Skyclan's End

[Airilae-Chan]

Title: Skyclan's End
Chapters: I don't really know yet, possibly 10.
Author: Pineclaw
Pairing: Um, quite a few.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Hmm...There are lots of spoilers.
Summary: Many, many moons have passed since Firestar and Sandstorm's visit to Skyclan. Now, a Skyclan cat come to the lake for help, but will Bramblestar be able to deal with it?
Warning: Quite *descriptive* battle scenes.
Disclaimer: I don't own Warriors, nor do I own a brain...
Beta: None
Cover: None

Author's note: Hi everyone. You probably know me from the humor section, but I wanted to try something new. Like a long story. About Skyclan. Anyway, here is the prologue! ( Its very short but the chapters are longer.)

~Thunderclan~[/u]

Leader: Bramblestar
Deputy: Thornclaw
Apprentice: Wildpaw
Medicine Cat: Jayfeather
Apprentice: Icepaw

Warriors:

Brakenfur
Apprentice: Dovepaw
Cloudtail
Apprentice: Moonpaw
Ashfur
Spiderleg
Brightheart
Berrynose
Apprentice: Darkpaw
Hazelfrost
Poppytail
Cindercloud
Lionwind
Apprentice: Foxpaw
Hollyshadow
Apprentice: Grasspaw

Apprentices:

Icepaw-Daughter of Dustpelt and Ferncloud
Foxpaw-Son of Dustpelt and Ferncloud
Wildpaw-Daughter of Thornclaw and Whitewing
Grasspaw-Son of Thornclaw and Whitewing
Moonpaw-Daughter of Thornclaw and Whitewing
Darkpaw-Son of Brambleclaw and Squirellflight
Dovepaw-Daughter of Honeyclaw and Lionwind

Queens:

Squirellflight- No kits in the nursery
Honeyclaw- Amberkit and Stripekit

Elders:

Longtail
Mousefur
Sandstorm
Dustpelt

Prologue

The early morning sun streamed through the trees, casting a peaceful shaft of light into the gorge, home of Skyclan.

But all was far from peaceful.

Blood-thirsty yowls echoed across the rocky walls, flooding terror into each Skyclan cat. A pale grey tabby she-cat gazed around the chaotic battle from her stone den. Despair welled in her emerald eyes.

“ …What has happened…” She whispered to herself.

Close by her lay a blood stained ginger tom, though his fur was a deep shade of crimson now. His usual bright blue eyes stared at nothing, glazed over. The she-cat leaped from her den, sending a shower of pebbles scattering to the ground. She pushed her grey head into his bloody pelt.

“ Goodbye, my love. Go safely to Starclan, Bounceshade.” She murmured, woe building up inside her.

Climbing to her paws, the she-cat began to walk away from the raging battle. She was knocked to the hard earth again by a screeching black rat. She cried out with pain, but made no attempt to resist. Rolling onto her side, the rat bit her throat, spewing blood onto the pebbles. Gasping slightly, she closed her eyes, engulfed by a whirl of darkness.

“ Goodbye Skyclan.” Were her last thoughts before Mintstar lost her final life.

Please tell me what you think so far!

[chellurton]

Ooh, this is going to be good.

[Airilae-Chan]

Thanks Chellurton! This is Chapter 1!

Chapter 1

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“ Dovepaw! You’ve missed about every piece of prey today!” Brakenfur scolded his apprentice.

Dovepaw squirmed under his angry glare, scorching her pale fur.

“ …Sorry…” She muttered.

“ You better be.” Her mentor sighed, picking up what little prey they had caught.

Dovepaw scooped up her mouse and vole, hardly enough to feed the clan.

“ Lets go then.” Brakenfur told her, padding back toward Thunderclan camp.

Dovepaw followed him. She just couldn’t concentrate today. She wasn’t exactly sure why, but there was always something distracting her, like a leaf falling in front of her face, or a small twig that made a very loud noise.

As they both entered Thunderclan’s camp, Dovepaw noticed her mother and father, Honeyclaw and Lionwind, standing outside the nursery. Honeyclaw seemed to be anxiously talking to Bramblestar. Dovepaw padded over to them.

“ …But she might have been eaten by foxes! Or crushed by a monster! Or fallen in the lake!” Honeyclaw fretted.

“ Honeyclaw, I’m going to send out a search party to look for her right now.” Bramblestar told her briskly, heading over to the High-Ledge. Dovepaw turned to her father.

“ What happened?” She questioned, as Bramblestar called the cats together.

Fear sparked in Lionwind’s eyes.

“ Its Stripekit. She’s gone missing.” He answered, terror lacing his words.

Dovepaw seated herself next to Moonpaw, Thornclaw and Whitewing’s daughter.

“ Do you know what’s happened? Bramblestar looks worried.” Moonpaw meowed.

“ He’s telling us now.” Dovepaw whispered as Bramblestar, her grandfather, began to speak.

“ Stripekit has not been seen since this morning-”

Gasps of fear echoed around the camp walls.

“ -So a search party will go to look for her.” Bramblestar paused, his amber eyes sweeping the clan.

“ I want Thornclaw, Poppytail, Brakenfur, Dovepaw and Spiderleg to go. Start at the Shadowclan border.” Bramblestar finished, leaping down from the High-Ledge.

Thornclaw waved his tail, signalling for the cats to leave.

Dovepaw followed her mentor as the group set off at a fast pace.

“ We’ll check the Shadowclan border first, like Bramblestar said, then the lake, then across to the Windclan border.” Thornclaw explained.

Dovepaw suddenly heard something. It sounding like a cat in pain.

“ Wait! I can hear something!” She cried, skidding to a halt.

The others turned silently, listening as well.

“ I can hear it too!” Poppytail exclaimed, padding towards the lake, where the noise was coming from.

Dovepaw followed her, scenting the air. It smelt like Stripekit!

“ She went this way…” Dovepaw pushed her nose under a bush.

“ Stripekit!” She gasped, seeing her dark tabby sister, cowering under the bush.

“ Are you hurt?” She asked.

Stripekit’s ice blue eyes were clouded with horror.

“ I’m fine…but…she isn’t.” Stripekit squeaked, her voice quavering.

Dovepaw frowned. “ Who?”

Stripekit leaned out from under the bush.

“ Her.” She whispered, nodding to the lake.

Dovepaw stood up, leaving her sister and cautiously made her way to the lake. Peering through the leaves of a low hanging branch, she gasped.

Laying near the lake, was a sodden grey she-cat. The water lapped gently at her body, soaking her pelt. Dovepaw hurried to the cat’s side.

Bending so that her head was near the cats, Dovepaw could hear faint rasping. She pulled the she-cat away from the water, dragging her over the pebbles.

“ Thornclaw! Brakenfur! I’ve found Stripekit!” Dovepaw yowled.

A dark tabby head poked out from between the trees. Dovepaw beckoned her sister over.

“ Is she alive?” Stripekit murmured, flicking her ears to the pale grey she-cat.

“ Barely.” Dovepaw replied, spotting Thornclaw and the rest of the group. Brakenfur bounded down the slope to Dovepaw.

“ Stripekit! What are you doing out here?” Brakenfur angrily asked the young kit.

Stripekit shifted uncomfortably. “I was just exploring…but then I found her.” Stripekit pointed to the drenched she-cat.

“ Well, we’d better take her back to camp.” Thornclaw mewed, the rest of the group standing behind him.

Brakenfur turned to his apprentice.

“ Dovepaw, you take Stripekit back to camp. We’ll bring this cat back.” He told her.

Dovepaw nodded and padded into the trees, Stripekit following her.

“ Where did you find her, Stripekit?” Dovepaw asked.

“ Where she was where you found her. But, she was sort of awake, so I though she was going to attack me.” Stripekit replied.

Dovepaw and her little sister padded back into camp, where Honeyclaw and Lionwind were anxiously waiting. Honeyclaw noticed that Stripekit was back, her eyes brimming with relief.

“ Stripekit! Your okay!” She wailed, rushing over to her kit.

Dovepaw saw Bramblestar padding over to Stripekit, and she decided to tell him about the cat.

“ Bramblestar!” She mewed, padding over to him.

“ What is it Dovepaw?” He questioned.

“ There was this cat-” She was cut off as Thornclaw bumped into her.

“ Bramblestar! We found a she-cat lying by the side of the lake! She was in a bad condition, so we bought her here.” He told Bramblestar urgently.


Bramblestar opened his mouth to reply, but the rest of the patrol entered before he could. Standing, he rushed over to them.

“ Take her to Jayfeather! We won’t ask her anything until she’s better.” He ordered.

Brakenfur nodded, carrying the pale tabby into Jayfeather’s den.

Dovepaw followed them into the medicine cats den. Jayfeather was getting herbs for the she-cat.

“ You can all leave now.” He commanded, obviously wanting everyone to go.

Dovepaw sighed and padded into the apprentices den. She was tired after the days events, and wanted to sleep more than anything. Curling up in her mossy bed, Dovepaw slowly drifted away into a dream.

She was running through a unfamiliar forest, but she could smell Thunderclan, mixed with other cats. She burst out of the trees and almost toppled over the edge of a great gorge in the ground. Peering over, she could see a group of cats.

“ …Leaf, from this moment you will be known as Leafdapple. Starclan trust you will…” A fiery ginger tom was saying. He smelt like Thunderclan, but the others didn’t. Dovepaw searched the rest of the gorge for a familiar cat. Her eyes finally rested on a pale ginger she-cat.

She looked vaguely familiar, almost a bit like Squirellflight. Dovepaw gasped as realisation hit her like a lightning bolt. Sandstorm! She looked a lot younger than the elder that she was now, and the other cat must have been Firestar. She leaned in closer, trying to hear what Firestar was saying.

“ Skyclan…” Was all she could make out. Dovepaws eyes suddenly snapped open. Scrambling to her paws, she realised that she was in the apprentices den. Shaking the moss out of her fur she padded into the clearing.

The sun wasn’t up yet, but the Dawn patrol was just leaving. Dovepaw noticed Moonpaw eating a vole. She wandered over to join her.

“ Hi Dovepaw!” Moonpaw mewed cheerfully

“ Hi.” Dovepaw replied, picking a mouse for herself.

Just as she was about to bite into her fresh-kill, Jayfeather suddenly burst out of the Medicine cats den.

“ She’s awake Bramblestar! And talking!” He yowled, rushing back, Bramblestar following.

Dovepaw glanced at Moonpaw who was already half-way across the clearing. SH raced after her, entering the den.

The pale tabby she-cat was sprawled out on the ground, moss bedding in pieces around her. Her eyes were wide with horror.

“ …Skyclan! Skyclan…Sky…” She choked.

Dovepaw stared at the grey cat. Skyclan? That was what Firestar had said! She turned back to the she-cat, who was now rasping something else.

“ Must…go…to Firestar…get…help…help…” She coughed.

“ Firestar is dead. Who are you?” Bramblestar whispered calmly to the cat.

“ Dusk…Dusktail…I am Dusktail…” Dusktail croaked, her voice breaking.

“ Where are you from Dusktail?” Bramblestar asked her gently.

Dusktail looked into his eyes.

“ Skyclan.” She rasped, before laying still on the cold floor, dead.

I won't continue until I get at least THREE comments!

[chellurton]

Three? If I had that same attitude The Prophecy of Two and Four would never have made it past the first chapter.

Anyway, this is excellent so far. I demand you continue! : P

[Minty]

Great story!
There's #2!

[;R.o.c.k.y.w.a.v.e;]

Great fanfic! Poor Bounceshade .
That's three!

[Ravenstar]

You MUST continue! I was going to reply earlier but my computer was being stuborn.... I love it!!!! dont stop please..... *puppy eyes and lip*

[Airilae-Chan]

Hello everyone! This chapter is quite short, but I'll try and make the others longer.

Chapter 2

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“ Sky…clan?” A voice croaked from behind Dovepaw.

Turning, she saw Sandstorm, looking at Dusktail with sad eyes.

“ Do you know her?” Bramblestar asked, a hint of suspicion in his words.

Sandstorm frowned. “ Not her, but she said Skyclan. The fifth clan.”

Gasps of shock and surprise filled Jayfeather’s den.

“ What do you mean fifth clan?”

“ There are only four clans and there always has been!”

Sandstorm glared at her clan mates.

“ A long time ago, there were five clans, Thunderclan, Shadowclan, Riverclan, Windclan and Skyclan. Skyclan’s home was destroyed by twolegs, so they were forced to leave. Firestar and myself went away for a while to find them and help them build their clan again.

“ But, the old Skyclan was killed by cat-like rats. They could talk. So, we set about finding cats to join Skyclan. Everything was fine when we came back.” She explained.

Thunderclan stared at her. Dustpelt stepped out from the others.

“ …I remember when you and Firestar left. You never told us where or why though.” He mewed.

“ I know. But Dusktail came looking for Firestar, she wanted help.” Sandstorm glanced at the dead she-cat.

Bramblestar nodded thoughtfully.

“ I think we should go to Skyclan’s home.” He mewed.

No sooner had he said it yowls of protest screeched around the den.

“ We don’t know where they are!”

“ We can’t possibly go all the way!”

“ They might all be dead already!”

“ That’s enough!” Bramblestar hissed. He turned back to Sandstorm.

“ Sandstorm…you know the way.” He murmured. Sandstorm nodded.

“ Its very far away, past the old forest. But, I think we could make it.” She told him.

“ Right then. Next half moon, we’ll leave to find Skyclan.” Bramblestar announced.

He left the medicine cats den and leaped up onto the High-Ledge.

“ Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join beneath the High-Ledge for a clan meeting!” He yowled.

Thunderclan began to gather under the High-Ledge as Dovepaw sat down beside Moonpaw.

“ As you all know, the she-cat, Dusktail, who was found by the lake is dead. She told us that she was from Skyclan, the fifth clan.”

Shocked meows echoed around the stone walls. Bramblestar ignored them and carried on.

“ So, next half-moon, A group of us shall go to find Skyclan. That is all.” He concluded, jumping down.

Jayfeather ran over to him.

“ We haven’t had any signs about this.” He mewed is a hushed whisper.

“ I know.” Bramblestar sighed.

Dovepaw remembered her dream. She decided that this was the right time to tell Bramblestar. She padded over to them.

“ Bramblestar, I…had a dream. It was about Skyclan.” She told him. Bramblestar’s eyes widened.

“ Go on.”

“ Well…I was running through a forest, and there was a gorge. Inside, I saw Firestar and Sandstorm, with some other cats. It looked like Firestar was giving them their warrior names.” Dovepaw explained.

Bramblestar looked thoughtful for a moment.

“ Can you remember any of the cats names?” He asked her.

“ I think…one was called Leafdapple.”

“ Leafdapple?” Sandstorm overheard them. She stalked over to them.

“ Did you say Leafdapple?” She asked Dovepaw. Dovepaw nodded.

“ Did you know this Leafdapple?” Bramblestar questioned.

“ Leafstar, as her name was. Yes, I did know her.” Sandstorm answered.

“ And this Leafstar…was she leader?”

“ Yes.”

A hint of uncertainty flashed through Bramblestar’s eyes, but was only there for a heartbeat.

“ Right then.” Bramblestar mewed briskly. He padded over to Brakenfur.

“ Brakenfur, I want you to take Dovepaw battle training.” He instructed.

Brakenfur flicked his tail towards Dovepaw, signalling for her to follow.

Dovepaw sighed, she would have much rather stayed in camp, she wanted to learn more about this fifth clan.

She padded after her golden mentor, who was quite a ways in front of her.

They both entered and Brakenfur turned to face Dovepaw.

“ Okay…lets say I’m a Shadowclan cat attack you. I’m bigger than you, but are you faster?” He asked her.

Dovepaw frowned, then quickly leaped at Brakenfur. He dodged her and Dovepaw landed clumsily on the floor. Not defeated yet, she turned and jumped onto him, pinning him down.

“ Well done! You can let go of me now.” Brakenfur told her.

“ Thanks.” Dovepaw mewed, releasing him.

“ Okay, now lets try-” Brakenfur began, but was then cut off by a screeching cat.

He stopped and listened. The wailing grew louder.

“ Come on Dovepaw!” He yowled, running in the direction of the sound.

Dovepaw raced after him, the yowling growing louder. They burst into a small clearing where a group of Thunderclan cats were fighting some Shadowclan cats. Letting out a snarl of fury, Brakenfur flung himself at the closet cat, Rowanclaw.

Dovepaw felt a heavy weight land on her. Hissing, she rolled over, crushing the attacking cat, Ivyfoot. Ivyfoot screeched with pain, and sunk her teeth into Dovepaw’s ear, oozing scarlet blood over her pale fur.

Dovepaw cried out and ripped herself free. She spun around and leaped at Ivyfoot, slashing at her face. She backed away, and Dovepaw advanced, scratching deep into Ivyfoot’s forehead. She squealed in agony and fled back to Shadowclan territory.

Panting, Dovepaw turned back to the raging battle. She froze, her breath caught in her throat. Before her, lay a long-limbed black tom, his fur stained with crimson red blood.

“ Spiderleg!” Brakenfur yowled, running over to his side.

Spiderleg gazed at the sky for a moment, then he let out a sigh, closing his eyes for the last time.

I KILLED SPIDERLEG!!! BWAHAHAHAHA...Ahem. Please comment!

[chellurton]

Aww, Spiderleg. D :
But still a great chapter!

[Ravenstarfeather]

Poor Spiderleg..... his name always made me think of an old mans hairy leg...
OCC: Thank you for naming Jaypaw Jayfeather. so many people name him Jaywing and i hate it. so thank you. I also like Lionspirit's name too...
please continue. I do understand that everyone has a life but this is great!!!

[Ravenstarfeather]

Bah.... sorry Loinpaws name is Lionwind not Lionspirit. but i still love it.

[Airilae-Chan]

Okay, I know I have not updated for a billion years, but I had an extreme case of writers block. So, I present you with Chapter 3!

Chapter 3

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Brakenfur threw back his head and yowled. Dovepaw sank down to Spiderleg’s side. That’s another cat dead, She thought to herself. How was Thunderclan going to make the journey if there weren’t any warriors? Dovepaw sighed and stood up. Brakenfur and Ashfur began to make the slow trip back to camp, carrying Spiderleg’s bloodstained body.

“ Dovepaw, please go back to camp and tell Bramblestar about Spiderleg.” Brakenfur told her.

Dovepaw nodded and dashed away through the trees. She burst into camp and bounded straight to Bramblestar’s den, clawing her way up the rocky ledges.

“ Bramblestar!” She yowled, leaping into his den.

“ What’s happened Dovepaw?” He questioned.

“ Spiderleg is dead!” She wailed.

“ Where is he?”

“ Brakenfur and Ashfur are brining him back now, a Shadowclan cat killed him.”

Bramblestar’s eyes narrowed into yellow slits. He stalked out of his den without a word and yowled for everyone’s attention.

“ I have grave news. Spiderleg is dead.” He mewed.

Gasps of horror and sadness filled the cats, Dustpelt’s the loudest.

“ How!?!” He cried to Bramblestar.

“ A Shadowclan cat killed him.”

Dustpelt’s eyes burned with rage.

“ Which one?” He growled.

“ I’m not sure-” Bramblestar began but stopped seeing as Brakenfur and Ashfur had come back.

Dustpelt wailed in angst and rushed to his son’s side. Icepaw and Foxpaw joined him.

“ That is all.” Bramblestar concluded, disappearing into his den.

Dovepaw mourned for Spiderleg, then left him with his father and siblings. She slipped into the apprentice’s den and curled up in her soft mossy bed. Closing her eyes, she drifted off into another dream…

Dovepaw was standing outside a huge barn. It smelt faintly of twolegs, but they were probably long gone. She felt a strange presence around her, a feeling of unease. Dovepaw spun around in a circle, her eyes growing wide with fear. A small rustle in a bush behind her made Dovepaw shriek, and she noticed a pair of red eyes glowing ominously at her…

Dovepaw woke with a start. Her bedding was strewn all around her and she was laying in a strange position. Shaking herself, Dovepaw stood up and padded out of the Apprentices’ den.

The sky was black but the moon shone down, it was probably still very early in the morning. Spiderleg must have already been buried, Dustpelt and his kits were no where to be seen. Dovepaw sighed and decided to go back to sleep. A shower of rocks from behind her made Dovepaw whip back around and look up. Two glistening amber eyes were staring at her, glowing against the dark bushes.

Dovepaw glanced around camp quickly, making sure no one saw her. She turned and clambered up the rocky wall, trying not to set off any loose rocks. Dovepaw pulled herself up and shook her snowy fur. The pair of eyes had vanished. Did she imagine it? Her question was soon answered as the cat appeared from between the trees.

“ I am looking for Dusktail.” The she-cat mewed.

Dovepaws eyes widened.

“ I know she came here. I could scent her. A pale grey tabby she-cat. Have you seen her?” The she-cat asked again, her voice rasping.

Dovepaw gasped as she noticed a huge slash across the cats back, dried blood around it.

“ Your hurt…” Dovepaw started.

“ The doesn’t matter. I must find Dusktail. My sister…” The cat repeated.

“ Dusktail is dead. I’m sorry…” Dovepaw told the cat.

Her amber eyes glittered with pain.

“ Where is she?”

“ We buried her yesterday.”

“ We?”

“ Yes. This is Thunderclan’s camp.” Dovepaw meowed, flicking her tail down the ledge.

“ Thunderclan?” The cat echoed.

“ Yes. Where are you from?”

“ Skyclan. I must find Firestar or Sandstorm. Can you take me to them?”

“ Firestar is dead. But I can take you to Sandstorm.”

“ Thank you. I’m sorry, I haven’t introduced myself. I am Shadowcloud.”

“ I’m Dovepaw. I’ll take you to Sandstorm tomorrow, okay?”

“ Yes. I need to rest, please come back in the morning.”

“ Sure. Bye then.”

“ Goodbye.”

With that, the she-cat vanished into the night.

*****

Sunlight sparkled down through a shaft in the leaves above. Dovepaw yawned and climbed to her paws. She began licking down some ruffled fur on her neck, then froze. Shadowcloud! Dovepaw dashed out of her den and straight out of camp, racing up to where she met Shadowcloud the night before.

“ Shadowcloud?” Dovepaw called out softly.

Nothing happened.

“ Shadowcloud? Are you here?” She mewed again, louder.

The leaves rustled and a lithe grey tabby she-cat stepped out, identical to her sister.

“ Hello again. Are you going to take me to Sandstorm?” Shadowcloud asked.

“ Yes, follow me.” Dovepaw started walking, then stopped.

How would the clan react to her bringing in strange cat? She turned back to Shadowcloud.

“ Maybe it would be better if you waited here while I go to tell them.”

Shadowcloud nodded and wrapped her feathery grey tail around her paws. Dovepaw bounded back into camp, looking for Bramblestar. He was standing on the High-Ledge announcing something.

“ …So we will lead an attack on them. I want-” He stopped as Dovepaw leaped in front of him.

“ Bramblestar! I must tell you something!”

“ Is it urgent Dovepaw? We’re about to attack Shadowclan!”

“ Its very urgent. Last night I found a she-cat named Shadowcloud just outside of camp, she said she was Dusktail’s sister from Skyclan! She wants me to take her to Sandstorm.”

Bramblestar frowned. He turned back to his clan.

“ The attack shall be postponed! Dovepaw has discovered another Skyclan cat!” he yowled.

Turning back to Dovepaw, he asked her “ Where is she?”

“ I’ll take you to her.” Dovepaw replied, scrambling down the High-Ledge, Bramblestar following.

They stopped at the place where Shadowcloud was. She was still sitting there, amber eyes glistening.

“ You are?” She questioned.

“ I am Bramblestar, leader of Thunderclan. You must be Shadowcloud.”

“ Correct. Please take me to Sandstorm.” She answered, standing up.

Bramblestar noticed the gash in her back.

“ You’re hurt badly, Jayfeather will have to look at that-”

“ Not now please. I must speak with Sandstorm.” Shadowcloud snapped.

Bramblestar looked taken aback, no one usually ordered him around. He stalked back into camp, the others following.

Questioning stares greeted them and a silence roared through the camp. Bramblestar took no notice and marched into the elders den.

Sandstorm was sunning herself lazily, stretched out among the grassy earth. Longtail and Mousefur were sleeping on the other side of the den, breathing peacefully. Bramblestar bent down so his face was close to Sandstorm’s.

“ Sandstorm? You have a visitor.” He whispered.

Sandstorm sniffed and cracked open one sapphire blue eye. She widened it and sat up, opening both eyes.

“ This is Shadowcloud, Dusktail’s sister.” Bramblestar mewed, pointing with his tail to the grey she-cat.

“ Sandstorm, I have come to Thunderclan for help. Skyclan is being destroyed, it’s the rats.” Shadowcloud paused while Sandstorm’s eyes filled with horror.

“ They came to the gorge and we fought them, and lost. Mintstar…my mother, lost her final life in battle. My father died too…all my kin.” Shadowcloud stopped again and swallowed, her amber orbs brimming with sadness.

“ But,” she continued, “ Most cats fled, and scattered around. An elder told me and Dusktail to find Thunderclan and get help from Firestar or Sandstorm. We got separated…and well, I wandered around, asking cats if they knew of the clans. So finally I got here.” Shadowcloud finished.

Bramblestar nodded and Sandstorm sighed.

“ We will help you, Shadowcloud, you can come with us next half-moon, you’ll know the way. But first, you must go to Jayfeather and get that wound looked at.” Bramblestar told her, walking to the exit.

Shadowcloud nodded and followed him, her feathery grey tail swishing behind her. Dovepaw said goodbye to Sandstorm and left after them.

Bramblestar was standing on the High-Ledge again, preparing the attack.

“ I want Brakenfur, Dovepaw, Hazelfrost, Cindercloud, Cloudtail and Moonpaw to go. Brakenfur will lead you.” He mewed.

The clan let out yowls of encouragement, Dustpelt and his kits louder that everyone else’s.

Please review!

[Smoketail]

Please continue!!!!!!!!!!! It was a really good story!!!!!!

Please write more!!

[Dawnpelt]

:'(WHY DID U KILL SPIDERLEG?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Icestorm]

Plese keep going!!!! This is sooooooooo great!!!!!