The Sun Trail/Chapter 1


 * Below contains in-depth information for chapter one of The Sun Trail. If you are looking for a shorter summary of the entire book, please check the main article.
 * Chapter Number: one (of 26)
 * Page Numbers: 7-17

Chapter Summary
 Gray Wing's PoV 
 * Gray Wing is walking in the snow, looking for prey, feeling cold and hungry. He recalls when Clear Sky and him were kits in the sunny season, feeling as if that were a life time ago. Clear Sky meets with him, and he too is unable to find any prey.


 * Suddenly, a hawk swoops down to grab the cats. Clear Sky grabs the bird and brings it down to the earth, Gray Wing holds it down, and Clear Sky kills the hawk. Gray Wing compliments his brother on the catch, but Clear Sky replies it is to scrawny to be a good meal. Gray Wing suggests bringing the hawk for the other hunting cats to eat, and Clear Sky reluctantly agrees. Halfway back to the cave, Clear Sky remarks they wouldn't have to carry it if Gray Wing let him eat it.


 * When the brothers return to camp, several cats compliment them on the catch. Turtle Tail exclaims that it's huge, and then speaks her pleasure that they brought the freshkill back for the other cats. Shattered Ice suggests the cats who are going hunting should be able to eat first. Jagged Peak asks his mother. Quiet Rain why he can't eat, and why he can't go out on a patrol, to which Quiet Rain replies that he's to young to hunt, and that the hunting cats need prey the most. Shattered Ice, Turtle Tail, and the other hunters eat the hawk.


 * Bright Stream asks Clear Sky if he caught the hawk by himself, and Clear Sky replies that Gray Wing helped. Gray Wing takes a few paces back to let the couple be. Silver Frost says to Gray Wing that Clear Sky and Bright Stream look well together, and that they'll be having kits soon. Gray Wing agrees, and Silver Frost points out that Turtle Tail would be a good mate for Gray Wing. Gray Wing is lost for words, then Stoneteller begins to walk among the other cats, cutting off the conversation. Stoneteller offers Snow Hare the rest of the hawk, but Snow Hare rejects it, saying that the young ones deserve it. Stoneteller presses on by saying Snow Hare earned her right to eat, but is interrupted when Lion's Roar suggests that the mountains had fed them for long enough. Gray Wing wonders what they mean.


 * Quiet Rain asks Gray Wing if he's eaten anything, and the Tom replies that he'll have something before he goes back out. His mother compliments him on the catch, and Gray Wing tells her that Clear Sky brought the hawk down. She then says that she'd like it when Jagged Peak and Fluttering Bird could hunt. Gray Wing observes that Fluttering Bird is very small and fragile, unlike her brother. Jagged Peak demands that Gray Wing tells him about the hawk. Gray Wing begins to describe Clear Sky's leap, when Shaded Moss calls for silence.


 * Stoneteller gets up to speak, and Silver Frost suggests that Shaded Moss is going to be appointed the next Stoneteller. Gray Wing sits down next to Clear Sky and Bright Stream for the speech. Stoneteller begins by saying that she can not change the lack of food in space in the mountains, to which Shaded Moss yowls that it is not her fault. Stoneteller continues that she has seen a place where the the tribe can rest peacefully. A certain amount of doubt is shared among the cats when she says she's seen it in her dreams. Stoneteller remarks that Shaded Moss will take whoever wants to go.


 * Shaded Moss is sad to leave, but he trusts Stoneteller, therefore, he wants to go. Dappled Pelt exclaims that she'd like to go, along with Tall Shadow. Twisted Branch calls the two cats flea-brained, since they have no idea where they're going. Clear Sky declares that he wants to go, and asks Bright Stream to join him. Bright Stream is hesitant, but before she can voice more, Jagged Peak and Fluttering Bird announce they want to go too. Quiet Rain instantly says no. The hunting patrol returns saying they found nothing. Turtle Tail asks Gray Wing if he'll come, and Gray Wing does not answer.

Major
{{mclist|1| Gray Wing Clear Sky Quiet Rain Bright Stream Stoneteller

Minor
Shattered Ice Jagged Peak Silver Frost Snow Hare Lion's Roar Fluttering Bird Shaded Moss Turtle Tail Dappled Pelt Tall Shadow Twisted Branch