Moonrise/Chapter 9

Chapter description

 * Stormfur and the group of Clan cats are escorted by the Tribe further into the cave. Several cats look up at them with caution. They speak among each other about the newcomers, but Stormfur can’t hear them well because the roar of the waterfall. He looks around the cave and sees sleeping places clustered around the walls, and pieces together the cave must be the Tribe’s camp


 * Crag returns with a lithe and mud-plastered cat that introduces himself as Stoneteller and states he is the tribes healer. He welcomes the cats to stay and eat.


 * Stormfur takes a rabbit from the pile and sits down to eat it. As he takes a bite, a young cat gasps that the Clan cats don’t share prey. Stormfur feels embarrassed when he sees two of the Tribe cats take a bite of prey then swap the pieces before eating. He explains to the young cat that the Clans share prey, just not in the same way.


 * Squirrelpaw wonders if the Tribe believes in StarClan. Feathertail tells her that Stoneteller had mentioned the Tribe of Endless Hunting, so that might be what they call StarClan or their own ancestors.


 * After the Clan cats finish eating, Stoneteller introduces Crag, Mist, and Star to them. Stoneteller asks to known something more about the clans. Brambleclaw accounts the dreams from StarClan and the salt water sign that lead them to Sun-drown-place to find Midnight.


 * A cave-guard patrol returns and Stoneteller says he must check on them. Tawnypelt sees worry on Mist’s face so she asks if the Tribe is being attacked. Star mentions no other Tribes exist to attack them since they guard the Cave of Pointed Stones. Stormfur asks why they are afraid, but Star only tells him they can’t say.