Last Clan Cat - Hailey Sowder (best book club books of all time .TXT) 📗

“Clawheart! Clawheart!” as my clan called my new warrior cat name i puffed my chest out with pride. My father, Featherclaw, trotted up to me, “my only kit!!! Already a warrior!!! If only your mother and littermates could see you now.” a pang of sadness hit me hard in my chest. Shadowclan had attacked us and my mother, Firefur, and my brother, Ashpaw,and my sister, Sandpaw. They were all killed in the battle. “They are all watching gus from Starclan. Don’t worry.” i reassured him. He nodded.

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   As i was out hunting, i decided to get a drink from the lake. When i got there, the water was rising!!! I ran as fast as i could back to camp. “The water is rising we need to get to higher ground FAST!!!” Every cat was going nuts, running around, i heard a wail.

I looked back, Icestar was frozen, fur bushed up, and was terrified. “Icestar RUN!!!” i called out to her. She said, “i see it now, the time has come for the clans to come to an end.” i stopped. I would have asked her what do you mean??  But a giant wave came over the camp and we were washed away.

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  “Come on!!! Keep swimming!!!” i called. I saw some cats swimming and some floating on top of the water. I knew they were dead. I swam harder, “Keep Going!!” i yelled one last time before i fell in unconsciousness.

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  When i awoke i was beside twoleg place and i was looking around wildly for my clanmates, i couldn’t find them. I hung my head down in grief. I made myself a somewhat of a nest and settled down into a troubled sleep.

   I awoke to find a cat prodding me in the side. I lifted my head to see a white kittypet she-cat above me. “Are you alright???” she asked. “Im fine” i coughed a few times and sat up a little. She started licking my fur dry. I did not stop her. “Im Beth, by the way.” she said. “Im Clawheart.” i told her. She nodded towards her twoleg den. “Come into my den, i’ll keep you warm and safe.” i just nodded. She grabbed my scruff and dragged me inside. It was warm. I started to purr at the smell of food. “Here eat this.” Beth invited. I ate a few ravenous gulps. Beth was staring at me with concern in her eyes. “Get some sleep.” i nodded and curled up. And i fell into my first good sleep.

 When i awoke, i heard some voices. I lifted my head.  I saw a ginger tom talking to Beth with interest in his eyes. “We have to take care of her!” Beth mewed desperately. He just nodded slowly, “yes dear, she is young cat, she may need us for a while.” “Oh! Look, she is awake now.” i yawned and nodded. “I am Tim" he introduced himself. "I am Clawheart of ThunderClan." He nodded, "i have heard of the clans, i was just in RiverClan when the giant wave hit." I felt my heart skip, "in riverclan you are known as Timberleg, correct???" He licked his chest fur, "yes, i am. your name sounds some what familiar, Clawpaw?!?!?!?!" I jumped up and ran up to him. "what? how do you two know each other???" Beth demanded. "we are from the clans." i answered. "Well you are. But im a daylight warrior." he corrected. "well its-" i stopped in my tracks. wait a minute, is it just thunderclan just gone or  all the clans?  "Tim?" i asked, "yeah?" "did riverclan get hit?" His head drooped and his shoulders sagged. "All of them got hit." grief welled up so hard in my chest that i fell to the ground.  i felt a paw on my shoulder, i looked up and saw Beth over me with concern in her gaze. I sobbed loudly, "They're GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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    i realized that i had blacked out. wait..... this is a dream!!!!  i lifted my head and saw my mother. "Fernfluff???" she nodded. "FERNFLUFF!!!" I jumped up to my paws and ran up to her. i thrust my muzzle into her chest fur. "My baby, i am so sorry." she mewed. "for what?'' i asked her very quickly. "i should have never left you in the nursery." she crouched down. i placed my paw behind her ear, "its alright mother." i added, "i will always still love you." she looked up at me, the sorrow in her eyes soon faded.  after a few moments she finally meowed, "there is a important reason i have brought you here tonight." 

i tipped my head to one side, "what's that?"  She stood up, no longer looking dismayed, "the clans have gone, but you and one cat from each clan. you MUST find them, and restore the clans." I just stood there. "uh... um, sure yeah, just...uh...okay...er." i stammered.  She started to fade, and i awoke in the twoleg den. Tim and Beth were murrmuring a few fox-lengths away, their backs towards me.

"Guys?" i asked lifting my head a little bit. "My goodness!" Beth exclaimed, "you're okay!" she ran up to me, as she was running i realized something, is she excpecting Tim's kits?  "Beth?' she nodded. "are you.... having kits?" i asked slowly. she looked down her eyes filled with love, "yes." she answered quietly. as she was having her moment of embarresment, Tim was trotting up, he placed a paw above my eyes, "you are not running a fever." he observed. i tilted my head to one side. usally when clan cats checked for fevers we always put our muzzle on the other cat's muzzle. i just shrugged and lookked at beth, "How long to go?" i asked. she replied, "any day now." i got them two settled and i told them about my dream. "im going to need your help." "with what?" tim asked. "Getting Thunderclan back together and helping the other cats from the other clans." i explained. Beth looked a little worried. "What do you mean?" i sighed and mewed, "From the other clans, there are one cat. Me, some cat from Riverclan, Shadowclan and Windclan." i nodded towards Tim, "you should know where the camp is." he meowed, "Of course, but it will hard finding it after all this destruction." I dipped my head to him. 

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   I felt a paw prodding my side, "what?" i murmured, "It's the middle of the night!" I looked up and saw Tim's face in the dark shadows, "The kits are coming." I immediatly jumped to my paws. "where is Beth?" i asked. He pointed into a corner with his tail. i padded over there, "Beth?" i whispered. all i could here was panting. "You'll be alright just listen to my voice." i reassured her. "I'll be alright, right?" i heard her ask quietly, "Of course you will be, but you just have to focus on your breathing and energy." I felt Tim's tail land on my back, "how many do you think there are?" he asked very quietly. " i dont know let me check," i slowly walked up to where beth was and felt her belly, "Four." i meowed. 

        Finally Beth had given birth to four beautiful kits. Two She-kits and to Toms. "Blue, Ice, snow, and Brown are their names." Beth had declared. I just nodded and watched as the nestled in their mother's belly.

       im guessing i fell asleep because I saw dawn light filling the twoleg den. i finally had the one thought i had never thought of, what happened to my father?  I felt alarm and fear rise up in my chest that i rushed out of the den and into the woods. "Featherclaw!!! FEATHERCLAW!!" I started to yell out. i collapsed to the ground, sobbing. "you called?" i heard a voice. I looked up and saw a ghostly fiigure of my father, his broad shoulders, no more scars. my claws sinking into the the damp earth and i felt some kind of happiness come from my chest, "F-father?" i asked, he nodded in response, i collapsed to the ground.

As i was having my moment, my father had called out my mother's name, then my brother's, then my sisters'. they all stood in front of me with the stars in their pelts. i looked up at them.