It smelled like saltwater- something that Russetstar was at least half used to, with all of the water which surrounded RiverClan's territory. However, the fishy scent which covered the area was a bit strong even for him, a cat who was usually used to the crisp smell of freshwater prey. Gazing around the Seastones carefully before leading his clan into the area, he held his head up proudly as he padded over towards the other four leaders, now used to the realization that there were five clans in the forest instead of the four he'd always known about. So many things had changed over the past couple moons, and he'd suspected that no warrior had been left unchanged by what had happened moons ago, which had left all clans in need of the opportunity to rebuild, and to start again.
Some cats were still suspicious of his clan-- they were where everything had started, with a corrupted warrior who'd started an explosion of events which led to a devastating end, with many lives taken and even more changed forever. For a lot of cats, it would never disappear from their memories, and he reckoned that it wouldn't leave his until he took his final breath. However, even if it still scarred his mind, he had to rebuild his clan, for the sake of everyone in the forest. He wanted to make sure that no other cats felt like they had to run, to flee- he wanted to make this place safe for everybody, a force for justice. "It looks like I'm not the last cat here- greetings, Grousestar." He smiled towards the SkyClan leader in a rather friendly manner before looking towards the two other cats who had arrived- recognizing one of them, but another wasn't anyone he was familiar with, a white-colored molly.
"Blazingstorm, it's nice to see you as well- is Dapplestar still unable to attend gatherings?" He asked, tilting his head towards Snowstar as well. "And who're you- ThunderClan?" Gyrewind was yet to arrive. He'd noticed Halestar's arrival, but didn't exactly feel a lot of friendliness towards the leader- there'd been a rift between RiverClan and ShadowClan as long as he could remember, and she didn't seem to care much for his clan anyways- and really, he couldn't say that he did for hers, either.