Thursday, September 15, 2005

CHAPTER 9: the morning tells the truth

I heard a yelp in which awoke me. I jumped scared and poked my head out of the apprentices den…there I saw…mudpaw? Why was she there…I saw that she was limping as well. At that moment I saw a jet-black cat pounce on her she yelped again then flipped him over and slammed him against the ground. He was skinny so it would seem possible for a cat her size to flip him over like that. At a flash instant I dashed out and grabbed hold of the silky black cats shoulder and held on tight. At that very moment I felt a sting of pain and I let go whimpering. I knew I wasn’t a good fighter…I was born to be a medicine cat, not a warrior. Then out of nowhere lemurtail came and grabbed the shabby cat by the neck. I looked at his eyes they were flaming with rage. Then out came Rockfur, he charged at lemurtail and tapped the raging cat with the tip of his paw to remind him that killing for no reason was against the warrior code. Then lemurtail slowly let the cat go…there was blood everywhere. Then Fallingstar came out of the den. The jet-black cat yowled a screeched that hurt and made my ears ring. Cats then burst through the camp bushes and heading strait for Fallingstar. But Fallingstar held his grounds and did not move nor twitch. But instead sat there looking confused. Then, not lemurtail but Rockfur, dashed to the leader. Why was lemurtail standing in front of us…why was he protecting us? Mudpaw sat there with her paw in the air and then started to say, “what’s going o…” “SHUT UP YOU TWO!!! OUR CLAN IS UNDER ATTACK!!!” interrupted lemurtail. It was all happening so fast. There was a turtle shell cat that ran past us. Then I was picked up…it was a dark brown cat. I squirmed and yowled. Then a bright white cat hit the brown tabby with one of her claws…it was Snowleaf! I fell to the ground and Snowleaf picked both me and mudpaw up. Then dashed towards the medicine cat’s den. She padded into there quietly. She put us far into the back. There we saw Hogpaw, Sinpaw, and Clawpaw. I was bleeding and so was mudpaw. The others where asleep except Clawpaw. He sat there wide-eyed. Then sent us a fake smile. I smiled back but mudpaw was half way unconscious. Then Snowleaf came in and said “stay down…I fear for the worst.” Then she laid on top of us. Then I could hear the faint sound of lemurtail ordering “DO NOT MOVE FROM THAT SPOT!!!” “What’s a matter, I know that you like the kids…tell me it won’t matter…I know you do!?” I heard her say. I poked my head out to hear a little betterl. The first thing I saw was lemurtail looking down. It was true…he was trying to be our friend… There was a big silence…meaning the intruders were gone. I slipped out weakly and asked if Snowleaf was all right, she said she did but the emotion on her face was…dead looking. She had a front row seat to see were the bloody massacre had taken place. She then got up slowly and turned around to face three scared kits. She first took care of mudpaw. She went to the hole in the side of the den and grabbed a few stuff from there and sat down beside mudpaw and started to clean up the blood. She would have a lot of work to do today; it was dawn by the time the battle was over with. Next it was my turn to get bandage. As I was getting bandage I saw mudpaw crawl to her feet and stepped out in to the clearing, she didn’t seem to care about the camps looks though. She then sat right in front of the warriors’ den and waited. She was starting to bleed again…I could tell she didn’t care though. She waited until an onyx cat popped up from behind her. “Mudpaw…mudpaw, what are you doing here your hurt and shall not be training today…” but mudpaw didn’t listen to him she just sat there still staring into the den. “But Rockfur I must train…I need to become a warrior. If we are attacked again, I need to protect the clan too.” She said with half open eyes. I couldn’t help but feel depressed…I wished I could be strong like her.

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