| "I think I know someone who can give us answers. We need to find Sol. He predicted that the sun would vanish. He told Leafpool a great darkness was coming, and the sun would disappear. I think he would have told us more, but Firestar sent him away." |
| — Jaypaw about Sol in Eclipse, page 248 |
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- Chapter Number: 18 (of 25)
- Page Numbers: 243-249
Chapter description[]
- Lionpaw finishes his mouse, and wonders if the sun would disappear again. Heatherpaw's words echo in his head, and Lionpaw thinks that he could only trust himself and the Clan. The clearing starts to empty as Firestar sends the cats off to their dens. He sees Squirrelflight lying in her nest with Hollypaw and Jaypaw, Leafpool checking on Squirrelflight. Firestar urges Leafpool to rest, saying Brightheart would see to them. Leafpool finally agrees, stating to wake her up if anything's going wrong. Hollypaw snuggles closer to the injured she-cat, and Lionpaw wishes he could fight Squirrelflight's battle for he would win, but knows that was Squirrelflight's battle. Firestar asks if he was tired, and tells him to come. Lionpaw follows him to where Dustpelt, Ashfur, Sandstorm, Cloudtail and Brambleclaw are eating. Sandstorm tells Firestar to eat a piece of the prey, since he needed his strength as much as any cat. Firestar thanks his mate, sitting down.
- Brambleclaw's thorn stab in his side is clearly hurting, for he is sitting uncomfortably. Lionpaw is angered, thinking that no other cat would be suffer because of Heatherpaw's betrayal. He sits down, thinking they were going to plan revenge. Dustpelt asks if they think the sun will disappear again. Ashfur states it might be the start, and Firestar says not to panic. Lionpaw can hardly believe they were going to talk about the sun. Dustpelt wonders if it is a message, and the sun was failing. Sandstorm argues it wasn't failing. Brambleclaw suggests it might be a warning to stop fighting, and Dustpelt contradicts this. Cloudtail tried to reason with them, but his idea is challenged by Ashfur. Dustpelt says the explanation must be StarClan. Lionpaw is furious at the conversation's topic, for enemies needed to be dealt with. He scrapes at the ground with his claws. Brambleclaw asks if he had anything to say.
- Lionpaw thinks that he has plenty to say, and declares that they must teach WindClan a lesson. Brambleclaw disagrees, saying that enough blood has been spilled. Firestar agrees that the battle is finished, and they must find out what the vanishing sun means. Sandstorm asks if Leafpool will go to the Moonpool and share tongues with StarClan. Firestar says that she will after their wounded cats can manage without her. Dustpelt mutters he hopes that it will be soon, and Ashfur agrees that the sooner the better. Lionpaw wonders why they should wait to find out if their ancestors know the answer. He thinks that it is time for action, not questions, and believes that a battle must be fought. He begins to ask why they can't do something, but stops when he realizes that he has interrupted Sandstorm. Lionpaw apologizes, backing away, conscious that he is only an apprentice. Firestar gently suggests that he rests, and Lionpaw nods and turns away, kicking sand out behind him with each step, thinking that they will one day listen to him.
- Hollypaw and Squirrelflight are sleeping, and Lionpaw watches them. Jaypaw is gone, but he emerges from the medicine den, carrying dripping moss, and walks to his mother's side, pressing the wet moss to the warrior's lips. Lionpaw quietly asks if she will live, and though he doesn't look up, Jaypaw says that he thinks she will, as their is no sign of infection. Lionpaw asks if StarClan warned if he would be injured, and he silently wonders if they warned him about anything. The ginger tabby's hear quickens in await for an answer, and his brother, putting the moss down and smoothing a frond of fern curling near Squirrelflight's nose, disagrees and meows that they didn't send a warning about the vanishing sun or battle either. Lionpaw narrows his eyes, aware that his littermate has something on his mind, and he guesses that Jaypaw thinks it doesn't have anything to do with StarClan. The small gray tom confirms this, and Lionpaw, awaiting an explanation, wonders why his littermate is always so mysterious about everything. Jaypaw tentatively begins to say something, and when Lionpaw prods him, the medicine cat apprentice looks up, and admits that he thinks he knows someone who can give them answers.
- The fur along Lionpaw's spine lifts, and his sibling's eyes seem to be watching him as if capable of sight. Jaypaw meows that they need to find Sol, as he had predicted that the sun would vanish. He explains that the tortoiseshell had told Leafpool that a great darkness was coming and that the sun would disappear, and predicts that Sol would have told them more had Firestar not send him away. Lionpaw is greatly disappointed and thinks that his brother is no better than the warriors. Lashing his tail, Lionpaw asks why everyone is obsessing over the sun, as it doesn't matter since it is back and they are okay. He states that they still have to deal with WindClan, as they will come back if ThunderClan don't show them, but Jaypaw interrupts that it does matter, and growls that WindClan are only a problem that they can easily get rid of. He points out that the sun disappeared, and that Sol knew when StarClan didn't. The gray tabby asks his littermate if he realizes what it means, and Lionpaw doesn't, but doesn't admit. The ginger tom asks what they can do about it, and Jaypaw states that they have to find Sol.
- Lionpaw leans back in surprise, and scoffs at his brother not to be silly, as the loner left yesterday and could be anywhere. He adds that Firestar won't let them wonder off to look for the stranger, and points out that there has just been a battle which injured half of their warriors, and might be followed by another invasion. Jaypaw, however, flattens his ears, and snaps at Lionpaw to remember that prophecy. He reminds his brother that they have the power of stars in their paws, making them more powerful than Firestar or StarClan, and exclaims that if Sol knows why the sun vanished, they must find him.
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| Eclipse chapters | |
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| Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8 • Chapter 9 • Chapter 10 • Chapter 11 • Chapter 12 • Chapter 13 • Chapter 14 • Chapter 15 • Chapter 16 • Chapter 17 • Chapter 18 • Chapter 19 • Chapter 20 • Chapter 21 • Chapter 22 • Chapter 23 • Chapter 24 • Chapter 25 | |