn't numb this time. He called out to Riverstar as he padded off, but he only glanced at him and kept moving. Spottedfur stood again and padded slowly after them, barely keeping up...