Prologue. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. Chapter 16

WARRIORS

INTO THE WILD

ERIN HUNTER

For Billy—who left our Twoleg home to become a Warrior.

We still miss him very much.

And for Benjamin—his brother

who is with him now in StarClan

Special thanks to Kate Cary

Contents

Al egiances

Maps

Prologue

A half-moon glowed on smooth granite boulders, turning

them silver.

Chapter 1

It was very dark. Rusty could sense something was near.

Chapter 2

“Wel? ” hissed Bluestar, her face only a mouse-length from

his…

Chapter 3

That morning, as Rusty slept off his night’s wanderings,

the…

Chapter 4

Shocked yowls rose from the Clan cats and echoed

through…

Chapter 5

“Hey, Firepaw, wake up! ” Graypaw’s meow broke into

Firepaw’s dream.

Chapter 6

Early-morning sunlight streamed down onto the forest floor

as Firepaw…

Chapter 7

Firepaw retraced his steps and headed back toward the

stream.

Chapter 8

Yel owfang growled in defiance at the approaching

pawsteps, but Firepaw…

Chapter 9

“I’d go and see to Yel owfang, if I were you, ”…

Chapter 10

By the fol owing morning, a thin drizzle soaked the

treetops…

Chapter 11

Firepaw returned with a chaffinch gripped firmly between

his teeth.

Chapter 12

Firepaw peered over the brow of a bush-covered slope.

Graypaw…

Chapter 13

Firepaw reached the edge of the ravine and looked

down…

Chapter 14

The cold air chil ed Firepaw’s bones as blackness

wrapped itself…

Chapter 15

Bluestar stood and began to pad toward Mothermouth.

Tigerclaw walked…

Chapter 16

They headed back the way they had come. The moon…