Forest of Secrets/Cliffnotes

These notes are brief, noting major events and minor events in Forest of Secrets that will be of consequence later.

These are intended to be used as a reference for those looking for specific events for re-reading and the book discussions.

Prologue

 * Oakheart takes Mistykit and Stonekit to RiverClan
 * Graypool agrees to suckle them

Chapter 1

 * The Gathering takes place
 * Swiftpaw is seen talking to some ShadowClan apprentices

Chapter 2

 * Fireheart and Graystripe go to see Ravenpaw in his home
 * Ravenpaw retells the battle at Sunningrocks
 * Fireheart and Graystripe meet a WindClan patrol

Chapter 3

 * Tigerclaw accuses Fireheart and Graystripe of hunting for themselves
 * As a punishment, Bluestar makes them hunt for the Clan until the next sunrise

Chapter 4

 * Fireheart goes hunting with Graystripe, Sandstorm and Brackenpaw
 * Fireheart and Graystripe sneak over to RiverClan and talk to Silverstream and Mistyfoot about the battle at Sunningrocks

Chapter 5

 * Brightkit and Thornkit become apprentices, with Whitestorm and Mousefur as mentors
 * Fireheart talks to Graypool
 * Graypool reveals that Mistyfoot and Stonefur have ThunderClan blood

Chapter 6

 * Fireheart tells Bluestar what he knows about Tigerclaw, Mistyfoot, and Stonefur
 * Bluestar refuses to listen to Fireheart's accusations about Tigerclaw

Chapter 7

 * Cloudkit jeers at Brokentail and prods him
 * Fireheart tells Cloudkit that he was a kittypet
 * Cinderpaw, Cloudkit, and Fireheart go out collecting herbs
 * Cinderpaw stops Cloudkit from&#160;eating deathberries

Chapter 8

 * Fireheart has a dream about a silver queen fading away and leaving her kits
 * Brackenpaw, Sandstorm, and Fireheart rescue Cloudkit from a badger
 * Tigerclaw makes Cloudkit look after the elders

Chapter 9

 * Cinderpaw treats Brackenpaw's wound while Fireheart explains the badger attack.
 * Fireheart helps Cloudkit care for the elders.
 * Fireheart follows Tigerclaw to Twolegplace.
 * Fireheart speaks to Princess, and tells her that he'll bring Cloudkit with him in Newleaf.
 * The Thaw arrives.

Chapter 10

 * Fireheart tells Bluestar about finding strange cat scents by Twolegplace that weren't kittypets.
 * Tigerclaw tells Fireheart to organize a group of cats to patrol the RiverClan border.
 * Fireheart's patrol finds out that the river is flooding.

Chapter 11

 * Bluestar calls a meeting about the flood.
 * She announces that no cat can go out alone.
 * Flood waters have risen.
 * Fireheart and Graystripe reascue some RiverClan kits in distress. (part 1)

Chapter 12

 * Fireheart and Graystripe rescue two RiverClan kits from drowning. (part 2)
 * They get spotted on RiverClan territory by Leopardfur, Stonefur, and Blackclaw.
 * They get escorted to RiverClan's temporary camp.
 * They get blamed for stealing kits and spying.
 * They explain what happened.
 * They agree to feed RiverClan out of ThunderClan's territory.

Chapter 13

 * Fireheart and Graystripe go out hunting for RiverClan again.
 * Cloudkit wants to go with them, but he can't and Fireheart tells him that he can't come because it's a special secret warrior mission.
 * They drop off the prey at the temporary camp.
 * Silverstream tells Graystripe that she is expecting his kits.
 * Graystripe tells Fireheart.

Chapter 14

 * Cloudkit followed their scent trail, and Tigerclaw sees them crossing the flood from RiverClan territory.
 * Tigerclaw reports them to Bluestar after escorting the three cats to camp.
 * Cloudkit is punished for leaving the camp by having to take care of the elders again.
 * Graystripe and Fireheart are punished for breaking the warrior code by having to be like an apprentice for a while, even though they still have their warrior names.

Chapter 15

 * Longtail, Fireheart, and Graystripe go hunting.
 * Cloudkit is falsely blamed for bringing in wet bedding.
 * The elders stick up for the kit.
 * Fireheart sees Tigerclaw sharing tongues with Brokentail, making him question his theories about him.

Chapter 16

 * Fireheart and Graystripe's punishment ends.
 * Fireheart, Longtail, and Tigerclaw go on a mission to see if they can make it to the gathering.
 * Tigerclaw makes Fireheart follow an extremely stupid order.

Chapter 17

 * Fireheart almost drowns following Tigerclaw's orders.
 * Longtail saves him.
 * They return to camp, and Tigerclaw blames Fireheart for his accident.
 * Yellowfang allows Cinderpaw to become a medicine cat apprentice.
 * Yellowfang announces it in a Clan meeting.

Chapter 18

 * ThunderClan is going to the gathering.
 * Bluestar is only taking warriors this time because of the floods.
 * They cross into ShadowClan territory to get there.
 * They get caught by Nightstar and his clan.
 * ShadowClan escorts them to the gathering, and not out of friendship.
 * At the gathering, Nightstar tells all of the cats in the forest that ThunderClan is sheltering Brokentail.

Chapter 19

 * WindClan and ShadowClan join forces and turn against ThunderClan because they are shelting BrokenTail.
 * Crookedstar let's ThunderClan pass through their territory to get back to thier own.
 * Fireheart takes Brackenpaw out hunting.
 * Brackenpaw scents ShadowClan and WindClan coming to invade the camp.

Chapter 20

 * ThunderClan fights the invasion that WindClan and ShadowClan bore down on their camp.
 * The battle ends. (ThunderClan wins, but every warrior is wounded, except for Graystripe who was out of camp.)
 * Fireheart realises Mistyfoot and Stonefur are Bluestar's kits

Chapter 21

 * Brackenpaw is made a warrior with the name of Brackenfur
 * Silverstream begins kitting with Cinderpaw's help
 * Silverstream dies
 * The kits are taken to ThunderClan, despite Tigerclaw saying no one will want them

Chapter 22

 * Goldenflower agrees to suckle the kits
 * Bluestar gets very angry when Speckletail points out they are half-Clan and therefore bad
 * Bluestar admits to Fireheart that Mistyfoot and Stonefur are her kits

Chapter 23

 * Fireheart learns that Mistyfoot and Stonefur's father was Oakheart.
 * Fireheart learned what happened to Bluestar's kits.
 * Graystripe learns his kits are alive.
 * Sandstorm treats Graystripe badly.

Chapter 24

 * Fireheart tells Mistyfoot of Silverstream's death
 * Cloudkit becomes Fireheart's apprentice
 * Whitestorm's kits

Chapter 25

 * Fireheart and Cloudpaw visit Princess
 * Leopardfur comes with Mistyfoot and Stonefur to ThunderClan to discuss Greystripe's kits

Chapter 26

 * The RiverClan cats discuss Greystripe's kits with Bluestar
 * They think they belong in RiverClan
 * Yellowfang and Cinderpaw visit the MoonStone
 * Fireheart follows Cloudpaw on his solo hunting mission
 * They scent rogues and Fireheart realises that Tigerclaw's led them to camp

Chapter 27

 * ThunderClan fight the rogues
 * Tigerclaw pretends to be against them
 * Fireheart finds Tigerclaw attempting to murder Bluestar in her den

Chapter 28

 * Fireheart fights and defeats Tigerclaw
 * A RiverClan patrol help ThunderClan fight off the rogues
 * Bluestar announces Tigerclaw's betrayal to the Clan
 * Tigerclaw is exiled

Chapter 29

 * Fireheart secretly watches Yellowfang kill Brokentail with deathberries, learning that he is her son
 * Bluestar names Fireheart deputy
 * The ceremony breaks with the moonhigh tradition

Chapter 30

 * Graystripe decides that he'll stay in RiverClan to look after his kits.