Chapter Four
Breezepaw yowled, leaping onto a sturdy black she-cat.
"Hey!" She gasped, rearing up to try and knock Breezepaw off of her back.
Breezepaw dug her claws in, yowling as the she-cat thrashed around the clearing.
"Mistyeye?" Iceheart croaked from the elder's den.
The black she-cat stopped short.
"Shut up." Mistyeye growled, bounding towards the Nursery.
"No!" Breezepaw wailed, sinking her claws in deeper.
"Go away!" Goldenleaf snarled from the Nursery, curling her tail around her kits.
Mistyeye snarled, rearing up to slash at the queen.
Bluewing let out a cauterwaul, dashing up to swipe at Mistyeye's nose.
Goldenleaf hooked her paw around Mistyeye's leg, tripping the warrior.
Breezepaw shrieked, plummeting down with the NightClan she-cat.
"Bite her, my kit!" Nightsky wailed.
Breezepaw sunk her fangs into Mistyeye's ear, blood filling her mouth as she broke through skin.
Mistyeye cried out in pain, digging her sharp claws into the dirt.
Breezepaw leapt off of the she-cat, spitting the sticky red liquid out of her mouth.
"Dapplestar!" Breezepaw cried, dashing towards the leader.
Dapplestar's paws were just a blur, aiming blows skillfully at the attackers.
Breezepaw saw Fallenpaw clumsily swiping at Redwing of ShimmerClan.
"Get away! I'll shred your fur off!" Fallenpaw snarled, but Redwing just laughed it off and flung the apprentice aside.
"Fallenpaw!" Tallflower wailed, sprinting up to her son.
Breezepaw stood for a moment, watching her mother aim blows at Redwing's muzzle and ears.
She'd almost forgotten that her mother, Sunstream, and Larkstar had come from StarClan to watch the ceremony and stop Furzeheart from leading her attack.
"JungleClan, attack!" Silvergaze snarled.
Warriors raced out from the brambles surrounding the warrior's den, fangs bared.
Breezepaw watched as her mentor, Silvergaze, pounced on a NightClan she-cat, Brightscar.
"Get off me, you rotten mouse-heart!" Brightscar spat writhing under the paws of her attacker.
"I'm the rotten mouse-heart? Think again, fox-dung!" Silvergaze hissed, skillfully drawing her claws across Brightscar's ears.
Brightscar fell limp, trying to trick the deputy, but Silvergaze raked her claws down Brightscar's belly before jumping back.
Brightscar snarled, a fierce glint in her eyes as she turned to face Breezepaw.
Oh StarClan no! Nightsky help me!
"Nightsky!" Breezepaw wailed.
Nightsky growled before leaping in front of Brightscar.
"Never touch my kit! Ever!" The StarClan she-cat snapped.
"Ooh, a dead cat, I'm so scared!" Brightscar taunted.
"You better be!" Nightsky spat, swiping at Brightscar's eyes.
"ScarClan, retreat!" A large, scarred tom yowled. Deadtail of StormClan. His tail had been caught in a fox-trap as a kit, and as a result his name had been changed by a cruel Riverstar.
Riverstar had since died, but Deadpaw kept his name through apprenticeship and into warriorhood.
"ScarClan? There was never a ScarClan.." Breezepaw pondered.
"It's their made-up Clan they use to attack other Clans." Larkstar growled.
"Enough!" Mistyeye yowled. "StarClan is here! We have disobeyed them! We are dishonouring our ancestors! I don't know about you all, but I am done with ScarClan." Mistyeye scrambled away, blood dripping down her side.
"Overthrow Dapplestar!" Furzeheart chanted. "Overthrow Dapplestar! Overthrow Dapplestar!"
"If you all don't want me here.." Dapplestar breathed a long sigh.
"I will give you a season to live with only a deputy. In the meantime, I will be on a quest. A quest to secure my leadership." Dapplestar announced.
Breezepaw's eyes widened.
As if planned, all six new apprentices rushed up to the leader.
"Can we come with you?" Fallenpaw asked, his eyes bright with excitement.
"I will let Scorchpaw, Sorrelpaw and Breezepaw come, but you three must ask Tallflower. This is your training." Dapplestar smiled.
"Tallflower! Tallflower!" Fallenpaw called out.
Hawkfeather and Tallflower exchanged a glance before nodding at their small son.
"We give you permission." Tallflower whispered.
Fallenpaw raced back to join Dapplestar and the rest, his head high and his eyes even brighter than before.
Furzeheart's eyes shone with malice when Breezepaw looked back at her, so intense the apprentice had to look away.
"Good-bye, my JungleClan. I will return in a season or so. And I will bring back warriors." Dapplestar announced.
And with that, all seven cats turned tail and trotted out of camp.
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