Main conflict

Gregor and Luxa find out the mice have gone missing and certain marks suggest that they are all dead but they go in a tunnel and find a paw print that's made with blood that's a few days old

Other conflicts

Gregor's teacher a rat enemy of the mice wants him to kill the bane the only white rat in existence that's very violent and dangerous

His teacher the rat goes missing

The bane has also disappeared

The prophecy of time that Gregor's suppose to fulfill but he might have to back to the surface and nobody will talk about it to him