River Of Blood (The Forest In The Sky (book 1))

Chapter 21

Honeypaws pov

Honeypaw bounded after them, making her way through the trees, leaving all the things behind, like Dawnblaze and the fresh-kill. I'll come back for you Dawnblaze! She scampered after them, with dry tears on her face. Tilleypaw, Ackleypaw and Briarpaw were at the front of the group, Lunarpaw and Sparrowpaw next to Honeypaw. She leapt over the tree that Tilleypaw jumped over and snuck under the vines hanging loosely from the trees above her.

Quicker! Hurry! Ackleypaw was racing ahead of the group, while Cinderpaw was behind, helping delirious Shark. She unsheathed her claws and sunk them into the ground to push herself to go faster. She looked at Tilleypaw up ahead of her. She was running abnormally but right now they had bigger problems and if Tilleypaw had really hurt herself then Honeypaw would help but if not.....she wouldn't. By the time Honeypaw stopped thinking of that, Tilleypaw was out ahead, way ahead, making her way to MysteryClan camp already. Honeypaw jumped over another broken log, before weaving through the trees towards the side of MysteryClan camp. Through the trees she could hear the screams of cats and hearing cat paws thrumming everywhere. She flattened her ears in disgust as they reached the edge of the camp territory and stopped. Honeypaw looked back and saw Shark with Cinderpaw. The smell of blood hung low in the air, also the smell of cats. Honeypaw noticed Ackleypaw and Tilleypaw stop up ahead. Beside her, Brackenpaw has stopped and was now walking. Honeypaw padded with her and came to a stop right infront of Ackleypaw and Tilleypaw.

"We have to have a plan, maybe, Tilleypaw, Cedarpaw, and Brackenpaw come with me. Starlingpaw, Almondpaw and Sparrowpaw go with Honeypaw and Lunarpaw and Hazelpaw, Cinderpaw, go with Wolfpaw and Briarpaw." Honeypaw blocked out the noise of fighting cats and focused on her friends words. She nodded and beckoned Starlingpaw, Almondpaw and Sparrowpaw over to her. Lunarpaw was already there.

"We're gonna attack from the front, Briarpaws group are gonna attack from the right side and Ackleypaw's at the left. Starlingpaw and Sparrowpaw are gonna come with me as we go around and fight the cats from above and Honeypaw and Almondpaw, you are gonna attack their legs. Got it, 'cos we are going now." Lunarpaw instructed briefly and padded off towards Ackleypaw and Tilleypaw. Honeypaw followed with Almondpaw at her side. She was quivering slightly.

"You good?" Honeypaw asked Almondpaw, her dark brown pelt rippling.

"Yeah, im kinda ready for a fight." With that Almondpaw unsheathed her claws and kept padding. After what felt like a few heartbeats, they stopped and Ackleypaw turned around.

"Here we are." Ackleypaw mewed and peered through the bramble thickets on the outside of camp.

"What are you guys doing?" A growl came from behind. Honeypaw almost jumped out of her skin as she turned around to see a muscular cat that was probably Sabre.

"We were waiting for the perfect time to pounce." Lunarpaw mewed, looking at them for backup.

Tilleypaw's pov

"Yes we were." Tilleypaw played along with Lunarpaws brilliant trick. Sabre nodded and went back to the fight.

"Let's go and act like we are in The Assassins but then we turn on them." Cedarpaw started going in. Tilleypaw followed her, first making sure the other groups were going. She could smell blood low in the air, making her feel uncomfortable and not so good. She kept going and lined up in The Assassins' line of cats.

"Three, two, one go!" Sabres call made the cats go mayhem. Tilleypaw was annoyed she couldn't just come home to her fine and beautiful home. She slid out her claws and ran at a cat. The night black cat with white eyes looked at her in shock as Tilleypaw pushed him down. Tilleypaw hissed at the Assassin apprentice.

"Don't you ever attack my family." She growled and sliced at his cheek and then proceeded to jump on another black cat. This cat was bigger but too scrawny. She dug her claws into his back and ripped at the fur on his back. He screeched with pain.

"Wait......Cedarpaw! Brackenpaw! Ackleypaw! You're all home!" A yowl of a she cat came from a cat somewhere in the fight. Tilleypaw looked up just in time to see a brown she cat battling the familiar yet not familiar Sunsetshine. Tilleypaw jumped off of the cat. She just misses the claws of a hazel eyed cat but didn't have any time to dodge a blow from another cat. Tilleypaw felt her face getting punched with a force that could scare off a beaver. Thudding to the ground, she looked around. She felt cats stepping on her as they kept fighting. Some of them even scratched at Tilleypaw. She stumbled back up. She locked contact with her mother Lindsaystream who was fighting a much bigger cat than her. Ducking under the cats, she ran towards her mother, bowling over a tortoiseshell and a cream coloured cat. Tilleypaw jumped up onto the green cat. The ugly looking beast jumped up and down to get her off but she held herself on by digging her claws into his back. Out of the corner of her eye she could see people falling to the ground and some blood spraying everywhere. It wasn't even a heartbeat before Tilleypaw was now squished below the massive green cat. The breath got pushed out of her lungs and she could no longer gasp for air. Lindsaystream was seen out the corner of Tilleypaw's eye. Her mother now sliced the green pelt, letting Tilleypaw breathe for the first time in ages.

"Stop!" A voice rung into the clearing. A loud voice that made everyone freeze. Tilleypaw was about to jump on a cat as the voice rung. Now another cat was pushing Tilleypaw down and ripping her pelt and she couldn't do anything about it while the cat was speaking. She shut her eyes tightly as the pain deepened. Listening to the cat, the other noise drowned out.

"We only need not cat." The tom sounding voice spoke again. The cat was still clawing at Tilleypaw. Now shreds of pain pulsed from inside her and she felt a puddle of thick liquid come from her belly. The cat bent over and grabbed at Tilleypaw's scruff. She gasped as the cat started to cut at her shoulders and her arms and legs. But something finally toppled it over. The fight had started again.