Chapter 3

8 2 2
                                    

     Hazelstar spotted Spottedfeather heading toward the entrance to the cave. "Wait!" Hazelstar ordered strongly. "Stay here. I'll discuss with you after I deal with Iceclaw."
     Hazelstar glared at Iceclaw. "As for you," continued Hazelstar. "You are banished. You will leave and never return. If you show your face around Clan boundaries, you will be dead. Do you object?"
     Iceclaw glared at Spottedfeather, then turned to Hazelstar with cold, menacing eyes. Hazelstar stood her ground and didn't flinch the slightest. "Yes," meowed Iceclaw. "I do."
     "You have one more chance to take back what you said, if you don't, you will receive the death penalty."
     Iceclaw narrowed his eyes and snarled. "Try me."
     Hazelstar turned toward her senior warriors. "Addertail, will you do the honors?"
     Addertail, a white warrior with a fox-red tail, nodded. He turned to Iceclaw and hissed. Addertail leaped at him, but Iceclaw dodged out of the way.  Iceclaw then struck Addertail's flank with a hefty blow. Addertail staggered back and hissed in pain.
     Addertail regained his footing quickly. He put his weight on his haunches and slammed both his paws down on Iceclaw's forehead. Iceclaw fell to the ground.
     Iceclaw, while still having his face smothered on the cave floor, unsheathed his claws and sank his claws deep into Addertail's stomach. Addertail let out an ear-splitting screech and fell backwards, twitching violently on the cave floor. Addertail stomach released spasms as his dark blood spilled on the cave floor.
     Hazelstar knew Addertail was on the verge of death. Hazelstar shook herself, she wasn't going to let Addertail die. Not now. Hazelstar leaped down the rock she stood on. She was going to finish this battle herself.
     "Clanmates- all if you- take care of Addertail. I'll handle this." Hazelstar's voice rang through the camp and Cats started taking action. She thanked silently to StarClan that no cat argued with her.
     Hazelstar faced Iceclaw. Iceclaw took a step forward. Hazelstar lashes her claws out across Iceclaw's face, blood spurting out of the claw marks on his face. Hazelstar bit his throat until Iceclaw fell limp. Iceclaw was brave, and Hazelstar respected that, but that made him do foolish acts that placed him on his deathbed.
     Now, all she needed to do was talk with Spottedfeather alone while her Clanmates treated Addertail. This will be her final choice. Afterwards, there would be no going back.

Warriors Cats- OC IntroductionWhere stories live. Discover now