Plot Points

* Beechkit witnesses the murder of Halfstripe.
* Beechkit's siblings, Iriskit and Snowkit die of greencough.
* Beechkit's apprentice ceremony happens.
* Morningstripe dies due to old age.
* Russetleaf gets exposed.
* Beechpaw's warrior ceremony happens.
* Beechtail bonds with Redfur.
* Beechtail fools Redfur into killing his half-siblings and getting Redfur exiled.
* Lostfang gets killed in a fox trap lead by Blackwhisker and Beechtail.
* PebbleClan and LightClan fight.
* Beechtail kills Stonestar after Stonestar's wounds get infected during the battle.
* Blackwhisker leaves LightClan after fighting with Beechstar and moves to PebbleClan.
* Beechstar loses a life to infected wounds.
* Leaf-bare is deadly and many cats in LightClan die from starvation.
* Blackwhisker gets killed by Beechstar and Beechstar loses a life when fighting.
* Russetleaf confronts Beechstar and tries to convince him to stop, but Beechstar hurts her.
* Longtooth almost gets killed during war. Russetleaf dies fighting. Beechstar loses another life.
* Blackwhisker comes to Longtooth in a dream, telling him to kill Beechstar. Longtooth refuses and still stays loyal to Beechstar.
* Longtooth meets a kittypet - Saffron - and brings her to camp during a patrol, wanting Beechstar to accept her. She does eventually gets accepted but Beechstar threatened to kill Saffron.
* Saffron's warrior ceremony happens, and her name is changed to Leafbelly.
* Longtooth chooses Leafbelly as his mate, but Beechstar doesn't approve of his mate choice and challenges him to a duel to see if Longtooth can keep his mate. Longtooth refuses and Beechstar threatens to kill him.
* Leafbelly gets pregnant with Longtooth's kits, and Sootkit, Juniperkit, and Shadowkit are born.
* A war happens between PebbleClan and LightClan for the last time, LightClan defeats PebbleClan and forms WildClan.
* Soottkit's apprentice ceremony happens, Juniperkit's apprentice ceremony happens, Shadowkit's apprentice ceremony happens.
* Sootpaw, Juniperpaw, and Shadowpaw slowly figure out Beechstar's origins through Longtooth and Leafbelly. They are immediately conflicted and swear to avenge their family.
* Sootpaw is killed trying to defend the territory from the incoming battle patrol from LeopardClan. WildClan is attacked by LeopardClan but LeopardClan is overthrown and forced out of the forest. Longtooth is killed by a LeopardClan warrior. Beechstar loses another life by drowning in the Light-fall-lake while driving them out.
* Leafbelly gets a dream from Darkbriar and Onewing, to train her kits in the dark forest.
* Leafbelly trains her kits in the dark forest in desperate need of making them strong from the guilt of Longtooth's death.
* Juniperpaw and Shadowpaw's warrior ceremony happens. Juniperpaw is Juniperfrost and Shadowpaw's name is Shadowstep.
* Leafbelly regrets training them in the Dark Forest and tries to talk Shadowstep and Juniperfrost out of it. Juniperfrost agrees but Shadowstep refuses.
* Leafbelly gets sick and dies.
* Beechstar chooses Shadowstep as deputy for WildClan.
* Shadowstep plots Beechstar's death as revenge for 'everything'.
* Shadowstep starts bringing loners into WildClan, creating a small group secretly.
* Shadowstep summons his group to attack WildClan and he pretends to fight with WildClan but attacks Beechstar, killing him.