Gathering Meeting 1

**This is the Archive of the first gathering back from the Plague:**

Swiftstar and the BreezeClan cats entered the hollow- they were the first ones there. Silverwind, Deepclaw, Half-face, Copperpaw, Smokepaw, Bubblepaw, Grayfeather, Salmonshadow, Tabbypaw, Cloudwatcher, and Chevy followed suit, glancing around warily for any danger. Their leader leaped onto a branch on the left massive oak. --Swiftstar

((Okay everybody, today, the twenty-sixth of May, is used *only*for arrivals and chatting! The business part of the Gathering will begin TOMORROW. Thanks a bunch for coming!)) -- Hawk

Sunnyshine sprang down the slope, Spiderfang at her heels. The two cats trotted into the hollow. - Sunnyshine & Spiderfang

Jaypaw padded over to the Gathering, bristling with excitement. “I can’t wait!” He exclaimed. Fangflame padded behind him, and rolled her eyes. - Jaypaw and Fangflame

Lionfrost padded over with the rest of ThornClan to the Gathering. - Lionfrost

Lightningstrike padded over with the rest of SeaClan. - Lightningstrike

Bubblepaw bounced up and down. - Bubblepaw

Forestfire and Ravenclse padded to a patch where they could see the leaders but hide in the shadows. If cats wanted to talk, they had to come to them. Ravenclaw noticed that Barkpelt was glaring at them.—Ravenclaw and Forestfiré

Phantompaw and Vixenpaw padded into the clearing. They spotted some cats far off. They shrugged. Might as well say hello.—Phantompaw and Vixenpaw

Vultureclaw and Coalpaw padded with the other CaveClan cats. Brownwing was left behind to guard the camp. Despite getting warm glances from the apprentices, Coalpaw just gave hostile glances.—Vultureclaw and Coalpaw

Jaypaw looked around, looking for some cats to talk to. - Jaypaw

Copperpaw padded up to Jaypaw. "Hi! I'm Copperpaw! BreezeClan! Who're you?" -- Copperpaw

Frostypaw mingled among the cats, wide-eyed and extremely eager to meet all the new faces. Where did they come from? What was their story? Did they want to hear her story, too? -- Frostypaw

Cloudwatcher carried himself at an even and steady pace, but tripped over his paws several times. Clearly, the BreezeClan deputy was off in his thoughts. -- Cloudwatcher

Foxstar did not walk- he strutted with great bravado and a wide, charming grin. The SeaClan tom's feathered tail was held high above him, carried in the breeze like a flag as he walked across the Gathering cats and made his way over to the other leaders. Quillstar looked hopelessly awkward beside the handsome SeaClanner, as if he felt ugly just by being in Foxstar's great presence. -- Foxstar & Quillstar

Sunnyshine suddenly spotted a dark gold tabby tom in the midst of ThornClan. Leaving Spiderfang, she padded over to him. "I'm Sunnyshine," she greeted. "What's your name?" ((She is talking to Lionfrost)) - Sunnyshine

Stormstreak walked over to Cloudwatcher. "Greetings." -- Stormstreak

Duskbramble bounced towards Frostypaw. "HI! I am Duskbramble I am sorry if I am being weird but this is my first time at a Gathering! Who are you?" -- Duskbramble

Mossystone looked to where WillowClan had entered, as he spotted her white pelt he quickly padded to Icegaze. She flintched as she felt his fur brush hers and she spun around, her fur lie flat as she recognized him. “Hi!” She purred. He grinned. “Hello there.”—Mossystone & Icegaze

Ripplepool padded to join the other medicine cats. “Greetings.” He purred to them.—Ripplepool

Rainsplash looked up at the other deputies, where was Irismoon? Hmmm.—Rainsplash

Shadowstar leaped on the high rock as her clan followed. (I’ll post a comment on ThornClans page)-Shadowstar

Juniperberry followed behind Ripplepool, her head in the clouds. -- Juniperberry

Swiftstar dipped her head to Foxstar and Quillstar as they approached. "Quillstar. Congratulations on your name and nine lives... But where is Mistystar?" -- Swiftstar

Shadowstar narrowed her eyes. “She must be dead if she's not here Swiftstar.” She flattened her ears and licked a paw. She wasn’t gonna show weakness. Not this time. This time competition needed to rise.—Shadowstar

Swiftstar raised her elegant silver muzzle. "You never do know, Shadowstar. Greetings. I trust ThornClan is well?" the oriental tabby twitched her banded tail. -- Swiftstar

Brightpaw scurried up to a gray tabby point she-cat. "HI! I'm Brightpaw. *Medicine cat apprentice*of CaveClan! Who are you?" -- Brightpaw

((She's talking to Rain BTW, Willow)) -- Hawk

Forestfire saw a pretty yellow she-cat pad towards her. “Hello I am Vixenpaw if ThronClan.” Forestfire dipped her head. “I am Forestfire of WillowClan.“ Vixenpaw commented, “I like your scars.” Forestfire and Vixenpaw grinned.—Forestfire and Vixenpaw

Coldstar padded into the clearing along with Blackpaw, Lynxpelt, Copperfang, Lilyfire, and Blondepool. Tigershade and Silverpool had stayed to guard camp. She nodded to her warriors and then leaped into the \_\_\_\_\_ to join the other leaders. -- Coldstar

*How does she know my new name already? Does news really travel that fast?* "Mistystar left on her own accord- for what reason, we don't know." Quilllstar answered in a quiet, skittish tone of voice. -- Quillstar

Growlpaw mingled among the colorful pelts of strangers, the blue bicolor carrying himself with confidence as he glanced around to find his entertainment. In the distance, he spotted a she-cat, one with a black coat that looked quite...lovely. -- Growlpaw

Rainsplash paused. “Deputy of WillowClna. I’m Rainsplash.” She answered the apprentice.-Rain

Shadowstar huffed. “We are doing so well.” She declared, then looking to Quillstar, “say, are you Shadowstar due to your last name? I’m sure there can’t be two of us here. Esoecially between rival clans.” She flattened her ears.—Shadowstar

“I presume you and your clan are doing well too?” Lizardfang heard Mossystone ask. She hissed to herself, cursing as she saw her little brother. Newtpaw looked around. “Whoa!”—Lizardfang

"WillowClan has no rivals. With new leadership comes a new era." The black-and-silver reminded the ThornClan leader, refusing to stoop down to her level. "But it's Quillstar now. My father gave me my new name in StarClan." -- Quillstar

Stonetooth settled down patiently, resting with his paws neatly tucked beneath his white chest. It felt good to rest his tender leg at such a long walk. The new warrior wasn't looking forward to the trek back to WillowClan. -- Stonetooth

Jaypaw looked at Copperpaw and smiled. “I’m Jaypaw! From WillowClan!” He said. -Jaypaw

Skychaser glanced around the gathering. His bones were aching again, and he probably shouldn't have come. - Skychaser

Sunpaw stuck close to Frostypaw as they wandered the gathering. She wasn't feeling to well, and didn't really feel like meeting new cats. -- Sunpaw

Phantompaw stared at Vixenpaw and Forestfire. He shrugged and mewed, "Hello I am Phantompaw of ThornClan. Almost a warrior. You are?" Ravenclaw looked up. "I am Ravenclaw of WillowClan." Phantompaw dipped his head. "Who is that?" Phantompaw snarled, "That is Vixnepaw. Don't think of talking to her!" Ravenclaw purred, "I was just asking. Don't worry I have my own crush." He flicked his tail to Forestfire. Both toms blushed and started to whisper.--Phantompaw and Ravenclaw

Vultureclaw just nodded to the cats with Coalpaw, but just waited for the gathering to start and end.--Vultureclaw and Coalpaw

Forestfire beckened Fangflame to come talk to Vixenpaw with her. "This is Vixenpaw." She added in a low voice. "She is like us if you know what I mean." She laughed as she glanced at Ravenclaw and Phantompaw. Phamtompaw, Ravenclaw, Vixenpaw, Forestfire and Fangflame all talked before the leaders yowled for the cats' attention.--Phantompaw, Ravenclaw, Forestfire and Vixnepaw

((I am done with the fun. Leaders time! XD))--R

Spiderfang padded across the grass, watching Sunnyshine stand by Lionfrost. He wrinkled his muzzle. Then he heard the leader's yowl for attention. - Spiderfang & Sunnyshine

The silver oriental tabby sighed. "We will miss her. She was always well respected." *But back to business.*Swiftstar lifted her muzzle again and yowled: "let the Gathering begin!". -- Swiftstar

((Good morning all! It's the twenty-seventh of May now. WillowClan, SeaClan, CaveClan, SwampClan, ThornClan, StormClan, you're reporting today, and in that order. Tomorrow, the twenty-eight of May, BreezeClan and TundraClan may report, in said order. Then comes last bits of hellos and then we leave. Got it?)) -- Hawk

Duskbramble sat next to Frostypaw as Quillstar stepped foward. -- Duskbramble

Icegaze frowned as she had to step away to get with her clan. She really wished to spend more moments with her friend, but suspicions are unpredictable. She sighed as she sat with the WillowClan cats.—**Icegaze**

Shadowstar looked to where her clan grouped up again, would she call off the Great War right now? Why where tensions rising within her, why was she so trembly? She raised her chin sternly. Perhaps maybe getting the other clans to talk about it on how they feel might as well be a good idea. *We’ll just have to wait and see*.—**Shadowstar**

Rainsplash perked up and padded away from the medicine cats apprentice apprentice to sit With the other deputies, hmmm. Uh oh, she knew the ThornClan deputy like the back of her paw. Redfang. He was Hawktalon's apprentice and saw her kill his mentor.... her mate.... she flattened her ears and glared at the ThornClan Deputy. He returned her glare and growled. “So I see you of all cats decided to be picked deputy?” He spat. She snarled. “Guess so.” She hissed before being silenced by Shadowstar’s glare. She sat a tail length away from him.—**Rainsplash**

Lionfrost said hi to a she-cat from WillowClan, who’s name was Sunnyshine before sitting down beside her to listen to what the leaders had to say. - Lionfrost

Jaypaw wished Mothpaw was here. He decided to tell her about it, once he got back to camp. - Jaypaw Tabbypaw shifted uneasily seeing ThornClan After all this time, they looked strong and well fed, as, BreezeClan.... well.....? She shook her head and looked to a Ripplepool who had an odd she-cat next to him. “And who's this lovely she-cat?” She asked Ripple. Ripplepool grinned. “She’s Juniperberry, a new medicine cat.” He meowed. Tabbypaw yawned. “She was your apprentice?” She asked. He shook his head, “a former apprentice to Stormstreak before she retired, though she decided to quit her warrior training and I gave her her name,” he licked a paw. Tabbypaw yawned. “Great job!” She meowed.—**Tabbypaw**

Newtpaw sat close to his mentor as new apprentices to the gathering usually did.—**Newtpaw**

"Thank you so much!" Juniperberry grinned. ~ Juniperberry

Skychaser yawned, looking up expectantly at Quillstar. -- Skychaser

Quillstar stepped up to begin, swallowing her anxiousness as best as he could. "W-WillowClan is bigger than ever," the silver-and-black leader began, shuffling his paws as he thought of what to say next. "As most of you probably noticed, Mistystar is gone. She left our clan for her own reasons, reasons in which she never specified. Yet, w-we don't get hung-up on the bad things. WillowClan has welcomed new kits through Sunflower and Risingdawn, and three new warriors: Stonetooth, Aspensoul, and Birdsong." Whew, that was over with...now, he could relax and *not* have the attention on him. -- Quillstar

Foxstar stepped up next, his russet-and-silver fur dyed to a color similar to bronze and platinum thanks to the brightness of the moonlight. The feather-furred tom moved with confidence, and his grin was charming as usual. "Prey is running well in SeaClan. We, too, have recently lost a cat of power: Minnowsplash has vanished. I am yet to select a deputy in his place. Meanwhile, Gullfeather has blessed us with two kits: Hailkit and Blizzardkit." -- Foxstar

Silverpool glanced up at Foxstar in awe. *Oh my. He's handsome.* She didn't, however, pay attention to whatever it was that he said. -- Silverpool

Duskbramble bounced up and down, excited to see her leader looking so intimidating and cool. "That's Foxstar," she took the liberty to murmur to Frostypaw. -- Duskbramble

Stormstreak turned, silencing a thick-furred silver tortoiseshell she-cat talking to a snow-white apprentice who she guessed was Frostypaw of... ThornClan? *I*am *getting old...*-- Stormstreak

Frostbreeze was impressed by the size of SeaClan's leader- he was close in height to Quillstar, but the WillowClanner's hybridized blood gave him the advantage. *I have to admit it, for a fish-eater...that Foxstar is pretty easy on the eyes.* Not that she'd admit that out loud anytime soon. -- Frostbreeze

Batstar was up next, and as the slender, snake-like tom stepped forward, the looks sent his way were far different than the moony-eyed gawking Foxstar received. The slender CaveClan leader raised his chin nonetheless. "Unfortunately, Cavestar passed on, and I am now his successor. CaveClan does not have much to report, outside of a few new kits." That was all the information that the others would force out of him. Batstar had no interest in chitchat. CaveClan were the cats of the night, and so the sooner they got home to begin work, the better. -- Batstar

((Alright, Whiteout, it's Emberstar's turn)) -- Hawk

Shadowstar sighed to herself. Flattening her fur to seem as she was calm. She hoped it was alright bringing Timberfrost here... She sighed and turned to Emberstar. Yawning. She needed to act bold for her clan, and for that, she had to rehearse....*the prey is running well in ThornClan, we have two new apprentices, Vixenpaw and Phantompaw. Uh, and, what else again? Ugh! Get it together Shadowstar!***—Shadowstar**

Icegaze couldn’t get out of Mossystone’s gaze, he was peering at his apprentice who was bristling when he saw Glacierpaw. She frowned. He still needed to be trained right? Though shook her head and was disturbed by some cat clearing their throat. She sighed. It would be a lot easier if she was of SwampClan too..... but she’s also Half SeaClan, meaning her bloodline wasn’t pure WillowClan. She wanted to tell him everything, but, she shook her head. Then thought. *M-Maybe I can..... no..... yeah, okay.* She looked around and gagged. She made her way through the cats slowly, “ ‘schuss me, pardon,” she faked being sick, geez. What was she doing? As she made her way to the back she was aware of Mossystone slipping towards her as she pelted behind a tree. He frowned. “What’s wrong?” He whispered. She sighed. “Can we, you know, maybe meet here tomorrow night, I think we need to talk....” she sighed. He dipped his head. She turned and returned back with a yawn. Ripplepool mouthed. ‘Are you okay?’ She dipped her head. What was she doing?—**Icegaze**

“What are you doing!?” Lizardfang followed Mossystone’s scent. He froze. Icegaze already made her way back. He turned. “Oh, just thought I saw something over here. You know this place hasn’t been used by the clans in awhile and I thought I Spidey a shadow moving.” He ruffled his fur. Lizardfang looked around. “I guess fox scent is a bit stale around here.” She looked back to the cats. “Alright, c’mon, we don’t want to cause Marshfang to question us at the first gathering back from the plague.” She flattened her ears, took a last look around, and then padded back to her spot with Mossystone at her tail.—**Lizardfang**

As the cats, including his high-strung brother, spoke about clan happenings and whatnot, Growlpaw continued to stalk between the distracted crowd with ease. He found himself approaching the lovely black-furred feline that he had spotted earlier with a small grin. "Get your warrior name yet?" -- Growlpaw

Icegaze frowned. Really, W H A T was she thinking! What would Quillstar, or even Stormstreak say? *Nothing. I’ll never tell them. It’ll just be me and him, with or without our clans...* but she felt a sense of misguidance and Unease flow through her, making her flick her tail with a nerve. She sighed. Maybe she shouldn’t show up. *No Icegaze, you asked, you did this to yourself. Just stick with the plan and execute.*—**Icegaze**

The she-cat whipped her head around to face the blue-and-white tom with wide eyes. "Growlpaw!" Blackpaw meowed in a whisper, the surprise evident in her voice before she skittishly scooted closer, ensuring that none of her clanmates were watching. "No, but I passed my assessment. I'm assuming you got held back?" She twitched her dark whiskers in amusement. -- Blackpaw

Newtpaw eyed the ThornClan leader and muttered. “She looks proud.... a little too proud.” He flattened his ears and bristled. Though he met her glare and held his breath, feeling hot under his pelt with nervousness.—Newtpaw

Forestfire narrowed her eyes at Quillstar.—Forestfire

Barkpelt glanced at Ravenclaw and a pang of jealousy shot through him. *Forestfire's mine!* he thought furiously. - Barkpelt

((Okay everyone, we need to wrap this up. There's no order in who can go- let's just do it. But don't leave until everybody's Clan leader has gone)) -- Hawk

Swiftstar stood up elegantly, feeling the eyes of every Clan on her. "Prey is running well in BreezeClan. We've recently recieved the cure for the plague- our thanks goes with WillowClan. We have two new kits, Firekit and Hawkkit. Crowpaw and Half-face, siblings, have joined our Clan, too." -- Swiftstar

Shadiwstar wrinkled her snout as she stepped up. “Prey is running well in ThornClan, we have two new apprentices, Vixenpaw, and Phantompaw, and the clan has grown very strong over the moons as we are recovering from the plague.” She eyed Quillstar. “Now, as a side note.” She flattened her ears. “I’d like to hear all of your opinions on the Great War. I’m sure it should be over by now.” She meowed, missing some angry growls.—**Shadowstar**

Phantompaw muttered, “Seriously Shadowstar! The war already happened!” Ravenclaw shrugged, and glared back and Barkpelt.—Ravenclaw and Phantompaw

Shadowstar short Phantompaw a look. *Shut it or I’ll make you.* She hissed to herself.—Shadowstar

*You are just showing that you, a leader, can’t move on!* He shot back before sitting down again.—Phantompaw

Newtpaw rolled his eyes. “What in the world is the Great War?” He asked his mentor. Missy stone muttered. “Really it’s already done, but it was a war against all clans between ThornClan, and WillowClan, Thornstar said it’d be over once he said it would be, and I can imagine Shadowstar is gonna end it after checking the rivalry stats, though, BreezeClan doesn’t look too happy.” He eyed the warriors.—Mossystone

Jaypaw frowned. He wanted to learn about the Great War!! - Jaypaw

Icegaze sighed. “That war? I thought It was over.... I thought we where done...” she sighed.—Icegaze

Ripplepool eyed Shadowstar. - Ripplepool

Emberstar cleared his throat and stood up. -- Emberstar

Swiftstar grimaced at Icegaze. Personally, the silver oriental leader had *tried*to keep her Clan out of the war- but of course, that hadn't worked. ThornClan had blackmailed them into an alliance. And then, disasterous enough as the Great War was, TundraClan's warrior Frostfang had attacked BreezeClan apprentices during an assessment, killing *all*of them. Swiftstar's heart still twinged with grief when she thought of it. -- Swiftstar

"SwampClan is doing well." He declared in a loud voice. "Prey is bountiful, and so far there have been no crocodiles spotted in our swamps. I'm sure we'll be successful throughout greenleaf." Emberstar spoke boldly, grinning at his deputy. -- Emberstar

Icegaze purred to herself. At least Mossystone’s clan was doing better than she’d thought. She sighed.—Icegaze

((Should I do Storm and Tundra now?)) -- WHiteout

(yes)-Willow

((Yeah we gotta finish this up-)) -- Hawk

((Okie XD)) -- Whiteout

Coldstar nodded to Emberstar and stood up. Her pale yellow eyes glinted in the moon-light. "StormClan, like the others, is doing good. We have four new healthy kits in our nursery. The plauge has not reached our borders yet, but when it does, we'll be ready." -- Coldstar

Tundrastar chose her words carefully and deliberately. "TundraClan is not at it's prime." She said. "The plauge left us with only a few warriors. We took many casualities because of that, including Cloudberry, our medicine cat. She had not taken an apprentice yet, but Glacierpaw knew about medical things, so he is now our new medicine cat." A ripple of a unease drifted through the crowd. "Ripplepool of WillowClan has agreed to mentor him, though he has yet to fulfill his promise. Due to the fact that Irismoon is now pregnant, Fadingfrost has taken up the role as temporary deputy. That is all." -- Tundrastar

A black tom sat at the back of the crowd, his amber eyes sharp in the moonlight. After hearing Tundrastar's speech, it made him wonder what he could unleash there; the power he could hold. An apprentice medicine cat, a leader most likely on her last life, and no real deputy? *How easy could this be?* He sneered. He then noticed the gathering was breaking up. Silently, he slipped into the shadows. -- ???

Forestfire frowned. Ravenclaw asked, "What is wrong?" "Quillstar didn't mention about Flamepaw....." Ravenclaw widened his eyes. "Flamepaw is a monster! Why would he say that?!" Forestfire drew her lips back. "Flamepaw wasn't completely bad! WillowClan made her that after they judged her!" Ravenclaw couldn't believe his ears. "How?! Flamepaw is nothing but a bloodthirsty cat!" Forestfire snarled, "That is what you think." She dug her claws into the ground and Ravenclaw knew he messed up. He walked away from Forestfire to sit with Phantompaw.--Forestfire and Ravenclaw

Barkpelt nudged Forestfire. "I agree with you." But deep down, he didn't. He thought Flamepaw was blood thirsty and evil to the core. He hid it though. - Barkpelt

Forestfire smirked. "I wish I was with Flamepaw." Maybe Barkpelt understood?--Forestfire

Ravenclaw hissed as Barkpelt touched Forestfire.--Ravenclaw

Quillstar stiffly leaped off of the gathering place to be joined by Frostbreeze, who offered him a cool smile. "You did pretty good for your first time." *I think.* As a former loner, this was her first gathering that she had ever attended. Never before had she seen so many cats gathered in one place, together. "Thanks...let's get Willowclan back on home, I'm exhausted." -- Quillstar & Frostbreeze

Stormstreak stiffened as the world went black around her. Suddenly, broken images, stained red, flashed behind her eyes. *Flamepaw... Skyshadow! The DarkMasters...? Great StarClan! They're attacking!*The gray tuxedo she-cat sat bolt upright, then leaped to her white paws and rushed over to Quillstar. "I think... I think we need to get back to the WillowClan camp- *fast*." -- Stormstreak

The WillowClan leader cast Stormstreak a puzzled look. "Why, what's going on?" Quillstar asked as his hackles began to raise out of concern. -- Quillstar

"I- I don't know... But I had a sort of... vision. Please believe me..." the gray elder knew that generally no one would accept that she had "had a vision"- she was just too old to be taken seriously. *But this is true...* Stormstreak

Ambersky stayed in the shadows as he watched the commotion. He did not know what to do or say so he stayed hidden and alone. --Ambersky

Stormstreak was a fossil, but she had been a medicine cat before- surely she still had a connection to their starry ancestors? "Well then, let's get moving." Quillstar responded before turning and motioning to the WillowClan cats to take their leave. -- Quillstar

((#lifeOfAFossil)) -- Hawk

Stormstreak sighed in relief. *Thank StarClan!*-- Stormstreak

Forestfire nodded goodbye to Phantompaw and Vixnepaw before following her Clan, Ravenclaw trailing behind her.—Forestfire

Coalpaw drew his lips back at WilowClan. Classic that they leave—-Coalpaw