Cinder's Family (now the scene of the battle)

[~Moonflower~]

[shadow=pink,left,300]Cinderfoot

~A True Mother Now~[/shadow]

Cinderfoot stepped out of the nursery and breathed in the fresh air. She hadn't been out of the nursery in a long time, and it took a minute to get used to the light coming from the sun which was about in the middle of the sky about now. "Come on kits!" she called back into the nursery. A couple moons ago, she had been blessed with Reaperstar's kits: Sootkit, Shadekit, Curiouskit, and Leopardkit. She watched each of her kits to make sure that they came out of the nursery, little pawprints being made in the white snow.

[shadow=black,left,300]Leopardkit

~Exploring The World, One Snowflake At A Time~[/shadow]

Leopardkit ran out of the nursery as soon as his mother said 'Come.' He wanted to be out of there. He wanted to explore and see the Clans. He wanted action, to fight ThunderClan. He wanted to see the sky! He looked up, amazed at how blue and bright it was, with gray things he assumed were clouds up above. It was his first time out of the nursery, and Leopardkit was super excited. At first he was amazed by the large cats roaming all around camp, and then he was amazed at how cold the white stuff on the ground was. Immediately, he was curious. That was why Leopardkit liked Curiouskit. She was curious like him. His tumble of questions slipped out his mouth. "Is this snow? Why is the sky blue and clouds white or gray? Where's dad? Can we go to the borders? I'm going to catch my first piece of prey! Can we go hunting? Why is it so cold?" He only stopped once his mother put her tail over his mouth.

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[D.ark]

>>Curiouskit>>>

Wide golden eyes pratically popped from their sockets. Curiouskit was as curious as her brother was. And so much more. She wanted more than that. She wanted to know what freshkill would taste like, would it be gross? What was it like to eat plants. The Medicine Cat would know that right? Where did the warriors sleep? Could she become friends with them?

"Mother!" Curiouskit yowled, as a snowflake fluttered and landed on her nose. She squealed with kittish delight, and slammed her paws down on the next one. "Expert hunter! Curiouskit is in action!"

She whirled on her siblings, golden eyes brimming with excitement, "I bet I can catch more snow than you!"

[R*E*A*P*E*R]

Sootkit trailed after his mother and siblings. He clung to his mother's side, eyes wide and searching for only one cat. When he found him he let out a purr of happiness. "There he is momma!" He tottered over to the silver tom, who rubbed his muzzle on the kit's head. "Hello!"



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Reaperstar smiled at his young kits. "Hello Sootkit." He meowed. He padded his way to Cinderfoot and licked her ear, "They seem excited. This is the first time from the nursery. A big step." He looked at the kittens with burning pride in his eyes. "They are beautiful, and it's all thanks to you Cinderfoot."

[Sunny]

[Scamper, play and pounce!]

Shadekit scampered out of the nursery with glee. Her blue eyes were bright with happiness and delight. She wanted to explore the entire camp and then the entire territory. She was curious like her siblings but she didn't ask any questions. She watched in awe as the snowflakes fluttered down from the sky and just like Curiouskit she pounced on one of the snowflakes but she could fell the snow melt under her paws and soak her fur. She grinned as she discovered this and looked at Curiouskit and pounced on her. "But I caught you!" She giggled with obvious delight.

[~Moonflower~]

[shadow=pink,left,300]Cinderfoot[/shadow]

Cinderfoot smiled as Curiouskit caught snowflakes, but looked up when Sootkit announced Reaperstar's presence. "Hello," she said. She licked his cheek. "They got their brilliance from you. It's not just me." She smiled at her mate. Then she looked down at her kits, but her main focus was on Shadekit. "Be careful, honey," she said, a little louder than was needed. Shadekit looked exactly like Cinderfoot's sister, and shared her name as well. Cinderfoot wouldn't be able to take it if Shadekit, her kit, died as well. Don't die... It was kind of a silly thought, but it showed how much Cinderfoot cared for her kits and how much she used to care for her sister.

[shadow=black,left,300]Leopardkit[/shadow]

Leopardkit was catching snowflakes when his mother said to be careful to Shadekit. "Oh, stop worrying Mom! We'll be fine! It's just a little play-fight!" and with that, he pounce on top of the pile, and giggled. "I've got you all!" he shouted, while his mother sighed. He wrestled with his sisters. "Come on Sootkit, help me!" he called.

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[D.ark]

>>Curiouskit>>>

The gray she-kit spun around as her sister collided with her. She squealed, "Are you crazy Shadekit! I said snow flakes not snow kits!"

Soon that's what she was though. The melting snow stuck to her gray pelt and dried almost instantly. Soon she was soaked through, but she didn't stop playing long enough for Cinderfoot to notice. She didn't want to go back in just yet.

[R*E*A*P*E*R]

Reaperstar purred, and rubbed his muzzle against his mates. Then he heard a noise that made his pelt bristle with alarm. Feathersong screeching. He darted from his mates side to see his sister grappling with a strange cat. After her filed in a group of more and more cats.

"Shadow Clan! Intruders!" Reaperstar yowled, his heart pounding. The kits were cut off from the nursery because of the rogues. "Warriors get out here now!!"



Fear darted through the small cat's mind. Then bravery as he watched his father leap, spitting, onto a silver she-cat with a black ear. He felt his fur fluff up and he spat ferociously at a rogue that ran past.

He looked to his siblings, his eyes shining with the prospect of battle. The nursery was blocked by a huge ginger cat and Sootkit stepped forward snarling at it. The tom slashed at him and with a surprised yowl the kit staggered back and hid beneath his mother's legs.



The tom watched with a smirk. So it begins. The raid on Shadow Clan was just the first step his rogues would take to victory. Shadow Clan was weak, with very little warriors to help. He looked over, his eyes lighting with interest when he saw a kit snarl at Quill. "Interesting." He purred. He jumped across the clearing and flicked his tail, "Reaperstar. Greetings."

BlackEAR

Blackear staggered from the leader as her boss gave the signal for parly. The tom sat in front of Reaperstar, his eyes gleaming murderously. Blackear knew her part of the job now. She slunk away into the shadows, keeping a careful eye on one place...

QuiLL

He smirked. The little kit had run away. He turned his head to stare at his boss as the tom meowed in a cold voice; "I have only one proposition for you."

"Oh." Snarled the silver tabby, "And what would that be?"

"Join me and my rogues. Together we would upheave the forest and send them into chaos." He grinned a flash of jagged teeth, "And we would rule them all."

"Never." The leader spat, "ShadowClan attack!" And the clearing was launched once again into the heat of battle.

[~Moonflower~]

[shadow=pink,left,300]Cinderfoot

~I'd Do Anything To Save My Kits~[/shadow]

Cinderfoot smiled at her kits, and then a strange smell hit the top of her mouth. Rogues! No no no! Not now! Don't hurt my kits! Such thoughts raced through Cinderfoot's mind. The rogues were in front of her now, in direct path of the nursery. What Cinderfoot hadn't noticed was that one sleek gray tom had sneaked around her. He was now picking up one of the kits, the pale yellow one with black spots. Leopardkit let out a yowl of surprise. Cinderfoot turned around. "Oh no you don't!" Pure fury raged in Cindefoot's eyes. She launched a pounce at Leopardkit's capturer.

[shadow=black,left,300]Leopardkit[/shadow]

Leopardkit watched the whole battle with intense curiosity, and he was willing to fight, he realized. Then something grabbed him up. At first he thought it was a ShadowClan warrior, trying to protect him, but upon looking up, he saw an unrecognizable rogue with an evil glint in his eyes. Leopardkit let out the shriek. His mother charged right into the rogue, who immediately let go of him to fight Cinderfoot. He ran back to his brother and sisters. "We have to brave, and we have to protect ourselves!" he yelled over the battle cries to his siblings. He puffed out his chest, and his fur stood on end. Almost the exact same fury raged in Leopardkit's eyes. He was willing to give his life for his kin. He took up a protective stance in the front. Leopardkit was the oldest, and probably the bravest and most willing to lead a group.

Wolfe

Wolfe had snuck around the ShadowClan group, and tried to grab the pale yellow tom kit, but the kit had enough sense to let out some noise to call attention to him from his mother. The mother pounced at him, and he was forced to let go of the kit. Dang! That kit would have made good meat! he snarled, as his thoughts hungered for meat. He was hungry. He hadn't been allowed to eat for days because he accidentally let one of the prisoners free. He fought fiercely with Cinderfoot, and they were fairly matched. One fought for hunger, the other fought for her kits. Clawing and biting, Wolfe finally got in a good grip on Cinderfoot's tail. Cinderfoot screeched and threw a good clawing at his face. It left deep gashes, and blood poured down into his eyes. He fought to keep them open, and not to wipe them away.

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[{{♠Dahlia✈}}]

~It Doesn't Matter if I win or loose~
I just want to watch others drown in their own blood, to feel what I feel everyday.

~I want them to Smother!~

He moved with a grace that seemed impossible for someone his size. His ginger fur flashed in the dying sun, his yellow eyes narrowed as he leaped forward. Hurling himself toward anyone and anything. What did it matter, who cared who he fought. Not him, not Fox. All he wanted was to dig his claws into flesh, to feel his victim's squirming with agony beneath his powerful jaws. With a yowl he slashed his thorn sharp claws at a black tomcat with flickering yellow spots dancing across his fur. A snarl rose from the ginger tom and a bone chilling laugh erupted from his open maw.

"Here kitty kitty," He taunted, another eerie laugh bubbling from his throat. He slashed his claws at the black tomcat, hitting his mark. Blood spattered around them and a triumphant look cross his face.

My Clan my life! You are intruding everything that belongs to me!

Tawnystorm lunged forward, toward the ginger tomcat. Feeling claws tear his flesh, blood spattered around him. His vision became cloudy but he kept moving. It was hazy now, a horrifying experience that always happened when he was fighting. A snarl rose from his throat as he weaved toward the other cat. His jaw parted in a ferocious snarl, full of hate and rage. These cats would pay for what they were doing to ShadowClan. Nothing was going to stand in his way. This was Tawnystorm's home and no filthy rogue cat was going to stop him.

"Time to die!" He hissed coldly, lunging toward the other cat. The ginger cat stumbled and Tawnystorm barraged into him. They rolled, a hissing spitting mass of yowling cats.

This isn't even my home......So why do I want to protect it?

Griffin felt the rush of battle pumping in his limbs, the chaotic swirl of cats battling before his eyes. This was not his battle, this wasn't his home. Yet he felt a need, a strong urge to leap forward. To sink his claws into the rogues that were hurting these cats. Maybe it was because they had saved his family that Griffin decided to act. Maybe it was because he was responding to the jesture by saving Reaperstar's for at that moment Griffin saw another cat reaching for one of Cinderfoot's kits. It was Death, a scrawny black tom that Griffin had met once as a younger tom.

"Don't move Death!"Griffin spat, raking his claws across the older cats flank. Death spun around, his teeth barred in an ugly snarl. His raspy voice floating to where Griffin was.

"So your with ShadowClan now?" He rasped a cruel taunting smile tearing across his ugly maw. Death eyes fluttered to Griffin's eyes and then he deliberately reached toward Curiouskit, a haunting laugh splitting the air.

"NO!" Jolly came from nowhere, her black body blurring past Griffin so fast he stumbled. He watched with amazement and a mingled mixture of fear as his small adopted sister lunged at Death, her teeth burrowing into his scruff. Her claws clinging to his shoulders as he reared back.

[Sunny]

[~It just happened so quickly!~]

The scene had changed so quickly at first she was tackling Curiouskit and and playing happily with her kits and now the air was filled with the stench of unfamiliar cat. Her parents and clan were being attacked and Shadekit was now scared. She let out a small instinctive squeal of fear escaped her tiny maw. She did want to be a warrior but the warriors were just so big. She wasn't ready for this, she was just a kit!

[~Moonflower~]

[shadow=black,left,300]Leopardkit

~I'm A Warrior Inside, So Don't Mess With Me~[/shadow]

Leopardkit continued to stand protectively in front of his brother and sisters, but he failed to notice Death until he had grabbed Curiouskit. "NOOOO!!!" he yelled, and lunged at the large warrior. The grown cat was maybe three times his size, but Jolly had joined his fight. He held on tightly to one of Death's front legs, and bit down hard. He tasted blood running into his mouth, and it tasted weird, different than prey. He wanted to back away, but he knew that if he did, there wouldn't be a good chance for him. While he clung up trying to free Curiouskit, he hoped that Sootkit and Shadekit would be all right.

[shadow=pink,left,300]Cinderfoot[/shadow]

Cinderfoot was still struggling with Wolfe. Slowly her stamina was reaching its end. Keeping care of four kits was tiring, and fighting a full-grown rogue with hungry jaws wasn't any easier. She rolled over with him, until Cinderfoot was on top. She raked ferociously at his belly. Big slashes appeared, and he was bleeding heavily. He lay down, the breath knocked out of him. Cinderfoot returned to her kits to find two of them missing. She started to panic, and then saw another rogue, carrying one, and Leopardkit attacking him. Typical Leopardkit, she thought. She was about to go help Jolly and get her kits back, when something hit her from behind and drove claws into the back of her head.

Wolfe

Wolfe hadn't really had the breath knocked out of him. It was a neat trick he'd learned. As soon as the mother wasn't looking, he got up, and charged again, aiming for the head. He hit his target hard. He could tell she wearing out. They started the fight once again, but anyone could tell that Wolfe was slowly winning the fight. Cinderfoot was just too tired. Wolfe smiled, "I'll say goodbye to you little kits for you," his smile was completely evil.

[♰Fickle♰]

[glow=green,2,300]Cloverpaw[/glow]

A black and white she-cat made her way into the fray. Searching desperately, she had to do something. Just as she prepared to leap on the cat in front of the nursery she heard Wolfe. A chill ran up her spine.

Cloverpaw sprang from where she was, landing on Wolfe's shoulders. "Leave her alone!" She yowled, but Cinderfoot had already been hit. No! No! Don't be dead!

She dug her claws in and hung on. Wolfe was huge, so she hoped her mentor would come soon. Then she saw a blur of siamese fur and her heart lifted. For once she was happy to see Silverbell.

[glow=green,2,300]>>In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby (flowers)<<[/glow]

[glow=green, 2,300]Silverbell[/glow]

She staggered, feeling dizzy. She had run headlong into Wolfe after all and the cat was so much larger than herself. She spun around, lashing out with her claws as she did so. This was to reposition her self between Cinderfoot and the huge cat.

[glow=green, 2,300]>>In the whole wide world
Is a happy girl<<[/glow]

[glow=maroon, 2,300]Hawktalon[/glow]

Hawktalon looked around. "The nursery, they're trying to raid it!" He cried, it didn't matter, some warriors were already there. So where else?

"Rapidfire!" He spat, whirling. As he did so he noticed a battered looking brown tabby slashing claws at, not the warrior, but the little black she-cat Allie. Rage pounded through him.

He shot across the clearing and leaped over the cat, landing between him and Allie. His claws flashed and the tom screeched in pain as he sliced open his nose.

[glow= maroon, 2,300]>>Hearing those words it makes me weak<<[/glow]

[glow=gray,2,300]Frostedfate[/glow]

She stared in fear as the cat she secretly loved battled it out with no reguard for his own life. The two cats were locked in a battle of death, she could see it in their posture. Their eyes.

"No!" She wailed, darting across the clearing. She reared up on her back legs, preparing to dig her claws into the toms pelt and tear him from Tawnystorm if she had to! "Get off of him, I'll kill you if you hurt him!"

[glow=gray,2,300]>>Ever ever after
Though the world will tell you it's not smart <<[/glow]

[D.ark]

CURIOUSKIT
_{Smile down at my curiousity for I am only a kit}

Curiouskit had opened her mouth to reply when sharp teeth met her scruff. Next thing she knew she was hauled into the air roughly. She heard Leopardkit scream and when Jolly jumped on the cat she hit the ground.

She was still in his teeth though. Curiouskit wailed and slashed with her tiny claws for anything. They only met air. The only thing that made her stay not give in to sheer terror was Leopardkit. She had to be brave. "Ger off me! Lemme go!"

[*~Angel~*]

~Soon the Ebony will swallow, thou shall be drowned in a sea of blood~

I am Ebonyblood

A ferocious snarl erupted through the air, a huge body hurtled past. Midnight black with fierce crimson eyes. His teeth flashed as he landed heavily on Wolfe, the same cat his apprentice was currently fighting against. With thorn sharp claws he swung his right paw to the side of Wolfe's head, than his left paw the other direction, a comical appearance but a deadly move.

"You will leave," His hissed, his deadly voice cold and calm. His eyes flashed with pure hatred and a soft brewing snarl rose slowly from somewhere deep in his chest. He was ready to protect and defend his Clan. It was time to show these rogues who the forest belonged too.

[~Moonflower~]

[shadow=pink,left,300]Cinderfoot[/shadow]

Cinderfoot couldn't bear the pain anymore in her head, and already, more warriors were pounding on top of Wolfe. She ran back to her remaining two kits, Shadekit and Sootkit. She paid extra attention to Shadekit. She couldn't let Shadekit be taken away. She glanced over where Curiouskit and Leopardkit were. They were still fighting hard as ever to get back to their siblings. Cinderfoot remained on her guard, standing protectively over her kits again.

Wolfe

Wolfe was satisfied with what he had done with the she-cat, but then a young apprentice jumped on him, a warrior stood between him and Cinderfoot, and another warrior attacked him as well. Wolfe snarled. He would have to deal with the mother later, and finish her off then. Replying to Ebonyblood's comment, he said, "Never. This is our land now, weaklings." He spat on the ground as if spitting at the Clans. Wolfe rolled on his back to get Cloverpaw off, and then stood up to claw Silverbell, but Ebonyblood was attacking him against his head, too. He felt a small headache coming on from Ebonyblood's strikes. He hoped that wasn't a bad thing. He left Silverbell, and charged at Ebonyblood, claws out. This wouldn't be an easy fight.

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