after returning from the journey to the sun drown place, crowpaw and squirrelpaw remain friends even though they are from two different clans. the cats chosen to go on the journey meet every so often, but eventually drift apart. crowpaw and squirrelpaw are the only ones who continue visiting one another in secret, and they slowly become more romantic once they earn their warrior names: crowfeather and squirrelflight. one day, brambleclaw decides to follow squirrelflight to her meeting with crowfeather without her knowing and confronts her. she admits they are mates and she will not stop seeing him. it is difficult for him, as he feels the need to protect the other warrior like his sister, but he accepts it and agrees to keep quiet. things only become more complicated when she realizes that she is pregnant. brambleclaw decides to pretend to be their father, and crowfeather agrees keeping them a secret is for the best. squirrelflight gives birth to three kits in thunderclan camp: two toms and a molly. they name one tom sunkit after the sun drown place and the other featherkit after feathertail. the molly was named cherrykit. cherrykit looks a lot like squirrelflight, and sunkit’s brownish (though it is really just washed out ginger/rusty color) fur makes the clan believe he looks like brambleclaw. they are healthy once they open their eyes, until featherkit gets very ill suddenly. he recovers, but is left permanently deaf. he can still communicate by reading lips. cherrykit is mentored by her aunt, leafpool, as she thinks being a medicine cat will make her important in the clan. she is incredibly strict about the code from a young age and values how others think about her. but she soon finds out that she doesn’t like her duties, and prefers fighting. she begs her brother featherpaw to take her spot. he doesn’t really want to be treated differently, but he agrees to make his sister happy. cherrypaw is given ashfur as a mentor, and she looks up to the warrior. and sunpaw is given brightheart as a mentor. cherrypaw is strict when it comes to the other apprentices messing around, and it’s not uncommon for them to get lectured by her. featherpaw is very timid and prefers staying alone. however, spending time with his aunt and being involved with starclan makes him come out of his shell a little. sunpaw is the most problematic of the three siblings. he is snappy, rude to the warriors, and self conscious. anyone teasing him can send him into a rage. none of the other apprentices like spending time with him because of this. and while brightheart tries to calm him, he refuses her help. though, squirrelflight is pleased with ashfur and cherrypaw’s bond. she was worried that ashfur might be upset with her having kits, but he seems weirdly fine with it. the three discover they have powers. cherrypaw has the power of mental, she can read minds and gaze into others’ memories. featherpaw has the power of emotion, he can read emotions. and sunpaw has the power of physical, he cannot be defeated in battle if he believes he’s fighting for good, but weakens him if he knows what he’s doing isn’t right. cherrypaw and featherpaw appear to be taking to their powers well, but sunpaw hates it. because of his self doubt, his powers rarely work. he turns to the dark forest because of his loneliness and his feeling that he doesn’t belong in his clan. he wishes to grow stronger so he can prove he’s worthy to his clanmates, so he gives in to tigerstar and hawkfrost’s manipulation. but this only makes his powers worse. they gain their warrior/medicine cat names: cherryflight, feathermist, and sunchaser. in windclan, a molly named nightcloud approaches crowfeather. she is pregnant with a loner’s kits, and she asks him to pretend to be the father. he sympathizes with her, thinking about how squirrelflight must feel. she has four kits, but only one survives, who nightcloud names breezekit. crowfeather feels awkward being a father, but he and breezekit bond well. the kit looks up to his adoptive father. skip to the fire scene, oh boy! ashfur corners brambleclaw with the three instead of squirrelflight. he is angry at him for stealing squirrelflight and for tigerclaw killing brindleface. out of desperation, brambleclaw confesses that he isn’t their father, crowfeather is. ashfur lets them go, but says he will ruin their lives with this knowledge. leafpool goes to tell crowfeather to prepare for ahhfur to expose them. but he can’t let this happen. he plans to become deputy after his mother becomes leader, so this cannot come out. before the gathering, cherryflight follows ashfur to the river. she hopes to convince her former mentor to keep it a secret. however, as she approaches, she sees crowfeather confront ashfur, ending in the windclan cat killing him. cherryflight has a breakdown, running to the gathering and screaming out that not only are she and her siblings born of a half clan relationship, but their father is a murderer. the clans are outraged, especially breezepaw, who is angry that his assumed father would betray nightcloud, unknowing that he isn’t crowfeather’s biological son. cherryflight runs into the tunnels, presumed to be dead. she loses her powers, and starclan looks for someone to take her place…
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