Firestar's Quest/Chapter 16

==Chapter description==
:Firestar wakes up believing he is back in the ThunderClan camp getting ready to send out the dawn patrol. He soon realizes he is in an unfamiliar cave, then remembers the journey he is on. Sandstorm turns to the tom and mentions she heard something. Firestar hears it too and tastes the air to find the fresh scent of cats. Firestar looks out of the den and spots a dark tabby at the cliff top. The tabby and a tortoiseshell yowl insults from the top of the gorge, but they vanish by the time Firestar clambers his way up. Firestar tells his mate that he wants to speak to the cats to gain intel on SkyClan. Sandstorm questions the leader's decision, arguing that they might not want to speak to him.
:They explore the gorge more and find plenty of big caves with enough space to fit plenty of warriors. They finish their tour around the gorge and spot four Twolegs in the distance. They take cover from the Twolegs and watch as they jump into the water. Sandstorm calls the creatures crazy, and they evaluate how a Clan would find difficulty living with Twolegs so close by. They find another trail and follow it to a deep cliff. Firestar jumps down the cliff and lays in the light as if it were Sunningrocks. Sandstorm follows right behind him and notices the potential of the gorge to be a Clan camp. Firestar notices that none of the scents from earlier are nearby. They agree that this area would be hard for any cat to live in. They observe the hard stones and the prey-barren area. Firestar still believes this was an old SkyClan camp but cannot find any remnants of them. 
:Firestar and Sandstorm wake up in the mist-covered gorge. They attempt to hunt, but the mist makes scenting nearby prey challenging. He spots a bird hiding in a bush and tries to catch it. However, a dark brown rogue scares the bird away. The two cats stand off until Firestar hears his mate call him out. She reminds him that they must talk to local cats and not scare them away. The pair catch a couple more mice and head back to the gorge where they see two cats peering out of the bushes. Firestar notices they're the same two cats he saw the day before. Firestar contemplates confronting the two cats, but tells his mate he would like to think about what to say before approaching them. They head back to the caves and find crow food littering the den. Firestar accuses the kittypets of sabotaging their sleeping area. They push the rotten prey off the cliff and wash their paws off in a nearby stream. Firestar compares the rogues living in the gorge to the Clans in the forest and tells Sandstorm they will talk to the kittypets tomorrow.
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==Notes and references==
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