Horror slashed1 through Hollypaw like theclaws of fighting cats. “They haven’t any code at all!” she gasped3, turning to her brother. “Even the Tribe understands about duty and being fair. These cats just don’t care!”
Her muscles tensed, ready to leap into battle. The patrol had come in peace, wanting only to talk, but now it looked as if the truce4 would be shattered. StarClan, help us, she prayed, not even knowing if StarClan could hear her under these strange skies. Show us what to do
Beckoning6 with her tail, she gathered the Tribe to-bes close to her. Lionpaw and Breezepaw flanked them on either side.
“Do we fight now?” Splash asked nervously7.
“Let’s hope not,” Lionpaw replied. Hollypaw was grateful for the reassurance8 in his voice. “But Hollypaw will give you a signal if we have to.”
She didn’t have much hope that they could avoid a battle now. Stripes had made it clear that the trespassers had no intention of respecting the borders the Tribe had worked so hard to set in place. The Tribe were no better off than when they started.
At Stripes’s challenge, Crag had stepped forward until the two cats stood nose to nose. His neck fur bristled10 and his eyes were narrowed menacingly. “If you’re looking for a fight—”
Brambleclaw stopped him with a touch of his tail on his shoulder and motioned him back. “This isn’t the right time,” he murmured. “They outnumber us, for one thing. Best go back to the cave and see what happens.”
“I knowwhat’s going to happen,” Crag snarled12.
For a couple of heartbeats Hollypaw thought that he would defy Brambleclaw and leap into battle. Then the rest of them would have to fight to back him up.
At last Crag let out a long sigh, bowing his head. “Have it your way,” he mewed to Brambleclaw.
Brambleclaw touched his tail to the cave-guard’s shoulder once again, a silent gesture of gratitude13. Facing Stripes, he meowed, “We will defend our borders. It’s your choice if you cross them.”
“Fine.” Stripes flicked15 his tail. “We’ll bear that in mind. Not forgetting that some of you don’t belong here.”
“He means us,” Lionpaw whispered. “He knows we’ll go home sooner or later. Then the Tribe will be weaker….”
He didn’t need to go on. It was obvious to Hollypaw that Stripes meant to attack the Tribe as soon as the Clan5 cats left them defenseless. But we can’t stay here forever, she thought, struggling against a pang16 of homesickness for the forest and the camp in the stone hollow.
Brambleclaw turned and led his cats away. Mocking caterwauls followed them. “Don’t bother coming back!” Flick14 yowled.
The sun was well above the mountains as the patrol made its way back to the cave. Golden rays warmed the rocks, but Hollypaw felt as cold as if she were padding through a bitter leaf-bare.
“Do you think that was okay?” Splash fretted17. “They know about our borders now, so they should leave us alone.”
“I hope I’ll be on the first patrol!” Pebble18 added.
“Let’s wait and see,” Hollypaw mewed. She wasn’t sure if the Tribe to-bes really hadn’t understood what had just happened, or whether they were forcing themselves to be optimistic. She couldn’t bring herself to tell them that borders didn’t exist unless they were seen from both sides. The trespassers had shown that they had no honor, not a scrap19 of respect for their rivals, so it was only a matter of time before they crossed the boundaries and stole more prey20 from the Tribe.
The warrior21 code has failed, she thought. She had built her life on it, and now she felt as though she had stepped off a precipice22 and was plummeting23 down into darkness. Even the Tribe doesn’t really understand it
She gave herself a shake. The Tribe might not have the warrior code, but they had traditions just as ancient and important. Perhaps the Tribe of Endless Hunting would come to their aid at last.
The patrol had reached the boulder24-covered slope that led down to the stream when Brambleclaw paused suddenly, raising his tail to bring the other cats to a halt behind him. “Intruder scent25!” he hissed26.
Hollypaw felt the fur on her shoulders begin to bristle9. Tasting the air, she picked up a strong, fresh scent, carried on the breeze that swept across the bare rock. She couldn’t see the intruders, but she realized that they must be very close
“I don’t believe this,” Lionpaw muttered into her ear. His fur was fluffed up with anger and his tail tip twitched28 back and forth29. “We only just told them about the borders, and they’re already trespassing30.”
“Look—down there!” Pebble angled her ears toward the stream.
Down below, the skinny brown intruder, Flick, emerged from behind a spur of rock, following the course of the stream. Four more of the intruders followed him; one of them, the black tom they had encountered before, had the body of a mouse hanging from his jaws31. They padded along confidently, as if they had every right to be there.
I knew it, Hollypaw thought. Everything we’ve done has been for nothing
“They’re useless hunters,” she commented, trying to push down the cold sense of failure that sat in her belly32 like a stone. “They can’t even scent us. They have no idea that we’re here.”
“Or they don’t care,” Lionpaw added.
Brambleclaw, Crag, and Stormfur exchanged a few quick words, speaking too low for Hollypaw to catch what they said. Then Brambleclaw leaped up onto the nearest boulder so that his figure was outlined against the sky. “Trespassers!” he yowled.
The invaders33 halted. In the same heartbeat, Brambleclaw let out a fearsome screech34 and launched himself down from the boulder. The rest of the patrol poured down the slope after him; Hollypaw felt as if a rushing torrent35 were sweeping36 her on.
After one terrified glance, Flick’s patrol spun37 around and fled downstream. Flick clawed his way up a steep rockslide until he reached a ledge38. He glared down at the Clan and Tribe cats, his ears flattened39 and his lips drawn40 back in a snarl11.
Brambleclaw bounded up to the foot of the rockslide. “You have crossed the Tribe’s border,” he meowed. Hollypaw could tell that he was trying to remain calm, though his voice vibrated with fury. “You are trespassing and stealing prey.”
“Why shouldn’t we?” Flick spat41. “There’s nothing to stop us.”
“We explained the scent marks,” Crag began, pacing forward to stand at Brambleclaw’s shoulder.
“Oh, the scent marks!” Flick sneered42. “I’m frightened out of my fur. So what are you going to do now, set stronger marks? We’ll hunt where we please, and you can’t stop us.” Before any cat could reply he leaped upward and vanished over the top of the rock.
“We should follow him,” Talon43 growled44. “Maybe he’ll listen if we rip his fur off.”
“No point.” Brambleclaw sounded despondent45. “It’s obvious that explaining the boundaries hasn’t worked. The intruders crossed the border as soon as our backs were turned. No, we have to teach them a lesson, once and for all.”
When Hollypaw entered the cave she was aware of a buzz of excitement. The Tribe cats who had stayed behind were clamoring to hear what had happened when the patrol met the intruders.
“So they know about the borders?” Bird asked, her eyes gleaming hopefully. “Does that mean they’ll leave us alone?”
“Maybe we can hunt in peace now,” Gray added.
Brambleclaw shouldered his way into the cluster of excited cats. “No,” he meowed. “The battle is not over. There are no borders.”
“But there are!” Screech slipped between two older cats to confront Brambleclaw, his neck fur bristling46. “You helped set them yourself!”
“And the intruders have already crossed them,” Stormfur meowed.
Gasps47 of astonishment48 and snarls49 of fury rose from the cats gathered around as the gray warrior quickly described their encounter with Flick’s patrol. “They can’t do that!” some cat exclaimed.
“They have,” Talon replied flatly.
“There are no borders if the other side won’t recognize them,” Squirrelflight pointed50 out.
“That is true.” Hollypaw whipped around to see that Stoneteller had taken his place on the boulder. The old cat’s fur was fluffed up with anger and he glared at Brambleclaw. “So all our efforts have been wasted. What do you suggest that we do now?”
“There’s only one thing left to do,” Brambleclaw meowed, dipping his head respectfully to the old cat. “We must take the battle to the trespassers and defeat them once and for all.”
Stoneteller drew back his lips in the beginnings of a snarl. Every cat in the cave fell silent as his amber51 eyes searched out Stormfur. “No,” he mewed. His voice was soft but charged with fury. “We tried that once, and too many lives were lost. Too many cats will never walk these mountains again.”
“But this time will be different,” Brambleclaw promised. “Your cats have been training to fight. And this time they will fight with a clear purpose—to defend their territory, instead of trying to drive out the intruders.” He hesitated, drawing a deep breath, then added, “It’s your choice. You can fight, or be driven from your home.”
A babble52 of conflicting voices rose from the Tribe cats. Stoneteller silenced it with a single lash2 of his tail.
“Very well,” he hissed. “The Tribe shall choose—and prove once and for all that we are not a Clan.”
Hollypaw caught a startled glance from Lionpaw.
“What’s he meowing about?” her brother asked. “Of coursethey’re not a Clan.”
“He doesn’t want them to fight,” Hollypaw mewed. “But perhaps he thinks it’s fairer to let the Tribe decide. After all, they’ll have to live with the decision.”
The Tribe cats were looking at one another with bewilderment in their eyes. Confused murmurs53 came from them; eventually Crag spoke54 up. “Stoneteller, we don’t understand. What do you want us to do?”
“I should have thought that was clear enough.” Stoneteller’s voice was icy. “I want you to choose what we should do—find a new place to live, or stay and fight. The Tribe of Endless Hunting does not want me to influence your decision.”
“I bet they don’t.” The furious mutter startled Hollypaw. She glanced over her shoulder to see that Jaypaw had joined them, sitting with his tail curled neatly55 over his paws.
“What do you mean?” she asked.
Her brother twitched his ears. “Don’t you get it? Stoneteller can say what he likes about the Tribe of Endless Hunting. Who’s to know any different?”
Hollypaw stared at him in alarm. How could Jaypaw say that? No Clan cat would dare tell lies about StarClan—how could it be so different for the Tribe?
Stoneteller began to speak again. “All cats who wish to fight should go to that side of the cave.” He waved his tail. “Those who wish to flee, go to the other side. Remember that you choose the future of your Tribe.”
“Let’s hope they have a future,” Lionpaw murmured.
For a few heartbeats no cat moved. Hollypaw thought that the Tribe cats were too bewildered by what Stoneteller was telling them to do. Then she spotted56 the skinny white elder, Cloud, muttering to another old cat, a speckled brown tom.
“What do you think, Rain?” Cloud asked him. “Fight or flee?”
The old tom let out a disgusted snort. “I never wanted to fight, but I’m too old to flee far.”
Just beyond the elders, two she-cats had their heads together, murmuring anxiously to each other.
“Swoop, what should we do? I can’t fight while I’m suckling my kits57. But they can’t flee; their eyes are barely open! And I won’tleave them.”
“Don’t worry, Flight,” the other she-cat mewed soothingly58. “No cat expects you to abandon your kits. I won’t leave mine, either.”
Talon loomed59 over them; both she-cats looked up at him uncertainly.
“Choose to fight,” the huge cave-guard growled. “That way, the Tribe will protect you as it protects all kit-mothers and their litters.” He encircled both she-cats with his tail and drew them over to the “fight” side of the cave, where he stood beside them as if he was already protecting them from danger.
By now Hollypaw could see that the Tribe was beginning to divide into two groups. Pebble and Splash bounded quickly over to choose fighting. Screech spat something after them that Hollypaw couldn’t catch and withdrew to the far side with the other to-be prey-hunter. Night joined Talon, but to Hollypaw’s surprise Gray chose to flee and Bird, after a brief hesitation60, chose that too.
Hollypaw found that her heart was pounding and her muscles were tense. She didn’t know why it should matter so much to her that the Tribe should keep its home in the mountains; she only knew that it didmatter, desperately61. If they left their home they would have to suffer the hardships and dangers of a long journey, and they would leave all their traditions, everything that was familiar, behind them. They would no longer be the Tribe.
Now very few cats remained to choose. Crag still stood in the center of the cave, his eyes troubled. Eventually, with a curt62 nod to Brambleclaw, he padded over to join the cats who had chosen to fight. Talon welcomed him with a tail tip on his shoulder.
All this time Stormfur and Brook63 had stood silent, their pelts64 brushing. At last Brook glanced up at Stormfur, pleading in her eyes. He touched his nose to her ear, then laid his tail across her back and led her over to her brother, Talon.
“Do they get to choose?” Lionpaw asked in a whisper. “Are they Tribe or Clan?”
“I don’t think even they know,” Hollypaw replied.
The Clan cats remained in the middle of the cave, drawing closer together as the Tribe moved away. At last they were alone. Hollypaw’s heart raced when she realized that there were more cats on the “fight” side of the cave.
“They’ve chosen to fight,” she murmured to Jaypaw.
Her brother flicked his tail. “Good.”
Brambleclaw glanced from side to side, then dipped his head to Stoneteller. “Healer, the choice seems clear,” he announced. “Your Tribe wishes to fight.”
Stoneteller’s fur bristled. Hollypaw could see that he hadn’t expected this. His eyes narrowed as he glared at Brambleclaw. “So be it,” he hissed. “And may you sleep well at night, Clan cat. This battle will destroy my Tribe.”
Brambleclaw waited until the Healer had leaped down from the boulder and vanished, with a final lash of his tail, into the passage that led to the Cave of Pointed Stones. Then he turned to face the rest of the cats in the cave. The Tribe, even those who had chosen to fight, looked nervous, as if they realized what a huge decision they had just made
“Right, time to get ready.” Brambleclaw’s voice was brisk and confident. “We must strike at once, before the intruders have the chance to attack first. There’s a full moon tonight, so that will help.”
Hollypaw flinched66, every hair on her pelt65 rising in protest. The full moon was a time of peace! Back beside the lake, the Clans67 would be Gathering68 on the island. Though she knew it was impossible, her paws wanted to carry her out of the cave and back down the mountain to be with them. But the full moon’s not special for the Tribe, she reminded herself.
“Any cats who would like more battle training, go to Squirrelflight and Hollypaw,” Brambleclaw continued. “Crag and Talon, I want you to help me plan our strategy. Jaypaw, see whether you can find some healing herbs for when we get back.”
“Sure,” Jaypaw muttered. “We’ll get no help from Stoneteller.”
“Remember,” Brambleclaw meowed, glancing solemnly around the cave. “This isn’t about the warrior code or the Tribe’s code. It’s about life or death, just like the trespassers said. And you—the Tribe—you will be the ones who live!”
He stood motionless, amber eyes glowing, as the Tribe cats yowled their approval.
Moonlight shimmered69 through the falling water, shedding silver light across the cave. The cats who were heading into battle gathered near the cave mouth, waiting for their turn to walk the Path of Rushing Water. Standing70 beside Lionpaw, Hollypaw sensed her brother’s quivering excitement at the thought of fighting in a real battle. His tail was fluffed up to twice its size and his amber eyes glittered.
“Here.” Hollypaw jumped as a tail touched her shoulder; she spun around to see Jaypaw. “Come over here,” he repeated, beckoning with his tail. “There’s something I want to say.” There was a suppressed tension about him, too, as if he was facing a battle of his own.
“What is it?” Lionpaw asked, glancing back at where the cats were vanishing along the path. “We have to go.”
“This won’t take a heartbeat,” Jaypaw promised, as he drew them into a quiet corner of the cave, sheltered by a boulder. “You have to take care,” he went on, when both his littermates were crouched71 beside him. “Remember that you don’t have StarClan to watch over you here.”
“We have the Tribe of Endless Hunting,” Hollypaw reminded him.
“Oh, no.” Jaypaw flicked his ears. “The Tribe of Endless Hunting has given up. They won’t lift a claw to help you.”
How can he possibly know that?Hollypaw wondered. But there was no time to question him. In any case, she had learned not to ask how Jaypaw discovered the things he knew.
“Look, there’s no need to worry about us—” Lionpaw began.
“I’m not worried.” Jaypaw’s sightless blue eyes were oddly serious. “You mustcome back, whatever happens. It’s more important than you realize.”
“We’re not going to run away, you know,” Lionpaw meowed.
Jaypaw let out a furious hiss27. “Will you listen…”
His intensity72 scared Hollypaw. She wanted to know whatever it was that he wasn’t telling them. But just then she heard her name called from the direction of the waterfall.
“Hollypaw! Lionpaw!” Brambleclaw was waiting, his tail twitching73.
“Coming!” she called.
She and Lionpaw scrambled74 to their paws and shot across the cave floor to head out along the path. As she padded underneath75 the arch of thundering water, she thought she heard Jaypaw’s voice raised in one last yowl.
“You mustcome back!”
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