You're a Grandmama!!

[Twilight]

Kitten(s): Destinycall, Blacksnow, Tigerpaw, Mothkit, Snowpaw, Seamist
Involved: RiverClan, Specifically Mudstripe and Milkystar, and a large group of FireClan cats rallied together by Seamist. Battle will ensue!
Words: 477
Music: Heeding the Call by Hammerfall
Notes: Whee!!! Right on time!

Blacksnow's black and white frame lay darkened by the reeds of the nursery. Her bulging belly felt about to burst when a contraction hit her body. Taken aback, she let out a yowl of surprise. " The kits are coming!!" The medicine cat, Deadfoot, came running with some herbs, and Destinycall kept outside with the newly appointed Tigerpaw and Snowpaw. Deadfoot crammed inside with words of encouragement. Where Mudstripe was was a mystery. Blacksnow gasped as the first kit came. The first was a white kit, like Milkystar, exept without a tail. What in the world? He looked cute anyways.

She gasped again as another contraction hit ehr and she pushed, giving birth to the second kit. This little tom was a white and black one, like herself. She gave a purr and started licking the first two, until Deadfoot grunted something about a third kit, and Blacksnow's ruby red eyes opened. A third? Yes!! A third kit! Wonderful! Another contraction rocked her body, and Mudstripe finally appeared just as the third , and final, kit was born.

This one was a tom with brown tabby splotches and a white base. She cleaned them all off completely untilt heir coats shone. Purrs could be heard almost to the warrior's den as she looked at her kits, her red eyes soft with affection. Then, a voice made the fur along her spine bristle. In the shadows, the familiar voice of an exiled cat made Blacksnow's purrs cease.

"I hope this pitiful clan is strong enough to protect these kits. I know the perfect way to kill them." The sickly sweet voice meowed. "And the perfect place is right in front of their mother's eyes!" Suddenly, a flurry of FireClan cats exploded into the RiverClan camp, and one of the larger ones jumped onto Blacksnow, holding her down. Seamist reached forward and grabbed the white and brown plotched kit, the last born. Her silver tabby fur was smooth, and her eyes glinting in the dying sunlight.

Destinycall gave a blood curdling war cry, and sprang forward into the she-cat. The little kit was dropped back to the nest, and the nursery exploded in fighting. "Seamist! Leave this clan alone!" Destinycall hissed, her violet eyes slits of anger. She clawed at Seamist's ears and body until the she-cat went limp. Destinycall didn't let her defenses down, but a few moons of exile had made Seamist cunning. Seamist reached up and grabbed Destinycall's throat, and begane to bite down.

Meanwhile, Tigerpaw was using what little battle practice he knew along with Snowpaw to drive a large FireClan tom away. And the thing was, all the FireClan cats were toms. Together, they drove the tom away, and looked at each other.

Back inside the nursery, Blacksnow struggled to get away from the large warrior.

[Quick Fox]

Cat// Skysong the A/n/g/e/r/e/d
Notes// RAWR she gonna try to kill Seamist
Words// 303

Skysong felt full of joy, and as she stood there she heard Blacksnow. More kits! How great! she thought, smiling to herself. She stayed outside, not intruding, and sighed. she wished someone would love her like Mudstripe loved Blacksnow.

She suddenly whipped around as she heard Seamist's cry. She'd recognized the angry voice. Seamist you bitch! Skysong thought. She scanned the ground, and saw not just Seamist, but an army of cats. Fireclan cats. Seamist was fighting with Destinycall.

"Seamist you bitch! Leave this clan alone, or I'll do us all a favor and kill you myself!" Skysong yowled as she rammed into Seamist's shoulder, throwing her off balance. She didn't even have a moment to think and Seamist was on her feet, heading towards the nursery.

Skysong had heard Blacksnow and left her alone, but she knew what was on Seamist's mind. Skysong jumped, just catching Seamist. she pulled her back, and they wrangled on the ground.

"You have become such a monster! Why do you not leave our clan in peace?! We welcome Blacksnow, Destinycall, and all of their kits. I welcome them!"

She thought she heard Seamist yell something of disapproval, but she could not tell. Seamist was biting her. Hard. She tried her best to fight her off, and to not let her guard down. She had to protect Blacksnow and her kits.

She couldn't even think, the whole situation was just so unreal to her, and she unwittingly flipped Seamist over. She was about to say something, but Seamist clawed at her stomach, leaving a huge gash.

Pain overwhelmed her, and all her senses were screaming for her to stop, but she held on. She grabbed onto Seamist and tried to keep her from getting any farther. A little farther and...

[Shadewing]

[atrb=border,0,true][cs=7][bg=A9AB1F] the count;; 182 the cat;; Animal the involved;; Claws, Snowpaw the notes;; Animal hissed, and brushed his pelt against the ungrateful running tom. The cat utter: "Twoleg Cat! You're no warrior! Better a harlot.." the huge brown tabby cat with the long claws, suitingly named Claws, disappeared across the border, and into some trees. Animal twitched his left ear, knowing this was just fustraition from the tom. He ran towards the apprentices who had chased the tom off, and stood before them, knowing he was starting to lose his temper, and control. His rage was the only reason FireClan took him in. Animal's hackles raised, and he ran straight towards a young white cat, who would be training to become a warrior in FireClan. Animal faced the cat, fur on end. "Otter!" he screeched, reaching his claw out, to slash the cat across the face. His paw went at an incredible speed, which would be nearly impossible for the cat to dodge. He aimed low, so if the cat ducked, he'd get the forehead or ear. Sidestepping was useless. Walking back was nearly impossible to do in such a small time.

[Silky]

Cats: Milkystar, Mudstripe, Redeyes, Blossomfire (hunting on the border, saw the FC cats, rushed to aid), Addertongue, Deadfoot.

It had not been five minutes after checking over the young mother that Fireclan burst into camp. Now, not that Deadfoot had no training; no. He'd been a normal apprentice for near two moons, and had been trained to fight by a footless elder. He ran to the aid of Tigerpaw and Snowpaw. "STAY BEHIND ME!"[/color] He roared over the yowling and hissing. A young Fireclan tom was hurtling towards them, and the battered medicine cat gave a roar, lunging at the younger tom, bashing him with his foot. "GET OUT OF MY CLANS CAMP!"[/color] He yowled.

Addertongue had been out hunting with Mudstripe when it happened. A stream of angry Fireclan cats raced past them, hardly noticing the two. Mudstripe had ran after them, Addertongue behind him. She lunged at the nearest tom, raking at his face. "DIE!"[/color] She hissed, leaping away when he tried to grab her.

"They're beautiful Blacksnow..." Milkystar purred. He was a grandfather; something he had been looking forward to. Until, his ears picked up roaring, hissing, anger and rage. Whipping around, he saw a large group of cats led by the one and only Seamist. The battle raged, and one of the toms ripped away Milkystar's life. He woke up, and saw Seamist attacking his mate. "NO!"[/color] He shouted, leaping onto his former love, biting onto her back.

"You better be right Seamist."[/color] Redeyes hissed as he ran beside the she-cat. He leapt into battle, attacking the mirror of himself, the leader. He ripped away a life with one swipe, and made his way to the nursery, looking down at Blacksnow. "Feisty, eh? You'd make a great harlot."[/color] He laughed, smacking her around the face, turning to her kits. "Which one first?"[/color] He grinned, but a brown blur smashed into his side.
"Leave my mate alone!"[/color] Mudstripe hissed, blood trickling down his face from a blow earlier.
"HA! You chose this skinny idiot for a mate? Now dear, you couldn't have made a worse mistake..."[/color] He roared in laughter, leaping on Mudstripe, biting down viciously at his neck. Mudstripe yowled, but Redeyes had broken through his jugluar and throat. Laughing, he let go of the life ebbing away.
"...no... Blacksnow..."[/color] Mudstripe said, as he drew his last breath, his blood seeping from his neck. He died, then and there, in front of his mate, but he had a smile on his face; he had seen his kits, that was all he needed.

Blossomfire had been hunting on the border, alone, scent marking. She looked up and saw a stream of cats she didn't recognise. They were not Riverclan, and then, a scent hit her, a scent she hadn't smelt since the Great Migration: Fireclan. It had to be.
"N-no!" She yowled, leaping over the thinnest part of the river, and swimming across - thank Starclan Milkystar was her father. Her frame panicked as she was dragged under, but her foot hit the bank and she raced out, running towards the Riverclan camp. As she reached the highest point, she saw a horrifying thing. The tom who was her father looked up, calling for help. Blossomfire nodded, running back down the hill to Thunderclan camp. Even if they were enemies at times, Riverclan was desperate, and needed Thunderclan's help.

[Shadewing]

[atrb=border,0,true][cs=7][bg=A9AB1F] the count;; 179 the cat;; Animal the involved;; Claws, Snowpaw the notes;; Animal was kicked by the cat, but still managed to score a hit across the white apprentice's face. The cat with the bad foot, who had kicked him, was angry. Just as angry as Animal was becoming. "I'm going to rip out your f--king eyes!" He screeched, raising a claw to slash Deadfoot across the face. Animal had his angry face on, and he could feel himself slipping from concern, his only concern, killing this cat. He bared his teeth, ready to bite after him attack landed. Animal could hear footsteps behind him. A huge brown tabby, with huge claws on him. He ran towards the two apprentices who had cahsed him off before. He was bleeding from his shoulders, but his running attack would likely take the apprentices by surprise-- and give FireClan a good chance. Animal could hear Seamist in the nursery. She had killed a male cat, and she was on her way to killing the kits. Animal hissed: "Once I crap on your dead face, I'll kill the kits. Just wait!"

[Quick Fox]

The Cat// Skysong the R/a/g/i/n/g
The Noted// She's gonna kill Seamist if it kills her
The Number// 217

Skysong heard Mudstripe yowl, an unmistakable death yowl that rang in her ears and terrified her. She let go of Seamist, it took just a moment for her to notice what was happening, but by then Seamist had gotten closer.

What she saw next horrified her, Mudstripe was dead, and Seamist was going for Blacksnow's kits. Skysong lunged, hitting her hard, and putting herself between Blacksnow and her kits, and Seamist. These kits were all she had left of her dear brother.

"Blacksnow, stay behind me. Seamist, if you lay one paw on these kits, I'll kill you, and rip you to shreds!" Skysong spat. She could tell she was outnumbered, but she had to protect the kits. Mudstripe had sacrificed his life for them, she had to stop this.

She stood there, as Seamist and some other cats crowded around. She lashed out her paw in anger, and then waited. She'd fight them to the death if she had to, just to protect these kits.

They were in a circle, or something like it, and they jumped and lunged, and they confused her. The adrenaline was pumping, and she would not let such monsters kill Mudstripe's mate and kits. She would kill all of these Fireclan cats, if she had to.

Or go down fighting.

[Twilight]

(( Shady, have Animal kill Snowpaw. I planned for him to die in this battle. ))

Seamist's silver taby frame sneered at her dughter. "Mudstripe was weak, to fall in love with that b--ch he called a mate. You were weak not to come with me! You had the chance to be great, along with myself. We would have ruled, but now, you are useless to me!" She saw the FireClan cats converge on her duaghter. "Stop! This one is mine, boys!"

The FireClan cats stepped away, and she stepped forward into the ring of cats, He frame small in comparison to the toms, and she lunged at her duaghter, and raked her claws mercilellsy across her duaghter. Where she was hitting, she didn't care.

Tigerpaw and Snowpaw backed up together behind Deadfoot. "You will never-" Tigerpaw began, and Snowpaw finiched, "Harm our sister's new kits!" They converged on Animal together, driving him back, and also working on clawing his eyes.

Blacksnow wailed. Her ruby eyes were sretched in horror as she watched Redeyes kill her mate. Then, fury lashed through her. She had to protect her kits!! She jumped up fromn her laying position and took a defensive stand with her newborn kits just under her. She lashed out at a large FireClan tom with red eyes, the one who had pinned her down in the first place and killed her mate.

[Silky]

Cats: Milkystar, Mudstripe, Redeyes, Addertongue, Deadfoot, Blossomfire, Raccoontail, Stormeyes, Burningflame, Ruffledpaw, Troubleseeker, Silktail
NOTES: If ANYONE has a Thunderclan cat bring them in! Blossomfire has gone for help and after this she will decide to remain in Riverclan.

That young tom had managed to claw at one of Deadfoot's eyes. He yowled in pain as blood poured out of his left eye. Screwing it shut, he knew he couldn't save it now. "Tigerpaw, Snowpaw!"[/color] he yowled, falling forward. He felt sick. He felt like he was going to die; but he couldn't. They had no apprentice to take over from him. The white tom with the brown eyes hauled himself up, hearing the scream of Mudstripe. He could not save anyone. He was half blind, half lame. He was better off being an elder. "You, kit,"[/color] He said to Animal, his voice a bitter rage. "You do not understand the meaning of clan life. In your so called clan, you do not care for each other like euqals. Starclan is what makes us strong, and we will not LOSE!"[/color] He said, before falling to the ground, and the black she-cat called Addertongue raced to his side.
She had leapt from a large Fireclan tom who she'd killed, and was helping Deadfoot up.
"We can't lose you now, come on. Tigerpaw and Snowpaw can do this, I know they can."[/color]

Milkystar pushed Skysong away. "PROTECT THE CAMP!"[/color] He yowled at her, scratching down Seamist's face, his grey eyes pouring anger out of them. He loved Skysong like a daughter, and her siblings, and now Blossomfire had gone for help, surely they would be saved?

Redeyes laughed as the she-cat yowled in horror, and he struggled as she pushed herself down on him. "Oh deary, we can't have that now, can we?!"[/color] He roared, using all his strength to rake his claws down the fiesty harlot's stomach. "At this rate, you'll be joining that Mudstripe in no time!"[/color] He cackled.

Blossomfire had ran back to camp as fast as her skinny, lanky legs could carry her. She had raised the alarm, but at first, some cats were unwilling, until she explained the threat of Fireclan, the cats who had stolen Dusky. At that, Lionfur rallied the cats, and he and Blossomfire ran ahead.
With them was the medicine cat, Burningflame, the two queens Troubleseeker and Silktail (they had come to protect their friend Destinycall), Ruffledpaw the new apprentice, Stormeyes the strong warrior, and Raccoontail the feisty she-cat. There were other cats with them.
"NOW THUNDERCLAN!"[/color] Blossomfire roared, leading her clan into battle. Burningflame raced to Deadfoot's side, and led him into the medicine cat den. Addertongue ran around camp, dodging the tom's and dragging in the wounded. As Deadfoot treated them, Burningflame fought valiantly alongside Raccoontail and Ruffledpaw.

The war was only just beginning

[Twilight]

Seamist swoitched targets. Milkystar had pushed Skysong away, and she faced against the tom she had grown to hate. "Milkystar... I'm going to take pleasure in hurting you." She leaped, making it look as if she was going for beside him. But instead, she landed heavily on his back, and bit down hard into the back of his neck. Whether he would lose another life was another question all together.

Lionfur ran with the speed of LeopardClan as he and his fellow ThunderClan cats burst into the clearing of RiverClan. It was horror, and the precedings were just that. He let out a strong war cry, and lept into the fray. He immediatly hooked into Animal and clawed him hard. A young apprentice with fur as pristine as snow laid at Animal's claws, blood covering most of his pelt.

Tigerpaw stood beside the now dead Snowpaw, his chest heaving. Animal had killed him! Out of nowhere, a golden ThunderClan tabby hooked into Animal, and he yowled. "RiverClan! Snowpaw is dead and ThunderClan have come to help!"

Blacksnow saw her sister enter with her fellow ThunderClan friends. Redeyes was clawing at her belly, and she was still weak from giving birth. She yowled loudly, "Blossomfire!" then she saw Troubleseeker and Silktail. "Troubleseeker! Silktail! Help me!" Destinycall was beside her duaghter and was wrestling with a FireClan tom larger than her. She had some good cuffs and scratches, but she was giving the tom hell. There was no way she could help her duaghter with this tom in her way.

Over in ShadowClan territory, Flamepaw heard the howls and smelled the scents carried to her on the breeze. She raced back to camp and yowled loudly. "FireClan is attacking RiverClan! What are we going to do!? We can't let them be massacred! I smelled a faint scent of ThunderClan with the toher scents, so they might be helping RiverClan, but I have no idea!"

In WindClan territory, a young warrior came to Nightstar with the news of the attack. FireClan! She loped into the slearing of the camp and yowled above the wind. "WindClan! I want all warriors fit enough to do battle to follow me into the beginning of a war with FireClan! They are currently attacking RiverClan, and we have no time to waste!" She raced out of camp, with Winterwind, Snowpatch, Hollythorn, Orangesky, Silvertongue, Hidesong, Earthpelt, and Flowertail behind her.

[Silky]

Redeyes stopped, and hauled himself away from the she-cats. There, there were the only two cats he cared about, the only two he loved. His baby sisters, Twixkit and Troublekit. He loved them, they were the reason he fought, to free them from the rules of the warrior code. Twixkit's eyes looked angry, so did Troublekit's.

"Coldpaw, we meet again."[/color] Silktail hissed.
"No! Sisters! You don't understand! I'm fighting for you!"[/color] Redeyes said as he saw Windclan come into the battle. "I'm doing this because I wanted to free you from the code!"[/color]
"The code is the only thing that is keeping us from killing you now!"[/color] Troublekit hissed.
"...Fireclan! Retreat! The battle is lost!"[/color] He yowled, not before lunging at Silktail and tearing at her throat. He swept her off her feet, and she landed with a blood curdling crack, and lay still as the Fireclan cats ran from the battle. Seamist remained.

"I use to love you, but you've changed."[/color] Milkystar hissed, using all his strength to get Seamist under him, standing on her legs. "I just hope your father can forgive me for this."[/color] He said, biting down on the she-cats neck. No one harmed Milkystar's family. No one did.

[Twilight]

Seamist went under the RiverClan leader, and his fangs closed around her silver throat. She let out a cry filled with so much rage and hatred that it made the camp go silent.

Destinycall limped out of the reeds after having driven off the FireClan tom when the order for retreat had been given. That was when she saw Snowpaw's bloody limp body and Tigerpaw's horrified expression. She wailed loudly, breaking the silence. "Snowpaw!" she limped as fast as she could to him, and nuzzled his fur. "Snowpaw, please, get up. You were to young to die!." Tears welled up in her violet eyes, and she kept licking the blood from her kit's fur. He was just out of the nursery! How could this have happened!?

Blacksnow lumbered out of the nursery, Mudstripe's limp body in her jaws. Her red eyes were glazed in shock as she placed Mudstripe's body by her brother's. She went back to tghe nursery and checked on her precious kits. All three were safe, and for that she was glad. WindClan had mad eit to the battle, and had cause the rogues to flee. Nightstar waited back and waited until Milkystar left Seamist's body. Her black form padded up to his white and she nodded. "Milkystar? Would you like me to send a runner back to camp and get our medicine cats to assist yours? Some of your clan are very badly injured, incluing Deadfoot." Her offer was genuine. She couldn't stand to see this kind of devestation.

[Quick Fox]

The Cat// Skysong the L/i/g/h/t/h/e/a/d/e/d
The Noted// Wow guys, we beat them *Collapses* D=
The Number// 318

Skysong stood there as Seamist moved forward, but held her ground. She would not let Seamist kill these kits, not while she was still alive. In a flash, Milkystar pushed her out of the way, telling her to protect the camp.

She staggered, and then dashed out before a Fireclan tom could catch her. The scents of the other clans filled her nose, and she saw many cats fighting against Fireclan. She caught up to them, scratching at them. How much damage she did, she did not know, though she fought as hard as she could.

Her mother had done a number on her, and her coat was heavy with blood. Suddenly, she heard a cat yelling, and the Fireclan toms retreated. they were gone; Riverclan had won. She turned, just to see Milkystar kill Seamist.

"The battle is won," she murmured, then swayed and fell to the ground. Her vision blurred, and she couldn't tell what was happening. She tried to fight it, to keep her eyes, open, but it was such a struggle that she gave in.

Skysong did not know what was happening; her eyes were closed, but memories of the battle were vivid in her mind. Mudstripe dead, Seamist attacking her, and the cats retreating. She knew she was not dead, as she could feel pain everywhere in her body, but she didn't know if she wanted to open her eyes.

Old memories flashed in her mind, like her life flashing before her eyes. the pain was beginning to dull, and she wondered whether she was giving into death. Then she remembered Blacksnow's kits, young and vulnerable. And the only thing she had left of Mudsripe.

She suddenly had to hold on, to make sure that the kits were safe. She suddenly did not want to die. She opened her eyes once more, the pain coming back. Then she lay there.

[Shadewing]

[atrb=border,0,true][cs=7][bg=A9AB1F] the count;; 183 the cat;; Animal the involved;; Claws, three cats that attacked him the notes;; Animal slashed blindly at all of the cats, removing all of them from his body. He then quickly swiped all of their eyes, and then their chests. One landed a blow on his already bloody cheek, and Animal hissed, arching his back. His fur prickled, as he scored that cat across the shoulder, ripping through the cats fur. He heard a yowl, and Animal backed up, to hear Redeyes telling them to retreat. RiverClan camp had become filled with cats. "We didn't bring enough warriors," Animal hissed to the three cats. "Next time, the fight will be different!" Animal cracked a grin, and then backed up further. "All of you can't even defeat a kitty-pet! So much for strength!" Animal hissed, and then turned around, and retreated with the rest of FireClan. Claws was beside him, trotting with a brisk pace. "You fight awful well for a kitty-pet," Claws meowed to Animal. "Or maybe the Clans let me win. I can't believe I took two of them down that easy. Destroying all of them will be easy," "Hmph."

[Silky]

Milkystar nodded at Nightstar. "Please. Burningflame is here, but we may need more help."[/color] He said, falling forward, and all the cats in Riverclan stopped. The tom had lost another life.
Then, the ragged tom lifted his head, his eye healed over. One of the toms had swiped at his face, tearing out his eye as they did. He stood up tall, and looked over camp. Many cats were dead, including Fireclan ones; barely older than kittens. The white tom leapt onto the highest point in camp, and called out to all who were there.
"We have lost several comrades in this battle, but the losses would have been more had it not been for Mooncloud running to Windclan despite his ill health and age, and my daughter, Blossomfire, for seeing what happened from the border of Thunderclan and Shadowclan. She saw the cats, and I can only believe that Shadowclan is either allowing them to stay there, or they are tresspassing on Shadowclan's territory."[/color] The tom yowled as Deadfoot moved out of his den, then he, Milkystar and Skysong froze, seeing Drowningstar in a vision.
"Fire cannot destroy the clans."[/color] He hissed under his breath, looking towards Skysong and Deadfoot.
"But now, we must hold vigil for our fallen comrades."[/color] He said, looking down at the few cats that had been put together, lying still and dead.

"Snowpaw. My son, my kit. He was taken before he had a chance to prove himself, but he will forever hunt with Starclan.

Mudstripe, a brave a loyal warrior, and father. He died after seeing his kits, we can thank him for protecting his mate and my daughter to the best of his ability.

Willowheart, a loving and caring she-cat who never got to fufill her dream of being a mother.

Runningpaw, a tom who was on the cusp of warriorhood, and had his chance stripped from him.

Fishkit, the tiny kit who was visciously murdered by a Fireclan cat before he could get his chance to be a medicine cat like he had always wanted.

And finally, Silktail..."[/color] He said, looking at her sobbing sister. She was breathing, but her neck was broken. She would never be a warrior again. "She may not be dead, but she gave her warrior life to save her friends and a fellow clan. Maybe Starclan give her a speedy recovery."[/color] He said.

"Dispose of the Fireclan cats in any way you wish. We will hold a burial for our friends tonight."[/color] He said, before he saw Deadfoot collapse; his blood loss too strong as he tried to look over Silktail. Deadfoot was dead, and Riverclan had no Medicine Cat.

Milkystar yowled, leaping off the rock and towards his medicine cat. "DEADFOOT!"[/color] He roared, batting the cat's head with his paw. "No, you can't do this! You survived a beating by a twoleg, a horrendous disease, a massive journey! You can survive this too!"[/color] He roared. Riverclan had no medicine cat; they were screwed. Turning to Nightstar, he begged her. "Please, allow one of your medicine cats to stay and teach one of our own so we may be reliant on ourselves for healing. I do not want to deplete your herb stores."[/color] He said, his grey eyes filled with anger and hatred for Fireclan.

[Twilight]

((Sorry nout the ceremony... I serisouly wanted abother WC cat and I had him planned for awhile. Random cats who died... Unless one of you want some of the cats you have in WC to die...))

Nightstar nodded to him, and turned to Hollythorn. "You are one of our fastest warriors. Run back to camp and get Leafsong and Cloudrunner. Tell them oine of them has to be prepared to stay at RiverClan until a new medicine cat can be found. Go, and may StarClan be with you." Hollythorn raced off, and she turned to Milkystar. "We have not the numbers to take our falln warriors home, so if at all possible, I would like to recognize them here."

She padded over to a slightly higher area of ground, and turned to the cats. "WindClan! Gather round. We must honor our fallen clanmates, and there is something special I would like to perform after we honor our fallen."

"Raincloud, a courageous she-cat who never managed to achieve her dream of having a family."

"Sunbreeze, a brave warrior who's loyalty was never questioned, and who's kind heart and soft tongue never hurt another clanmate."

"Heatherpaw, an apprentice with the courage of LionClan and the loyalty to match."

"And finally, Windcall, a strong and ambitious tom who only wanted to be the best warrior he could be."

She turned to a runty young tom, a little shorty than Nightstar herself. "Flarepaw, step forward." The young tom did so, and Nightstar went on. "You fought bravely today, and charged into battle without hesitation. Sunbreeze was always proud of you, and he would be even more proud now, seeing this moment. StarClan, this apprentice has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn. Flarepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect the clan even at the cost of your life?"

Flarepaw nodded, his dark golden pelt splashed through to flare like bright golden markings nodded and spoke. "Yes, Nightstar. I a will."

Nightstar nodded, and continued with the ceremony. "Then Flarepaw, from this momen on, you will be known as Flarefury. StarClan honors your strength and your spped, and we welcome you as a full warrior of WindClan."

Liondfur walked up to Silktail as WindClan had their little meeting. He pressed his nose gently into her fur. "I'm so sorry, Silktail. Will you ever forgive me for leading you into this battle?"