Chapters 24-25 Summary and Analysis

Newleaf arrives, and with it an influx of available prey. A gathering is called. Hollypaw and Lionpaw attend, but Jaypaw must stay behind once again and he feels lost and out of place. Far in the distance he can hear the excited cries of warriors and their apprentices drifting through the trees. He wants wail to StarClan that it isn't fair. But he must not behave like a kit, however much he's treated like one.

Jaypaw goes into a trance and sees through Lionpaw's eyes. Lionpaw is participating in a hunting contest, and Jaypaw has a premonition that something is going to happen, something bad. Hollypaw gets into a scrap with Heatherpaw and emerges victorious. Jaypaw meanwhile is racing through the forest to warn Lionpaw of some unknown danger. But suddenly he gets the scent of badger mixed with...