Warriors #2: The War

Chapter 13

        I've been a little busy lately, with my cousin who insists on texting me and face timing me as soon as he leaves, begging me to play a game with him. I'll try to stay active, but a lot of things got me busy.

      Sparrowclaw snarled and leapt into the bushes at the edge of the clearing, rushing back to camp.
Frostfoot looked back at us and growled,
"Come on! We have to get back to camp and warn Dovestar!"

We started running back to camp. On the way, Frostfoot started asking questions.
"Lionfur," she started. "How many warriors?"
Lionfur thought for a moment before replying,
"It looked like most of ShadowClan. Even Duskstar and Shadeslash were there."

Dewpaw remembered when she was captured in ShadowClan. How weary Shadeslash sounded. How kind Hollyfern and Stormfire were. And Rainkit. Is she a apprentice yet?

I don't want to fight those cats!

They came upon the camp, and with a strike of fear Dewpaw realized that sounds of fighting were already there.

"Oh no!" Volefur snarled. "The fox-hearts already made it!"

Dewpaw flinched at the insult to ShadowClan, but nonetheless followed the Warriors into camp.
Blood drops littered the ground and screeching cats were everywhere. With a pang of worry Dewpaw realized that she couldn't see Dovestar.

What is ShadowClan planning?

Frostfoot leaped into battle. Volefur quickly followed. Firepaw slipped into the sea of screeching cats as well.

Stormpaw and Dewpaw were side by side at the edge of camp, hesitating. Only when she saw a ShadowClan warrior shredding Lilyfur did she realize that she needed to go into action.
"They aren't showing any mercy!" She gasped, "We need to fight!"

Dewpaw darted into the battle.

She leaped towards Lilyfur and the ShadowClan warrior. The ShadowClan warrior was grey with white paws, and was holding Lilyfur down.

"Get off my mother!" Dewpaw screeched, leaping at the ferocious warrior. All her mercy for ShadowClan was gone now.
She shoved the warrior off Lilyfur, and leaped on his back.

He shook Dewpaw off and pinned her to the floor.
He was about to deliver a painful bite when a black warrior pushed him off.

Hollyfern!

Another warrior helped Dewpaw up.
Stormfire!

A third checked on Lilyfur, one she didn't recognize.
"She will be fine." The she-cat stated. Lilyfur grunted and stood up.

"Of course I'm fine." She mumbled. "But why are you helping us? And who are you?"

Stormfire stepped up and said,
"This is my sister Leafshine. I'm Stormfire, and this is Hollyfern. We never wanted this war. We're not going to stand by and watch cats get killed because of it."

Lilyfur nodded and kept back into the battle. Stormfire, Hollyfern, and Leafshine exchanged glances before following her.
Dewpaw glanced around the clearing, before gasping. She saw Dovestar, her battered body covered in scratches. She was pinned by Duskstar.

"I could kill you right now." He snarled. "But I'm in a good mood. We will leave now. But find this battle as a warning. A warning for war."

He flicked his tail and all his warriors surrounded him. He walked out of camp.
Dovestar staggered to her paws, quickly aided by Bluelight.
"Are you alright?" The blue gray deput asked Dovestar. "You look tired."

Dovestar shrugged the deputy off and leapt into the HighLedge.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the HighRock for a Clan meeting." She called out, despite the fact that all the warriors were already in the clearing.

"Today, ShadowClan emerged victorious." She started. "But not much longer. We will attack ShadowClan at their camp. And we will be the victor. And I want these three apprentices to join me."
She motioned to Dewpaw, Firepaw, and Stormpaw.
"Wait... No." She said. "I can't bring apprentices." She said, and Dewpaw got confused. But Dovestar wasn't finished.

"I can't bring apprentices, so I'll have to make you warriors!"