The Blazing Star (book)/Chapter 27

==Chapter description==
:Clear Sky rushes home, eager to be back in the forest again, accompanied by Cloud Spots, Shattered Ice, and Sparrow Fur. Shattered Ice teases Clear Sky about missing One Eye to slow him down, and Clear Sky thanks him for his help. Shattered Ice suggests that Clear Sky may remember who he truly is now, before calling out to someone. Acorn Fur emerges and greets Shattered Ice and Cloud Spots, and she leads them to Petal, Birch, and Alder, who have caught the sickness and had been kicked out by One Eye. As a few cats rush to find tansy, Petal is overjoyed to see Clear Sky, and she weakly expresses her desire to repay him before falling limp. Cloud Spots says that she is gone, and that the kits may survive. Clear Sky mourns her, recalling how she cared for the kits and had always supported him, and Shattered Ice and Acorn Fur begin to bury her. While Cloud Spots tends to the kits, Birch asks about Petal, and Clear Sky lies to protect them. Cloud Spots decides that the kits should stay there, and Clear Sky helps to bury Petal.
:Acorn Fur suggests that they return to camp, and Clear Sky sends Shattered Ice to tell Gray Wing that they need the Blazing Star, while Cloud Spots remains with the kits. Clear Sky promises to look out for Sparrow Fur, who has not returned, before heading back home. Many of his cats are happy to see him, with the exception of Snake, who accuses Clear Sky of allowing One Eye to take over. Clear Sky apologizes and stresses his efforts to help, but Snake attacks him, only to be attacked himself by Sparrow Fur. Nettle and the others join in against Snake until Clear Sky stops them, and Snake decides to leave the group. As Clear Sky reunites with his cats, Tall Shadow arrives with the Blazing Star and asks to see Cloud Spots and the kits. Clear Sky slowly leads her toward them, and she informs him that Holly has started kitting.
==Characters==
===Major===
===Minor===
===Mentioned===
==Important events==
*Petal, Alder, and Birch have caught the sickness.
*Snake leaves Clear Sky's group.
*Holly's kitting begins.
===Deaths===
*Petal: killed by the sickness
==Notes and references==
Category:Dawn of the Clans arc
Category:Chapter subpages
Category:The Blazing Star (book)