The First Battle/Chapter 14

==Chapter description==
:Gray Wing awakens from a nightmare and leaves his nest to search out Turtle Tail. Watching Rainswept Flower, he recalls Wind Runner's kitting and how Turtle Tail left to search for the kits. Jagged Peak updates him on Wind Runner's kitting and tells him that Tom stole the kits. Gray Wing tries to leave to help, but Tall Shadow tells him to rest for the meeting with Clear Sky and sends him to eat. He settles with Shattered Ice, who tells him that Tom, the kits, and the search party had crossed the river. Tall Shadow asks Gray Wing about the meeting, and when Shattered Ice encourages threatening Clear Sky, she rebukes him. Gray Wing reasons that something may be pushing Clear Sky to want territory, and wonders if he fears the moor cats. He decides to check out the four trees to find a place for Clear Sky to feel comfortable so that he can recall who he once was.
:Informing Acorn Fur of where they are going, Gray Wing leads the way to the four trees. They climb up the Great Rock, and Gray Wing wonders if it would help for Clear Sky to be up there. He decides that it would be best if Clear Sky can see him when he arrives, but Tall Shadow argues that he cannot go alone, as Clear Sky is dangerous, and he relents. They head back home and find the camp quiet, and Gorse Fur says that Emberkit has died. Gray Wing rushes to see Wind Runner, where he sees Emberkit's body. In an attempt to comfort her, he suggests that Emberkit was saved from a life of suffering and that he is better off. Wind Runner snaps that he is not a mother, and that if he ever loses a kit, she will repeat his words to him. Stung, Gray Wing leaves, longing for Turtle Tail.
==Characters==
===Major===
===Minor===
===Mentioned===
==Important events==
*Gray Wing finds out that Tom took the kits.
*Gray Wing agrees to allow Tall Shadow and Thunder to accompany him to meet Clear Sky.
===Deaths===
*Emberkit
==Notes and references==
Category:The First Battle
Category:Chapter subpages
Category:Dawn of the Clans arc