Exile from ShadowClan/Cliffnotes

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*Nightpelt brings Poolcloud, a ShadowClan elder, some prey, and he encourages her to eat more than two bites.
**As she bends down to eat, she is crashed into by a gray ShadowClan warrior, who is fighting with a ginger tabby cat.
**The two cats snap at Poolcloud, telling her to get out of the way.
*Nightpelt and Poolcloud wonder why the ShadowClan warriors are so disrespectful lately, and Nightpelt says things have changed since Brokenstar became leader.
*Nightpelt remembers his last hunt in which he failed and had to return to camp and retire to the elders' den much earlier than he wanted to.
*Brokenstar calls a Clan meeting, and praises his cats for their skills in battle.
**Brokenstar goes on to say even the elders have their own roles to play, and exiles them from their camp.
**The Clan is shocked, but Nightpelt proudly says they will leave the camp.
*Nightpelt, Poolcloud, Archeye, Hollyflower, and Crowtail are left to fend for themselves, but they are accompanied by Yellowfang and Runningnose, who make sure they have shelter, food, and herbs should they need it.
*Later that night, Nightpelt is visited by his brother, Clawface, who reveals that Mosspaw has been made an apprentice early.
*The brothers discuss Brokenstar, and while Nightpelt is concerned about young cats being trained, Clawface assures Nightpelt that that Brokenstar knows what he is doing.
*Nightpelt and Archeye go hunting, and Archeye does his best to assure Nightpelt that he is doing the right thing and is an asset to the group of ragtag elders.
*The elders are soon joined by Featherstorm, who is mourning the death of her son, Mosspaw, the same cat that Brokenstar had just recently apprenticed.
*Nightpelt and the others think that Brokenstar was just trying to get rid of Featherstorm, as she is of no use when she mourns.
*Days go by, and Nightpelt and the other elders learn to make their own little Clan, and even Featherstorm starts to contribute.
*Nightpelt runs into a group of ShadowClan cats consisting of Brokenstar, Clawface, and many others. Clawface reveals that they are going to go raid WindClan.
**ShadowClan's plan is to raid them under the cover of darkness, drive them out, and avenge the death of Raggedstar, their former leader.
**Nightpelt sees that Volepaw, Littlepaw, and the others are now apprentices and he is horrified at what he sees.
**Clawface tells Nightpelt that the kits are now apprentices and that Brokenstar knows what he is doing.
*The following day, Ashfur joins the group of elders for confronting Brokenstar, and he is happily taken into the group.
*As leafbare continues on, more and more cats join Nightpelt's group and they peel away from Brokenstar and ShadowClan.
*Nightpelt, Ashfur, and Poolcloud go out hunting, and Poolcloud scents fox.
**They attempt to scare the fox, and Poolcloud is gravely injured.
**Nightpelt attempts to get help from Yellowfang and ShadowClan, but Brokenstar initially tells them no.
*Yellowfang goes to help the ShadowClan elders anyways, despite Brokenstar's words.
**Poolcloud dies from her wounds, and Yellowfang believes that this is Brokenstar's fault since he is the one who exiled the elders.
*Nightpelt, Archeye, and the others all sit vigil for Poolcloud and they bury her.
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*During a newleaf stroll through the forest, Nightpelt comes across Littlepaw and Volepaw hunting a mouse.
*Nightpelt asks Volepaw if he wants to come see his mother, Featherstorm.
**Despite showing hesitance to say no, Volepaw stands his ground and says that he does not want to see his mom.
**He is encouraged to say no by Littlepaw, who says that their mentors are waiting for them at Carrionplace.
*Nightpelt is horrified that they are training the apprentices in such a place, and he offers to accompany the young cats.
*Nightpelt sees Brokenstar and Clawface waiting for Volepaw and Littlepaw.
*Clawface greets Nightpelt warmly and asks about the elders.
*Nightpelt says they are fine, and turns on Brokenstar, wanting to know why he has the apprentices fighting dangerous creatures like rats.
**Brokenstar takes this moment to jab at Nightpelt, saying that he should have taught him better fighting moves instead of just how to hunt.
*Brokenstar, Clawface, and Nightpelt watch as Littlepaw and Volepaw take on one rat.
**Volepaw is injured, and a second rat comes to attack the apprentices.
**Nightpelt, and later Clawface, jump into the fray to attack the rat and save the young cats.
*Nightpelt returns to camp afterwards, and Featherstorm confronts him about the scent of her son on him.
*Before he can answer, Clawface and Runningnose break through the barrier to the elders' camp with Volepaw among them.
*Volepaw's injury has affected his ability to walk, and Runningnose is concerned that he would not be able to properly walk again.
*Featherstorm is worried for her son and the young apprentice opts to stay with the elders due to Brokenstar not wanting to waste his time with an injured cat.
*Nightpelt worries that Brokenstar will take out his anger on Clawface and Runningnose, but they decide to tell Brokenstar that Volepaw has died of his wounds.
**This is untrue, since Volepaw is staying with the elders.
*Runningnose opts not to tell Yellowfang, who is currently away from camp, since the older medicine cat would fight Brokenstar over it and he wants to protect Yellowfang from him.
*Clawface continues to stress that Brokenstar is a great leader, but he also could not stand to see Volepaw in pain and Brokenstar do nothing about it.
*Volepaw soon recovers, and he talks to Nightpelt about what happened, saying that he knows he cannot be a regular warrior with his injury.
*Featherstorm, Volepaw, Nightpelt, and the others are sunning themselves, when Nightpelt scents ShadowClan.
*Some of ShadowClan's cats barge into the elders' camp, and take their prey, saying they need it to attack WindClan.
*Later, Nightpelt watches in horror as ShadowClan attacks WindClan, and he discusses Brokenstar and ShadowClan with Yellowfang, who he happens to run into.
**Yellowfang tells Nightpelt that this time, Brokenstar has brought Badgerpaw, a three moon old kitten, into the battle as well.
*Nightpelt leaves Yellowfang to herself, and makes his way back to camp.
*He meets Volepaw, who shows Nightpelt that his wound is healing, although he still worries if he will be able to contribute to ShadowClan.
*Nightpelt offers to help teach Volepaw when the young apprentice reveals that Brokenstar was more concerned with battle training and not with how to catch prey.
*Volepaw is initially defensive, but he warms up to Nightpelt when he sticks to his offer and asks Volepaw what he is able to scent.
*Their training is cut short when Volepaw and Nightpelt scent other cats nearby, and they run into Brightflower, a ShadowClan queen and Yellowfang's mother.
**She is horrified and upset that her kits, Marigoldkit and Mintkit, are dead, and she says that Brokenstar has claimed that Yellowfang killed them.
*Nightpelt is disturbed by this and wants to know what happened, because he believes Yellowfang would not ever harm a kit.
*Nightpelt offers Brightflower a place in their camp, and he leaves to confront Brokenstar and ShadowClan over the accusations against Yellowfang.
*He arrives at camp to find only Runningnose, who explains that Brokenstar has left to drive out and kill what remains of WindClan.
*Nightpelt learns that Brokenstar and ShadowClan were victorious, and he leaves ShadowClan's camp.
*Blackfoot and Clawface are seen by Nightpelt hunting on WindClan land.
**They offer a rabbit to Nightpelt as a gesture of goodwill and say the elders can celebrate, but they cannot return to camp yet.
*Nightpelt calls out Blackfoot and Clawface when they both agree that Yellowfang has killed innocent kits.
*Nightpelt silently sends out a prayer to StarClan, wanting to know when the violence with ShadowClan will end, if it ever will, and when Brokenstar's tyranny will finally cease to exist.
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*Volepaw alerts Nightpelt of an approaching ShadowClan patrol, including Runningnose and Cinderfur.
**Runningnose explains that all ShadowClan cats do is fight, and they are unable to hunt properly for themselves or fix their dens, and everyone is running ragged.
*Nightpelt explains to Cinderfur that they all know what they need to do, confront Brokenstar and take him out, but Cinderfur objects.
**The gray tom mews that they cannot go against their StarClan-appointed leader, and that they are good cats.
*Cinderfur wants to try talking to Brokenstar instead of fighting, so they leave and try to talk it out.
*Nightpelt later thinks to himself that it has been three days and thinks that talking to a badger would have been easier.
*Nightpelt runs into his brother, Clawface, with four kits who he does not recognize at first.
**Upon further inspection, and seeing that one of them is bleeding, Nightpelt has discovered that Clawface has kidnapped four ThunderClan kits.
*Nightpelt tells the rest of the ShadowClan elders and refugees that Brokenstar has sunken to a new low, having taken innocent ThunderClan kits.
*Yellowfang comes barging into camp and reveals that she did not kill Brightflower's kits and that she knows how ShadowClan can save the ThunderClan kits, by teaming up with ThunderClan.
*ShadowClan teams up with Runningwind, Darkstripe, Mousefur, Willowpelt, Graypaw, Firepaw, and Whitestorm.
*They deceive Brokenstar and his group of cats by acting like they caught Yellowfang in ShadowClan territory.
*Nightpelt and Ashfur locate the den where they are keeping the ThunderClan kits.
*Yellowfang attacks Brokenstar, and the entire camp breaks out into camp.
*They are surrounded, but ThunderClan soon barges into ShadowClan's camp and turns the tide.
*Yellowfang confronts Brokenstar about the deaths of Raggedstar, Marigoldkit, and Mintkit, and he admits to being responsible for all three deaths.
*Brokenstar and his band of supporters are driven out of ShadowClan with the help of Nightpelt and the elders.
*Whitestorm leaves ShadowClan in peace, with Nightpelt in charge as leader, and Cinderfur as his deputy.
*Nightpelt and ShadowClan attend the next Gathering, and declare that he has assumed leadership of ShadowClan and will be Nightstar once he travels to the Moonstone.
*As he promised, Nightpelt and Runningnose go to the Moonstone for Nightpelt to obtain his nine lives.
**Nightpelt dreams and meets with Raggedstar, and the StarClan cat tells Nightpelt that he cannot be given nine lives.
**Nightpelt is shocked, but Raggedstar mews that StarClan cannot interfere since Brokenstar is still alive.
**Raggedstar agrees with Nightpelt, that he is the cat ShadowClan needs, so he and Runningnose keep the secret that Nightpelt was not given nine lives by StarClan.
*Nightpelt vows to be the best he can be for ShadowClan until a StarClan-appointed leader their nine lives, but for now, he will help ShadowClan reclaim its rightful place in the forest and make amends for Brokenstar's tyranny.
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