Gathering of Dec.

[Lexie]

Please let leaders post first and say who is coming to the gathering with them! Thank you!

Icestar walked into fourtrees with a bunch of her clan mates. She has Blackleaf, who was helping her medicine cat, Quietshadow, Coppertail, Stormcloud, Thunderpaw, Shallowpaw, Darkshadow, Duskfur, and Lightstream.
Her black pelt was easily spotted because of the moonlight and now it helped her eyes glow bright too. Tonight, her eyes were so blue that they looked almost white.

[Tiger]

Whitestar slunk through the trees with the icy fallen leaves crunching under his feet. The leader looked almost like a ghost in the pale, late leaf-fall moonlight: his long pelt shone a silvery white and his pink eyes had a reflection that was simply frightening. Behind him were Firetail, Rainlight, Skylight, Toadflight, Shadesong, Thornheart, Dashfoot, and Cinderflame. He was trying to loosen up and not be so stiff and serious, lest the other clans knew of his troubles.

Quietshadow was easily the most dignified-looking of BeachClan. His step was slow with an easy cadence and his head was held high and proud. He could easily pass as Icestar's older brother except for the fact that his eyes glowed a pale, smoky yellow, like a liquid gold/silver mix. "The moon is bright tonight," he remarked to himself.

Thunderpaw scurried into the clearing with his tail and head up. He looked like he was hunting except he wasn't moving as carefully as a hunter should. The apprentice ran over to the edge of the clearing and pounced on a bush. As soon as his front paw brushed the shrub, he recoiled and fell on his back; the plant had thorns. A quick once-over determined that nothing had embedded itself in his pelt, so Thunderpaw ruefully sat down, looking up at Icestar with a haughty expression.

[Lexie]

Icestar walked up to Whitestar. "Nice to see you, how is Frostclan?" she asked. Her black pelt brushed up against Skylight's as she passed. "Hello, Icestar," she purred. "How is Beachclan?" she asked. She gave a grave look at her leader. Why was he so uptight? she thought. Icestar blinked happily. "Fine," she purred. Skylight walked and stood beside Whitestar, her pelt, close to his.

[;lost&insecure;]

Cinderflame followed Whitestar silently, sullenly. He wasn't really looking forward to the Gathering. He didn't particularly like other cats. He liked to be off on his own, but no. He had been chosen and he couldn't refuse. He'd look ungrateful. The autumn leaves crunched softly underneath his paws and he looked up into the black leaves, illuminated silver by the drops of moonlight. Sometimes it broke through, leaving dapples of moonshine in the path. When he stepped through them, his normal gray shade of fur shone like trickling silver. They broke through the trees and into clearing. He tried to hide his chagrin and followed his leader down.

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Like every full-moon, Coppertail paused at the edge of the clearing before padding out into the open and away from pine trees and bracken on BeachClan. It was a habit he had developed ever since the battle against BurntClan. It was his job to protect the Clan and he did so be checking that no ghostly rogues were hiding in the shadows. Once satisfied, he flicked his tail and padded over to the Great Rock. In the darkness his pelt was almost black, his chest and forepaws an off grey. When the moonlight caught his eyes they flashed a brilliant amber, a reminder of his flaring temper.

Rainlight padded into the clearing, sniffing at the air. Only BeachClan had arrived so far and amongst the scents she located Blackleaf's. The arrival of Flaxeyes' kits still nagged at her but now she had far greater problems. Lately she had been having dreams of unfamiliar territory, as if FrostClan had moved camp...But it was AquaClan that had moved and not FrostClan! Surely a fire would not destroy their camp too?

((Icestar and Jaystar need to mention that AquaClan are moving camps or something. ))

[Lexie]

((Yup, Icestar has that covered. And hope Jaystar has some details.))

Blackleaf sat silent as he saw his old mentor walk into fourtrees. He new he used to be great friends, but now, he had slowly driffed away from her once he became madly in love with Flaxeyes. After her lecture on how medicine cats are not supposed to have kits made him feel irritated, looking back at the flashback in his head.

[heartnet]

((HERE!! Sorry, was real busy this weekend!))

White paws raced through the grass with grace as the black and white leader broke through the clearing to the Gathering. Behind Hawkstar was Orchidtail, Tussockwind, Owlfoot, Rainwing, Wolfheart, Maplepaw, Lightningpaw, Heronpaw, Littlepaw, and Goldenpaw. He proudly walked through the cats, jumping up onto Great Rock with ease. "Hello Whitestar, Icestar." he said warmly, obvious in a great mood. Maybe it was because he was seeing his kits, now apprentices, at their first Gathering. This was news he had been waiting to say for a long time. He could already pick out his sons' and daughter's pelts in the mix of cats.

[Lexie]

Goldenkit ran in after her father, keeping quiet as always. Her ginger coat was easily seen, until she walked into a shadow, she decided to walk along side Maplepaw, who was atleast one cat who new most cats. "Hello, mind if I sit with you?" she asked the larger apprentice.

[lord of all yellow mice]

(ooc)
Is Sootpaw here? I know RainClan is having medicine cat... issues at the moment, so I was just wondering. xD
I'll try to post later. n_n
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"Sure thing!" Maplepaw meowed to the smaller golden tabby. "Let's go introduce you to all the other apprentices first. There won't be much time left after the Gathering for talking. Icestar is always really bossy."

My first Gathering! Heronpaw thought excitedly. In his mind he was jumping out of his fur but in reality he appeared like a mildly interested young warrior.
"Exciting huh?" Tussockwind asked, suddenly appearing beside the new apprentice. His light gold pelt was creamy in the moonlight, almost glowing. It was his first Gathering as a warrior and he couldn't wait to tell Skylight. She had got her warrior name before him which was really annoying. Silly smug FrostClan she-cats.
"Can you show us around?" Littlepaw asked, running to keep up with the two bigger toms. Like his mother, in the darkness they looked like a pair of StarClan warriors minus the glowing stars.
"Sure thing. Thunderpaw is just over there," Tussockwind told them, pointing out the BeachClan apprentice. "Swallowpaw, Larchpaw and Inkpaw might be here too. Watch out for Quailpaw though!"

Coppertail smiled at Hawkstar and Whitestar as they passed. He couldn't help but notice some small wounds on the RainClan leader's shoulders, as if somebody had bit him. Then he caught a glimpse of Owlfoot and felt his stomach do a somersault. The deputy had several gashes around his neck and shoulders, his eyes dull. Somebody had done their best to kill him and Hawkstar. "Owlfoot? Are you okay?" he asked, moving to walk beside the grey tom.

"Odd. The AquaClan warriors' scents are mingled with BeachClan," Orchidtail meowed to Hawkstar. "It's been a moon now. Do you think they're still living in BeachClan?"

"Blackleaf!" Rainlight called as she bound over to the black tom. "How's Flaxeyes? How's the prey running in BeachClan?"

[;lost&insecure;]

Rainwing padded happily into the clearing following Hawkstar. She had an apprentice! She couldn't believe it! Brackenstripe was going to flip! She looked eagerly around for the group of AquaClan cats that Jaystar always took, but they weren't there yet. She sighed unhappily, and dragged herself into the middle so Brackenstripe would be able to see her. Her pale gray pelt shone like silver moonshine in the light of the full moon, and her eyes were like dusty topazes in the sky. Her eyes searched the darkness for a clue of when AquaClan would arrive.

[heartnet]

(((Yes! Sootpaw is here! Sorry I forgot her.))

Hawkstar glanced to his mate, snapping out of his thoughts of his kits. "I don't know. I would have thought Icestar to be stricter, but I mean, she wouldn't send the whole clan out with nowhere to go I don't suppose..." he murmured quietly so wandering ears couldn't hear his words. He stretched his sore muscles, still aching slightly from the battle with the rogues. Something told him that they would see those two again unfortunately.

Lightningpaw glanced between Tussockwind and his brother to Maplepaw and Goldenkit. He didn't know who to go with...realizing both were meeting other apprentices, he quickly made a choice. "Hey, Maplepaw...mind if I join you?" he asked with a smile to her and his sister. Maybe he just wanted to do something different that his brother for once or because he really liked Maplepaw, but he liked his choice of who to go with.

((Lol, introduce to some cats and they'll see the two and be like..."You two are brothers!?!?" cause their so different xDD))

[Lexie]

Goldenkit smiled at her friend. "Thanks!" she meowed. She took a breath and followed Maplepaw. Blackleaf walked up to Rainlight. "Hello, long time no see!" he began. Blackleaf's throat rumbled with a friendly purr. "Flaxeyes' still hasn't had kits and Beachclan prey is good but not very full, it's hard, Aquaclan territory only has enough prey to only feed elders, queens, and their kits," he informed, with a small smirk. His tone wasn't very easy going, like he was worried.

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"Oh. Sure thing," Maplepaw told Lightningpaw, returning his smile. "I can't see many apprentices though. Do you want to me some of the younger warriors instead? Foxflame and Skylight are quite nice."

Rainlight grimaced. "BeachClan can't keep AquaClan for long. Surely Icestar has come up with some way to get with off her territory though?"

"I know," Orchidtail murmured, touching her cheek against Hawkstar's shoulder. "But with leaf-bare upon us BeachClan will struggle to feed double the cats. Icestar and Jaystar must do something before they all starve."

[lord of all yellow mice]

Though Dashfoot might normally have scurried to a Gathering confidently amongst the other warriors, his gaze now constantly drifted back to Cinderflame.The young warrior always seemed to be on the outside - it was as if he weren't truly part of the clan. Though he had a feeling that it was partially out of selfishness, Dashfoot wanted him to be as devoted to FrostClan as any other warrior - the way Cinderflame had separated himself was becoming almost annoying.
As he watched the warrior's heavy footsteps, a guilty conscience pulled him down. Cinderflame wanted to be different - didn't he?
Dashfoot shook his head, trying to forget his odd determination. Ignore Cinderflame. Let him make his own choices. Go out and speak to other cats yourself, Dashfoot! Maybe even casually make sure no one's seen a certain tan-and-white she-cat around...
He edged closer to the grey warrior. "C'mon, Cinderflame... want to go meet some cats from other clans?"

Suddenly being away from Emberlight and her kits left Duskfur feeling rather awkward. He hadn't noticed it so much until now, but with AquaClan warriors swarming around the clan, most of his time had been spent following his mate. Although he was certainly surrounded by cats he knew, dashing through the moonlit forest made him feel both alone and free - and strangely enough, Duskfur wasn't sure he liked either. He skidded into the clearing, looked around anxiously, then lowered his eyes. Who to speak to?

Lightstream padded between the groups of cats, searching for someone to speak to. Wonder whether Honeyfrost's here. She padded toward the RainClan group, feeling a twinge of excitement as she saw how many apprentices there were. There certainly hadn't been that many at the last Gathering.
"Rainwing!" she sprang over to the first RainClan warrior she saw who didn't seem to be already involved in some sort of conversation. "Hillo! I see RainClan has some new apprentices!"

(ooc)
I'll try to post Sootpaw later. n-n
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[;lost&insecure;]

Rainwing looked up when Lightstream greeted her. "Oh, hi Lightstream! How's BeachClan?" she asked happily. "Yes, RainClan has new apprentices. I'm Goldenpaw's mentor!" She was so excited! Her first apprentice. She forgot about her worries of Brackenstripe and threw herself into the conversation with Lightstream. But something was nagging her at the back of her mind. What if she never saw Brackenstripe again? She wouldn't be able to handle that. They'd find a way, wouldn't they?

Cinderflame looked at Dashfoot. The warrior had been starting conversations with him and trying to pull him into the fray of Clanlife for a short while. He could almost consider Dashfoot a friend. But the gray tom wasn't exactly sure. He'd never had a friend, other than his brother, Flamepaw and his foster mother, Rainflower. How was he to know what a friend was? "Uh, sure," he mumbled, dropping behind Dashfoot so he could lead the way. There were so many cats! He almost felt clausterphobic. Why did Whitestar take him?

[heartnet]

Lightningpaw looked around, seeing some eyes arleady on him. 'They must be wondering who the new apprentices are...' At this thought, he raised his head a little and smiled to everyone who made eye contact. This was a place for peace right? So why not try to make friends? He shrugged to Maplepaw and nodded. "Sure, I'd like to meet anyone you know."

Hawkstar rubbed her shoulder slightly with the tip of his tail. "Yes, it'll be hard on them. We have been doing fine, I can offer a little, but with new apprentices means more cats so we can't give a lot. But we can do our best to help." He said thoughtfully, glancing to other leaders, waiting for Icestar to make the gesture to begin.

[Lexie]

Skylight walked up to Maplepaw. "Hello, Goldenpaw and Lightningpaw right?" she purred. Her tone was soft and conforting. Goldenpaw tried to crack a smiled but just nodded. Skylight gave an akward smile to the apprentice, giving Maplepaw a curious look. Skylight then looked at Lightningpaw.

Blackleeaf frowned. "Mother has her ways," he whispered. "They'll be out of territory before the medicine cat meeting, well atleast she told me," he whispered into her ear. "How's Frostclan. Oh, and sorry, I took some catmint from the twoleg fence, Silentstep broke out with Greencough. His face sad. "Silentstep is Icestar's sister, she's an elder, became an elder early because she broke out in a permenant limp." he sighed.

[heartnet]

Lightning paw turned as he heard another voice and caught the scent of Frostclan. He looked to the she-cat, smiling warmly to her greeting. "That's right. I guess it's kinda obvious who's who." he said with chuckle, meaning his mark. He had been used to cats knowing him by it, since it was easily reconizable. His green eyes studied the she-cat a minute before asking. "And your...?"

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Maplepaw smiled widely at Skylight. The FrostClan she-cat was about the same age as here but had already completed her training. "Everybody, this is Skylight. She's a FrostClan warrior."

"And she thought she could hide from me," Tussockwind meowed, a humorous tint of evil in his voice.
"Um...what?" Heronpaw meowed looking around at the crowd of cats. He couldn't see what the older tom was looking at.
"Skylight! There, talking to Maplepaw and your siblings."
"The black and white she-cat?" Littlepaw asked, his face furrowed in concentration.
"Yup," Tussockwind meowed. With that, he bounded over to her and flicked a paw over her ear as she was talking to his sister.

"Oh StarClan. I hope it doesn't spread. If it becomes Blackcough you could loose the whole Clan!" Rainlight meowed. "And with AquaClan there and overcrowding it is a disaster waiting to happen."

Orchidtail nodded. "It is the best we can offer. I just don't want to see them all starve. I suspose you'll be mentioning the rogue attack as well?"

[Lexie]

"Yes, of course!" Blackleaf growled. "I'm not going to let my own mother let a whole clan starve, she's not like her name speacks, it's just the color of her eyes." he whispered, with a large growl in his tone. "Their territory is filled with new trees Twolegs had replanted, and besides, it'll be easy to dig new dens then." he meowed, louder. His ears flicked and he heard his mother getting restless.
What is Aquaclan doing in my camp! she thought, angerly.

Skylight smiled at the two other apprentices. "Yeah, I'm very easy to figure out too, but if you've never heard of my brother, Blackleaf, you might have a hard time." she meowed. Her smiled came into a frown as Goldenpaw walked away, head between her feet, as so it seemed. "Poor little scrap." she whispered. "Maplepaw, do you know when you're becoming a warrior?" she asked. Her body was a bit bigger than the Rainclan cat, but not by much, but her muscles were a lot bigger, from the fact of practicing with Stormcloud from time to time. Blackleaf was built like her too, but not as much. "You'll almost be as big as me once you get that warrior name, or I'll be a elder by then," she purred, teasing the apprentice. Skylight turned around and laughed and she rubbed her tail across the apprentice's forhead.
"And Lightningpaw, your just starting training correct?" she asked quietly. She was happy for Rainclan have apprentices but worried too much about her own clan, she smiled, trying to hide what she really thought.

[heartnet]

Hawkstar nodded, his eyes narrowing. He caught sight of Owlfoot, memories flodding his mind at the sight of his injuries. "Yes. With those two out, all need to be warned. Honeyfrost is a very good warrior, as Faunus can tell you, and she even had a hard time. And with Burntstar still out there...I don't know. It just seems like trouble waiting to happen." he said thoughtfully, looking down in thought. "I want my clan safe, the other leader's feel the same."

Lightningpaw nodded. "Yeah, got my apprentice name...3 nights ago? Spottedfrost is my mentor." he said, not able to hide his pride at the words coming out of his mouth. Finally an apprentice. Yes. Then he cocked his head in curiousity. "You're brother Blackleaf....is he a medicine cat? I think I heard Sootpaw mention him..."

[* Annika ;;]

Far behind the other FrostClan cats, Toadflight poked around the gathering cats. A wave of relief washed over him when he saw that AquaClan was yet to arrive, so hopefully, Dawnheart wouldn't be there. Toadflight didn't want cats wondering about how they were trying to avoid each other, since none of the cats knew their secret. And hopefully, it'll stay that way. he thought. Absentmindedly, he began to wash his paws, waiting for a cat to notice him. The tortoiseshell tom silently prayed none of the cats knew about this yet.

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Maplepaw cuffed Skylight over her ears playfully with a sheathed paw. "I'm not that old! So what I'm twice as old as the other apprentices. I'm more experienced. I'll be the most well-trained warrior in the Clans. Who knows? I could be a leader one day!"
When Goldenpaw was out of earshot she leaned in and whispered in Skylight's ear," She's a weird thing. Always sulking or looking sad. Don't know what's her problem."

Tussockwind snorted and shoved his sister with his shoulder. "When Maplepaw gets her warrior name Skylight we'll be hunting in StarClan!"
"By the way, I'm Tussockwind now and not Tussockpaw. Ravenclaw is now Littlepaw's mentor," he added smugly.

The small white apprentice smiled meekly at the FrostClan she-cat before padding after his Goldenpaw. He had heard a little bit about Blackleaf from Sootpaw once and for some reason he didn't like the sound of him. There wasa just something about the medicine cat that told him he should be wary. Littlepaw shook his head and scolded himself for being silly.

Orchidtail pressed her muzzle against Hawkstar's. "You'll know what to do. Hopefully those rogues and Burntstar have learnt their lesson and know better to mess with RainClan. Plus, Owlfoot looks a little better doesn't he?"

Rainlight grimaced and her ears flattened against her head. "I never said anything about your mother letting AquaClan starve. I just voiced my concern for an outbreak of Blackcough!"

[Tiger]

Whitestar meowed a quick hello to Hawkstar and threw a quick glance at the other leaders before turning his gaze down to the crowd below. His pelt was still warm from where Skylight had rubbed against his...he sighed softly before looking once more at the other leaders. "I have a really weird question," he mewed sheepishly. "What it's like to be in love?"

Quietshadow turned around, devoting all of his attention to the conversation between Rainlight and Blackleaf that he had been overhearing so well for the past few minutes. "I'm worried about that too," he added quietly, hoping that they wouldn't be mad at his interruption.

ooc: Sorry about not posting. I've been lazy lately. ^^;

[heartnet]

Hawkstar smiled, nuzzling her cheek. "Yes, he does. And if those rogues do show themselves again, we'll be ready." he said with determination. He glanced to Whitstar, his ears perking up at his question. "Well...it would be kind of hard to explain. Why do you ask?" he questioned to other tom, stepping a little closer to him curiously.

Lightningpaw laughed at the she-cats and Tussockwind. He glanced to Heronpaw before nudging Maplepaw. "I don't know, Heronpaw might challenge you for that. But Maplestar......It does have a ring to it." he said with a grin of amusementm his tail twitching back and forth in friendliness.

[Lexie]

Goldenpaw sat in the way back of the large group of cats. She would rather stayed at camp. Her mouth opened and let out a deep sigh.
Skylight looked at Maplepaw. "Don't stay that! The little scrap is probably feeling left out, and maybe sad because all cats ignore her and don't try to make friends!" Skylight hissed, quietly, so only Maplepaw and Lightningpaw could here.
"I was like that as an apprentice, I was the only apprentice! I was only really friends with my brother and my mentor!" Skylight growled.
"Do the right thing." she meowed. Skylight felt bad for the little apprentice. Skylight turned around and headed back toward her clanmates. She sat next to Blackleaf, who was arguing with his former mentor.
"Well! There is no blackcough, it was only a minor greencough, she's healing and feeling better everyday! It was probably the cold water that had been brought to camp, the elder probably slept on the moss or got the water on her fur!" he spat.
"Calm down," Skylight purred.

[Tiger]

Whitestar paused and frowned, trying to find a way to explain his predicament in a simple, short way. He finally settled on, "There's this she-cat...?" He hoped that Hawkstar would get the gist of what he meant with those few words. After all, Whitestar was pretty sure that he was the only leader without a mate. "And I'm confused about what I think of her." Was that being too vague or too obvious? Or both? Asking these questions was nearly as painful as being denied the answers.

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Orchidtail smiled happily at the albino tom. Was the FrostClan leader falling in love? It made sense for Whitestar to ask Hawkstar seeing as he was the only other male leader with a mate. Except for Jaystar but that was another drama.
"Well, when you see them they make your heart soar and put a smile on your face. Whenever you are around them you feel like nothing could go wrong as long as they are by the side. Generally, they make you feel completed," she explained.

Maplepaw snorted. "Yeah. Well I have been trying to be her friend but she seems to think friendship is a one-way deal. You have to put effort in."
"Ignore me then!" Tussockwind yowled after Skylight as she left. "Congratulations Tussockwind!" The last part he meowed in a rather bad imitation of her voice.

"Heronstar...?" Heronpaw murmured absently. He glanced at Maplepaw and saw that she could possibly be a leader of a Clan but he would be a better one. He would train longer and harder than anyone. If only Lightningpaw hadn't put the idea in his head. He had thought about being leader before but now the idea was fixed in his head. He could do it!


Rainlight turned to Quietshadow. "Thank-you! I am concerned that even if Silentstep is healing as Blackleaf is saying, there is the possibilty that other cats have already caught the disease and soon the whole camp will be ill with greencough or even worse blackcough!"

[Lexie]

Skylight gave a crisp look at Tussockwind. She didn't notice him yet. "Tussockpaw?" she meowed. Without saying anything to the medincine cats. "Tussokpaw? Sorry, I was too busy trying to convince some apprentice's to stick up and make friends," she retorted. "My bad, I didn't mean it, I'm just sick of cats taking every cat and putting them under their paws. Just think if Starclan did that to you?" she meowed. Her blue eyes glistened in the moonlight. "I'm happy for you, Tussockwind!" she purred. She new that he had been rewarded with a warrior name. The word gets around.