Thunderstar's Echo/Cliffnotes

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*Snail Shell, Apple Blossom, Thunderstar, Lightning Tail and Owl Eyes are hunting.
*They head back to camp, along the ThunderClan-RiverClan border.
*Lightning Tail regales the apprentices with a tale.
**Thunderstar is sure his friend is the best choice for deputy.
*His happiness is short-lived as he encounters some cats squabbling.
*Clover, Thistle, and Shivering Rose are arguing.
**Clover and Thistle brought back the wrong herbs.
**Thunderstar tells the siblings to apologize and Shivering Rose to show them the correct herbs.
*Pink Eyes and Leaf are arguing as well, about prey.
**Thunderstar has to step in and tell them to grow up and stop quarrelling like kits.
*While surveying his Clan, Thunderstar spots Violet Dawn coming out of the medicine cat den.
**He worries that Violet Dawn might be sick, but she's actually just expecting kits.
*Lightning Tail assures his friend that he'll be a great father.
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*Owl Eyes, Clover, and Leaf return from a hunting patrol with very little prey.
**Leaf comments that the rain has obscured the scents.
*Violet Dawn shares the meager prey with Milkweed.
**They gulp it down in only a few bites.
*Thunderstar organizes another hunting patrol.
**Leaf argues that they won't find much out there, but Thunderstar is adamant.
*Thunderstar picks Thistle, Apple Blossom, and Gooseberry to go on the patrol.
**They object until Lightning Tail tells them they can find food if they try.
**The four manage to catch slightly more prey.
*Back at camp, Milkweed smells dogs.
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*Thunderstar grabs Patch Pelt and lifts him onto a tree.
**Next to him, Milkweed and Beech Tail climb another tree.
*The rest of the Clan clambers up nearby trees.
**Violet Dawn, Owl Eyes, and Snail Shell are held up by Clover's hurt leg.
*Thunderstar decides to have the dogs chase him so his Clan can get to safety.
**He scampers up a tree once two of the dogs crash headfirst into trees.
*The third dog is still heading for the cats on the ground.
**Violet Dawn attacks it before clambering up the tree.
*After a while Thunderstar deems it safe to get back down.
*He decides to warn the other Clans, and to go to SkyClan himself.
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*Thunderstar goes to SkyClan territory, and meets Dew Petal and Honey Pelt; the former calling Thunderstar her brother.
**Thunderstar asks them to take him to Skystar, and they agree.
**Dew Petal asks if she can see Thunderstar's kits when they are born, and Thunderstar agrees.
**Thunderstar tells Skystar about the dogs.
***Skystar tells Thunderstar that he scented some dog scent around here, but that it was very faint. Thunderstar is angry with Skystar.
**The two leaders debate attacking the dogs with all the Clans at once, but Skystar doesn't want to risk his warriors.
**Skystar decides to take Thunderstar to where he scented the dogs.
***When they reach the place, Thunderstar realizes that if he had only scented this little amount of scent he wouldn't have warned the other Clans either, and Skystar is glad at the fact that Thunderstar isn't angry with him anymore.
**They find a place where there is a parking lot, although they don't call it that, with a bunch of dead Twoleg monsters surrounded by a silvery material making a fence, and they hear dogs. 
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*Thunderstar is back at camp and tells Violet Dawn and Lightning Tail about the dogs.
**Violet Dawn remarks that she never thought Twoleg monsters could die.
*He wants to scout the area to find out more.
**Lightning Tail offers to go with him, but Thunderstar wants him to stay.
*Eventually, he lets his best friend come along, and announces his departure.
*They stumble across a dead rogue and bury her.
*Once they reach the monster lot, they find a hole in the fence.
**They try to come up with ways to block the hole.
*Both of them try to cover up the hole with rocks, to no avail.
**Thunderstar suggests they weave brambles through the silver strands to deter the dogs.
*They are spotted by the dogs and have to run.
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*They run, only to be cut off by the dogs.
**Both decide to run in opposite directions to trick them.
*Thunderstar nearly makes it to the hill, but is caught by the lead dog.
**Lightning Tail doubles back for him, and they fight the dogs.
*Both run towards the trees.
*They die and appear in StarClan.
*Thunderstar insists he needs Lightning Tail to help lead.
**His friend assures him he'll find another deputy, and he'll be watching over him.
*When he wakes up, he finds his friend's body beside him.
**He decides to hold vigil for Lightning Tail.
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*Thunderstar knows he has to tell ThunderClan that their deputy is dead.
**However, he must finish the job he and Lightning Tail started.
*He takes a different path to avoid the dogs.
*He tries to roll a large stone to block the hole, but fails.
*After watching the Twolegs, he wonders if he could show them the hole.
*Thunderstar yowls to get their attention before taking off.
**It works; the Twolegs see the hole and begin to patch it up.
*He then buries Lightning Tail in a patch where the sun shines.
*Thunderstar heads home to break the bad news.
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*He walks into his den to find Violet Dawn.
*After she asks what's wrong, Thunderstar tells her Lightning Tail is dead.
**She wails, waking the camp.
*They walk out to tell the Clan.
*Apple Blossom, Owl Eyes, Pink Eyes, and Milkweed share stories of their former deputy.
*The Clan is wrapped up in their grief after Lightning Tail's death.
**Violet Dawn says they need to snap out of it.
*She suggests picking a new deputy.
**She mentions that Owl Eyes was an excellent stand in while they were away.
*Thunderstar isn't ready to pick another deputy.
**However, he knows they need it, and is about to agree.
*Violet Dawn's kitting begins, interrupting him.
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*Thunderstar asks for Cloud Spots to come.
**He helps Violet Dawn move to the nursery.
*Thunderstar admits to Owl Eyes that he doesn't know anything about being a father.
**Owl Eyes promises him that he'll do fine.
*Violet Dawn calls for Thunderstar, who bolts into the den.
*She begins to push the first kit out.
**By sunset she has given birth to four healthy kits.
*She points out the strongest kit, who has a white stripe across her belly.
**Thunderstar feels sad that Lightning Tail would never see his kits.
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*Thunderstar proposes to go first.
**He announces the birth of his kits, as well as Lightning Tail's death.
**He also adds that he kept vigil over his friend's body, giving him peace.
*The leaders agree that a night spent with a lost Clanmate to honor them is a good idea.
*Skystar then asks who his new deputy is.
**Thunderstar announces that Owl Eyes will be the new deputy.
*Owl Eyes promises that he'll do his best.
*Back at the camp, Thunderstar helps Violet Dawn name their remaining kits.
**He names the one with the stripe Lightning Stripe, and the other one Sleek Fur.
*He looks at the sky and knows that Lightning Tail will forever be with him.
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