Gathering 6/29/07

[Stormchaser]

Sandstar's lithe form moved silently in the direction of Fourtrees, ThunderClan behind her. Excitement roared through the ginger she-cat; it had felt like forever since the last Gathering. Her forepaws jogged forward until they set foot in the clearing that was Fourtrees. The ThunderClan leader leapt upon the rock in the centre of the four oaks and glanced down at ThunderClan. She grinned and flicked her tail, signalling for them to come forward.

[Featherstar]

Featherstar looked down upon Fourtrees, waiting for the last of her Clan to prepare themselves. She herself was thinking about what she would say. Obviously something about Smokypelt and Whiteflash. And the new apprentices. She smiled absently at them, jumping up and down, ready for the Gathering. Finally she stood, flicked her tail, and raced down the slope, her Clan on her heels.

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Leopardpelt watched the WindClanners rush into Fourtrees calmly; they always liked to put on a display of speed. The apprentices cought his eye, though. It seemed like they were doing very well. He glanced at Sandstar. She seemed almost as excited as an apprentice. He couldn't blame her - it had been a long moon.

[Stormchaser]

Sandstar grinned to Featherstar as the WindClan she-cat entered Fourtrees. That was two Clans so far. Sandstar nodded her head to the WindClan cats, flicking her tail gently as to greet them. She felt herself wiggling a little with excitement. Everything seemed wonderful. The Gathering, greenleaf, new apprentices in WindClan...her gaze had shifted to them, and she wondered if any of the previous apprentices had become warriors.

*****

Autumnfur watched as the WindClanners filed into the clearing, and she wondered what had happened recently in WindClan. Autumnfur's tail gave a quick wave through the air in greeting to the cats; she smiled to Mapleclaw. "Hey Mapleclaw...are those new apprentices?" She flicked her tail in the direction of the WindClan cats. "I don't think I've seen them before..."

[Whiteflash]

Mapleclaw pulled herself away form a quite chat with Lightningtail to answer Autumnfur."I dunno."This must be their first gatheirng,though,because I`ve nevere seen them.They`ll probibly get anounced."Mapleclaw wriggled in her fur.She remember not when she was anounced an apprentice,but a warrior.Her eyes glinted as she poked her friend."Hey,Autumnfur,theres a cute Windclanner.Go check him out,"She laughed of course,only ment to be a joke.
The tom she pointed at was standing close to another newly made warrior.Her black fur rippled under the monlight,white paws hitting the ground happily."Ah,the Fourtrees..."Whiteflash bretahed in.Everythings seemed so different thorugh a warriors eyes...Smokeypelt just rolled his and continued on."Jsut be carefull White-Whiteflash!"He spun around to catch her mocking him silently."What?YOu dont have to protect me,"She striaghtened herself up and glanced aorund."I hope they get here soon..."
Oakfur plodded slowly into the clearing,his fur spiked on end.The brown medicine tom was uneasy about something.Fireheart`s words were troubleing him...His eyes were wide in a frenzy,and the only thing that seemed to calm him was the sight of Mapleclaw.His sisiter was growing more beautifull each day.He sighed,looking aorund.They were safe now.Nothing could happen to the Fourtrees.

[ookami!]

Visionpaw sat off to the side, Loveless's tail curled around her as if to protect her from some unseen enemy.
"Lovie, have you ever been to a gathering?" She asked, focusing her molten pools of greenish-gold on the huge warrior that sat so close to her she could feel his breath.
"No." He answered, moving ever closer to her as the other clan entered the shared lands of fourtrees.
"Lovie, are you aiming to like, melt into me?" She joked.
He looked at her with his bright violet eyes which seemed to bore down to your very soul and spill out your secrets in front of him. "No. Though it might be nice to see what's going on in that thick skull of yours." He smiled, flicking her nose with his tail before returning it to it's usual spot, curled around her.
"Lovie, I don't know what's going on in yours, but I'm going to take a wild guess. Nothing." She said in a semi-joking tone.
"Hey!" Loveless said. He didn't want to go talk with anyone at that particular moment, and when his leader said they could go, he would most likely stay at Visionpaw's side, unless she told him otherwise.
"So, Vision, are you gonna go talk to other apprentices?" He asked.
Visionpaw shook her head.
"Prolly' not. Unless they come talk to me, that is." She said.

[[x].xx.Lightningfire.xx.[x]]

Shadowstars black pelt appeared from the darkness.

[Featherstar]

Nighthunder trailed behind Shadowstar, slightly nervous about coming back to a Gathering after his dissapearence. He grinned nervously at Featherstar. It wasn't like anyone could tell who he was smiling at; it could have very well been Shadowstar. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the WindClanners milling about. Featherstar had been so excited about the warrior ceremony. That must be Whiteflash and Smokypelt.

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Patchpaw jogged at her father's heel, a great smile upon her face. Breaking away from the pack, she ran up to the WindClan apprentices. "Hi! I'm Patchpaw of ShadowClan." she said breathlessly. "Who are you?"

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Featherstar nodded to Sandstar and Shadowstar. It was nice to be at a Gathering again. She noticed Nighthunder looking at her and scetched a crescent moon with her tail in the air, so quickly that any cat might think it was just a trick of shadow and moonlight. He saw him nod and turn away.

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Warsong hid in the shadows, a smile on her lips. It was always good to know what was going on with the Clans.

[ookami!]

Visionpaw sat still as she watched the other cats from various clans mill about, chatting and talking with oneanother.
Loveless still by her side, he looked menacing and huge in the darkness, though he would never even growl at another cat at the gathering.
"Well, I'm kinda glad both of us were picked." Visionpaw said, looking up at him.
"Yeh, me too." Loveless answered, flicking his tail on Visionpaw's silvery back, sending a shiver through her spine.

[Stormchaser]

Sandstar flicked her tail to her Clanmates, signalling that they could speak with the other Clan cats if they decided to. Her ginger fur blew in the light wind that ruffled a few strands into her face. She shook it out, grinning at the other leaders as if it was rather funny.

*****

Autumnfur let out a soft purr of amusement, then jokingly nodded. "Why not, eh?" She glanced up at Sandstar and saw her signal. "Sandstar doesn't seem to mind..." Suddenly serious, she watched the other cats for a moment. "We could go and speak with some of the other cats...it would be nice to find out what's going on in the other Clans.

*****

A large brown-grey tabby followed Shadowstar up to the rock in the centre of the four oaks, sitting himself down on a root not long down from the black tom. ShadowClan has much to speak of... The apprenticeship of Shadowstar and Tawnypelt's kits, Blazefire and Waterstorm gaining their warrior names, the joining of Swampeye, Nightdance, and Raggedpaw...lots.

*****

Smokepaw watched her sister dash off to the WindClanners. For a moment, the she-cat waited, but then she followed her sister with a playful mrrrow, grinning joyfully.

[ookami!]

Visionpaw got up at the leader's signal and turned toward the wood that lay beyond, padding off, Loveless at her side.
Her head was held low, and Lovelss's tail was so close to the ground it almost touched. She stopped a little ways away.
"Lovie, you can go off and talk with the other cats, you know? Why hang around me?" She asked.
"Because I have a Visionpaw complex." He joked, walking off back toward the others.
Vision laughed a bit, and walked behind him, eventually walking off toward the older cats and warriors.
She had never much gotten along with the other apprentices, but instead enjoyed talking with the older, more experienced cats. She often spoke with them about things that other apprentices didn't appreciate, but the older cats did.
She padded up to a group of warriors and bowed her head in respect.
"May I join you?" She asked, her voice full of respect.
She was still limping a bit from her run-in with the badger, but she showed no signs of any sort of pain.
She had badly injured the badger, and was most likely dead by now.
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A little ways off, Loveless was sitting alone, away from the other cats. He would ocasionally glance at wherever the silver she-cat apprentice was, and would flick his tail a bit whenever he saw she was safe.
He walked around a bit, bored.

[[x].xx.Lightningfire.xx.[x]]

Jetpaw bounded in and joined a group of Thunderclan apprentices, "Hi!" He mewed to Visionpaw who was the same age.

[ookami!]

Visionpaw turned to look at the apprentince from her spot next to the warriors.
"Oi." She said, her expression slightly troubled.
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Loveless couldn't stand it any longer. The huge tom got up and walked over to Vision, his cold violet orbs focused on the silver she-cat apprentice.
"Oi, Vision." He said, walking up and sitting down inbetween her and a warrior.
"What's up?" He said, smiling. He tuned to the other apprentice. "Are you one of Vision's friends?" He asked politely.

[[x].xx.Lightningfire.xx.[x]]

"I am Shadowclans medicene cat apprentice! My name is Jetpaw"

[ookami!]

Visionpaw smiled.
"I am a thunderclan apprentice. You may call me Visionpaw, though Loveless," She nodded toward the huge black tom that seemed to splattered with blood next to her. "calls me Vision." She said, smiling a fake smile.
Loveless smiled, looking at Vision.
"And this idiot calls me Lovie. Sounds a lot better than Loveless, eh?" He commented.
"Hey!" Vision snapped playfully, before turning to Jetpaw.
"So, Jetpaw, what's it like being a medicine cat apprentice?" She questioned.

[Lost]

petalpaw sat quietly with her mentor bramblepelt.
"petal why dont you talk to some other apprentices instead of staying right here."bramblepelt questioned.
Petalpaw silently walked of to where she saw a silver she cat and a black tom.
"H-hello, my name is p-petalpaw...Im a new windclan apprentice.M-my mentor is b-bramblepelt.