Dawn (book)/Chapter 3

Chapter Summary

 * Squirrelpaw runs ahead of Stormfur and Brambleclaw in the direction of the ravine where the ThunderClan camp is located. She notes that the smell of Twoleg monsters hovers in the air, and when a rumbling growl sounds further ahead, she develops a feeling of unhappiness. Squirrelpaw realizes that the Twolegs are at the camp already and sees a place where a hole had appeared in the forest that had bordered the ravine. Brambleclaw comes up beside her and looks out from the trees. He tells Squirrelpaw to be careful, and she feels his pelt touch hers. She notices that a wide trail had been dug through the trees. The ground is now bumpy, muddy, and churned up like the moor, not hidden and smoothed by plants as she remembered it. The journeying cats' route to the camp is blocked by roaring monsters destroying more trees. Squirrelpaw flattens her ears and hides under the bracken.


 * His voice unusually calm, Brambleclaw reminds her that Midnight told them it would be bad. Squirrelpaw moves closer to him for comfort. Brambleclaw declares that they couldn't go this way, as it was too dangerous; the group would have to go around and come toward the camp from the other side. Stormfur suggests that Brambleclaw lead, as he knows the territory better that Stormfur. After being asked if she is okay, Squirrelpaw replies that all she wants to do is get back to ThunderClan. Brambleclaw takes off away from the area destroyed by the Twolegs, the others following.Squirrelpaw dashes toward the clearing where she and the other apprentices had trained, wondering how her Clanmates could have lived with the Twolegs amd their monsters so close.

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