The Prophecies Begin (volume 1)/Cliffnotes

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*ThunderClan and RiverClan battle over Sunningrocks.
**Oakheart, the RiverClan deputy, declares that Sunningrocks will be RiverClan's territory.
**While fighting, a ThunderClan warrior, Tigerclaw, receives a scratch on his nose.
**Redtail, the ThunderClan deputy, calls a retreat as ThunderClan is overwhelmed.
*The ThunderClan leader, Bluestar, discusses ThunderClan's survival with her medicine cat, Spottedleaf.
*Spottedleaf is given a prophecy: Fire alone can save our Clan.
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*A kittypet, Rusty, dreams of catching a mouse before waking up and leaving his Twoleg nest.
**He tells his friend, Smudge, and sister, Princess, that he wants to explore the forest.
**Smudge and Princess caution him about wildcats.
*Rusty ventures into the forest, only to be attacked by Graypaw, a ThunderClan apprentice.
**Graypaw stops when Rusty fights back, and he tells Rusty about the four Clans: ThunderClan, WindClan, ShadowClan, and RiverClan.
**Bluestar and Graypaw's mentor, Lionheart, find the pair, and Bluestar is impressed with Rusty.
***Bluestar offers Rusty the opportunity to join ThunderClan.
*Rusty decides to join ThunderClan, and Lionheart and Whitestorm lead him to ThunderClan camp.
**Longtail challenges Rusty and the two fight until Longtail rips off Rusty's collar.
**Bluestar makes Rusty an apprentice, Firepaw.
*A ThunderClan battle patrol returns from Sunningrocks with Redtail's body.
**Tigerclaw explains that Oakheart killed Redtail, and that he killed Oakheart in turn.
**Tigerclaw's apprentice, Ravenpaw, is injured.
**Bluestar names Lionheart the new ThunderClan deputy and assigns Graypaw to Darkstripe.
*Graypaw wakes Firepaw for training with Lionheart and Tigerclaw the next morning.
**Lionheart and Tigerclaw show them ThunderClan's territory.
**Lionheart explains that the Clans meet at Fourtrees each full moon in peace.
**Firepaw is teased by Sandpaw and Dustpaw for his kittypet roots.
**Graypaw and Firepaw learn to hunt, and Firepaw catches his first prey.
*Firepaw trains over the course of two moons.
**He gathers herbs for Spottedleaf, and she offers encouragement.
*Firepaw, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw begin their first hunting assessment.
**While hunting, Firepaw finds Princess and tells her about his new life in ThunderClan.
**The apprentices gather, and Tigerclaw sends Rusty to speak with Bluestar.
*Bluestar confronts Firepaw about seeing Princess, reported by Tigerclaw.
**She questions Firepaw's loyalty, and Firepaw convinces her that he belongs with ThunderClan.
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*Lionheart sends Firepaw to hunt, warning him of ShadowClan scent near the Thunderpath.
**Firepaw is attacked by Yellowfang and defeats her.
**Instead of killing her, he hunts for her, and the two eat.
**Bluestar's patrol discovers them, and Bluestar scolds Firepaw for breaking the warrior code.
**Bluestar recognizes Yellowfang as the ShadowClan medicine cat and orders her and Firepaw back to camp.
**Bluestar suggests to Tigerclaw that they could get information out of Yellowfang about ShadowClan.
*Bluestar calls a Clan meeting.
**She allows Yellowfang to stay with ThunderClan.
**She takes on Firepaw as her apprentice and assigns him to care for Yellowfang as punishment.
*Over time, Firepaw looks after Yellowfang while Bluestar trains him.
**Bluestar tells Firepaw that he, Graypaw, and Ravenpaw will attend the Gathering.
*ThunderClan reaches Fourtrees for the Gathering.
**Lionheart notes WindClan's absence.
**Graypaw shows Firepaw the other Clan leaders, Crookedstar of RiverClan and Brokenstar of ShadowClan.
***Graypaw notices that Tallstar and WindClan are still missing.
**Graypaw and Firepaw listen to various stories from the gathered cats.
***Ravenpaw talks about the battle at Sunningrocks, noting that Redtail had alerted everyone of Oakheart's death.
***Tigerclaw silences Ravenpaw.
**Brokenstar demands that RiverClan and ThunderClan share territory to feed ShadowClan's kits.
***He reveals that ShadowClan drove out WindClan.
***Crookedstar admits to agreeing to Brokenstar's demands.
**Brokenstar warns of an exiled ShadowClan she-cat who harms kits.
***ThunderClan believes that it is Yellowfang and rushes home.
*Firepaw reaches camp first and warns Yellowfang.
**Bluestar defends Yellowfang from the panicking Clan and allows her to remain.
**Bluestar declares that ThunderClan will stand against ShadowClan.
***She tells Firepaw, Graypaw, Ravenpaw, and Tigerclaw to accompany her to the Moonstone the following day.
*Graypaw wakes Firepaw from a dream about a battle to set out for the Moonstone.
**Graypaw explains to Firepaw how the Moonstone works.
**Ravenpaw worries that ShadowClan will attack while they are gone.
**The patrol reaches the Thunderpath.
***Tigerclaw tries to make Ravenpaw cross first, but Bluestar goes instead.
***Every cat makes it across.
**The cats cross WindClan territory, noting the presence of ShadowClan scent.
**They reach Mothermouth, and Bluestar takes Tigerclaw and Firepaw inside with her.
***When the Moonstone glows in the moonlight, Tigerclaw flees.
***Bluestar shares with StarClan.
***Firepaw wonders if his dream about the battle was from StarClan.
***Bluestar wakes with an urgency to return home.
**The patrol happens upon Barley, a loner.
***He warns them of dogs nearby and tells them to go through a cornfield.
**Rats attack the patrol, and Barley helps fend them off.
***Bluestar loses a life and tells Tigerclaw that it was her fifth.
*The patrol reaches camp and finds that ShadowClan is attacking.
**Yellowfang defends Frostfur's kits from the ShadowClan deputy.
**ThunderClan defeats ShadowClan.
**Lionheart and Rosetail have been killed in the battle.
**Tigerclaw becomes the new deputy of ThunderClan and Bluestar makes Yellowfang a full member.
***Ravenpaw mutters that Tigerclaw is taking care of tasks just as he did Redtail.
*Firepaw feeds Yellowfang, who tells him to roll in wild garlic to soothe his rat bite.
**Firepaw overhears Tigerclaw, Darkstripe, and Longtail discussing Ravenpaw.
***Tigerclaw claims that Ravenpaw warned ShadowClan while the patrol was at Mothermouth.
*Frostfur's kits are stolen.
**Firepaw sees Yellowfang sneaking out.
**Spottedleaf has been killed.
***Yellowfang is accused of killing Spottedleaf and stealing the kits.
**Bluestar decides to wait until after the storm to take action.
***She asks Firepaw to find Yellowfang.
**Cats accuse Ravenpaw of betrayal, and Frostfur chases him from the nursery.
***Firepaw asks Ravenpaw for the truth, and Ravenpaw reveals that Tigerclaw murdered Redtail.
***Firepaw and Graypaw send Ravenpaw to Barley's farm.
*Firepaw and Graypaw find Yellowfang in ShadowClan territory with the scent of blood.
**Yellowfang says that she set out to find the missing kits and believes that Clawface killed Spottedleaf.
***She reveals that Brokenstar trains kits under six moons old.
***She explains that Brokenstar framed her for two kits' deaths and exiled her.
**Firepaw decides to find the ThunderClan patrol for help against ShadowClan, while Yellowfang gathers the ShadowClan elders.
**Whitestorm's patrol agrees to help.
**When they groups meet, Nightpelt begs ThunderClan for help.
*ThunderClan and their ShadowClan allies attack ShadowClan's camp.
**Firepaw fights Clawface, and Whitestorm stops Firepaw from killing him.
**Brokenstar fights Yellowfang, revealing that he murdered Raggedstar and the kits.
**Brokenstar is driven out.
**The kits are saved, and Yellowfang decides to return to ThunderClan as their medicine cat.
*The ThunderClan patrol takes the kits home.
**Firepaw explains how Yellowfang helped them.
**Bluestar invites Yellowfang to be ThunderClan's new medicine cat, and she accepts.
**Firepaw reports that Ravenpaw was killed by ShadowClan.
**Bluestar makes Firepaw and Graypaw warriors, naming them Fireheart and Graystripe, respectively.
*Fireheart and Graystripe sit vigil.
**Tigerclaw warns Fireheart that he will keep an eye on him.
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*The Clans are attending another Gathering.
**Nightpelt has assumed leadership of ShadowClan.
**Crookedstar revokes ShadowClan's hunting rights in the river.
**Nightpelt and Crookedstar talk about hunting on WindClan land, but Bluestar wishes to bring them back.
***Nightpelt and Crookedstar reluctantly agree.
*Fireheart tells Graystripe that he wants to tell Bluestar about Tigerclaw killing Redtail.
**Graystripe cautions him about his lack of evidence.
*Spottedleaf comes to Fireheart in a dream, giving him the fire prophecy.
**Graystripe wakes him to see Bluestar.
*Bluestar tasks Fireheart and Graystripe with finding WindClan and bringing them home.
**The two warriors find WindClan's camp and follow the scent trail.
**They find WindClan in a tunnel under a Thunderpath and inform them of Brokenstar's exile.
**After some traveling, they rest at Barley's farm with Barley and Ravenpaw.
**WindClan makes it to camp and Tallstar sends Fireheart and Graystripe home, escorted by Onewhisker and Deadfoot.
*Back home, Fireheart and Graystripe report to Bluestar.
**Bluestar holds an apprentice ceremony, assigning Swiftpaw to Longtail, Brackenpaw to Graystripe, and Cinderpaw to Fireheart.
*Fireheart and Graystripe take their apprentices to Sunningrocks to hunt.
**They find that the river is frozen over.
**Graystripe falls through the ice and is saved by a RiverClan warrior, Silverstream.
***Graystripe falls ill.
*Fireheart trains Cinderpaw and Brackenpaw, and he finds Graystripe missing in camp.
**He confronts Graystripe when he returns, but Graystripe says he needed peace.
*Fireheart and Sandpaw begin to bond and spend time together.
**After Fireheart confides in her about Graystripe, Yellowfang tells him to gather lavender with Sandpaw.
**Sandpaw apologizes for teasing Fireheart.
***They are warned by Onewhisker that RiverClan and ShadowClan have attacked WindClan.
*Bluestar sends a battle patrol to help WindClan, and Yellowfang tells her to stay behind.
*Tigerclaw's patrol enters the battle first, including Fireheart.
**Fireheart is confronted by Silverstream, but Graystripe pulls him away.
***Graystripe confesses that he and Silverstream are in love.
***Fireheart snaps that they are breaking the warrior code, and returns to the battle.
**Whitestorm and Tallstar fight Nightstar.
**The deputy of RiverClan, Leopardfur, attacks Fireheart.
***She reveals that the river is poisoned by Twolegs.
***Tigerclaw fails to help Fireheart, but Graystripe does.
**Tigerclaw defeats Crookedstar, and ShadowClan and RiverClan flee.
*ThunderClan returns home.
**Darkstripe and Tigerclaw note that Fireheart allowed Silverstream to escape.
**Graystripe thanks Fireheart for keeping his secret, and Fireheart promises to support him.
*Fireheart thinks that he does not fear Tigerclaw, and reflects that he is now a warrior.
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