Lost Stars/Chapter 18

==Chapter description==
:Bristlefrost is out hunting alongside Mousewhisker, Berrynose and Snaptooth. She is troubled by all the tension in the air recently, distracted by the failed attempt at restoring the Clans' connection with StarClan and the fact that Bramblestar was still unconscious and getting worse by the day. She wishes she could at least fill the hungry bellies of her Clanmates, and as if on cue, she spots a rabbit. Her and Snaptooth work together and manage to catch it.
:They find Mousewhisker and Berrynose huddled together, deep in conversation instead of trying to hunt, and Bristlefrost and Snaptooth decide to eavesdrop. Mousewhisker and Berrynose worry over what would happen if Bramblestar lost a life, since nobody knows if StarClan would be able to let him take up on his next life after death. They also theorize about whether Squirrelflight would even be able to receive her nine lives, to which Berrynose states that they would have to keep going, with or without StarClan's aid. Snaptooth sneezes and interrupts the conversation before it can go further, and the patrol returns back to camp.
:Bristlefrost shares a mouse with Ivypool and is satisfied as she watches her Clanmates eat the rabbit she caught with Snaptooth. The moment is interrupted as they witness Squirrelflight storm out of the medicine cat den, claiming that Bramblestar will get better, and that Alderheart and Jayfeather just hasn't tried everything yet. Alderheart doesn't argue with Squirrelflight's outburst, but he looks defeated and weary.
:Tigerstar and Shadowpaw are suddenly escorted into the camp. Tigerstar wants to talk with Bramblestar in private, but Squirrelflight says he has to speak with her. Reluctantly, Tigerstar reveals that he knows about Bramblestar's sickness from Shadowpaw, and they even know how to cure it. Shadowpaw explains that Bramblestar must get worse before he can get better, and instructs Squirrelflight to bring him to a very cold spot on the moor to sleep. Squirrelflight is outraged by the idea, claiming that it would kill him, and Jayfeather wonders if this is just a ShadowClan plot in order to weaken ThunderClan even further.
:Much to everybody's surprise, Tigerstar reveals that he knows about the failed attempt at the Moonpool and how furious he is for being left out, and that they all mutilated the Moonpool for no reason. He tells Shadowpaw to leave, and neither of them turn back even when Squirrelflight calls out for them to wait. Now that ThunderClan is left to themselves to mull the idea over, Alderheart claims Shadowpaw's idea might have some merit, despite Jayfeather's disbelief. He brings up how Puddleshine was saved in a very similar fashion, and after a tense silence, he exclaims that they have to do something to try and save his father.
:After a debate about Tigerstar's character, and Squirrelflight refusing Shadowpaw's method, the medicine cats come up with the idea of giving borage to Bramblestar, theorizing about dropping his temperature even further to accelerate his recovery. Bristlefrost calls for a patrol in order to fetch the herb.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Lost Stars
Category:The Broken Code arc
Category:Chapter subpages