After Sunset: We Need to Talk

This article is about a play written by Kate Cary, set inside the time that elapsed between Sunset and The Sight.

Plot Summary

 * After Sunset: We Need To Talk is a play, written by Kate Cary, which takes place two moons after Sunset, during leaf-fall. It depicts Leafpool's meeting with Crowfeather, in which she tries to tell him something of great importance. They meet on the border between ThunderClan and WindClan, and Leafpool attempts to tell him what she wants to, but he refuses to let her, and instead, tells her about his new mate in WindClan, Nightcloud, who will be having his kits soon. Though the canonicity of the story is unknown, Crowfeather is indeed Nightcloud's mate in The Sight, and they have a single kit, Breezepaw. Leafpool is very disturbed by this.


 * Crowfeather and Leafpool are found by patrols from their respective Clans, the ThunderClan patrol consisting of Berrypaw, Brambleclaw, and Cloudtail, and the WindClan patrol consisting of Harepaw, Onestar, and Tornear.


 * Soon, after the patrols meet, Harepaw begins mocking Berrypaw about his kittypet blood, while Berrypaw tries to provoke the WindClan apprentice into a fight. Onestar, however, greets the ThunderClan cats (Brambleclaw in particular) calmly, and asks what they're doing so near the border. But despite Onestar's serenity, Tornear acts as if the ThunderClan cats were trying to start an unfair fight with Crowfeather. Onestar, still trying to keep peace, tells his Clanmates to continue the patrol, and Brambleclaw does the same with his cats, both trying to prevent an unnecessary fight.


 * At the end of the play, the two patrols leave for their own territories, and Leafpool is seen murmuring a goodbye to Crowfeather, saying, "I hope we don't regret that we didn't speak today. "


 * The intent of this story is unknown, but a popular rumor has aroused, saying Leafpool was trying to tell Crowfeather that she was carrying his kits (or to tell him they had already been born). It is hinted this was Leafpool's intention in Sunrise, when she mentions to Crowfeather that she could not tell him. Later on in Sunrise, it is revealed that Leafpool did have kits, which were Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather, and the secret was revealed by Hollyleaf at a Gathering in sunrise.

Trivia

 * In an Erin Hunter Chat, this story was confirmed to be canon.