Hollowed Shadows- Rise of the flame book two

Chapter 2

Lionpaw, Larkpaw, Patchpaw. and Cloversong were wheezing. Lionpaw stared in fright at Ambershadow. "Ambershadow! Thank StarClan you're here!" Mintsong collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. "Mintsong snapped one of his claws in half while we were getting here!" Ambershadow turned in a circle. 

"What do you need me for? I'm teaching Hollypaw how to hunt!" She snarled. "What's so important you scared away a meal for the Elders?"

"We found a fox den!" Snarled Larkpaw in reply. "So many foxes you can't count them all!" he hissed. "Mintsong needs to get back to camp. Bring the rest of ThunderClan. " Hollypaw gripped her adoptive brother by his scruff and began dragging him to camp. Even with her greater strength, Mintsong's weight was powerful and dragged her down. 

"Larkpaw, help Hollypaw take Mintsong back to camp and carry the message. " she turned to Lionpaw. "Where is the fox den?" she demanded. 

"Halfbridge." Lionpaw replied boldly. "Foxes." he scoffed. "What will they do next?" 

"Tell ThunderClan to meet just outside of Snakerocks. Bring Emberspot and Spottedpaw." She nodded. "If what you say is true, Lionpaw, we are going to need them." Hollypaw and Larkpaw carried the orange and black tom to camp, many fox-lengths away. They quickly made their way through the camp entrance and in a blur, the entire camp was rustled up in fear. 

"Foxes! Down at Halfbridge! " Hollypaw wheezed after dropping Mintsong. "We need all the warriors and apprentices! Emberspot and Spottedpaw, too. " Her black fur was fluffed up like a porcupine and her purple eyes were almost glowing with the stress of the attack.  A roar of fear and anger rippled around camp. Novastar jumped out of his den and chose the strongest warriors. Within moments, almost the entire Clan was on their way to Halfbridge. The warriors were at a run, disregarding her small size. When they arrived at Snakerocks, Ambershadow and Lionpaw were arguing. 

"You mouse-brain! This isn't a group of foxes, this is a pack of wolves! Can't you tell the difference between grey and red?"

"It was a trick of the light! They looked greyish-red when I saw them!"

"Wolves are just as bad as dogs!"

"It's a small pack! I counted, there are only twenty wolves! We can defeat them!" Ambershadow noticed almost the whole of ThunderClan watching her lose an argument with an apprentice. She straightened and acknowledged   Lionpaw with a flick of her ear. 

"ThunderClan, there has been a mistake made. We are not fighting a group of foxes. We are fighting a pack of wolves. I propose we ask for help from ShadowClan before we chase this deadly scourge from the forest. Two Clans are better than one, and they are closer. " Novastar nodded. 

"We ask for help from ShadowClan. Hollypaw ,Lionpaw, Larkpaw, and Foxfang. Come with me." Novastar flicked his tail and the apprentices and Foxfang followed the Clan leader. They hurried to the ShadowClan camp, which Hollypaw had no idea how to find. They soon came to a Twoleg path. Ambershadow had taken her here before. They quickly crossed the path and made their way, following the scent of ShadowClan, fresh and heading to an area Novastar seemed to know. 

"StarClan guide me." She muttered to herself. A loud yowl jerked her out of her prayer. 

"What are you doing here?" snarled a white tom. "Heh. ThunderClan and their arrogant warriors. Typical." he scoffed. "What do you need?" 

"There is a pack of wolves on our territory near Halfbridge. We need to ask Greenstar for help. " Novastar bowed his head. "If we don't defeat them, both of our Clans will be more or less destroyed." 

"And this is a big enough problem that Novastar himself decides to curb his arrogance? This must be big." He scoffed. 

"Of course it's big, Bonestrike. How are Waspwing and Larkfeather?" he smiled.