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CHAPTER 1
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CHAPTER 1
Brambleclaw stood at the top ofthe slope, gazing at the clawpricks of silver fire reflected in the lake below. The Clans2 had finally found their new home, just as Midnight had promised. StarClan was waiting for them, and they were safe from the Twoleg monsters at last.
Around him warriors4 from all four Clans murmured to each other, staring uneasily at the dark, unfamiliar5 space at the foot of the hill.
“It’s impossible to tell what’s down there in this light.” Brightheart, a ginger6-and-white ThunderClan warrior3, swung around so that her one good eye could take in the whole of the landscape.
Her mate, Cloudtail, twitched7 his tail. “How bad can it be? Think what we’ve come through to get here. We can fight off anything on four legs.”
“And what about Twolegs?” demanded Russetfur, the ShadowClan deputy.
“The journey has left us all tired and weak,” Blackclaw of WindClan added. “Foxes and badgers10 could track us down easily when we’re all out in the open like this.”
For a moment Brambleclaw felt a tremor12 of fear. Then he braced13 his shoulders. StarClan would not have brought them here if they did not believe the Clans could survive in their new territories.
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exclamation
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pricked
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apprehensively
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touching
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pointed
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gathering
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boggy
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sneaking
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abruptly
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scrambled
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