Battle for Quick Water

The battle for Quick Water was a battle that took place in Shadowstar's Life in SkyClan's territory when ShadowClan and WindClan attacked SkyClan and ThunderClan for harboring Quick Water. This was the first major battle between the Clans since the Great Battle, and it resulted in the first time a Clan leader lost their last life.
==Summary==
===Premise===
:Seasons after the groups became Clans, Skystar, leader of SkyClan, begins to notice Twolegs patrolling his territory more frequently. This continued action worries the SkyClan leader greatly, but his claims are dismissed by the other four Clan leaders at the Gathering. Skystar's worry extends to his warriors, who also grow concerned about their future.
===Overview===
:Quick Water, a SkyClan warrior and one of the original cats who followed the sun trail to their new home from the mountains, becomes obsessed with securing SkyClan's future. With the other Clans not believing SkyClan, Quick Water decides to take matters into her own paws. She believes SkyClan can secure ShadowClan's territory if their leadership is destroyed so she lures dogs to kill Shadowstar and Sun Shadow, her deputy. However, Shadowstar survives and remembers the pair of amber eyes watching them die. Shadowstar, who is now on her last life, is later attacked by Quick Water by the Thunderpath. Realizing it's Quick Water attempting to kill her, Shadowstar successfully convinces Skystar to exile Quick Water for breaking the warrior code. However, Thunderstar believes Quick Water and allows her to join. At an emergency Gathering, Skystar allows Quick Water to rejoin his Clan, and WindClan stands with ShadowClan. Despite not wanting to break the peace since the Great Battle, Shadowstar resolves Quick Water must die. ShadowClan and WindClan unite to confront ThunderClan and SkyClan about harboring Quick Water. In the resulting battle, Shadowstar and Quick Water kill each other but Shadowstar forgives Quick Water before they die.
==Description==
===Quick Water's mission===
:Twolegs begin to encroach on SkyClan's land, which unsettled Skystar and his Clan, especially when the other Clans dismiss his concerns at a Gathering. Urged by her fear of losing her home, Quick Water believes they can easily take ShadowClan's territory if Sun Shadow and Shadowstar are dead. While Shadowstar and Sun Shadow are returning home after the Gathering, Quick Water leads five dogs and watches as the dogs tear them apart. Sun Shadow dies and Shadowstar loses her eighth life. Shadowstar recalls amber eyes watching them that night and grows paranoid of any cat with that shade of eye color.
:At the next Gathering, Skystar continues to urge the other Clans to act with more and more Twolegs patrolling his territory. Quick Water argues with Windstar when she insists it's not WindClan's problem. WindClan and RiverClan are hesitant to redraw borders in case SkyClan needs new territory, much to ThunderClan and SkyClan's despair. Shadowstar will only agree to help once she views the Twoleg activity herself and scout out new territory for SkyClan. Skystar gives her three days to make her decision. While scouting unclaimed territory by the Highstones, Quick Water shoves Shadowstar onto the Thunderpath in hopes of killing her, but the monster misses her. Quick Water then attacks Shadowstar but she is chased away by Raven Pelt. As Quick Water flees for her own territory, Shadowstar and Raven Pelt both confirm Quick Water as the killer.
===Alliances===
:Shadowstar and her patrol visit SkyClan's camp and accuse Quick Water of attempting to kill her by the Thunderpath, with both Shadowstar and Raven Pelt testifying that they saw her. While Skystar and his warriors initially defend Quick Water, Skystar exiles Quick Water when she can't prove where she was earlier though he isn't pleased about it. However, Thunderstar believes Quick Water and allows her to join ThunderClan. Shadowstar and Raven Pelt notice her scent in ThunderClan's territory and confront Thunderstar. Thunderstar insists that he trusts Quick Water and he won't be threatened by Shadowstar's threats. Shadowstar warns this might lead to battle between the Clans. At an emergency Gathering, Shadowstar reveals to the five Clans what Quick Water has done and calls for her exile from ThunderClan. Quick Water maintains that she's done nothing wrong. As the Clan leaders debate, Skystar decides to allow Quick Water to return to SkyClan since he never heard her side of the story. While ThunderClan stands with SkyClan, Windstar believes Shadowstar. Windstar confers with Shadowstar after the meeting and both agree to fight SkyClan and ThunderClan to kill Quick Water, with Shadowstar revealing she is on her last life.
===Attacking Quick Water===
:The next morning, WindClan and ShadowClan meet at SkyClan's border, ready to confront Quick Water. ThunderClan and SkyClan promptly meet them, and Shadowstar tries one more time to convince them to exile Quick Water. Realizing both Clan leaders won't give in, Shadowstar attempts to attack Quick Water and the forest erupts into battle with four Clans fighting. During the battle, Shadowstar notices Quick Water fighting Raven Pelt and she rushes to save him, not wanting to lose another deputy to her. The battle begins to die down as the two she-cats face off, both delivering fatal blows to each other. As both slowly die, Quick Water admits her ploys to try to kill ShadowClan's leadership for SkyClan and asks for forgiveness. Shadowstar forgives her and both she-cats pass away.
==Aftermath==
:Quick Water and Shadowstar reunite in StarClan, with Quick Water apologizing once again for her actions. Gray Wing shows them an image of the future, revealing that the Twolegs will one day destroy SkyClan's home. While Quick Water and Shadowstar are disheartened, Gray Wing reveals that the five Clans will reunite around a lake.
==Characters==
===Shadowstar===
:Shadowstar was the first leader of ShadowClan. After the loss of her eighth life and the death of her beloved deputy Sun Shadow, Shadowstar grew paranoid of amber-eyed cats. She also begins to worry about naming Sun Shadow's successor since she's on her last life. While scouting potential new territory for SkyClan near Highstones, Shadowstar is shoved onto the Thunderpath. Raven Pelt and Shadowstar learn her attacker is Quick Water. She leads her patrol to SkyClan to demand Quick Water's exile for killing Sun Shadow and attempting to kill Shadowstar. Back at their camp, Shadowstar names Raven Pelt her deputy. However, Pebble Heart shares a dream of ShadowClan still in danger. When Shadowstar learns that ThunderClan is harboring Quick Water and Thunderstar refuses to exile her, Shadowstar becomes resolved that Quick Water must die. WindClan joins them in the fight, and Shadowstar attacks Quick Water when she catches her fighting Raven Pelt. Shadowstar and Quick Water kill each other, and Shadowstar forgives her.
===Quick Water===
:Quick Water was a SkyClan warrior and one of the cats who traveled from the mountains to settle in the forest territories. While she served as a loyal cat to SkyClan, Quick Water grew increasingly uneasy of Twolegs invading their territory and feared what would happen to SkyClan. Quick Water resolves to save SkyClan's future, no matter the cost, and figures SkyClan could take over ShadowClan's territory if their leaders were killed. She lures dogs to kill Sun Shadow and Shadowstar, and when Shadowstar survives, she tries to shove her onto the Thunderpath. Quick Water lies that she played no role in their demises, though Skystar initially exiles her. However, Thunderstar believes her and allows her to join ThunderClan, trusting the word of his long-time friend. Shadowstar resolves that Quick Water must die for breaking the warrior code, and her sanctuary results in a war between the Clans. Quick Water and Shadowstar kill each other in battle, though Quick Water apologizes to Shadowstar before she dies. In StarClan, Quick Water is somber that SkyClan's territory will eventually be destroyed, but Gray Wing gives her the peace of mind that the Clans will reunite someday in the future.
==See also==
*Shadowstar's Life
*Shadowstar's Life/Cliffnotes
==Notes and references==
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