Post by YukiTen on Aug 11, 2012 11:17:16 GMT -7
The second series, Warriors: The New Prophecy, was released from 2005 to 2006, and contains six books: Midnight, Moonrise, Dawn, Starlight, Twilight, and Sunset. In the series, four cats, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Crowpaw, and Feathertail, are sent on a mission by StarClan to the ocean, with Feathertail's brother Stormfur and ThunderClan apprentice Squirrelpaw accompanying them. There, a badger named Midnight tells the six cats that humans are making a road that cuts across the Clans' territories, so the Clans must leave.
On the way back to the forest, the traveling cats meet a group of cats called the Tribe of Rushing Water who are being terrorized by a mountain lion called Sharptooth. The Clan cats stay with the Tribe but later run away after realizing that they were being held prisoner and expected to kill Sharptooth. However, before having gone far, they have a change of heart and return to defeat Sharptooth. After luring Sharptooth into the cave where the Tribe lives, a plan to poison Sharptooth fails, and the cats are forced to attempt to fight him off. Feathertail jumps onto a rock spike on the roof of the cave and plummets to the floor with it, falling on and crushing Sharptooth, sacrificing her life to save the Tribe.
In Starlight and Twilight, ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice Leafpool and Crowfeather (formerly Crowpaw) fall in love with each other. Crowfeather admits to Leafpool that he loves her when he saves her from falling off a cliff in a situation similar to Feathertail's death (Crowpaw loves Feathertail before her death). However, the warrior code says that Leafpool, as a medicine cat, cannot have a mate. They eventually abscond, but return because Midnight warns them that a large group of badgers is attacking ThunderClan. Upon returning, they find that a badger has killed Cinderpelt, the ThunderClan medicine cat, while she was helping Sorreltail give birth. Shortly after, Leafpool discovers that Cinderpelt is reincarnated as Cinderkit, one of Sorreltail's kits, though Cinderkit does not know this herself.
The series then centers around the prophecy "before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red". Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw have been meeting with their father Tigerstar in dreams, in which he is teaching them how to become Clan leader by force. Hawkfrost follows Tigerstar every step of the way, but Brambleclaw is split between loyalty to his leader and his own ambition. Firestar appoints Brambleclaw deputy after finally accepting the possibility that Graystripe might never return. The series reaches its climax when Hawkfrost traps Firestar in a fox trap and tells Brambleclaw to kill him. Brambleclaw decides that he does not want to become leader by force, and refuses to kill Firestar; instead, he frees him from the trap. Hawkfrost attacks Brambleclaw, and Brambleclaw is forced to kill Hawkfrost with the sharp stick that kept the fox trap into the ground. The prophecy comes true; blood will spill blood, brothers Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost fight to the death, and the lake will run red, Hawkfrost dies on the shore of the lake, turning the water around him red with blood.
On the way back to the forest, the traveling cats meet a group of cats called the Tribe of Rushing Water who are being terrorized by a mountain lion called Sharptooth. The Clan cats stay with the Tribe but later run away after realizing that they were being held prisoner and expected to kill Sharptooth. However, before having gone far, they have a change of heart and return to defeat Sharptooth. After luring Sharptooth into the cave where the Tribe lives, a plan to poison Sharptooth fails, and the cats are forced to attempt to fight him off. Feathertail jumps onto a rock spike on the roof of the cave and plummets to the floor with it, falling on and crushing Sharptooth, sacrificing her life to save the Tribe.
In Starlight and Twilight, ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice Leafpool and Crowfeather (formerly Crowpaw) fall in love with each other. Crowfeather admits to Leafpool that he loves her when he saves her from falling off a cliff in a situation similar to Feathertail's death (Crowpaw loves Feathertail before her death). However, the warrior code says that Leafpool, as a medicine cat, cannot have a mate. They eventually abscond, but return because Midnight warns them that a large group of badgers is attacking ThunderClan. Upon returning, they find that a badger has killed Cinderpelt, the ThunderClan medicine cat, while she was helping Sorreltail give birth. Shortly after, Leafpool discovers that Cinderpelt is reincarnated as Cinderkit, one of Sorreltail's kits, though Cinderkit does not know this herself.
The series then centers around the prophecy "before there is peace, blood will spill blood, and the lake will run red". Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw have been meeting with their father Tigerstar in dreams, in which he is teaching them how to become Clan leader by force. Hawkfrost follows Tigerstar every step of the way, but Brambleclaw is split between loyalty to his leader and his own ambition. Firestar appoints Brambleclaw deputy after finally accepting the possibility that Graystripe might never return. The series reaches its climax when Hawkfrost traps Firestar in a fox trap and tells Brambleclaw to kill him. Brambleclaw decides that he does not want to become leader by force, and refuses to kill Firestar; instead, he frees him from the trap. Hawkfrost attacks Brambleclaw, and Brambleclaw is forced to kill Hawkfrost with the sharp stick that kept the fox trap into the ground. The prophecy comes true; blood will spill blood, brothers Brambleclaw and Hawkfrost fight to the death, and the lake will run red, Hawkfrost dies on the shore of the lake, turning the water around him red with blood.
