March Gathering

[Undertaker]

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[ @spade @marshall @Moonraven @Singing Jay ]

[Undertaker]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

The sky was clear, the stars twinkling and the moon shining onto the ground below. It was beyond confusing, it seemed that no matter what she did, StarClan refused to intervene. This further proved Dawnstar's assumption that the dead just didn't give a ratass about the living. She had thought between the pure hell she's caused WindClan, and all the leader RiverClan has stolen from ThunderClan, the dead might show their disapproval with a few clouds. Yet there was nothing, she could always use this to spin on ThunderClan when they proved to continue being aggravating kits.

The powerful she-cat strolled down the slope that led to the beach, she shook out her dark brown pelt and although she had made sure to taste the air before she dropped in, she was heavily disappointed to see that she was first. Seriously? How was this even possible. Dawnstar felt she had been late enough, she literally had to gather both ThunderClan and ShadowClan and lead them to the gathering. ThunderClan already complained about Dawnstar running the Clan, even though no one has stepped up still, and they proved to be equally annoying having to walk to gathering with ShadowClan. Only, it was worse considering Dawnstar had to listen to both ShadowClan and ThunderClan whine about coming together.

Now, Dawnstar knew she was petty, but some of these cats just blew her away without immature they were. That was saying a lot coming from the she-cat who threw a fit and pouted cause she couldn't show up last at a Gathering. The dual leader stomped her way across the beach and leaped up onto the cold stones with her ears flattened against her head. Her injuries from a moon ago had pretty much healed, aside from the one nasty one on her back leg. That one still liked to act up here and there, but at least the bone wasn't showing anymore.

"You lot can sit on opposite sides of the beach if you'd like, but if I have to get off this rock cause you can't play nice, you'll regret it." Dawnstar hissed from her place atop the Seastone. Yawning, the she-cat began to itch at the old scars that ringed her neck before rolling her broad shoulders. She cast her gleaming amber eyes to the outskirts of the beach, watching where RiverClan usually entered. They had a home advantage to being the closest clan to the Seastones, they were usually first if not second.

[ShadowClan & ThunderClan have Arrived]

[stardust.]

Whiteclaw followed behind Dawnstar, hoping to interact with some non-shadow clan cats, he hoped this gathering wouldn't be ones with fighting like what happened with the ones lately,

(Open for non-sc cats)

[Ian]

--Vixensnarl (ShC)--
The molly slunk into the gathering along with the mass of ThunderClan and ShadowClan cats, although she stuck more towards the ShadowClan group. It made her anxious being away from her home for so long and she was eager to hear the details about what had been going on while Dawnstar and the patrols the leader had taken were in ThunderClan. Were Elmshadow and Owlfeather doing a good job? Had more outsiders been caught on the territory? Ugh, it was frustrating not knowing, but hopefully she would be able to find out soon enough.

@SuspiciousMindz [For Pineclaw ^.^]

--Shiningskies (TC)--
The ginger molly padded along with the ThunderClan/ShadowClan group to the gathering before immediately splitting off to sit as far away from possible from everyone as she could. She didn't really want to be here, although she felt it was her responsibility so she she had come, but she certainly wasn't about to get mocked for being weak by a ShadowClan cat, or any cat for that matter. If that happened then screw the truce, StarClan clearly didn't care about anything that happened so why should she care about their mouse-dung rules?

[OPEN]

[bubble[error].]

~Skyclaw of ShadowClan~~

{OPEN}

Skyclaw smiled. Finally. A Gathering. He looked around.

~~Tigerpaw of WindClan~~

{OPEN}

Tigerpaw jumped up and down. Another Gathering! FINALLY!!! Her energy was showing.

~~Mothflight of ThunderClan~~

{OPEN}

Mothflight had her head in the clouds again. She wasn't paying any attention to her surroundings.

[Madelaine]

-->Ebonyfang<--

The shadowclan warrior walked right behind his cousin, glaring at the Thunderclan cats. They better not do anything stupid. If they did he hoped he could be the one to do something to then. He liked hurting cats more than he evee did in these past coupld moons. It was like the old medicine cat he once was was gone. He was a warrior for a while now and he was loving all the freedom he now had. Sitting down where he can still see the Thunderclan cats he waited for the resy of the clans to arrive.

-->Possumpaw<--

The thunderclan apprentice moved behind the Thunderclan warriors, wanting to stay as far away from them as he possibly could. They made him feel uneasy and he wasn't afraid to talk back to them. He wasn't afraid of anything. Possumpaw say down near the back his furless rat style tail swished from side to side. His eyes showed he was alert.

// both open \\

[pxxylo]

➽ Goldfish | ShadowClan | @NinjaBloss

Trailing behind in the middle of the crowd, the dark-furred
warrior observed the ThunderClan cats who bothered to even
show up. While he did want to just think of others, analyze their
words and such, and just observe the cats gathered, all he could
think of is the odd cat who just can't bat his eye from his own,
Pineclaw. How odd. Shaking his head, the tom's bi-colored eyes
drifted over the few cats who had arrived early. Not much of a
crowd, none of these cats seem to look froward to speaking, especially
with a ShadowClan cat like me. Oh, how I hate the stereotype that all
cats of my clan are heartless savages, cats to be avoided at all costs.
I want to talk to someone from another clan, but it's not like someone's
going to approach me themselves. I may as well take my best shot at it
and just walk up to someone myself. Goldfish noticed an orange molly,
sitting rather far away from the crowd.

Rather than going to his usual place, the dark-furred tom
padded over to this orange molly, wearing his least threatening,
welcoming face, which was honestly genuine, and convincing. In
a quiet yet easily heard voice, he says, "Hello," Sitting a
safe distance from the orange-pelted molly, he cast her a quick
smile, his tail curling around his fluffy paws in a quick and neat
fashion. What if they just- scramble away to another ThunderClan
cat without a word? What if they just ignore me? Stars, if only cats
understood that not all ShadowClan cats are jerks...

[beau]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

Sundust inhaled deeply as he followed the clan into the clearing. He had allowed himself to fall back to the rear of the group, much preferring to watch everyone rather than walk beside Dawnstar at the head of the crowd. It seemed the amalgamation of Thunderclan and Shadowclan had arrived first. What would the other clans make of this? What would they say? Whatever they did, it was Dawnstar's problem, not his. If she wanted the responsibility of two clans, then by all means she could have the full load of it. His gaze flicked to the sky, taking note of it's clarity. He.. didn't quite know what to make of it. Geez, wasn't he supposed to be some super wise shaman or something? Obviously, it seemed like their ancestors had no qualms about what was going on, but he couldn't understand how that could be. They weren't that stupid, were they?

His eyes found Rosepaw, and padded over next to her, continuing his path to the Seastones. "You ready?" he whispered. This wasn't necessarily as nerve-wracking as their initial assumption of their role - he couldn't see the other clans trying to harass them - but it was still something new. It was so strange standing in front of crowds, feeling like everyone had their eyes on you. Despite his anxiety, he still moved to sit where the medicine cats usually gathered. He was a bit excited to meet them, and perhaps get a bit of advice. He had felt almost fraudulent, bumbling through healings with the vague knowledge he had. Of course, he was grateful for Cricketpaw's visit, and he had definitely picked up a thing or two from Ebonyfang, but the more herbs he could learn, the better he would feel.

He curled his tail tightly over his paws as he waited for the rest of the clans to arrive. Thankfully, his fur looked mostly presentable today. In a stroke of luck, it had been somewhat cooperative when he had groomed himself before the gathering, and he - for once - did not look like a chick struck by lightning. Of course, it was still not neat but it was better than usual.

He wondered if his mother was watching this gathering. He was positive she would at least appreciate his semi-neat fur, seeing as she had spent so much of her time trying to get it to lie flat. He remembered his apprentice ceremony, especially, and about she had spent so long grooming him that he was nearly late, and eventually throwing the towel in, and sending him out with a loving nudge. Well, at the very least he was confident she would be proud of him.

@Shade.

[spade]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

With the sky clear above him, all the stars glittering like little tiny lights, Kestrelstar made his way from RiverClan territory down towards Seastones. Despite the dull ache he felt hanging heavy in his chest after what had been a rather difficult last few days, the RiverClan leader knew that he couldn't let yet another failed relationship get in the way. The grief, the sorrow... it would all be there waiting for him when he returned to his den later that night, and inside would be a nest that was now alone and empty, only the faint scent still lingering to prove it hadn't all been in his head.

[ @masquerade - for Cloudpaw ]
But he fought back against the dark shadows that clawed at his mind, and instead forced a smile onto his face as he lead RiverClan closer towards the Gathering. "You will be meeting quite a bit of cats tonight," he informed Cloudpaw, who he'd requested to walk at his side towards the Gathering. It was the young she-cats first introduction to all of their neighbors. Hopefully it would go over smoothly, but he would keep an eye out in the crowd on her just in case there were any situations he would need to intervene in.

"Don't be afraid to introduce yourself. Remeber, you are RiverClan and that is something to be proud of. A Gathering is a time of truce, you shouldn't experience any hostility tonight." Kestrelstar shifted his yellow gaze down to her as he spoke, his paws subconciously leading the way since they had walked this path many times before. He had faith in the young black and white spotted she-cat that she would make plenty of friends, and hopefully those in RiverClan would watch out for her.

Emerging onto the sand, Kestrelstar halted momentarily and lifted his tail for RiverClan to do the same. ShadowClan and ThunderClan were here.... interesting. Part of him was hopeful that tonight they would maybe get an explanation of what had happened, seeing as ThunderClan and Dogbark had not given any announcement the previous Gathering. With that thought pushed to the back of his mind the RiverClan leader moved forward and allowed RiverClan to fan out onto the beach.

It was clear that both ThunderClan and ShadowClan were here - and, maybe a hint of WindClan? Was that a... WindClan apprentice here, minus the rest of WindClan? Interesting. Nonetheless, atop Seastones sat... only Dawnstar. She was the only leader present, and the way she was watching where he and RiverClan had just arrived made his jaw harden. Kestrelstar made quick work of crossing the sand, but not before brushing Cloudpaw over the head with the tip of his tail. After a few bounds he placed himself in his normal positon on the rocks and cast a sideways glance towards the ShadowClan leader. "Well, this should be interesting," he mused, though his tone gave away no indication of anything other then genuine curiosity. His whiskers did twitch in amusement however. Where was Dogbark? Better yet, where was Aspenstar? Questions that had not been answered at the last Gathering, would hopefully get some light tonight.

Regardless, the gray tabby tom returned his attention forward as he took a seat, wrapping his tail around his paws and fluffing out his fur against the small breeze that made its way around him. All that remained to join them was Twilightstar and WindClan.

@Undertaker @Rani @marshall

RIVERCLAN HAS ARRIVED

[pxxylo]

➽ Raccoonear | RiverClan | OPEN

Tracing the pawprints of other in front of her, Raccoonear
was half a ways in the RiverClan crowd, more so lost in
her own ponderings than being presently alert and worrying
about bad outcomes, which is normally what she's doing on a...
daily basis for the most part. Force of habit. either way, she
eventually will snap out of it and focus on the task at paw- meet
cats from other clans. Or from our clan. The thing that stole the
gray molly from her thoughts was of the most unexpected things.
ThunderClan is here, but not Dogbark or Aspenstar? A wave
of confusion washed over her face as her gaze skimmed over the
uneasy expressions of all the ThunderClan cats. Did something
happen? Squinting, she proceeded into the sand with a look of pure
curiosity enclosing her face. Did they simply stay behind, or is there
more to this than just the surface looks?

She quickly scurried over to her usual spot in hopes it
hadn't been taken. Luckily, it wasn't. Smiling, the fluffy
molly sat down with a small sigh of relief, relief that was
quickly diminished by her mind speeding back over to her
questions about ThunderClan. They all look so worried.
Casting a quick glance up at Dawnstar as the large tabby
finished speaking, she allowed her gaze to part from her.
Best not even let my glance be caught by that monster.