History Recap / WarriorCatsWarriorsRefuge

* AdaptationDyeJob: This volume is when manga!Millie became pinkish-brown as opposed to her silver tabby appearance from the actual books. The illustrator explained that when he got the character outlines, she was only described as a tabby, so he pictured her as rosy brown, and didn't find out her real color until he had already colored the cover of this one. He discussed with his editor whether to change it, but they decided that it would be dull to have two gray cats next to each other.

* AdultFear: The Twoleg couple lose track of their daughter long enough for her to nearly fall into a pond, and she's only saved by a strange feral cat distracting her and letting her pet him.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Graystripe is captured by Twolegs, it takes him several moons to escape and find his way back to the forest... but that's when he realizes there ''is'' no forest - [[DoomedHometown it's been destroyed by Twolegs.]]

* WatchingTroyBurn: Graystripe triumphantly returns to the forest, only to find it completely destroyed. He wanders around the destruction for a little while before Millie convinces him that his Clanmates are still out there somewhere.

* UnexpectedlyAbandoned: Graystripe finally escapes from the humans and finds [=ThunderClan=]'s territory and camp again, but is shocked to find that all the Clans seem to be gone, as they left for new territory without him.

* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Millie blushes in the scene where she first speaks Dog and Graystripe tells her she's amazing. Even more noticeable in the full-color version, when it's colored distinctly pink against her brownish fur.

* ADayInTheLimelight: This manga trilogy serves as Graystripe's.

* AdultFear: The Twoleg couple lose track of their daughter long enough for her to nearly fall into a pond, and she's only saved by a strange feral cat distracting her and letting her pet him.

Several days later, Graystripe and Millie are still traveling. Graystripe starts to see familiar scenery, and continues onward with increasing horror. After seeing the Great Sycamore, Graystripe knows exactly where he is. He runs to the camp, and realizes that his home has been destroyed and that the Clan is gone.

As the story begins, not much time has passed since ''The Lost Warrior''. Graystripe and Millie have reached a Thunderpath, and Graystripe rejoices because he can see the [=HighStones=], meaning he is almost home. After crossing a few Thunderpaths, Graystripe realizes that where they are feels similar to the forest. He now knows how to get home. As Graystripe and Millie sleep under the stars, he tells her more about clan life.

Husker introduces the barn cats. The she-cat is his mate Moss, and her brother Splash lives with them. Also, Husker and Moss have four kits, Birdy, Pad, Raindrop and Little Mew. Husker explains that the cats used to live in the farmhouse with elderly twolegs who were good to them, however both of them died. New twolegs who didn't like cats moved in and brought dogs. Whenever the twolegs see the cats, they sick the dogs on them, effectively making the cats prisoners in their own home.

The next day, Graystripe is attacked by the dogs. Millie comes to his rescue by revealing that she can speak dog and telling the dogs to go away. She teaches the barn cats how to speak dog so that they can stand up to the dogs. The day after that, Graystripe sees the daughter of the twolegs chasing a frog towards a pond. The parents of the girl see her, but are too far away to warn her. Worried that she may fall into the pond, Graystripe acts cute so that the girl will ignore the frog and pet him. The parents decide that the cats aren't all that bad. On the following day, Graystripe and Millie run into the twolegs again. The young boy goes to kick a soccer ball at them, but his mom grabs him and tells him that the cats are their friends. Upon seeing this, Graystripe gets the idea to lead the family to the barn. Once their, he brings down the kits and the family befriends the cats. After knowing that the barn cats will have a good future, Graystripe and Millie depart.

Several days later, Graystripe and Millie are still traveling. Graystripe starts to see familiar scenery, and proceeds with increasing horror. After seeing the Great Sycamore, Graystripe realizes that his home has been destroyed.