The First Battle/Chapter 23

==Chapter description==
:Storm berates Clear Sky for the deaths that resulted from the conflict and accuses him of being greedy. Clear Sky attempts to defend himself, insisting that he did not want any cat to starve like Fluttering Bird. Storm remarks that it was fear that drove Clear Sky, but he has nothing to fear after death any longer. She announces that they have arrived with a message, and she asks her son Thunder if he knows what it is. Elsewhere in the bloodied hollow, Shaded Moss admonishes Tall Shadow for leading the mountain cats to all this death, questioning how she can decide who lives or dies. Fircone's spirit reminds Gorse Fur and Wind Runner how they used to hunt together. Storm asks River Ripple if he has guessed what their message is about, and the silver loner is about to reply when Clear Sky accuses him of not belonging with their groups. Storm snaps at him to stop arguing. A shooting star streaks across the sky, and Cloud Spots declares it a a sign. The spirit cats continue, explaining how they all live under one sky. They must unite or die. One-by-one, the spirit cats begin to disappear, and Storm tells them to return to the four trees at the next full moon. As rain begins to fall, the living cats wonder what they all just witnessed. Clear Sky asks what they should do now, and Wind Runner insists they must do what they can to create a better future. Tall Shadow agrees but concludes they must bury their dead first.
==Characters==
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==Important events==
*The spirit cats bestow a message to the living cats: unite or die.
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==Trivia==
*This chapter aligns with chapter twelve of Riverstar's Home.
==Notes and references==
Category:The First Battle
Category:Dawn of the Clans arc
Category:Chapter subpages