Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Chapt 5

Dovepelt was not excited to be chosen to go on survivor patrol. She was afraid she would find Ivyshade. Alive. Ever since she saw her sister pelting towards her, claws unsheathed and undisguised hatred in her eyes, she was scared of her. Ivyshade had tried to kill her and Dovepelt knew she would never hurt her sister, no matter if she was evil or not. If she found her alive, she would have to watch another warrior kill her.
  "If we find her, I will feed her deathberries." Dovepelt didn't realize Jayfeather had been reading her thoughts."It will be the quickest and less painful way, but I'm not doing this for her, it's for you." Dovepelt was shocked the emotion that was seen in his blue eyes, it was hard to believe he was blind.
  They soon neared the place where the battle was fought, on the border between Thunderclan and Windclan.Cats of all clans lay still, and eerie sight  for Dovepelt. Soon the patrol scattered to search for cats. Dovepelt approached a dark ginger tom and gasped in horror. Firestar! Her beloved leader was laying, covered in dust. She layed next to him and started licking him clean. She would take him back to camp so the clan could have a proper burial ceremony for him. Once he was clean she got up and started looking for others. She broke into a dead sprint when she saw a white cat raze it's head.
"Whitewing!" Dovepaw choked out her name. The white queen was covered in blood, but still caring for kits, as though nothing had happened. Dovepelt noticed that her own kit, Dawnkit, was not with her. But she did have 4 other kits suckling from her.
 "Jayfeather! I found Whitewing! Come quick!" Dovepelt shouted to the medicine cat crouched above a gray tom then ran towards her, tripping over cats every few steps."Whitewing, whose kits are these?"
The white queen looked up at her,"Their mothers had died, protecting them from Darkstripe and some cat I didn't reconize. I was helping them, but some cat, Brokentail I think, got behind us and got Dawnkit..." She started wimpering," I couldn't save her, but when I was the last queen left, and Darkstripe was gone, I took them all under a yew bush. I knew no one would try to come here." A yew bush grew deathberries, Dovepaw remebered  Jayfeather warning the clan moons before to never eat the red berries that grew on it.
"Come on, Brackenfur will help you and the kits back to camp." Jayfeather murmured as he wrapped her in cobwebs. "When you get back, tell Bramblestar to send more warriors. Were going to need more help."
"Brambl- You mean Firestar is dead?" Whitewing shook with grief. Realization hit Dovepelt with a pang. Of course Whitewing wouldn't know who lived or died, she hadn't been back to camp in 3 days!

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