Ivypool is in the Dark Forest. Brokenstar calls a meeting by calling for everyone who is old enough to kill their own enemies. The cats eagerly race forward. Ivypool listens as Brokenstar talks about the upcoming fight. Ivypool realizes he is speaking of attacking their clanmates, though he is careful in his wording. He doesn't actually say when this will happen, just that it will be soon. Ivypool cannot believe the cats are taken in by his words - especially Birchfall and Blossomfall. After the meeting breaks up Ivypool asks Hawkfrost how to be a warrior. He takes her to Brokenstar who orders her to fight Antpelt. Ivypool realizes what he means - only one cat can walk away from the fight. She kills Antpelt but Brokenstar still won't tell her anything, still questioning her loyalty. Breezepelt approaches Ivypool, upset with what she has done. He tells her she will pay.
Lionblaze is out on a hunting patrol with Cinderheart and some other cats. Cinderheart is clearly distracted and becomes annoyed with Lionblaze for trying to figure out why. When they get back to camp Mousewhisker and Cherrypaw are incredibly sick. Jayfeather is no where in sight and no one is sure that he will get back in time. Leafpool realizes that the cats accidentally ate water hemlock instead of parsley and poisoned themselves. She starts to take over but Cinderheart quickly starts giving orders. Much to Lionblaze's shock, Leafpool obeys Cinderheart. Jayfeather comes back right after they save the cats. He, Leafpool, and Cinderheart immediately get into a big fight. Leafpool is upset that Jayfeather told Cinderheart the truth. Cinderheart feels Leafpool never had any right to keep the truth from her. Cinderheart feels that her past changes everything. Lionblaze is shocked to realize that Cinderheart is Cinderpelt. Cinderheart races from the camp and Lionblaze follows her. He tries to talk to her but she is too upset. She is unsure of her path now, wondering if she is a warrior or a medicine cat. She also notices similarities between her two lives - in her last life she was in love with a cat she could not have too. In the end Lionblaze leaves her alone. He sits by the lake and Squirrelflight finds him. She asks him if he wants to talk and Lionblaze is so upset that even though he doesn't want to talk to his mother he does. He talks about being in love with Cinderheart, but now she feels she has to be a medicine cat. Squirrelflight tells him that all cats deserve to find a mate and have kits - and that she would not have changed anything about her life. Even though it hurts Lionblaze to admit it, he tells Squirrelflight that she was a good mother and should have kits with Brambleclaw. Squirrelflight tells him that will never happen and maybe it is for the best, and that all she wants is her own kits happy. Lionblaze responds that Cinderheart is the most unhappy.
Firestar calls a clan meeting. Everyone is buzzing with the the truth about Cinderheart. Dovewing realizes that everyone has only stopped talking about Hollyleaf because they have something new to talk about. She thinks maybe she should stop avoiding Hollyleaf and show her support by sitting next to her. Before she can, however, Cinderheart does. Foxleap makes a comment about the "odd ones" sitting together and Millie chides him for it, telling him that his clanmates deserve his kindness. Someone behind them makes a comment about how Millie should know all about being an odd one out since she used to be a kittypet. Dovewing looks for who said it but cannot see who it was. Firestar announces that Sol has allied himself with WindClan and is planning an attack. His news is met with anger and shock. Dovewing looks to the young warriors who were planning with Sol and sees them in shock of Sol's betrayal. Firestar tells the cats that they will not attack WindClan, but wait for WindClan to bring the attack to them. Brambleclaw starts talking about blocking off the entrances to the tunnels until Hollyleaf speaks up. She feels that some should be left open so they can control where WindClan comes out. Brambleclaw has her show him which tunnels they should leave alone. After she lays out her plan he asks Hollyleaf to train the cats to fight in the tunnels in case the fight goes underground.
As Dovewing and her sister go to training, Ivypool asks Hollyleaf if she saved the marigold. When Hollyleaf says yes, Brightheart realizes that it must have been Hollyleaf who gave them the yarrow, too. In the tunnels Thornclaw has a panic attack but Hollyleaf helps him. Eventually they reach the clearing and Hollyleaf gives them tips on fighting in confined spaces and in an area with a low ceiling. When they are done the cats feel confident about the upcoming fight with WindClan.
Okay, in order. Breezepelt's anger. I get that Antpelt is his clanmate, but as always Breezepelt is an idiot - a blind idiot. They are being trained to murder, which goes against the warrior code. This is not StarClan, this is the Place Of No Stars - where EVIL cats go. If Ivypool had not killed Antpelt she would have been killed in turn. And as bad as I feel for Antpelt, he was corrupted by the Dark Forest in the end. And, he was murdered in the Dark Forest by a Dark Forest warrior in the first place. That alone should have been a red flag.
Lionblaze and Squirrelflight. Lionblaze seems to be mending some bridges here. First Leafpool, then Squirrelflight. I'm not saying he is happy and has fully forgiven them, but it seems like forgiveness might actually be in the future. He even admitted to Squirrelflight that she was a good mother.
The Mille comment. This REALLY bothered me. Yes, Millie used to be a kittypet, but so to did Firestar. And Berrynose and his siblings, along with their mother Daisy, used to be loners. There is a lot of hate in the other clans for ThunderClan not being fully pure - hatred that can be overcome like it was for the rogues in ShadowClan. But it takes time and assimilation. But hatred in her own clan? That really disturbs me. A whispered snide comment at a clan meeting does not look good to me.
Sol's lies and Hollyleaf's gifts. Of course Sol lied about saving the apprentices and of course Sol is playing the clans. This is what he always does. But I am glad to have the confirmation that Hollyleaf was the one giving the gifts to the clan.
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