While Brightpaw is recovering from the mauling, she repeats words she heard the dogs say: "pack, pack" and "kill, kill". Bluestar then "promotes" Brightpaw to the full status of a true warrior, but she shames Brightpaw by giving her the name Lostface. Normal Clan life resumes, but Fireheart begins to have a strong sense of curiosity of how this happens. To find out, he asks Lostface if she remembers what happens, but she can only remember the words "Pack, pack, kill, kill". Whitestorm the big muscular snowy-white tom reports to Fireheart that they smell dog near Snakerocks, a pile of rocks where adders live, so they head there. When they arrive, they find a trail of dead rabbits is found leading to the camp, ending with Brindleface in front of the camp, who had been killed by Tigerstar. Fireheart orders a patrol to get rid of the rabbits. Brindleface's death shocks everyone, and after her burial, the camp is evacuated to Sunningrocks to protect ThunderClan. With Bluestar still mentally unstable, it is up to Fireheart to destroy the pack and protect ThunderClan. He and the senior warriors decide that a patrol of cats will lead the dogs to and over the nearby gorge, drowning some of the dogs. But, before he leaves, he apologizes to Sandstorm for not obeying Bluestar and they fall in love, but all they did was realize the existing love they had for each other. The plan works: each cat successfully leads the pack closer to the gorge, breaking away from the group once they lead the dogs to a certain spot, where a fresh runner lies in wait so they can lead the dogs to the next point. Fernpaw the short-furred pale gray she-cat and her brother Ashpaw the pale gray tom with darker flecks (both of them are Brindleface's kits) took part in leading the dogs; they did it as revenge against Tigerstar for killing their mother. Fireheart, the last in line, keeps a good distance between him and the pack leader, until Tigerstar appears and pins Fireheart down. As the huge male dog leader with a massive black-and-tan head gets dangerously close, Tigerstar leaps away, leaving Fireheart to be killed by the pack. As Fireheart struggles against the lead dog , Bluestar, her old self returned once more, slams into the dog, releasing its grip on Fireheart and throwing the lead dog — and herself — over the side of the gorge.