Fading Echoes

Fading Echoes

File:FadingEchos-fixed.jpg US First Edition Cover featuring Ivypaw
Author	Erin Hunter
Cover artist	Wayne McLoughlin
Language	English
Series	Warriors: Omen of the Stars
Genre	Children's literature Fantasy novel
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	April 6, 2010
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	352
ISBN	0-06-155512-6
Preceded by	The Fourth Apprentice
Followed by	Night Whispers

Fading Echoes is a children's fantasy novel. It is the second book in Erin Hunter's Warriors: Omen of the Stars. It was released on April 6, 2010.

Plot

At the beginning, we see that the cats of the Dark Forest are training Breezepelt and other cats in the same way they trained Lionblaze. Hawkfrost begins to visit Ivypaw in her dreams and teaches her many battle moves, pretending he is from StarClan. Ivypaw, still jealous that Dovepaw is keeping secrets from her own kin, decides not to tell anyone about Hawkfrost's training. Leopardstar, leader of RiverClan, loses her last life, and Mistyfoot takes her place as leader of RiverClan.

During training with Lionblaze, Cinderheart, and Ivypaw, Dovepaw hears Sedgewhisker getting hurt by a dog on the moor through her powers. Lionblaze asks her about it, but when she suggests going over to check on the WindClan warrior, Lionblaze rejects her, telling her that they were no longer friends, but rival clans. Dovepaw calls him cold and later that night, she and Ivypaw go on a walk. But Dovepaw ends up persuading Ivypaw to go with her to WindClan's camp. Sedgewhisker, to Dovepaw's surprise, is angry and two warriors escort them home.

After the visit to StarClan, The three reveal to Firestar who they are; Firestar reveals that he suspected it all along, but had his doubts after Hollyleaf's death. Firestar tells the Three what he knows about them, which wasn't a lot, and delivers a crucial piece of information: The prophecy is not from StarClan.

A while later, Dovepaw is on patrol with Lionblaze and several warriors. They go to the ShadowClan border, but there are ShadowClan scents in the ThuderClan border. Dovepaw recognizes Tigerheart's scent, but the others are unable to due to Lionblaze's earlier falling in garlic. When Tigerheart disguises the scent with new after a confrontation between two patrols, he makes her promise not to tell until he'd explained everything.

After days of rain, Dovepaw senses a tree on the edge of the hollow about to fall. She warns Firestar and the Clan, and they manage to evacuate the camp before the tree falls. However, Mousefur stays behind, refusing to give up on a mouse that she was eating. Longtail goes back for the mouse, and Briarpaw goes back for Longtail. As a result, Briarpaw's hind legs are paralyzed, and Longtail is killed. With Leafpool's help, Jayfeather finds out that Littlecloud had the same problem with another cat. The cat's lack of exercise allowed a chest infection to make it harder for him to breathe, eventually killing him. Jayfeather vows not to let Briarpaw die, but near the end of the book Briarpaw starts to develop a perhaps deadly cough.

Briarpaw, Bumblepaw, and Blossompaw get their warrior names: Briarlight, Blossomfall, and Bumblestripe.

Dovepaw sees Tigerheart at the border and they talk warmly. Tigerheart says that they are friends, and he seems restless. Dovepaw thinks afterwards that "Clanmates are Clanmates, but friends are just as precious." She tells herself that she will not spy on ShadowClan or give Tigerheart away.

Tigerstar tells Ivypaw that giving a strip of land to ShadowClan has endangered ThunderClan. Ivypaw believes Tigerstar and tells Firestar that she had a dream from StarClan of ShadowClan invading, because they believe that Firestar is too weak to keep his own territory. Firestar and the senior warriors decide to attack ShadowClan before they can attack ThunderClan. During the battle Lionblaze kills Russetfur, but not before she deprives Firestar of his seventh life. Lionblaze then looks upon the misery and death that the battle has brought, and believes that it should have never occurred.

Main Characters

ThunderClan Dovepaw Lionblaze Ivypaw Jayfeather

WindClan Sedgewhisker Onestar Breezepelt

ShadowClan Blackstar Littlecloud Tigerheart Flametail

RiverClan Mistystar Mothwing

Setting

The Lake Territory