🌳OakClan - The Resilient and Brave (ACTIVE members needed!)

Smallnose had been kicking and shoving as the badger held her down, but to no avail. Feeling it's claws sink into her she was relieved when the badger had to let go and quickly rolled away from it, her side stinging where it had cut her. Luckily it wasn't deep and she stood up, panting hard. He looked to Thistlespots and grinned, despite her eyes being wild and just barely focusing in her fear. "T-thanks!"

The badger was struggling to get back up besides them, growling, but it had twisted it's paw and began to retreat a bit back.

Crowpaw yelped as the badger fell to it's side, his leg momentarily caught under it he quickly pulled himself away, falling back, thankfully, on the soft snow. He quickly recovered himself and hurried to stand by Badgerpaw's side, fur bristling as the other warriors attacked it again. Ravenheart had joined them and as Mothdapple was hit into a tree the sleek black warrior raked his claws across the badger's eyes, making it fall back in alarm and stumble away.

Crowpaw, taking a look at Badgerpaw, he noticed her wound leaving blood on the snow. As the badger was distracted, he tried to see if there was any clear path to he medicine den. Could she keep fighting with that wound, or was it not as bad as it looked?

Nightglisten had left Snowbird in the medicine den, hastily applying cobwebs to her neck, thankfully remaining very focused and skillfully finishing the work best he could with the supply he had. Hearing shouts and voices behind him, he was momentarily a bit dazed by all the noise, but turned quickly when he noticed Emberspark, Fernpaw and Blackdawn. His bright eyes widened when he saw Emberspark's face, and he hurriedly made room for them to lay her down. "We're running out of cobwebs..." He stated somberly, looking at where her eyes once was, his fur bristled.

Foxpaw shrieked as he felt the badger he was attacking tear fur out of his side, quickly turning to bite and claw at it's muzzle and kicking it away viciously.

Fox was staring at shock at Sparrowtail, who lay still in the snow. However, hearing his son's cry nearby he turned in anger and helped him finish off the badger, the two large ginger cats quickly overcoming the creature, after a brief struggle bringing it down, it now laying still on the snow.

Erminetail pursued the badger that Ravenheart had blinded. He leapt onto its back and bit down as hard as he could, after a few moments the badger fell to the ground lifeless.

Badgerpaw's legs finally gave way and she curled her body up in pain. Blood had started to trickle from her nose and her entire body was trembling.

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Ravenheart and Crowpaw soon pushed their way into the medicine den, where Nightglisten was working on helping Emberspark. The fluffy medicine cat looked up in alarm and anger at the newcomer, his tail lashing in his anger at what Mudfang had done. "Lay her over here." He said, motioning a paw towards a nest nearby the other two injured felines. "We're going to need more cobwebs, I have just barely enough for these three." He growled.

Ravenheart and Crowpaw helped Badgerpaw to the nest.

Pricklepaw was smacked away by the badger, giving it time to flee. His heart pounded as he stumbled to his paws, finding his way to where Erminetail now stood. "You," he snarled at the warrior, tail lashing. "What did you do to him?!" Even as he growled fiercely at Erminetail, he knew that this wasn't him. This wasn't what Mothdapple would've wanted. This wasn't Erminetail's fault. But still, the apprentice felt his claws dig into the soil as he stalked over.

Thistlespots rushed up to Sparrowtail, Fox, and Foxpaw, chest heaving. He exhaled, panic rising in his chest as he spotted her figure lying in the snow.

Foxpaw nudged his mother with his nose. "M-Mother! You have to get you! You can't stay here!"

Sparrowtail's eyes looked hazy and drooping, staring up in confusion. Their voices seemed so far away.

Fox looked to Thistlespots, his blue eyes wide. "Sh-she was fine, but it grabbed her and tried to t-take her outside camp..." Fox muttered, his voice quivering as he stared between the three cats before him, then to Blackdawn battling another badger nearby who dared near Sparrowtail. "... Where's Nightglisten?" He asked in a small voice, recalling the medicine cat from what was over ten moons ago as the cat who helped heal his brother. "He can help her! He can..."

Nightglisten continued to work, this time applying what was left of the cobwebs to Badgerpaw. "Snowbird, you can barely move, if you dare try and run out again you shall likely join the dying and put other cats at risk! Your courage and loyalty is to be commended, but keep quiet, there's nothing you can do." Nightglisten sounded angry, but it wasn't so much at her. In her current condition she probably could not fight, let alone walk upright, even if she wanted too, but he was frustrated and rightly so. He could not attend to everyone in this fray, bt he had to try, and he could only imagine some would already be dead by now.

Erminetail flattened his ears and took a step back "I'm so sorry Pricklepaw, he was determined to carry on fighting and I should have tried harder to stop him" the tom somehow managed to keep his voice calm and steady; "He saved my life. If it wasn't for Mothdapple I would have been over powered within moments".

Badgerpaw pressed her muzzle into the soft nest, it was warm and reminded her of being in the nursery when she was a kit. Everything around her was muffled and felt as if it could be happening miles away, her eyes narrowed as the pain became too much causing her to fall unconscious but to her it felt as if she was drifting to sleep.

Thistlespots gently rested a tail tip on the tom's shoulder. "I'm sorry," he murmured softly.

Fox stared at Thistespots in disbelief. "W-What do you mean by that?" He said, filching away from the tom and looking frantically down at Sparrowtail. "Sparrowtail!"

Sparrowtail focused, but only for a moment, and she still could barely see. She felt surprisingly relaxed, and numb, and thoughts he could see stars sparkling around her, and manged to mutter. "....Crow.... paw?" In an extremely small voice. She could hear Fox and Foxpaw, where was Crowpaw? She wanted tehm all here if she had to leave now.

"... Your still alive, come on... don't fall asleep." Foxpaw muttered. He was a bit calmer than Fox, but it was mainly his disbelief, denial and shock. He leaned besides his mother, the battle suddenly seeming far away as he pressed himself against her.

Thistlespots opened his mouth but couldn't force himself to speak. "I'll... leave," he stuttered, jogging back to the battle. He snapped his jaws onto the skin of the badger Smallnose was attacking, grappling on and digging his claws in.

Blackdawn drove back the badger that was determined to come back to Sparrowtail. She jumped on it's face, clinging on with her claws. The badger swing it's head wildly, trying to throw her off. The she-cat hoped she was buying enough time for Sparrowtail, if it was possible to save her.

Snowbird sank back down, keeping her eyes closed. She saw Tawnyhaze outside the den, beating back badgers that tried enter and leaving a way for injured cats to get in.

The badger Smallnose and Thistlespots' attacked kicked at them, screeching and diving away for the camp entrance, trying to get away. Smallnose fell onto the snow with a thump, but was quickly up again with her tail lashing. "Run while you can..." She shouted after the fleeing badger, panting.

Fox snapped out of his daze, trying his best to focus. "Foxpaw. Try to.. try to get Crowpaw, or... or get to to Nightglisten." He muttered, claws unsheathing again as he shakily took a step forward. "Try to save her if it's not too late..." He said, locking eyes with Foxpaw, who nodded solemnly, his eyes a bit watery. Fox then flung himself at the badger, helping Blackdawn keep it back.

Foxpaw carefully tried to move his mother, his eyes wide and fearful. She was barely breathing now and he felt, perhaps, dragging her to Nightglisten would be more harm than good. Hoping the elder cats could protect her the tall apprentice made a mad dash for the medicine den, hoping he'd find Crowpaw on the way there.

Shiverpaw meanwhile had escaped the camp. She had fought for awhile, but a badger had chased her out, and in her fear she wasn't sure where she was running.