The Blazing Star (book)/Chapter 18

==Chapter description==
:Clear Sky, Gray Wing and Thunder enter the hollow, while Clear Sky wonders how he could lead after being defeated by One Eye. Thunder pauses beside Sparrow Fur while Cloud Spots tends to her wounds and asks how she's doing. Cloud Spots says she'll be fine, then nods to Clear Sky and says thanks for taking care of Sparrow Fur while she was in the forest. But pale gray tom thinks that he didn't entirely mean that when Cloud Spots remarks that the moor is her rightful home, but at this Sparrow Fur recoils and says that Clear Sky had rescued her from a trap. Thunder demands what happened, and Sparrow Fur explains that One Eye had trapped her in a hollow tree. All eyes are now on Clear Sky.
:Gray Wing gets angry and asks how he could let that happen, and Clear Sky protests that he himself wasn't there, and then dejectedly asks to sort out the situation at hand. Jagged Peak agrees and Thunder volunteers to help, announcing that the Blazing Star was a healing herb, and Cloud Spots adds that it could help cure the sickness. Cats all around volunteered to collect some. But in the middle of the clamor Clear Sky brings up the fact that One Eye had taken over his camp. Tall Shadow adds that cats wouldn't be able to access the Blazing Star without crossing the Thunderpath, where they would most likely run into One Eye and his rogues. Thunder suggests they discuss One Eye as a group, and everyone goes to sit below Tall Shadow on the Lookout Rock, except for Pebble Heart, who goes into Holly's den.
:When all the cats are gathered, Tall Shadow asks Clear Sky what he wants from them. He says that One Eye is a bully and a murderer, and he's a skilled fighter and knows the territory well, and claims to know about the sickness, as Shattered Ice interrupts that he won't be easy to defeat. Clear Sky asks Gray Wing what should be done, and after a few moments of silence, Gray Wing says they shouldn't strike immediately, since One Eye know Clear Sky fled and had gone to the moor cats for backup, and adds that One Eye's rogues would outnumber them. Mouse Ear asks Gray Wing what he suggests instead, so the latter asks every cat if they're in on the plan he's about to suggest. A lot of cats agree with yowls of enthusiasm, and feels proud that Gray Wing was able to get cats to side with him. Gray Wing explains his plan: to go after the Blazing Star, cure their sick cats, and then attack with more numbers.
:At this Owl Eyes protests that the herb was across the Thunderpath, and Gray Wing asks him if he's giving up already. The former says no, but also says the Thunderpath is dangerous and that he doesn't want more cats to die. Gray Wing agrees, but says the Blazing Star is more important, and that they'll all die if they don't get it. Lightning Tail agrees with the plan, but asks how they know it's a healing herb, and Thunder says Star Flower told him. At the mention of the golden she-cat, Lightning Tail scoffs, and says Thunder's mouse-brained for believing her. Clear Sky is shocked by the black tom's behavior, thinking him and his son were good friends, and also wonders how Lightning Tail was so reluctant to trust Star Flower.
:Gray Wing calls order and says that they have to act fast, because if they don't get the Blazing Star, Holly would die. Lightning Tail shrugs as Thunder volunteers to lead the expedition, but Gray Wing says they need cats to guard the hollow. He then asks Jagged Peak to lead the group, but the tom declines, saying he had to stay with Holly. But Holly disagrees, saying that they had to get the Blazing Star. Gray Wing asks Jagged Peak again if he'll go, and he nervously agrees as the former says he and the cats going on the expedition will need to rest beforehand. The tabby tom asks who'll be going, and after a moment of thought, Gray Wing suggests Lightning Tail, which surprises Clear Sky. Clear Sky volunteers to come along, and Gray Wing agrees, but leans to close to whisper to let Jagged Peak lead instead of taking over, to give their younger brother a chance to prove himself. Swallowing, the pale gray tom agrees, but then wonders if One Eye was lying in wait for them.
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==Notes and references==
Category:The Blazing Star (book)
Category:Dawn of the Clans arc
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