Warrior cats guide (Wiki edition!)

The new prophecy summary

#1The next generation of cats from the Clans, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Feathertail, and Stormfur are now warriors, and Firestar has had two kits with Sandstorm: Squirrelpaw and Leafpaw.StarClan sends a prophecy revealing that the forest is in danger. Four cats, one from each Clan, are chosen to go on a journey in order to save the Clans. Brambleclaw is chosen to represent ThunderClan, Feathertail to represent RiverClan, Crowpaw to represent WindClan, and Tawnypelt to represent ShadowClan. Squirrelpaw also stubbornly joins Brambleclaw, with Stormfur joining Feathertail. Each cat is visited by their StarClan ancestors and is told to go and see what midnight has to say, although they are not told who or what "midnight" refers to. They meet at a Gathering and learn about each other's dreams, but do not know where to search for Midnight. However, after Brambleclaw has a dream about drowning in salty water and after Ravenpaw tells him that the place in his dream is real, they decide to set out for the so called sun-drown-place.While Leafpaw and her mentor Cinderpelt are searching for herbs, StarClan sends Cinderpelt a vision of a tiger leaping forward from fire. She concludes that the warning must mean that Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw, the daughter of Firestar and the son of Tigerstar, will represent a danger to the forest, or to each other. Cinderpelt shares the warning with Firestar, who decides to keep Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw apart. His plan fails when Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw meet with Feathertail, Stormfur, Tawnypelt, and Crowpaw at Fourtrees, and the cats begin their journey to the sun-drown-place. When Sandstorm points out to Firestar that the fire and tiger prophecy might have meant that Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw could save them from trouble instead of brewing it, Firestar becomes worried, thinking he scared them away.Soon, all leaders find out that the other Clans lost cats as well, and discuss about it on a Gathering. They are uneasy, wondering why StarClan did not send them a message, and asking if there is some new enemy in the forest hunting them down. Only Leafpaw, Squirrelpaw's sister knows about the mission StarClan gave to the cats, but does not tell about it to any other cat.Meanwhile, the six cats continue their journey, passing Highstones, then traveling through farmland. They get separated after crossing a Thunderpath, ending up in gardens of different Twoleg nests. Brambleclaw gets chased by a very young Twoleg kit. Eventually, they find each other, and escape from some kittypets that are about to attack them. During the next days, they travel through farmland, avoiding Twoleg nests. During the journey, each of them has an illusion of tasting salty water, convincing them that they are on the right path.When they are chased by a dog, they are rescued by an old loner who introduces himself as Purdy and later leads them into a large Twolegplace. Purdy takes the cats to a abandoned Twoleg nest for food. The same young Twoleg kit that chased Brambleclaw had been following them. The Twoleg kit picks up a startled Feathertail. Squirrelpaw and Stormfur convince the Twoleg kit to let go of her. They continue through the big Twolegplace. The young Twoleg kit continues to follows them. With Purdy guiding them they continue through the Twolegplace and are attacked by rats while passing by a dump. They manage to defeat the rats, but Tawnypelt gets an infected bite on her shoulder and limps painfully for the rest of the journey. It takes the cats three days to get out from the Twolegplace, and they enter a forest where they find shelter and prey.Eventually, they reach the sun-drown-place and enter a cavern inhabited by a highly intelligent badger named Midnight. She eventually reveals that all Clans are in danger as the forest is about to be completely destroyed by Twolegs to construct a new Thunderpath. The six cats must lead the Clans to find a new home.This book contains an epilogue, which is set back in the forest, where Twolegs and their tree-destroying monsters are beginning the destruction of the forest. Graystripe, walking behind Firestar, exclaims the Thunderpath smells foul. Sandstorm and Cloudtail join the two cats, as does Leafpaw, the last member of the patrol, who was examining a clump of marigold. Cloudtail snorts in disgust, complaining that every time they come there, it takes the entire day to get the smell out of his pelt. Firestar speaks up, saying that this day is unusual, as the reek of the monsters is worse than ever, but there are none. Leafpaw pricks her ears, saying she can hear something, as the wind is carrying a deep-toned roar coming toward the patrol, faint, yet growing louder.Cloudtail turns to Firestar with a puzzled look in his eyes, asking what the sound is, as he has never heard anything like it. From a rise in the Thunderpath emerges the biggest monster any of the cats had ever seen. The roaring grows extremely loud. It moves slowly, but is being followed by more monsters, and the cats realize that the destruction of the forest had begun.#2A new group of cats is introduced, as they creep into a moonlit cave, full of fear. Their leader, Stoneteller says it is time for a Telling, and after some questions, tells them that he has received a prophecy from the Tribe of Endless Hunting, their ancestors, that a silver cat will come and save them from an unspecified threat that has them all living in fear.Stormfur wakes up in a cave with the six cats he made the journey to the sun-drown place with, Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, Tawnypelt, Crowpaw, and Feathertail. He walks out of the den to find Midnight, the badger StarClan sent them to find. They say goodbye and prepare to begin their journey back to the forest, but Midnight offers to accompany them to the edge of the nearby woods. There, they are reunited with Purdy, the elderly loner who 'guided' them through Twolegplace. Tawnypelt rests as the group hunts in the woods, despite Purdy's concern. Stormfur is irritated that Crowpaw asks Feathertail to hunt with him, and even more so when she agrees, knowing that their relationship will cause trouble when they return to the forest. Returning from their hunt the cats are ambushed by a pair of foxes. The group panics, but bravely crowd around each other in an attempt to protect each other. As they prepare to fight, they are shocked to see Midnight communicating to the foxes. Although they want the territory, they are convinced by the badger to leave.Midnight explains she can speak fox, but cannot reveal everything. Soon, they debate whether to travel through Twolegplace, or go through the snowy mountains in the distance. On Midnight's suggestion, a small debate from the group, and from fear of the dangers that they encountered on their first journey, they decide to travel through the mountains to return home. Purdy starts to object to their choice but is silenced by Midnight, who seems to know the destinies of all six cats. The say goodbye to Midnight and Purdy and set off for the mountains.As Leafpaw is about to fetch mouse bile for Sorreltail, Firestar calls a Clan meeting, revealing the event involving a Twoleg monster. Some cats are unconcerned and think Firestar is crazy, though Graystripe believes he's telling the truth. More arguing continues until Firestar decides to lead a delegation to ShadowClan to discuss the Twoleg destruction of the forest, and includes Cinderpelt and Leafpaw to show the patrol is not a threat. On a partly destroyed ShadowClan territory, they are confronted and attacked by a patrol led by Russetfur, but Firestar stops the fight.Russetfur says Firestar shouldn't be here, accusing him of believing ShadowClan is weak because a few trees are missing. However, she takes them to their camp nonetheless, and the medicine cats feel uncomfortable at ShadowClan's distrustful glares. Firestar explains that Twolegs may destroy the territory, and if the don't work together, no one will survive the upcoming leaf-bare. Blackstar growls they'll eat from Carrionplace, raising concern from Cinderpelt and Littlecloud. Firestar offers to provide Blackstar with the latest news on the Twoleg destruction, but Blackstar disagrees and sends Russetfur to escort the ThunderClan delegation out. Leafpaw tells Cinderpelt that Firestar should instead send a delegation to WindClan, and while Cinderpelt agrees to the idea, she wishes to tell her leader about it later. After returning to camp, Leafpaw asks Sorreltail if she wants to investigate WindClan territory, and she agrees. They find the ground a mess from Twoleg work, and a foul stench lingers in the air. Suddenly, a patrol led by Mudclaw arrives and they chase the she-cats into RiverClan territory.Upon entering RiverClan territory, they are greeted by Mothwing, who quickly chases Mudclaw and Tornear away. Mothwing says they're fine, and proceeds to fetch them herbs for their shock. Sorreltail recalls that her mother was a rogue, and that Mothwing seems very dismissive of the warrior code, though Leafpaw disputes this. Mothwing returns with herbs, and learns what happened to Sorreltail and Leafpaw. The latter apprentice finishes the story by saying Blackstar refused their help. Mothwing says RiverClan is fine, but knows WindClan's not, and the she-cats agree. Mothwing is about to mention someone ambitious, but stops, causing Leafpaw to wonder if she knows Tigerstar. Suddenly, Mothwing freezes, telling the two a RiverClan patrol is coming and they must leave. Leafpaw finds one of the cats is Mothwing's brother, Hawkfrost, but Sorreltail urges her to leave.In the mountains, the six traveling cats travel through dangerous rocky terrain and narrowly escape an eagle attack before reaching the top of a cliff with a waterfall flowing down it. Stormfur admits to Feathertail he wants to protect her, though the she-cat feels she's fine. The next day, the group continues traveling, but get swept by a flooded river. Dazed, they are found by strange, mud-streaked cats, who show intense interest in Stormfur. They take them into their cave behind the waterfall, introducing themselves as the Tribe of Rushing Water. They offer the journeying cats shelter, and they decide to stay until Tawnypelt's shoulder heals. They meet many members of the Tribe and watch how they go by their daily life.Leafpaw swims to the shore and allows Mothwing to give her a fishing lesson, thinking she shouldn't be doing this. As she eats, Mothwing senses Hawkfrost is coming and hides her friend in the river. Hawkfrost boasts RiverClan can rule the forest, but promises not to act like Tigerstar. Mothwing stalls her brother long enough to allow Leafpaw to enter ThunderClan territory, and she tries to remember who Hawkfrost's father is. She runs into Graystripe, who fails to catch a magpie. Graystripe misses the cats who've vanished, and when Leafpaw asks about Hawkfrost's father, he says it was probably a rogue. Firestar arrives on the scene, and is told there are no rogues nearby. Leafpaw tells her father that she senses Squirrelpaw is well when he asks.The traveling cats talk about when to leave, and make up a plan to do so. Stormfur meets a friendly prey hunter named Brook, and they go on a hunting patrol and learn how to hunt large birds. Later, Stormfur catches a falcon and is praised by a few Tribe cats. He soon returns after scenting something fowl, and gets into an argument with the traveling cats about his relations with the Tribe, but Feathertail calms him down. The argument upsets the Tribe cats, who block the exit of the cave, but Stoneteller catches their attention by announcing a Telling. He says the silver cat has come to save them from Sharptooth, a creature that feasts on the Tribe cats and stalks them. The silver cat is revealed to be Stormfur, who is kept in the cave while the others are escorted out. He panics, wishing he is home.Cinderpelt wraps up a battle skill practice with Leafpaw, and are returning to camp when they find a patrol, and Dustpelt reports WindClan has crossed the scent markers. Later, after noticing an empty fresh-kill pile, Firestar calls a Clan meeting. He reveals WindClan's prey theft, shooting down the idea of fighting, and selects a patrol to speak with Tallstar. Firestar approaches Leafpaw, telling her she must be punished for her interaction with Mothwing, but Cinderpelt interjects that she can join the WindClan patrol instead. Firestar agrees, and soon the patrol is heading out toward the WindClan border. However, they are confronted by Mudclaw and Tornear, who demand what they're doing on the moor. Moor WindClan cats join, and Firestar explains they found evidence of WindClan hunting in ThunderClan's forest. Graystripe and Mudclaw attack each other, though the ginger tom breaks it up and scolds his deputy for fighting. Tallstar confesses WindClan is struggling with prey, but refuses to collaborate with ThunderClan. Dustpelt asks why they didn't fight, but Firestar says they must have peace and sends him to hunt for Ferncloud. Leafpaw wishes to inform her father of the prophecy, but instead talks with Cinderpelt, who says StarClan has been silent.Feathertail begins to panic as the Tribe cats push them out of the cave, pleading with Scree to let Stormfur go, but he refuses. The cave-guard then explains they'll be staying tonight, but must leave tomorrow without him. The next day, the group begins to believe Midnight lured them into a trap, causing a quarrel between Crowpaw and Squirrelpaw that is quickly resolved. Brambleclaw explains that they will leave, but will sneak back later in the night to rescue Stormfur. Despite some hesitation among the group, he says they'll do it together, though Feathertail's doubt stays with her. She hears Tribe cats talk about how Stormfur is destined to save them, but feels it's wrong. Soon, Crag wakes her up and says it's time she and her friends left the cave. Brook apologizes to Feathertail for having their time end on a sour note, as as she leaves, Feathertail vows they will come back for Stormfur. Crag takes the traveling cats to a drinking location before taking them to the edge of Tribe territory. Crag and his patrol leave, but observe from a distance to make sure the cats leave the territory.Leafpaw, Cinderpelt, and Littlecloud travel to the Moonstone, and Cinderpelt notes the other medicine cats are late. She advises Littlecloud to inform everyone in his Clan not to touch crowfood, causing him to sigh. Mudfur and Mothwing arrive; the latter tells Leafpaw she is progressing in her training. They find more of WindClan's territory torn up by Twolegs, and Barkface appears from a bush. The medicine cats talk about topics related to WindClan, and Mothwing spots a rabbit, but Barkface warns the Twolegs are infecting the prey. They reach the Moonstone, which Leafpaw touches, and she receives a dream about strange cats with bloody pelts. Stars glimmer in the sky as Spottedleaf appears next to Leafpaw, telling her she is eager to teach her more. Leafpaw asks about her sister, and Spottedleaf replies she is in a different sky. Laughing, she adds that StarClan does not control everything, and from now on, she will always be with Leafpaw. She vanishes, her scent hanging around the Moonstone.Feathertail and the others continue traveling to give the illusion of leaving the Tribe's territory, and arrive at a grassy hollow. Tawnypelt tells the others she'll keep watch in case the cave-guards come back. Feathertail gives Crowpaw a fishing lesson, and talks with him about their relationships, and soon the smoky-gray tom catches a fish. The others return with prey and rotate guard positions until the end of the day. When night falls, Squirrelpaw has the group roll in mud in order for them to blend in with the Tribe, and they head back to the cave. As the traveling cats near the cave, the weather becomes more intense, and lightning flashes overhead. Feathertail and Crowpaw see a huge tawny-colored creature, and are shocked to discover it is Sharptooth. Screeches erupt from the cave immediately, and the cats take the opportunity to rescue Stormfur while the Tribe is distracted. Feathertail rushes into the cave despite her fear, and finds Sharptooth thrashing and attacking every cat in its sight. The scene allows the group to rush past various cats, and they find Stormfur and Stoneteller in the Cave of Pointed Stones.Leafpaw and Cinderpelt return to the ThunderClan camp and report the recent events in WindClan, along with the tainted rabbits, to Firestar. The leader is shocked, and says they can't eat rabbits from now on. Concerned, Sandstorm takes out a hunting patrol to find more prey. Leafpaw spots a rabbit on the small fresh-kill pile and is ordered to carefully remove it from the premises, but Dappletail stops her and demands what she's doing. Despite being warned it's poisoned, the old elder scoffs it's nonsense and tears into it. Firestar and Cinderpelt quickly take the rabbit away, and warn Dappletail it's for her own good despite her protests. Later, Leafpaw and Cinderpelt are out gathering herbs, and they stop at Sunningrocks to gather chickweed. Leafpaw catches a water vole and encourages Cinderpelt to eat it, as she doesn't want her to fall ill. Just as the gray she-cat does so, Mousefur and Spiderpaw arrive and inform them Dappletail is sick.Cinderpelt instructs Leafpaw to continue gathering chickweed before she rushes off to camp. Leafpaw hopes StarClan is with them, and that Dappletail will pull through despite her age. Suddenly, she hears a wail coming from the RiverClan bank, and finds a young black cat struggling in the river. Another cat, Mistyfoot, dives in to save the cat. Mistyfoot pulls the tom to the surface, and she invites Leafpaw over to help. Despite falling, she makes it across just as Hawkfrost arrives on the scene and demands what happened to Reedpaw. He asks why Leafpaw is here, but she isn't bothered and examines the apprentice. Since Mothwing is on the scene, she is thought of by the others to help, but she doesn't react. Spottedleaf's voice echoes through Leafpaw's mind, giving her steps on how to help Reedpaw, and soon he is choking out water.Hawkfrost and Mistyfoot warm Reedpaw up, while Leafpaw and Mothwing question him about his injuries. He says he's fit to walk back to camp, and Leafpaw gives advice to Mistyfoot on how to further treat him. Hawkfrost berates Mothwing for her slow response and lack of knowledge to help Reedpaw. Leafpaw attempts to comfort her friend, but Mothwing still believes she's a failure of a medicine cat and that she let RiverClan down. The golden she-cat is sure Hawkfrost will tell the Clan and Mudfur she failed, shocking Leafpaw at how much her brother sounds like Tigerstar, before Mothwing says Leafpaw is lucky to be Clanborn. The latter crosses the stepping stones and gathers chickweed, but her optimistic mood dampens when she returns to camp. She rushes through many grieving cats, and soon finds out Dappletail has died, and Brightheart and Cloudtail have vanished.Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, and Crowpaw attack Crag, which allows Tawnypelt and Feathertail to rescue Stormfur. However, Sharptooth blocks the entrance of the cave, carrying kit-mother Star in his jaws. Sharptooth vanishes into the mountains with his prey, and the traveling cats exit the cave, as no Tribe cats attempt to stop them. Disappointed, the group heads back to the grassy hollow as the storm rages on. Stormfur aches as continue, the group confused on what to do, and he feels guilty for building his relationship with the Tribe. Brambleclaw allows Stormfur to take the lead, and he confesses to Feathertail that he feels bad about being friendly with the Tribe, not knowing they'd take him prisoner. His sister comforts him, telling him the Tribe is desperate and not mad. However, he still feels guilty after entering an area of stone precipices. Stormfur hunts a mountain bird and shares prey with his friends as rain continues to fall. He then leads the group to a hole, which leads to a cavern, but a voice questions him as to who he might be.After Dappletail's vigil, the elders carry her out of camp to be buried. Leafpaw cannot believe they've lost so many cats, wanting StarClan to stop taking them away. She finds Mousefur asking to take a search patrol to find Cloudtail and Brightheart, and a few cats question Cloudtail's loyalty, though they are silenced by Graystripe and Cinderpelt. They then proceed to theorize what could have happened, and Leafpaw looks at Firestar, knowing about the dangerous Twoleg monsters. Firestar tells Mousefur and the others to carry on as usual, and Cinderpelt tells him StarClan has not said anything about the missing cats. Leafpaw is about to talk to Firestar when Brackenfur and Whitepaw interrupt her. Brackenfur explains Whitepaw has been begging him to let her search for her parents, and wonders if she could go. The leader says she cannot risk vanishing, but can keep a lookout on Cloudtail's hunting patrol, much to Whitepaw's delight. Crying breaks out from the nursery; Dustpelt runs out and reveals Larchkit has died. Firestar rushes over to comfort the dark brown tabby, pondering what StarClan will do next.The traveling cats see the cavern is occupied by three cats named Talon, Bird, and Rock. The cats smell of Tribe, and Talon admits they know about Sharptooth. The three explain that they were former members of the Tribe, but Stoneteller banished them after they failed to kill Sharptooth and bring back his pelt. The traveling cats feel sympathy for the trio and take them out to hunt, where they catch a few mammals and birds. As they eat, Stormfur admits to Talon he doesn't know if he's the silver cat; Talon tells him prophecies are never clear and advises him to have faith. Stormfur then proceeds to sleep, where he awakes in a moonlit forest with a StarClan cat. He is confused on who she is, but realizes she is his mother, Silverstream. He wakes up, knowing what he must do, and tells everyone they have to go back, for he must save the Tribe. Although everyone is hesitant at first, they agree to it. Squirrelpaw believes she knows the answer to defeating Sharptooth, which is having something else kill him.Leafpaw and Sorreltail are out gathering herbs for Cinderpelt. Suddenly, the latter she-cat sees deathberries and panics. She tells Leafpaw Darkstripe poisoned her with them when she was a kit, but at least Tigerstar's era is over now, though Leafpaw thinks otherwise. They find a pool near a Thunderpath to wash the juice off, but a monster squashes the vegetation near them, casuing the she-cats to flee. Sorreltail begins to think the Twolegs are destroying the entire forest, which makes Leafpaw think of every cat prone to dying. She begins to think the traveling cats aren't coming back. They see a rabbit near RiverClan territory but opt to catch a squirrel to avoid being poisoned. Sorreltail chases the squirrel into the territory, but fails to hear Leafpaw's warning, and Hawkfrost angrily asks why Sorreltail is on RiverClan territory.Sorreltail flails under the paw of Hawkfrost, and the warrior refuses to free her despite Leafpaw's pleas. Mothwing arrives and demands what her brother is doing, and when she learns what has happened, she pleas alongside Leafpaw but to no avail. Hawkfrost argues with Mothwing about the warrior code, believing himself to be the better deputy over Mistyfoot, who has also vanished. Leafpaw realizes RiverClan is also in trouble, but she and Sorreltail do not reveal anything. Hawkfrost finally decides to let Sorreltail go, and she quickly scrambles across the border. Leafpaw tells Mothwing she will inform Firestar about this, but before she can leave, Mothwing calls her back without Hawkfrost in sight. The she-cats reflect their feelings, and confirm they're still friends. Seeing Hawkfrost on the Twoleg bridge reminds Leafpaw of Tigerstar, and she asks Mothwing if he is their father, which she confirms albeit hesitantly.As they are walking back to the cave, Stormfur feels troubled as to how he'll save the Tribe, but knows his friends are by his side. They arrive to the cavern to find the Tribe scarred from the attack, and Stoneteller coldly demands why they have returned when they didn't help them kill Sharptooth. Brambleclaw and Brook manage to change the healer's mind, and he asks what their plan is. Squirrelpaw explains they will lure Sharptooth to a deathberry-stuffed hare via the blood of Talon, and the deathberries should be enough to kill the creature. Talon slices his paw open, and soon enough, a screech outside reveals that Sharptooth has arrived. No cat is able to hide, but Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw begin to attack Sharptooth. The creature begins to scratch Crowpaw, and Feathertail tells Stormfur on a ledge the voices are telling her to do this. She proceeds to leap from the ledge, detaching a stalactite from the cave roof. The stalactite falls on Sharptooth, killing him, while Feathertail hits the stone floor hard.Leafpaw wakes up in her nest after a terrible dream, recalling the bloody cats and Spottedleaf telling her StarClan could do nothing. Cinderpelt walks into the den, and explains that Frostfur is not dying, but they must find prey to keep her and the others healthy. Leafpaw is allowed to scout for prey, and while she's leaving, notices cats going about their daily life. She finds many cats looking miserable, noting Ferncloud is just skin and bones. She forces terrifying images away and refuses to tell Firestar his greatest enemy lives on in Hawkfrost. Firestar is talking to Brackenfur when Graystripe and Mousefur rush into camp; according to Graystripe, Mousefur was picked up by a Twoleg and was injured. Leafpaw alerts Cinderpelt, who in turn tells Mousefur her leg is dislocated. She snaps it back into place and tells the warrior to rest, and sends Leafpaw out to hunt.Leafpaw wishes to instead search for the missing; Cinderpelt allows her to do so but advises her to be careful. Before she leaves, she wishes to update Firestar on the status of the missing cats, but decides to find them first. Sorreltail tags along with her, brightening her mood. When they reach the area Graystripe and Mousefur were in, they find Twolegs are all around the area and have built wooden nests in the place of the forest. She tells Sorreltail she's going to investigate, knowing she can't go back now. She smells food inside of a den, expecting to find Mistyfoot, but only finds a white thing. She finds kittypet food inside the thing and eats it, despite many voices warning her to leave now, including those of Sorreltail and Spottedleaf. Suddenly, the thing slams shut and leaves Leafpaw in darkness.The traveling cats crowd around Feathertail, and they realize she is dying. Crowpaw begs for her to live, but she says she will always be with him before passing. Brook says the silver cat truly came, though Crowpaw is devastated and thinks he could have spared Feathertail's life by not taking her to the cave. For a moment, Stormfur thinks he sees two silver cats, but they vanish. In the epilogue, Squirrelpaw wakes up from a terrible dream and knows Leafpaw is in trouble. She describes her dream to Tawnypelt, and the she-cat believes it's just an effect after seeing Feathertail die. Squirrelpaw recalls the events from the previous night and how they were escorted out by the Tribe. The group travels through days and nights, and they reach a jagged crest. Tawnypelt realizes the crest is Highstones, and the group knows they're almost home.#3In the prologue, it is night time in leaf-fall. Cats are walking through the forest, lead by a flame-colored tom. The tom tastes the air, and scents the acrid smell of Twoleg monsters. The tom is comforted that his mate is beside him; the she-cat is matching the tom's pace stubbornly, but her hesitant strides hint the fact she is hungry. The she-cat is worried their missing daughters will not find them. The tom, revealed by the she-cat to be Firestar, tells her all they can do is pray to StarClan that their daughters are safe. Sandstorm, the she-cat, asks if they will know where to look to come home.She asks the gray tom next to her, who is Graystripe, the same questions, and he responds by promising her they will. Firestar asks Graystripe how he can be so sure, and adds that they should've sent another patrol to search for Leafpaw, one of his missing daughters. Graystripe responds by telling Firestar if they did, they would have risked losing more cats. Sandstorm speaks up, saying that this was the hardest decision Firestar's ever had to make, and Graystripe replies, saying Firestar had to put the Clan first. Sandstorm closes her eyes and says many cats have been lost in the past moon. The wind carries her words to Firestar and and he speaks up to say that perhaps, at the next Gathering the Clans will join together to form one to face the threat the Twolegs have brought. Another cat, a tabby tom echoes Firestar's words and ask if he remembers what happened last time he suggested that.He continues, saying WindClan was half starved and to be frank, Firestar might as well have told them to eat their kits, because they were too proud to admit they need help from another Clan. Firestar replies saying things are different now, and a Clan can't survive if its kits die, so help from another Clan would be accepted. Dustpelt tells him that even though one of his kits, Larchkit, is dead it doesn't mean ThunderClan will be ordered around by another Clan. Firestar insists no Clan will be giving them orders but he believes they can help each other. Twolegs and the monsters have driven out most of the the prey further and further away and they have poisoned what is left and it is not safe to eat and they cannot fight alone.The whispering of the wind in the trees suddenly becomes a roar and as Firestar stops and pricks his ears, Sandstorm asks what is happening. Graystripe replies that Fourtrees is the source of the roar.The cats break into a run and skid to a halt at the top of a slope looking down in to a hollow. Unnatural light, described as being sharper than moonlight is blazing against the trunks of the four oaks that guard the Great Rock. More lights shine from the eyes of the monsters that sit at the edge of the clearing. The Great Rock looks small and exposed like a kit crouched on the Thunderpath. A new sound slices the air, high-pitched whining. One of the many Twolegs in the hollow raises a shiny forepaw and places it against the trunk of the nearest tree. Dust flies out from the tree and the Twoleg yowls as it bites through the ancient oak. The oak begins to lean over slowly, then gets gradually faster until it hits the ground. Sandstorm prays to StarClan to make them stop but her prayer is left unanswered as the Twoleg makes all the oaks fall to the ground with tremendous force. The cats watch frozen, unable to move. Sandstorm murmurs that the forest is dead and there is no hope for any of them. Firestar replies, telling her to have courage and so long as they have their Clan, there is hope.The destruction of the forest has already begun with all the Clans except RiverClan. They are each starving as the food supply has been cut off and the habitat destroyed by the Twolegs building a new Thunderpath. Amid the destruction, cats are being taken away by Twolegs and shut into cages, including the ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice, Leafpaw. Fourtrees is destroyed by Twolegs and Firestar takes ThunderClan away from their camp for safety, ending up at Sunningrocks.Squirrelpaw and four of the other questing cats, Brambleclaw, Crowpaw, Stormfur and Tawnypelt, return to the forest. They are still mourning the death of one of their companions, Feathertail, who died driving a stalactite through the body of Sharptooth, the huge mountain lion who had been terrorizing and killing cats from the Tribe of Rushing Water; the group of cats who live in the mountains.The cats cross into WindClan territory, to be confronted by a scrawny, tiny WindClan apprentice, Owlpaw. Crowpaw wonders why Owlpaw is out of the camp, calling him Owlkit. Crowpaw is quickly corrected by Owlpaw. Webfoot appears, asking who wants to speak with Tallstar. Crowpaw asks whether Webfoot recognizes him. Webfoot snaps back, saying he does.WindClan's leader, Tallstar, comes to Sunningrocks hoping Firestar would feed them, and lead them on their journey away from the forest. Firestar decides that they have to wait for the other two Clans, ShadowClan and RiverClan. Tallstar agrees but wants to leave soon, before they starve.Graystripe is taken by the Twolegs, but he succeeds in rescuing Leafpaw and the other cats from RiverClan and WindClan, as well as many loners and rogues in the cages. Several cats die from the starvation or because of accidents. The Clans also find out that Tigerstar was the father of Hawkfrost and Mothwing.A devastating attack on the ShadowClan camp - in which Firestar loses a life from being crushed by a tree- eventually convinces all four leaders that the Clans must leave the forest, and they set out. They shelter in a ruined Twoleg nest near Barley's farm, then reach Highstones. The dying warrior from Midnight's prophecy is revealed to be a star which runs through the night sky and drops behind the mountains, showing the direction the Clans must go to find their new home, heading towards the Tribe of Rushing Water.They continue to travel through the moors, then entering the mountains, guided by the five cats who returned from the journey to Midnight. They meet the Tribe of Rushing Water, where they shelter until they recover. Stormfur chooses to stay with the Tribe, with Brook and Feathertail's spirit. Tallstar gives Crowpaw his warrior name, letting the apprentice choose his own name in honor of Feathertail. Squirrelpaw confesses her love to Brambleclaw and he loves her back.Leaving the mountains behind, the Clans discover a forest similar to the Clan's old one around a lake reflecting the stars. Leafpaw is certain that this is the Clans' new home, when she sees Silverpelt and StarClan reflected in the lake.#4The cats of StarClan gather around and discuss how they walk in new skies, but worries still haunt the Clan. As they gather, a new prophecy is revealed: Before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red.The cats have just discovered the lake as their new home. The four Clans temporarily set up a camp by the lakeshore and decide that the next day they will sort out territories and a Gathering place. During a meeting, Firestar calls up Squirrelpaw and gives her the warrior name Squirrelflight, becoming the first cat to receive a warrior name by the lake and acknowledging StarClan's presence. The next day, the leaders call upon the four remaining cats that went on the journey - Brambleclaw, Squirrelflight, Crowfeather, and Tawnypelt - as well as Mistyfoot of RiverClan to explore all around the lake and find territories and a camp for each Clan. They depart on this new journey around the lake.The cats come across a spot that seems ideal for RiverClan, but Brambleclaw thinks it could be good ThunderClan territory too. Continuing on, they find a coniferous forest which seems to suit ShadowClan, although they find two kittypets and get involved in a fight. Desperate to prove herself by finding ThunderClan a camp, Squirrelflight runs ahead and accidentally falls down a large circular stone hollow. She recovers quickly and then realizes that it would be a perfect place for the ThunderClan camp. Brambleclaw, however, seems reluctant, but they keep it in mind. The cats later cross a moorland which Crowfeather thinks would suit WindClan. The five cats return and announce their findings to all of the other cats. They plan to leave the next day.That night, while every other cat is sleeping, Barkface, the WindClan medicine cat, goes to Firestar and tells him that Tallstar is dying. Firestar asks Brambleclaw to follow him, as well as Onewhisker, at Tallstar's request. Tallstar tells them that he does not wish for a cat like his deputy, Mudclaw, to lead WindClan, and wishes to replace him with Onewhisker as deputy. He performs the ceremony, but without using the traditional words. Shortly afterward, Tallstar dies, leaving a stunned Onewhisker. The next morning, Firestar and Onewhisker announce this to the other Clans, much to Mudclaw's fury. Onewhisker appoints Ashfoot as his deputy, although he has not yet received his lives and name. The medicine cats worry if there is another Moonstone here for Onewhisker to do so.After settling into the new camp, Mousefur falls ill. Leafpaw realizes that Mothwing had given the elders water from a small pool by the lakeshore before the Clans split up again, and the water was contaminated by a dead rabbit. The cats recover after quick care from the medicine cats. However, Leafpaw goes to WindClan and tries to cure Morningflower with watermint, as the elder is seriously ill.At the full moon, the Clans meet back by the lakeshore for the Gathering. It is cut short by foxes which attack; some warriors fight them off and there are no injuries, but the cats take this as a sign that this should not be the Gathering spot. Later, Mothwing confesses to Leafpaw that she feels she isn't cut out to be a medicine cat, and that she doesn't even believe in StarClan, which takes Leafpaw by astonishment.During Gatherings and times when the Clans are together, Brambleclaw has been spending more time with his brother Hawkfrost, which doesn't sit well with Squirrelflight. Brambleclaw has his first dream in which he meets Tigerstar and Hawkfrost. Tigerstar praises the two of them for their courage with this ordeal and tells him that he has great plans for them. There is also much tension erupting in WindClan which seems to be divided in two: Mudclaw's supporters and Onewhisker's supporters. ThunderClan fears trouble is coming from this.One night, Spottedleaf comes to Leafpaw in a dream and tells her to follow her. Sorreltail accompanies Leafpaw, and the two of them go far up on ThunderClan's territory near the border with WindClan. Spottedleaf takes Leafpaw to her destination: a pool of water which reflects the stars and moonlight. Leafpaw sees all of the cats of StarClan there including Bluestar, Feathertail, Lionheart, and all of the cats that died of hunger during the famine in the old forest. Bluestar tells her that this place, the Moonpool, is where medicine cats will come to share tongues with StarClan. She goes back to tell Cinderpelt, and the two of them tell all of the other medicine cats. Later, during the half moon, Leafpaw receives her full medicine cat name, Leafpool.The next day, Mistyfoot rushes into ThunderClan and says that Mudclaw and Hawkfrost have been meeting at night. She then says that Hawkfrost and a patrol went out at dawn that day and hadn't returned, and she suspects they've gone to attack Onewhisker's followers in WindClan. Firestar assembles a patrol to accompany him to fight, and sure enough, a battle has started on WindClan territory.Leafpool is left behind with a couple other ThunderClan warriors in the camp. Two ShadowClan warriors invade and Leafpool is nearly killed, almost falling into the hollow when they run into her, but Crowfeather comes to her rescue, just before she is about to fall. He proclaims his love for her, and so does she, not aware of her feelings until now.Brambleclaw ends up pursuing Mudclaw and Hawkfrost, and fights Mudclaw. Mudclaw has the advantage over Brambleclaw until Hawkfrost saves him. Mudclaw claims that he and Hawkfrost had an agreement: Mudclaw would take over and make Hawkfrost deputy, despite he being RiverClan. Hawkfrost denies this. Just then, lightning strikes a tree, crushing Mudclaw and making a bridge to an island, which was earlier mentioned as a possible Gathering spot. All cats gather around and celebrate Onewhisker's victory, and he says he will go and receive his leader name and nine lives as soon as possible. In the final scene, Squirrelflight sees Brambleclaw talking with Hawkfrost, and she walks away from him in disgust, ending their friendship.#5An unidentified cat is talking to a former ThunderClan leader, Bluestar. The two are discussing the cat's upcoming death. The cat is saddened by the news, and asks Bluestar how much time there is to live. Bluestar doesn't know, but says that she will join her ancestors soon, and the prologue ends with the cat looking down at the pool. This cat is later shown to be Cinderpelt.Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw continue to quarrel about Squirrelflight's mistrust of Brambleclaw's half-brother, Hawkfrost, and she realizes that their friendship is over. Squirrelflight is also growing much closer to Ashfur, who has been recently showing romantic feelings for her. Hostilities grow not only between the cats, but also between the Clans. When a ThunderClan patrol visits WindClan to learn if Onestar has received his nine lives, the WindClan cats act strangely hostile, despite ThunderClan helping them before.The Clans are struggling to get familiar with their new territories, uncovering its secrets and dangers and encountering enemies such as badgers and foxes. A patrol meets a badger and her cubs and chase them out from the Clan territory; while Squirrelflight and Ashfur are later attacked by a fox, and it is up to Brambleclaw to save them both. Meanwhile, ShadowClan has trouble with some hostile kittypets on their territory, and it falls to a ThunderClan patrol to help them devise a plan to stop the kittypets from attacking Clan cats.ThunderClan accepts new cats in their ranks: Daisy, a loner from the Horseplace, and her three kits, Mousekit, Berrykit, and Hazelkit. Because her mate is spending so much time with Daisy, Brightheart gets jealous of her, and because she feels this way, she takes to helping Cinderpelt. Despite several cats objecting, it is eventually decided the horseplace cats can stay.Leafpool helps out her friend Mothwing several times, and visits RiverClan frequently to help her out, such as when several of the Clan cats get poisoned by a Twoleg substance. She finds out about Brambleclaw meeting Tigerstar in his dreams and accepting his training and advice. Meanwhile, she deals with her forbidden love with Crowfeather, slipping out several times to secretly meet him, and struggles with her feelings as she must choose between her heart and her Clan. Eventually, Leafpool and Crowfeather decide to run away together, but after hearing from Midnight that ThunderClan has been attacked by badgers, they decide to return to help.During the fight with the badgers, who want to take revenge on the Clans for driving them out, several cats are wounded and Cinderpelt dies while protecting Sorreltail, who is kitting. ThunderClan is saved by WindClan warriors, who heard about the attack from Midnight and came to help. Sootfur is killed in the badger attack.Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw had somewhat settled their previous arguments, because the badger attack opened up their eyes to what they really need from each other. Stormfur and Brook arrive and help the Clan, though why they returned is revealed in Outcast.#6Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight's fight is over. Their love for each other has become stronger than before, but Brambleclaw must choose once and for all if he will follow in his father's pawsteps or reject the power that Tigerstar promises and concentrate on being a loyal warrior in ThunderClan.Tigerstar continues to visit Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw in their dreams. Tawnypelt, their sister, has also visited the Dark Forest, although she firmly rejects Tigerstar's offer of power. Tawnypelt says that she wants to earn power and respect by being a loyal warrior and serving ShadowClan the best that she can.In addition, it seems that something has happened in the Tribe of Rushing Water. Stormfur and Brook are unwilling to return to the Tribe and do not say why. Stormfur and Brook go back to RiverClan, but Hawkfrost has them thrown out of the Clan. After taunting Stormfur on to attack him, which he does, Leopardstar exiles Stormfur for his disregard for the warrior code. Brook leaves RiverClan with him. Brambleclaw, who witnessed the exile, takes Stormfur and Brook back to ThunderClan, and Firestar lets them stay as long as they want. Firestar doesn't get all the support he wants from his Clanmates, but having Graystripe's son in the Clan, Firestar is not as devastated about his capture.After moons of waiting and persuasion from Brambleclaw and Sandstorm, Firestar admits to himself that Graystripe isn't going to return. When the Clan begins to challenge the weary leader for accepting cats that do not belong to ThunderClan, referencing Daisy, her kits, Stormfur, and Brook. Firestar appoints a new deputy, Brambleclaw. The decision is first met with objection, because Brambleclaw had never mentored an apprentice. The matter is soon cleared when Firestar declares that his new deputy will mentor Berrykit when he comes of age.As for Cinderpelt, all of the Clans are grieving for her. Leafpool finds herself struggling between grief and betrayal, for she has not seen Cinderpelt in the ranks of StarClan. During a visit to the Moonpool, Spottedleaf comes to Leafpool in a dream and shows her that Cinderpelt has been reborn in the form of Cinderkit, a fluffy gray she-kit, who is one of Sorreltail's four kits.Leafpool also realizes that after overhearing a fight between Mothwing and Hawkfrost, and then receiving a vision from Spottedleaf, that had Hawkfrost planted the moth's wing outside of Mudfur's den back in the forest, the sign which made Mothwing a medicine cat apprentice, so he could use Mothwing to become leader.Fox traps have also been discovered in the forest, and cats are warned to avoid and also spring them if they see any. Two known victims of the traps are Berrykit, who loses part of his tail as a result of getting it caught, and Firestar.When Firestar is found caught in a fox trap, Hawkfrost urges Brambleclaw to kill the ThunderClan leader, as it is part of Tigerstar's plan for Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw to take over the four Clans. After struggling with his desires, Brambleclaw refuses to kill Firestar and he frees him from the trap. Because Brambleclaw has betrayed their father's plans, Hawkfrost attacks Brambleclaw, but Brambleclaw kills Hawkfrost with the trap's sharp stick. Before he dies, Hawkfrost claims to Brambleclaw that he had help with his plan and that their fight is not over. This leads Brambleclaw to think that there is a traitor in ThunderClan, though nothing is revealed when the book ends. After Hawkfrost's death, Brambleclaw expects to be exiled by Firestar, for the latter had just seen his deputy on the verge of killing him. Firestar, however, praises Brambleclaw for what he did.With that, the prophecy "Before there is peace, blood will spill blood and the lake will run red" is fulfilled. Leafpool realizes this when she and Squirrelflight reach Firestar and Brambleclaw, after following Ashfur's fear-scent to the lake. Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost are half-brothers, thus they share the same blood and are kin, and as he stumbles down to the lake, blood pours from Hawkfrost's neck, turning the waves red.