The First Battle/Chapter 20

==Chapter description==
:Thunder tells his campmates Clear Sky has more cats than they do, and they prepare themselves. He orders the cats to attack and Snake jumps onto Thunder. Snake growls to Thunder that they are outnumbered and Gray Wing and Jackdaw's Cry leap down from the rock, attacking Dew. Snake tries to bite Thunder but Lightning Tail pulls the rogue off. Thunder and Lightning Tail briefly watch the fight, and Petal slices Gray Wing's ear tip, avenging Fox. Thunder pulls Dew off Gray Wing and she meets Shattered Ice, who bats her flank. He bites into Petal's bones and she releases, but she attacks Gray Wing again. Gray Wing sends Petal flying away, and Gorse Fur attacks her. 
:Gray Wing and Thunder fight a tabby, while Rainswept Flower fights two toms. Thunder hears Wind Runner yowl with pain as Leaf pins her down. Gorse Fur yowls and releases Petal, knocking Leaf away. Thunder sees Fircone slamming into him and asks why he is attacking him now, as Fircone was against Clear Sky's idea of borders at first. Fircone snarls to him that times change and he tears Thunder's ear. Tall Shadow slams into Fircone and pins him down, ripping out his belly. Fircone shrieks, and falls limp, dying. 
:Rainswept Flower attacks a tortoiseshell and Acorn Fur helps her. Lightning Tail rolls around fighting Thorn, and Snake slices open Frost's throat. Falling Feather chases Acorn Fur, eyes full of contempt. Clear Sky confronts Rainswept Flower and challenges if it is worth fighting for land. Rainswept Flower growls that he was only greedy and selfish and in anger, Clear Sky grabs her throat, snapping it. Thunder begins to stalk towards his father but Gray Wing attacks Clear Sky, furious that he killed Rainswept Flower, but Clear Sky shows no remorse. 
:Gray Wing and Clear Sky tumble around, knowing each other's fighting moves since they were littermates. Clear Sky asks Gray Wing why he must challenge him when he should have left him alone, and Gray Wing tells his brother he has betrayed his friends and family, and growls it's the best Storm is dead, as she would have been shocked to witness this. Furious at the mention of Storm, Clear Sky lunges at his brother, and Thunder feels Falling Feather rip out his belly. Jackdaw's Cry knocks his sister down and pulls her away, and Thunder faces Leaf, demanding for him to move. Leaf stabs Thunder's flanks and Thunder rips fur from the rogue's throat. He collapses and Thunder asks Dappled Pelt to help Leaf, worried that he might have injured him too much.
:Jackdaw's Cry bites down on Falling Feather's spine and she collapses, and Jackdaw's Cry falls onto his sister. Thunder realizes that brother and sister killed each other and hears Acorn Fur beg Clear Sky not to kill. Clear Sky leans over Gray Wing, growling for him to give in, but the dark gray tom refuses. He tells Clear Sky to kill him, but if so, he must bear the thought of killing his own littermate. Clear Sky draws back and Gray Wing reminds him again of his greed, selfishness and arrogance. Clear Sky refuses to kill Gray Wing, shocked at what he had done. Dazed, Clear Sky calls the battle a stop.
==Characters==
===Major===
===Minor===
===Mentioned===
==Important events==
===Deaths===
*Fircone, Frost, Rainswept Flower, Falling Feather, Jackdaw's Cry, Hawk Swoop: killed in the Great Battle
==Trivia==
*This chapter aligns with chapter eleven of Riverstar's Home.
==Notes and references==
Category:The First Battle
Category:Chapter subpages
Category:Dawn of the Clans arc