Slaight 3: Echo's Call

Chapter 6

Echopaw laid down in a sunny spot, looking up when two warriors walked in, a tom a little older then her on their backs. She looked at the cat in horror, his neck was scratched open, his legs covered in bites and claw marks, his grey eyes seemed duller then they should be. "We found this tom at the edge of Shineclan territory, they said they haven't touched him, but Icepaw and Brackenpaw's scents are all over him" they set the tom down who let out a low whimper. Fernlight, now their only medicine cat sense Breezefall died to falling in the river and not knowing how to swim, walked over, determined to save this tom unlike Breezefall. Tears fell down the light brown she-cat, she was obviously thinking of her love for her elder mentor. Echopaw tilted her head at the apprentice aged cat who seemed to ignore his helper, pushing away herbs she told him to eat. Echopaw winced at his un-thankfulness and walked off, to tired to care. She smiled when Creampaw padded over, his eyes welcoming and kind to his little sister, he led her to the side of camp where Timberpaw and Ashpaw waited for them, Greypaw soon padded over as well. They talked together as littermates, Greypaw purred against his sister, they where the youngest and closest of the litter, making them have a close bond. Eventually they went to the apprentice den to go to sleep, ignoring Beepaw and her littermates who bragged about almost becoming warriors.

Echopaw stretched and sighed as she padded out of the den to see Beestrike, Smokeheart, Blade and Snakefur getting congratulated by the clan, there wasn't much celebrating until. "Shineclan attack!" Echopaw was tackled by a white she-cat with blue eyes much like hers. She clawed at Echopaw's shoulders and bit down on her neck, Echopaw got her hind paws under the she-cat and kicked her off, but the she-cat was bigger and stronger and able to get back up easily. A grey tom with purple eyes and a light brown she-cat with white spots and blue eyes, went to the white she-cat's sides. "Mangy kit!" the tom hissed. "Calm down Pebblepaw, Icepaw's not that hurt" Echopaw froze, if that's Pebblepaw, then his sisters are the ones who hurt the tom brought into camp earlier. Pebblepaw pounced toward Echopaw but Clovermist tackled him off of her daughter. Echopaw stood up and shook her pelt, eyes widening when hearing another voice. "Arrowclan, attack!" Echopaw looked at the clearing that was full of cats fighting. She smiled when seeing Arrowclan was helping them! Her excitement ended when the final call was heart. "Smokeclan, attack!" Smokeclan warriors came to help Shineclan! Echopaw was hit to the ground by a cream she-cat with purple eyes, she was smaller then Echopaw, Echopaw jumped and pinned her down, claws digging into her shoulders, the she-cat let out a loud wail, in a second a dark grayish black tom- with white muzzle and purple eyes and a cream she-cat with honey yellow eyes where at her side. The tom pinned Ehcopaw down, growling as the she-cat took the apprentice. "Tangledclaw, let her go! Petalpaw's fine" alight and brown spotted tom with green eyes meowed. "She hurt you sister and you aren't even mad!" Tangledclaw hissed at his kit. The tom pounced at his father which surprised Echopaw, she jumped up and helped him, ignoring the sting in her shoulder. Tangledclaw eventually got them off him. "Fine! Stay with these mouse-brained cats! See if i care" he tries to run off only to be cut off by a light grey tom with amber eyes and his brother, a red-brown tom. "Sharppaw!  Robinpaw!" the tom who helped Echopaw meowed. "Onepaw! We're winning, Petalpaw and Honeypetal ran off back to Smokeclan territory" Robinpaw, the red-brown one, meowed. "Then why aren't you following?" Onepaw hissed, standing in front of Echopaw. "Because we're not like our father" Sharppaw meowed, his voice soft unlike Robinpaw's. "We're just like you! We want to leave our father's territory" Onepaw began to think. "How come we're like this? This doesn't feel right" they all though for the answer, Sharppaw walked over to Echopaw. "Hey, are you ok? What's your name" he asked. "I'm fine, and my name's Echopaw" she hissed, pushing away his helping paw. Sharppaw winced at her rudeness but listened and didn't try to help her again. Ashpaw, Greypaw, Creampaw, and Timberpaw ran over, they where covered in scratches, but nothing as bad as Echopaw, they looked at their little sister with wide, amazed, eyes. "You fought that tom off like a pro! Did you see him run?!" Timberpaw meowed, jumping up and down in excitement. "He seemed terrified of being beat by a young apprentice" Ashpaw purred. "Hi! I'm Creampaw, these are my littermates, Echopaw, Ashpaw, Greypaw, and Timberpaw" Creampaw meowed to the slightly older apprentices. "I'm Sharppaw, and this is my brother Robinpaw". "I"m Onepaw" they all turned to see the battle over, tears in their eyes to see the dead bodies of some of our denmates. Sparkeye, and Splashleaf, from their clan, but from other clans as well. Berryclaw and Larksong, Aarowclan apprentices, made warriors right before death, Duskeye and Howler from Smokeclan, and finally Marigoldscale,  Scorchseed and Willowbreeze from Shineclan. Reedflame, Pebblepaw and his littermates took one last glance at Scorchseed's dead body, tears in their eyes, before running after their clan. Echopaw felt her paws become heavy, she closed her eyes and let darkness take over her tired body.