SkyClan's Destiny/Cliffnotes

These notes are brief, noting major events and minor events that will be of consequence later. They are intended to be used as a reference for those looking for specific events for re-reading.


 * The ancient SkyClan warriors had come back from a battle with the rats.
 * The warriors Sunpelt and Fallensnow had died from the battle.
 * Spiderstar could not bear to lead the Clan into more bloodshed and decides to break the Clan up.
 * A few warriors, Frostclaw and Rowanfur, admitted they had been eating food from the twolegs.
 * The deputy Honeyleaf is horrified that SkyClan could give in so easily and decides to become a rogue.
 * The headstrong warrior, Swallowflight, decides to join her, and slowly more come, too
 * The medicine cat Brackenheart heals most of the cats and gives travelling herbs to the rest.
 * The elders, Brackenheart, and Spiderstar decided to stay where they are.


 * Leafstar had a terrible dream of a flood destroying her Clan.She wakes up and realizes that it is only a dream.
 * She is glad that the Clan has survived all the way till greenleaf.
 * She reveals that there are several new additions to SkyClan.
 * Two kittypets, Waspwhisker and Fallowfern, have been recruited and have become mates.
 * Mintkit and Sagekit have been made apprentices with the names Mintpaw and Sagepaw. Their mentors are Waspwhisker and Petalnose respectively.
 * Clovertail is now loyal to SkyClan and is heavily pregnant with Patchfoot's kits.
 * Lichen has become an elder of SkyClan after getting trapped in a fox-trap. Her name is Lichenfur. Tangle is also now an elder.
 * Shrewtooth has been found on the borders of SkyClan and was made a warrior.
 * Leafstar wants to encourage Shrewtooth that he is among his friends now
 * Nettlekit and Plumkit, two of Fallowfern's kits, were play-fighting when Nettlekit fell into the river.
 * Waspwhisker then rescues him.
 * Bouncepaw, Tinypaw, and Rockpaw have their warrior ceremony and become Bouncefire, Tinycloud, and Rockshade.
 * Tinycloud questions her name, hurt that she is still referred to as tiny. Clovertail and Leafstar comfort her.
 * Skywatcher had covered the clouds to let the Clan know that he is watching them.


 * Shrewtooth gives out an attack alarm to the Clan.
 * It was the daylight-warriors, Ebonyclaw, Billystorm, and Snookpaw
 * Cherrytail and Sparrowpelt get angry at Shrewtooth but he is forgiven by Leafstar.
 * Billystorm have been teaching the kits battle moves which saddens and angers Fallowfern.
 * Patrols are organized to renew patrols, hunt, collect herbs and mentor apprentices.
 * Sharpclaw shows hostility towards the daylight warriors while appointing them to patrols and calls them kitty-warriors, which angers Leafstar.
 * Snow started falling and some of the warriors decide to explore the empty dens and clean them out for storage.
 * Billystorm decides to return to his housefolk, using the excuse that they would worry for him.
 * The warriors discuss and they decide that they have to honor the warrior code, only wanting to do the fun stuff, not the things needed for the Clan.
 * Most of the empty dens are cleaned out.
 * Leafstar sits down and tells the rest of her Clan about how SkyClan left the forest. She wonders if her Clan can actually live together.


 * Leafstar dreams she was going to explore more of the empty dens.


 * Spottedleaf appears to Leafstar.
 * She reveals to Leafstar that Firestar and Sandstorm have had two kits. Spottedleaf doesn't seem as pleased about the fact as Leafstar expected.
 * Spottedleaf and two other unknown cats give Leafstar the prophecy: Greenleaf will come but it will bring greater storms than these. SkyClan will need deeper roots if it is to survive. 
 * She talks to Echosong about this and discovered that she had the same dream too.
 * They decide not to tell the Clan until they figure out what the prophecy means.


 * Harveymoon and Macgyver are found fooling around when they were actually supposed to clean out the new dens. Leafstar confronts them.
 * Harveymoon back answers Sharpclaw when he confronts them with Leafstar.
 * The whole Clan, including Macgyver, seemed incredibly surprised by this act of foolishness.
 * Leafstar finally banishes both Harveymoon and Macgyver from the Clan for one moon.
 * All the cats, notably Billystorm and Sharpclaw, support Leafstar for her desicion to banish the two wayward daylight warriors.
 * Leafstar goes to the elders for some advice and to clean out their ticks
 * She sends off Sagepaw to help Sharpclaw and some other cats to continue cleaning out the dens.
 * Leafstar hears a cry for help and runs out to see Sagepaw dangling off a cliff.


 * Sharpclaw ran and headed towards the cliff in hopes to save Sagepaw before he fell.
 * Despite his attempts though, Sagepaw finally falls and dislocates his leg.
 * Leafstar dashes over with Echosong and the rest of her Clan
 * She sees Petalnose is distraught becasue she was his mentor. She realizes that family should not become mentors.


 * Echosong checks Sagepaw's injury
 * She uses Rockshade as a model to find out that Sagepaw's leg is dislocated. she puts it back in place.
 * Patchfoot claims to Leafstar that this accident was his fault.
 * He claimed that he provoked Sagepaw into jumping long distances from rocks by teasing him that he was not a descendant of SkyClan.
 * Leafstar shows compassion and forgives him for his stupidity.
 * Tinycloud runs to Mintpaw to tell her about Sagepaw's accident.
 * She is horrified and runs to grab some prey to keep his strength up.
 * Distraught over Sagepaw's accident, Leafstar calls a meeting and tries to clear her Clan's prejudices about having pure SkyClan ancestry.
 * Some cats disagree but Sharpclaw supports Leafstar's views, for which she is gratified.
 * Later on, Patchfoot's patrol finds Stick, Shorty, Coal and Cora.


 * Leafstar is very cautious of the four unknown cats, who tell her they met Firestar on his journey to restore SkyClan.
 * Sharpclaw disobeys Leafstar's wishes and immediately invites them to stay and learn about their new techniques.


 * Sagepaw wakes up and yowls that he is in pain from his earlier injury
 * Coal decides to join Echosong and learn more about being a medicine cat.


 * Leafstar invites the group of cats, excluding Coal, for a training session.


 * She explains that Sharpclaw liked to work on bigger projects and training sessions now and again.


 * The first exercise is to touch a thorn bush before the other team does. Sharpclaw explains they also have to try and stop the other team.


 * Sparrowpelt's group won over Waspwhisker's with Snookpaw, who uses the hunter's crouch to reach the bush while the rest fight.


 * The next task is to take a feather up and touch a branch in a tree with it, uses teamwork and one feather each.
 * Leafstar and Shorty join Sparrowpelt whilst Sharpclaw, Cora and Stick join Waspwhisker.


 * Leafstar helps her team win by taking the feather up the branch, toppling off Sharpclaw from the tree.
 * She realizes just how much she loves training with her Clan.


 * Leafstar notices that Sharpclaw has softened somewhat towards the daylight warriors and realizes the training brings them much closer.
 * The new cats offer SkyClan help with Twolegplace creatures, and question why the cats hunt during the day.
 * Leafstar explains that it is the way of a warrior, which the new cats do not seem to understand.
 * Coal returns, fascinated with his newfound experience with Echosong
 * The new cats prefer to stick to their own ways of life.
 * Tinycloud comes up to Leafstar and begs to go back to her warrior duties. Leafstars agrees and allows her to do so.
 * Leafstar worries about who would be Echosong's successor, but banishes the thoughts.
 * Billystorm approaches and shows signs of supporting Leafstar's decisions as a Clan leader.
 * Leafstar explains to the newer cats about the daylight warriors and their traditions.
 * She and Sharpclaw are both shown to be rather suspicious about the newer cats intentions.
 * Finally the new cats settle in the older dens while SkyClan brings moss to sleep in the newer ones.
 * Cora tries to convice Leafstar that the newcomers mean no harm, but it is shown that Leafstar does not completely believe her.


 * Stick's point of view
 * Stick is woken up roughly by Shorty who says that a cat, Dodge has come to meet them.
 * Cora and Snowy are sleeping beside him.
 * The two of them run over to find Dodge, Skipper and Misha taunting their friends, Coal and Percy
 * Dodge and Stick argue over hunting timings during sunrise and sunset
 * Dodge does not bother too much with Stick and orders Misha to attack
 * Misha lunges and takes out Percy's eye
 * The group of cats begin to fight but it is soon stopped by Twolegs and dogs.
 * Percy, Coal, Stick and Shorty reach back to their dens where Cora helps clean Percy up.
 * Snowy is seen to have run up a tree
 * Stick wonders where his daughter Red is. He worries for her but Cora consoles him.


 * Leafstar's point of view.
 * Leafstar, Patchfoot, Billystorm, Ebonyclaw, Snookpaw, Frecklepaw, Cora, and Shorty leave on a patrol.
 * They find a large amount of rats in a pile of Twoleg rubbish near Twolegplace.
 * Shorty and Cora suggest that they use the rats for prey.
 * The group returns to camp and Leafstar calls a Clan meeting with all the cats who were in the rat attack.
 * Shorty offers to help SkyClan fight the rats with his and his friends rat-fighting techniques.
 * Sharpclaw agrees without waiting for Leafstar to approve
 * Sharpclaw comes up with an idea to block off most of the exits in the rat nest and chase the rats out the remaining holes.
 * Shorty suggests that they tear apart the rubbish heap to help scare away the rats.
 * Leafstar says that she thinks the clan is being disrespectful to Firestar by thinking that Shorty has more knowledge than him.
 * Special rat-fighting training begins.
 * Shorty builds an enormous mound of twigs, bracken, brambles and other debris for cats to practice tearing apart.
 * Leafstar wonders if this challenge will be what it takes to unite the Clan.


 * Leafstar leads the Clan to battle against the rats.


 * Sharpclaw reminds the Clan of their battle plan - to block the rat-holes and scare the rats into the open.


 * Leafstsr wonders if there are enough of them to fight the rats.


 * She wonders whether she should have brought the daylight warriors.


 * Leafstar, Petalnose, Patchfoot, Tinycloud, Cora, Mintpaw and Shrewtooth begin climbing the mound.


 * Mintpaw slips down the mound a little and scares Leafstar.


 * The rats appear and Leafstar gives the battle cry.


 * The cats fight the rats.


 * SkyClan are victorious.


 * Waspwhisker and Cora are injured badly, and most other cats are scratched with minor injuries.


 * The Clan return to camp.