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- These notes reflect a bulleted list of major and minor events in Yellowfang's Secret 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.
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- Goosefeather and his apprentice Featherpaw, of ThunderClan, Hawkheart of WindClan, Sagewhisker of ShadowClan, and Milkfur with her apprentice Bramblepaw, of RiverClan, meet near Highstones.
- Goosefeather makes Featherpaw a medicine cat apprentice.
- Featherpaw sees a StarClan cat, Mallowfur, and says he has missed her a lot.
- He later meets Molepelt, an ancient ShadowClan medicine cat.
- Molepelt tells Featherpaw that a darkness will be brought by a ShadowClan medicine cat and will cause harm towards ThunderClan.
- Molepelt's old apprentice, Hollowbelly, appears and tells Molepelt he should not be telling everything to Featherpaw, and that they did not know if it was time.
- After Hollowbelly and Molepelt leave Featherpaw wonders how a ShadowClan medicine cat could harm ThunderClan.
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- Yellowkit, Nutkit, and Rowankit are playing in the ShadowClan camp and Yellowkit tells Nutkit to be a WindClan warrior, because she wants to show off her battle moves.
- Nutkit suggests to his littermates that they should go catch mice in the brambles, and Raggedkit teases Nutkit, angering Nutkit, and he calls Raggedkit a kittypet.
- Yellowkit remembers overhearing the elders discussing who Raggedkit and Scorchkit's father was, and how it was possible it was a kittypet.
- The five kits are about to get into a fight when Brightflower calls Yellowkit and her littermates back to the nursery.
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- Cedarstar calls a Clan meeting to make Scorchkit and Raggedkit apprentices.
- Yellowkit feels as if she has a thorn in her paw, but when Brightflower looks there's nothing there.
- After the meeting, Yellowkit goes to see Sagewhisker. Yellowkit waits outside while Sagewhisker treats Lizardstripe, who had stepped on a thorn.
- When Lizardstripe comes out Yellowkit's paw has stopped hurting, and she can't find a trace of anything sharp in the ground.
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- Yellowkit and Nutkit wake up in the night with stomachaches.
- Brightflower notices them and goes to get Sagewhisker, but first asks if they ate anything.
- Nutkit tells her that he found, and then ate some of a dead sparrow. Yellowkit says she didn't eat any of it, but Brightflower and Sagewhisker don't believe her.
- Sagewhisker comes over with herbs, and Yellowkit asks if she's going to give them herbs to make them sick. Sagewhisker says yes, and feeds them the yarrow.
- The next day Yellowkit wakes up hungry but remembers that Brightflower told her not to eat anything.
- Yellowkit goes by the elders as Lizardfang tells a story of how they chased out a WindClan warrior.
- Yellowkit passes by the fresh kill-pile and is tempted by a mouse, but Sagewhisker stops her.
- To entertain Yellowkit, Sagewhisker teaches about herbs.
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- Yellowkit worries that Silverflame is getting sick.
- Yellowkit sees Brackenfoot, her father, training , Raggedpaw, and watches them.
- Yellowkit, Rowankit, and Nutkit have their apprentice ceremonies and receive their new names: Yellowpaw, Rowanpaw, and Nutpaw
- Rowanpaw is apprenticed to Finchflight, Nutpaw is apprenticed to Amberleaf, and Yellowpaw is apprenticed to Deerleap.
- Yellowpaw feels a sharp pain in her belly at the start of the tour of the territory with her mentor.
- They go back to camp, but Yellowpaw sees that Sagewhisker is busy, so they resume the tour.
- When they come back to camp, Brightflower reveals that Silverflame is dying.
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- Yellowpaw visits Silverflame for the last time.
- Yellowpaw begs Sagewhisker to help the ailing she-cat, but Sagewhisker explains that she cannot do any more.
- Yellowpaw goes for a walk with Littlebird as Silverflame dies, grieving while Littlebird tries to comfort her.
- Yellowpaw goes hunting with Deerleap, and catches a blackbird and a lizard.
- Yellowpaw sees Nutpaw and Rowanpaw by the fresh-kill pile with fresh-kill that they caught.
- Deerleap suggests a joint training session with all the apprentices.
- When they get to the training hollow, Raggedpaw and Scorchpaw are practicing moves.
- Yellowpaw practices with Nutpaw, and Rowanpaw with Scorchpaw.
- Rowanpaw gets injured, and Yellowpaw collapses too, feeling her sister's pain.
- Crowtail scolds Scorchpaw because he didn't have his claws sheathed and injured Rowanpaw.
- Amberleaf asks Nutpaw what he did to Yellowpaw, but Nutpaw announces that he didn't hurt his sister.
- After returning to camp, Raggedpaw teaches Yellowpaw more battle moves.
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- Yellowpaw and her littermates are following Deerleap for a training session with Wolfpaw and Foxpaw.
- Deerleap pairs the apprentices up and sends them off to hunt as partners.
- Yellowpaw smells strange cats near the Thunderpath and spot evidence of WindClan cats at the border.
- Yellowpaw and Foxpaw explain to Brightflower and Blizzardwing about WindClan on their territory.
- Brightflower and the rest of the mentors call for the apprentices to bring extra warriors.
- Deerleap asks Yellowpaw if she is ready for a battle against WindClan, to which she quickly agrees.
- ShadowClan invades WindClan territory.
- Reedfeather encounters the ShadowClan cats and asks them to leave.
- The patrol doesn't move and Stonetooth leaps onto the WindClan deputy.
- Raggedpaw saves Yellowpaw from a large WindClan tom, annoying Yellowpaw.
- The battle ends, and ShadowClan returns to their camp victorious.
- Cedarstar gives Raggedpaw his warrior name, Raggedpelt.
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- Yellowpaw attends the Gathering and sits with her father, Brackenfoot.
- WindClan enters Fourtrees and surround Raggedpelt and Yellowpaw.
- The WindClan warriors taunt Raggedpelt about his heritage.
- Yellowpaw decides that she will help Raggedpelt find out who his father is as the Gathering begins.
- After the Gathering, Yellowpaw struggles to rest as she wonders about Raggedpelt's father and admires Raggedpelt's skill.
- Yellowpaw wakes up Lizardfang and Littlebird and asks him what they know about Raggedpelt's father.
- Littlebird reveals that Featherstorm used to spend time near the Twolegplace border.
- The next night, Yellowpaw wakes Raggedpelt and explains her plan to find his father.
- The two cats travel to Twolegplace, and meet three kittypets: Marmalade, Red and Pixie.
- They are hostile at first, but decide the best way to get rid of them is to find answers to their questions, and lead them to meet Jay.
- The kittypets chase Yellowpaw and Raggedpelt away, but are stopped by a small she-cat who introduces them to Hal.
- Hal denies knowing anything about forest cats, yet bears a striking resemblance to Raggedpelt.
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- The next morning, Yellowpaw is chosen for a patrol to go hunt in the Carrionplace, as prey is scarce.
- Yellowpaw attempts to talk to Raggedpelt, but he brushes her off.
- The patrol splits off into pairs, and Archeye and Yellowpaw hunt together.
- Raggedpelt is scolded by Stonetooth for being cold to Yellowpaw.
- Two moons pass, and Deerleap tells Yellowpaw that they are going to the Moonstone.
- Sagewhisker tells Yellowpaw to listen to what StarClan says, which confuses Yellowpaw.
- Deerleap announces Yellowpaw that she is going to retire and become an elder soon.
- The two cats enter the cavern where the Moonstone lies, and Yellowpaw dreams.
- She dreams of her warrior name being Yellowfang, before the scene shifts to her having kits, and then again to her overwhelmed by loss and anger.
- When she wakes, Deerleap orders her to leave the place quickly, and tells Yellowpaw that she must never tell anyone what she saw in her dreams.
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- Yellowpaw and her littermates have their warrior ceremonies, becoming Yellowfang, Nutwhisker, and Rowanberry.
- Sagewhisker congratulates Yellowfang, and asks about her Moonstone dream.
- Later, Yellowfang is on a border patrol with Hollyflower, Newtspeck, and Toadskip, and the patrol finds evidence of prey-stealing.
- The patrol splits up to find the intruder, but have no luck and return to camp.
- Cedarstar leads a patrol later in the evening to find the intruders.
- Red, Boulder, and several other Twolegplace cats fight the Clan cats, and the Clan cats manage to chase them off.
- Yellowfang is overcome with pain despite not being visibly injured.
- Sagewhisker checks her over, but finds no injury.
- The medicine cat begins questioning Yellowfang over where her wounds are, and reveals that Yellowfang is feeling the pain from wounds other cats sustained.
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- Several of Yellowfang's Clanmates see her storm away from the medicine cat's den and ask if she is alright.
- Rowanberry goes after her when she leaves the camp, but Yellowfang sends her away when she feels her sister's injured claw.
- Yellowfang decides to continue being a warrior.
- During a hunting patrol, Yellowfang, Featherstorm, Blizzardwing, Nutwhisker, and Foxpaw discuss a badger living on their territory while returning to camp.
- Toadskip and Nettlespot escort Red and Boulder into the ShadowClan camp.
- The two cats ask to join ShadowClan.
- Cedarstar decides to allow the two to stay for one moon, during which they will need to prove they deserve to properly join the Clan.
- Later that night, Boulder and Red talk to Yellowfang about her and Raggedpelt's trip to the Twolegplace.
- Red promises to keep it a secret.
- Cedarstar holds an apprentice ceremony for Red and Boulder.
- Red is renamed Russetpaw and assigned Featherstorm as her mentor.
- Boulder requests to keep his original name and is assigned Mousewing as his mentor.
- Several cats express their disapproval, though Yellowfang supports her leader's decision.
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- Yellowfang takes part in a training session led by Brackenfoot.
- Both she and Rowanberry are impressed by Russetpaw and Boulder's tenacity and skills.
- Yellowfang spots Raggedpelt and goes after him, but the two cats encounter a badger.
- Yellowfang assists Raggedpelt in the fight while struggling with feeling his pain, continually reminding herself that she is not injured.
- Sagewhisker requests to speak to Yellowfang.
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- Sagewhisker once again tries to convince Yellowfang to become a medicine cat, which angers Yellowfang.
- Raggedpelt is injured but thanks Yellowfang for saving his life, rekindling their friendship.
- Yellowfang leads a patrol to drive off the badger.
- The patrol tracks the badgers to the border and decides to not pursue.
- Yellowfang is grateful yet guilty over feeling relieved that she did not have to hurt them.
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- Raggedpelt and Yellowfang hunt together.
- Littlebird asks Yellowfang to help her with a tick once Yellowfang returns to camp.
- The elder warns Yellowfang against taking Raggedpelt as a mate.
- Foxpaw and Wolfpaw earn their warrior names: Foxheart and Wolfstep.
- Raggedpelt says he still thinks Russetpaw and Boulder are spies.
- Yellowfang senses Nettlespot's pain and goes to see Sagewhisker about it.
- Sagewhisker has Yellowfang take herbs to Nettlespot.
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- Sagewhisker tries to give Yellowfang herbs to deliver to Cloudkit.
- Yellowfang joins Crowtail, Hollyflower, and Newtspeck's patrol.
- The four cats discuss a strange looking lump of snow, deciding that it looks like a Twoleg and dubbing it a Noleg.
- They discuss Russetpaw and Boulder, and how the two cats are adjusting to Clan life.
- The patrol finds evidence of kittypets on their territory, and encounter Marmalade.
- Marmalade attacks Newtspeck.
- Yellowfang attempts to convince the patrol to leave him alone.
- Back in camp, Yellowfang delivers Newtspeck to Sagewhisker, who has her assist once more.
- Raggedpelt confronts Yellowfang and asks about the kittypet encounter.
- He is angry when she tells him that Marmalade did not mention Hal, and runs off.
- Rowanberry calls Raggedpelt Yellowfang's mate.
- The Twolegplace cats invade ShadowClan's camp.
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- The ShadowClan cats fight the Twolegplace cats.
- Pixie tells Yellowfang that they attacked because they believe Russetpaw and Boulder are prisoners.
- Yellowfang tries to convince Marmalade that Russetpaw and Boulder joined of their own free will, but he is not convinced.
- Yellowfang tells Cedarstar the reason for the attack.
- He sends her to go find the two cats so they can explain for themselves.
- Yellowfang finds Hal, Featherstorm, and Raggedpelt.
- Featherstorm and Hal admit that Hal is Raggedpelt's father.
- Hal taunts Raggedpelt about his heritage, and Raggedpelt attacks, ultimately killing him.
- Russetpaw, Boulder, Frogtail, and Deerleap appear.
- Yellowfang explains that the Twolegplace cats attacked the camp to 'rescue' Russetpaw and Boulder.
- Raggedpelt tells them that Hal tried to attack Yellowfang when they see Hal's dead body.
- Russetpaw reveals that Hal was her father.
- Russetpaw and Boulder tell the Twolegplace cats that they like life in the Clans.
- Marmalade explains that the attack was Hal's idea, and are shocked at his death.
- The Twolegplace cats leave ShadowClan territory.
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- Leaf-bare hits ShadowClan hard and there is not enough prey despite constant hunting patrols.
- Yellowfang and Raggedpelt are hunting, and Raggedpelt scolds Yellowfang for missing a catch.
- They see Featherstorm and Russetpaw, and while Yellowfang praises Russetpaw's catch, Raggedpelt mocks it.
- Yellowfang tells Raggedpelt to treat the apprentice better, as she is his half-sister.
- Raggedpelt refuses to recognize Hal as his father, and tells Yellowfang that she is lucky he saved her.
- Raggedpelt praises Yellowfang's next catch.
- He wonders if they will become mentors soon, hoping that they would be leader and deputy together someday.
- Yellowfang admits that she wants that, too.
- Yellowfang and Raggedpelt return to camp, where Yellowfang picks up Littlebird's fever.
- She goes to tell Sagewhisker, and the medicine cat tries to have Yellowfang treat the elder.
- Raggedpelt tries to get Yellowfang to practice battle moves with him, but she goes hunting instead.
- She finds several herbs Sagewhisker needs and brings them back.
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- Yellowfang wakes up as she feels Littlebird's struggle to breathe and tries to help.
- Yellowfang treats Littlebird herself, even knowing the correct herb.
- She reports back to Sagewhisker when she is done.
- Yellowfang learns that WindClan has accused ShadowClan of trespassing.
- Foxheart and Lizardstripe mock Yellowfang for doing medicine cat duties.
- Raggedpelt agrees with them.
- Yellowfang joins a hunting patrol with Archeye, Wolfstep, and Amberleaf.
- They find a WindClan patrol on their territory.
- A fight breaks out and ShadowClan loses, weak from lack of prey.
- Yellowfang ends up in the medicine den for her wounds.
- Sagewhisker tells her she must become a medicine cat.
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- Yellowfang is well enough to watch Russetpaw and Boulder's warrior ceremony.
- Russetpaw becomes Russetfur.
- Raggedpelt is eager for Yellowfang to resume her warrior duties.
- Yellowfang treats Cloudkit while Sagewhisker is absent.
- Sagewhisker once again asks her to accept her destiny to become a medicine cat.
- Yellowfang thinks of Sagewhisker's age and how ShadowClan would fare with no medicine cat.
- Yellowfang reluctantly agrees to become a medicine cat apprentice.
- Raggedpelt is very upset with her choice, whishing she had chosen him instead.
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- Yellowfang officially becomes Sagewhisker's apprentice after talking to Cedarstar.
- Her parents react well but Rowanberry is upset and Nutwhisker is somewhere in between.
- Sagewhisker has Yellowfang do menial apprentice tasks and Yellowfang is displeased at having to answer to her.
- Yellowfang practices controlling her power.
- Stonetooth reasures Yellowfang and approves of her decision.
- Yellowfang visits the Moonstone and talks with Silverflame.
- Yellowfang tries to remove a thorn from Finchlight's paw but Sagewhisker takes over when she does it wrong.
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- Brackenfoot, Deerleap, Toadskip, Scorchwing, Rowanberry, and Finchlight are all injured due to rats attacking them near the Carrionplace.
- They share what happened with the Clan, and the cats discuss how to move forward.
- Yellowfang and Sagewhisker treat the injured.
- Raggedpelt plans how to attack the rats.
- Yellowfang goes to suggest an idea, but is reminded that she is no longer a warrior.
- Despite not being able to actively participate, Yellowfang is still proud of Raggedpelt.
- Sagewhisker comments that he is likely to be the next deputy.
- The next morning, Cedarstar, Stonetooth, and Raggedpelt arrange battle patrols.
- Yellowfang is jealous of Foxheart flirting with Raggedpelt.
- Sagewhisker and Yellowfang join the group to treat any injuries that occur.
- ShadowClan attacks the rats, but the rats begin to overwhelm the Clan.
- Despite Sagewhisker's orders, Yellowfang joins the battle.
- ShadowClan flees.
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- Several cats are severely wounded after fighting the rats.
- Cedarstar loses his eighth life.
- Yellowfang talks to Raggedpelt, who blames himself for the loss.
- Cedarstar tells Raggedpelt to be kinder to himself, as he did everything he could.
- Cedarstar decides to make Cloudkit Raggedpelt's apprentice when he is old enough.
- Yellowfang attends her first Gathering as a medicine cat apprentice.
- Yellowfang reflects on how she has gotten better at blocking out other cats' pain and how her skills have grown.
- Raggedstar announces that Stonetooth is retiring, and names Raggedpelt his deputy in front of the other Clans.
- This breaks the warrior code, however, as Raggedpelt has not yet trained an apprentice.
- Sagewhisker announces Yellowfang as her new apprentice.
- Days later, Raggedpelt and Yellowfang talk.
- Raggedpelt admits he still has feelings for Yellowfang, and she admits that she feels the same.
- The two become mates, and decide to keep their relationship a secret as it breaks the code.
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- Moons pass, and Yellowfang reflects on how she and Raggedpelt have managed to keep their relationship a secret.
- Raggedpelt and Yellowfang hear screeching elsewhere in the forest, and find Rowanberry, Blizzardwing, Wolfstep, and Cloudpaw fighting rogues.
- Cloudpaw is seriously injured.
- Sagewhisker examines the apprentice back at camp, and says it may be better to let him succumb to his injuries.
- Yellowfang refuses to allow him to die, and begins treating him herself.
- She worries that his injuries are because of her actions with Raggedpelt.
- Yellowfang dozes off, and has a vision of treating a young kit.
- She realizes that she is part of a long line of medicine cats, passing herbs on to treat the injured.
- Cloudpaw stirs, and Yellowfang reports to Sagewhisker that he has a fever.
- Nettlespot begs to see him, but the medicine cats turn her away.
- Yellowfang promises to save him.
- Cloudpaw wakes later the next day, and as he begins to recover, the medicine cats allow him out of the den.
- Cedarstar announces his intention to make Cloudpaw a warrior as soon as he's recovered.
- Due to Yellowfang's tenacity, Sagewhisker decides to end her apprenticeship and make her a full medicine cat.
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- The next morning, Sagewhisker intends to tell Cedarstar that Yellowfang is ready to be promoted.
- Yellowfang asks to speak to Raggedpelt first, and she reveals to him that she has made her decision and wants to be a full medicine cat.
- Yellowfang is excited as she and Sagewhisker prepare for the half-moon Moonstone meeting.
- At the Moonstone, Sagewhisker holds Yellowfang's medicine cat ceremony.
- During her Moonstone dream, Yellowfang meets with Silverflame.
- Silverflame shows her a vision of three kits, and promises to always be with her.
- At the following Gathering, Sagewhisker announces Yellowfang as a full medicine cat.
- While she is happy about the path she has chosen, she is still mourning for her lost relationship with Raggedpelt.
- Yellowfang feels a strange pang in her belly, and realizes she is pregnant with Raggedpelt's kits.
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- Sagewhisker asks Yellowfang why she is so tired, assuming that she is eating too much.
- Hollyflower scolds the apprentices for making a mess in the camp.
- Sagewhisker asks Yellowfang if she is okay once more, and Yellowfang worries what will happen if Sagewhisker finds out she is having Raggedpelt's kits.
- Yellowfang has a strange dream, and is given a prophecy regarding her unborn kits.
- Later, Yellowfang and Sagewhisker leave camp to talk.
- Sagewhisker reveals that she knows about Yellowfang's pregnancy.
- She tells Yellowfang to make a choice: commit to being a medicine cat, or don't.
- Yellowfang promises to not stray again.
- Sagewhisker tells Yellowfang to tell Raggedpelt about the kits.
- Yellowfang tells Raggedpelt that they are having kits together, and he assumes she will stop being a medicine cat.
- She tells him that he will have to raise them alone, and suggests giving them to Lizardstripe after they are born.
- Raggedpelt accuses Yellowfang of being selfish and caring more for cats who are not her kin than her own blood.
- He agrees to have Lizardstripe care for them as long as Yellowfang never reveals that she was their mother.
- Yellowfang agrees, but silently promises to never abandon her kits.
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- Yellowfang begins to kit.
- She heads for a dead tree she scoped out prior, knowing the patrols would not find her outside of ShadowClan territory.
- Yellowfang bears three kits alone: Hopekit, Wishkit, and Brokenkit.
- One of the she-kits is stillborn, and the other she-kit dies soon after birth.
- She realizes the three kits are the ones from her last Moonstone dream.
- Looking at Brokenkit, Yellowfang is immediately worried by the sheer anger on his face, and wonders if he is the cat from the prophecy.
- Yellowfang buries her daughters before taking Brokenkit back to camp with her.
- Yellowfang and Raggedpelt give Brokenkit to Lizardstripe to nurse.
- Yellowfang tells Lizardstripe that the mother wishes to remain anonymous.
- Lizardstripe initially does not want the kit, but Raggedpelt convinces her by explaining caring for a deputy's kit is an honor.
- Yellowfang returns to the medicine den, where Sagewhisker gives her parsley to dry up her milk.
- Yellowfang declares that Brokenkit is no longer her son as she falls asleep.
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- Sagewhisker goes to check on Brokenkit, and sends Yellowfang to gather moss.
- Brightflower asks Yellowfang where she had been, and Yellowfang lies and says she is just tired.
- Collecting moss, Yellowfang listens in to Foxheart training her apprentice, Nightpaw, and hears the tom coughing.
- She brings him back to camp, but neither her nor Sagewhisker can find the cause of his cough.
- Nightpaw is asked to help the medicine cats so they can keep an eye on him, but Foxheart scolds Yellowfang for not sending him back to training.
- Rowanberry and Yellowfang eat together, and Rowanberry tells Yellowfang that everyone thinks the strange new kit belongs to Foxheart.
- Yellowfang returns to the medicine cats' den and tells Sagewhisker what she has heard.
- A few sunrises later, Lizardfang brings her kits out into the camp.
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- Yellowfang treks to Highstones for the half-moon meeting, reflecting on how Sagewhisker could not attend due to pains in her legs and belly.
- Yellowfang and Hawkheart discuss the transition from warrior to medicine cat, and how they can still use their skills from being warriors to treat injuries.
- Yellowfang sees Silverflame in her dreams, and asks why the StarClan cat did not tell her what would happen with the kits.
- She tries to reveal what Molepelt told her about the kits, but Silverflame tells her to not speak ill of them.
- Silverflame tells Yellowfang to not give up on Brokenkit, and shows Yellowfang Hopekit and Wishkit before she wakes.
- Back in camp, Yellowfang scolds Deerkit, Tanglekit, and Runningkit for teasing Brokenkit.
- She tells Brokenkit that she'll tell Lizardstripe what happened, but he begs her not to as she does not like him.
- Instead, Yellowfang has him help her with her chores.
- Yellowfang hopes that he'll become her apprentice.
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- Yellowfang keeps trying to teach Brokenkit about herbs, but the kit is not interested.
- Runningkit, however, shows interest, but scampers away.
- Yellowfang watches Nightpelt, one of the Clan's newest warriors, and worries over his persistent cough.
- She tells the tom that Hawkheart treated a cat in his Clan with similar symptoms, but never found the cause.
- Sagewhisker scolds Brokenkit for taking moss from the medicine cats' den, and the other kits make fun of him.
- He turns his anger on Yellowfang and tells her to leave him alone, assuming she is the reason he is being teased.
- A few days later, Sagewhisker suddenly collapses before dying, leaving Yellowfang as ShadowClan's sole medicine cat.
- During Sagewhisker's vigil, Yellowfang apologizes for letting her down, mourning the loss of her beloved mentor.
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- Nightpelt, Cloudpelt, and Wolfstep are chosen to mentor Brokenpaw, Deerpaw, and Tanglepaw, respectively.
- Yellowfang gains her first apprentice, Runningpaw.
- Together, Yellowfang and Runningpaw tour ShadowClan territory, and it reminds her of her own first day as an apprentice.
- Yellowfang overhears Brokenpaw pestering Nightpelt to teach him how to fight.
- Yellowfang sends Runningpaw back to camp, and asks Nightpelt why he did not show Brokenpaw any fighting moves.
- Nightpelt snaps at her before apologizing and returning to camp himself.
- Yellowfang talks to Cedarstar about Nightpelt, worried that his persistent cough will affect him being able to mentor Brokenpaw properly
- Cedarstar tells her that he chose Nightpelt on purpose and declines to change his mentor.
- Yellowfang brings Runningpaw to the Gathering a quarter moon later.
- Brokenpaw darts ahead of the group, intent on exploring everything, and while Cedarstar is initially cross with him, his Clanmates all feel that he will be a great warrior.
- Brokenpaw starts a fight at the Gathering.
- Raggedpelt is angry with Cedarstar for calling Brokenpaw out.
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- Yellowfang sends her apprentice to check on Littlebird, reflecting on Lizardfang's death two moons prior and how close her old friend seemed to be to joining him.
- Tanglepaw shows up with a wound from Brokenpaw, as the apprentices are training with claws out.
- Yellowfang tells Nightpelt to stop them, but he reveals that Brokenpaw does not listen.
- Yellowfang wakes later in the night to pain in her belly, and finds Cedarstar is dying.
- Cedarstar tells Raggedpelt to lead ShadowClan well, and loses his last life.
- Raggedpelt notifies the Clan, and he and Yellowfang depart almost immediately to the Moonstone while the Clan sits vigil.
- Raggedpelt has his nine lives ceremony, though Molepelt interrupts Yellowfang and tells her that darkness lies ahead.
- Raggedpelt receives his lives and becomes Raggedstar.
- Upon returning to camp, Yellowfang and the elders bury Cedarstar.
- Raggedstar appoints Foxheart as his deputy.
- Two moons pass, and Raggedstar proves himself to be a strong leader.
- Raggedstar names Brokenpaw a warrior, Brokentail, despite not having finished his final assessments.
- Several cats are displeased with this decision.
- Yellowfang briefly sees Brokentail's legs covered in blood, but he reveals that it's just marsh water.
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- Yellowfang needs to speak with Raggedstar, but Foxheart tries to turn her away before Raggedstar lets her in.
- She tells Raggedstar and Foxheart that Nightpelt is too weak to remain a warrior, and Raggedstar tells Yellowfang to send Nightpelt to him to talk.
- Boulder sees Yellowfang and Runningpaw about a thorn, impressed with how good a warrior Brokentail is.
- Runningpaw wonders who Brokentail's mother is, and Yellowfang snaps at him.
- Rats attack Lizardstripe's border patrol near the Carrionplace.
- Brokentail tells Raggedstar that they should single out some rats and kill them in front of the others to send a message.
- Nightpelt decides to join the elders.
- Yellowfang apologizes for not being able to cure him, but he does not blame her.
- Raggedstar leads a patrol to the Carrionplace to enact Brokentail's plan.
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- Brokentail taunts the rats, but two of them leap out and attack Foxheart, ultimately killing her.
- ShadowClan attacks the rats, and emerge victorious.
- Yellowfang is dismayed at Foxheart's death, as the she-cat was too young to die.
- Raggedstar names Cloudpelt his next deputy, shocking Brokentail.
- Yellowfang overhears Brokentail snapping at Raggedstar for not naming him deputy.
- Newleaf begins, and Yellowfang stumbles upon Stumpypaw's punishment: being forced to hang from a tree branch by his teeth due to talking too much during training.
- Brokentail scolds Yellowfang for intervening.
- Yellowfang speaks to Cloudpelt about Brokentail's harsh mentoring style, but he refuses to get involved, assuming Yellowfang has forgotten what it is like to be an apprentice.
- Runningpaw warns Yellowfang against speaking out about Brokentail's methods.
- Yellowfang decides to make Runningpaw a full medicine cat.
- At the next half moon meeting, Featherwhisker reveals that Goosefeather has passed, and that he is thinking about taking an apprentice.
- Yellowfang performs Runningpaw's medicine cat ceremony, and names him Runningnose as a reminder that a medicine cat may not fix everything, but should always try.
- Yellowfang has a horrific dream of kits being ripped away from their mothers, and Runningnose wakes her.
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- Yellowfang checks on Featherstorm's newest litter, Dawnkit, Mosskit, and Volekit.
- Brokentail returns to camp with evidence that WindClan is stealing prey again.
- Scorchwind, Stumpytail, and Cinderfur are confused, as there was no evidence of WindClan scent.
- Raggedstar is initially unconvinced, but calls Cloudpelt and Brokentail to his den.
- Yellowfang examines the rabbit, and wonders if Brokentail caught and killed it to start a battle.
- She questions Brokentail in front of Raggedstar, angering him.
- Raggedstar leads a patrol to attack a WindClan patrol in retaliation.
- ShadowClan loses the skirmish, but Cloudpelt is gravely injured.
- Yellowfang works as hard as she can to save him, but Cloudpelt dies from his injuries.
- Yellowfang worries about Brokentail's ambition, attributing Cloudpelt's death to his own actions.
- She tells Raggedstar her suspicions, but he tells her to not question him again.
- ShadowClan sits vigil for Cloudpelt.
- Raggedstar names Brokentail the next ShadowClan deputy.
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- Yellowfang wakes up to cats entering the camp, recalling Brokentail demanding that ShadowClan patrol at night.
- Several warriors forgo hunting in favor of completing more battle training.
- Raggedstar worries about the lack of hunting patrols, but Brokentail tells his father that he sent a few cats off to hunt after training.
- Yellowfang admires his ambition, hoping part of his drive comes from her.
- Yellowfang departs for the half-moon meeting while Runningnose stays behind.
- Brambleberry introduces Mudpaw, her new apprentice.
- Yellowfang dreams of kits fighting, and begs Silverflame to explain why.
- Silverflame tells Yellowfang that terrible times are coming, and that ShadowClan needs her.
- Once she wakes, Yellowfang runs back to camp, desperate to tell Raggedstar about the dream.
- He reveals that he has had the same dream.
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- Dismayed at having had the same dream as Yellowfang, Raggedstar promises that he would never send kits into battle.
- They both hear Brokentail goading his Clanmates on through more battle training, and Raggedstar admits that he made a mistake choosing their son as deputy.
- Yellowfang is initially angry, as Raggedstar had made her promise to never claim Brokentail as her own.
- She reminds him that he has told her off many times, and that it is now his problem to deal with.
- Fernshade announces that she is having Wolfstep's kits, much to Yellowfang's dismay.
- Yellowfang overhears Deerfoot telling Tangleburr that Raggedstar interrupted Brokentail's training session.
- Yellowfang confronts Raggedstar, who seems to have forgotten about the awful dream they shared.
- Meanwhile, Brokentail attempts to save face by being on his best behavior, and scolds Frogtail for taking prey from Poolcloud.
- Yellowfang goes hunting later, but is startled away from her meal when Brokentail runs into camp and announces that WindClan ambushed a ShadowClan patrol and killed Raggedstar.
- Despite having multiple lives left, Raggedstar's wounds are severe enough to have expended them all.
- Yellowfang crouches beside Raggedstar's body, confessing that she loved him and wishing she knew what went wrong.
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- ShadowClan struggles to cope with Raggedstar's sudden, brutal death.
- Yellowfang attempts to ready Brokentail for his leadership ceremony, but he declines to go until after his father is buried.
- Yellowfang brings Brokentail to the Moonstone.
- Brokentail receives his nine lives and becomes Brokenstar.
- Upon returning to the Clan, Brokenstar names Blackfoot as deputy, and makes Mosskit an apprentice, despite the kit not being old enough.
- Brokenstar becomes Mosspaw's mentor, and promises Dawnkit and Volekit to Blackfoot and Clawface, respectively.
- While some ShadowClan cats are visibly worried, most do not see the issue with the new apprentices.
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- Fernshade gives birth to Badgerkit, and Yellowfang and Runningnose are both happy for her and Wolfstep.
- Yellowfang reflects on everything ShadowClan has been through since Brokenstar became leader.
- Stonetooth has died.
- ShadowClan continues to raid WindClan territory as revenge for Raggedstar.
- ShadowClan extended patrols beyond the ThunderClan border.
- Brownkit goes to the medicine cats' den, injured after training with Mosspaw despite being too young to leave camp.
- Brokenstar calls a Clan meeting, and decides to send the elders away, as they cannot hunt or fight.
- Horrified but unable to do anything to fight back, Yellowfang leads the elders to a copse near the camp.
- She confronts Brokenstar when she returns, but he is unconcerned about the elders and sees no issue in training kits.
- Yellowfang decides against continuing to argue, and Brokenstar continues to shout instructions to the kits.
- Mosspaw is accidentally killed by Brownkit and Wetkit.
- Featherstorm is horrified by her son's death.
- Brokenstar announces Mosspaw's death, and decides to make all the remaining kits apprentices.
- Clawface is assigned Littlepaw, Blackfoot is assigned Dawnpaw, Boulder is assigned Wetpaw, and Stumpytail is assigned Brownpaw.
- Brokenstar forces Featherstorm to retire, and she shambles away to join the elders.
- Brightflower announces that she and Brackenfoot are expecting kits.
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- Brokenstar stands atop the Great Rock during the next Gathering, bragging about ShadowClan.
- Yellowfang grapples with the horrors of life in ShadowClan under his reign.
- Badgerkit has become an apprentice, Badgerpaw, with Flintfang as his mentor.
- Several other cats from different Clans wonder if the new ShadowClan apprentices are old enough to train.
- Brokenstar leads another attack on WindClan.
- As the Clans fight, Yellowfang reflects on Nightpelt having found his purpose as the black tom hunts for the elders.
- Nightpelt and Yellowfang discuss how much longer Brokenstar can keep going like this, worried for the future of their Clan.
- Brightflower begins kitting, and gives birth to Marigoldkit and Mintkit.
- Flintfang returns to camp, carrying Badgerpaw's dead body.
- Flintfang vows to never train another kit again, and reveals that he made Badgerpaw a warrior, Badgerfang.
- Yellowfang confronts Brokenstar, threatening to tell StarClan everything, but Brokenstar tells her to go heal his warriors.
- Yellowfang dreams of the place where Brokenstar received his lives, and confronts Cedarstar on allowing the bloodthirsty tom to become leader.
- Cedarstar explains that StarClan had no choice, as Brokenstar was Raggedstar's deputy, and succeeded the former leader.
- He points out that Brokenstar promised to make ShadowClan the most feared Clan, and he has done so.
- Yellowfang decides to no longer trust StarClan.
- A half moon later, Yellowfang refuses to accompany Runningnose to Highstones, still angry with their warrior ancestors.
- Runningnose reaffirms his vow to serve ShadowClan, and Yellowfang is proud of her former apprentice.
- Yellowfang attempts to play with her younger siblings, but they are only interested in fighting.
- She recalls being kits with Nutwhisker and Rowanberry, and how battles were the furthest things from their minds.
- Brightflower reveals she will retire once her kits are apprentices.
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- Brightflower wakes Yellowfang up, as she cannot find Mintkit and Marigoldkit.
- The two cats search the camp, and Clawface mentions they may have joined a patrol.
- Blackfoot, Russetfur, and Wolfstep have not seen the kits, but agree to go search for them.
- Yellowfang finds the two kits in a small clearing, having been torn apart and left to die.
- Brokenstar finds Yellowfang standing over the kits and asks what happened.
- Yellowfang believes a fox got them, and Brokenstar brings her back to camp.
- Brokenstar reveals the kits' deaths and accuses Yellowfang of killing them.
- None of Yellowfang's Clanmates speak up for her.
- Yellowfang is exiled from ShadowClan.
- Runningnose promises to find the truth, but Yellowfang denounces ShadowClan.
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- Yellowfang wanders across the territory, eventually crossing toward Fourtrees as she mourns for Marigoldkit and Mintkit.
- She hopes that they are with Hopekit, Wishkit, and Silverflame, protected and warm.
- Yellowfang enters ThunderClan territory and collapses in a clump of ferns.
- A ThunderClan cat wanders by, and Yellowfang attempts to fight him while antagonizing him.
- She falls back on her injured leg, and tells the apprentice to finish her off.
- Too weak to leave, Yellowfang has no choice but to wait and see what happens to her next, as nothing that could happen to her now would be worse than what Brokenstar did to her and her former Clan.
- She decides to seek vengance on Brokenstar for what he has done to every cat he has hurt, vowing to do whatever she can to stop him.