Chapter 25
Gray light was seeping1 into the apprentices2’ den3 when Dovewing opened her eyes. Her fur felt ruffled4; cold claws probed into her nest, as if she were lying in a draft. In the days since the Gathering5 the weather had turned colder, and she knew leaf-fal was not far away.
Dovewing wriggled6 deeper into the moss7, trying to escape from the stream of chil y air. Then she realized that something else had woken her. Her senses were always turned toward WindClan, and as she concentrated she picked up a familiar voice.
“Fol ow me,” Sol was meowing. “Those lazy ThunderClan mange-pelts wil stil be snoring in their dens10.”
The murmuring voices of many cats surrounded him, growling11 as they braced12 themselves for battle.
Scrambling13 out of her den, Dovewing raced across the clearing and up the tumbled rocks.
“Firestar!” she gasped15, bursting into her leader’s den. “WindClan is heading for the tunnels. The attack is happening now!”
Firestar was curled up on his bedding at the back of the den. As Dovewing spoke16, he raised his head, instantly alert, and slipped out past her onto the Highledge.
“Wake up!” he yowled. “Every cat, into the clearing! WindClan is attacking!”
Once he had raised the alarm, he ran down the rockfal into the clearing. Dovewing paused for a moment on the Highledge before she fol owed him.
The moon had set, but a few faint warriors18 of StarClan stil lingered overhead. The trees above the hol ow were outlined against a pale sky. Dovewing took in a deep breath of cold dawn air and bounded after her leader.
Warriors were beginning to emerge from their den, vague and clumsy from sleep. Daisy appeared at the entrance to the nursery, then vanished straight back inside. Jayfeather poked19 his head out from behind the bramble screen of the medicine cat’s den, his ears pricked20 to hear what was going on.
Dashing back to her own den, Dovewing met Ivypool as she staggered out into the open. Her fur was ragged21 and there was a pained look in her eyes.
“Are you okay?” Dovewing asked. “Did something happen in the Dark Forest?”
“It’s nothing to worry about,” Ivypool replied, shaking her head to clear it. “I’m a warrior17 there now.
I have to train the others.” Her eyes were haunted and her gaze kept flicking22 from side to side as if she thought some cat was on her tail. “I’l be fine,” she insisted. “I can stil fight.”
Hol yleaf fol owed her out of the den, looking brisk and ready for action. She ran into the middle of the clearing to join Firestar and Brambleclaw.
“We wil meet the WindClan cats in the tunnels,” Firestar announced as his Clan8 gathered around him. “We won’t let them set a single paw in ThunderClan territory. As far as I know,” he added, with a glance at Dovewing, “WindClan hasn’t trained to fight in the tunnels.” Dovewing gave him a quick nod. “ThunderClan wil have the advantage!” A yowl of enthusiasm greeted the Clan leader’s words. Every cat was awake now, ready to defend their Clan. Dove-wing spotted23 Brightheart and Foxleap running through the new battle moves, while the two apprentices bounced up and down with excitement.
Dovewing was stil listening to the approaching WindClan warriors as they crossed the moorland and approached the border with ThunderClan.
Suddenly the noise of their voices and paw steps was cut off and their images faded to nothing.
Dovewing’s bel y churned; she knew what that meant.
“We must hurry!” she meowed to Firestar.
Several other cats looked at her in surprise, not understanding the reason for her eagerness. Of course they don’t know that I can sense WindClan as far away as their own territory.
Hol yleaf came striding over to her. “Lionblaze tel s me that you can hear things,” she mewed quietly.
“Far away, I mean.”
Dovewing nodded.
“Because of the prophecy about the Three?” Hol yleaf’s voice was strained.
Feeling awkward, Dovewing replied, “Yes.” She could guess how difficult it must be for Hol yleaf not to have a part in the prophecy with her littermates. It can’t be easy for her to talk to me about it.
Hol yleaf was silent for several heartbeats, then gave her ears a decisive twitch25. “Wel , let’s make the most of it. What are the WindClan cats doing now?”
“They’ve entered the tunnels,” Dovewing told her.
“It’s real y hard to hear them underground.”
“Al the same tunnel?” Hol yleaf prompted.
Dovewing stretched her senses to their limits and found that she could stil pick up faint traces of the advancing enemy. “Yes, I think they’re al together,” she muttered, concentrating with every hair on her pelt9. “Now they’re entering the cavern26 with the river running across it . . . now they’re entering another tunnel . . .”
“I think I can work out where they are,” Hol yleaf hissed27. “And where they’re likely to head . . .” She turned to Firestar, Brambleclaw, and Lionblaze, who had come over to listen. “We’l split into three,” she went on. “One patrol wil enter the tunnel above the camp, a second wil take the tunnel near the old Twoleg nest, and a third the one by the lake. Our aim is to push the WindClan cats back into the cavern with the river, where there’l be more room to fight.” Brambleclaw gave her an approving nod. He leaped up onto a boulder28 and began dividing the warriors up into patrols. “I’l lead one,” he announced, gesturing with his tail, “Hol yleaf another, and Brackenfur, you take the third. Hol yleaf tel s me you’re the best at underground fighting.” Looking pleased and a bit embarrassed, Brackenfur moved to stand with his patrol.
“But we’re not in a patrol!” Cherrypaw objected.
“We want to fight WindClan,” Molepaw agreed.
“Wrong, Cherrypaw—you’re in my patrol,” Firestar told her. “We’l stay here in the hol ow to defend the elders and the nursery if WindClan manages to break through.”
The two apprentices exchanged a glance; Dovewing could see they weren’t sure whether to be disappointed not to be fighting underground, or pleased to be chosen for a patrol by their Clan leader.
“We can fight, too, if we have to,” Daisy meowed, padding up with Ferncloud. “We’l guard Sorreltail and the kits29.”
“And me,” Purdy added, lumbering30 across from the elders’ den. “Just because I’m old, don’t mean I can’t fight. I’ve clawed more cats than you young ’uns have eaten mice. There was a time—”
“Thanks, al of you,” Firestar meowed, cutting off Purdy before he could embark31 on one of his interminable stories.
As the three tunnel patrols set off for the camp entrance, Cinderheart appeared from the medicine cat’s den. “I wil fight, too,” she announced, padding over to join Hol yleaf.
A few cats muttered something in response to Cinderheart’s announcement, but there was no time for questions. Hol yleaf broke into a run, taking the lead as she raced through the thorn tunnel and out into the forest.
Dovewing and Ivypool were in Hol yleaf’s patrol, along with Cinderheart, Sandstorm, Mousewhisker, and Berrynose. Hol yleaf led them in a swift scramble33 up the path to the top of the hol ow and up to the tunnel entrance.
“Fol ow me in,” she murmured to Dovewing. “I need you to tel me what WindClan is doing.
Sandstorm,” she added, raising her voice, “bring up the rear. Let me know if there’s any trouble behind.”
“Got it,” Sandstorm responded, her pale green eyes gleaming in the strengthening dawn light.
Dovewing took a deep breath and fol owed Hol yleaf into the tunnel. Instantly the sound of WindClan burst into her ears. “They’re running so fast!” she gasped.
“Not here, not yet,” Dovewing whispered as she and Hol yleaf raced down the tunnel at the head of the patrol. “They’ve come up against one of the entrances Dustpelt and Brackenfur blocked off . . .
now they’re turning around . . . they’re coming this way!”
As wel as the WindClan cats, Dovewing could hear the other ThunderClan patrols as they headed down their tunnels. The whole hil was alive with scurrying35 creatures, like an ants’ nest. The noises were growing so loud that Dovewing could hardly distinguish one patrol from another, or work out exactly where they were.
Then as they rounded a corner, the scent36 of WindClan suddenly grew stronger. Dovewing barely had time to gasp14, “They’re here!” before they col ided head-on with the WindClan warriors.
WindClan had no warning at al . As they charged into the ThunderClan cats, they let out yowls of shock. For a few moments they were helpless, shoving at one another in the dark, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
Hol yleaf and Dovewing lashed37 out, raking at their unseen attackers with claws extended. At first it was easy to push the WindClan cats farther down the tunnel, but after a moment they recovered and started to push back. Dovewing screeched38 as unseen claws slashed40 at her shoulder. Forcing her way forward, she felt chest fur against her muzzle41, and stretched up to sink her teeth into the cat’s throat. Her opponent reared back; there was a dul thump42 and a shriek43, and Dovewing realized her attacker had banged their head on the tunnel roof.
“You should have trained!” she hissed.
“Get back!” Hol yleaf ordered. “Let fresh cats come through.”
Remembering the battle plan Hol yleaf had worked out earlier, Dovewing flattened44 herself against the tunnel wal to let Cinderheart and Berrynose slip forward. She had a few moments’ respite45, gasping46 for breath at the back of the patrol, while her Clanmates took on the WindClan warriors.
Mousewhisker, Ivypool, and Sandstorm moved smoothly47 up to take their places, until the attackers were forced backward, toward the cavern with the river.
At last light began to filter into the tunnel from up ahead and Dovewing managed to make out the cats in the WindClan patrol. Breezepelt was leading them, with Whiskernose, Weaselfoot, and Harespring. Heathertail and Furzepelt brought up the rear.
The WindClan cats stumbled backward into the cavern and the ThunderClan warriors sprang out of the tunnel after them. Glancing around swiftly, Dovewing saw that they were the first to arrive; extending her senses she picked up the sounds of fighting in the other tunnels.
The WindClan cats bunched together, panting and glaring at their rivals. Their fur was ragged and several of them showed the marks of ThunderClan claws. Dovewing guessed they had expected to emerge into ThunderClan territory and launch their attack on an unsuspecting camp.
Then they had a nasty surprise, she thought with satisfaction
Hol yleaf pushed her way to the front of her patrol and faced the WindClan warriors. “End this now,” she meowed. “You cannot win.”
“We did no such thing!” Dovewing hissed. “We invited Sol into our camp. It was your leader who wanted him chased off.”
“And Jayfeather murdered Flametail!” Heathertail added, stepping forward to stand beside Breezepelt. Her eyes were blazing with hatred51. “And you’ve been crossing our boundaries and stealing our prey52!”
“That’s right!” Whiskernose put in. “You always think you’re better than us, just because we once needed your help before the Clans53 came to the lake.”
“What do you know about that?” Sandstorm chal enged the young warrior. “You weren’t even kitted then!”
Dovewing was shocked at the strength of hostility54 directed at them from even the youngest cats. It’s so unfair! she seethed55. We can’t even defend ourselves, because they won’t listen!
Suddenly Breezepelt let out a bloodcurdling yowl and hurled56 himself straight at her. Taken by surprise, Dovewing was swept off her paws and hit the ground with a thump. But before Breezepelt could pin her down, she rol ed to one side and sprang to her paws again in time to catch him a sharp blow on his shoulder.
With a snarl48 of defiance58, Breezepelt launched himself at her, trying to force her back against the cavern wal . Remembering her training, Dovewing backed away, letting him think he was winning, then pushed herself off the wal and leaped over his head.
The look of surprise on the WindClan cat’s face made her fur feel hot with satisfaction.
The other cats were battling it out alongside her now, and as Dovewing landed, Cinderheart and Heathertail knocked into her as they rol ed past in a screeching59 bundle of fur. Dovewing lost her balance and as her paws scrabbled on the cavern floor, Breezepelt was on top of her.
“Think you’re clever?” he growled60, his teeth gleaming close to her throat. “But you’re not clever enough.”
Dovewing battered61 at him with her hindpaws, but she couldn’t dislodge him. She could feel his claws digging into her shoulders and blood starting to flow.
I can’t die like this! she thought despairingly. Not under Breezepelt’s claws!
Suddenly Breezepelt’s weight vanished.
Dovewing scrambled62 up to see that Ivypool had sunk her teeth in his scruff and was shaking his head from side to side. After a moment she released him, and while he was stil groggy63, she hooked his paws out from under him and dealt him a couple of hard blows on the soft part of his bel y. Breezepelt rol ed away from her, struggled to his paws, and fled.
“Thanks!” Dovewing gasped. “Ivypool, you fight real y wel !”
“You’re welcome,” Ivypool mewed, before spinning around and flinging herself back into the battle.
Dovewing realized that the sounds of fighting she had heard in the tunnel were al around her now. She didn’t need her special senses, as the other patrols were pouring into the cavern, fil ing it with fierce caterwauls and shrieks64 of pain. Everywhere Dovewing looked, she saw a mass of wailing65, thrashing cats.
“No sign of Onestar,” Ivypool panted, reappearing beside Dovewing for a brief moment as she glared around to find her next enemy.
Dovewing nodded. “I can’t see Ashfoot either. This isn’t the whole of WindClan, just the cats Sol managed to trick.” And we outnumber them, thank StarClan! she added to herself.
She leaped forward and let the battle sweep her away, lashing66 out at any cat that dared to face her.
As she grew tired, she kept forgetting to keep her moves smal and tight, and her paws ached from being banged against the cavern wal s.
How long can we keep this up? she wondered.
In a tight knot of battling cats she leaped onto a brown tabby’s back. A heartbeat later she was shocked to see Dustpelt glaring up at her.
“For StarClan’s sake, get down,” he snapped, shrugging her off. “Haven’t we got enough trouble with WindClan?”
Hol yleaf’s voice rang out above the sounds of battle. “Force them into the tunnels!” Dovewing did the best she could, charging into the side of Owlwhisker and shoving him toward the nearest tunnel opening. Owlwhisker pushed back, but his paws were unsteady, and after a few heartbeats he turned and limped away. Glancing around, Dovewing realized that the other WindClan cats were on the run, fleeing into the tunnels.
ThunderClan warriors screeched in triumph as they gave chase.
But then another voice was raised in a yowl.
“WindClan! Stand and fight! You have no greater enemy than ThunderClan!”
Dovewing whipped around to see Sol standing24 in the entrance to the biggest tunnel. Defeated cats were stumbling past him; his eyes brimmed with fury, glowing in the half-light, as he tried to stop them.
“Traitor!” The shriek of rage came from Hol yleaf, who raced past Dovewing and flung herself at Sol.
“Liar!”
Sol turned tail and fled into the tunnel; without a heartbeat’s pause Hol yleaf hurled herself after him.
“Hol yleaf, no!” Dovewing cried out. The black she-cat was so much smal er and lighter68 than Sol. “Wait!” she added. “Wait for me!”
Forcing her tired paws to move, she pelted69 across the cavern and into the tunnel. Almost at once she caught up to the two cats; Hol yleaf had trapped Sol in a side tunnel, a dead end stil faintly lit by the light from the cavern.
Both he and Hol yleaf were moving confidently, striking out at each other as they prepared to come together in a close tussle71. Dovewing noticed that Sol was unwounded, his sleek72 fur barely ruffled, while Hol yleaf had scratches over her shoulders and down one side, and tufts of fur missing from her hindquarters.
I don’t think Sol has been fighting at all, Dovewing thought. He’s been hiding, and letting WindClan do his dirty work!
“Leave the Clans alone,” Hol yleaf growled. “You have hurt us enough.”
“Never!” Sol retorted. “Not until I’ve destroyed everything the Clans stand for.” His lips peeled back in a snarl. “Many seasons ago, I knew another of your Clans, far away in a gorge73. They scorned me, too; they told me I wasn’t good enough to be one of their precious warriors! So I vowed74 to prove to al of you that the warrior code means nothing. In the end, you wil kil one another for reasons that aren’t worth so much as a mousetail.”
“No, you’re wrong,” Hol yleaf hissed softly, crouching75 ready to spring. “The way of the Clans is always worth fighting for—and dying for, if necessary.”
With a screech39 of fury she leaped on Sol, battering76 at him with al four paws. The loner fought back, trying to overwhelm her with his greater weight.
He’s no fighter, Dovewing realized, shocked. He doesn’t have warrior skills.
She was poised77 to come to Hol yleaf’s aid with teeth and claws, but quickly she realized that she wouldn’t be needed. Hol yleaf fought with swift, neat blows, remembering her own tunnel training, while Sol was soon flailing78 around at random79 shadows as Hol yleaf slid nimbly away from his blows.
At last Hol yleaf darted80 in with her bel y brushing the floor, and knocked Sol’s legs out from under him.
As Sol fel on one side she pinned him down with one forepaw on his bel y and the other across his throat. Sol looked up at her with fear and hatred in his eyes.
“I would gladly kil you,” Hol yleaf told him. “But the warrior code tel s us to show mercy to a defeated enemy. I wil let you escape once and for al , if you promise never to come back and trouble the Clans again.”
Sol was silent as Hol yleaf stood back and al owed him to stand up. He stood over her, his eyes gleaming in the darkness. “I cannot make that promise,” he hissed.
“I’l be ready.” Sol’s voice was soft and menacing.
Then he slipped past Hol yleaf and was lost in the darkness.
“Why did you let him go?” Dovewing demanded, every hair on her pelt quivering. “He was at your mercy!”
“We have to let the warrior code rule our hearts,” Hol yleaf answered. Her voice was blurred82 with exhaustion83. “The death of a warrior does not mean victory.”
Dovewing took a pace forward and pressed her muzzle into Hol yleaf’s shoulder. Sending out her special senses, she could hear WindClan retreating to their camp, and her own Clanmates heading back through the tunnels, bleeding and battered, but triumphant84. Later, there would be time to think about Sol’s strange threat, about this mysterious Clan that had wronged him so long ago. For now, the battle had been won. A much greater battle lay ahead, one that would be lost unless the four Clans by the lake could unite and fight side by side. Every moment that the Clans were at war with one another, they were at the mercy of the Dark Forest. They had to find a way to settle their quarrels, to join together against their greatest enemy. Was that what the prophecy meant, that Dovewing, Jayfeather, and Lionblaze would be able to unite the cats around the lake?
Dovewing felt bone-weary from her ears to the tip of her tail. Just because she had better hearing, sharper senses than any other cat didn’t seem to give her more strength. She needed to rest, eat, talk with Jayfeather and Lionblaze about the chal enge that Sol had left them with, of hostile Clans that would be crushed by the Dark Forest if they tried to fight alone. StarClan, light my path, please.
“Come on,” she meowed to Hol yleaf. “It’s time we went home. Our Clanmates are waiting for us.”
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