Dawn (book)/Cliffnotes

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*Firestar takes ThunderClan away from their camp for safety.
**Sandstorm expresses worry over their daughters.
*The Clan watches as Fourtrees is destroyed by the Twolegs.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*The journeying cats stop at WindClan territory for Crowpaw.
**Owlpaw and Webfoot are the first to find him.
**Webfoot tells them about the Fourtrees' destruction.
*The journeying cats work out a plan to speak with their leaders.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*Leafpaw figures out she is trapped in a Twoleg trap.
*She meets Cody, a kittypet who was also trapped.
**Leafpaw also finds Clan cats such as Brightheart, Cloudtail, Mistyfoot, and Gorsetail stuck in cages.
*The Twolegs capture Sasha, the rogue who gave her kits to RiverClan.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Brambleclaw, Stormfur and Squirrelpaw leave the other cats and travel to ThunderClan territory.
**They find that the camp has been abandoned.
**Squirrelpaw goes into the medicine cat den to check for Leafpaw.
*Having not recognized her, Cinderpelt leaps onto Squirrelpaw, thinking she was stealing her herbs.
**After the medicine cat recognizes her and Brambleclaw, she leads them to Sunningrocks and informs them on what has happened to the Clan.
*The three cats then tell her about the prophetic dreams from StarClan and explain why they left.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Cinderpelt takes them to the Clan who are at Sunningrocks.
**Squirrelpaw notices how thin she and the other cats are.
*The Clan questions their loyalty because they left the Clan when it was beginning to starve.
*Stormfur tells Graystripe about Feathertail's death.
*After Stormfur returned to RiverClan, Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw explain their absence to Firestar and his senior warriors.
**Firestar agrees to meet the other leaders at Fourtrees.
*Leafpaw's point of view.
*Sasha tells the Clan cats that she returned to see Mothwing and Hawkfrost when she heard about the starvation.
*A rogue named Coal gets hurt by a Twoleg when he attacks it.
**Leafpaw gets Gorsetail to pass her a cobweb to stop the bleeding.
*The cats attempt an escape by undoing the catches on the cages but cannot reach them.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw go with Firestar and Cinderpelt to Fourtrees at midnight.
**The other leaders, medicine cats and journeying cats arrive as well.
***Hawkfrost is also there to represent RiverClan.
*The sign from StarClan does not come and the cats disperse.
*They return home without coming to an agreement.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Squirrelpaw receives a dream from Spottedleaf, who shows her where Leafpaw has been taken.
**She wakes in the night and tells Shrewpaw about her dream.
***He convinces her to wait until morning.
*Squirrelpaw oversleeps and when she awakens, Firestar is out on patrol so she can't tell him about her dream.
**She asks Brambleclaw to go with her to find Leafpaw.
**He refuses, saying that they needed to wait.
***Sorreltail overhears them, and tells Squirrelpaw that she would go.
*Once they reach the area where Leafpaw and the others are, Squirrelpaw and Sorreltail are almost caught by Twolegs.
*They meet Graystripe's patrol at Snakerocks, who is with Thornclaw and Rainwhisker.
**Brambleclaw joins them, saying he had been looking for Squirrelpaw.
*Graystripe agrees to rescue the cats, issuing orders to the patrol.
**They manage to release all of the cats. Graystripe stays behind to free Brightheart, but is caught himself.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*The cats go back to Sunningrocks.
**Cody joins them, as it wasn't safe for her to go home.
*After they are reunited with the Clan, Brambleclaw and the others tell Firestar that Graystripe was captured.
**He is devastated by Graystripe's disappearance, and refuses to appoint a new deputy.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*Hollykit, Ferncloud and Dustpelt's kit, dies in the middle of the night.
**Birchkit is now the only remaining kit of his litter.
*Leafpaw finds Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw talking.
**They begin to doubt the message Midnight gave them.
*Leafpaw tells them about the fire and tiger prophecy when Squirrelpaw asks about it.
**Brambleclaw isn't so sure that they wouldn't destroy the Clan, even if it was unintentionally.
*The Clan begins to agree that they need to leave the forest.
**Mousefur asks who would be the new deputy, but Firestar tells her that Graystripe would remain deputy.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Whilst on patrol with Firestar, Ashfur and Brambleclaw meet Hawkfrost and his mother Sasha by the RiverClan border after they chase Sasha out of ThunderClan.
*They find out that Hawkfrost and Mothwing's father was Tigerstar.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Firestar tells the patrol not to tell the rest of the Clan about Tigerstar's two other kits.
*When they reach Sunningrocks, they find that Shrewpaw had been killed by a monster.
*Brambleclaw states that he will remain loyal only to ThunderClan, and not his kin.
*Squirrelpaw sees that the water level in the river had gone down despite all of the rain.
**They met up with Stormfur, and ask him if Leopardstar would consider leaving the forest, but he says no.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*Squirrelpaw and Leafpaw discuss Tigerstar's kin.
**Squirrelpaw tells Leafpaw that she does not trust Hawkfrost.
*Mothwing comes to ask for help for Mudfur, who had grown very ill.
**Leafpaw and Cinderpelt go to RiverClan to help him.
*Leafpaw speaks with Mothwing and Hawkfrost.
**She decides that Hawkfrost could not be trusted.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Tallstar brings WindClan to Sunningrocks and begs Firestar to journey with them to a new home.
*Tawnypelt arrives and asks for their help to save ShadowClan, as their camp was being destroyed.
**Brambleclaw is sent to RiverClan to ask Leopardstar to help them.
*Along the way, Crowpaw temporarily loses his mind, not caring that he was almost killed by a Twoleg monster.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*Brambleclaw convinces Crowpaw to help live warriors instead of joining dead ones.
*The other Clans help rescue ShadowClan from the Twoleg monsters.
**In the process of escaping, Firestar loses a life from being crushed by a tree after saving a kit and Onewhisker.
*Squirrelpaw acts as decoy to distract the Twolegs while the others escape.
*ShadowClan's camp is completely destroyed.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*ShadowClan shelter with ThunderClan at Sunningrocks.
*RiverClan and ShadowClan decide to leave with the other two Clans.
**The Clans decide to leave at dawn and head towards Highstones.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*Cody returns to her Twolegs, saying a sorrowful good-bye to Leafpaw.
*Firestar sends out ThunderClan hunting patrols for the last time in the forest.
**Blackstar stubbornly refuses to join them and send out his own patrols.
*Leafpaw and Cinderpelt prepare traveling herbs for the cats.
*Frostfur, Speckletail and Longtail decide to stay in the forest.
**Firestar convinces Longtail to join the journeying cats but allows the others to make their own decision.
*The traveling herbs are passed out among ThunderClan and the rest are given to Littlecloud for ShadowClan.
*Stormfur comes to Sunningrocks and tells the Clans that RiverClan could not leave because Mudfur was dying.
**Runningnose, Frostfur, and Speckletail go with Firestar, Cinderpelt, and Leafpaw to RiverClan.
***They find Mothwing with Mudfur, who dies shortly after they arrive.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*Leopardstar informs Firestar that Shadepelt and Loudbelly wish to remain with the ThunderClan elders and they agree to stay in the RiverClan camp.
*Before all four Clans can set out, Sasha arrives.
*She asks Mothwing and Hawkfrost to leave RiverClan to go with her.
**It is revealed to all the cats that they are Tigerstar's kits.
*Hawkfrost and Mothwing choose to stay with RiverClan when Firestar supports their position within the Clans.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*The Clans cross the moors, narrowly escaping Twoleg monsters.
*Tawnypelt, Brambleclaw and Crowpaw fight off a dog that threatens the Clans.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*The Clans encounter Ravenpaw and Barley outside their barn and then spend the night in the broken Twoleg nest.
*Upon waking, Ravenpaw asks Firestar who the new ThunderClan deputy is now that Graystripe is gone.
**Firestar seems distressed by the question, and replies that Graystripe remains the deputy, refusing to believe his friend has left forever.
*The Clans reach Highstones. The leaders and medicine cats enter Mothermouth to receive guidance from StarClan for the journey ahead.
*Brambleclaw, Squirrelpaw, Crowpaw, Tawnypelt, and Stormfur discuss whether to continue leading the Clans to sun-drown place.
**They see the "dying warrior" - a falling star - that Midnight had said would show them the way, passing over the mountains and guiding them onward.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*Ravenpaw says good-bye to Firestar, and wishes the Clans good luck.
*The questing cats tell the Clans about the sign and that they must travel over the mountains.
*The Clans continue on their journey and come across a Thunderpath.
**After ShadowClan crosses, Tallpoppy's kit becomes confused and wanders onto the Thunderpath.
***Dawnflower of WindClan saves the kit.
*The next day, Firestar sends out hunting patrols.
**Leafpaw gets caught by a dog and is rescued by Hawkfrost.
**Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw arrive and succeed in driving the dog off.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*The Clans begin ascending through the mountains.
*Smokepaw, a ShadowClan apprentice, falls into a gorge after the ledge he was standing on gives way.
**Russetfur tries to save him, but almost falls over herself.
*Brambleclaw tells the Clans how to hunt in the mountains and hunting patrols are sent out.
*They find an eagle, but it dives down to the Clans and picks up Marshkit.
**Brackenfur leaps up and manages to loosen the eagle's hold on the kit, so that it fell to the ground.
*The cats begin to panic about more attacks on them in the mountains.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*While hunting, Squirrelpaw comes across Talon and two other cave-guards.
**He goes to the Clans and takes them to the Cave of Rushing Water.
*When they arrive, Stormfur immediately rushes over to Brook, a Tribe cat he had fallen in love with.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*The Clans rest and eat in the Tribe.
**Stoneteller meets with the Clan leaders and medicine cats, and formally tells them that they can stay.
*Stoneteller shows Leafpaw the Cave of Pointed Stones, a place where he spoke with the Tribe of Endless Hunting.
*Spottedleaf visits Leafpaw in a dream, telling her that StarClan will follow the Clans.
*The Clans are forced to stay another day due to the snow.
**Leafpaw tells Stoneteller about Gathering, and he announces that they will have a gathering of their own.
**Crag shares prey with Leafpaw during the celebration of the death of Sharptooth, a mountain lion.
*Tallstar has Crowpaw's warrior ceremony.
**He requests that his name be Crowfeather, and Tallstar agrees.
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*Squirrelpaw's point of view.
*While hunting, Stormfur tells Squirrelpaw that he is staying with the Tribe to be with Brook.
*She meets up with Brambleclaw and he guesses that Stormfur is staying behind.
**He expresses jealousy at how much Squirrelpaw will miss him.
**Squirrelpaw tells him that her heart will always be with Brambleclaw.
*Before the Clans leave, Stormfur announces that he is staying behind.
*A few Tribe cats lead the Clans out of the mountains.
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*Leafpaw's point of view.
*She notices how comfortable the Clans have gotten with each other and how being out of the mountains had given them new hope.
*When the Clans are undecided on where to go, Leafpaw tells them about her dream of great shining water that held Silverpelt in it.
*Firestar tells Leafpaw how proud he was of her and Squirrelpaw.
**He goes on to say that Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw didn't destroy the Clan, but saved it.
*The Clans climb over a valley and find what would be the Clans' future home.
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Category:The New Prophecy arc
Dawn
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