Night Whispers/Chapter 1

==Chapter description==
:Hearing a grief-stricken yowl, Dovepaw stops fighting Toadstep to see Firestar being dragged away from the fight by Birchfall, who is helped by Spiderleg to carry him. The fighting halts and the cats watch as Brambleclaw approaches Blackstar, who is crouched beside a ginger cat. Brambleclaw claims the territory for ThunderClan, and Blackstar angrily concedes, saying that the territory is not worth the cost. Dovepaw is able to see that the ginger cat is Russetfur, and she wonders if the still deputy is dead. The ShadowClan warriors depart, with Scorchfur leading Blackstar away and Tigerheart and Rowanclaw carrying Russetfur's body, following their Clanmates home. Dovepaw notices Ivypaw comforting and helping an injured Blossomfall, while Squirrelflight looks over Leafpool, who is worried for Lionblaze. Cloudtail coaxes an exhausted and injured Brightheart to get up, and she struggles to stand.
:Bumblestripe, with a newly torn ear, tries to gloat, but Hazeltail scorns him as she tends to Mousewhisker's wounds. Dovepaw sees that Lionblaze has emerged from the battle uninjured, reminding her of the prophecy, and she silently questions his failure to save Firestar considering his power. Brambleclaw reassures Lionblaze that Russetfur had not been fit for battle and that her death was not his fault. Shocked by the realization that her mentor killed Russetfur, Dovepaw presses against him for comfort and mentally blames herself for not knowing ShadowClan's plans instead of Ivypaw. She wonders if StarClan had chosen to warn Ivypaw because Dovepaw would not use her hearing to spy, thinking that she could have stopped the battle. At Lionblaze's prompting, she heads home beside him.
==Characters==
===Major===
 
===Minor===
===Mentioned===
==Important events==
*ThunderClan wins the battle.
===Deaths===
*Firestar: killed by Russetfur
*Russetfur: killed by Lionblaze
==Errors==
*Mousewhisker is mistakenly referred to as Hazeltail's sister rather than brother.
==Notes and references==
es:Voces en la oscuridad/Capítulo 1fr:Des murmures dans la nuit/Chapitre 1
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