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High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

Alderstep would rather go home. Hell, he'd rather pretend to be sick and miss this gathering. Showing up as a new deputy and being forced to be near the other clans' deputies (as usual, Shadowclan lacked theirs) had never been on his bucket list, and it sure didn't get added to it when he earned the rank. Plus, it was raining. What would've been a horrible gathering had been made ten times worse because of the weather.

The russet tabby bristled as he threw a warning glance at the ThunderClan cats. If any of them made this even worse, he would vow to bury them in the disgusting wet sand he stood upon. He'd always been embarrassed whenever ThunderClan made a scene at the gatherings (thankfully a somewhat rare occurrence) but he'd be mortified if they did it now.

With a snarl etched onto his features, Alderstep assumed a spot he hadn't seen the other deputies take at previous meetings. Stars, he was not looking forward to this. The tom shook out his sodden pelt, hoping this went fast.