The Battle with ThunderClan

The Battle with ThunderClan was a big and bloody battle between ThunderClan and RiverClan. Many cats died, including Foxtail from RiverClan.

The battle happened because cats from both ThunderClan and RiverClan smelt the other Clan's scent inside their territory (which were Silverwisp and Thundersky's scents).

## Killed Cats

Foxtail

Eaglecloud

Wingswoop

Pineclaw

Shadesong

Cloudfire

## The Battle

"ThunderClan, attack!" Silverstar, the ThunderClan leader, yowled.

Silverwisp watched in horror as the ThunderClan warrior began running over the stepping stones and into RiverClan territory.

"RiverClan, attack!" Leafstar ordered. Silverwisp rushed over to the ThunderClan warriors. She found herself face-to-face with a golden she-cat. Quickly, Silverwisp knocked her into the river. The golden she-cat flailed for breath as she fell into the river. She hauled herself onto the bank, glaring at Silverwisp. The she-cat raked her claws across Silverwisp's chest. Silverwisp bit back a yowl of pain as she ducked under the warrior and slashed her claws across her opponent's belly. The golden she-cat yowled with pain and sprinted back to ThunderClan's territory.

Silverwisp watched her go with triumph. She looked around, observing the battle.

She saw Whiteberry dodge a blow from a dark gray she-cat. Streamcloud had a brown tabby tom pinned down.

She spotted Thundersky knocking away Leopardfang. Leopardfang rolled to the ground, her paws flailing in the air. Thundersky let out a cry of triumph and pinned her down easily.

*Oh no!* Silverwisp thought. *What do I do?* She could only watch as Leopardfang struggled underneath Thundersky's paws.

Silverwisp waved her paws in the air. Thundersky's gaze locked with hers.

Silverwisp tried to transmit some sort of mental thought. *Let her go!*

Thundersky nodded and released the spotted she-cat. Leopardfang struggled to her paws and bounded away.

Silverwisp let out a sigh of relief. But then, a cry pierced Silverwisp’s ears.

She whirled around. *Foxtail!* she thought, bounding over to her father. He was pinned down under a dark gray tom’s paws. She recognized him as Rainshadow.

“No!” Silverwisp yowled, leaping onto Rainshadow. Rainshadow slammed his paws down onto Foxtail’s neck. Silverwisp heard the snap of bone and turned to her father.

“Silverwisp…” Foxtail said.

“Don’t go.” she said. “Please.”

“I’m sorry, my brave daughter.” Foxtail said. “It is my time.” He twitched and then went limp. His eyes glazed over.

“No!” Silverwisp yelled. “No! Don’t go!” But she knew that he was already dead. She fought back a wail of grief.

The grief turned to anger. She turned to Rainshadow, furious. “How could you?” she snarled.

The warrior shrugged. “Oh well.” he said.

With a yowl, Silverwisp leaped onto him. She pinned him down, her claws tearing at his pelt. Rainshadow yowled with pain, blood flowing out from him. Silverwisp grasped his neck in her jaws.

“Silverwisp? Stop. You’re killing him,” a voice said. Silverwisp turned to see Thundersky.

“So?” she snarled. “He killed my father. I want to see him dead.”

“Stop.” Thundersky said sternly, like he was scolding an apprentice.

*I’m not a kit!* she thought furiously.

“Silverwisp.” Thundersky said, meeting her eyes. “What would killing him do? It would just make more cats sad. Killing doesn’t solve anything.”

Silverwisp faltered, her jaws still around Rainshadow’s neck.

“Please. For me.” Thundersky said.

Rainshadow gurgled, confused.

“Fine.” Silverwisp spat out. “But it’s the last thing I’ll do for you.” She released Rainshadow who ran away.

“What do you mean?” Thundersky asked.

“I said, it’s the *last thing I’ll do for you*!” she snarled. “It’s over, okay? We can’t be together. You’re from ThunderClan, and I’m from RiverClan. Our Clans will always be enemies. We can’t go on like this.”

“Silverwisp,” Thundersky started to say, “I-”

“SHUT UP!” Silverwisp yelled. She did not care if she was being mean or whether she would regret it later. Her anger was a weapon, and she was using it.

“Fine.” Thundersky said. He turned around and stalked away.

Silverwisp watched him go. She sat down. She saw Eaglecloud, a RiverClan warrior, get killed. She saw Thundersky run over to his father and beg him to stay. She saw the life die out from Eaglecloud's eyes. She saw the grief and devastation in Thundersky’s eyes.

She knew that she should be sad. But all she could see was her own father, lying there and dying, getting killed cold-blooded. And all she could feel was the satisfaction of a ThunderClan warrior killed.

Minutes passed, but they felt like hours. Silverwisp was not aware of anything, only her father’s last breaths.

Someone prodded her. Silverwisp, jumped, startled.

“Hey,” Ivyshadow said.

“Oh, hi.” Silverwisp said. “You startled me.”

Ivyshadow sighed and looked at the battlefield. Bodies lay on the ground. Silverwisp saw Wingswoop and Pineclaw from RiverClan, dead. She saw three dead ThunderClan warriors on the ground.

“It’s over.” Ivyshadow said.