"There will be three, kin of your kin... who hold the power of the stars in their paws".

The time has come for three kits of ThunderClan to become apprentices. Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw spring from a strong legacy: children of Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw, two of the noblest ThunderClan warriors. All three young cats have unusual power and talent and seem certain to provide strength to the Clan for the next generation. Firestar realizes that the three kits of Squirrelflight, his daughter, and his deputy Brambleclaw, are the three prophesied cats. It is also revealed that Jaypaw, one the three kits, is blind. Hollypaw becomes Leafpool's apprentice to become more important to her Clan. However, she soon discovers that being a medicine cat is not her strength, and would rather become a warrior. The day that she renounces her training is the same day that Jaypaw becomes a medicine cat instead, since he learned that it was his destiny from a dream with StarClan. Jaypaw does not enjoy being a medicine cat; he would much rather be a warrior, but he values himself as useless as a warrior. In a dream, Jaypaw travels to the realms of StarClan and realizes that he can see (in the dream world only). He soon meets Spottedleaf, who tells him he has a wonderful gift, which is that Jaypaw can travel into others' dreams, and he can sense the deep feelings of others.In another dream he wanders through StarClan and crosses the border to the Place of No Stars. There he finds Tigerstar and Hawkfrost waiting for him. They tell him that they can teach him to fight despite his blindness. During a Gathering, Lionpaw meets Crowfeather's apprentice, Heatherpaw, and develops a liking for her. Mousepaw is also presumed to have a developed a strong liking on the RiverClan apprentice, Minnowpaw. In the middle of that gathering, Graystripe returns to the Clans, meeting them on the island. With him is Millie, a former kittypet and Graystripe's new mate. Graystripe is welcomed back by cats from all of the Clans, and he and Millie return to ThunderClan, but Firestar keeps Brambleclaw for his deputy, because they had a vigil set up for Graystripe, and he says that the journey to the Clans had made him too tired to resume his deputy duties. At the next Gathering, Squirrelflight shares an idea: to have a special Gathering, just once. All four Clans would meet in ThunderClan territory at sunhigh. Each Clan would have their apprentices compete in different contests; tree climbing, hunting, and fighting. Whichever Clans' apprentice won would pick the prey from the fresh-kill pile first.Jaypaw, upset that he can't compete, stays behind at the camp, when he has a vision. He is choking on earth, and he smells badger and fox. He is scrabbling desperately with his paws, and realizes that he is seeing through Lionpaw's eyes. It turns out that, while competing, Lionpaw and Breezepaw fell into a collapsing fox den. Luckily, Jaypaw got there in time to save them. He was known as a hero.