The Place of No Stars (book)/Chapter 1

==Chapter description==
:Close to dawn, Bristlefrost and her Clanmates wait for Lionblaze and the others he had taken with him to return. They had gone to kill Ashfur, who was occupying Bramblestar's body. While Bristlefrost is waiting for the patrol to return, Twigbranch, who is on watch, senses someone coming. She hurries over to the other she-cat, and is surprised to see Flipclaw appear. The Clan greets Flipclaw. The tom expresses his worry about every cat being up early, asking what had happened. Bristlefrost fills him in on what Lionblaze and the others had gone to do. Twigbranch asks what happened to the others that had left ThunderClan with him, so Flipclaw tells the Clan his story of how he and Graystripe had split up with the others to travel to the Tribe of Rushing Water to see the elder tom's son, Stormfur. The warrior tells of how rocks fell on him, which prompts Jayfeather to check his leg.
:Flipclaw says that after seeing the Tribe's customs and way of life, he missed his Clan, so he returned. The tom tells them that Graystripe went to the old forest to see if he could speak with StarClan through the Moonstone, which causes commotion between the cats who remember the old forest. Cinderheart asks what happened to Snaptooth and Flywhisker. Flipclaw shares them the sad news that the two cats had gone to become kittypets. The Clan does not take it well, accusing the two of betraying their Clan. Cinderheart defends her children, asking them if they had not thought of leaving ThunderClan in the situation Ashfur had caused.
:Before the tenseness can elevate, Lionblaze and his patrol return. The deputy dismisses the sudden appearance of Flipclaw, and tells the Clan how Ashfur managed to escape ShadowClan, explaining that Shadowsight helped the dark tom get away. The deputy explains that the others think that Squirrelflight was helping him. Bumblestripe adds that Shadowsight is now occupying Ashfur's former prison, and even Tigerstar couldn't convince his Clan. Alderheart puts in that the ShadowClan medicine cat would not purposely hurt the Clans, and there must be a reason for helping Ashfur. Lionblaze reveals that the other leaders would bring some warriors and question Shadowsight, hoping for answers, and then look for Ashfur and Squirrelflight. Others share their disbelief in their acting leader helping Ashfur. Bristlefrost adds that Rootspring and herself saw Squirrelflight soon after the Gathering, convincing her not to save Bramblestar's body. She tells the Clan that the ginger she-cat had accepted it. 
:Bumblestripe brings up that Squirrelflight may have been deceiving the younger warrior, declaring that the acting leader was a traitor. This makes lots of cats get involved, some siding with Squirrelflight, some siding with Bumblestripe's claims. Ivypool steps up, telling the Clan that she thinks Squirrelflight helped Ashfur, but only to keep her mate's body alive, asking every cat if they want Bramblestar to return. Whitewing asks if Bramblestar could return to his body after Ashfur occupying it for so long, turning to the medicine cats. Jayfeather states that there is not much hope, leaving Bristlefrost to think that it was dangerously real that their former leader that had been out of his body for so long would not return. 
:The argument continues for a while, before Mousewhisker breaks the tension and asks if he could lead a dawn patrol. He takes his cats and exits the camp. After the patrol leaves, Lionblaze announces that he needs cats to come with him to question Shadowsight. The deputy tells the Clan that he will take Plumstone, Leafshade, Bumblestripe, and Bristlefrost, telling the others to hunt. Sparkpelt intervenes, telling Lionblaze that she would like to come. Lionblaze defends himself, stating that Tigerstar might interpret too many cats as an invasion. Alderheart adds that Sparkpelt should be there, along with himself and Jayfeather, as the latter two are medicine cats. Jayfeather supports this, and Lionblaze agrees, annoyed.
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==Important events==
*Snaptooth and Flywhisker are revealed to have became kittypets.
==Notes and references==
Category:The Place of No Stars (book)
Category:The Broken Code arc
Category:Chapter subpages