Moon's Battle

'THIS IS MY FIRST FAN-FICTION SO IT IS NOT THAT GOOD! I KNOW OF THE GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES, I AM AWARE OF THEM.'

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Chapter One
Moonstripe stood over her leader's motionless body. The wind stirred the lichen of the den, casting moving light. A shadow then arose. "This is your last life, Willowstar." Moonstripe informed him ruefully. "And I have no regrets." Willowstar rasped, "I know the clan will be in safe hands with you as leader." "Please," The dark gray cat pleaded, "Let me take you to Willowleaf." The old leader shook his head. "StarClan have already informed me that they can not help me any longer. I've lived a long life." Moonstripe sat down, numb. "This den will be yours soon." Willowstar mewed. "I'm not really worried about that, Willowstar." "Willowwood," he began, "you are the rightful leader now, not me." "Willowwood, may you please tell me the story again?" Moonstripe asked. "One last time?" "You ask that a lot." Willowstar coughed. "But if I do this now, you must promise to tell the next leader and keep it going...and going." "I promise Willowstar." Whoops! "Willowstar,"The leader repeated out loud,"Which name shall I go to StarClan with?" "You've been a great leader to us...Willowstar." The striped cat mewed, "Now the story." "Yes, the story," he smiled, "many, many moons ago...right on the clan's territory, there was a battle, and many cats died." he paused for a breath. This will be the last time I hear him say these words. Moonstripe thought with a sickening pang. "Our ancestors made it clear what they wanted,"Unite or die!" they said." The leader coughed. "So four cats stepped forward, River, Wind, Shadow, and Thunder. They all believed that they should rule the forest and after much talk, they became RiverClan, WindClan, ShadowClan and ThunderClan." A cough raked through the tom's lungs. "The ones with strong legs for swimming joined RiverClan, the ones, fast and lithe, joined WindClan. The cats who were night hunters became ShadowClan. The ones who preyed in the forest became ThunderClan." Willowstar let out a tremendous cough, a wheeze, and shuddered. "It is time." he said he rasped. Moonstripe dipped her head, and when she brought it back up again, her former leader's body was still – forever.