September Gathering 2013

"Yea! Though it is so crowded in some places that I bumped into another cat. She was pretty, i'm surprised I don't see her big with kits!" Hawkpaw meowed in amusement, glad she could chat with one of her siblings. The place was so big! She looked at the stars with wonder. They were beautiful! Looking back at Owlpaw, she smiled.

Berrypaw smiled and jumped up and down in excitement. He then saw Badgerpaw and waved him over.
Mossfur turned away and saw 3 new apprentices and approached them. "Hi! Is this your first gathering?"
Berrypaw turned around and stared at this large warrior. She loomed over her but seemed nice. "Yes!" he replied finding his excitement once again. "Who are you? What tribe are you from?"

Spottedfeather noticed Mossfur talking to 3 Windclan apprentices, including the one she bumped into. She softly padded over to them and sat next to Mossfur. "I'm Spottedfeather and this is Mossfur. We are from Thunderclan." she smiled softly.

Hawkpaw noticed the beautiful cat that she was just talking about, come up behind the other new cat that came. She stated their names and her clan. Her voice was so soft. "Hi Spottedfeather, hi Mossfur. I'm Hawkpaw. Nice to meet you!" she was excited, she was actually making some 'friends' with other clan cats!

Berrypaw saw another cat come and smiled. Yay! He was making new freinds! "I'm Berrypaw. This is our first ever gathering!" he puffed out his chest in pride of showing he was an apprentice.
Mossfur twitched her whiskers at Berrypaw's statement. Hi Hawkkpaw and Berrypaw! I presume you are form WindClan?" she could definitly smell the scent of moor from here.

Reedstar and RiverClan had come last. He paused at the top of the slope that led to the clearing, apprehension building in him. It would be tonight that he'd announce himself as leader of RiverClan. He strolled in and pushed through the crowd towards the Great Rock. Nightwing and Dewclaw? Were Sagestar and Mossstar sick? Yet with a look around, he made out the gray tabby among the other ShadowClan cats. Surely, he didn't...?

The leader scrabbled up onto the Great Rock and nodded curtly to the other three cats, hardly paying them any mind any longer. He'd dreaded this Gathering ever since he'd left Highstones, and now that it had finally come it was all he could do to retain his composure and mask his nerves.

Owlpaw's smile slowly faded as more and more cats crowded around him. Hadn't these cats ever heard of personal space? He twitched his tail in annoyance, hoping that the two ThunderClan cats would get the message and leave.

Nightbird bounded down the slope after Reedstar, her banded tail streaming behind her. Slowing to a trot, the black warrior gazed around at all the cats. She still wasn't accustomed to the amount of cats padding around and chatting, mostly because she was quite a bit shorter than most.
Since she knew no one in any other clan; she didn't even have friends in her own clan; the she-cat sat near the edge at turned her attentions to the leaders. Most of which, she noticed, had just became leader in the last season. But all the Clan's leaders had been replaced in her lifetime- three had retired, only her clan facing the death of their own. It was strange how the world worked.

Sandpaw followed the stream of RiverClan cats from behind, timidly staring at all the gathering cats. He could barely suppress a gasp of shock as he surveyed all of the Clans, desperately wishing he were back at camp. Even worse, the other leaders were waiting on them and each looked menacing, especially the really big gray one- she seemed to wear a face of disgust when she looked at Reedstar. Seeing Nightbird sitting away from the rest of the group, he followed suit and sat next to her, not attempting to make conversation.

Padding a bit behind Twistedfoot, Badgerpaw, Berrypaw, Owlpaw, and Hawkpaw was Lavenderheart. It's been awhile since her last Gathering, so she was a bit surprised to see that all the clans seemed to have grown so much larger. Having a small frown on her face seeing how distracted and a bit shocked Badgerpaw was, the WindClan warrior wasn't sure what to say to comfort him. For her, words just came and left in a heartbeat. Speeding up a bit to catch up to the others, she realized that Hawkpaw, Owlpaw, and Berrypaw were already sharing tongues with some ThunderClan warriors. Sighing, the blue she-cat went over to them beforew bowing, "Hello Spottedfeather - Mossfur. How is ThunderClan?" It wasn't that she actually worried about the clan, but because she had heard that her mother had to take refuge in their camp when the Deomilities attacked, it could be said that she just wanted to know their condition a bit.

Snowpaw on the other hand, was once again at the sidelines, in the area she was at all the time at Gatherings - in the shadows. This time she was a bit more curious about how the other clans are doing, considering that it seemed that Reedheart had now become Reedstar and Sagestar stepped down, having Nightstar as the successor. Perking her ears up, she had thought that she saw Bristlepaw coming, so the half-blind she-cat was listening for him. Of course, whether he came or not was Raccoonstar's decision way back at camp.

Ravenpaw walking along, seemed to have the mist covering the clearing have the illusion of engulfing her. The only way that a cat would be able to see her was to locate her sharp icy cold eyes, which weren't the friendliest look to locate. Why she was so tense, or always had the freezing hostile appearance was a mystery, but if a cat saw all the way to her core, it seemed that she released a gentle cool aura that was just so mystifying. Her ears flat down like always, she would prefer to stay seated by herself this Gathering, keeping quiet.

Mintcloud on the other hand, had rushed in after her clan after getting a little distracted from watching some fish in a stream. Seeing her clanmates, she took a seat next to them.

And Fawnstep was just there. ;;I got really tired writing, alright?

Morningfur pushed into the crowd of cats, padding to where the Medicine Cats were gathered. She hadn't been to a Gathering in moons. She had been busy and tired, and just hadn't been able to come. But it was Reedstar's first Gathering as leader, and she had to come to this. But the only Medicine Cat she saw was Shadeheart. She walked up to her, settling down next to the dark colored she-cat.

"Hello, Shadeheart," she meowed, looking around. "I guess Swiftpaw, Mallowroot or Hailstorm could not make it to this Gathering...How is WindClan?"

"I'm right here, Morningfur!" Purred the little apprentice, Swiftpaw. "Bet you didn't recognize me 'cause I've grown!" Truthfully, he'd never met her, only heard stories of her. Either way, if he wanted to become a great medicine cat, he'd have to pick up some stuff from the others. He turned to Shadeheart and listened eagerly to hear about this other clan.

(stories? of me? d'aaaaaaw *blushes* *shot*)

Morningfur turned to look at the apprentice. "Ah! There you are, Swiftpaw," she meowed, smiling at the apprentice. "Glad to see you!"

Bristlepaw dodged though the crowd, weaving in and out. Over and under the older and more grown paws of the elder warriors. He quickly apologized to the ones he tripped or bothered, and sprinted over to the usual spot he and Snowpaw sat. He sent her an apologetic look before taking his spot. "I hate it that I am not bigger. I always get carried away by the hare brained crowd." He gave a silent glare to his legs. Daring them to actually grow right then and there. No such luck.

"WindClan is good. I have a new apprentice as well, Ravenpaw," Shadeheart meowed, before walking over to her apprentice and asking her,"Hey Ravenpaw, would you like to say hello to the other Medicine Cats?"

Badgerpaw's gaze flickered as he spotted his siblings, and while his paws longed to move over to them; mostly when Berrypaw beckoned him over, he stuck close to his father. He just wanted to get used to the amount of cats first...

Padding after her Clan was Mapleclaw. Her gaze flickered around the clearing as she silently moved into the crowd of cats, heading toward her normal spot. Her gaze went toward the leaders, a bit surprised at the fact that Nightwing and Dewclaw were also on the rocks. Quickly scanning the groups of cats around her; she saw a flicker of what she thought was Sagestar...Had he retired? Looking back at Nightwing, she smiled a bit to herself. So, ShadowClan had a new leader, did it? It didn't really bother her all that much, but she knew that Eaglepaw would be a bit annoyed. It would mean he would have to wait even longer to become leader unless he really do it by force...Of course, that wouldn't be until a long while from now.