Snakepaw is
given his warrior name, Snakehiss.
Yellowcough falls upon the clans. When it is time to recruit volunteers for the StarClan-sponsored journey to find lungwort,
Snakehiss volunteers himself immediately in order to look good in front of the clan. Sootstar turns him down, claiming that he needs to stay behind to defend the camp, which disappoints and frustrates him.
Not too long after,
Badgermoon and Curlewnose flee the clan after Sootstar claims they attacked her. In utter disbelief, shaken to his core, Snakehiss gives himself little time to process these developments and instead offers to pursue the traitors.
His mother, Rosepool,
shows symptoms of Yellowcough and is taken to quarantine. She quickly succumbs to her illness and
dies, leaving Snakehiss devastated.
Rogues take over WindClan territory, forcing them into ThunderClan territory and eventually into ShadowClan.
Snakehiss looks to StarClan, hopeless and distraught, pleading for answers. While temporarily living in ShadowClan,
he and Sootstar run into WindClan traitors Hyacinthbreath and Pollenfur, engaging in a fight.
The clans band together to take back their territories.
Snakehiss fights a rogue, though loses his upper hand and is nearly killed when Sparkspirit saves him. After WindClan is back in camp, Snakehiss is assigned to mentor
Rivepaw, one of Sunstride and Wolfsong's kits.
Sootstar's reign grew more intense, with the loyalists beginning to separate themselves from the non-loyalists. Snakehiss, along with other loyalists,
defend Highstones from Smokeheart and nearly kill him ( though he does not partake in the action ). Trying to isolate Cottonpaw from her friends and ensure his place, Snakehiss
proposes that they become mates when the time is right, which she accepts.
He provokes a physical
altercation with Sedgepounce, trying to paint him as disloyal to WindClan.
The tensions between the loyalists and the rebels finally snapped, with Sootstar declaring war on Sunstride and anyone who supported him. Snakehiss, torn on what to do,
meets his father in battle and pretends to fight him while being told to remain in WindClan and masquerade as a loyalist. He hesitantly agrees, and Shadowsight flees. After the battle, Snakehiss is
named Sootstar's deputy.
Shortly after, Snakehiss
catches Sparkspirit and Morningsong fleeing WindClan in the dead of night but ultimately lets them go.
Cottonpaw breaks off their relationship in front of the entire clan, humiliating him. Feeling emotionally charged and testy, Snakehiss gets into
a fight with Sedgepounce, causing him to accidentally plunge into the river and disappear. Distraught, he thinks he's killed Sedgepounce.
He
he makes his new relationship with Berrysnap public. She falls pregnant soon afterward.