The fourth series is titled Warriors: Omen of the Stars, and is a direct continuation of the previous series.[9] Like the three series before, the series consists of six books. All six books have been published, entitled The Fourth Apprentice, Fading Echoes, Night Whispers, Sign of the Moon, The Forgotten Warrior, and The Last Hope.[10]
In The Fourth Apprentice,
Dovepaw finds out that she has a special power, which is to hear and
see things that nobody else can. Dovepaw sees beavers building a beaver
dam that is blocking the river upstream far away, causing the lake to
dry up. When Dovepaw reveals this, Jayfeather and Lionblaze both realize
that she is the third cat in the prophecy, as the beavers were in fact
very far away. Firestar is told of Dovepaw's beaver idea, and he
announces it at the Gathering (while not revealing that it was Dovepaw's
idea). After a discussing it with the three other leaders, they decide
to send a patrol with two cats from each Clan. The patrol goes upstream
in an effort to restore the river flow and end the drought. While they
are away Jayfeather is attacked at the Moonpool by Breezepelt of
WindClan and a Dark Forest cat. He is rescued by Honeyfern (a StarClan
warrior) who fights them off. Rippletail is killed when a beaver rips
his shoulder during an attempted battle to kill them and destroy the
dam. Lionblaze and Dovepaw recruit three kittypets to help destroy the
dam. Just before the beavers return, and the dam is about to collapse,
the water floods and destroys it. When Lionblaze and Dovepaw have
returned, Poppyfrost gives birth to Molekit and Cherrykit. Jayfeather
then tells Lionblaze that the Dark Forest is rising and Lionblaze
confesses to once being trained by Tigerstar. Jayfeather then realises
the Dark Forest is training cats to fight.
In Fading Echoes,
Hawkfrost visits Ivypaw in a dream, pretending to be her friend.
Jayfeather goes to the Dark Forest with Yellowfang and Spottedleaf, and
discovers that the Dark Forest cats are doing battle training. Firestar
admits to the three that he knows about the prophecy and is surprised to
find they already knew. Ivypaw becomes envious of the attention that
Dovepaw is receiving, and demands to know why she is hanging out with
the older warriors and visiting Firestar often lately. Later on, a tree
falls on the camp and ThunderClan manages to evacuate in time, thanks to
Dovepaw's far-reaching senses. However, Longtail ends up dying.
Briarlight goes after him and her backbone is broken, causing her to
lose the ability to move her hind legs. The book ends in a battle
between ShadowClan and ThunderClan, after Ivypaw claimed to receive a
sign from StarClan (Hawkfrost). Russetfur, ShadowClan's deputy, is
killed and Firestar loses a life. After the battle, Lionblaze and
Jayfeather are sure that the battle should not have happened and suspect
the Dark Forest caused it.
Night Whispers
begins as StarClan are arguing about the battle with ThunderClan and
ShadowClan. The book then continues with ShadowClan and ThunderClan
going home after the battle. Lionblaze is guilty that he killed
Russetfur trying to save Firestar. Further on, Ivypaw continues to meet
with the Dark Forest in her dreams and eventually Jayfeather finds out.
After he found out, he tells Lionblaze. Dovepaw overhears this. She
confronts Lionblaze and Jayfeather and demands that they ask Ivypaw to
stop, however Jayfeather thinks they should use Ivypaw to learn about
how the Dark Forest warriors are training their recruits. Dovepaw gets
angry when she hears this. Meanwhile, Lionblaze and Cinderheart are in
love with each other. Later on, Dovepaw and Tigerheart fall in love and
start meeting each other every night. Meanwhile, Dovepaw tries to
convince Ivypaw not to go to the Dark Forest, but the young she-cat is
as oblivious as ever to the dangers. Later on, Dovepaw's extreme senses
let her patrol know that the camp is being attacked by a fox. No cat is
badly injured, but Lionblaze begs Firestar to let him drive off the fox.
Lionblaze manages to drive off the fox and with no injuries.
Cinderheart is told about Lionblaze's prophecy, and becomes convinced
Lionblaze is too good for her. Meanwhile, Ivypaw thinks that maybe the
Dark Forest is a bit dangerous. When Dovepaw goes to meet Tigerheart one
night, Ivypaw follows her sister. She confronts Dovepaw and Tigerheart,
and when she failed to win over Dovepaw, she tried to convince her to
stop seeing Tigerheart by telling Dovepaw that he was training in the
Dark Forest as well. Dovepaw refuses to believe Ivypaw. They are
interrupted by a ShadowClan patrol. Tigerheart shoves Dovepaw under some
bracken, but Ivypaw got captured by the patrol. Ivypaw is later
exchanged for catmint that Littlecloud, the medicine cat, needs. Dovepaw
believes that Tigerheart used her on purpose to find the location of
the herbs, and thinks that he never loved her. Ivypaw is getting nervous
now as she goes into the Dark Forest, then finds out the truth: that
Tigerstar is training her and the others to fight the Clans. She agrees
to spy on the Dark Forest for Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw. In
ShadowClan territory, the lake has frozen over and Flametail plays games
with his Clanmates. Unfortunately, the ice breaks and he is thrust
under the water. Jayfeather tries to save him, but Rock appears and
tells him to let Flametail die. That same night, Ivypaw returns to the
Dark Forest in her dreams. Brokenstar finds her and says he will "test"
her loyalty to the Dark Forest. He leads her to a clearing in the Dark
Forest, where a confused Flametail is standing. Brokenstar commands
Ivypaw to kill Flametail. Ivypaw refuses to kill Flametail, so
Brokenstar threatened to take Dovepaw's life if Ivypaw did not do as he
said. Having no choice, Ivypaw leaps on Flametail, but is stopped by
Tigerheart. Tigerstar joins in, praising Tigerheart for his bravery and
adding that Flametail only knew how to mix herbs, so his presence did
not bother him. The novel ends with Tigerstar telling his companions he
is confident Ivypaw will fight for the Dark Forest when the time comes.
In The Sign of the Moon,
Ivypaw and Dovepaw get their warrior names of Ivypool and Dovewing.
Jayfeather and Lionblaze find signs that indicate the possibility that
Hollyleaf might not be dead, when a tunnel very close to the spot where
rocks supposedly buried Hollyleaf (when Icecloud falls through the
shallow roof of the tunnel) is discovered. At a Gathering, Dovewing
searches for Tigerheart but denies loving him. Midway through the book,
Jayfeather, Dovewing, Foxleap, and Squirrelflight visit the Tribe of
Rushing Water when Jayfeather receives a dream from Rock, who insists he
go to the mountains for a mysterious purpose. While there, Jayfeather
is again sent into centuries before his own time, to convince the
ancient Tribe ancestors to stay in the mountains, as they are weary and
very close to returning to the lake (their previous home). Jayfeather
(known as "Jay's Wing" in the ancient time he's visiting) succeeds in
the mission Rock assigned him, and even completes the most important
task of all: assigning the new Stoneteller of the Tribe in the ancient
times, and in his own time. He appoints Half Moon as the Stoneteller of
ancient times (who he has a brief relationship with, but as expected, it
does not work out) and Crag Where Eagles Nest as the Stoneteller of
modern times. While in his slight relationship with Half Moon,
Jayfeather is tempted to never return to his own time and stay with her
to become mates. Meanwhile Ivypool and Blossomfall go exploring in the
cave (that Icecloud fell in) and get lost, but a mysterious cat leads
them out after a scrawny ginger tom tells them to follow a path out.
Meanwhile, Jayfeather is told a new prophecy: "The end of the stars
draws near, Three must become four, to battle the darkness that last
forever.
The Forgotten Warrior
begins with Jayfeather waking up from a nightmare. He remembers that
Lionblaze told him about how Briarlight snuck out with Bumblestripe and
was almost eaten by dogs, Lionblaze saving them without getting hurt.
Briarlight tells Jayfeather how she found a tuft of black fur in the
back of the herb store, and Jayfeather recognizes it as Hollyleaf's.
While Dovewing and Ivypool are on patrol, Dovewing fears that she lost
her special power, being unable to hear, see, or smell farther than an
ordinary cat. Birchfall reveals to Ivypool that he is training in the
Dark Forest, to Ivypool's horror, though she hides it. On the way back, a
WindClan patrol accuses them for washing their paws in the river,
believing the river to be WindClan territory. Sorreltail stops them
before there is a fight. When chasing a squirrel, Dovewing almost passes
the ShadowClan border. Tigerheart spots her and tells Dovewing that his
sister Dawnpelt wants to take revenge on ThunderClan because she
suspects that Jayfeather killed her brother Flametail. Later, Molekit
and Cherrykit become apprentices. Brackenfur tells the Clan that
Sorreltail will be having kits. Dovewing confesses to Lionblaze that she
is afraid that she had lost her powers. Lionblaze comforts her but he
feels nervous. WindClan accuses ThunderClan of crossing the border. They
deny it but WindClan is jumpy. Later, Molepaw and Cherrypaw enter camp
with their mentors announcing that they were attacked by foxes. They
tell them how a stranger scared the fox off before any serious injuries
were inflicted. The rest of the Clan thinks that the new apprentices are
making it up, but Jayfeather and Lionblaze thinks that it might be
Hollyleaf. Lionblaze convinces Firestar to let him track down the
stranger so he does. He discovers Sol and brings him back to camp.
Bumblestripe is in love with Dovewing and the two go on a midnight walk.
Her power finally comes back during this walk, much to Dovewing's
delight. Afterward, her and Bumblestripe start getting closer to one
another. In a dream, Yellowfang tells Jayfeather to tell Cinderheart
about her past so she can help the Clan with her medicine cat
abilities.. He refuses but tells Cinderheart later anyway. While on a
walk, Dovewing and Ivypool go into the tunnels underground. They hear
Sol discussing an attack on ThunderClan with WindClan. Dovewing and
Ivypool are overheard by the cats and they try to escape. They find
Hollyleaf and she helps them get out. Lionblaze sees her and brings her
back to the Clan. Hollyleaf reveals that she killed Ashfur with
Brambleclaw's support. Brambleclaw lies to the Clan, saying Ashfur's
death was an accident. Hollyleaf also tells everyone that she saved the
apprentices from the fox attack, not Sol. Everyone welcomes her except
for only a few. Sorreltail goes on a walk and gives birth outside of the
hollow and names her kits Lilykit and Seedkit. Cinderheart is now
convinced that she should be a medicine cat, revealing to the Clan that
she is Cinderpelt reborn. Yellowfang is mad at Jayfeather for telling
Cinderheart her past, but Jayfeather tells her that it was not his idea.
Yellowfang becomes nervous, saying she made a mistake about telling
Cinderheart. Hollyleaf begins tunnel training to help with the fight
with WindClan. Ivypool is still visiting the Dark Forest at nights. When
she tells Brokenstar that she wants to teach the cats, he tells her to
kill Antpelt again. Ivypool wins and kills Antpelt, who fades and
disappears, showing how that the Dark Forest cats can be killed. In the
end, ThunderClan wins the battle with WindClan by pushing them into the
tunnels. After, Dovewing and Hollyleaf go back to ThunderClan.
In The Last Hope,
Ivypool is training the apprentices of the Dark Forest, when Applefur
appears with her apprentices, Blossomfall and Hollowflight, and states
that the two want to battle Dark Forest warriors instead of apprentices.
Tigerstar appears and states that the apprentices need to know each
others' moves in case they need to fight alongside each other. He orders
the apprentices to wake up back in their nests, because there is a
private senior warrior meeting going on. Ivypool insists that she goes
because she is a mentor, but Mapleshade dismisses this. Ivypool
eavesdrops as Brokenstar explains the Dark Forest's master plan, using
his claws to create a diagram. They agree to attack at the very heart of
the Clan. After all of the cats leave, Ivypool sneaks forward to take a
peek at the diagram, but is awakened by her sister, Dovewing.
Jayfeather debates whether to go to the Moonpool or not, as he was asked
to step down from being a medicine cat due to Dawnpelt's false
accusations. Briarlight urges Jayfeather to go to the Moonpool, but he
dismisses this. He heads out of the hollow, but realizes that Firestar
is following him. Firestar speaks to him and he decides to go to the
Moonpool. Yellowfang tells him he must tell Dovewing and Lionblaze about
the prophecy. He asks her to talk to Flametail, but due to the
boundaries in StarClan, she cannot help him. Later in his dream at the
Moonpool, Brambleberry tells him that they must unite all the Clans
together as one to fight the Dark Forest. After that, he has another
dream, but this time, in the Dark Forest. Brokenstar appears and shows
Jayfeather the training warriors and apprentices. Jayfeather is
horrified as he realizes that so many cats are training from each Clan,
secretly training at night while their Clanmates are sleeping. Before
his dream ends, the Dark Forest warriors lunge at him and hit him as a
wave. He then wakes up, blind again. He finds Mothwing at the Moonpool,
and she asks if he is alright. Mothwing is aware that something is wrong
with the Clans, and Jayfeather confirms this. He reveals all of the
secrets to her about the Dark Forest, the final battle, and their own
Clanmates training with the evil cats. Mothwing observes that many of
her Clanmates act odd lately: restless and argumentative. Jayfeather
tells her that her brother Hawkfrost is in the Dark Forest.
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