So turns out that Firestar told Bramblestar about SkyClan in that mediocre and not cannon at all story called Bramblestar's Storm. I should have remembered that. If you wanted to hear about plots conveniently lining up for tropey events in the near-future, you better believe Firestar- Erin Hunter- only told Bramblestar about SkyClan so the events of Apprentice's Quest would work out. That's the only reason Bramblestar's Storm even mentioned SkyClan...

Chapter 9

…. Um... Sandstorm? Ha, this is funny. The first line of the chapter is Sandstorm demanding she go on the journey with Alderpaw. No way in StaClan that's going to happen. She's an elder- and also like the 2nd oldest cat alive by the lake after Mistystar... oh wait, now that I think about it, when will Mistystar die? There's no way the RiverClan leader is going to survive this whole series.

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Ughh, Bramblestar actually allowed Sandstorm to go... after like 5 paragraphs of them arguing.

And Squirelflight walks in and says some vague and generic stuff about how the jounrey will be dangerous even though she herself has no idea where they are going. First Leafpool and Jayfeather are like "sure, let's send the youngest apprentice in the Clan on a mysterious journey to a place we don't even know about." Now even the deputy is like, "sounds legit.

And what really makes me laugh is how Squirrelflight is shocked when Sandstorm declares she is going too. Not worried about her feeble son who has proven he can't even feed himself going on the journey, but she freaks over Sandstorm.

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And how is the rest of the Clan expected to just let an elder and an apprentice just leave on a mysterious jopurney. Someone is going to have to go with them, right? And whoever goes will find out about SkyClan anyway, so what's the point in keeping it a secret?

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Takes about a whole page to describe all the cats coming out of the various crevasses and holes to gather for the meeting Bramblestar just announced.

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Listening to Bramblestar try to justify the quest to the cats without telling them squat about where the journey is going makes me purr in amusement.

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Oh wow, it's not just one cat going with them, it's three others- Sparkpaw, Cherryfall and Molewhisker. How are we going to keep the secret about SkyClan when three more cats are going to find out about it... Unless they all somehow die... I would approve of that.

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And now we are all about to leave for the journey. When you think about it some more, Sparkpaw and Alderpaw are currently the only apprentices left in the Clan... Damn, that means poor cats like me are going to have to clean the elders den... balls.

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I'm giving the traveling cats some traveling herbs right now, and according to Alderpaw, I sound friendly? I wonder why. One can only be so friendly while giving out those disgusting herbies. I didn't even add nectar to the batch like I sometimes do to make it go down easier.

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"If this secret gets out, it could be devastating for the Clans." Are you sure, Bramblestar? It must not have been very devastating back in the day when SkyClan actually did live with the other Clans. Are you saying cats were so much crueler back then that they were okay with just banishing another Clan. Why should cats today care anymore then the cats of the past did?

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Oh snap, Alderpaw just wondered aboutthe exact thing I just pointed out. He thinks But that was seasons and seasons before Bramblestar was even born. Why should he feel bad about it? It wasn't his fault.

Of course, when Alderpaw tells Sandstorm what he's wondering, she's just like- "Because Erin Hunter wanted it to be like that."

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…. Ha! When Bramnblestar is sending Alderpaw and the others on the quest, the rest of the Clan turns to look at Alderpaw with respect and admiration in their eyes. REALLY? IS NOBODY EVEN SLIGHTLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE YOUNGEST APPRENTICE JUST WANDERING OUT ON A MAGICAL QUEST? I mean seriously? Erin Hunter is making so many cats act out-of-character just for the sake of the plot, and that really pisses me off. This doesn't feel at all like a good Warrior's story so far.

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And there's a reference to the giant owl that haunts Alderpaw's dreams again. Page 119 if you want to find it yourself.

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Wow, this is really happening. Bye Alderpaw! Have a goo time!(intentional misspelling there.)

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So they are off in the woods now. When is Alderpaw going to tell his Clanamtes about SkyClan? He has to, right? Bramblestar made it pretty explicit that at least Sandstorm knows where they are going, so it is only fair that they all know about SkyClan at some point too.

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Okay, I skimmed ahead and it looks like this chapter will be huge. I'm not going to comment on everything because almost all of it is useless filler, so I'll just write something if I read something noteworthy.

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So apparnetly, they are taking the path through the twolegplace instead of over the mountains. Why? Sandstorm doesn't even give a reason as to why she doesn't want to go over the mountains. It's new-leaf, it's not like the mountains are going to be snowy and hard to get over. In fact, they would be vastly safer than twolegplace...

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Now they are at the WindClan border. No WindClan cats sighted, so we'll just cruise right by.

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Sparkpaw shows off her vast intellect by being surprised that the journey is farther away than anything in WindClan. Because all that hype, all those traveling herbs, and the four cat escort was just to get Alderpaw on the other side of WindClan. GJ Erin for making cats stupider just to make a few more lines to fill your chapter.

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I hate this chapter. So much rubbish talking about twolegs without furthering the plot or adding character depth. They are already hungry even though they just had some traveling herbs and now they are dumping over the twoleg rubbish bins in search of food.

Yup, we are all eating rubbish as the chapter ends. THERE ARE TREES RIGHT BEHIND YOU, WHY NOT ACTUALLY HUNT FOR YOUR FOOD? No really, Aderpaw says he hears rustling in the trees behind him. Also apparently, he thinks he's being watched. In case you mouse-brains don't know what that means, it means there absolutely is another cat following them. Whenever a writer says, "i feel like we're being watched," it means they are being watched. It's a not so subtle way inexperienced writers can tell the reader that there is someone there without making the protagonist of the story know.

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