The Great Journey/Chapter 1

An In-depth description of chapter 1 of The Great Journey.

Chapter Description
HopeClan is torn again as the idea of leaving their home to find a new place to reside floats around, and coupled with their embarrassing defeat to IceClan, everyone is unsure of what to do next.

Thunderstrike, a talented medicine cat has received a terrifying vision:

''"I saw a forest lush with prey, exactly like ours! But, a wave swallowed us and when we resurfaced, everything had turned into a pitiful black wasteland. There were a couple of words echoing around in my head as well: "The Ice is coming to take us all. It shall freeze everything if we do not heed this call. When Hope is gone, and only the Moon remains, we will find this blazing star again.""''

Hopeshimmer, afraid that the prophecy was targeting her, tries to be brave and understand what the prophecy had meant. Ideas are suggested, each one more dark and hopeless than the previous. Yet, amidst the chaos, Moonstar is sure of one thing, she must remain in the forest.

Just then, IceClan chooses the perfect time to attack, targeting the Nursery, and a fierce battle ensues.

During the battle, Icestar loses a life, killed by Moonstar, but swears he will come back.