The Kill Of Dawn- Book 2

Chapter 3

"But if we never push forward, we'll never get rid of those mange-pelts!" 
Greystar sighed as Longtail continued to vent at him about expanding towards the moor. 
"Yes but we need time. We would be outnumbered if we launched an attack now. Anyway, we have no medicine cat! How would we heal the wounded?" Greystar convinced exasperatedly. 
"Greystar!" another voice suddenly yowled from across camp. Greystar spun round to see Brackenfur and Jaysong bounding towards him. 
"What happened Where are Pikeclaw and Cloudtail?" Greystar asked, fur on end. 
"We met a KillClan patrol on the border; they launched an attack. We couldn't fight them all!" Jaysong panted ,"We came for help! There's around six of them." 
"Dustpelt, Mousefur, Sandstorm, Ashpaw! Follow me!" Greystar called, bounding after his deputy. The forest whirled past him as they raced through the forest, skimming over the wet leaves silent as an owl in the night. Greystar pricked his ear as he heard the angry yowls of a battle. He skidded to a halt to see a patrol of KillClan cats with Pikeclaw and Cloudtail wreathing beneath them. 
"Attack!" Greystar caterwauled, charging towards the surprised KillClan cats. Greystar charged for the largest tom, recognizing him to be Dart, a Kill Warrior. 
"Claw Fur?" he tilted his head. 
"No, it's Greystar," Greystar grinned triumphantly as he watched the sudden realization flood into the Kill Warriors eyes. Greystar slashed at his muzzle with unsheathed claws, wrapping his hind legs round Dart so that when he tried to stand he collapsed again. Dart then rolled over, clawing viciously at Greystar's side. He watched as grey tufts of his own fur were whisked away by the wind. A flash of brown then barrelled into the savage tom, giving Greystar the chance to get on his paws. Brackenfur and Greystar fought side by side, swipes synchronized. Dart spat at them before turning tail and running back into the trees. 
"Retreat!" he yowled after him. Immediately, the defeated cats squirmed free of DawnClan's grip and stumbled after Dart. 
"And don't come back! Flea-bags!" Cloudtail snarled after them, his bushed fur making him look twice his size. Blood had stained his snowy fur, making it tangle and clot together. 
"Is anyone badly hurt?" Greystar asked. The patrol all shook their heads and to Greystar's relief all he could see were shallow scratches on each of them. Pikeclaw's ear was bleeding thinly but it didn't look serious. Greystar was still surprised by KillClans sudden attack. It made him realize that DawnClan was far from being safe. Longtail may be right, if they don't act soon then KillClan will just keep expanding until they take over the clans as they know it. Greystar sighed, turning back towards camp. He was about to anyway, but a rustle from amongst the bushes interrupted him. He turned round to see a small mousy tom followed by a young ginger tom and a brown tom. Their fur was knotted and mangled yet they somehow looked familiar.
"Greystripe? Is that you?" the small brown toms eyes widened. 
"Err... Yes. Who are you?" Greystar asked, narrowing his eyes as he tried to figure out who these cats were. 
"It's us! Littlecloud! Rowanpaw! Oakfur!" the brown tom exclaimed. Greystar gasped in realization. These were ShadowClan cats! 
"DawnClan! ShadowClan cats have found us!" Greystar yowled as his clan charged towards him, excitement glazing their eyes. 
"It's Littlecloud! And Oakfur! And Rowanpaw!" different cats were gasping from around him. 
"Where are the others?" 
"How did you find us?"
"Have you ran into KillClan yet?"
Greystar barged in to cut-off the rush of questions. The ShadowClan cats looked exhausted and probably weren't ready for that yet. Greystar led them back to camp and jumped into the cave in the cliff. The others followed hesitantly. As Greystar adjusted to the gloom he noticed Frostfur padding over to them, head cocked in confusion.
"After the battle we found these ShadowClan cats. They're going to stay in the spare nests," Greystar explained. 
"Really? Who?" Frostfur asked, eyes wide. Greystar glanced at the ShadowClan cats as they crawled into their nests and collapsed gratefully.
"Rowanpaw, Littlecloud and Oakfur," he told her as he exited the cave to fetch prey for them. 

Dawnlight bathed the grass in it's warm yellow light as the DawnClan cats started to rise from their dens. Greystar's jaws parted in a long yawn as he padded out of his den. In the centre of the clearing sat Frostfur with the three new comers. Greystar went over to join them. 
"Greetings," Greystar nodded to the ShadowClan cats, sitting down next to Frostfur. 
"Good morning Greystar. We have much to tell you," Littlecloud dipped his head. 
"We have questions too," Oakfur added, brown eyes glittering in the sunlight. 
"We'll explain first. We came from what is known as DisperseClan. It consists of all clan cats that are still alive or haven't joined Scourge-" 
"Wait, cats have joined Scourge?" Frostfur gasped. Littlecloud nodded solemnly. 
"Indeed, his group is still large. Many BloodClan cats joined him even after he was cast out by Snake. ShadowClan only consists of us three now, everyone else followed Scourge. DisperseClan camp is at Ravenpaw and Barley's barn and we have no leader. We decided to go see if we could find more stray clan cats to bring back when we got captured by BloodClan. They kept us hostage for three days, only feeding us a single mouse between us and bringing us water. Starved and exhausted we left to find food in the woods when we ran into your patrol," Littlecloud explained. 
"I see," Greystar meowed after a moments pause. 
"So what is this place?" Rowanpaw asked, gazing around camp. 
"This is DawnClan. When Scourge was keeping all of the clan in the alleys me and Frostfur had escaped and started this clan. After picking up rouges and finding clan cats after Scourge released them we decided to establish this as a clan. DawnClan, since we hope to take back the forests eventually and restore clan life," Greystar explained proudly. He really had done something spectacular. Firestar would be proud. 

So sorry for the late Chapter!! Since the summer holidays are soon I'll be able to spend more time on Wattpad :)
~Jaybae