Chapters 16-17 Summary and Analysis

Jaypaw, troubled, figures that he might not have been able to overcome Owlpaw without Lionpaw's help. Will he ever become a warrior? He's beginning to seriously question his chosen vocation. It's the one thing he wants above all. But perhaps he has to accept that he can't fight alone. Fury rages inside him like a badger cornered in its set. Maybe, after all, he should go for the medicine cat apprenticeship.

Brambleclaw returns and reports to Firestar that the warriors have remarked the trees and covered the stench of ShadowClan. But something is troubling him. The ShadowClan cats claim that ThunderClan is not authentic because they've taken in a bunch of non-Clanborn cats, and both Firestar and Brambleclaw think that the opposing cat clan may have a point. But others disagree and cite Millie's excellent performance in the recent...