Spottedleaf's Honest Answer/Cliffnotes

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These notes reflect a bulleted list of major and minor events in Spottedleaf's Honest Answer that can be easily navigated. They are intended to serve as a reference for those looking for specific events in re-reading and book discussions and include links to the relevant chapter subpages further detailing each chapter's events.

Cliffnotes

• Spottedleaf introduces herself to the reader, saying that Whitestorm told her that the reader was looking for her.
  • She congratulates the reader on finding their way to StarClan, and assures them that they will not be forced to stay.
• She starts to tell about Firestar and Sandstorm, but is apparently interrupted.
  • Spottedleaf starts telling the reader what she thinks about Firestar and Sandstorm.
• She tells the reader she has always loved Firestar.
• She asks the reader if they think that she should have gotten over Firestar by now.
  • She says she can tell that this is exactly what the reader thinks.
• She apologizes for speaking harshly, promising to give an honest answer to the questions being asked.
• Spottedleaf says she will always love Firestar and will watch over him forever even though he can never be hers.
  • She says he belongs to Sandstorm and ThunderClan.
• She tells the reader that it was not love at first sight and explains why she loves him.
• She expresses her regret that she died so soon and says she wishes she could have lived on to watch over him on his path to leadership, despite the boundaries of her duty as a medicine cat that would always keep them apart.
• She tells the reader that she is still watching over him.
  • She is hurt that she is closer to him in StarClan than they were when she was alive.
• She realizes that Sandstorm is a better mate for him that she could be.
  • Sandstorm is a living breathing cat who can grow old beside him and give him kits
• The medicine cat talks of Leafpool, saying she has a special destiny just like Firestar.
• She promises to look over Leafpool and Squirrelflight until it is their time to join the ranks of StarClan.
• She asks Cherrypaw to escort the reader to the border.
  • She asks the reader not to tell any cat what Spottedleaf has told them, especially not Firestar.
  • Spottedleaf says she would not change a moment of her life if it meant losing Firestar's friendship
• She bids the reader farewell.