Bluestar watches the dog pack chase Fireheart, who is then grabbed by the pack

leader. She attacks the pack leader, and falls over the edge of the gorge with it,
but later is rescued by Fireheart, Mistyfoot, and Stonefur. Bluestar then reveals
that she is their mother, and after they forgive her, she gives up her hold on her
last life and goes to join StarClan.
As Moonflower and Swiftbreeze argue about Bluekit not opening her eyes, Bluekit
overhears this conversation and silently agrees with Moonflower that she will open
her eyes in her own time, one day. The next morning, she opens her eyes and plays
with her sister, Snowkit. They find the two older kits in the nursery, Leopardkit
and Patchkit, who leads them to the apprentices' den, where they meet Dapplepaw, an
apprentice. They meet the senior warrior, Stonepelt after they disturb him in the
warriors' den. After exploring a cave, which is in fact Pinestar's den, Bluekit is
found by Featherwhisker, the medicine cat apprentice. He takes both Bluekit and
Snowkit to the elders' den, where Mumblefoot, Larksong, and Weedwhisker are talking
negatively about Goosefeather, ThunderClan's current medicine cat.
Soon after, Moonflower prepares her kits to meet their father, Stormtail, who is
regarded as an important cat in his Clan. He appears as a slightly cold, rough cat.
Goosefeather shows the kits the medicine cat's den, and while he helps Smallear,
Bluekit and Snowkit get into the medicine supply where Snowkit eats some poppy
seeds. Moonflower pulls them out and yells at Goosefeather for not watching them,
worried that Snowkit is going to die. But with the coaxing of other queens,
Moonflower finally believes that Snowkit is safe. Pinestar then calls a Clan
meeting, welcoming Bluekit and Snowkit, and making Leopardkit and Patchkit into
apprentices.
A couple moons later, Bluekit can't sleep due to the overwhelming amount of kits in
the nursery, and slips out at dawn. Sunfall sees her and asks if she wants to see
outside the camp, and Bluekit says yes. They climb to the top of the ravine and
Bluekit is amazed at how high up they are. The Dawn Patrol arrives and reports that
WindClan is stealing prey. They all head back to camp, and after telling Pinestar
the news, the cats wonder if a battle will occur. To distract the clan, Bluekit and
Snowkit are made apprentices, and Stonepelt is named Bluepaw's mentor, and
Sparrowpelt as Snowpaw's.
After Bluepaw's first Gathering, Goosefeather deciphers an omen on a dead vole's
fur, saying that ThunderClan needs to attack Windclan and destroy their medicine
supply in order to survive. Pinestar chooses Bluepaw and Snowpaw, along with
Moonflower and some other warriors, for the raid. Moonflower gets killed in the
raid by Hawkheart, while she was destroying WindClan's medicine supply.
Later, Bluepaw is angry and takes it out on Lionpaw during a training session.
Later, Sunfall, Bluepaw's mentor ever since Stonepelt's injury never healed
properly, succeeds in talking Bluepaw out of her grief. At another Gathering,
Bluepaw meets Crookedpaw, a RiverClan apprentice, who was apprenticed late due to
his health. He talks about his brother, Oakheart, but Bluepaw doesn't like Oakheart
because of his arrogance. Snowpaw accuses her of being too friendly to an enemy
clan, to which Bluepaw retorts that at least she isn't mooning over Thistlepaw.
A moon later, Adderfang and Thrushpelt announce that RiverClan have crossed the
border. During the battle over Sunningrocks, Bluepaw faces Crookedpaw, who expects
a better greeting from him but his welcome is hostile. Snowpaw rushes to help and
together they take Crookedpaw on, and they beat him. RiverClan breaks the ice on
the river, and swim home, so that ThunderClan are unable to follow. ThunderClan
wins the battle.
When Bluepaw goes out hunting with Sweetpaw, Sunfall, and Smallear, she chases
after a squirrel and gets lost in Twolegplace. There, she meets a plump, ginger
kittypet tom named Jake. When Pinestar discovers Bluepaw in Twolegplace, he gets
angry with her and says she has to hunt at dawn for not catching anything. When
Bluepaw tells Snowpaw that she has to hunt at dawn, she decides to hunt with
Bluepaw near the Shadowclan border. The next day, when they go to hunt at dawn,
Bluepaw chases a rabbit down a tunnel. It turns out that there was a fox in the
tunnel, and it chases Bluepaw and Snowpaw all the way back to Thunderclan's camp,
but it gets scared off as lightning strikes a tree branch, causing it to fall to
the ground in flames right next to it. Soon after, it begins to rain, extinguishing
the flames before any harm can be done. Goosefeather says it was a sign from
StarClan, a prophecy; "Like fire, you will blaze through the forest." Bluepaw does
not believe the old medicine cat, because she still blames him for Moonflower's
death.
Bluepaw and Snowpaw receive their warrior names, Bluefur and Snowfur. At the next
Gathering, Bluefur tells Crookedpaw, who says that he received his warrior name,
Crookedjaw. After they return to the camp, Pinestar tells her that she hasn't been
to the Moonstone yet. The two leave for the Highstones. At the Moonstone, Bluefur
dreams she is drowning in black water. Pinestar wakes her up, and they soon leave.
Arriving back at camp, Bluefur finds her nest cleaned, and thanks Snowfur, only to
find out Thrushpelt cleaned it.
Leopardfoot begins kitting half a moon early, and gives birth to two she-kits,
Mistkit and Nightkit, and a tom, Tigerkit. Later, Bluefur gets a bellyache and
visits the dirtplace, only to find out that Rosepaw and Sweetpaw fell ill too.
Though Bluefur and Rosepaw eventually recover, Sweetpaw dies from the sickness, and
her mother, Poppydawn, is especially distraught. Sweetpaw's brother, Thistleclaw,
insists on burying her himself.
In a battle with RiverClan, Sunfall asks for Pinestar, but no one sees him. After
the battle, Pinestar announces to the Clan that he is leaving to become a kittypet,
and Sunfall will be the new leader. The Clan is outraged. Pinestar says a goodbye
to his mate and kits, especially Tigerkit, who growls at his father. Sunfall
becomes Sunstar, and Tawnyspots becomes the new deputy.
Soon after, Snowfur tells Bluefur that she is expecting Thistleclaw's kits,
something Bluefur is shocked about. She then tells herself that Moonflower would
want Snowfur to be happy. Snowfur has a single kit, a white tom who is named
Whitekit. Snowfur misses being a warrior while raising her kit, so Bluefur takes
her out on a walk. They have a mock-fight, then go to the river to wash. They spot
ShadowClan warriors on their territory, and Snowfur chases after them into the
Thunderpath. Bluefur watches in horror as her sister is hit and killed by a
monster. Bluefur later has a nightmare about Whitekit drowning.
After another time skip, Whitepaw and Tigerpaw are now warriors, Whitestorm and
Tigerclaw. Bluefur visits Larksong to tell her about the ceremony, and Larksong
tells Bluefur that she should live her own life. It is also noted that Bluefur
thinks Larksong wants her to take Thrushpelt as a mate. Later, Sunstar tells
ThunderClan that they will take back Sunningrocks, but without a fight. They decide
to go to the RiverClan camp, and Bluefur sees Oakheart there. When a RiverClan
patrol escorts them out, Oakheart tells Bluefur to fake an injury, so he can speak
with her. She does, pretending she has a thorn in her paw. Oakheart then tells her
to meet him at Fourtrees. Bluefur reluctantly agrees. On her way to see Oakheart,
she sees Snowfur and Moonflower as spirits, silently telling her to go back.
Bluefur brushes past them, insisting she needs to do this. She is delighted to see
that Oakheart waited for her. The two warriors joke around for a bit, and soon they
make a nest and fall asleep.
Tawnyspots gets sick, and cannot do deputy duties. Thistleclaw states that he will
become deputy, much to Bluefur's annoyance. Later, when Bluefur comes back from a
Gathering, Leopardfoot notices that she is pregnant and tells this to her. Bluefur
is horrified to hear that she is going to have kits, but Oakheart reassures her
that everything will be okay. Bluefur gives birth to three kits: Mistykit,
Stonekit, and Mosskit. The Clan assumes that Thrushpelt is the father, but he never
states that he is. Bluefur decides that she can't keep them if she was to become
deputy instead of Thistleclaw. At the next Gathering, Bluefur tells this to
Oakheart, who is shocked, but agrees. The next night, Bluefur leads her kits out of
camp and towards RiverClan territory. She digs a hole, and puts her kits there to
shelter them from the falling snow and harsh winds. As she is moving them from snow
hole to snow hole, she is horrified to see that Mosskit has died from the cold.
Snowfur comes to take her to StarClan, and assures Bluefur that she would take care
of her. Bluefur takes Mistykit and Stonekit to RiverClan territory, and gives them
to Oakheart.
After Featherwhisker confirms that Tawnyspots will not recover, Sunstar appoints
Bluefur as deputy, much to Thistleclaw's anger. Sunstar then reveals to Bluefur
that he only received eight lives from StarClan, because Pinestar did not give up
his last one. When Sunstar dies, Bluefur goes to the Moonstone to receive her nine
lives.
After another time skip, Bluestar sits on the Highrock with her deputy, Redtail,
watching Dustpaw, Sandpaw, and Graypaw play fight. After the battle with RiverClan
over Sunningrocks occurs, Bluestar sits under Silverpelt talking to Spottedleaf,
who receives the prophecy "fire alone can save our Clan". After yet another time
skip, Bluestar and Whitestorm are walking near Twolegplace and watch a ginger
kittypet swipe at a blackbird. The book ends with a manga of Rusty joining
ThunderClan, the start of Into the Wild.