January Gathering 2016

Russetpaw Quickly followed behind wildpaw and the shadowclan leader, he remainded silent no matter how excited he was to be at his first gathering.

Cinderpaw followed after Soulpaw and sat down next to him purring. She twinned their tails for a moment, before her brother could see anyways, and then untwined them.

Emberleaf trailed behind the Windclan cats and Gorsefeather. The tom's ginger fur made him stick out in the snow like a Riverclan cat in Windclan's camp. Despite the color of his fur, the length was what Emberleaf enjoyed. It was long and warm and, despite always being a mess, this time it was groomed down. As he entered the clearing, his grey eyes scanned the cats before he sat down with the medicine cats.

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Shatteredsoul paused at the top of the clearing and looked down into Fourtrees. The only other clan there was Windclan. The white and black shattered-looking warrior flexed his claws before he sheathed them and padded down the hill that lead into Fourtrees. "Hello, Soulpaw," the tom greeted his apprentice as he sat down near-by.

Soulpaw turned his head to look who was talking to him. "Oh hello Shatteredsoul. Nice night huh?" The tom meowed flicking his tail.

Blizzardwind wrapped his tail around his paws and patiently waited for the gathering to start.

Spottedstar led her clan into the clearing next, jumping atop the Great Rock and dipping her head to both of the leaders up there. She looked around for her new apprentice Dewpaw, still having a weird feeling about her.

The only thing that gave away Lightfoot's presence was his bright blue eyes and small pink nose. His breath, visible in the cold weather, fumed about his muzzle like smoke when he exhaled. He took quick, careless steps as he trotted into the clearing, his long and slender legs easily finding their way through the thick snow. The white tom spread out with his clan, though on this particular instance he was not looking for interaction with another clan. Things were far too hostile, even if no real action had been taken. He would have gladly sat with Emberleaf if it weren't for medicine cats having their own special place to sit.

Leopardfang followed his leader, his expression as cold as the snow that was freezing his paws off. Things were not necessarily tense, but he had no love for any of the other clans. They were always dragging ShadowClan into the messes they had made. Still, he recognized that it would be most beneficial to be civil, so Leopardfang sat in the deputy's area and wiped the scowl off his face. His expression remained steadily neutral as he surveyed the gathering cats, noting that most of the interaction was calm.

Dewpaw struggled to get through all of the snow, so she followed in her leader's steps. The much larger she-cat had already plowed most of the annoying white stuff out of the way so the small gray apprentice had an easier time of getting around. Wanting to meet cats from the other clans, she scampered off through the clearing until she reached a fellow apprentice (Russetpaw) with a scent she'd not smelled before. "Hello, there." She meowed, courageously starting the conversation herself. "I'm Dewpaw from ThunderClan. This is my first gathering."

Dreamleaf padded into the gathering with a confident posture. She fell behind Spottedstar but soon dispersed from the group of warriors to see her fellow medicine cats. Dreamleaf carefully swerved around masses of warriors until she spotted her friends. The fluffy calico she cat trotted over happily.
"Greetings!" Dreamleaf chirped joyfully.

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Bluesong padded into the gathering behind Dreamleaf and Spottedstar. The young warrior took a spot on the ground and glanced around and the growing crowd of cats. Her blue eyes scanned the faces and fur but known seemed to hit her as familiar.

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Wildpaw looked up as Shatteredsoul came over. The tom looked at Soulpaw then up as Thunderclan arrived. The dark furred apprentice shuffled his paws nervously as this was his first gathering and he'd never been around this many cats before.

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Russetpaw looked over to Wildpaw, "What do you think its gonna be like?" the young tom questioned the other, almost unable to contain himself

OOC: I would like to have Hawkpaw get some tips from other apprentices, and Deadpaw would probably like to show off in front of someone.

Hawkpaw and Deadpaw padded into fourtrees, they could hardly contain themselves. This was their first gathering with other clans.

"Do you think Riverclan cats really look like fish?" Deadpaw asked Hawkpaw amusingly, as they padded into the clearing.

"No! They are still cats! But, they probably smell like fish." Hawkpaw replied. He had never actually met a Riverclan cat, but their border smelled quite fishy.

As they padded further into the clearing they realized how crowded it was, and how alienated they felt. They were surrounded by cats they have never met, some could be friends, some could be foes. They never knew which was which.

"Let's go to the edge of the clearing, where its a bit less crowded. How about it?" Hawkpaw asked.

Deadpaw nodded his head in agreement and they wove through the crowd, until they reached the their destination.

Deadpaw let out a sigh. "I was looking forward to meeting someone new, but I didn't know it would be this crowded!"

"Yeah, but it is our first time. We will be here many more times, and we will meet these cats many more times." Hawkpaw explained.

Icestorm sat down on the outskirts of the mingling cats, always preferring to not be too social. He gave a deep purr as he watched friends and family, admiring how WindClan had grown. Through thick and thin, they had kept it together and Icestorm couldn't be more proud.

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Wow, so many cats. Cedarfur smiled as their clan entered the gathering. He felt someone brush against his flank and looked behind himself to see Spiderfur. "Go on, have some fun." He meowed reassuringly. Alot had happened with their family and clan which might be why Spiderfur acted so shy, but then again she was always the quiet one. He looked around seeing plenty of warriors to chat with but couldn't bring himself to do so. He may be full grown and have a family, but on the inside, was piece his kit hood and playfulness that he would never let go. He trotted over to some apprentices (Saltpaw and Breezpaw). "Hello, quiet a gathering." The weirdly tall tom said with a smile.

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In all honesty, Smokepelt hated gatherings. It wasn't that the tom wasn't social, he was just timid. The dark grey tom looked around for his mate but had no luck seeing through the crowds of cats. Might as well talk to someone... He looked around spotting a group of ThunderClan warriors. "Uh, h--hello." Smokepelt said with not much confidence towards a she-cat (Dreamleaf).

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Mudfoot trotted happily into the gathering following his clan. He spotted Mosspaw and quietly slipped over to her, padding next to the she-cat. "Gatherings are fun, don't ya think?" The fluffy tom said softly, his tail grazed along her small back.

Dreamleaf looked up as a warrior approached her. She caught the scent of Windclan on the tom and she gave him a friendly smile.
"Hello!" Dreamleaf replied with a bright eyes.

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Wildpaw turned his head to Russetpaw and shrugged.
"I don't know, really," Wildpaw murmured with a shrug as his eyes shot around the crowded clearing.

Dawnflower nodded. "This is Silverpaw. She is very eager to learn, and so far as been a good apprentice." The shadowclan medicine cat said to her former mentor. Her ears flicked when she heard Dreamleaf approaching. Unaware of the cats name change she called to her friend. "Dreampaw!" She purred, happy to see her friend.

Breezepaw shook her head. "I don't think so. Mom says we aren't." She said to her sister, then saw her brother had already approached the cat they were talking about. "Well it seems Pinepaw beat us to talking to him. Maybe we can go find some thunderclan cats to talk to?" She suggested to Saltpaw.

Soulpaw purred and licked Cinderpaw's cheek affectionatly.

Blizzardwind gave a huff as the clearing became crowded.

Cloverpool padded in after her son and followed him over to where it wasn't so crowded. "Why don't you three go talk to some other Apprentices?" The tortoiseshell warrior meowed to her son and daughter and Deadpaw.

Moonpaw padded in after her mother and sat down next to her siblings. "Ok only if Hawkpaw or Deadpaw wanna go." The pure white she cat meowed blinking her pale icy blue eye and her light green eye, as she talked to her younger brother and friend, as she was the first one born and wouldn't let them forget, because teasing her siblings was fun at times, but she mostly adored her younger siblings.

Fishstar led RiverClan into Fourtrees and took her place on the Great Rock.

Breezestar finally led SkyClan into the gathering and leaped up onto the Great Rock after Fishstar. Before his apprentices jumped him.