Waiting Outside the Lines

Where She Fights for Happiness Part 2

~Blazespirit~

I may not leave a mark in the history of the Clans like Redblossom did

But I will find love and happiness

I will fight with all my strength to get my happy ending

I'm done with suffering, this ends now

It has been a half-moon since we brought several RiverClan and WindClan warriors to stay with us, and the extra amount of warriors was starting to become noticeable. We had several more mouths to feed, but once we defeated Cora and her rogues, it'd be worth it. We had four cats watching the borders at all times. A quarter-moon ago, Waspstar apprenticed Flamepaw to Fernleap and Ashpaw to Mistbird even though they were a half-moon short of six moons. But that difference didn't matter when we needed all the help we could get.

And no, me and Hogtussle haven't talked. It wasn't completely because I was trying to avoid her, I've been helping Waspstar and Hawkspiral plan for when the rogues show up. It was for the best. After all I had to take care of the mess I brought to the Clans.

Various techniques were taught in the last half-moon that would hopefully end this. The Queens even built a wall of brambles and thorns with a mossy covering on the other side so the queens and kits could exit the Nursery safely. Amy had broken up with Newtspots for obvious reasons, but even he wasn't stupid enough to complain at this point.

After spending my life running from the Tribe to running from RiverClan to running from the rogues to running away from my feelings for my best friend, I hated waiting any longer. I wanted the rogues to attack so we could pound them in the dust.

Another hunting patrol came back safely with ThunderClan's only apprentices proudly carrying fresh-kill when I heard one of the WindClan warriors cry out a warning before it was cut off.

They're here.

They came in all at once, many of them with sharp scratches from the thorn barrier in front of our camp. Some of them blocked the entrance, but we knew that would happen.

"Apprentices!" Waspstar called. Flamepaw, Ashpaw, and Oakbranch's kits all leaped on to the rogues blocking the entrance, allowing two warriors to escape to get help.

There was something different about this battle too. The warrior code said that you could not kill unless it was absolutely necessary. And for these blind-sighted and bloodthirsty rogues, it was.

The rogues were surprised to see us willing to fight back in the same way they were. The battle was heated as bodies started hitting the ground and I had flashbacks of when they slaughtered Snowball and all of the kind cats that cared for me. All of them were gone and I let it happen.

I froze in horror as I looked at a dead gray body, only to realize that it was a rogue. Not Hogtussle. I couldn't let these rogues destroy everything that made me happy, not again.

I leaped at one of the rogues and sent a powerful back kick into their chest, sending them flying. As more and more cats were dying, I saw our victory swarming in before us: RiverClan and WindClan had arrived. Well, at least a few of RiverClan's warriors.

Cora's rogues began retreating in horror, realizing that the battle was lost before it even ended. Cora had killed one of our warriors when she noticed that the small remainder of her rogues had ran off.