Dawn (book)/Prologue

==Chapter description==
:Two cats are softly prowling the forest at night, because that is the only time the Twoleg monsters that are destroying the forest are sleeping. The two cats are revealed to be mates, and the she-cat matches the stride of the tom, but her stride falters, revealing hunger and deep thought. The she-cat asks if their daughters will find them when they get home. The tomcat mews that they can only pray, and the she-cat turns to a gray tom next to her and asks his opinion. The ginger tom, Firestar, growls that they should have sent out more patrols to search for their missing daughter, Leafpaw, but the gray tomcat, Graystripe, interrupts.
:The she-cat, named Sandstorm, whispers something to Graystripe, and he hisses back to her. Sandstorm mews that they have lost so many cats that moon. Firestar growls that maybe the Clans will finally agree to work together. Then, a dark tabby, Dustpelt, cuts in, pointing out that WindClan especially will be hard to sway. Sandstorm argues about how Clans can be strong with no kits, but then solemnly mews that she is sorry, knowing that he himself had lost a daughter, Larchkit. The four cats continue to discuss the situation upon them. Suddenly their conversation is cut to a halt, and Graystripe yowls that something is going on at Fourtrees.
:Firestar and his Clanmates follow him to the ancient Gathering place. Bright yellow lights are illuminating the hollow, especially the four oak trees. Twolegs are destroying Fourtrees. The Great Rock is noted to look tiny and rather exposed, unlike how it is usually seen. Twolegs are infesting the sacred hollow, and suddenly one jams a shiny thing into the trunk of one of the oak trees, and the trunk is sliced, slowly but surely. The tree falls to the ground. The Twolegs work with the remaining oaks until all of them had fallen. Fourtrees is no more. The four cats stay and Sandstorm murmurs that there is no hope left and the forest is dead. Firestar tries to reassure his mate that there is hope, and they need to have that and courage; ThunderClan still lives.
==Characters==
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==Important events==
*Fourtrees is destroyed by Twolegs.
==Notes and references==
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