[sylvia26]

Chapter 1



The light from the sun began to pour into the holed up roof of the leaders den, morningstar opened his eyes in slight annoyance, he didn't feel like getting up for the day but he had too, he had duties to attend to. the cream Tom stood up and stretched, padding outside of the den and looking around, he yawned, eyes closing as he caught scent of his daughter, he began to walk to it, the narrow space allowed his to pad straight and down to the oddly shaped hill in the broken down twolegden, he made it to the clearing to see his daughter talking with mothfur, he didn't like that they were mates but there wasn't anything he could do about it. he padded over to them and meowed "Morningheart, my little kit, what's happening?" he stopped beside his daughter and began to give her shoulder a few licks out of a greeting "oh hi dad, we were discussing what to do about getting more warriors. lightclan's scent is all over the territory and its begining to get closer, I think their marking up the border and beyond it" morningheart sounded a bit frustrated as she spoke about it, morningstar didn't like that they were getting closer, ever since that last battle. "oh...is anyone out remarking our borders?" he asked "yes, I sent angel, bloodsong and cherryfall." she explained "oh and bugflicker is out hunting alone." she added and morningstar nodded. "very well, the gathering is tonight so they shouldnt be trying to take out territory" he growled as he gave his chest a few licks, his ears flattened when he heard pawsteps entering the clearing and he looked up, it was just angel. "those rouges are attackin again!" the white Tom huffed, "bloodsong sent me back to get mothy over there...I cant do nothin..." he grumbled as he padded over to the medicine cat den. mothfur sighed and began to turn but morningstar beat her too it. "i'll deal with it" the cream Tom mewed as he began to trot out, he ran along the mossy twoleg paths, following angels scent to where the battle was probably happening. his ears perked when he caught the scent of lightclan and rouges...were they working together?"

Morningstar turned a corner and saw that the only two warriors of his clan were up against 4 cats 3 which were rouges and 1 was a lightclan warrior. he sprang up and knocked the lightclan warrior down who managed to wiggle away and turn on him, he slashed at the she-cat and she dodged, hissing and biting at his throat, he stumbled back and felt teeth sinking into his neck, his eyes widened in confusion and horror, how did she move so quick, it was over in a moment, his vision going black before he saw light. "morningstar" spoke a tall she-cat, he remembers her as birdsong, the she-cat was a white and brown she with a starry pelt "I..." he opened his mouth to speak but she shushed him with her tail "yes you lost a life, only having 5 to remain, but I must warn you. the fate of the 2 clans are in danger. if you keep fighting...there wont be anything left." she held a seriousness in her tone before his eyes opened to seeing cherryfall "oh I thought that was yer last" she chuckled as she backed away."the nasty things ran away when skinny over here tore one of their ears off" she mewed, morningstar looked over at bloodsong who was grooming his fur.

"very well...I'm going to mark the borders, you two go back" he grumbles as he stands "ya sure? you can barely walk." cherryfall meows with slight confusion and worry. "I'll be fine...go." he meowed darkly as he began to travel along where their borders should have been, he began marking them up, walking along the fine line that seperated them from the others, he sighs as he realizes its too much and he begins to head back to camp.

upon entering the clearing and stopping near the prey pile which had a few mice, he grabbed one and stopped by the medicine cat den "how is everyone?" he meowed between the mouse and snaketail looked up. "oh I believe they are okay...a bit..uhm- beat up but not dying" he mewed gently. morningstar nodded and began to walk away, he made it to his den and fell down onto his side and sighed. "dad?" morningheart's voice made the leader look up and smile "yes kitten?" he mewed and the she-cat came in and sat beside him, she began to lick behind his ears and he began purring, this was better then staying alone. losing a life was difficult but those words spoken to him...that scared him. "thank you" he meowed softly before he closed his eyes to sleep.