Book 6 - Chapter 4

"Sandswish?" "Darkfinch!" "Yes?" "I would like to talk to you." "Fine but I insist I bring my deputy." "Ok, but I get to bring Sparrowfur." Darkfinh eyes narrowed but he nodded. "Liontail, come here we are to speak with Berrystar and Sparrowfur." Liontail the white and tan tom padded over to his leaders side. "Liontail has done you a favor. He defeated the badgers…" "Then he killed Sandswish. "He was protecting himself. Doesn't the warrior code say defend your clan with your life? We have a clan of a sort. A group maybe you could call it. Then we are supposed to be loyal to the group over everything. He was being loyal to his group. Sandswish could have been a threat to our clan and that means he had to defend his group from her." "How do you know she would have been a threat?" snapped Sparrowfur. "She attacked me," Liontail flicked his broken tail under Sparrowfur's nose. "I know she attacked you, but she was defending her clan. You didn't have to kill her." "What was she defending her clan from? The cat that saved her clan?" asked Darkfinch. "He killed two of her clan mates of course she thought he was a threat." "She should have realized what she had gotten herself into. A fight has only one way of defeat. Every cat on my side knows that." "What is that defeat asked Sparrowfur. "Death. Your warrior code is the only thing that stops you from being true warriors. The warrior code says that you don't need to kill to win a battle, therefore that means you aren't true warriors." "We are all true warriors. A true warrior doesn't need to kill to win a battle. A true warrior should see that from the very beginning." snarled Berrystar. "What true warrior hides in the the shadows and lets other cats get away to fight another day. The warrior code says stay loyal and protect with your life right?" asked Liontail. "That is right." said Berrystar slowly. "So that means if you stop a cat from threatening your clan then you are still following the warrior code. The code also says defend your clan for your life. If you have to die to defend your clan then you are still following the warrior code. Aren't you?"