Warriors Deadly Echoes: Dimming Starlight

Chapter 24

The forest was bright. The sun on the green leaves. A daylight gathering was happening. Onestar yowled for the gathering to start. "Who would like to go first?" He asked the other leaders. Slatestar raised his tail. "I have received my nine lives after the very hard death of Crimsonstar and my new deputy is Shadowtuft." The gray and silver tom told the other Clans. The black tom sat briefly licking his chest. "May StarClan light your path to wisdom, tact, and grace in your newly made leadership." Whitestar meowed. The ScarClan leader dipped his head. The ViperClan leader cleared her throat. "I bring happy news, my son, Sedgeclaw's kits are apprentices and my daughter Windfur is to be expecting kits and moving into the nursery." She meowed, her dark green eyes looking proud at her two kits below from where she was standing. Her eyes looked to Onestar. He stood up to the five Clans. "We have been working hard to eradicating the wolves from the forest like the rest of you. Unfortunetly, we have lost one of my warriors, Silverleap, and two of Whitestar's, Windflower and Lighteningtail, in the process." His tone grew grim at the mention of her name. Foxstar bowed his head. "AshClan has good news, one of out queens, Tanglefoot has four bouncing kits ready to be apprentices soon. We also have two new Clanmates. Rabbitpaw and Willowheart. They have come a long ways away and were welcomed warmly to our Clan." He meowed.
Bravestar stood to speak. "TimberClan is doing well. My patrol and AshClan's successfully drove two wolves away from the wild woods. Another piece of news, Bluejay of WolfClan, has given birth to three kits. Beetlekit, Mothkit and Creekkit." He meowed, noticing her mate Fallentooth purring from below.
"Tonight will be the night we drive them away once and for all!" Slatestar yowled. His warriors yowled their agreement then the four Clans joined in.

Night had fallen on the forest. Onestar looked over his shoulder at Feralstorm. The WolfClan deputy nodded his head, flexing his claws with a wolf in his sight;he stalked low to the ground. He pelted forward with Darkshadow, Lilytail, Badgerstalk, Larkstep, Liontail, Ottertail, and Lizardstep behind him. The wolf growled at them. He gave a battle cry and they all clamored onto the massive thing. Fur flew instantly. Whitestar ran forward with her warriors behind her at a smaller wolf. Bravestar looked to his deputy, Leopardheart who was chasing a wolf away with some ScarClan warriors on hard paws.
Cedarpaw could hear the yowls of battle. We may win!
Beetail's yowl of attack sent him hurling at a wolf's leg.
Dawnreed of ViperClan along with Shadowtuft and their clanmates were all of a she-wolf's back, trying their hardest to kill her to send the others running. A yowl of agony made hr ears prick. Sootwhisker was in between her jaws. Stormclaw stared wide eyed in shock. His brother, his littermate. His amber eyes burned with fury as his clawed ripped fur from the wolf's neck. She howled out;growling trying to snap at him. But she soon fell over limp. Rowanfang blinked having no clue what to do;his mind seemed to whirl. Blood pooled the grass, red in the dark night. The blood of his kin was spilled. "Don't just stand there!" Yowled a voice that made him jolt. It was Shadowrip. "We need to honor the dead by flaying these beasts kit!" He yowled. Rowanfang shook his head to focus and ran alongside the older warrior. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his fomer mentor, Jayfang, Sunsetclaw, Sparkfire, Brightstripe, Blackice, Frostwing of ScarClan, Blossomclaw, Tawnybrook, Lithefoot, Brackentail, of AshClan, and two TimberClan warriors he had not recognize scrambling on a wolf as it whirled on it's paws amongst the fray. His mother, Frostgaze and Minnowwhisker and Larchwing of WolfClan along with two AshClan warriors all were attacking a small wolf that was nearly dead. Cedarpaw, Olivepaw, Fernstripe, Foxstar, Rowanfoot, Spottedheart, and Mistwater all growled in fury clawing at at wolf's spine.
"They're fleeing!" Yowled a voice. The bit of the wolves that hadn't been attacked all ran out of the forest whimpering as they ran through the trees, scattering about fast.
"We did it!" Beetail declared. The five Clans joined together in a caterwaul of victory. They had gotten rid of the wolves at last. But there were wounded that were getting attention and fallen that they could not bring back. But they did not let that steal their joy of the victory.
"It's finally over." Bravestar meowed. Onestar purred. "I never thought I'd see the day." He meowed.
Slatestar was bursting with pride. "If there was one thing I wanted when I became leader, it was to keep my Clan save from these wolves." He put in. Whitestar nodded her head. Cedarpaw's blind eyes looked to the sky. "It feels like we won, but I feel the stars dimming." He meowed softly to himself.