Warriors: Echo of Darkness

Chapter 8

I sent Eve to go help Ranger as I would take on Sleetpaw, "Please keep her safe I don't want to regret this Ranger!"

I threw myself at the smug grey apprentice and slashed his shoulder. He darted around my side, digging his claws into my flank and shoulder during the process. I kicked back in attempts to hit him but I missed. I whipped around and rammed into his side as he was bragging, "You will fall by your arrogance!"

"You will fall by your weakness you loner!" Sleetpaw hissed and clawed at me. I dodged it easily, his moves were sloppy. That being said I've never been trained to fight like he was. I darted back and forth to confuse him and it worked, "This move only works on dumb creatures, it's perfect."

I jumped up, making the idiot puff out his chest and stand high in an attempt to get me. Mid-air I dove down under his belly and raked it. Before I darted out I lashed at his front legs, making him collapse.

I looked over at Ranger and Eve who were fighting side by side. They took turns swiping at the warriors and Ranger was coaching her. I let out a purr before turning to Sleetpaw, "I should kill you, you thieving prey stealer. What would Tigerpaw think of me?"

I shook my head, I couldn't become a monster. My fur bristled making me look bigger, "Leave now before I slit you pathetic throat."

His eyes widened and he turned around and ran. I winced as I licked my shoulder, "Damn coward left me a deep gash."

I ran over to Ranger and Eve and tackled the warrior. They had been scratched up good by my friends and were bleeding heavily. "Get...out...NOW!" I yowled. The Warriors shook with fear, "You loners are crazy! We will be back!" Oakleaf hissed then ran away with his friend.

I turned to my friends, "Thanks guys I couldn't have done it without you. Especially you Ranger, you fought them off well."

Both smiled and let out purrs, "It was no problem at all, Eve is quite the little fighter I don't know if I could have won without her. Nightmare, we are going to need more cats and fast. I don't know how many are in the Clan but they will wipe us out instantly."

I nodded and looked down, "Yes I know, for now let's heal up and later we can go exploring." I meowed.

We came back to the den where Riki was staring at us, "Did you win?"

Ranger purred and showed her his wounds, "Of course we won, we claimed LunarClan's first victory against another Clan. "

Eve continued to lick my shoulder, "We need one of those things that mum said each Clan had." "A medicine cat?" I asked. Eve nodded, "Yeah, that way we don't get hurt."

"Just keep dirt out of your wounds and you will be fine." Ranger replied licking his raked side. Eve sat down and started telling Riki about the battle. I looked back towards the forest and started to get antsy, "I'm going for a walk to clear my head."

"Don't catch any illnesses!" Eve called. I waved my tail then padded away. "I hope Tigerpaw isn't mad that I chased off her Clanmates... In my defense they were asking for it."

I looked at where the fight just took place, no sign of ThunderClan or Tigerpaw. I started trailing further around our border, "What am I going to do if one of us gets sick..."

Other then my shoulder and shoulder blades, I was fine. "I'm going to murder Hawkfrost next time I see him." I hissed. I winced as I laid down but it felt amazing to finally relax. I buried my muzzle into the grass and lowered my head, "We did it... Our first battle."

I heard the sound of crunching leaves and turned around with slitted eyes. I unsheathed my claws ready for any cat that dare cross our border again. When I saw who it was I unsheathed my claws and my eyes dilated. "Hey Tigerpaw, sorry I thought you were someone else."