He tells his deputy, Leafstorm, to take a patrol out and try to talk with Rabbitstar again.

He then picks his way down the Great Rock, legs trembling from hunger, and leads his Clan away. The other leaders, Rabbitstar, Sedgestar, Willowstar, and Fennelstar, reject the offer. Furthermore, he tells the four other Clans that they should all share prey, so they can all survive the leaf-bare together. ThunderClan, especially his deputy, Leafstorm, is outraged at this announcement. However, he does not want to go into battle and instead reveals that his Clan is extremely weak and starving in their own territory. At a Gathering, he accuses WindClan of stealing his Clan's prey inside of ThunderClan territory. Battles of the Clans, page 140 Morningstar is an ancient ThunderClan leader. Morningstar and Leafstorm after the Gathering. Leafstorm: ' All I see is a leader who's too scared to go into battle!' If we fight now we'll lose half our Clan with the first strike. We are to quick to use violence to solve everything. Tomorrow I want you to take a patrol of warriors to Rabbitstar and speak with him again. Morningstar: ' We will not fight WindClan over this.

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