Thunder, Shadow, River, and Wind call Midnight before them, demanding to know why she shared secrets with Sol. Midnight stands by her decision and the warriors fade away. Rock appears and tells Midnight that she had no choice, that she had to do it to prepare the clans.
Hollyleaf dreams of Sol blocking out StarClan, and of cats screaming out in terror. She is woken by Birchfall for a hunting patrol by the ShadowClan border. As they leave Lionblaze comes back from a patrol by the WindClan border. She runs over to confide in him that she is worried about seeing Sol and that he will speak of the prophecy. Lionblaze tells her that he is probably too busy lying around the ShadowClan camp stuffing himself with fresh kill. But he agrees with her that he wishes they never confided in the strange cat. On the hunting patrol Hazeltail almost crosses the border but Hollyleaf stops her just in time. A ShadowClan patrol approaches and accuses the cats of stealing prey. Brambleclaw comes over and Hazeltail admits her mistake but insists she never crossed the border. Brambleclaw tries to point out that the ShadowClan cats are right on the border but no one is accusing them of crossing it but the cats won't listen. They mock ThunderClan and their belief in the warrior code, much to Hollyleaf's dismay. Hollyleaf decides she needs to save them from Sol. ShadowClan's taunts lead to Birchfall actually attacking them. After the fight breaks up they head back to their camp, Hollyleaf afraid that Sol is going to destroy the clans.
Jaypaw checks on Millie and her cough. Now one of her kits might be sick too. He reports this to Leafpool who has him check on the elders. Jaypaw resents his apprentice duties. He is happy for his siblings but he wishes he could be a medicine cat. Even then he knows that Leafpool will still be his mentor. He doesn't wish her dead, he just wishes to be his own cat. After checking the elders Hollyleaf catches him and tells him they need to talk later. He meets Hollyleaf and Lionblaze behind the warrior's den to discuss ShadowClan and Sol. Hollyleaf is upset that Sol is brainwashing all of ShadowClan while Lionblaze is upset that Sol promised to help them and then didn't. Jaypaw is surprised at the anger coming off of both of his siblings. He suggests they should go over and talk to Sol. Hollyleaf is shocked at the idea and insists it is breaking the warrior code. Jaypaw tells her that sometimes you have to break the warrior code to do the right thing, and reminds her that Firestar has done it in the past. She is unconvinced but when Lionblaze agrees she does as well, feeling that if it saves ShadowClan then it is the right thing. Jaypaw doesn't care about that and instead is thinking of the prophecy but figures if his sister needs that to justify what she is agreeing to do then he won't argue. That night the three siblings sneak out to ShadowClan territory. They roll in the ShadowClan scent markers to help them sneak around. As they work their way towards the camp they are worried that they haven't seen a single patrol. When they get to the camp they hear Sol speaking to the assembled cats. He is telling them that StarClan is just a group of dead cats with no power and they should not listen to them. Jaypaw is disturbed. He feels that he and his siblings stand above this but other cats should listen to StarClan. Littlecloud objects to what Sol is saying and asks if everything he has experienced has been a lie. Sol tells him that StarClan is good at deceiving and uses their lack of knowledge about the eclipse to drive his point home. Blackstar speaks up for Sol, talking about how difficult life has been here in the forest. Tawnypelt points out that life was difficult in the old forest too, but Blackstar uses that to further his argument that StarClan really cannot help them. Lionblaze and Hollyleaf are worried that Blackstar might actually be thinking of taking his clan away. As they listen Jaypaw has a vision of a badger. He tells his siblings that they need to leave now, that they are in danger. The next morning Leafpool wakes him to help her. Noises startle Jaypaw and he acts jumpy causing Leafpool to ask him what is wrong. He tells her he had a dream of a badger and worries it could be a bad thing. After pressing him for details Leafpool determines it could be Midnight. Jaypaw wants to visit Midnight but Leafpool tells him that is impossible right now.
Ashfur leads a patrol along the WindClan border. Lionblaze is in it. As they walk along Lionblaze asks Ashfur if he will give him extra battle training. Ashfur is surprised by Lionblaze's request and tells him he is a warrior now, a great fighter, and he does no need any more training. Lionblaze is pleased by his former mentor's praise since he sometimes felt like he couldn't do anything right, but he tells Ashfur that he feels there is always more to learn and he wants the extra training to help stay sharp. Ashfur agrees and leaves to tell Brightheart to head back to camp without them. Lionblaze goes to the training hollow and thinks of how foolish he was to accept Tigerstar's help as he practices his moves. Ashfur complements him and then attacks him. The two cats fight and Firestar comes across them and breaks them up. He is furious with them and isn't really interested in their answer that Lionblaze asked for extra help. He feels that Lionblaze is now a warrior and no longer needs extra help. Plus, he felt like the fight was too real. He sends Lionblaze on a hunting patrol and takes Ashfur back to camp with him. That night he dreams of Heatherpaw dead by his paws with Tigerstar congratulating him. He wakes up terrified that he is turning into a cat who will murder.
Worried that Millie's whitecough might turn into greencough, Leafpool sends Jaypaw to get catmint. He takes Poppyfrost with him but they find almost all the catmint destroyed. They bring back what little they can but it is not enough. Leafpool is upset since Briarkit is sick too and Millie now has greencough. That night they are supposed to meet at the Moonpool and Leafpool is worried about leaving Millie. Jaypaw asks to go alone. Worried, Leafpool agrees.
It was interesting to meet what I assume was the original four clan leaders. I'm not sure how they really fit in to this story, though. I have nothing else to really talk about. I am still convinced Sol is a bad guy. I think Jaypaw, Lionblaze, and Hollyleaf are too obsessed with him - and with the prophecy and their power. Of course, I am also obsessed with it. When on earth will we find out why they have these powers? Like I said before, usually people (or in this case, cats) are only born with this type of power because it is needed for some reason. And, Ashfur and Lionblaze fighting really only drives home the point that Ashfur is bad as well. So when is that going to happen?!? What can I say. I am way too impatient for some of these story lines to wrap up. I will say that this series was better then the last but it is hard to sit through six books when you know something is going to happen but you don't know where or when!
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