Adderfang lunged at a blue-grey tom, digging her teeth into his scruff and and batting out with a front paw as he pulled away, Adderfang dashed in for another blow, being swept off her feet, as the tom raked his forepaw along her belly, she let out a scream of pain twisting and biting down hard into his neck. The tom tore away, raking his claws through her ear, Adderfang hit a blow across her muzzle, ducking out of the A's he struck back. Blood rushed into Adderfang's eyes from her ear, she stumbled, falling to the ground as the tom jumped on her, she raked her back paws across his belly, trying to push him off, it didn't work, the tom growled, dicking his teeth deep into the soft flesh of her neck, Adderfang let out an agonising scream, let this be the end. Starclan will guide me to a better place.
Stormclaw was thrown to the ground as the apprentice jumped on her, she flicked him off with ease, he did not give up, brave, Stormclaw was impressed by the apprentice's persistence as she tussled him to the ground, taking a nip out of his ear, pulling back and giving him a chance to flee, he didn't, instead, the small tom turned around and grasped Stormclaw's back. A pain stricken yowl raced through the clearing, somebody's in trouble. She sniffed the air, Oakclan... Adderfang. She couldn't go anywhere with the apprentice still clinging to her back, beside her, Thunderwing was fighting off a large white tom, almost twice his size, and I'm struggling with an apprentice. She rolled onto her back, pinning the apprentice down as she did so,
"Just run off to your mother, little kit," Stormclaw snarled, a new anger searing through her body, Seedwhisker, and a bulky brown tom crashed into them, sending Stormclaw flying into the bush,
"Sorry," Seedwhisker hissed as he raced off after the fleeing tom.
Stormclaw crawled to her feet, noticing the blood which drenched her body, looking around the clearing, she saw that Oakclan was holding fast, Thunderwing still tussling with the white tom, Seedwhisker returning from his chase, Tawnyfeather nimbly avoiding all her large attacker's blows, slowly tiring them out. Stormclaw's gaze rested on a blue-gray tom, a worried, no, scared look on his face, as he prodded a lifeless shape, Adderfang, no.
Overcome by rage, Stormclaw disregarded all her surroundings, focusing on one thing only, Adderfang's killer. She lunged at the tom, tearing a chunk of flesh from his side, he rolled her off, batting at her ears, she responded by raking her claw along his face, she fought with more ferocity than ever before, she fought with no withdrawal, he murdered Adderfang, he doesn't deserve to live. She bit down hard into his neck, a voice interrupting her as the tom began to weaken,
"Stormclaw, stop!" Thunderwing's voice. She loosened her grip,
"No, he killed Adderfang, he murdered her... he... shouldn't have... the right... to live," strong sobs interrupted her words.
"I know, Stormclaw, believe me, I do, but revenge is not the answer, let him live with the guilt... you know it's what Adderfang would have wanted," by this time, the cats had stopped fighting, all shocked by the scene.
"Ok," Stormclaw mumbled, letting Thunderwing help her carry Adderfang's body as Seedwhisker and Tawnyfeather escorted the Swampclan warriors out of their territory.
Stormclaw lay, her head buried deep in Adderfang's fur, Honeyflame, close to her side. She raised her head, it was long past moonhigh, most cats had left the clearing by now. The only cats remaining were Leafdapple and Cloudfeather, both had been close friends of Adderfang's, Thunderwing was moping around in the shadows, with a look of what seemed like sorrow... and regret on his face, she knew there was a reason she never knew that Adderfang was his mother, something deep had torn the family apart. She looked down at her foster-mother, her saviour, her friend, you will always be my mother.
'And you will always be my daughter,' Adderfang? She glanced around, nobody else had heard it. Stormclaw glanced up at silverpelt, she's in StarClan now. Stormclaw rested her muzzle in Adderfang's fur, memories flying through her mind.
A kit wriggled in a mossy nest, pain searing through her body, the stench of herbs tainting her scent, a cat shadowed her, protecting her, never leaving her side, never stepping away, despite the coaxing mews of other cats. That scene played through Stormclaw's head over and over again, she could never forget how Adderfang protected her and looked after her when nobody else would, how could I let you die, I'm sorry. Stormclaw let herself drown in her grief, leaning onto Honeyflame for support.
Stormclaw awoke to find not one, but two cats pressing against her side, she glanced up, to see who this newcomer was and met the eyes of Thunderwing, for a moment she was swept up in his gaze, until a few simple words broke the silence,
"I'm sorry," Stormclaw was lost for words, she just nodded and looked down at her paws,
"She died, and I didn't get to tell her," he shook his head as grief clouded his eyes,
"I never got to apologise for what I did," Stormclaw found herself somewhat puzzled
"What did you do?"
AN
aaagghh, I'm sorry, I know, I know, it's very short, but that cliff hanger was required, kinda. 👹 hehehe I just found it so difficult to write this ;-; mainly cuz when I press the slanty I thing it only does it for one letter, it takes aaaaaaagggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss ;-; please, feel free to blame that for any delay in my writing, 👍 😜 baaaaiii
~ Dashy.
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Storm
FanfictionStormclaw doesn't know where she came from. She doesn't know where she belongs. All she knows is that Adderfang found her, in the middle of the worst storm in the history of the clans, and now she's in Oakclan.
