Code of the Clans/Code 10

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==Chapter description==
:Finchstar perches at the top of the hollow with his Clan, watching the other Clans mingle warily below at Fourtrees. The leader signals for ThunderClan to follow as he races down the slope. ThunderClan's deputy, Daisyheart, expresses her relief by commenting that she would have turned into an icicle had she stood there any longer.
:Finchstar is greeted by two WindClan elders and a RiverClan warrior as he makes his way to the Great Rock. Hawkstar of SkyClan asks him how the prey is running, to which he replies that it runs fast as it dislikes the weather just as much as they do. WindClan's leader, Dovestar, comments that their rabbits are only muscle and bone because they run so fast and it makes them tough to chew. Reedstar, leader of RiverClan, remains silent and sits at the very edge of the Great Rock to avoid Hawkstar. Finchstar recalls that RiverClan and SkyClan had been battling over a strip of land for almost three seasons, and their war had cost the life of Dewstar, the former leader of SkyClan. Tensions were still high between the two Clans.
:Finchstar asks about ShadowClan and states that it is unlike Ripplestar to be late. Dovestar complains that he will stick to the Great Rock if the Gathering does not start soon due to the cold weather. Reedstar suggests that they have been delayed by the frost, and Hawkstar muses that something is wrong and his pelt has been itching all day. Reedstar mutters that he has fleas, which prompts Finchstar to glare at him as this night, the Clans were supposed to set their rivalries aside.
:Finchstar hears a hiss and ponders whether it is a branch or something more. Just as he wonders why Fourtrees suddenly feels unsafe, a yowl commands ShadowClan to attack. ShadowClan springs on the unsuspecting cats in the clearing. The leaders watch on in dismay before Reedstar leaps down, followed by Hawkstar and Dovestar. The leaders command their senior warriors to defend the elders and apprentices. Daisyheart begs Finchstar to help them, but when he prepares to jump down, he spots Ripplestar standing beside him on the Great Rock.
:The ShadowClan leader guesses that Finchstar never had suspected that he would do it. Finchstar hisses that Ripplestar's actions are cowardly, and Ripplestar retorts that taking on all four Clans in battle at once is hardly cowardly. Finchstar tussles with Ripplestar and demands that he calls off the attack as it is wrong. The ShadowClan tom replies that it is an easy victory and tells him to look at his cats. Finchstar glances to see many cats lying still on the ground, ShadowClan cats weaving among them.
:The ThunderClan leader yowls his protests and attempts to spring at Ripplestar again, but he slips, and Ripplestar easily dodges. Ripplestar hisses that he does not need to listen to Finchstar.
:Suddenly, Fourtrees fills with a white light before the air erupts into a loud crack and the two leaders duck down on the boulder. Finchstar wonders briefly how there could be a storm if the sky was clear and the moon was out before he is interrupted by a voice calling to him, almost drowned out by the thunder. Finchstar lifts his head. He finds the clearing to be darker than before, and the moon is blocked out by dark clouds. The ThunderClan tom cannot see Ripplestar in the darkness. The voice begs to help and Finchstar finds Ripplestar clinging to the edge of the Great Rock. Finchstar reaches out to help, but another bolt of lightning strikes, and he dives down to press his paws to his ears. He hears a wail as Ripplestar falls off the rock.
:Fourtrees is now silent as cats stare at the base of the rock before Marshscar, Ripplestar's deputy, hurries forward, exclaiming Ripplestar's name. Firestar guesses that the young ShadowClan leader had been on his last life. Marshscar accuses Finchstar of being a murderer, and Finchstar defends himself by saying he didn't kill him. The deputy asks who did, and Finchstar declares that StarClan had killed Ripplestar. Finchstar wonders if StarClan would forgive him for accusing them of murder but the sky was silent. Finchstar claims that StarClan punished ShadowClan for breaking the truce. A RiverClan tom pleads that StarClan forgives them for fighting. Dovestar yowls that every Clan will honor the full moon from this point, on and Finchstar exclaims that a new rule will be added to the warrior code: no fighting is permitted at the new moon, and the sacred truce will be abided by at every Gathering. Silently, he asks StarClan to forgive them.
==Characters==
===Major===
===Minor===
===Mentioned===
==Important events==
*The tenth rule of the warrior code is added: A Gathering of all Clans is held at the full moon during a truce that lasts for the night. There shall be no fighting among Clans at this time.
===Deaths===
*Ripplestar; knocked off the Great Rock by lightning
==Notes and references==
de:Das Gesetz der Krieger/10. Gesetz
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