Taken

Chapter 19

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Raintail's P.O.V

Lightningclaw turned to me and I got up to help her. Snowtuft glared at me and leaped for Lightningclaw. I leaped in front of her but Snowtuft landed right in front of me clawing me above my eyes. I couldn't see while the blood trickled down my face. I smelled the air and lunged for the cat I thought was Snowtuft and clawed their side. The cat I clawed had turned out to be Lightningclaw. She yowled and picked me up by the scruff like a kit and said, "If you're on his side why are you helping me just kill me already."

"Look Lightningclaw I didn't mean to claw your side it was an accident. I'm sorry."

"Just stay out of my way this is my fight and my fight alone." She hissed and limped back to where Snowtuft was. I laid there for awhile and thought about what both Lightningclaw and Snowtuft said, "Wrong Raintail once you promise to stay loyal to us there is no way out of it. You're just as jealous as friends everyone wants to be on top but only the strong can survive. I want you to do something for that will crush a warrior so loyal she'll fall into our paws."

Then I thought about what Lightningclaw said to me after I clawed her, "Just stay out of my way this is my fight and my fight alone." But did she know what she was up against? I tried to get up but I was tired from being attacked the first time. Maybe I am killing her without knowing it like she said. I heard Lightningclaw yowl. I shakily got up and limped to where we were fighting. She was on the ground, pinned by Snowtuft and surrounded by others from the Dark Forest. I leaped at Snowtuft and bit his neck. He stumbled back into the crowd of cats. Lightningclaw moaned and she closed her eyes. Her breathing shallowed and her wounds bled even more. I had to scare them off somehow and if I could somehow get help from the other warriors we would be treated soon by the medicine cats.

I heard a rustle in the bush and I heard Snowtuft coming towards me in a angry hissing and growling. I prayed to Starclan that they would help them and let us live. I had a crazy idea but I didn't think it would work. I leaped at Lightningclaw and grabbed her scruff and started to run as fast as I could run with my wounds. I was about a fox length away from camp when Scarface and Leopardnose came out of the entrence. I had to convince them that a fox had attacked her. I set her down and glanced behind me to check how far the Dark Forest cats were. I couldn't see them yet.

"What happened to her her?" Scarface asked with hatred delight.

"A fox attacked her when she was hunting with me and Foxclaw. I couldn't get to her in time and she was scratched like this." I explained.

"Those look more like cat scratches more than a fox. Are you sure it was a fox and not a cat?" Leopardnose questioned.

"I'm sure. It was a fox we need to go so I can get her to Jayfeather or Runningpaw." I begged.

They exchanged glances and let us pass. I picked her up and I raced through before I could see where I was running. I ran right into Jayfeather. He fell backwards. I apologized and told him what really happened. He nodded and wanted me to come with him to his den to treat my wounds as well but I said I could wait until Lightningclaw was treated first. I watched Jayfeather work throughly and how fast he worked even though he was blind. Runningpaw had built a nest for me and her. I laid down in my nest while Jayfeather laid Lightningclaw in her nest. I fell asleep and rested my hear on my paws, thinking about what had happened to us today. We were going to war.

Scarface's P.O.V

I padded out of camp when I ran into Snowtuft and other cats from the Dark Forest. I stumbled back and he growled.