November's Gathering 2016

Fracturedpaw glanced past Fallowpaw, seeing Petalpaw, another fellow apprentice he had met. "Hello Petalpaw!" He greeted happily, his own excitement rolling off his tongue. "It really is, I’m glad to see you made it," he added in a friendly tone.

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Thistlepaw followed quietly behind Smokepelt for most of the trek toward Fourtrees. He didn’t know anyone from any of the other clans, which made him rather nervous compared to the excitement of the other apprentices. He watched as his father sat down below the great rock, and wondered if he’d be in trouble for standing over there since it was mostly for deputies only.

Ooc:85 years!!? Wow!
Rustie was taking her recently annual night walk when she came upon a LOT of cats! They HAD to be the cats Shadow had told her about! She was about to introduce herself when she realized they wouldn't accept a twoleg's cat. She started tearing at her collar again, grunting and growling unbeknownst to her.

Lilacpaw padded along with her Clan, she quietly sat down and made a nice seat for her to enjoy.

Mistywater padded in with her Clan and sat down, curling her tail around her fluffy body.

Emberfall watched as she padded with her Clan, WindClan. She couldn't wait to meet Blacktwig again, though she wasn't sure where he was.

Sparrowpaw padded into a untaken spot, relaxing herself.

Flamepaw padded in with WindClan. His bright ginger pelt was not hard to spot amongst the other pelts of the WindClanners. His sharp amber eyes were on the lookout for Cherrypaw, one of his close friends, and he wandered away from his Clan to find her. It wouldn't be hard to find the SkyClan apprentice. Her eyes stood out like diamonds in the rough, compared to the eyes of the other SkyClanners, but Flamepaw thought that they were pretty to look at. He paused when he spotted the familiar white pelt of Cherrypaw, and sat down beside the apprentice with a small smile.
"Hey, there," He began, "Good to see you again, Cherrypaw!"

Rippedpaw padded slowly into the clearing after the rest of Windclan. He studied all of the cats in a quiet awe. Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that there were this many cats. Unsure of himself, he glanced around at his clanmates, hoping to gather some idea of how things were supposed to work.
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As Skyclan walked into the clearing, Eaglepaw puffed out his chest proudly. He looked over the other cats warily, partially scanning the crowd for Hazepaw. Part of him hoped that the Shadowclan apprentice he had met here before would show up tonight. The brown and white apprentice stuck closely to his clanmates, not caring much for the other clans, except for Hazepaw.
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Grasspaw bounded into the clearing excitedly. My first gathering! She thought happily. It had taken moons for her to be apprenticed due to everything that had been going on with Thunderclan, but she was beyond excited to be here now. She looked around for other apprentices to talk to, remembering that while the clans were enemies, tonight they met in truce.

Sky wrote:

Ooc:85 years!!? Wow!
Rustie was taking her recently annual night walk when she came upon a LOT of cats! They HAD to be the cats Shadow had told her about! She was about to introduce herself when she realized they wouldn't accept a twoleg's cat. She started tearing at her collar again, grunting and growling unbeknownst to her.

Hey Sky! Kittypet, rogues, loners, and any non-clan members are not allowed at the gathering, even with an in-RP excuse.

Sorry about this, but feel free to make a Clan cat so you can attend the next gathering when your cat is an apprentice!

If you have any questions, PM me or any other staff member (all current staff can be found here) and we'll help you out!

Icee wrote:

Hey Sky! Kittypet, rogues, loners, and any non-clan members are not allowed at the gathering, even with an in-RP excuse.

Sorry about this, but feel free to make a Clan cat so you can attend the next gathering when your cat is an apprentice!

If you have any questions, PM me or any other staff member (all current staff can be found here) and we'll help you out!

But she's not AT the gathering... she's watching from Thunderclan territory, the farthest she can get from the grove with it still in sight. She doesn't even KNOW it's a gathering, she thinks its just a place where they go sometimes.

Fallowpaw padded in with RiverClan, and looked to Fracturedpaw. "Petalpaw's nice, ain't she?" Fallowpaw purred. The younger she-cat was always accepted in her mind. She sat down beside Fracturedpaw when the time came.

Blacktwig walked in anxiously behind Blizzardshine. Cats can't know that Darkstar was absent. They can't. No deputy, no leader... and if Blizzardshine was to take herself as leader, which she could, who was to be deputy? This was worrying.

Mottledpaw dragged herself in, the moon shining brightly with it's large shape in the sky. All of the fears she had for her first gathering dissolved like the blood of freshkill on her tongue. This would be a good night! Or... she hoped so. Her father had endured the Dark Forest gatherings, so this would barely be a pinch!

Sky wrote:

Icee wrote:

Hey Sky! Kittypet, rogues, loners, and any non-clan members are not allowed at the gathering, even with an in-RP excuse.

Sorry about this, but feel free to make a Clan cat so you can attend the next gathering when your cat is an apprentice!

If you have any questions, PM me or any other staff member (all current staff can be found here) and we'll help you out!

But she's not AT the gathering... she's watching from Thunderclan territory, the farthest she can get from the grove with it still in sight. She doesn't even KNOW it's a gathering, she thinks its just a place where they go sometimes.

Even so, this is a gathering topic and kittypets, rogues, loners, and any non-clan members are still not permitted to post. I also doubt she could have hung around ThunderClan territory in view of the clearing without ThunderClan catching her. Please follow the rules.

Oh... I must have missed that in the rules... sorry...

Emberpaw raced in, her bright eyes alert and ready, ears pricked. 

The apprentice gaped in awe at the meandering cats near the giant stone in the middle of the clearing, her fiery pelt catching fire in the milky rays of the moon.
"Woah…" she breathed, and turned to vanish in the crowd of cats, wanting to see everything, talk about anything. Her white tailtip disappeared as she slipped into the ginormous group of cats.

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Tigerpaw, the newly apprenticed tabby, stood close to Antdrop, his heart pounding nervously. His first Gathering, so soon after being apprenticed.
The striped auburn tom gulped in fresh, cool air, the scent of Leaf-Fall hitting him hard. He caught a glance of the large rock, and gaped.
Someday, that's where I'll be standing.
Tigerpaw shuddered, whether out of anxiety or excitement and anticipation or all of them. His fur rippled in the wind as he watched an apprentice, near his age and smelling of fresh, warm mice and squirrels, slide into the group of cats. He sighed once, again, took a glance at his mentor, and then shouldered his way into the cats, looking for someone to talk to.

Twistedpaw looked around in awe as she padded towards Fourtrees at the back of the Windclan group. She itched to squeal out loud as she eyed the towering oaks and shining boulder. Looking around, she sat next to some cats from another clan, hoping to make friends under the truce.

Nightheart padded into the clearing after her clan, taking a deep breath with a wide smile before looking around. RiverClan was already there, and that immediately made her start to look for her sister between them, hoping that she was somewhere around there.

Ivyfall entered, following behind her leader and taking her place at the base of the Great rock. She looked devoid of all emotion, watching calmly as cats all filed in, one by one, her green eyes not portraying her utter disgust towards WindClan. They were on par with ThunderClan in her mind, harming a hapless apprentice for sport. Scums of the earth, it was a pity that the Dark Forest hadn't done a number of them, and as for Ashstar, who stood upon the rock besides Fishstar, she was unworthy of her title. What leader couldn't keep a few warriors in line. No RiverClan warrior would do such a thing, if not for respect of the warrior, out of respect for Fishstar.

She was cut short from her mental scorning when she noticed Blizzardshine lead the ThunderClan cats into the clearing. That was certainly odd, neither Darkstar or Frozenflame were here. She knew that Frozenflame was older than the trees themselves and Darkstar was a three-legged cripple but this was most unusual, a display of weakness. Her eyes quickly flitted up to Fishstar, as if urging her to note this down mentally.

Otterpaw pressed himself against Shellpaw when he noticed her ducking in fear, his eyes crossing the clearing to lock with a WindClan tom who was looking too smug. He gritted his teeth, a growl starting but quickly choked off when he remembered where he was. Instead, he helped Shellpaw along with gentle encouraging words. "You're doing well, Shellpaw. I can't believe you managed to walk all the way here with your wounds. I would have passed out crying." It wasn't in his nature to joke, but he tried for her.

Sunpaw followed behind in silence as usual, green eyes watching as the cats all pooled in the clearing. As Otterpaw lead Shellpaw down, he chose to step between the tom and Shellpaw, blocking his view of her silently.

Frogpaw darted through the crowd to headbutt his siblings, Stormpaw and Snakepaw, before slinking off to sit as close to the Great Rock as he dared. He sent them a smug smile over his shoulder, daring them to out do him.

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Kestrelpaw came through with WindClan warily, the she-cat was unable to hide the tremor of fear that ran through her at the sight of ThunderClan warriors. She could remember the way Foxpaw's bones had crunched in their jaws, how he'd begged for his sisters to run. The tortoiseshell pointedly sat as far away from ThunderClan as possible, pretending they were all strangers.

Thrushstar walked into the clearing silently, his old bones protesting as the weather grew chilly. It actually took a rough time getting up the Great rock but he did it and sat silently.

Rabbitpaw was there too, her eager eyes staring at the leaders