Thunderstar's Echo/Chapter 6

==Chapter description==
:Lightning Tail and Thunderstar run from the dogs, but are soon outpaced and cornered. The leader comes up with a plan, saying that they should be able to trick them. He bolts forward, making an opening for Lightning Tail to run free. However, Thunderstar is caught by the lead dog and begins to get attacked. Lightning Tail comes back to help, but the ginger tom mentally tells him to run and save himself. With a new burst of energy, Thunderstar helps his Clanmate fight off the dogs, just long enough to make a run for it.
:The two streak away, running back up the hill into the trees. They stop at the foot of a large oak, both sinking to the ground. Thunderstar thanks Lightning Tail for coming back for him, even when he didn't have to. The deputy replies that he could not possibly leave him, because that is not what a Clan cat does. Thunderstar asks if they are dying, and Lightning Tail answers that as a leader, the ginger tom will go on because he has nine lives. Slowly, the world becomes more dim, and the leader sinks into a sea of blackness. They wake in StarClan, and Gray Wing comes to greet them.
:Both toms wake up in an unknown place, wondering how to get back to ThunderClan. Gray Wing tells them that they are in StarClan and says that Lightning Tail can join StarClan now. He says his parents, Hawk Swoop and Jackdaw's Cry, are waiting for him and will be glad to see him. Thunderstar states that Lightning Tail should not stay dead because he died saving him. The black tom tells his leader that StarClan gave him nine lives for a reason, and he must go on, and he will be a good father. He says he will watch him from StarClan, and will always be right next to him. Lightning Tail adds that he knows he'll find the right cat to be the new deputy.
:The sunny clearing then fades to black, sucking Thunderstar along with it. The leader awakens, groggily, the memories of what has happened hitting him. Thunderstar is amazed that he is still alive, knowing that Lightning Tail died not that long ago. Thunderstar grieves for his friend and deputy, and decides to sit vigil for him. Thunderstar decides to take this night to mourn his friend and cherish the memories he had with him, one last time, before making his way back to ThunderClan.
==Characters==
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==Important events==
===Deaths===
*Lightning Tail: Killed by a dog bite
==Notes and references==
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