Crookedstar's Promise/Chapter 32

==Chapter description==
:Hailstar's announcement causes a stir in RiverClan; while several cats are supportive of Crookedjaw, others question his inexperience since he's only fought in one battle. Oakheart and Shellheart are pleased for their kin, and Willowbreeze encourages him to accept Hailstar's offer. Crookedjaw is overjoyed; he detects Mapleshade's scent in the air and suspects the squirrel was indeed a sign from StarClan. However, as he approaches Hailstar's den, Crookedjaw overhears Brambleberry warning Hailstar that the omen wasn't from StarClan. He barges into the den to confront her, but Brambleberry insists things will go well if he makes the right choices. After she leaves, Crookedjaw accepts Hailstar's offer to become deputy. In the camp clearing, Hailstar performs Shellheart's elder ceremony, wishing him moons of plentiful rest. After the Clan cheers Shellheart's name, Hailstar officially names Crookedjaw his new deputy.
:That night, Mapleshade appears in Crookedjaw's dream, pleased that she's kept her end of the promise by helping him become deputy. He asks if she sent the omen, but Mapleshade instead insists he needs to meet someone. Crookedjaw expects it to be Rainflower, but Mapleshade instead brings him to Thistleclaw and Silverhawk. The two resume their training session, but Crookedjaw is shocked when Silverhawk draws blood and nearly kills Thistleclaw. His apprentice requests to learn the death blow, and Crookedjaw is horrified that he's encouraged to learn such deadly moves in StarClan. However, Thistleclaw and Silverhawk remark that this isn't StarClan but the Dark Forest: where cats who are turned away from StarClan go when they die. 
:Crookedjaw's world shifts around him with this revelation. Horrified, he accuses Mapleshade of lying to him, but she insists he had assumed she was from StarClan on his own. Mapleshade reveals that she did place the omen since Hailstar wouldn't have named him deputy otherwise. Thistleclaw grumbles when Silverhawk's going to help him become ThunderClan's deputy, but Silverhawk slashes at him to keep quiet. When Crookedjaw attempts to back out from Mapleshade's promise by insisting he doesn't need any more training, Mapleshade darkly vows that he can never break free from his promise to her.
==Characters==
===Major===
*Crookedjaw
===Minor===
===Mentioned===
*Rainflower
==Important events==
===Ceremonies===
==Errors==
*Shellheart is mistakenly mentioned to be Crookedjaw's mentor.
*Mapleshade is described as orange-and-white.
*Crookedjaw recalls how he saw Thistleclaw training with Silverhawk earlier, though it was Shredtail.
*Crookedjaw is mistakenly called Crookedstar before he receives his nine lives.
==Notes and references==
fr:La promesse de l'Élu/Chapitre 32
Category:Crookedstar's Promise
Category:Super Edition arc
Category:Chapter subpages