Chapter 3.
The cat in the picture is Toadpaw! Also, as you can probably guess, the cat on the cover is Icefrost.
Disclaimer: I am just going to say that I had a lot of help from "Warriors: The Darkest Hour" and some from "Warriors: Omen of the Stars: Eclipse" with the battle details. I did change the story so that I am not copying, of course.
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Icefrost sent Mossylight and Ashenfang ahead to help the clan while she helped Toadpaw limp home. Ahead, the fairly new deputy could here the battles cries of cats, and realized that WindClan had already arrived. She wondered how well it would turn out, as it being her first battle as deputy. When at the entrance of the camp, Icefrost had Toadpaw slip around the edges while she slashed at any cat who tried to get him.
"I can take him from here," a voice suddenly mewed. Icefrost turned to see Willowshine and sighed with relief.
"Good, who else has come to your den for treatment?" Icefrost asked.
"Only Mallownose, but he will be fine. His tail got the worst of the damage." the medicine cat reassured.
Icefrost felt better now that she was filled in, and sprung into the fight. A young ginger tom almost immediately pounced on her back, but Icefrost dropped and rolled. It was easy to bat him away, and the light gray tabby guessed it was only an apprentice.
As a break in the fight appeared around Icefrost, she was able to survey the damage. The main entrance would need rebuilding, and so would the warriors den. The RiverClan deputy could see her father, Robinwing, fearlessly guarding her mother, Acornstream, and the rest of the nursery. He would allow nothing to happen to Acornstream while he was still standing. Graybrook was guarding the elders, and Pebblefoot and Rushrunner had the medicine den. Icewing was rolling on the ground with a black tom, while Flickerpaw and Brightpaw were fighting side by side against all warriors that came after them. Once, Flickerpaw was cornered by a white she-cat and Brightpaw pinned under a light brown tom. Icefrost was about to come and help when Petalfur barreled into the she-cat and kept running until she sprang onto the tom and rolled away with him in a screeching knot of claws and fur, which let the two apprentices get back into their fighting positions.
Icefrost then spotted Cedarbrook, RiverClan's newest warrior, thrashing helplessly under a brown and white tom. "Will this teach you not to steal prey from WindClan?" the cat hissed.
"But we haven't! I promise I don't know who it is!" Cedarbrook protested. Her blows were getting weaker each time, and Icefrost sprung towards the two battling cats. She knocked the wind out of the WindClan cat and he knocked into Hollowfern, who had just sent another cat running for the camp entrance.
Cedarbrook let herself half walk and be half dragged by Icefrost, who was leading her to the medicine cat's den entrance. As the young she-cat limped inside, Icefrost heard a hiss and whirled around to come face to face with Sunstrike, the WindClan deputy.
"Still sending cats to hunt in WindClan territory? I thought you would have taken our warning to stay out!" The tortoiseshell she-cat jeered.
"We have never hunted in WindClan territory, and I'd much prefer a nice fish to stringy rabbits any day!" Icefrost retorted. Apparently this was their form of "revenge."
At Icefrost's comment, Sunstrike hissed with rage and pounced. Icefrost nimbly stepped aside and delivered a scratch of her own, but not without receiving a torn ear. Without hesitation, Sunstrike leaped again. Icefrost rolled with the impact, but landed on top of the WindClan deputy, setting one paw on her neck. Sunstrike was able to wriggle away, and her claws met with flesh as she raked them across Icefrost's shoulder. Pain danced through the RiverClan deputy's body, and she tried not to back down, but leaped forward, sending Sunstrike flying into the brambles of the nursery, momentarily stunning the she-cat. Icefrost managed to bite Sunstrike's foreleg, but not without getting a cut above the eye, sending her jumping back with pain. The she-cats were now circling, daring each other to make the next move. Both's pelts were torn, and Sunstrike's shoulder glistened with blood, while blood was also half blinding Icefrost in one eye.
Sunstrike lashed out a paw, but instead of hitting her enemy, she hit her own clan mate when Troutjump and Whiskerbreath rolled in between the she-cats, not aware that they had disrupted a serious stand-off. Sunstrike cursed under her breath. Icefrost took the chance while her enemy was distracted, landing a couple blows to the flank. She also managed to disappear into the crowd, confusing Sunstrike even more.
Two WindClan warriors appeared in front of Icefrost, and she was tackled. Desperately trying to free herself, she was able to push off one, but the other jumped on for reinforcement. Claws scraped at her belly, and she yowled in pain. The only thing she could think of was the oldest trick in the book. Icefrost went limp as if admitting defeat, and the other warrior loosened his grip. She then heaved up sending the tom flying backwards into the first cat that pinned her, and they both fell into a heap. The young tabby then gave each a last scratch to the nose before they scrambled to the camp entrance in flight.
Icefrost gave herself a moment to catch her breath before jumping back into the fight. "Applepaw! Go back to camp and call about four more cats for help!" Emberstar called to an apprentice. Applepaw pushed through the throng of cats in an attempt to follow his leader's orders, but Icefrost had other ideas. She made her way to Applepaw, shoving a dark grey she-cat off of Troutjump on her route, and blocked off the WindClan apprentice from the camp exit.
"I don't think RiverClan would like you to go out and get help, especially since this was your clan's idea!" She batted at the apprentice every time he stepped closer to get help. After the apprentice had tried three or four times, he backed away from the entrance and dissolved into the mass of fighting cats, so Icefrost started to go after him. Quickly she stopped, thinking it could be a trick. No sooner than this thought cross her mind, that she saw a ginger blur streak out of the far edge of the crowd and through the tunnel, and at this point realized that Applepaw had made it.
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