Warriors || Rose's Path

Chapter 27

"WindClan, attack!"
Roseblossom heard her father's yowl of command. She stayed crouched where she was, but familiar cats leaped into battle beside her. The WindClan patrol consisted of Jaggedswirl, Mallowfall, Brackencatch, and Ambernight. They were fighting against RiverClan.
The RiverClan cats were Irisstream, Lilyfoot, Sedgedawn, Echomist, Redshade, and Blossomash. WindClan was outnumbered by one. RiverClan had an advantage because they had brought more experienced warriors. The WindClan warriors were mostly young, besides Jaggedswirl.
Roseblossom knew that this battle would be worse than the last. RiverClan were more fierce under the leadership of Ryestar.
Roseblossom saw Mallowfall swipe at Blossomash, a gray-brown tabby she-cat. The brown tabby tom aimed his blow at the RiverClan cat's nose. Jaggedswirl was hissing at Irisstream, a white she-cat. Her father clawed at Irisstream.
Jaws bit down on Roseblossom's tail. She turned around swiftly. A black tom with dark amber eyes faced her. Redshade was about to pounce, when Brackencatch came out of nowhere, kicking at the RiverClan warrior with his hind paws. Redshade hissed furiously, turning on the tabby tom.
Roseblossom nodded in gratitude, leaving the two toms to battle alone. She gazed around to see her Clanmates' pelts soaked with blood. She caught sight of Ambernight slashing at Lilyfoot's flank, but the black she-cat bit into the brown tom's shoulder.
She watched as her father moved in to help her mate. Jaggedswirl slashed at Lilyfoot's throat. The black she-cat staggered away from Ambernight gazing at Jaggedswirl with shock.
Roseblossom felt anxiety make her fur spike. Please don't let her bleed out!
Claws dug into Roseblossom's back. She saw blue-gray fur in the side of her vision. She recognized the attacker as Echomist. Only wanting to defend herself, Roseblossom reared up on her hind paws. Echomist's grip loosened, and she fell. Echomist scrambled away, caterwauling in triumph.
Roseblossom turned away, but only to have Redshade crash into her flank. Brackencatch was hard on the black tom's tail. The tabby tom landed a blow to the side of Redshade's head.
She watched in terror as Brackencatch bit down on the back of Redshade's neck. Is this what it's come to? Killing other cats in battle just to prove one Clan is stronger than the other?
Roseblossom felt her paws slipping as she scrambled at Brackencatch. She shoved him off, letting Redshade scramble away. Brackencatch gave her a look of confusion. She held her gaze steady. It's not right to kill mercilessly.
She gazed around as the battle began to subside. Once again, even though RiverClan really had won, it seemed both battling Clans were at loss.
The RiverClan patrol stood facing the retreating WindClan cats. Roseblossom saw Jaggedswirl hauling the body of Mallowfall away from the blood-spattered border. The bodies of Irisstream and Blossomash lay motionless beside the standing RiverClan cats.
Lilyfoot raised her tail in triumph, but Roseblossom could see the grief in her eyes from losing her sister. "Leave."
Roseblossom turned, making sure each of her Clanmates were with her and bounded from the scene of the battle.