Foxleap's Story [A Warriors Fanfiction]

Prologue

  "Honeystar, you are no longer leading ShadowClan," a low growl rose from his throat, his tail lashing as he stood in front of the ShadowClan leader. "You are becoming too weak and are failing to lead this Clan correctly. StarClan chose the wrong cat to do this job," Swallowclaw continued, murmurs of agreement from his group of cats sprouting up.
    Honeystar's eyes narrowed, his ears perked. "I will not bow down to you, Swallowclaw. You must earn your place, not force it upon you," he growled, his teeth bared. For several moments, the two stood in silence. Swallowclaw gave him a glare, giving a step forward. "Then I will take my place by killing you," he snarled, and unsheathed his claws. "Attack!" he yowled, tackling Honeystar.
     As Honeystar was barreled over by his once loyal warrior, his side that stayed loyal to him were being attacked by Swallowclaw's group. He growled, throwing the tom off of him. "Swallowclaw! Blood will be shed if this is not stopped!" Honeystar yowled as he leapt out of the way as Swallowclaw leapt at him once more. The warrior crept towards him, his teeth bared.
     "You are far to old and weak to lead this Clan. I will not let you fail our clanmates!" Swallowclaw hissed, his tail lashing. He leapt at Honeystar, giving him a few blows to the face. Honeystar raked his belly with his hind legs, kicking the warrior off. The two toms went off into battle behind the bushes, Honeystar pinning Swallowclaw to the ground as he clawed the toms face.
      Emberpaw was battling back to back with her clanmate, Whitepaw, against another larger tom, a warrior. She reared on her hind legs, blowing the tom's face, leaving several claw marks across his eyes. The tom stumbled backwards into the battle, trying to find his way. Emberpaw turned around, looking for Whitepaw. "Emberpaw! Watch out!" just as she heard Whitepaw's voice, another apprentice barreled into her, knocking her off of her feet. The larger apprentice pinned her, attempting to give her he killing bite to the neck.
        She held the apprentice's shoulders back with her paw, and used the other to leave a blow to the she-cat's face. As the she-cat hissed in pain, Emberpaw kicked the apprentice off of her, and got back on her paws. She hissed as her side began to sting. Her gaze went to her flank, where a large gash was. Emberpaw shook it off, and went back into battle with Whitepaw.
      As she battled off another apprentice, she saw Whitepaw being pinned by an older warrior, and Emberpaw ran at the warrior, tackling him and digging her fangs into his shoulder. At the same time, she drove her claws against his belly, and the tom yowled, scrambled to his paws and running away. Emberpaw went over to Whitepaw, where the two were surrounded by two older apprentices. She glanced at Whitepaw, and the two jumped, leaping over the two apprentices as they collided. Whitepaw winked at Emberpaw, and she grinned.
      Emberpaw was tackled by a tabby she-cat, and she clawed at the she-cats face, kicking her off. It wasn't a fair battle. There were more cats on Swallowclaw's side than Honeystar's. The whole of ShadowClan devided froze as an ear splitting yowl hit the air. "Honeystar's dead!"