Claws of the falcon stared at his healer in confusion, flame of the spark hissed, froststar smiled thinking the dark warriors were startled when they had heard their healer howl in retreat.

Heads turned to stem of leaf, as the powerful dark warrior raised his head and struggled to get up, the dark warriors in camp where as furious as ever.

Flame of spark stepped forward, her ginger pelt bristling with anger, she was about to speak when stem of leaf's roar rang through the forest "I said retreat!". The healer seemed as angry as the ginger warrior when he beckoned his dark warriors with a flick of his tail.

"You haven't heard the last of us!" The healer yelled "watch your backs because one day I'll find you!" His eyes were narrowing as he spoke, then finally he walked off, gazing back every few pawsteps.

Froststar was hit by a wave of alarm, what if he did come back? But with more dark warriors? She felt her fur rising in fury, her tail slashing as it swiped the ground.

Gleamhawk howled in victory behind her and she spun around, her eyes blazing with anger and frustration, her wise deputy wasn't afraid? "Gleamhawk"

He turned at her, pride showing vividly in his eyes. There was a smile on his mouth as he walked toward his leader.

"Did it ever occur to you that they might come back?" Froststar asked and she could see her deputy's smile fade.

"I don't think they are" he unsheathed his claws and dug them into the ground.

"If he comes back it'll be too early" gleamhawk added, his whiskers twitching "or are you afraid?" The deputy challenge his leader, stalking him.

"What if he does, and with more dark warriors?" Grasswillow echoed his thoughts as he intervened in froststar's and gleamhawk's quarrel.

Gleamhawk heaved a sigh and responded "then, we'll be ready" he drew back his lips and turned to froststar "as always"

Gleamhawk was now a few mouse lengths from froststar as he challenged his leader, hissing furiously.

Froststar hissed, his eyes fixed on his deputy as he continued the quarrel "with more dark warriors?" She asked, her eyes narrowing, digging her claws in soft earth "we nearly lost this time"

Gleamhawk backed away as he heard apprentices run into the camp, breathing heavily, warriors followed. But they all realized it was too late.

Froststar shot an angry glance at her deputy and stalked toward the apprentices "go back in your den, apprentices".

Then she turned to the warriors, lost for words.

"We should have been faster" a brown tom meowed, his gaze showed sympathy.

"No it's all right" froststar said hastily "you all did your best and leafclan owe you, we also won this battle, we hope they won't come back"

"But we didn't do anything" aquastar, the leader of hollowclan added "you don't owe us"

Froststar shot a gentle glance at the white tom "thank you"

"You don't owe us either" crowstar, leader of moonclan, smiled.

Froststar looked at all the warriors in front of him "thank you" he repeated, he seemed too appealed to say anything else, his gaze resting on every cat.

"We should fight together next time" crowstar leaped to stand next to froststar "we could defeat them together"

Froststar heard larchstar's pawsteps behind him and when larchstar was at a fox-tail length from crowstar, he nodded in agreement, his eyes glowing"we defeated stem of leaf together, but if there are more warriors we might not make it alone" froststar howled in agreement and aquastar smiled.

"We shall fight together for the sake of our clans!"

Was starclan's prophecy coming true, four must become one to fight these dangerous warriors, were all the clans going to ally and defeat the dark warriors?

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