The leader stares down the Thunderclan warriors. "Turn back now, we will take some territory and no one dies." The words are phrased as a proposal, but his tone is a command. The opposition hisses in shocked anger. He signals with his tail to his warriors.
Battle time.
Flamedancer sees the subtle flick of a tail, and her heartbeat speeds up to a rate much too fast. She can feel her clanmates tense up. Every cat is holding their breath, waiting. Time slows as they all hear the next words from the leaders mouth.
"River clan, lets take them out." With that a bone chilling yowl rips through river clans ranks, and the cats are plunged into battle.