Chapter 17. Chapter 18. Chapter 19. Chapter 20. Chapter 21. Chapter 22. Chapter 23. Chapter 24. Chapter 25

Chapter 17

Sunhigh came and went as the cats made their way…

Chapter 18

“Are you tel ing Firepaw how I protected Redtail? ”

Chapter 19

Graypaw and Ravenpaw were stil patching the hole when

Firepaw…

Chapter 20

By the time Firepaw returned, the camp was starting to…

Chapter 21

“Yel owfang has kil ed Spottedleaf and taken my kits! ”

screeched Frostfur.

Chapter 22

Firepaw and Graypaw retraced their steps to ThunderClan

territory. Both…

Chapter 23

Firepaw could tel there were several cats in the patrol, …

Chapter 24

Yel owfang turned and pushed her way into the bracken.

Whitestorm…

Chapter 25

Buoyed up with relief at being home again, Firepaw and…

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ALLEGIANCES

THUNDERCLAN

BLUESTAR— blue-gray she-cat, tinged

LEADER

with silver around her muzzle.

REDTAIL— smal tortoiseshel tom with a

DEPUTY

distinctive ginger tail. APPRENTICE,

DUSTPAW

SPOTTEDLEAF— beautiful dark

MEDICINE CAT tortoiseshel she-cat with a distinctive

dappled coat.

WARRIORS

(toms, and she-cats without kits)

LIONHEART— magnificent golden tabby

tom with thick fur like a lion’s mane.

APPRENTICE, GRAYPAW

TIGERCLAW— big dark brown tabby tom

with unusual y long front claws.

APPRENTICE, RAVENPAW

WHITESTORM— big white tom.

big white tom.

APPRENTICE, SANDPAW

DARKSTRIPE— sleek black-and-gray

tabby tom.

LONGTAIL— pale tabby tom with dark

black stripes.

RUNNINGWIND— swift tabby tom.

WILLOWPELT— very pale gray she-cat

with unusual blue eyes.

MOUSEFUR— smal dusky brown she-cat.

(more than six moons old, in training to

APPRENTICES become warriors)

DUSTPAW— dark brown tabby tom.

GRAYPAW— long-haired solid gray tom.

RAVENPAW— smal, skinny black tom with

a tiny white dash on his chest, and white-

tipped tail

SANDPAW— pale ginger she-cat.

FIREPAW— handsome ginger tom.

QUEENS

(she-cats expecting or nursing kits)

FROSTFUR— beautiful white coat and blue

eyes.

BRINDLEFACE— pretty tabby.

GOLDENFLOWER— pale ginger coat.

SPECKLETAIL— pale tabby, and the

oldest nursery queen.

(former warriors and queens, now

ELDERS

retired)

HALFTAIL— big dark brown tabby tom

with part of his tail missing.

SMALLEAR— gray tom with very smal

ears. The oldest tom in ThunderClan.

PATCHPELT— smal black-and-white tom.

ONE-EYE— pale gray she-cat, the oldest

cat in ThunderClan. Virtual y blind and

deaf.

DAPPLETAIL— once-pretty tortoiseshel

she-cat with a lovely dappled coat.

SHADOWCLAN

BROKENSTAR— long-haired dark brown

LEADER

tabby.

BLACKFOOT— large white tom with huge jet-

DEPUTY

black paws.

MEDICINE RUNNINGNOSE— smal gray-and-white tom.

CAT

STUMPYTAIL— brown tabby tom. APPRENTICE,

BROWNPAW BOULDER— silver tabby tom.

WARRIORS APPRENTICE, WETPAW CLAWFACE —battle-

scarred brown tom. APPRENTICE, LITTLEPAW

NIGHTPELT— black tom.

DAWNCLOUD— smal tabby. BRIGHTFLOWER—

QUEENS

black-and-white she-cat.

ELDERS

ASHFUR— thin gray tom.

WINDCLAN

TALLSTAR— a black-and-white tom with a very

LEADER long tail.

RIVERCLAN

CROOKEDSTAR— a huge light-colored tabby with

LEADER a twisted jaw.

DEPUTY OAKHEART— a reddish brown tom.

CATS OUTSIDE CLANS

YELLOWFANG— old dark gray she-cat with a broad,

flattened face.

SMUDGE— plump, friendly black-and-white kitten who lives

in a house at the edge of the forest.

BARLEY— black-and-white tom who lives on a farm close

to the forest.

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