Rainbelly's Destiny

Prologue
I am Rainbelly, a Warrior of ThunderClan. I am respected because of my, uh, beauty, as Spottedbelly, another of the Warriors in ThunderClan, who is also my best friend and my secret love, has said before and he continues to say it to this day. Deep trouble has come to the Clan: ShadowClan continues to attack us and other Clans for our plentiful supply of prey and also steal our kits, RiverClan continues to try and take back Sunningrocks and killing many during the hundreds and continued attempts, and Sorrowpelt from RiverClan has something against me as she continues to glare at me at Gatherings, and tries to kill me first when and if I join a battle to claim Sunningrocks back. WindClan does nothing to harm us, for they are much gentler and, not to be too insulting, a bit weaker than the other Clans. But life goes on, no matter what ThunderClan faces. This is my story. The story of, I, Rainbelly, a Warrior of ThunderClan.

Chapter 1
All was silent except the small rustlings of tiny creatures and the sound of the blowing wind. The leaves on the trees waved and fluttered in the wind. A full moon rose in the dark night sky. Stars glittered and sparkled brightly. There I was, crouching behind a bush near Sunningrocks and the river bordering RiverClan territory, along with many ThunderClan Warriors, including our Deputy, the mighty Sunfall.

I kept my glowing green eyes on him, looking for his signal to attack. Then, with a silent twitch of his orange furred ear, the ThunderClan cats and I leapt out of the bushes, hissing and yowling. In front of us, RiverClan cats did the same. When we neared the enemy, I leapt at a Tortoiseshell she-cat, toppling her over. I then lunged forward and clamped my jaws on her shoulder, making her yowl in pain.

I hissed as she leaned forward and grabbed my left ear, tearing and shredding it. I yanked my head back, scattering scarlet drops of blood onto the nearby Sunningrocks. I made another move to attack, and gave the Tortoiseshell she-cat a warning bite on her back leg, sending her yowling in pain and then limping away. My teeth glistened with blood as the bright full moon shone on them and my now blood-stained claws. I looked around wildly to see Scorchingwind, a Warrior from my Clan, ThunderClan, cornered by two hissing and snarling RiverClan Warriors atop the Sunningrocks and at the edge over the river.

Hissing, I leapt onto the Sunningrocks and threw myself at one of the cats that had cornered Scorchingwind, a brown furred tom, and knocked him over the edge of the Sunningrocks, sending him splashing into the flowing river. Scorchingwind raised a paw and scratched the other RiverClan Warrior’s face, knocking him off the edge and into the river as well. “Thanks!” he panted, leaping off of the Sunningrocks. Panting and bleeding terribly, I looked around to see Sunfall being pinning down by a silver-furred RiverClan tom. It was Wolfclaw, the RiverClan Deputy.

I watched in horror as Wolfclaw extended his long, sharp claws and raked them across Sunfall’s orange face. Sunfall yowled in terrible pain, blood splashing on his orange face. I couldn’t bear to watch anymore. I had to stop this! “Leave him alone!” I hissed, leaping at Wolfclaw.

Wolfclaw raised his head to see who had spoken to him, and at the same time, released Sunfall. Sunfall wriggled free from the silver tom’s grasp and then attacked his backside, while I raked my claws across the tom’s face. Payback. Wolfclaw yowled in pain as two Warriors, Sunfall and I, attacked him from different angles. Hissing, I leapt at Wolfclaw’s side and clamped my jaws on his shoulder.

The RiverClan Deputy screeched in pain. Then, it was Sunfall’s turn. Sunfall threw himself at Wolfclaw and scratched his face. More payback. Eventually, we both overpowered Wolfclaw, and he finally backed down and scampered away, leaving a trail of bloody paw-prints behind him.

“Thank you, Rainbelly!” Sunfall panted, bounding away and toward Pebblepelt, a silvery-grey female in ThunderClan who was being attacked by a brown tom from RiverClan. “I’ve got you now, Rainbelly!” I spun around and dodged an attack from Sorrowpelt, a black and white Warrior from RiverClan that had an unknown grudge against me. Because of that, she glares at me during Gatherings and continues to try and kill me first every time if and when I join a battle to take Sunningrocks back. “Sorrowpelt!” I hissed, leaping at her.

I barreled into her and slashed at her with my claws. Sorrowpelt yowled with pain as my claws raked across her face and muzzle, her bright pink nose sliced open and dripping with blood. “Rainbelly!” Sorrowpelt yowled, ignoring the blood on her face as she leaned forward and clamped her jaws on my shoulder. I hissed and pulled away, Sorrowpelt’s back leg claws catching me and raking across my back as she flailed them up and down wildly. Half screeching and half yowling, I raised a paw and raked my thorn-sharp claws across Sorrowpelt’s black and white chest.

She screeched in pain, blood staining her white fur. With a shove, Sorrowpelt pushed me off of her and then scrambled to her feet and then ran out of sight. Suddenly, a chorus of fierce yowling echoed thru the forest to Sunningrocks. I spun around to see even more RiverClan Warriors wade out of the nearby river and walk onto the shore, leaping into battle without even taking the time to shake the water out of their dripping-wet fur. I leapt at a small RiverClan Warrior who had just waded out of the river, despite my injuries, and grabbed him by his scruff, shaking him.

The small Warrior yowled in fear as I threw him inches away from the bank of the river and then leaped at him. I sunk my teeth into his back leg, the darkened river water turning even darker with the blood slipping into it. “Let go!” hissed the small Warrior, lashing out with his claws as I bit into bone. His claws raked across my side, leaving three, bloody claw marks. I yowled in pure pain, letting go at the same time.

I felt him wriggle free from my grasp, when I suddenly yowled in pure pain as I felt a stabbing pain in my back leg to glance over my shoulder and see an unknown RiverClan Warrior with it’s jaws clamped on my back leg, blood spurting from the horrible wound. As I twisted and pulled, I heard a sharp crack, and as I did, I finally yanked my now broken and twisted leg out of the Warrior’s jaws, only to see the small RiverClan Warrior I had attacked before grin evilly nearby, even though the blood covering him glinted in the moonlight. “Goodbye!” he snickered. Suddenly I felt something push me, the RiverClan Warrior that had bit me in the leg, and within seconds, I was gasping for air as the current of the river pulled me along and pulling me down under.

“Sunfall!” I gasped as my head bobbed up out of the water in time to see the ThunderClan Deputy’s shocked face when he suddenly stopped fighting a RiverClan Warrior to see me being pulled along the river. “Help!” I wailed, flailing my paws franticly, my now broken leg surging with pain when I suddenly went down again. I held my breath as I went under, seeing nothing but darkness until I came up again. “H-help!” I meowed, water pouring into my mouth and choking me. “Gah!”

I spat out dark river water, only for more to pour into my mouth. My broken leg went limp when I tried to move it as I struggled to fight the current, when I heard a splash, and teeth gripped my scruff. By scent, I could tell that it was Sunfall. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see his orange pelt. But suddenly, I was released and I caught a glimpse of him, clinging to a tree branch stuck in the river now many feet away.

“Rainbelly!” he yowled, his panicked gaze turning to me as I suddenly hit my head, and pretty hard. “Sunfall.” I meowed weakly, my limp leg slightly twitching under the water. “Sunfall. S-Sunfall.” My meows turned into whispers as I was knocked out cold after hitting my head on a rock in the river. Darkness engulfed me as I uttered one last word before becoming fully unconscious.

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Chapter 2
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“Is she awake yet? She’s from ThunderClan, right? Is that Rainbelly? I recognize her from the Gatherings. She’s a Warrior, right?” I groaned and slowly opened my eyes. I gasped in surprise to see many unfamiliar cats surrounding me, including one that held a Dock leaf in it’s jaws. Who were these cats? I started to get up, only to fall back down as severe pain surged thru my body, especially one of my back legs.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">When the cat with the Dock leaf stepped toward me, I summoned up all of my strength to hiss fiercely. But I suddenly stopped when I detected a familiar scent. I sniffed deeply. These cats were WindClan cats! And the one with the Dock leaf must be a-I sniffed again- a she-cat WindClan Medicine Cat!

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">When I realized that I had just disrespected a Medicine Cat, especially one from a rival Clan, I flattened my ears and looked at her. She dropped the Dock leaf and spoke. “It’s alright, young ThunderClan Warrior. You are safe now.” the Medicine Cat meowed gently. “W-where am I?” I asked, just to make sure I was indeed with the gentle WindClan. “You are in WindClan territory, in our camp inside my den.” She replied.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“H-how did I get here?” I asked. “We found you washed up on the banks near the river, injured and unconscious.” I suddenly remembered. The battle with RiverClan, being pushed by the RiverClan Warrior that had bit me in the leg, causing me to twist it and break it, Sunfall making a failed attempt to save me, and me hitting my head on a rock and being out cold! It all made sense now!

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“W-who are you?” “I am WindClan’s Medicine Cat, Mapleleaf. And you are?” Meowed the Tortoiseshell she-cat. “R-Rainbelly. A W-Warrior of T-ThunderClan.” I stammered. “Then, Rainbelly, Warrior of ThunderClan, you are safe now.” Mapleleaf turned toward the cats surrounding me and sticking their heads into her den.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“Out! All of you!” she hissed. The cats immediately disappeared out of the den, a few hesitating at first, but eventually obeying and leaving the Medicine Cat’s den. “A-am I hurt?” I asked, remembering the pain in one of my back legs. “Sadly, yes, Rainbelly. Badly. You have a broken leg and some scratches and a terribly torn ear. I examined your leg, and I have to say now, that you may have to stay here in my den with WindClan for a few days until your leg is fully healed.” Mapleleaf meowed. “Now, Rainbelly, how did you end up washed up on the banks of the river in WindClan territory?”

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“I-I was battling RiverClan with my own Clan to earn rights for Sunningrocks, when a Warrior from RiverClan bit my leg. I twisted it when I tried to make him let go, and I heard a crack, so I knew that my leg was broken because it hurt really bad. Then the RiverClan Warrior pushed me into the river. Our Deputy, Sunfall failed to rescue me after he tried. But then I got hit in the head with a rock in the river and then everything went dark.” I explained as Mapleleaf chewed up her Dock leaf, eventually pushing her paw into the chewed up leaf. I stayed still as she gently pressed the chewed up leaf onto the scratches on my side, and anywhere else I got scratched. After adding the Dock leaf to my wounds, she chewed up a Goldenrod plant, applying the poultice on the ear which was now tattered and torn, dark red but with no blood. I then watched Mapleleaf as she started to chew a nearby Comfrey plant root into a poultice. “T-thank you, Mapleleaf.” I stammered as she started to gently rub the poultice onto my broken leg.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“I’m also sorry I hissed at you.” “It’s alright dear. You were frightened, that’s all.” Mapleleaf replied. “Here, you must be hungry. It’s already morning.” Mapleleaf gently nudged a freshly killed Mouse toward me as my belly rumbled loudly. “T-thank you, Mapleleaf.” I meowed softly, pulling the mouse closer to me on my (I had suddenly just realized it) moss bed with a paw.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">“You are very welcome.” Mapleleaf replied. I gingerly took a bite of the fresh-kill and let the Mouse meat’s warmth flood my mouth before I chewed and swallowed. I happily took another bite of the mouse, licking away the blood surrounding my mouth after I swallowed the bit of mouse. After a few more seconds, I had finished the fresh-kill and I had started to lick my silvery grey fur clean, avoiding the mashed and chewed up poultices on the scratches on my body. I licked my paw and then rubbed it on my whiskers, face, and finally my bright green eyes.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Then, I put my head on my paws and lay in an awkward position because of my broken leg. Within seconds, I had fallen into a deep sleep.

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