Erin Hunter - The Fourth Apprentice

The Fourth Apprentice

Erin Hunter

Contents

Allegiances

Map

Water poured over the lip of the rock in a…

A full moon floated in a cloudless sky, casting thick…

Jayfeather picked through the herbs in the storage cave at…

Dovekit wriggled with excitement as Whitewing’s tongue rasped around her…

Lionblaze halted in the center of the clearing and let…

A paw clipping against her ear woke Dovepaw; keeping her…

Dovepaw followed Lionblaze through the thorn tunnel and into the…

Jayfeather winced at Dovepaw’s dismay as she learned that she…

Lionblaze pushed his way through the thorn tunnel and padded…

Lionblaze gazed up at the full moon hanging above the…

As soon as Jayfeather woke on the morning after the…

Dovepaw stood on the rocks at the mouth of the…

With the gazes of all four deputies on them, the…

Lionblaze cast sidelong glances at Dovepaw as she padded beside…

As soon as the thorn barrier stopped quivering after Brambleclaw,…

A dry, dusty breeze swept over Dovepaw, rattling the branches…

Lionblaze heard panic in his apprentice’s wail and saw the…

Jayfeather lifted his head and tasted the air, which had…

Dovepaw felt her pelt stand on end with excitement as…

Lionblaze led the patrol away from the water and into…

What in the name of StarClan made her come all…

Lionblaze and Toadfoot lowered Rippletail’s body into the hole they…

Lionblaze jumped up onto the bank of the stream and…

Jayfeather groaned as he forced his eyes open on darkness.

Dovepaw sank her claws into a branch as the wave…

The daylight grew stronger as the cats headed back through…

“What’s happening?” Berrynose poked his head into the entrance of…

Acknowledgments

Warriors Adventure Game

Fever Dreams

After the Adventure

About the Author

Other Books by Erin Hunter

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

FIRESTAR-ginger tom with a flame-colored pelt

BRAMBLECLAW-dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes

JAYFEATHER-gray tabby tom

(toms and she-cats without kits)

GRAYSTRIPE-long-haired gray tom

DUSTPELT-dark brown tabby tom

SANDSTORM-pale ginger she-cat with green eyes

BRACKENFUR-golden brown tabby tom

SORRELTAIL-tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes

CLOUDTAIL-long-haired white tom with blue eyes

BRIGHTHEART-white she-cat with ginger patches

THORNCLAW-golden brown tabby torm APPRENTICE, BRIARPAW

SQUIRRELFLIGHT-dark ginger she-cat with green eyes

LEAFPOOL-light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat

SPIDERLEG-long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes

BIRCHFALL-light brown tabby tom

BERRYNOSE-cream-colored tom

HAZELTAIL-small gray-and-white she-cat

MOUSEWHISKER-gray-and-white tom

CINDERHEART-gray tabby she-cat

LIONBLAZE-golden tabby tom

FOXLEAP-reddish tabby tom

ICECLOUD-white she-cat

TOADSTEP-black-and-white tom

ROSEPETAL-dark cream she-cat

(more than six moons old, in training to become warriors)

BRIARRAW-dark brown she-cat

BLOSSOMPAW-tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat

BUMBLEPAW-very pale gray tom with black stripes

(she-cats expecting or nursing kits)

FERNCLOUD-pale gray (with darker flecks) she-cat with green eyes

DAISY-cream long-furred cat from the

WHITEWING-white she-cat with green eyes, mother of Birchfall’s kits: Dovekit (gray she-cat) and Ivvkit (white tabby she-cat)

POPPYFROST-tortoiseshell she-cat, expecting Berrynose’s kits

(former warriors and queens, now retired)

LONGTAIL-pale tabby tom with dark black stripes, retired early due to failing sight

MOUSEFUR-small dusky brown she-cat

PURDY-plump tabby former loner with a gray muzzle

BLACKSTAR-large white tom with huge jet black paws

RUSSETFUR-dark ginger she-cat

LITTLECLOUD-very small tabby tom

APPRENTICE, FLAMETAIL(ginger tom)

OAKFUR-small brown tom

APPRENTICE, FERRETPAW(cream-and-gray tom)

ROWANCLAW-ginger tom

SMOKEFOOT-black tom

TOADFOOT-dark brown tom

APPLEFUR-mottled brown she-cat

CROWFROST-black-and-white tom

RATSCAR-brown tom with long scar across his back

APPRENTICE, PINEPAW(black she-cat)

SNOWBIRD-pure-white she-cat

TAWNYPELT-tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

APPRENTICE, STARLINGPAW(ginger tom)

OLIVENOSE-tortoiseshell she-cat

OWLCLAW-light brown tabby tom

SHREWFOOT-gray she-cat with black feet

SCORCHFUR-dark gray tom

REDWILLOW-mottled brown-and-ginger tom

TIGERHEART-dark brown tabby tom

DAWNPELT-cream-furred she-cat

KINKFUR-tabby she-cat with long fur that sticks out at all angles