Chapters 1-3 Summary and Analysis

Summary: Jaykit, Hollykit and Lionkit, the three cats of the Prophesy, play catch with a mouse and are reprimanded by their mother, Squirrelflight, for not respecting their prey. Spiderleg and Thornclaw report that a mother fox was killed in a trap near the Sky Oak in ThunderClan Territory. finding a dead fox on ThunderClan territory. The conclusion is that the cubs are somewhere in the territory and they must kill them or scare them away.

Hollykit, Jaykit and Lionkit want to go on the mission, but leader Brambleclaw admonishes them to stay and guard the camp. Not happy with such mundane duties, the kits decide to go on an unauthorized mission to find the fox cubs. They sneak out through the dirt place tunnel, make it to The Sky Oak and find the mother fox's den. The three decide...