The First Battle/Chapter 15

==Chapter description==
:Lightning Tail devises a plan to distract Tom, and River Ripple says that they can show the kits what it is like to live with Twolegs. They all talk to the kits, reminding them of life on the moor and the cats there, and contemplating what the Twolegs will do with them. Tom grows angry, and Lightning Tail yowls to attract Tom's Twoleg and cuddles up to it, to River Ripple and Thunder's bewilderment. Tom becomes jealous, and Lightning Tail suggests that his Twolegs may want to keep him. The kits are horrified as Lightning Tail allows the Twoleg to stroke him, and Thunder tells them that they will have to be cuddled as kittypets. The Twoleg's mate picks up Tom, who lashes out at Lightning Tail, and the kits think that he will not share his Twolegs with them. They decide that they wish to go home to the moor, and Thunder sends them away with River Ripple while he stays to help Lightning Tail.
:When Thunder mocks him, Tom slashes and hisses at him, causing the Twoleg holding Lightning Tail to start to retreat. Upon realizing that Thunder wants his friend, however, Tom turns friendly to encourage his Twolegs to take him in. Thunder forcefully cuddles the Twoleg's legs, causing it to stumble and drop Lightning Tail. The two toms flee, following the kits' scent, but they soon realize that Tom is pursuing them, and they turn back to face him. He threatens to steal the kits back, but they tell him that the kits will not choose kittypet life over the moor, and Lightning Tail says that the kits will not be grateful to him for killing their mother. Tom finally leaves, and Thunder and Lightning Tail find the kits. They thank River Ripple, and while the kits are eager to see Turtle Tail and Gray Wing, Thunder wonders how to tell them about Turtle Tail's death.
==Characters==
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==Important events==
*Thunder, Lightning Tail, and River Ripple save the kits from Tom.
==Notes and references==
Category:The First Battle
Category:Chapter subpages
Category:Dawn of the Clans arc