Mapleheart POV

Mapleheart's heart sank as Owlclan cats invaded the camp, they were completely unprepared, at their mercy.

The first thing Mapleheart thought of was Flypounce, she needed to protect her.

And with that, Mapleheart dashed towards the Medicine Den, the sound of fighting roared in her ears. All of a sudden, she was bowled over, rolling across the ground.

When Mapleheart looked up, she was met with a large, muscular, ginger tom. His fur was tangled and messy and he had sharp, green eyes.

Mapleheart barely had time to roll out of the way as the tom tried to pounce on her. She pulled herself onto her paws and lunged at the tom in front of her.

Mapleheart had unsheathed her claws and clung onto the tom's pelt. He yowled, rearing up on his hind legs and throwing Mapleheart off him.

Unluckily for Mapleheart, she landed at the feet of Shadowflower, the midnight black she-cat with shiny, green eyes.

Shadowflower slinked her slender body around Mapleheart, not seeing to care about the fight going on around them.

"Mapleheart, is it? The one Marshriver is fond of?" Shadowflower edged closely.

"Quiet!" Mapleheart hissed, clawing at Shadowflower.

Shadowflower avoided her attempted attack and grinned,"Feisty, how cute!"

Mapleheart growled, this cat was getting on her nerves.

"I wonder... What do you taste like?" Shadowflower taunted, causing Mapleheart to freeze.

Mapleheart could feel her paws trembling but still lunged at Shadowflower, this time connecting. This knocked Shadowflower into a fight with Hawkstrike.

With a new opportunity, Mapleheart hurried to the Medicine Den and... Stopped. Everything seemed to stop, go quiet. There was no longer the sound of the battle behind her, only silence. Pineflower...

"What's the look for? This your Medicine Cat?" Asked a tom with bloody lips.

It was a familiar tom, the one that fought them in Owlclan. His blueish grey pelt was covered in blood that wasn't his own and his eyes burned holes through her. Dragonflypelt.

"Aw, looks like my body counts gone up by another." Dragonflypelt grinned.

"You're a monster!" Mapleheart launched herself at the murderer in front of her.

Dragonflypelt, not fazed, smacked her away with his paw. He actually laughed before yowling in pain. It was Flypounce! She'd latched onto Dragonflypelt's back, piercing through him with her claws.

Dragonflypelt desperately shook his fur until Flypounce toppled to the ground, her and Mapleheart running from the Medicine Den.

"Mapleheart, did he...?" Flypounce trailed off.

"Yes, yes he did." Mapleheart blinked her eyes.

"I'm sorry... I couldn't be sure a-and-" Flypounce stammered.

"We can grieve later. We need to fight now." Mapleheart shook her head.

"R-right." Flypounce nodded, lowering her body.

Mapleheart then sprinted into the middle of the fighting. She was furious and someone was going to have to pay for it. She wouldn't kill them, she wasn't that cruel.

That's when she noticed Venomfang and Sunnytail fighting against two she-cats. One was a grey, tabby she-cat with amber eyes and the other was a golden she-cat with one green eye, her other eye had a cat over it and was presumably blind.

Distracted by this, Mapleheart was bitten on her shoulder and thrown to the side by a white and grey, tabby she-cat with icy blue eyes.

Mapleheart winced as she hit the ground but this gave Flypounce an opportunity to, using her enhanced hearing, pounce on the she-cat. This time, she missed mostly, only landing on the she-cats tail but it made her run.

Mapleheart's eyes then widened... Where were Mousepaw and Goosepaw?! In all the chaos, she'd forgotten about them. Before Mapleheart could speak, Flypounce twitched her ear.

"That way." She turned sharply.

Flypounce turned in the direction of Duskstar, who was cornered by Owletstar. Behind him, were the two young apprentices.

"Duskstar!" Sunnytail began to run towards him, tossing the grey, tabby she-cat to the side.

She was too late however, as Owletstar clamped her jaws around the neck of the black tom cat.

With a bloody grin on her face, Owletstar bolted towards the camp entrance, all her surviving cats following. That left Duskclan alone to take in the destruction.

Blood soaked into the grass. Everyone was injured, at least slightly. The apprentices were mostly fine but... Bramblesong would have a lot to handle on her own.

Mapleheart looked around, they had lost Twigfeather, Hawkstrike, Duskstar and... Pineflower. Duskstar would come back but her sister wouldn't.

Yes, they found and hardly ever agreed but... Mapleheart still cared and, well, she hoped Pineflower did as well.

That's when Mapleheart felt a comforting paw on her back, Venomfang. He'd definitely have more scars than before but he was doing alright.

"Everyone, gather by the Medicine Den. Bramblesong is still young and so I will assist her with any treatments that you may need." Sunnytail informed them.

Duskstar slowly rose to his feet, staying close by Sunnytail who helped him to the Medicine Den.