Chapters 12-13 Summary and Analysis

Back at the camp Graystripe shows up with Millie, and announces that she is now his mate. The ThunderClan cats are dubious because warriors are not supposed to find mates outside the Clan, to say nothing of kittypets. But Graystripe insists that Millie helped him make the journey and that she is now his mate. The blind Jaypaw pops in and gets a whiff of Graystripe and Millie, and Cinderpaw tells Jaypaw that Millie is Graystripe's new mate from the Twoleg place.

Leafpool sends her new apprentice Hollypaw out to gather some herbs to treat the ailing Graystripe and Millie. She requests borage, but the inexperienced and easily distracted Hollypaw gathers an unknown but foul tasting herb and hurries back to camp. Leafpool informs Hollypaw that she got the wrong herb. "This is yarrow,"she snaps. "It makes cats...