October Gathering [Archive] - Warrior Cats Online

Undertaker

October 13th, 2021, 02:06 PM

Weaving through the shadows before being forced to untangle from them, a huge, brown tabby shook out her pelt as she finally reached her destination. It was rather cold tonight, the air poked at the numerous bare scars that lined the muscular body. Dawnstar could say for once that she wasn't looking forward to the gathering tonight. Her mood was particularly prickly tonight, and she was certain that the fish would be putting up a fuss about being attacked. Usually, Dawnstar would relish in the trouble she's stirred up, considering that she had just come home, to deal with dung, and head straight to the gathering, she was lacking sleeping, which made her tense a bit unpredictable.

If the fish were smart... or at least had some value over their lives, it would be extremely unwise to blabber too long about the attack or get in her face as it seemed that they liked to do. Dawnstar was all for swinging first and asking questions later. She noticed the lack of cats on the beach only after she reached the Seastones. The clan leader was rather edgy as it was and had other things on her mind, otherwise, it was very likely she'd be stomping her way over to her seat. In one powerful leap, Dawnstar took her place atop the Seastones, busying herself with her cleaning sand out of her toes. She had the strongest urge to rub at the large X scar on her face, finding it itchy, but restrained herself.

She cast her amber eyes outwards scouring the beach as her clanmates poured in behind her. She combated the natural urge to sleep with pure anger and agitation. Her eyes remained clear and her muscles were tense, eager to see who'd pick a fight with her tonight. Dawnstar had enough restraint to know better than to take the first blow... or not, regardless, she would have no problem finishing whoever started with her. All the leader needed was a spark.
ShadowClan's Here

Galaxy_

October 13th, 2021, 02:07 PM

Creamshadow walked into the gathering. 'Ah What a beautiful day." She hissed

Madelaine

October 13th, 2021, 02:07 PM

-->Crowtail

Following close behind Dawnstar to the gathering, Crowtail looked around. It had been many season since the last time he had been here. It felt great to be back. He went near the front and sat down.

// open. Posts will get longer \\

marshy

October 13th, 2021, 02:10 PM

// open!

Puffinpaw
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GATHERING TIME!! Puffinpaw wasn't that excited for it considering he felt that it was just like a normal meeting but hopefully something exciting would happen as he sat down and waiting for the other clans to arrive.

spade

October 13th, 2021, 02:11 PM

Something in the air felt... different as Kestrelstar led his Clan the short distance towards Seastones. Crisp night air blew against his face, buffeting his pelt and flattening his ears a bit. Crickets chirped in nearby bushes as paws crossed over from scraggly foliage to the soft sand. Beady grains made their way in between his toes, and briefly the leader glanced down at his missing toes - curtesy of some ThunderClan warrior he couldn't remember the name of. Frankly, he was still getting used to the way they threw off his balance just a bit...

Pushing a puff of air from his lungs, the RiverClan leader pushed forward, breaking away from his Clan and heading over to the Seastones. Already there was Dawnstar, and instantly yellow eyes narrowed. He recalled both Stormtalon and Splashleap informing him of their cowardly attack, and as he ascended the stones to take his place he shot the ShadowClan leader an icy glare. Wordlessly he sat back on his haunches, settling his yellow gaze at the crowd gathered below and wrapping his tail around his paws.

Truthfully, he had nothing to say to the massive leader - it would all come out at the Gathering, anyways. So for now, the gray tabby remained silent, yellow eyes watchful for the entrance of the last two Clans.
RIVERCLAN HAS ARRIVED

Undertaker Moonraven poppy.

Galaxy_

October 13th, 2021, 02:13 PM

Stormpelt walked into the clearing sad That his mother couldn't come he walked right in. Stormpelt sat down. "Kestrelstar." he meowed "Do you think I will figure out about my mother in this gathering?" He said looking up at his leader with sadness in his eyes. "I hope I'll Get some news." spade

WinterMara

October 13th, 2021, 02:20 PM

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Why did she come, oh why oh why did she come? She was emotionally exhausted and angry at, a lot of things, yet upset, even happy. Her emotions were mixed and it scared her, was this what growing up is meant to be? Luxuries gone and scars everywhere? Not even physical, but, emotional. Whatever, to late to turn back and cry in her nest.

| Sandpaw of Shadowclan |

Okay, deep breath, just because you suck at everything and, are confused on other clans, it's okay, just, get info from other clans, maybe he'll be a good spy. Wait, nope he tried that last gathering and failed miserably, maybe he's just a good mistake and that's it.

| BOTH ARE OPEN!

Undertaker

October 13th, 2021, 02:22 PM

The dainty molly slithered in behind the rest of her clanmates, silently and ghostly. Slyfox made sure that she remained on ShadowClan's 'side' but took a seat farther away from the rest of her clanmates. The jet-black feline glanced up at the moon, faintly wondering if it would stay bright and out tonight. Even she could feel the dangerous vibes rippling off her leader's body, and she was several tail lengths away from the Seastones. The orange-eyed Dhadowclan warrior wasn't all that keen on getting into fights tonight, but would naturally follow any order her leader or new deputy gave her. Her feelings on thoughts on matters came second to the clan she served.

Still, a lack of violence would be nice for once. Slyfox eyes followed the RiverClan leader as he arrived with his fishy entourage behind him. Slyfox already knew that trouble was brewing, which was not what she wanted. Instead of watching the clan leaders like a weirdo, she glanced around looking for the dark pelted oranged-eyed tom that was unfortunately connected to her by blood. She had no clue if he was here tonight, if he was she'd find him and keep an eye on him like always.

LostInTheOrchids

October 13th, 2021, 02:23 PM

~Graytail~
The very recently expecting queen walked up to her adopted son, "I wish you luck for your mother." she purred, praying to Starclan that Whitekit would be good now that he was left with the other queens, she rubbed against his pelt, "Just remember, I love you and your brother like my own kits, speaking of kits, my kits are coming in a moon!"

Mr.Cheese

Silverfur & Co

October 13th, 2021, 02:32 PM

Darktiger followed behind dawnstar she and the rest of shadow clan was alooking around boy did those fish get smart. She wandered what Dawnstar was going to say to them.

Snowstripe padded in behind Kestrelstar and looked around as She saw featherpaw farther behind then normal wandering what was up with the appprentice. Feather was ususally a bubble of energy at these things.

Featherpaw followed behind the clan looking around every so often wandering what was going to be said here at the gathering. She was loving gatherings all but this last one where the tentions where high she hoped that they werent so this time. She wanted to be friends with anyone that she could.

shaded shadow

October 13th, 2021, 02:34 PM

rainingpaw followed her clan to the gathering wondering if something interesting would happen
(open)

Singing Jay

October 13th, 2021, 02:37 PM

So, his first gathering as deputy. Shadestorm let his face stay neutral as his cold blue gaze swept over the Seastones. It all seemed to be in a new light, a better light. He enjoyed his, enjoyed knowing he was powerful, second in command after Dawnstar and he loved it!

He followed his leader to the stones in the middle, where he was supposed to sit now. Shadowclan was first as always but the fish-breaths come not long after. Kestrelstar, the leader-man himself. Shadestorm frankly thought the grey cat had bees in his brain, shouting at the last gathering like he had and all that. But it didn't mater, the dumper the leader the easier it would be to take over their clan once it came to it. And Shadowclan still stood above them partly for Dawnstar, partly for their shear strength.

As he settled down on the where the deputies sat, his expression still unreadable and calm he gazed over the cats under him. Sandpaw and Puffinpaw prepared for what he thought was their first gathering if he remembered correctly, and Crawtail.... the former deputy seemed calm for now and not reacting in any particular way to Shadestorm. He wished Marchwolf and Finchwhsiker could be here to see him, to see who truly was in charge, but both had gone missing before he was appointed, shame.

The bunnies and squirrels had yet to arrive. He looked forward to seeing how Wolffang, the deputy of Windclan would react to seeing him. The two had fought before back when Shadestorm was still a warrior and now, it would be a nice surprise for the other cat. And then there was Thunderclan of course, the only cat among them who he wanted to see was Sootstrike if he was still alive. Which he wasn't sure of, he hadn't seem the cat on any gathering prior to this, but now he could see everything better now from up here. He wasn't quite sure of he wanted to see his father again but he had to know if the cat was still alive or not, if not Shadestorm might just take care of that himself. But Sootstrike was the only one who he could see of his family. Dewfrost, Stormkit and Frostkit, all dead, partly because of his father.

Willowfern TheNyanCatMinecart gs29513

ChillCat

October 13th, 2021, 02:37 PM

Ravenpaw followed in their leader's pawsteps to the Seastones. Once again, Ravenpaw was hoping to get their monthly fill of drama, hopefully Riverclan would try to start something.

Galaxy_

October 13th, 2021, 02:50 PM

Egasl

October 13th, 2021, 03:04 PM

==> Clovernose of Shadowclan <==

Clovernose padded after Dawnstar. He wished he could’ve been at the cove taking care of his kits. They were almost apprentice age and he didn’t know how to convince Dawnstar to let them join the clan.

His mind race with these thoughts as he picked his way over to a clear spot to sit down.

~ Sunpaw of Riverclan ~

Sunpaw padded into the clearing after Kestrelstar. Nothing exciting had happened to her this moon. She even felt kind of lonely. Milkpaw was still missing and she didn’t know what to do. Nothing felt right anymore. Her mentor was gone and she didn’t have much training. She didn’t even know if she could be a warrior at this point. She seemed to fail and everything she did.

Sunpaw trudged over to a spot in the clearing. She only hoped someone would speak to her this gathering.

[Both are open]

Nixey

October 13th, 2021, 03:22 PM

Shadowclan
~Splotchleaf~
Another gathering. Following the cats of Shadowclan, Splotchleaf had his gaze trailing along the ground. Lately, he had simply not been the same. He had found three kits, taken them in with his mate, hid them, and lost one of those kits all in a span of twenty-four hours. Lately, it felt like the world was shoving down on his shoulders, like it was trying to crush him and his spirits under its weight. With a soft huff, Splotchleaf closed his eyes for a moment, right on the edge of descending into the Seastone area, as he took a in a breath. His lungs filled with the chilly night air as Splotchleaf felt his shoulders relaxing, his eyes remaining shut tight. Here and now, he was at the gathering, at seastones, he needed to get himself together. With a sigh escaping his muzzle, Splotchleaf pressed onward towards Seastones and nestled in a shady area away from the gathering cats. It was funny, Splotchleaf not only lived up to his name, what with his splotchy pelt and how he use to chase leaves, but he also hid in the shadows, which his clan was Shadowclan. Huh.
~Sheepglow~
This was the rhythm of living in a clan. As a kit, you simply play, not having a care in the world as you chased around other kits. As a apprentice you began falling into a steady rhythm, wake up, train, try to impress your mentor or leader, get soemthing to eat, go to sleep while thinking of how to prove you’re the best. Once warriorhood hit, you were expected to wake up and follow your duties, same thing same old ways. Hunt, fight in a battle or two, care for your clan, attend gatherings, repeat. A soft huff rouse from Sheepglow as she wandered towards the crowd of cats gathering at Seastones. Her gaze swept the area as she seemed to be debating about where to sit down, how she should act, and whether or not others were watching her. She stood out like a sore thumb amongst the shadowclan cats, her white, fluffy pelt reflecting the moonlight which shimmered down. Thinking it over, Sheepglow finally pushed her way to the center of the gathering cats, not wanting to be in the back as she wanted to be able to see and hear the higher ups, but also not wanting to sit in the front and stick out like a patch of snow beside a deep blue ocean.
//both are open<3\\
Riverclan
~Dawnwhisper~
They were second to arrive right behind Shadowclan. Their gaze swept around at the other cats, a soft smile appearing along their muzzle as Dawnwhisper listened to the idle chatter that was common when arriving at a gathering. Friends from different clans meeting up, whispers as cats attempted to guess what would be spoken of. Dawnwhisper, however, was quite content with just wandering over towards the back of the crowds and plopping down on their haunches. Their silver and black streaked pelt glittered as Dawnwhisper awaited for the next two clans to file in, hopping it wouldn’t be held up like it was the last two times. Both had been Thunderclans fault, but it had been understanding why they hadn’t arrived sooner. Dawnwhisper remembered the murmurs amongst the other Riverclaners after the attack on Thunderclan, and then with Thunderclan receiving a new leader and deputy Dawnwhisper was sure that they would have to take their time to arrive when all new things were happening. With a soft huff, they pushed that out of their mind and gazed upwards towards the leaders and deputies.
~Reedpaw~
Thump, thump thump. That noise was repeating over and over again as the little cream and brown brindled apprentice made her way down towards Seastones. Excitement buzzed in her ears as she shoved inwards and towards the front of the gathering Riverclan cats. Reedpaw didn’t want to miss a single word, not one, and hiding out in the back or the middle was a sure fire way, at least in her mind, to miss one. A soft breath was sucked in as her muzzle parted, her little haunches making contact with the ground as she plopped down into them. Her gaze searched around as Reedpaw attempted to keep from bouncing up and down, not wanting to make a complete fool of herself here and seem like she was a kit. Instead, she turned to look at her side, finding a cat to strike a conversation with as her eyes lit up with enthusiasm. “Hi!” she purred out, hoping this cat would at least be willing to speak with her. Even if it was simply to entertain this Riverclan apprentice, Reedpaw would take it with stride and push the conversation further.
//both are open <3\\

poppy

October 13th, 2021, 04:03 PM

The lithe, honey colored molly padded silently along the undergrowth, tail lashing ever so slightly from side to side. She felt more at ease than she had the first Gathering she had attended as the head of ThunderClan. The nerves were still broiling deep inside in the pit of her stomach, and she let out a puff of air. If any of her Clanmates started any fights, she would be having some very uncomfortable conversations with the offenders.

As she sinuously stalked to the Gathering place, Aspenstar could already smell ShadowClan and RiverClan there. Great, her least favorite clans. She still disliked RiverClan with a strong passion, the peace meeting with Kestrelstar had gone... okay, but she knew that the ceasefire was temporary. She wouldn't let the fish get away with stealing Firefly Cove. Flattening her ears slightly, then pricking them alertly as she came into view of the Seastones. As her Clan trickled in, slowing and wandering around, she padded confidently forward, leaping onto the stone beside Dawnstar. Dipping her head shallowly in greeting to the ShadowClan leader, then acknowledging Kestrelstar with a glance that was carefully neutral, she sat down off to the side, claiming that part of the stone as her own.

There was undeniable tension between Kestrelstar and Dawnstar. There was a chilly glare sent by the RiverClan leader, she she stifled a chuckle. Oh, Kestrelstar. He really liked making trouble, now didn't he? And of course, Dawnstar was targeting RiverClan. From what she had heard, Kestrelstar had completely slandered ShadowClan at the Gathering two (or was it three?) moons ago. And the ShadowClan certainly knew how to hold a grudge.

As of late, ThunderClan had become on neutral terms with all Clans. Of course, when they retook Firefly Cove, that would change. But until ThunderClan was once a powerful force, they were well on their way to doing so, they would refrain from any fighting if they could help it.

But this Gathering, with all the chaos and drama, would be an interesting one.

spade Moonraven Undertaker
THUNDERCLAN IS HERE!

alaskaa

October 13th, 2021, 04:16 PM

RiverClan

Hazelpaw

It was her very first Gathering as an apprentice! Proudly, Hazelpaw followed her Clanmates, her chest puffed out. She had to make sure that no cat mistook her for a kit. As she sat down, she nearly jumped out of her pelt as she was spoken to. Turning to her side, she spotted Reedpaw, who was, evidently, the one who'd said hi to her.
"Hey, Reedpaw!" Hazelpaw replied. She smiled. "It's my very first Gathering!"

Her heart thudded loudly in her chest, excitement rushing through her once more. She couldn't wait for the Gathering to start.
Nixey

ThunderClan

Cedarflame

Ugh, another Gathering he had to attend. Honestly, Cedarflame didn't understand why Gatherings had to be at night.He would very much have liked to stay at camp and sleep, resting his tired muscles. But nope.

Growling softly, he sat down as Aspenstar announced the arrival of ThunderClan. He wasn't going to be standing, thank StarClan that he wasn't the leader.

Willowfern

October 13th, 2021, 04:17 PM

The gray tom padded silently to the Seastones, a gruff growl slipping from his jaw as he caught the scent of both ShadowClan and ShadowClan 2.0 already here.
Is there ever going to be a time when we’re here early? He thought a little grumpily, I’d like some time to settle in before we launch into meaningless slander, banter, and huffiness.
Despite his frustrations, he dipped his head briefly, stiffly, to Kestrelstar and Dawnstar before settling in between Splashleap and… who… who was this?
Green eyes narrowed,
Ah, this idiot was the cat at the border I ran into! Dawnstar made him, a cat with a hair-trigger Deputy? Goodness, Dawnstar really isn’t all too smart is she?
Nonetheless, he flicked his tail in the ShadowClanner’s general direction before nodding to Splashleap, who, surprisingly, was the cat he favored of the two, though, he still disliked her, deeply.
He glanced at Aspenstar on the Seastone, she looked a lot more confident this time around, which was good, Dogbark was glad she wasn’t going to be permanently nervous Leader, that would be a problem.
Tucking his paws under his tail, he waited for the Gathering to begin, or for someone to speak to him.

// Singing Jay TheNyanCatMinecart gs29513

Pine'Paw

October 13th, 2021, 04:36 PM

PinePaw padded into the gathering, strutting his legs like he always did. He was with ShadowClan of course. I mean, it is my clan, he thought. @Naaid (You said we'd meet at the next gathering and this is it)

Jayvines

October 13th, 2021, 04:47 PM

~ Sparrowflight / Open ~

Sparrowflight grinned at her fellow clanmates as the entered the Seastones, standing tall with her tail held high as they approached. There had been too much fighting the last few gatherings, and she hoped that this one would have... significantly less.

Giving a brief glance to the assortment of pelts moving throughout the area and getting themselves situated, the young warrior lithely wound through the crowd and sat herself down in a clear spot that would allow cats to join her if they wished.

She felt no need to seek out anyone other than her clanmates, but she would be polite to anyone else, should the care to join her. ((Open to anyone!))

~ Mistpaw / Open ~

Sticking to the center of the group of cats behind Aspenstar, Mistpaw's grey eyes were wide and glancing about as they walked. There were so many new scents and places that she would have to learn... Her ears flicked back at the sound of the waves and the utterly HUGE expanse of water came into view as they approached the Seastones.

Hmmm no thank you. Riverclan could stick to that stuff.

Giving a small shiver and a shake of her pelt, her nose wrinkled at the feeling of sand underneath her paws as the moved into the area. She also wasn't sure how much she liked that sensation either. However, the feeling of unfamiliar grains between her paw pads was quickly pushed aside from her mind as she took in the group of unfamiliar faces and scents from other clans.

Oh boy, she was out of her element. Carefully picking her way to a clear spot near the center of the conglomeration of cats, Mistpaw sat back onto her haunches and carefully wrapped her tail around her paws. Perhaps there was another new apprentice near her that would like to chat? ((Open to anyone!))

Ikoria the Wolf Pup

October 13th, 2021, 04:51 PM

Rani

October 13th, 2021, 05:03 PM

Gatherings. The ever bane of Snakehearts existence and something that if he ever derived any enjoyment out of no long held any such pleasure. The medicine cat was.... beaten. Beaten and broken and feeling oh so like spun glass ready to crack and shatter to pieces once again. He'd been getting better since he'd fallen apart, those that cared (for what reason Snakeheart didnt know) had seen past his broken mask and were helping (making?) him pick up the pieces. It was showing dividends in the physical side at least. Snakeheart was always lanky and skinny that was simply his body shape but after almost a moon of food pushed onto him from those that now knew how little he ate he'd filled out a bit. Now while he was still mostly leg he wasnt rail this and a thin layer of fat and meat was on his bones that made him seem almost more riverclan rather then stick thin and perpetually starving windclan. The with finally being able to sleep without constant interruptions from clanmates needing his help due to some assisting with his duties the bags under his eyes and the air of worn exhaustion was gone and he seemed lighter with that. And finally while the riverclan medicine cat had never let his pelt get dirty or look bad or unclean now he was back up to his usual standard of silky smooth and glossy pelt with not a hair out of place that had been declining over the past few moons. Yes for the most part he looked much much better striding confidently over to the medicine cats area at a steady pace rather then his purposeful charge that had been the norm for these meetings for so long but no mask was perfect.

To most anyone who looked he was better then he was last gathering when even then he looked just fine and nothing was amiss but to those that got close and knew him well something was wrong. Snakehearts eyes, ever a good indicator on his mood even when he didnt emote much more then annoyance were broken a far cry from the proud glow of Bounceberry's naming or the razor sharp malice of the last gathering he was hollow. The shell of Snakeheart was intact and walking but the burning spirit of the cat inside was broken and only starting to be put back together again.

However that didnt effect his functionality. It hadnt before when he was breaking it didnt now even if his state made him more muted then usual. He had his job and he'd do it, that was what he was good for. It wasnt a big job tonight though, just talking to Peachfrost about a few things.

Kestrelstar (they still hadnt talked) was the one who had the large task. Thunderclan seemed to finally learn their lesson so unless they brought up the cove all that needed to be done was to be neutral to them and not start anything. Let them be the aggressor if they so choose but if they did they'd meeting nothing but the cold neutrality of a brick wall. Riverclan had said their piece and drawn their line in the sand their position was clear and they would not be moving it. Shadowclan on the other paw..... More complicated and risky. However if the rotted clan came here expecting the Riverclan and Kestrelstar of not long ago they'd not be finding it. Dawnstar would get nothing and no fight unless it was on Riverclans terms so she'd find no clawhold or spark to set her off tonight. She'd get her fight yes and soon, but not now.
Rockfall Panda1440 Fletcher

furrensic

October 13th, 2021, 05:03 PM

both closed //

➸ cornpaw

following his clanmates, cornpaw sprinted towards the front of the group as soon as they arrived at the seastones. splitting off from his clan and bouncing around with barely contained excitement. it was a GATHERING!! his first gathering – he'd missed the last one (totally not because he was doing something stupid.) and so far, there was spooky EVIL shadowclan and their big grumpy leader, and the gross mucky riverbutts and their stinky looking leader. there were also cats who he was pretty sure were deputies, like mean dogbark, but they weren't as cool because they weren't thunderclan.

inhaling deeply, still bouncing, he let out a horrible sounding noise that sounded similar to a dying animal. gathering, gathering, gatheRINGG!! he sang out in his mind. honestly, this all was a bit overwhelming. there were so many CATS. half of them were cats he didn't like, but still, just – he was so excited.

giggling to himself, he ran in a random direction and sat down, swaying side to side. now all he had to was wait for someone to come talk to him. or, he could just do a little bit of yelling. "TALKING TIME!! WHO WANTS TO TALK TO ME?" hopefully no fish.
__________

➸ rainypaw

near the back of the large group, rainypaw sluggishly followed after their clan. their tail hung low as they watched their clan, and the other clans spreading out and some even beginning to talk to each other. "ohhhh..kayyy.." they murmured nervously, quickly padding to an area that was as empty as could be, for a gathering of all things.

"lots of cats.." they acknowledged, shifting slightly and letting their tail wrap around their paws. they were beginning to regret their decision. maybe staying at camp would've been better.

seeingstars

October 13th, 2021, 05:11 PM

(OPEN)
Eveningpaw padded alongside Finpaw, they two were talking more and more often and were visibly more affectionate around each other. They parted upon entering the gathering spot though, going opposite directions to find others to interact with. Eveningpaw went to the right, his eyes sweeping across the gathering cats. He hoped to find a young warrior or an older apprentice to interact with.

{ finnzel }
Finpaw separated from Eveningpaw and padded to the left. The small apprentice bounced excitedly, he'd never been to a gathering before! This was so cool! There was so many cats, wow! He noticed Rainypaw and bounced over to them, greeting the Thunderclan apprentice with a friendly smile "Hey! I'm Finpaw! What's your name?" He asked curiously tilting his head.

{ Silverfur & Co }
Graypaw bounced in behind their friends, they looked around, their eyes searching for a specific cat. Finally, Graypaw's gaze fell on Featherpaw, a warm purr rose from the apprentice's throat as they made their way over "Hey Featherpaw!" They called out, bounding over.

(OPEN)
Rockpaw padded in behind his clan, he was a little bit late but he was back in camp scolding Petalkit for trying to escape AGAIN. The chocolate-furred Windclan apprentice let out a heavy sigh as he sat along the outskirts of the gathering. He wasn't the most social cat, but wouldn't ignore anyone if approached.

(OPEN)
Smokypaw padded into the gathering area, looking around wide-eyed. Wow! He'd never see this many cats from so many different places before. The scents were almost overwhelming to him. The blue-gray tom scanned the area, trying to locate someone who looked like they'd be willing to talk to him. The chubby tom paused, licking a paw and running it over his ear. He wanted to make sure he looked presentable. He picked a spot to sit and began grooming his pelt.

(OPEN)
Stagnight padded into the clearing, his normal scowl plastered on his face. It was nice being away from camp though, not having to deal with any whining from Crowkit or the various other Shadowclan kits. He didn't have a problem with kits, only the ones that actively bothered him. He let out a heavy sigh as he sat, wrapping his tail neatly around his paws. He looked around with narrowed eyes.

Galaxy_

October 13th, 2021, 05:21 PM

Rootspark carefully followed his clan to Seastones. It would be so embarrassing to trip on his fur in front of all of the clans. With such high tensions, the other clans might think ThunderClan is weak! he realized. Rootspark shook his head. It's just a Gathering. Just find someone to talk to, he told himself. When they got there, he looked around for a cat to talk to.

(OPEN)

Bored Stormpelt and Bramblepaw walked up to this Thundercaln warrior Stormpelt who wasn't scared Meowed "Greetings IM Stormpelt of Riverclan and This Is Bramblepaw." Stormplet meowed to the unknown warrior. Bramblepaw who was his first gathering looked at the Thunderclan warrior with wide eyes. "This is a Thunderclan warrior." he murmured "He's scary." after finally being able to join the clan Bramblepaw was in fright by how many cats there were.

Silverfur & Co

October 13th, 2021, 05:24 PM

(OPEN)
Eveningpaw padded alongside Finpaw, they two were talking more and more often and were visibly more affectionate around each other. They parted upon entering the gathering spot though, going opposite directions to find others to interact with. Eveningpaw went to the right, his eyes sweeping across the gathering cats. He hoped to find a young warrior or an older apprentice to interact with.

{ @finnzel (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=9054) }
Finpaw separated from Eveningpaw and padded to the left. The small apprentice bounced excitedly, he'd never been to a gathering before! This was so cool! There was so many cats, wow! He noticed Rainypaw and bounced over to them, greeting the Thunderclan apprentice with a friendly smile "Hey! I'm Finpaw! What's your name?" He asked curiously tilting his head.

{ @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167) }
Graypaw bounced in behind their friends, they looked around, their eyes searching for a specific cat. Finally, Graypaw's gaze fell on Featherpaw, a warm purr rose from the apprentice's throat as they made their way over "Hey Featherpaw!" They called out, bounding over.

{ seeingstars }

Featherpaw instantly purred at the sound of Graypaws voice "Hello Graypaw." she purred and got up greeting him and looking at the other two clans with him. She was more nervous but was glad that he was here wit her now. She felt a bit safer.

{Open}
Snowstripe walked over to another spot and sat watching the gathering seeing thunderclan walk in next and wandered where windclan was. She was hopping that everything was going to be okay and was worried about Minnowkit back in the camp.

{Open}
Darktiger smelled the stupid fish and the Squirrels come in and she thought about where the bunnies where as she sat there and spotted Snowstripe. If she didnt know any better that molly would be asking for trouble if she even spoke about shadow clan at all that was the vibe that Darktiger got from snowstripe

{Open}
Silverdust padded into the gathering looking at all the clans and evrything gathered and Smelled Shadowclan and riverclan as they came in she was glad that for once they werent fight anybody but seemed to still be upset.

TheHappyCat

October 13th, 2021, 05:26 PM

Ikoria the Wolf Pup

October 13th, 2021, 05:32 PM

both open :) //

➸ cornpaw

following his clanmates, cornpaw sprinted towards the front of the group as soon as they arrived at the seastones. splitting off from his clan and bouncing around with barely contained excitement. it was a GATHERING!! his first gathering – he'd missed the last one (totally not because he was doing something stupid.) and so far, there was spooky EVIL shadowclan and their big grumpy leader, and the gross mucky riverbutts and their stinky looking leader. there were also cats who he was pretty sure were deputies, like mean dogbark, but they weren't as cool because they weren't thunderclan.

inhaling deeply, still bouncing, he let out a horrible sounding noise that sounded similar to a dying animal. gathering, gathering, gatheRINGG!! he sang out in his mind. honestly, this all was a bit overwhelming. there were so many CATS. half of them were cats he didn't like, but still, just – he was so excited.

giggling to himself, he ran in a random direction and sat down, swaying side to side. now all he had to was wait for someone to come talk to him. or, he could just do a little bit of yelling. "TALKING TIME!! WHO WANTS TO TALK TO ME?" hopefully no fish.

Rootspark flinched and turned around unsheathing his large claws at the sound of a shriek. Realizing they weren't being attacked, he calmed back down. Looking around for the cat who made such an atrocious noise, he heard the same cat again.

"TALKING TIME!! WHO WANTS TO TALK TO ME?"

Landing his eyes on the apprentice, Rootspark realized it was Cornpaw. Well, if you're looking for someone to talk to, he thought to himself, Might as well talk to the person asking for it. Besides, Rootspark hadn't met Cornpaw before. He walked over to him, speaking with a friendly voice. "Hi, Cornpaw. I'm Rootspark, nice to meet you, officially."

~Fierce~

October 13th, 2021, 05:42 PM

~Bluepaw~
Bluepaw had a wide grin on his face, his face muscles aching a bit. He was almost running in his excitement to get to Seastones. This was his first gathering as an apprentice, his first gathering ever! His paw steps were light on the ground as he followed the rest of Thunderclan cats. He looked down as the ground turned to sand. He felt bodies move away and gasped as he looked up.

Seastones! He quickly ran to a spot as close to where the leaders sat so he could listen to every word.
(Open. WinterMara if you want)

~Goldeneyes~
Goldeneyes padded at the back of the Thunderclan group, her paws heavy but silent on the ground. She had big paws, yes, but she had practice making her paws silent. She had to if she didn’t want to scare away all the prey. She towered over most cats so she didn’t feel the need to talk to anybody so instead she zoned out, her golden eyes becoming unfocused. Her paws knew the way to Seastones.

Once she felt the ground to turn to sand under her paws, she snapped back to focus. She bounded ahead and found a spot to sit, her head facing the leaders. It seemed that they were the third ones. In all her zoning out she had forgotten about Riverclan. Her lip curled for a second before returning back to her previous face.
(Open. Nixey if you want)

~Streampelt~
Streampelt padded close to the front of the Riverclan cats, with the exception of the high ranks. He wanted to see someone special, hoping that she was going to be there.

Once he reached Seastones, he bounded to an area where nobody would bother to pay attention to him. He looked around, a bit sad as he saw that Thunderclan wasn’t here yet but it disappeared as he saw Thunderclan arrive. His green eyes scanned the cats, hoping to see familiar bright blue eyes and her familiar black and white fur.
(Open only Nixey)

~Fierceroar~
Fierceroar padded towards Seastones, her head held high and proud. She was going to represent Riverclan as a warrior and she needed to be well behaved. She wasn’t going to mess around.

She found a spot away from everyone and sat down, her golden eyes scanning the cats at the gathering but not wishing any interaction.
(Open Dizerel if you want)

~Shypaw~
Shypaw padded towards Seastones at the back of the group, her paws silent on the ground. She didn’t want to talk to anyone. She just wanted to be at her first gathering and experience it.

She padded away from the group as soon as they reached Seastones and took up a spot far away from everyone else. She didn’t want any interactions, especially with cats from other clans.
(Open Starry if you want)

(Didn’t feel up for it with Silverclaw, Smokemoon, Whitepaw, Dapplecloud, and Blackmist)

Pine'Paw

October 13th, 2021, 05:46 PM

Nutleaf followed her clanmates to the seastones bouncing all the way. My first gathering! She thought excitedly. When she arrived she looked around, There are so many cats! More cats than she had ever seen all gathered in one place. She hoped someone would come and talk to her.
(OPEN)
Tornheart, the white Japanese Bobtail he was, hated gatherings. The other cats would tease him for being a shorty. So what if he was on the short side? He was a warrior too. The ShadowClan cat mumbled to himself until he bumped into Nutleaf. He snarled at the cat. "Hey, watch where your going, fleabag!" He hissed. TheHappyCat

Polaris

October 13th, 2021, 05:54 PM

- Frostfeather -

The night was calm, and as she walked into the gathering place behind her clan, Frostfeather lifted her head high, proud to be a warrior of Thunderclan. She hadn't been to a gathering in a while. Most of the time she preferred to stay back in the camp, protecting it in case something ever happened when the clan was gone. She thought of it as her duty to her clan. A small thing she could do to show her loyalty. But, tonight she had strayed from her normal ways. She knew that a lot of things had been happening in the different clans recently, and she wanted to be able to see and hear how things went herself, not be told by other cats who often made things much more dramatic than they really were.

The scents of the different clans were strong. A pungent fish scent that stank of Riverclan, the pine strong scent of Shadowclan. Seemed to be that they were the third clan to arrive. Frostfeather stayed close to her clan, watching as others dispersed to talk to the other clans. After looking around her for a moment, she gracefully padded to the center of the clearing, deciding to choose a good seat for herself before they were all taken. Her light silver fur shone in the moon as she sat down and curled her thick, feathery tail over her paws. After a moment of stillness, she looked down at her paws. There were so many cats here! Her pelt prickled at the thought that anyone could be watching her right now. What were they thinking of her? She shook her head, shrinking a little. She couldn't think like that. But, she didn't need to try to stick out either.

Singing Jay birchy (just in case you wanted Soot to show up and sit near her! :) )

ophelia

October 13th, 2021, 05:57 PM

thunderclan - darkpaw - finnzel [for rainypaw]
Darkpaw padded slowly and steadily into the clearing, gazing around calmly. Although he was nearly 9 moons, this was his first Gathering. Being rather emotionless on the outside however, his face remained a mask of solemnity. He had never seen so many cats in one spot before, which was what he had been expecting, although it still surprised him. He turned his gaze on the clan high ranks that arrived, studied each of them carefully. He'd heard that Dawnstar was terrifying, and she certainly looked the part. He hadn't heard much about the RiverClan leader though, so he was curious as to what he would discover. Without noticing, he'd stopped padding along and had wound up on the outskirts. That was probably for the best. He was a huge cat, and didn't feel inclined to block anyone. His ear swiveled as he heard another cat mumble something softly, and he turned to spot a small grey tabby apprentice. Rainpaw? No, Rainypaw. Figuring it wouldn't do any harm to approach, he padded over silently and sat down beside the, tail raised in greeting. "Have you been to a Gathering before?" he asked the other ThunderClan cat in his low rumbling voice.
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shadowclan - dewdrop - [OPEN, preferably to any RC cats who would recognize her from before]
Dewdrop was excited. Yes, she was concerned that she'd have a hard time clawing the face off of half the rotten RiverClan cats she saw but it was a very mild prohibition from her excitement. Mostly she wanted to rub it in their faces that she was back and BETTER THAN EVER!! The warrior trotted happily into the clearing, following her new clan closely. Life in ShadowClan had been amazing so far, despite the dislike shown to her by numerous fellow ShadowClanners. She had never been one for the opinions of her inferiors anyways.

Moonraven

October 13th, 2021, 05:58 PM

Muscles stiff due to the icy breeze, Twilightstar padded onto the beach, scenting the air. It appeared that all three of the other clans were already here. Glancing up at the Seastones, she found Aspenstar, Kestrelstar, and her least favorite, Dawnstar all in place. Dawnstar appeared as tensed as ever, but tonight it seemed that WindClan wasn't the cause. The leader was still rather sore about the loss of their territory, but with almost a full two moons since the loss, it was relatively easy to not get her fur bunched up about it.

The eldest leader joined the other younger cats atop the stones, seating herself between Aspenstar and Kestrestar. ShadowClan has seemingly kept to themselves at least regarding WindClan since they seized their territory. Twilightstar wasn't sure why but wasn't at all interested in retraining Dawnstar's attention any time soon, at least not with how her clan was now. It seemed that the spirit the clan once held was dying out, at least to her. Cats just didn't seem to want to do much in WindClan. Twilightstar was honestly at a loss on what to do about it.

She placed most of the blame for the clan's current issues on her shoulders, but no matter what she proposed not even half of the clan put any effort into it. Perhaps a bigger change was in order. Shaking the thought from her head, Twilightstar nodded a polite if not slightly friendly greeting to both the RiverClan and ThunderClan leaders, but as expected ignored Dawnstar. Her eyes shifted over to the new addition to the deputies, some large dark gray tabby tom, Shadestorm she believed was the name. Considering the cat was chosen by Dawnstar, Twilightstar wasn't going to expect much from him.

The WindClan leader didn't have much news to tell but was interested in what the other leaders would be reporting, so she decided to go last as she waited for one of the other leaders to start them off.

poppy. Undertaker spade
WindClan Has Arrived

seeingstars

October 13th, 2021, 06:05 PM

{ Silverfur & Co }
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Graypaw nuzzled her cheek affectionately before sitting down beside her. Their pelts brushed, the gray apprentice could swear all the air had just been sucked out of their lungs. The large tom's entire pelt heated up, no cat other than Featherpaw had this effect on them. They felt tongue-tied and for once their thoughts weren't racing, all they were thinking about was her and her presence. Graypaw purred louder looking around the clearing "this is my first gathering" The gray and white tom admitted, flashing a sheepish smile her way.

alaskaa

October 13th, 2021, 06:13 PM

WindClan

Dawnstreak

WindClan had officially arrived. Dawnstreak was really, really bored at Gatherings, usually. It wasn't too interesting. Leaders just reported the news of the Clans. She sat down, grooming her ruffled fur in boredom as a light breeze blew.

Silverfur & Co

October 13th, 2021, 06:19 PM

{ @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167) }
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Graypaw nuzzled her cheek affectionately before sitting down beside her. Their pelts brushed, the gray apprentice could swear all the air had just been sucked out of their lungs. The large tom's entire pelt heated up, no cat other than Featherpaw had this effect on them. They felt tongue-tied and for once their thoughts weren't racing, all they were thinking about was her and her presence. Graypaw purred louder looking around the clearing "this is my first gathering" The gray and white tom admitted, flashing a sheepish smile her way.

Featherpaw smiled at Graypaw nodding. She rememebered what it felt like for it to be her first gathering moons ago. It was one of those she was not near as nervous now. She was glad to be next to him and be with the rest of the clans she felt that maybe one day their would be peace amongst all the clans. "Well I remember my first gathering I was pretty nervous didnt know anybody and dont know many from other clans maybe we should meet some other cats?" She asked looking at him as her pelt got hot, her thoughts wasnt racing for once but she smiled none the less.

error

October 13th, 2021, 06:21 PM

THUNDERCLAN

-Bushpaw-

As he made it to fourtrees, he sat next to his sister, having not bonded with the other apprentices and he definitely didn’t want to talk to other clans yet. Maybe when he’s older, but not now. He licked his chest fur, looking at the other clan-cats.

Jayvines

RIVERCLAN

/Silverflight\

She made her way, and sat down, eyes down. She wasn’t looking forward to the Gathering, but eh- she might as well watch the chaos go down. She ignored Stonedapple, knowing now was not the time to make more despair and drama in the air.

[OPEN TO ALL]

SHADOWCLAN

~Rufflefeather~

The brown tabby tom slinked in, as he looked around for his friend, Hailfreeze. He sat down, eyes darting around. His eyes half-closed as he waited for the white Riverclan cat.

Great Pretender

WINDCLAN

:Specklecloud:

The spotted white cat sat down, looking up, wondering what will happen this Gathering. His eyes look around, catching many cats alongside him. He gave his leg fur a lick, waiting for it to start.

[OPEN TO ANYONE]

TheHappyCat

October 13th, 2021, 06:30 PM

Tornheart, the white Japanese Bobtail he was, hated gatherings. The other cats would tease him for being a shorty. So what if he was on the short side? He was a warrior too. The ShadowClan cat mumbled to himself until he bumped into Nutleaf. He snarled at the cat. "Hey, watch where your going, fleabag!" He hissed. TheHappyCat
¨Sorry, I wasn't looking. There are just so many cats here.¨ Nutleaf said looking around wide-eyed. She looked back at the cat ¨Whats your name?¨ She asked.
Pine'Paw

carmen

October 13th, 2021, 06:44 PM

Undertaker
Tired as she was, Foxpaw had opted to attend the gathering. This would be her second one since being made an apprentice, though she had the option to have gone to two other previous ones, but between the tensions with Riverclan and their new leader, she hadn't felt like it. Now things had calmed down, Aspenstar and Dogbark had settled in. The last clan meeting had gone simply without trouble. It was great. She was finally in a good mood.
Padding into the Seastones behind Aspenstar, her gaze travelled over the assembled cats. She didn't have any friends in other clans, so that wasn't an option, but maybe... Her thoughts trailed off as she focused on a better divider: clan. Thunderclan was on edge with the fish at the moment, so Riverclan was out, and she certainly didn't feel like communicating with more of her clanmates, so that left Windclan and Shadowclan. Windclan seemed to be less exciting, more cowardly, and a complete push-over for Shadowclan.
So it would be the clan of Shadows.
Her emerald gaze narrowed on to a single molly who reeked of the stench of marsh and toads, and padded over. "Hello, I'm Foxpaw, of Thunderclan. Who are you?" Politeness wasn't her first nature, but she could grasp a passing imitation if she gave it a shot. She sat down and curled her torbie tail around her paws, eyes locked onto the dainty she-cats amber eyes. Confidence was the most useful ruse.

forest

October 13th, 2021, 07:00 PM

Honeyfoot of ThunderClan]
The white she-cat walked beside Oakfur, her green eyes sparkling. The queen padded up to Aspenstar and asked, “What do you think will happen this gathering? I know tensions are still high with RiverClan.” She walked over to where the other queens were sitting. poppy.

Stempaw of ShadowClan}
The dark brown tom sat with the apprentices, and settled down beside a gray she-cat. “Hello,” he mewed politely. :rainbowllama: :happyhop: OPEN!

forest

October 13th, 2021, 07:02 PM

seeingstars

October 13th, 2021, 07:13 PM

{ Silverfur & Co }
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"I think I only know you, Eveningpaw and Finpaw here" he said, squinting his eye as he scanned the clearing "yeah, that sounds like a good idea! but who?" Graypaw asked tilting his head. The one-eyed apprentice glanced around nervously at all the other cats.

Galaxy_

October 13th, 2021, 07:28 PM

~Stormpelt~

Stormpelt walked away from The Thunderclan warrior going up to a Shadowclan warrior. "Greetings Im Stormpelt." he meowed "Whats yours?"

FrostCat

Silverfur & Co

October 13th, 2021, 07:31 PM

{ @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167) }
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"I think I only know you, Eveningpaw and Finpaw here" he said, squinting his eye as he scanned the clearing "yeah, that sounds like a good idea! but who?" Graypaw asked tilting his head. The one-eyed apprentice glanced around nervously at all the other cats.

Featherpaw shook her head not sure of who to walk up to. She just knew that they should meet someone different. But she was glad that they was there together. "Im not sure We will figure it out. Maybe somebody from windclan or thunder," she pauses looking around

dino.

October 13th, 2021, 07:34 PM

// closed <3

>Seaspray<
So. Gatherings. Definitely something new, definitely something intimidating, definitely something... awesome. SO many different cats. Seaspray grinned, trotting onto the sand on the stones, and took a deep breath. "Ah, this ocean air," he breathed out, piratey accent thick, "it's been so long."

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// closed <3

>Bumblepaw<
Bumblepaw definitely wasn't a fan of large crowds, but he was here anyway, if only to get away from all the crazy back at camp. He took up a spot at the edge of the stones, tail wrapped tightly around his forepaws as he tried to scrunch down as much as possible. He was starting to regret showing up... if no one noticed him, that would be a-okay with him. He glanced over the present leaders, eyes narrowing slightly when they landed on Kestrelstar, but he turned his attention away.

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// OPEN

>Whisperpaw<
Whisperpaw's eyes were narrowed as he stalked in behind his Clan, tail swaying cautiously from side to side. Tensions with RiverClan would be high, and WindClan was likely to be ignorant of them at best. He moved to a shaded area, head held high as he watched the leaders on the larger rocks, curious as to what the outcome of tonight's meeting would be.

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// OPEN

>Blizzardpaw<
The white and black-striped tabby bounded past his Clan and into the dead center of the growing crowd. Ohhhh-ho-ho, if ShadowClan tried anything tonight, he'd have words for em! Words that involved him, ShadowClan, a triumphant Blizzardpaw, and all of ShadowClan dead in a ditch. Yeah, that'd show em. He stuck his tongue out at Dawnstar. "Stupid frogs!"

Galaxy_

October 13th, 2021, 07:37 PM

Whitefur
Whitefur walked out fo the crowd he spotted a warrior he could talk to. "Greetings in Windtail of Windclan. Who must you be?" He meowed to the other cat. (Seaspray) Papaya

Galaxy_

October 13th, 2021, 07:39 PM

Pine'Paw

October 13th, 2021, 07:49 PM

TheHappyCat "Tornheart." He growled. "Of ShadowClan."

duCky

October 13th, 2021, 07:52 PM

-Fogpaw-

The apprentice couldn’t believe it, it was her first gathering! There were going to be so many cats including those stupid thunderclanners, Fogpaw thought to themself. Yes, they were excited to meet some new friends, but they were going to stay as far from those cats as possible.

Padding behind their leader and into the massive clearing, Fogpaw quickly went to look for someone to talk to. The apprentice knew they should probably stick by a older warrior just to prevent themselves from getting lost, but they knew they would find their way back eventually.

seeingstars

October 13th, 2021, 07:52 PM

{ Silverfur & Co }
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Right on queue a chocolate-furred classic tabby tom Windclan apprentice approaches. He clears his throat, shifting uncomfortably "Hello... I'm uh... Rockpaw..." He muttered, glancing down at his paws.

Graypaw smiled kindly at the Windclan apprentice, bowing his head in greeting "Hello Rockpaw! I'm Graypaw!" He said looking at Featherpaw, then back to Rockpaw.

seeingstars

October 13th, 2021, 07:57 PM

{ Papaya }
Smokypaw noticed Bumblepaw and tilted his head, He bounced over greeting the tom with a cheery smile "Hey! I'm Smokypaw of Shadowclan! Who are you?" He asked tilting his head

Pine'Paw

October 13th, 2021, 07:58 PM

ShadowClan
PinePaw shuffled his paws nervously. Yes, he was ShadowClan, but he was nervous around strangers. And he would go mute-but he was cut off from his thinking by a little bundle of fluff bounding into him.
(Open, but mostly to talk to @Naaid 's character)
WindClan
EagleKit arrived with her clan. Daddy was keeping an eye on this brave kit. She was excited. Her first gathering, and she was almost an apprentice. She skipped off as soon as she spotted PinePaw, her older brother from ShadowClan. "PIIIIIIIIINE!" She bellowed, crashing into him.
(Open)

seeingstars

October 13th, 2021, 08:25 PM

{ N0va73 }
Eveningpaw noticed his clanmate and made his way over. The white and grey tabby Tom bowed his head in greeting ”hey! Fogpaw, right?” the Riverclan apprentice asked, tilting his head curiously. He’d seen Fogpaw a couple times but never actually interacted with her.

Silverfur & Co

October 13th, 2021, 08:28 PM

{ @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167) }
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Right on queue a chocolate-furred classic tabby tom Windclan apprentice approaches. He clears his throat, shifting uncomfortably "Hello... I'm uh... Rockpaw..." He muttered, glancing down at his paws.

Graypaw smiled kindly at the Windclan apprentice, bowing his head in greeting "Hello Rockpaw! I'm Graypaw!" He said looking at Featherpaw, then back to Rockpaw.

"Hello I am Featherpaw." She mews softly meeting the other tom "nice to meet you Rockpaw." She dips her head in greeting and then looks between the two toms.

Rani

October 13th, 2021, 08:37 PM

Another day another wonderful gathering! The last one had gone sour at the end sadly but she still had made a new windclan friend and with any luck she'd see them again or make even more new friends in other clans! Having friends across borders may complicate things on occasion but it was nice to have them and to connect with those that lived differently to you so Sunsetbloom in her usual way decided to take the good with the bad in stride and focus on the happy bits! A happy bit like her new mate! (mate! Aaaaaaa the warrior was so full of bliss she almost couldnt believe this was real! Her beloved loved her back!) The giant molly was trying not to overwhelm Palehound though she longed to be close to her every waking moment so they'd parted for the gathering but the absence would only making curling together in their nest all the better. So Sunsetbloom was happy, fur fluffy clean and almost flowing what little wounds she gained in the battle that brought her and her moonlight together healed to scars mostly hidden in her fur as she glided onto the beach.

Oh, but oh there was ever cats who found some sort of rotten vile joy in destroying the happiness of others, Sunsetbloom know this too well, and it was all too often that these monsters just would not go away like elm sap. So it was that ever graceful despite her bulk that Sunsetbloom stopped on the crest of a dune and her warm glow was gone in a flash for cold emotionless disdain. The savage thing was here and standing in a place that should belong to a decent cat who was fitting for the rank they now carried. Instead however, there was a dog.

Sunsetbloom said not a word just stood strong and tall on her little rise icey gaze fixed on Shadestorm as she hoped he was as uncomfortable in the spot and with his injuries from her claws as possible. Her focused stare was a promise, you are a wrong I will right. If the tom should take notice that the molly who lived as a example of how he failed to kill her, should he look (or not) all he'd get was cold intent and then a curled lip as the molly disregarded him and went to join the crowd.

Singing Jay (these two are prolly gonna fight again in the future arent they lol)

TheHappyCat

October 13th, 2021, 09:00 PM

TheHappyCat "Tornheart." He growled. "Of ShadowClan."
¨Im Nutleaf, of Thunderclan.¨ She said, not caring that he didn't ask. ¨This my first gathering, what about you?¨ she inquired.
Pine'Paw

alaskaa

October 13th, 2021, 09:21 PM

Hazelpaw

Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Fogpaw. Warmth welled up as Hazelpaw bounced towards her friend, waving her tail excitedly.

"Hey-o!" the light brown tabby mewed to Fogpaw."It's my first Gathering ever."

Hazelpaw glanced up at the leaders, just in time to see Kestrelstar glare icily at Dawnstar. Hazelpaw resisted the urge to yell. She didn't want to stir up trouble with ShadowClan, since ThunderClan already hated her beloved Clan. Was he trying to provoke Dawnstar? Hazelpaw had heard of Dawnstar's cruelty as a little kit in the nursery, and... the leader of ShadowClan didn't sound too pleasant.

"And hello, Eveningpaw," Hazelpaw added, noticing the grey and white tabby.

She licked her paw as a stick tried to pierce her pad, and looked up hopefully at her fellow Clanmates.

seeingstars N0va73

Nixey

October 13th, 2021, 11:06 PM

Thunderclan
~Shadowheart~
She seemed to simply blend with the shadows, her black pelt shimmering lightly in the glare of the moonlight, the white sticking out as she made her way along with the Thunderclanners. These last few moons everything had felt so..simple, so amazing. She had met Streampelt and even gave him a climbing lesson, which ended up with her having to lift him up off the ground with a worried gaze. Something seemed to have been festering in her chest ever since then, and as soon as she arrived at Seastones her blue gaze searched for the familiar gray pelt. As soon as her gaze landed on it Shadowheart felt a little grin playing along her muzzle, venturing towards the other cat with soft pawsteps. Excitement roared in her ears as she finally reached Streampelt and she peered at him with her blue eyes. “Streampelt,” had come out in a soft purr, Shadowhearts eyes seemingly lit up with happiness. “How have you been?” was the next thing to escape her. It was basic, sure, but with everything happening even just being asked on how they felt may cheer someone up. Sitting down on the ground, Shadowheart watched Streampelt expectingly.
~Fierce~
~Mosspaw~
The tom followed idly along with his clan as his gaze rested along the ground. His anxiety was running high as Mosspaw wiggled his way towards Seastones, gaze resting towards the center area as his heart pounded. This would be his first gathering, his first! It was all so exciting and it caused him to bound forward, green eyes searching around himself as a small purr rumbled in his chest. Everything seemed quite calm for the most part, but it was also a bit overwhelming as his chocolate brown fur blended with the shady areas. His gaze however was drawn by a familiar sight, causing his eyes to light up as Mosspaw bounded over towards his mentor, pressing into her fur as a bit of happiness flooded his features, mixed with quite a bit of relief. “Goldeneyes!” he had called out, a purr continuing to tumble as he plopped down on his haunches. As much as the older cat may have wanted to shoo the tom away Mosspaw didn’t plan to go anywhere anytime soon.
~Fierce~
Riverclan
~Reedpaw~
A soft grin appeared along her muzzle as she gained a response from the cat which she had just spoken with. Hazelpaw..Hazelpaw, the name rang a faint bell of familiarity in the back of Reedpaws face before she seemed to snap back into the moment. Leaning in slightly, Reedpaw seemed to peer curiously at her peer as excitement pricked every feeling. “Really?” the molly questioned, head tilting to the side as she seemed to examine Hazelpaw. “Well they’re always super fun!” she purred out, fluffy tail flicking against the ground as she grinned towards her new person to speak with. However, when Hazelpaw began to talk with other cats that Reedpaw also had a faint bell of familiarity ringing in the back of her head, she leaned forward and poked her head around Hazelpaw, curiosity lighting up her gaze. ”Eveningpaw!”.
Eclipse. | N0va73 | seeingstars
Windclan
~Swiftwind~
Anxious, that’s as one way to describe her. Swiftwind shuffled along towards Seastones as anxiety roared its protest in her ears. It was as if it was another cat, making commands, like it thought it was in charge. Well, it wasn’t. Swiftwind was the one who was leader in her own mind and she wasn’t going to let some stupid voice stop her from going to a gathering. It was important, at least to her, that she learned about what was happening in the other clans. Plus making bonds amongst cats from other clans was always a good idea. However, upon seeing Bearbranch, all confidence seemed to flutter away from her as she shuffled on over to her new friend, pressing into his side like a scared little Kit pressing into their mother’s fur. Swiftwind, to be honest, was like a scared little Kit. It was like it was her first gathering all over again as she blinked up towards Bearbranch, her gaze searching for some kind of disapproval, approval, just something she could latch onto. He had been the first cat that Swiftwind had pop into her mind when she was debating about who to stay with during the gathering, so hopefully he wouldn’t mind all that much.
:Grimmlin:

seeingstars

October 13th, 2021, 11:31 PM

{ Silverfur & Co }
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Graypaw smiled kindly at the other tom "So, you're a Windclan apprentice, right? What's it like living on the moor?" The large gray tom asked tilting his head looking at Rockpaw.

Rockpaw visibly relaxed "It's pretty cool! There's always a breeze but that's nice! It's really fun to run through! you can find some rocky areas that are fun to climb" He said, recalling what he liked to do with his little brother

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{ Eclipse. • Nixey • N0va73}
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Eveningpaw greeted Hazelpaw with a friendly nod "Hey Hazelpaw! First gathering hm? My first gathering was so scary" The tom said with a laugh, that's when all his attention was drawn to the familiar face of Reedpaw. He felt a surge of energy at the sight of her "Hey Reedpaw!" He said, his eyes sparkled with affection as he looked on at her. A purr rose from the white and grey tabby tom's throat.

alaskaa

October 13th, 2021, 11:38 PM

seeingstars || N0va73 || Nixey

Well, at least Eveningpaw didn't hate her. That was a start. Hazelpaw grinned.

"I guess I'm not that scared," she mewed, shrugging.

Hazelpaw flicked her tail, and then added in a lower voice, so that only Fogpaw, Eveningpaw and Reedpaw could hear, "Well, actually, I might be a bit scared that Kestrelstar's going to brew up some trouble with ShadowClan, we don't need another enemy."

She shot anther look at her leader. Hopefully, he wasn't feeling too hostile this Gathering.

elswhere

October 14th, 2021, 07:53 AM

The moonlight hit Sootstrike's fur, making it silver as the tom made his way towards the crowd of cats. Crowds. He never liked those, no matter how much he wanted to act like it, he hated the thought of mingling with others than his own clan.

Speaking of clan matters, the large dark gray lynx-pointed's dark amber eyes flickered around the clearing for his daughter, Rowanbriar. Disappointly, his other daughter, Goldenpaw, has disappeared prior to her's and Rowan's ceremony. But, Rowanbriar was here, that's all that mattered to him.

Shaking out his cream-and-gray fur, Sootstrike found a spot beside a light blueish-gray molly. Huh, His eyes flickered towards her, even though she was in his clan, Sootstrike knew he didn't know her. But somehow, she was so familar, he just could place his paw on it. I swear I know her I just.. can't... Ugh nevermind.

He heaved a sigh, casting his gaze upon the deputies and leaders, awaiting their signal so they could start the gathering.

Singing Jay Polaris poppy.

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Acornpatch smiled as he followed in behind his sister, hastily make his way to a spot near the front of Aspenstar and sitting down. This would be his sister's.. second gathering as leader? Nether the less, the short and thin-built tom was happy for her. How common is it for your sister to be leader?

With a stupid grin on his face, Acornpatch started to dig in the dirt, looking for little bugs and plants and rocks and everything else he could find to play with. He was bored and this is what he did when he was bored.

// open!

Ian

October 14th, 2021, 09:01 AM

[BOTH OPEN]

--Vixenpaw--

Vixenpaw padded in with the ShadowClan cats, her eyes narrowed as she glanced around at the cats from the other Clans. This was her first gathering, and she wasn't about to waste the opportunity to gather intel on ShadowClan's enemies.

--Shimmerpaw--

Shimmerpaw nervously looked around, doing her best to avoid cats from the other Clans. She hadn't really wanted to come, she hated being in crowds, especially with cats she didn't know, but Kestrelstar preferred that apprentices attended at least one gathering before they became a warrior. If she could just keep her head down and not catch anyone's attention, then just maybes he could avoid having a panic attack.

duCky

October 14th, 2021, 09:29 AM

-Fogpaw-

The apprentice backed away as she felt the three voices gather around her all at once. “Hi Hazelpaw! Hi Eveningpaw! Hi Reedpaw!”, Fogpaw mewed, giving them all a warm smile in greeting. “It’s my first gathering too! All the loud noises are a bit scary, but I don’t really mind.”

They nodded their head at Hazelpaw’s comment. “Yeah. Those pesky thunderclanners are hard enough to deal with anyway.”

Eclipse. seeingstars Nixey

Pitou

October 14th, 2021, 09:47 AM

**Elmshadow of Shadowclan**

Elmshadow padded behind Dawnstar, keeping his chin high. He had no interest in the other clans, they couldn't even be bothered to show up on time apparently, but he'd never miss the opportunity to keep himself up-to-date on clan happenings and be present in case his clan had need of him. With the threat of a Riverclan retaliation looming, he wouldn't risk a lowering of his guard.

He'd tried to find his apprentice, Needlepaw, before leaving camp but wasn't successful. He wasn't sure if Needlepaw had attended a gathering before but he thought this would've been a good opportunity to go over the scebts of different clans and some helpful tips on all of the different clans. Elmshadow shrugged. He'd keep his eye out for the apprentice in case she happened to be apart of the patrol to attend tonight.

Elmshadow picked a spot among the group of Shadowclan cats along the outskirts of the beach and sat where he could get a good view of the Seastones. He watched through expressionless green eyes as the fish were first to arrive; his muscles coiled, ready to spring should Kestrelstar provoke Dawnstar, but the tom settled in quietly. Then Thunderclan and finally Windclan arrived. The clearing filled with cats from all clans but Elmshadow paid them no apparent mind.
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**Cougarivy of Shadowclan**

Cougarivy focused on padding lightly. Her paws felt heavy beneath the weight of her belly but the pads it he'd with excitement. Thankfully, her belly wasn't noticeable on sight alone but the dense weight of it was unmissable to Cougarivy herself. She purred, assuring herself that it'd all pay off once she confirmed that she was carrying a son inside her belly. She glanced at Elmshadow; he hadn't seemed to suspect anything, all the better. Though a small voice in Cougarivy's head nagged that if he truly cared then he should've noticed some change in her recently.

She shook her head lightly. She was at a gathering, she'd have his full attention soon enough, she was sure. But right now she needed to focus on the gathering. Cougarivy loved gatherings. They never seemed to disappoint and the energy of all the mingled cats filled her with joy. And this gathering seemed to have a promise of more fun, with the recent headbutting between Shadowclan and Windclan and Riverclan.
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**Codpaw of Riverclan**

The gathering! It was Codpaw's first gathering. He felt the tension radiating off of Shadowclan as they walked in but he wasn't concerned. He wanted to know about these strange cats. Did they simply always have a scowl on their faces like that? Or did they just hate other cats that much? Why do they have such a hatred? Codpaw knew well that Shadowclan had attacked Riverclan patrols but it wasn't Codpaw's concern. He never understood the clan rivalries and just wanted to know. His eyes locked on a fidgety-looking Shadowclan apprentice. He lifted his head boldly and took a deep breath before breaking away from the rest of the Riverclan cats and trotting straight up to the cream-colored tom. "Hiya! You're Shadowclan, right? I'm Codpaw, what's your name?"

WinterMara
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**Toadpounce of Windclan**

Toadpounce wasn't much for gatherings, he simply didn't care much. But he was awake through most nights and, as the rest of the clan gathered at camp and set to start the journey to the Seastones, Toadpounce figured he had nothing else to do. It crossed his mind that he could use the quiet to catch something, he'd really been intrigued lately with birds. As they lay dying they'd go through spouts of flapping uselessly, especially if only a single wing was broken. His last subject had died quickly, a mistake on his part; he now knew for next time not to puncture the skin, they were such little creatures and it didn't take much for one to bleed out. He shook his head, good luck finding a bird in the middle of the night anyways. No, he might as well attend and hear firsthand what news was circulating about the clans. He found a spot in the sand and shuffled his feet to make a comfortable spot before lowering himself and getting ready for the meeting to begin.

((All OPEN))

Jayvines

October 14th, 2021, 09:53 AM

~ Mistpaw / Bushpaw / Error ~

Giving a quick glance to her brother, Mistpaw gave him a nervous grin before looking around again at the variety of pelts weaving in and around each other to get situated. Some cats seemed to know others from different clans and there were a few clusters of what looked like other apprentices chatting eagerly to each other.

"I don't think I've ever seen so many cats..." she murmured and turned to give Bushpaw a nervous look. "What do you think is gonna happen tonight?"

She desperately hoped it wasn't going to be anything too intense. She wasn't ready for anything besides observing and listening to the clan's news.

marshy

October 14th, 2021, 10:19 AM

// Nixey

Bearbranch
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Beabranch padded over to the Seastones along with the rest of WindClan. It was nice having one after not having one the previous moon. He was expecting to hear a lot of new news considering all the stuff that had been happening recently. He was about to find somewhere to sit as somewhere to sit as someone pressed into his side. "Who the hell- oh" He said as he saw Swiftwind next to him. "You.. okay?" Bearbranch definitely wasn't used to people pressing into his side like this but he assumed she was scared.

// open!

Puffinpaw
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Finally, all the clans had arrived. Took them long enough, Puffinpaw didn't mind the wait though. It gave him time to look around Seastones and admire it as it was very pretty. He made sure to get back to his seat as he noticed the last clan to arrive so he wouldn't get yelled at.

poppy

October 14th, 2021, 10:33 AM

//: birchy Polaris Singing Jay

Rowanbriar padded into the clearing, pretty far behind Aspenstar. She hadn't wanted to attend the Gathering, but she knew that her father would be there, and she wanted to see him again. Looking around, ears pricked, for her father, she saw that tom she met at the border, cocking a catbrow at him, then turning away to search the crowd for her dad. There he was, sitting by some she-cat.

Walking up behind him, she bumped his shoulderblade with her forehead, purring softly. "Hey, gramps." Her fur brushed against Sootstrike's as she sat down, looking up at him. Glancing at the molly, who looked a bit like Mr Cranky from the border, she frowned. Who was this?

It didn't matter. She only cared about being able to see her dad.

Shade.

October 14th, 2021, 10:39 AM

Rookpaw made her way to the edges of the crowd. She had little interest in social interactions or politics. She preferred to keep to herself. The recent loneliness in her life was getting to her and she was becoming snappy and unhinged. More than usual, that is. After losing her faith in cat society over and over again, there was little she could do but gradually lose her colors.

Sharppaw walked quietly, weaving amongst the cats and sticking to the shadows. She enjoyed stealth but had little experience blending into crowds. She knew she likely couldn't lead a conversation, per-se, but she'd enjoy listening to everyone else's and observing all these interesting new things.

Lotusheart had NOT missed the feeling of attending gatherings at all. Her exile had increased her solitary tendencies. As usual, she stood out due to her extreme size and snow white fur. She wanted the clans to be united and work as one, however, which meant she highly approved of the idea of gatherings.

Lizardfrost always observed quietly. She was no good at small talk and mainly focused on what the leaders had to say. Her thing tail was wrapped around her paws. It was rather cold due to her short fur but she didn't mind. Lizardfrost was strong.

Yarrowshade stalked through the crowd with a scowl. This was the worst! She didn't wanna be here, it was cold and loud! What good was it if she didn't get to be a high rank anyway? Those guys were the important ones, why did she have to be here?! Recently, things were not going well for her and it showed.

Rosepaw was TERRIFIED! So many cats! Such chaos! So many opportunities to mess up! She had already bumped into several people, twisted her paw on the way there and was honestly half-expecting lighting to come down on her. She had no idea what she was supposed to do, having joined as a rouge back in her kithood. All she knew was that this wasn't going to end well.

(all open)

WinterMara

October 14th, 2021, 10:42 AM

Nixey

October 14th, 2021, 10:53 AM

Riverclan
~Reedpaw~
A bit of excitement stirred in Reedpaw as she realized that she was quickly starting to make friends. Not only that, but Eveningpaw was here, a cat she already knew and was comfortable with. “My first gathering was a bit scary too,” Reedpaw had commented, seemingly forming her words carefully. “But I had a friend with me, Bravepaw, so it wasn’t all that bad,” pausing, a soft grin spread along her muzzle as she peered towards the others “having friends with you makes everything better,” for a moment her gaze seemed to grow distant. She remembered Hawthornmist commenting on how his best friend had been the one to give him that misty eye, how sorrowful she felt about that. It had been a bit worrying to know that someone can be so close to you and yet still attack you. With a soft breath inhaled, Reedpaw had etched over towards Eveningpaw absentmindedly, finding comfort in knowing her was beside her as her heart pounded in her chest with these thoughts. But she seemed to perk up slightly as a purr rumbled. “Plus, you earn what’s happening in the other clans!” she had spoken with enthusiasm, her gaze shifting between all of them as excitement sparkled in her eyes.
seeingstars | N0va73 | Eclipse.
Windclan
~Swiftwind~
The familiar voice hadn’t clicked in her mind instantly. It was like she was somewhere else during this time, but once the second sentence had left Bearbranch she seemed to perk up slightly. Her yellow gaze shifted towards Bearbranch, blinking slowly as she seemed to be thinking over what the questioned had been. “Oh—um,” pausing, she seemed distant for a moment before what Bearbranch had questioned had seemed to click in her mind. “Oh! Well, kinda, I guess,” she was trying not to act as though she was afraid of the gathering. Well, she wasn’t afraid of the gathering per say, more the amount of cats that were here and were gathering. Even though she knew she wasn’t in a tight space, had she gone too close or got stuck in the middle there was a good chance a panic attack would’ve flared up. But being pressed against Bearbranch had seemed to sooth her claustrophobia in this moment, something she was grateful for. Taking a soft breath in through her mouth, Swiftwind straightened up slightly, no longer pressed into his fur and now simply walking at Bearbranchs side.
:Grimmlin:

Singing Jay

October 14th, 2021, 10:57 AM

[ All open, replies will get longer ]

Goldenpaw or RC Shade. for Rosepaw if you feel like interacting

Her blue-green gaze flowed over all the cats, both the Shadowclanners before them and the others who arrived afterwards. Goldenpaw had messed up her last gathering slightly but now she was determinated not to let it happen again. Following Kestrelstar she search for a cat to talk to but found something that could be better, a young apprentice, clearly a Thunderclanner by the stank. Intimating Thunderclan could never hurt.

"Hi." Her mew was short and with a hard edge in her tone. She stalked towards the thing with her head low and letting her gaze drill into them. She came from an angel so the cat could see her but not easily get away.

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Hollyrose of ShC

The elder slowly padded after her all-mighty leader and looked around with a slight frown of annoyance. She had never liked gatherings but it was tradition and she couldn't argue with that. The black molly brought herself to a quiet enough place in the outer rings of the seastones and sat down, letting her dark green gaze rest on the leader who gathered up there, waiting for the darn thing to start.

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Fernpaw of ThC

Gatherings.... Not his favorite hobby better then being stuck in camp at least. The yellow and ginger tabby stalked to a calm place and sat down with a grumpy look on his face.

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Jaypaw of WC

The little blue apprentice's gaze flickered all over the place, trying to see everything at once. It was their first gathering and after everything with Shadowclan they were glad they hadn't been forced to do this before. They hated that they would have to talk to someone, talking had never been a strength of theirs because of their different tongue. But they would have too... hopefully it wouldn't be a Shadowclan cat the ended up in a conversion with. Their body itched to run to Spacklecloud but had promised themselves to be independent, they were an apprentice now, not a kit anymore...

Shade.

October 14th, 2021, 11:06 AM

Singing Jay

Aaaand there it was! Her infamous bad luck. At least no snakes fell from the sky this time. Err, no, actually, that was preferable to what seemed to be about to happen. She recognized the edge and the rigid body language. This cat was, for some reason, hostile. Was this normal at gatherings? What clan was she from? Rosepaw had no idea how this stuff worked. It seemed there was no escaping this.
"Uh, hi?" she said nervously, with a sad look on her face, begging for something to fall out of the sky at least.

beau

October 14th, 2021, 11:11 AM

Cobwebpaw ~ WC ~ He/him
[He is mute, but will be glad to interact with your charries!]
The dark grey tom padded into the clearing, trailing at the tail-end of the group. The young apprentice was attempting to avoid the heavy crowds, but it seemed inevitable that he would be thrust into a large, loud, crowded group of other felines. He really did not want to go to the gathering, but his family had insisted that he not miss his first gathering. After all, don't knock something 'til you try it, right? That was his family's motto at least. His pale yellow gaze flicked around the clearing, pausing for a moment every time they landed on another cats face. He should have stayed at the camp, it was way too crowded. He took a deep breath, fighting off the subtle panic that was setting in, and swept he gaze across the open space. He breathed out a quick sigh of relief, noticing a quieter spot in the shadows, a little ways off from the thick of the crowd. He began to quietly make his way over towards the edge of the crowd, his feather tail flicking as he waled through the dense clowder of cats.

Tidepaw ~ WC ~ She/her
The ebony molly bounded into the clearing, her fur puffed out with excitement. A large russet hawk feather clung to her tail, haphazardly stuck there with a wad of cobwebs. It was currently the pride and joy of her feather collection, loved even more so than her deep sapphire blue jay feather. Her silvery-blue gaze scanned the clearing, in search of a new apprentice to talk to. Last gathering her interactions had been minimal, and she was determined to speak to more cats this gathering. Her gaze flitted uncertainly towards the other clans. Was she allowed to speak to any of the other clans at the moment? She wasn't certain of the tensions between the clans right now. Of course, she was technically allowed to speak to any cat she wanted to, but that didn't mean it would be socially acceptable, or appropriate to do so.

[Both Open!]

Singing Jay

October 14th, 2021, 11:17 AM

Shade.

There was already, a clear crack in the Thunderclanner. The pathetic thing couldn't keep a straight face if her life depended on it. Goldenpaw snorted and looked out over the other cats before quickly snapping back her gaze to the ki- apprentice. She had done the something to Mistpaw and it had worked that time, so why wouldn't it work on his cat.

"So... What's you name, Thunderclanner" The last words came out from her mouth as if it was both a bad word and an insult at the same time, which it was.

gs29513

October 14th, 2021, 11:19 AM

Splashleap would be lying if she said she wasn't nervous. There was too much tension, too much conflict waiting to happen, for her to be anything but. Any cat coming with the naive hope of a peaceful time to catch up with others was kidding themselves. That didn't mean she would be making trouble on purpose, that was just stupid, but she wouldn't necessarily be holding her breath. That being said......Kestrelstar.

As he headed towards the rock, already shooting a venomous glare at the already seated Shadowclan leader, Splashleap suppressed a soft sigh. Would it REALLY kill him to put aside his obvious irritation for a bit of a night, if only in the interest of avoiding another fight? Apparently not. Trotting over to the rock herself, she settled alongside the other deputies. Dogbark she knew, Wolffang was absent, and therefore the new cat must be the Shadowclan deputy! Brilliant deductions by Splashleap, coming soon to you!

He seemed fairly............silent, although to be fair no one was chattering. Neither he nor Dogbark seemed to have any interest in speaking to eachother or her, which would make this dull, to say the least. Wolffang at least had some conversational ability. And some desire to converse, which apparently the other two toms did not have. Still, she could try and be......polite at least. Maybe one of them would be willing to spare a hello?

Sizing up the new Shadowclan deputy, Starclan why were all the other deputies so HUGE, Splashleap decided that he was probably the best target. If nothing else she could play it off as wanting to at least learn his name. Hello Dogbark and...........what's your name? she inquired, doing her best to keep the instinctual irritation at the presence of a rival clan out of her voice. Tone light, tone light, she could control her emotions. Hopefully. Otherwise this could be a REALLY long Gathering. Singing Jay Willowfern

gs29513

October 14th, 2021, 11:22 AM

Quasar

October 14th, 2021, 11:23 AM

Addersnow silently padded along behind the other Shadowclan cats, her head held high and confidence exuding from her posture. This may be her first gathering, but it certainly wasn't her first time meeting future enemies. As they left the coverage of the shadows, the torie she-cat split off from the rest of the clan, instead choosing to sit in a much more secluded area. She just didn't really like being crowded in with countless other cats, and hanging around in the shadows on her own seemed like a much more desirable option. Besides, it's not like she was really going to be missing out on much. Already, she could tell that nothing interesting was going to happen until the leaders started speaking.

[ open ]

Shade.

October 14th, 2021, 11:23 AM

Singing Jay

Rosepaw's shoulders drooped and she let out a muffled sigh. At this point, she had already accepted her fate. Go ahead universe, have this cat bully me and then add some lightning for flavor! Maybe even an earthquake! Why not even drop the whole moon on me!
She wasn't quite sure what was happening, other than it was bad. The way the other cat referred to her clan made it sound like a bad thing. She'd heard that the other clans had competition amongst each other but was it always this bad. Then she kind of put two and two together.
"You're from RiverClan, aren't you?" she replied with her usual depressed and submissive tone, resembling a sigh more than speech. She didn't notice how she'd ignored the question.

Shade.

October 14th, 2021, 11:28 AM

Shade.

October 14th, 2021, 11:41 AM

Deadmoon was actually quite excited for the Gathering. She was a warrior now, that would be announced to everyone, and she might be able to find Rookpaw. Hopefully, she hadn't seen her friend in......quite a while. Following closely behind Twilightstar, she was one of the first Windclan cats into the clearing, and she quickly wove her way into the crowd. Oh where oh where had the Rookpaw gone, oh where oh where could she be? She was going to find her, there was no escaping unless the other molly had remained at home.

AND THERE SHE WAS! Her friend, her chum, her bestie! A smile(maybe a smirk at having found the other molly) spread across Deadmoon's maw, and she set off at a brisk trot towards the edge of the crowd. Good try! Hello Rookie! she called, when she was still a bit away. Surely you did not think you could avoid me, I am too clever to be fooled by your admittedly impressive stealth! And to complete what she imagined would have her friend grinding her teeth in anger, Deadmoon flung a paw across the other molly's shoulders, pulling her a bit closer. Yes Rookie, you must suffer for your poor decision making a while ago when you said a single syllable to me. Shade.

Rookpaw's pointy ears shot up as an irritating noise. Oh great, Deadpaw. She was a little irritated, as always whenever there were a lot of cats around. And also slightly sad. The last time they'd caught glimpses of each other it hadn't been....the best time. She still felt a pit in her stomach when remembering the raid. It was full of weird emotions, anger, pride but mostly shame. Shame at how she felt the first two. She shouldn't. Not when Deadpaw had to participate. She had always hated cats who only had morals in regards to their friends and it made her mad at herself for not feeling bad for ALL of WindClan. I mean, she kind of did. She didn't quite care about Deadpaw yet either. She felt awkward more than anything. She felt shame but not much empathy, in classic Rookpaw fashion. She pushed the existential crisis away for later.
"Oh, it's you. No, I guess my stealth is not that impressive if you count as "too clever" for it." she joked and was then surprised to find herself in a side hug. She smirked a little, knowing Deadpaw was trying to mess with her. Instead of protesting, she reached out her paws and gave her friend an actual hug. Hah!

Singing Jay

October 14th, 2021, 12:21 PM

[ gs29513 Willowfern ]

Cats began to gather under but Shadestorm was a little disappointed not to see the bunny-deputy anywhere. Their leader was there but not the deputy. Had he died? Shadestorm wasn't sure which option he preferred, if Wolffang was dead that was great, but than Shadestorm would never get to see the bunny's face when they two saw each other. But then again, he could live without that satisfaction, so yes, let the thing have dropped dead. He thought to Starclan.

Ah, and there were the squirrels two. They arrived third out of all the clans and oh would you look at that, the second worst dog in the forest (Grimhound took first place), Dogbark. Shadestorm could see the look on the dogs face and smiled a little, not quite a grin yet but the slightest glitter or triumph could be seen in his sky blue eyes. The two had meet at the border a few days before and certainly argued a little. But he had looked forward to seeing the dog two, the face was worth it.

"How's the prey running?" He didn't wait for an answer, simply continued to gaze over the masses below him, and fish-breath caught his eye. A large golden she-cat that looked all too familiar to him. One of the wounds she had given him, the one in the side of his face ached a little but he kept the calm smile on his face. That was the deepest one of his cats from the battle but it was healing thanks to Bouncybal- Bounceberry.

His attention shifted to her as the Riverclan deputy spoke. She was as tiny and weak-looking up close as she did from a far and the large tabby wasn't impressed. "Shadestorm." He mewed shortly before looking back towards the cat he had fought. "Who's that." He mewed to her and pointed towards the cat down there [Sunsetbloom]. "Large, golden with folded ears?" And a few wounds after his claws had been there. He didn't look at Splashleap as he asked, he didn't want to let go on the large she-cats gaze encase she'd get cold feet and flee.

[ Rani FOR SURE!]

Silverfur & Co

October 14th, 2021, 12:45 PM

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Graypaw smiled kindly at the other tom "So, you're a Windclan apprentice, right? What's it like living on the moor?" The large gray tom asked tilting his head looking at Rockpaw.

Rockpaw visibly relaxed "It's pretty cool! There's always a breeze but that's nice! It's really fun to run through! you can find some rocky areas that are fun to climb" He said, recalling what he liked to do with his little brother

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Eveningpaw greeted Hazelpaw with a friendly nod "Hey Hazelpaw! First gathering hm? My first gathering was so scary" The tom said with a laugh, that's when all his attention was drawn to the familiar face of Reedpaw. He felt a surge of energy at the sight of her "Hey Reedpaw!" He said, his eyes sparkled with affection as he looked on at her. A purr rose from the white and grey tabby tom's throat.

featherpaw smiled and nods and mew "It seems awesome."

shaae_26

October 14th, 2021, 12:51 PM

Snakebite limped into the gathering, his wounds still painful from the battle only a few sunrises ago. He tried to stride high and make his limp look normal as to not betray his weakness.

Ikoria the Wolf Pup

October 14th, 2021, 01:04 PM

Bored Stormpelt and Bramblepaw walked up to this ThunderClan warrior Stormpelt who wasn't scared Meowed "Greetings IM Stormpelt of Riverclan and This Is Bramblepaw." Stormplet meowed to the unknown warrior. Bramblepaw who was his first gathering looked at the Thunderclan warrior with wide eyes. "This is a Thunderclan warrior." he murmured "He's scary." after finally being able to join the clan Bramblepaw was in fright by how many cats there were.
(Oof time for a branched roleplay! Sorry I didn’t see this earlier.)

He nodded to the two RiverClan cats. "I'm Rootspark, of ThunderClan." He was slightly hurt at the apprentice's remark, but he had to admit, he did look pretty big. "How are you enjoying the Gathering?" he meowed.

furrensic

October 14th, 2021, 02:30 PM

Ikoria the Wolf Pup //

➸ cornpaw

as soon as he noticed a cat was walking over to him, he immediately turned to face them. oh, oh, oh- "rOOTSPARK!" cornpaw yowled with a large grin. rootspark was a thunderbuddy that, surprsingly, he hadn't ever talked to. so, technically, he was a stranger!! so fun. "uh-huh, uh-huh, nice to officially meet you tooooo! such a fancy greeting." he murmured, nodding and still having a large smile on his maw. gosh, did he ever stop smiling?

"anywaysss! did you know this is my first gathering? the last one, well i didn't come to it, because i thought it would be BORING. not only that, i was doing super cool, uh, secret stuff. BUT! i came to this one, because i was like, what if there's a fight?? i dunno how to fight, but i could just watch from....far away while you guys battle!! if you battle." the apprentice rambled, seeming weirdly fixated on the idea of a war breaking out in the middle of a gathering for some reason. "i mean, fighting is COOL! so are epic scars, i want some epic scars, sorta, but my mom would be pretty upset at that. but fighting - you get cool things from fights!" like other peoples noses.

honestly, he seemed to be ignoring anything that rootpark said, if the tom had even said anything. "what do you thinks gonna happen??" he questioned with a long, uneven hum.
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seeingstars //

➸ rainypaw

oh god, a riverclanner. just what they wanted.

scooting just a few inches away from the bouncy apprentice, who they learned was finpaw, rainypaw did not return the smile. their brows furrowed together a tiny bit, half tempted to just get up and stomp off. "rainypaw." their response was not so nice and short. if it had been a cat from literally any other clan, they would've been nicer. unfortunately for finpaw, he was riverclan. but fortunately for finpaw, rainy wasn't so good at being mean.

"um...nice to meet you..i guess." they added on shortly after. was it really that nice to meet someone from a clan that thunderclan was at war with not too long ago? no, not really, but they had a soft heart.

forest

October 14th, 2021, 02:40 PM

Oakfur

"Honeyfoot IM going to talk to some other warriors catch up on some news?"
“Ok” she mewed

Raven~

October 14th, 2021, 02:45 PM

~Stormpelt~

Stormpelt walked away from The Thunderclan warrior going up to a Shadowclan warrior. "Greetings Im Stormpelt." he meowed "Whats yours?"

FrostCat

Foxstorm looked up warily at the RiverClan warrior. She had been silently observing the actives that were happening all around her, wondering if she should join some ShadowClan cats or go question some RiverClan apprentices. But here came this RiverClan warrior, all smiles. For now, Foxstorm would play along.
“Hi there. Stormpelt, right?” The name sounded oddly familiar, as if it had been directly spoken to her, but she couldn’t remember where or why. Hm…

Shimmerpaw nervously looked around, doing her best to avoid cats from the other Clans. She hadn't really wanted to come, she hated being in crowds, especially with cats she didn't know, but Kestrelstar preferred that apprentices attended at least one gathering before they became a warrior. If she could just keep her head down and not catch anyone's attention, then just maybes he could avoid having a panic attack.

Dirtpaw stepped in front of the RiverClan apprentice. She looked new and sacred, and he could sympathize. He knew what it was like to be at a Gathering for the first time. Or at least he was guessing it was her first time. Why else would she look so scared?
“Hi, I’m Dirtpaw. This is your first time, right? Are you liking it so far?” He decided to start out small, then gradually get the conversation moving. To be honest, RiverClan fascinated him. His biggest question was why they wanted to dunk themselves into water. Maybe Shimmerpaw would help him out.

error

October 14th, 2021, 03:01 PM

-Bushpaw-

He looked at his sister, a frown forming on his face. ”Probably some heavy arguing and Aspenstar trying to get Firefly Cove back.” He looked up to where the leaders would sit. He wondered himself what would happen, just praying to Starclan that no blood would be spilled on this night of news and meeting.

Jayvines

Willowfern

October 14th, 2021, 03:44 PM

Raising an eyebrow at the molly’s greeting, he replied,
“Greetings,” Cordial, cold, and that was that.
Hearing Shadestorm though, was a trip, but he was ready with a swift reply,
“Prey’s running well, albeit a little slower once they’ve seen how slow you are, but well for sure, Shadowrain, or whatever your name is.”
There, not enough to incite argument but enough to put this younger upstart in his rightful place.
Silent once again, he waited for the gathering to start.

// gs29513 Singing Jay

Jayvines

October 14th, 2021, 03:49 PM

~ Mistpaw ~

Glancing over to see the frown form on Bushpaw's face with his response, Mistpaw quickly turned back to face the crowd around them to gauge other cat's expressions.

A few seemed excited to speak with friends, while others merely sat looking up to the leaders expectantly. However, there were a few looks around the clearing that made Mistpaw worried. A few apprentices seemed to be sneering at each other, some warriors looked ready to claw other cats, and while most cats seemed to stick to themselves she could hear a few harsh tones in the murmur of voices.

"Well I hope not," she muttered, pinning her ears back and nervously flicking her tail behind her. "That wouldn't be very fun for our first Gathering."

Error

spade

October 14th, 2021, 04:06 PM

➳ Slatepaw THUNDERCLAN

Fuming. All the way here Slatepaw had been absolutely furious. Though her fur lay flat, blue eyes were narrowed into slits and her tail lashed behind her. This was her first Gathering ever, and a part of her heart ached realizing that it wasn't with her birth Clan. Surrounding by cats who either hated her or didn't trust her, the young gray she-cat walked alone, preferring it that way really. The scents of the other Clans flooded over her - ShadowClan, WindClan, and finally...

RiverClan.

A piece of her carefully crafted wall cracked off, tumbling down. The rage that had been festering since she had crossed the border from RiverClan into ThunderClan started to flare up once more. Rearing it's head, an ugly monster composed of guilt, anger, and disgust. There were so many cats, but one cat in particular she was looking for. Her father. Or maybe one of her siblings. Either of them would do. She wanted them to see her, realize that she was alive and well - and now part of ThunderClan. The anticipated satisfaction at seeing their faces sent a trill through her whole body as she padded further into the clearing.

[open for a RC cat to recognize her as one of Blizzardsky's missing kits!]

- - -

➳ Snowypaw WINDCLAN

Not normally one to do things with caution, Snowypaw hesitantly padded into the large sandy area. Blue eyes instantly found the large pile of stones the leaders sat upon, though quickly dropped it once it met Dawnstar. At first the leader hadn't really scared them, but after the most recent battle, and losing two denmates, the mere thought of ShadowClan sent shivers down their spine.

Definitely avoiding them this Gathering, Snowypaw was certain of that.

For now, the white apprentice maneuvered their way around a few stray tails and legs, trying to see if there were any apprentice to talk to - at least one that wouldn't yell at them about being a bunny.

[OPEN for any Clan!]

Poprock

October 14th, 2021, 04:22 PM

spade
He wasn't quite sure what compelled him to come to this moons gathering. Perhaps a need to leave the camp, or make some new friends after a period of feeling so alone. His paws thumped against the familiar path as they entered the Seastones, the pink pads melting into the divets of paws from long ago.

Following behind Kestrelstar and the others, the tom was immediately greeted with the familiar scents of the other clans. The earthy scent of Thunderclan meshed with the light smell of Windclan, a unique mix only found here. He nodded at his clanmates before splitting off, situating himself in the middle of the crowd.

Then something caught his attention. Hidden beneath the new scents was one he thought he would never smell again. Barely there, almost completely washed away... but still notable. His head whipped around the clearing, ears pricked and eyes wide. Was she here? Was she ok? His golden eyes scanned the heads of the unfamiliar cats until they finally landed on that little gray fluff ball he thought was long gone. "Slatekit?" He called, paws quickly carrying him over to the former Riverclan kit. "W-what are you doing here? Are you ok?" Stars his voice was shaky.

Ian

October 14th, 2021, 04:42 PM

Rxcket_p

October 14th, 2021, 04:45 PM

{×open×

~}Stonedapple {~

The she cat sat, waiting the arrival of her mate. She yawned, her tail uncontrollably flicking. She looked around, eying all other Riverclan cats, searching for Duckslip

seeingstars

×Dawnferret. ~ spade

She looked at the kit.. wait a moment. "Ey! You're one of Blizzard's missing kits!"#she yelped, not taking her icy eyes off the smaller cat.

alaskaa

October 14th, 2021, 05:15 PM

seeingstars || N0va73 || Nixey

Hazelpaw kneaded the ground with her claws.
"We don't need another enemy," she repeated quietly, firmly. If Kestrelstar wanted to make another enemy out of Dawnstar and ShadowClan, what would RiverClan do?

Personally, Hazelpaw thought that Splashleap was much more calmer than Kestrelstar, but she wasn't going to say that aloud. Sometimes, she just had to keep her opinions to herself.

She looked around, and saw that WindClan, the last Clan yet to come, had arrived with their leader. What was her name again? Twistar? Twilstar? Hazelpaw didn't know, but she was pretty sure it was Twi-something-star.

Galaxy_

October 14th, 2021, 05:15 PM

~Stormpelt~

"Yup IM Stormpelt How do You Know my Name?" he meowed getting sus.

FrostCat

spade

October 14th, 2021, 05:19 PM

A voice. A familiar voice, though not one Slatepaw thought would be the first to speak to her. Head turning, narrowed blue eyes landed on Bumblestep as the warrior made his way over to her. Budding resentment for RiverClan faltered for a bit, and briefly the young gray apprentice had a look of regret cross her face. Bumblestep. How could she have forgotten about him? He had allowed her to help in repairing the camp den wall when she was just a kit.

Swallowing a rather aggressive lump in her throat, Slatepaw averted her gaze, ears going back. "It's Slatepaw, now. I'm an apprentice of ThunderClan." Jaw firmly set, she hesitated a moment or two before looking back up at the tom. She could easily detect the hints of sadness about him, worry practically rolling off his pelt. It felt... nice. To be cared for, worried over.

Another voice caused her ears to swivel in their direction - this was a warrior she was unfamiliar with. Eyes narrowing more and fur bristling a bit at the name of her father, Slatepaw simply scoffed. "I don't know who you're talking about. I don't have a father," she spat in disgust towards Dawnferret.

// Rockfall Cxndy_Fatal

spade

October 14th, 2021, 05:25 PM

Shimmerpaw knew that she had to talk to someone, otherwise someone would come and talk to her, and that would definitely be worse. Looking around at all the gathered cats, the young molly took slow, deep breaths to make sure she wouldn't burst out crying. Shimmerpaw was stressed, ok?! She hated being around so many unfamiliar cats.

Her eyes finally settled on what looked like a nice enough WindClan apprentice, so she decided they were better than nothing. Besides, RiverClan wasn't on bad terms with WindClan, so there shouldn't be any hostilities... right? Giving her pelt a quick shake to get rid of the negative thoughts, Shimmerpaw approached Snowypaw, introducing herself before she could back out. "U-um, hello. My n-name is Shimmerp-paw," the apprentice said softly, avoiding eye contact with them.

spade

Brought forth from their thoughts on what this Gathering would bring about, Snowypaw turned their head to look at the apprentice who had approached them. A tang of fish scent hit her nose and was recognized as RiverClan. Stars, at least it wasn't ShadowClan. A bright smile stretched across Snowypaw's face as the young apprentice nodded towards Shimmerpaw. "Hi! Nice to meet you, I'm Snowypaw from WindClan," they returned the greeting with another enthusiastic nod of a fluffy white head.

Eyes darted back towards the leaders then back at Shimmerpaw, the WindClan apprentice gave a blink of her eyes. "How have things been across the border?" they asked rather cautiously. ShadowClan had taken their sights off WindClan for the time being, but something about it didn't sit right with Snowypaw. Had they gone after RiverClan or ThunderClan?

Rxcket_p

October 14th, 2021, 05:33 PM

Ian

October 14th, 2021, 05:51 PM

Brought forth from their thoughts on what this Gathering would bring about, Snowypaw turned their head to look at the apprentice who had approached them. A tang of fish scent hit her nose and was recognized as RiverClan. Stars, at least it wasn't ShadowClan. A bright smile stretched across Snowypaw's face as the young apprentice nodded towards Shimmerpaw. "Hi! Nice to meet you, I'm Snowypaw from WindClan," they returned the greeting with another enthusiastic nod of a fluffy white head.

Eyes darted back towards the leaders then back at Shimmerpaw, the WindClan apprentice gave a blink of her eyes. "How have things been across the border?" they asked rather cautiously. ShadowClan had taken their sights off WindClan for the time being, but something about it didn't sit right with Snowypaw. Had they gone after RiverClan or ThunderClan?

Shimmerpaw nodded back at Snowypaw, glad that they seemed friendly enough. She had been terrified they would make fun of her, maybe even push her around a little for being so timid, but they just seemed nice. When they asked the question, Shimmerpaw paused for a moment, wracking her brain for how to respond. The young molly didn't want to give any information away that could hurt the Clan, but she didn't want to brush Snowypaw off either.

Finally deciding on what to say, she replied "Things h-have been well. ShadowClan h-has been a bit of a b-bother, but I'm s-sure Kestrelstar w-will talk more about it." There! Shimmerpaw had gotten through it without giving too much away, and she had even managed to complete her sentence without stuttering too badly.

spade

October 14th, 2021, 06:32 PM

Below him, Kestrelstars ears twitched as a voice called up to him. Stormpelt. Frankly, he didn't have the time to handle every missing cat that left RiverClan, and there had been no sign of Graypelt for quite some time. As he opened his mouth to respond, he noticed Graytail come up to offer comfort to him. With a grateful nod, the RiverClan leader returned his attention to the gathered cats.

The next to arrive was ThunderClan, and for once there wasn't a ripple of bristling fur to be seen on Kestrelstar. Calm, collected, and with the recent meeting between himself and the ThunderClan leadership in his mind, the gray tabby nodded towards Aspenstar in a rather professional manner. As far as he was concerned, the tension with ThunderClan had subsided in the agreement of a ceasefire - plus, Kestrelstar had much more worrisome threats to focus on at the moment.

Dawnstar and ShadowClan were becoming a bigger threat than the tabby had realized, what with being blinded for revenge on ThunderClan for the past few moons. Now able to see it clearly, Kestrelstar was already formulating a plan in his head of how to take them down a notch.

Head swinging over at the sound of paw steps scrambling up to join them, the RiverClan leader offered a small smile towards Twilightstar. What with him being gone for the past moon, and no report of a peace trip to the moorland Clan, that was going to be the first thing that happened. He returned her friendly greeting. "Hope all is going well in WindClan," he added with a nod. With ShadowClan having focused on RiverClan, that perhaps meant that Dawnstar had removed her claw from WindClan's neck and gave them a chance to breathe.

After a moment or two, Kestrelstar rose to his paws, shaking out his pelt to ready himself. "Let's get this started, shall we?" Rhetorical, as the gray tabby stepped forward to start off the announcements.

"RiverClan has been doing well this past moon. Despite leaf-fall settling in prey is still running well. We've welcomed two new apprentices; Shypaw and Dustpaw." He paused for a moment to see if he could spot any of the apprentice among the RiverClan crowd. Usually right after their ceremonies, apprentices couldn't wait to attend their first Gathering. Though from where he was he couldn't spot them. Perhaps they were intermixed with the crowd and enjoying themselves, as they should be.

Straightening up, Kestrelstar continued. "We've also welcomed another warrior; Fierceroar has completed her training and displayed exceptional skills." A beat, and then, "She earned her warrior name after valiantly fighting back against three large ShadowClan patrols who found it smart to trespass on our territory and attack our border patrols." Still, he kept his voice smooth as his head swung over to Dawnstar. Eyes narrowed just a bit, though he kept his anger in check. Normally he would've flown off the handle, and this would've been a repeat of the last Gathering. But the words of Delaware rang clear in his head, about having a balance. He could still be powerful, but also approach situations with grace. More than anything he wanted to prove to RiverClan he was a changed leader, and this was a golden opportunity.

If Dawnstar had wished to see the Kestrelstar from a moon ago - angry, lashing out, in a fit of emotions - she'd be disappointed. The RiverClan leader stood, composed and stoic.

"I would ask you, Dawnstar, why ShadowClan felt the need to so deliberately attack my warriors under the disguise of night fall with no visible goal, gain, or benefit to ShadowClan other than the injuries they gained, but I am aware common sense left you and your Clan moons ago." With a final last look, he turned his head back to face the gathered cats. "We give special recognition to Lizardfrost for her prompt awakening of the Clan so reinforcements could arrive quickly to defend our territory, leading to a victory with no RiverClan cats seriously harmed."

A few of the warriors who had fought against ShadowClan were in the crowd tonight, and Kestrelstar felt his chest swell with pride in his Clan. While they may not have had the strongest faith in him as a leader, he certainly was beginning to believe in them. The sense of honor he had felt even as an apprentice in RiverClan was returning, slowly but surely, and with each passing day he felt more and more aligned with his Clan.

"There have also been increased reports of Twolegs in RiverClan territory, though some have been near both the ThunderClan and WindClan border. I plan to send a patrol out in the next few days to investigate, but I urge the other Clans to keep an eye out. They continue to snatch up warriors out of nowhere," he ended the announcements with the same warning he had given last Gathering. If anything, the Twoleg appearances had increased, and something had to be done about it. The RiverClan leader looked between Twilightstar and Aspenstar to make sure they were aware, gaze lingering briefly on Aspenstar. It was a warning about the Twolegs, yes, but also a token of how he was going to be honoring the ceasefire.

Letting his gaze sweep over the crowd one last time, Kestrelstar gave a nod. "That's all from RiverClan." Having finished his announcements, Kestrelstar took a step back and sat back onto his haunches, wrapping his tail once again around his paws and staring straight ahead to ignore any other looks from Dawnstar that might come. He was certain there would be something, but the gray tabby would simply ignore it.

// Undertaker Moonraven poppy.

Pitou

October 14th, 2021, 07:29 PM

| Sandpaw of Shadowclan |

Sandpaw's furred bristled out of shock as someone approached, oh, a fishie apprentice. BAGH! Why did he still call them that, it was immature and just, stupid by now, wasn't it, ugh, whatever, no one would know if he called them that in his head. Forcing a less anxious look onto himself, he decided to respond to Codpaw.

' ' I'm Sandpaw, and uh, yeah, I'm a Shadowclan apprentices.' '

For a split second, Sandpaw wondered how Codpaw knew what his clan was, but then it came to him that, right, scent, he should've learned that last gathering, oh well. This apprentice would probably think he was stupidly weak anyway and move onto the next cat to talk to, or, was Riverclan not like that, I mean, Shadowclan was. . .superior for a reason, right? Was it even superior or was that just, AUGH!

| Ravensong

**Codpaw**

Codpaw sat back and smiled as the apprentice seemed to fumble slightly. He seemed...unprepared. Were there many cats this jumpy? His head cocked in amusement. "We're at a Gathering, you know, I'm not gonna bite ya," He laughed.

He wanted to ask this apprentice more about Shadowclan and learn about life in other clans but Kestrelstar began speaking. He sighed and sat back, turning his attention to the Seastones. He looked up disinterestedly. As suspected, the leader went on about the attacks and twolegs and other boring stuff. He liked Kestrelstar well enough but he wanted to know more about stuff he didn't already know he didn't care about.
__________________________________________________ ___

**Elmshadow**

Elmshadow eyed Kestrelstar as he rose to speak, taking the first opportunity to speak. His pelt pricked, ready to bristle. The fish-breath would no doubt harp about the attack and Elmshadow was prepared to intervene should the tom let a trace of anger show.

But Kestrelstar's dismissal seemed somehow worse. His condescending tone rose the fur along Elmshadow's spine and he rose to his feet; he kept any emotion in check but stood ready.

Polaris

October 14th, 2021, 07:29 PM

- Frostfeather -

The lean, long-haired molly had been having a somewhat enjoyable time just sitting there waiting for the gathering to start. She liked being still and quiet and listening to what was gong on around her. Yes, she admitted, she was a quieter cat. But, to be honest, she liked being quiet! If only she could have stayed like that for the whole gathering. She would have too, if not for one certain cat who decided to sit next to her.

Sootstrike. Sadly, he was her father. Yes, the father that had always argued with her mother. The father who left her mother to be killed a badger. The father that pretty much abandoned her even though he was in the SAME CLAN. The father who left his mate and then got another right after she had DIED. One of the best fathers a cat could have. Frostfeather always took precautions to avoid him. That was how she knew he was coming her way as soon as his scent reached her nose.

No, no, no. Why did this have to happen. She flattened her ears a little, curling her tail even tighter around herself. Unknowingly the fur along her spine prickled. Great, he sat right next to her. Out of all of the cats in this whole place, he decided to sit right next to the person who definitely didn't want him there.

Oh. Another great thing. He didn't even seem to remember who she was! Wow, that was just sweet. Yes, she hadn't spoken or interacted with him since she was a kit, and yes, she understood that Sootstrike was getting older. But, what mouse-brain forgets who his own daughter is?! The thing was, she didn't know if she wanted to tell him or not! Maybe it was better this way. Maybe it was for the best that he forgot what she looked like. Maybe he had numbed himself to the guilt, but that hinted that he even felt guilt, and she didn't know if that was entirely true. So, after thinking about the matter for a moment, she decided to stay quiet.

Then, her half-sister decided to show up. Rowanbriar. Great. Just great. She doubted that the warrior knew that she was related to her. Not only that, but the she-cat rubbed against Sootstrike, like she actually liked him! So, that's how it was. He was a father to one daughter, but not the other.

Frostfeathers body filled with resentment. She glared at the other molly, thoughts racing through her mind. It wasn't fair that Sootstrike gave love to one of his daughters, and ignored the other. She had no one! Her mother, dead, her siblings, both dead. She had been alone for so long. She had to learn to fend for herself when she was a kit. A KIT. She hadn't even been an apprentice yet! She was a loyal warrior of Thunderclan now! She worked hard and did what was expected of her! Of course, she didn't expect to move up in the clan. In fact, she enjoyed being a warrior! But, this was just too much for her.

Her brain barely even registered that Kestrelstar had already started talking about Riverclan. The gathering had started, but she wasn't hearing a thing. Before she even thought about it, Frostfeather lashed her tail and growled at Sootstrike and his beloved daughter. "Nice to see that you remember who your own daughter is," she spat. Her eyes were filled with anger and moons of pent up feelings she had been holding in, words she had thought but never said. Now, the dam was breaking and all the emotions she had been hiding and kept pent up were flowing out.

(Sorry this is a bit long! Don't worry about matching the length! Once I started I just kept going and now it's huge! )

birchy poppy. Singing Jay

Toodle

October 14th, 2021, 07:48 PM

Gingercry padded amongst the group of Shadowclan cats. Gatherings seemed to him to be a relaxing event. Sure, drama ensued but it was often menial and served more as entertainment than anything. It made him happy to see the younger warriors getting so worked up over the latest events. Once one's lived long enough, you tend to see the same cycles repeating and realize that it'll all come back around. But gatherings were a decent place to get together and let pent up emotions surface head on.

He found a sandy spot, still warm from the day's sun, and got comfy. He spotted Elmshadow in his line of sight. He seemed to be alone. It'd come to his attention recently that whenever his daughter was not around, her mate's attention seemed to be taken up by other mollies. Goldenstep stayed behind tonight to stay with their litter of kits, it was the least Elmshadow could do to keep his attention focused on the gathering. He had no desire to be an overbearing or protective father but disrespecting his daughter behind her back was more than Gingercry would be able to stomach. He decided to keep a closer eye on the tom.

Gingercry turned to the four leaders as Kestrelstar started his announcements. Let the meeting begin. He brought up the attacks, naturally. Gingercry tried to focus on the tom's expressions, attempting to read if there were plans of retaliation behind those eyes. Gingercry didn't concern himself with trivial matters but he was as loyal to Shadowclan as any and he wouldn't sit idly by as cats were injured.
( Ravensong )

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Leafecho walked slowly at the back of the Thunderclan patrol as they stepped onto the sandy beach. Her eyes, wide saucers attempting to take everything in, wandered around her. There were so many cats. It was amazing to her still that so many cats could gather and coordinate so apparently seamlessly. Her intuition felt the crackling of tension though she couldn't tell where it came from or who it was directed at. She was more concerned with taking everything in. She followed the direction of her clanmates as some took a seat, others wandered to mingle amongst the other clan cats but Leafecho didn't feel comfortable enough yet to mingle with her own clan, much less any of the other clans. So she sat meekly and gazed around. As the first cat started speaking, she tried to focus but there was so much she didn't know and didn't understand, most of it went over her head. Regardless, she was happy to be included in all of it.

Rani

October 15th, 2021, 12:53 AM

Ah so the scum had seen her, Sunsetbloom had yet to discern if that was good or bad. Good because the molly wanted to know she was here no weaker then before she'd encountered him, that his efforts to end her had been for naught and that she saw him too and was patiently waiting for her moment, bad because even his gaze felt vile like rotting meat and festering pond slime. The new scar where she'd hit, that was a curl of warmth in her paws and claws, sure he'd left his own marks on her but rather strangely Sunsetbloom loved scars but her new addition? She hoped that it always reminded him of what she could, and given any opportunity would, do.

Him turning his poisoned attention to Splashleap though, that made the molly feel the rare sting of anger. Though she was not prone to it in most any situation despite her deep emotional range when it was felt it was burning and once the flare had faded she was thankful for her folded ears preventing her from pinning them back, Shadestorm didnt deserve to get a reaction from her only cold nothing. But oh she felt the anger so deeply despite not being prone to it, this monster shouldnt be anywhere near her clanmates not kind Splashleap not anyone even a single drop of riverclan blood would be too much so while the fury was fading a slow boil of hatred was not.

You know now that she thought of it he didnt even deserve her attention at this moment, he was locked into a stalemate same as her they'd not be fighting in a gathering and he'd not be harming her clan tonight she didnt need to focus on him. He was a vile thing that should be nothing so she'd treat him as such and hope it stung as much as she meant it to. So finally breaking her dead still strong stanced stare she curled her lip in disdain and with a dismissive tail flick (like he was less then her) she turned her back on him disregarding Shadestorm completely. Sunsetbloom had more important things to do like talk to the befeathered windclan apprentice whos black fur contrasted wonderfully with her pretty adornment.

"Well hello pretty windclan bird I was unaware that our moorland friends had started recruiting hawks to their ranks how amazing~"
Despite the maine coons giant size Sunsetbloom glowing with warmth and with a genuine beaming grin on her face exuded a safe aura and a very fluffy pelt that looked (and was) ever soft. The Riverclan molly loved young cats and to those young ones and friends was ever the definition of a gentle giant wanting to spread joy and comfort to anyone who'd accept it. So it was not all out of character for her when she crouched down to be at eye level with the smaller molly continuing her lighthearted joke. "Well miss hawk Im Sunsetbloom of Riverclan! I love youre feathers the black makes everything pop and I didnt know birds could have blue eyes! How amazing the world is though I suppose I must seem naive of the ways of your birdy people, not a lot of birds visit my water home so I know fish better~" Her little jest trailed off with a giggle purr and a crinkled eyed smile as she hoped the apprentice would catch on to her little game

Singing Jay (idk who even won the staring contest here lol until next sunset vs. shade~)
Naiad (big teddy bear cat incoming!)

iliri

October 15th, 2021, 05:20 AM

im a cat

October 15th, 2021, 05:25 AM

Lightpaw watched as her leader gathered with Twilightstar, Dawnstar and Aspenstar. The silver apprentice shivered with fear that the last gathering’s events would repeat. All the screaming and shouting last time had almost given her nightmares… Thta couldn’t happen again.

iliri

October 15th, 2021, 05:27 AM

{Cloverpaw}

The short white-furred molly twitched her whiskers as she made her way through. Great StarClan she got there in time before she could miss the meeting! Immediately, the brown-folded eared sat down, curling her tail around herself as she raised her nose right up at the leaders. She still had regret for everything that happened in WindClan and..didn't really wanted to attend within the feast they had made. She did honor the dead yes..but she didn't really want to attend it.

(OPEN)

starry

October 15th, 2021, 05:35 AM

// ~Fierce~

Dustpaw had been sitting amongst the crowd, trying to find someone to chat with. There were so many cats! He really wanted a WindClan apprentice to talk with since WindClan and RiverClan didn't have any kind of conflict. That was when the brown tabby tom noticed Shypaw, choosing a spot far away from everyone.

He came over, beaming at his sister. "Shypaw! Why not join the crowd? Look how many cats there are! So many to chat with! C'mon, have some fun." Dustpaw grinned at her, flicking his tail impatiently.

marshy

October 15th, 2021, 08:15 AM

Mango

October 15th, 2021, 11:55 AM

Rockfall spade
[For whenever you want to force an interaction between them]
Blizzardsky sighed as he entered yet another gathering. He wandered around trying to avoid Thunderclan, he knew if he spotted Albatrossflare he was going to end up breaking the truce and getting exiled. He couldn’t do it, he had to hope Petuniapaw would return and she’d need him in Riverclan, well also Heronflight, Palehound, Goosefury, and Kestrelstar. Oh and Splashleap, he was to be her deputy when Kestrelstar finally kicked the prey (kicked the bucket) or resigned. He had to stay around to be deputy of Riverclan. That meant no killing Albatrossflare today. Simple solution to ensure that plan happened, avoid Thunderclan simple.

Webpaw stalked into the gathering, eyeing the area for some Thunderclanner’s to pester. She had Frostpaw’s memories, well some of them. So it’d be plenty of fun to mess with a few Thunderclanners, if she could recall any memories around them. But this time, she’d try to remember not to say I when sharing Frostpaw’s memories.

[OPEN for a Thunderclanner who interacted with Frostpaw before]

Stemhop silently stepped into the gathering, she hated gatherings. So she silently sat down in the back. Waiting for it to be over, the only reason she was coming now was in case something went wrong with her apprentice. Who knows maybe he’d get in a fight or something and need her there.
[OPEN for anyone]

Eggpaw walked into the gathering. Can they tell I’m not a real tom? he silently thought to himself as he glanced around the gathering. He’d never seen so many cats in one place at one time. But he was more worried about what they thought of him. He began to awkwardly pace standing nearby. Do I just say I’m trans? Share my pronouns. Or should I try to look cool and just mention that Aspenstar’s my mentor? he thought to himself
[OPEN to any clan but TC]

Singing Jay

October 15th, 2021, 12:16 PM

Eggpaw walked into the gathering. Can they tell I’m not a real tom? he silently thought to himself as he glanced around the gathering. He’d never seen so many cats in one place at one time. But he was more worried about what they thought of him. He began to awkwardly pace standing nearby. Do I just say I’m trans? Share my pronouns. Or should I try to look cool and just mention that Aspenstar’s my mentor? he thought to himself.
[OPEN to any clan but TC]

After picking out a random apprentice out of the mass Firepaw padded over to the cat and nodded slightly in greeting. "Firepaw." he introduced himself. He had made sure not to mingle with Riverclanners or bunnies, after all the recent battles it didn't seem wise.

"Your first gathering?" The other apprentice seemed nerves and almost a little afraid so Firepaw thought it might be so. He just hoped this cat would have the brains and decency to at least hold a conversation, and not be like some other cats he knew.

Singing Jay

October 15th, 2021, 12:24 PM

{Tawnypaw}

The molly followed after her leader with great glee. She bounded up and down when she had made it to another gathering. My, she was excited like usually. Her blue-gray eyes looked at the two other clans, but narrowed down at RiverClan. She didn't exactly feel..remorse but she ignored the feeling twisting within and sat down in the clearing. Looking up at her leader and deputy. Who would be talking to her this time?

(OPEN and this is very late my goursh-)
Well, no escaping it now... Jaypaw had promised themself to talk to the first apprentice they looked eyes on and there was one, from Thunderclan they thought. After swallowing they began to walk towards her but as they approached their pace began to slow down until the manged to force themself to reach. Jaypaw gave a little smile and waved their tail in greeting. Thunderclan and Windclan didn't have any conflicts did they? Oh they hoped not, talking to Shadowclan was a no-no on Jaypaw's part and they didn't want to accidentally stir up trouble with other apprentices, or warriors for that.

Fenz

October 15th, 2021, 12:44 PM

-Willowpaw-riverpaw-
Willowpaw pushed herself through the crowd of cats! She was looking one cat in particular but anyways she just wanted to be apart of this gathering!
Riverpaw
The young tabby shoved her way through the cats occasionally snapping at them her single eye full of hatred towards literally everything

I’ll fix this short post later I have a test

Ian

October 15th, 2021, 12:45 PM

Vixenpaw scowled, her eyes narrowed as she glared up at Kestrelstar. Just because he was too fish-brained to understand didn't mean that ShadowClan had lost all common sense. Dawnstar was an amazing leader, and with Shadestorm as the new deputy, they were stronger than ever. He had better watch his mouth before they truly decided to tear the pelts off of his Clan.

beau

October 15th, 2021, 01:43 PM

The young she-cat giggled, flicking her tail towards her paws so the feather was more visible, "Why, thank you! I suppose you wouldn't see too many birds in Riverclan, apart from gulls and kingfishers." Tidepaw smiled at the warrior. Already this gathering was going much better than last time. She had exchanged a few words with another apprentice at the last one, a Riverclan apprentice if she wasn't mistaken, but they didn't talk long. She glanced towards where the leaders sat for a moment, wondering if things would be as tense between them this gathering. She hadn't really paid attention to what Kestrelstar had said, but he didn't look too pleased. She returned her attention to the fluffy Riverclan cat in front of her, the apprentice's facial expression brightening once more.

"I suppose it balances out though: I don't get to see many fishies on the moors!" The image amused her, shiny-scaled fish swimming through the air over the moor, gliding like birds. Or would they just flop on the ground? Either way would certainly be entertaining. "I bet they're pretty though! Sparkly and silver, I would love to have a scale or two." The thought of adding fish scales to the numerous things she collected hadn't occurred to her until now. They would be a bit difficult to gather, but perhaps there were some minnows swimming in the streams that cut through the fields. She was already on the hunt for a snakeskin, a search which had been fruitless so far, so perhaps catching a fish would be a bit easier, and she'd still get some scales. Hmm, she'd have to look into it. First she'd have to learn how to catch a fish, that is, if they even lived in the skinny streams and creeks she had access too.

Rani

Raven~

October 15th, 2021, 02:15 PM

~Stormpelt~

"Yup IM Stormpelt How do You Know my Name?" he meowed getting sus.

FrostCat
“I believe…oh yes, your mother told me!” That was where she had heard the name. She had almost forgotten her promise. Good thing Stormpelt had just happen to come by her, r she would have never remembered. “Yes, your mother told me it…Grayfur, was that her name?”

Galaxy_

October 15th, 2021, 02:41 PM

“I believe…oh yes, your mother told me!” That was where she had heard the name. She had almost forgotten her promise. Good thing Stormpelt had just happen to come by her, r she would have never remembered. “Yes, your mother told me it…Grayfur, was that her name?”

"It is how do you know?" he meowed. "How do you know my mother?" he meowed "She ahsnt left camp for moons." he meoed

Shade.

October 15th, 2021, 05:19 PM

Lizardfrost listened to the meeting. Her eyes widened in surprise as her name was mentioned. She had bolted with reinforcements, although the group was mostly free-form and happened naturally. A big distinction had been Snakeheart of course, but it hadn't slowed them dien too much.
She'd never felt a particular need to gain the approval of others, she'd felt none, in fact, but the recognition did give her a slightly pleasant feeling, mostly knowing that she'd done her duty properly. Responsibility mattered a lot to Lizardfrost. She was by no means a socialite and didn't have particular attachment to any other cat but fulfilling a duty made her feel whole inside, like she was doing the right thing. It made things so simple. Or so she thought...

Quasar

October 15th, 2021, 06:05 PM

Jackpot

Yarrowshade finally sat down amidst the crowd, still bearing the same scowl. She was near another cat now, a calico that smelled mostly of ShadowClan but perhaps of outsider as well. She honestly wasn't in the mood for small-talk (when was she ever anyway???) and tried to stay still and listen to what the leaders would have to say. She was almost sad that the conflict with RiverClan had settled down. It gave her less opportunities to usurp power in any way she could. Her villainy career was, overall, not going so well. Stupid Sweetsong and Albatrossflare, always showing her up with their evilness!

The sound of approaching pawsteps met Addersnow's ears as she glanced to the side, watching as some random cat unwisely decided to sit down right next to her. A scowl matching the other cats own immediately grew on her face. The lean she-cat fixed the stranger with a scrutinizing look, her blue eyes cold and closed off. One of her tattered ears flicked as she looked back away, choosing to ignore the cat. Still, her claws were unsheathed and just out of view of Yarrowshade. This cat didnt seem interesting in the slightest, but then again very little actually managed to intrigue her in the first place. The other cat may well just be some nobody.

seeingstars

October 15th, 2021, 06:27 PM

{ Finnoween }
~~~
Finpaw's expression lit up as the other apprentice responded. He hadn't even thought of the conflict between the two's clans, he was just excited to be going to his first gathering. "It's nice to meet ya too Rainypaw! You're froooom-" He paused to sniff at the Thunderclan apprentice, giving a nod once he finally figured out Rainypaw's clan "Thunderclan right?" He asked, tilting his head, his thoughts quickly shot to his mentor mentioning something about stealing the Thunderclan gravesite, had they actually done that? if so why?

seeingstars

October 15th, 2021, 06:46 PM

{ Cxndy_Fatal }
~~~
Duckslip padded into the gathering. They were late but the last few days had brought nothing but pain to the small warrior. Their entire body ached, they were surprised they'd even survived the birth of their kits, and already they were having to survive the loss of them. Their eyes were dull and their eyelids felt heavy with exhaustion. They quietly weaved their way through the crowd. They looked up noticing Stonedapple, a part of them wanted to dip below the she-cat's vision. They hadn't really been around camp much, visiting the graves of their stillborn kits almost daily and spending hours there. They aren't even sure why they came to this gathering, there were in no shape to be socializing. They sighed, reluctantly making their way over to their mate "Hey" Was all they managed to rasp out, their voice trembled as the urge to cry returned. They felt overwhelmed suddenly, their mind screaming at them to keep their composure, cats were watching! Do you want everyone to think that Riverclan is weak because of you?!. The calico she-cat's breathing picked up in pace as they anxiously glanced around the clearing.

seeingstars

October 15th, 2021, 07:21 PM

{ Eclipse. • Nixey • N0va73}
~~~
Eveningpaw glanced between the three, listening to each speak before speaking for himself "I had-" The name caught in his throat, he hadn't actually said his former crush's name since he'd disappeared. He sucked air in through his teeth before continuing "I had... uh... Honeypaw with me on my first gathering so it wasn't too bad, I guess" The name brought back a flood of memories, all the time he spent with him felt like a waste, he wasn't even worth sticking around for. The large tabby tom took a shaky breath, hoping no one had noticed as he quickly continued "I sure hope he doesn't, Riverclan doesn't need more stupid fights" His tone took on a coldness as he narrowed his eyes, A tone that hadn't been heard by his friends in moons. Thoughts of Honeypaw made the tom want to close off and shut everyone out. He was so frustrated, he'd kept the tom off his mind for so long but now, there he was, front and center in his thoughts.

~~~~~~

{ Silverfur & Co }
~~~
"It really is! Sometimes my dad and I go on runs! It's so nice to run! the wind blowing through your fur makes it feel like you flying!" Rockpaw said, fondly remembering the times he'd spent with Redspark. The chocolate tom thought for a minute, turning his gaze to Featherpaw. Wow, she was kinda pretty "What's Riverclan like? Can you guys really breathe underwater? That's what my dad told me!" He said smiling cheerfully at her

Graypaw nodded "That does sound nice! for a cat that likes running at least-" He said with a friendly chuckle. He was beginning to like this Windclan apprentice, he seemed nice enough! The large gray tom wrapped his tail neatly around his paws.

Quasar

October 15th, 2021, 07:32 PM

Geckosun smoothly followed behind her clan to the Seastones, relishing the way the cool sand felt beneath her paws. She always found herself enjoying this part of the gathering - though it was debatable as to whether it even counted as a part of the gathering itself. Cool wind blew against her fluffy fur, flowing in and out of each hair on her pelt. The she-cats eyes closed briefly, taking in all of the scents and sounds around her. It was in no way something she wasnt used to (this was, what, her twenty-second gathering?), but even since she was an apprentice she always preferred to take a moment to just...soak everything in.

By the time she joined the rest of the crowd, most of the spots nearest to the rocks the leader stood on were taken. Not that she minded, of course. She was sure she would still be able to hear them just fine. Glancing around for a moment, she picked out a relatively empty area and padded over, nodding in greeting to the cat who was already seated there. "Good evening" she mewed, blinking at them with a serene look on her face. Small paws carried her a few steps further before she too sat down, looking up at the leaders.

[ open ]

duCky

October 15th, 2021, 07:32 PM

-Fogpaw-

“I’m glad I have you guys to be with at the first gathering, but we should quiet down, the meeting is starting”, the apprentice mewed, trying to keep her voice to a whisper. Just like when Kestrelstar left, they knew that starclan’s choices needed to be respected. This was a sacred place after all.

seeingstars Eclipse. Nixey

littlelove

October 16th, 2021, 03:33 AM

Shade.

October 16th, 2021, 04:41 AM

Jackpot

(Lmao its a stalemate)

Yarrowshade noticed the cat beside her tense up, out of the corner of her eye. She hasn't even looked at who was sitting there, never mind notice how displeased she looked. Yarrowshade, although scowling, was confidently relaxed. Her green eyes were directed at the leaders instead, although avoiding Aspenstar, or at the crowd. Honestly, she was bored now. Maybe she should go argue with Plumstorm and Stormtalon? Since there didn't seem to be much happening. ShadowClan attacked RiverClan and bla bla bla. Why was she supposed to care about that stuff when she was not a high rank. Whan she finally usurped power maybe she would care but now it seemed pointless and boring. Yarrowshade let put a barely-audible yawn.

Silverfur & Co

October 16th, 2021, 06:11 AM

iliri

October 16th, 2021, 06:26 AM

{Tawnypaw}

Oh! Another Apprentice! It looks like they just became one though, but I don't mind. The molly waved her tail back excitedly, giving a warm, soft smile in response. "Hello there! I know a meeting is already starting but I wouldn't mind talking to another apprentice from another clan!" She mrrowed gleefully, her grin widing as it shown her gleaming canines. "What's your name, WindClanner?"

Singing Jay(congrats on Shadestorm btw)

carmen

October 16th, 2021, 10:47 AM

Nixey

October 16th, 2021, 12:17 PM

// Nixey

Bearbranch
____________

Bearbranch did a high of relief as Swiftwind said she was okay. He was genuinely worried about her but he was glad she was okay. He then noticed that RiverClan was about to start the announcements so he sat down and motioned for Swiftwind to sit next to him. They seemed to have good news all around, aside from whatever ShadowClan did to them. The news about Twolegs was disturbing though. "Those twolegs could definitely be trouble in the future.." ~Swiftwind~
Swiftwinds ears twitched slightly hearing the sigh Bearbranch had let out. Her mind at first wondered if she had done something wrong and it was more of a irritated one, but once it processed as a sigh of relief Swiftwinds shoulders relaxed again. Swiftwind had cast a glance up towards Kestrelstar who seemed to be getting ready to start before seeing Bearbranch motioning for her to sit next to him out of the corner of her eye. Scooting a bit closer, Swiftwind sat down and curled her fluffy brown tail around her paws, her yellow gaze zoning in on the Riverclan leader as she seemed intent on listening. It seemed as though Riverclan was doing well, thriving, even, besides the border skirmish with Shadowclan and..twolegs?! Worry shot across her features before her ears picked up Bearbranchs voice, her head snapping to look at him. “You’re right,” she had nodded, casting a glance back up towards the leaders ”i’m worried they’re gonna end up drifting to the moorland,” that would be horrid. Not only did it run the possibility of twolegs finding them, it also meant Swiftwind may not be able to go out on the moor to escape stuffy days in the clearing.
{ Eclipse. • Nixey • N0va73}
~~~
Eveningpaw glanced between the three, listening to each speak before speaking for himself "I had-" The name caught in his throat, he hadn't actually said his former crush's name since he'd disappeared. He sucked air in through his teeth before continuing "I had... uh... Honeypaw with me on my first gathering so it wasn't too bad, I guess" The name brought back a flood of memories, all the time he spent with him felt like a waste, he wasn't even worth sticking around for. The large tabby tom took a shaky breath, hoping no one had noticed as he quickly continued "I sure hope he doesn't, Riverclan doesn't need more stupid fights" His tone took on a coldness as he narrowed his eyes, A tone that hadn't been heard by his friends in moons. Thoughts of Honeypaw made the tom want to close off and shut everyone out. He was so frustrated, he'd kept the tom off his mind for so long but now, there he was, front and center in his thoughts.
-Fogpaw-

“I’m glad I have you guys to be with at the first gathering, but we should quiet down, the meeting is starting”, the apprentice mewed, trying to keep her voice to a whisper. Just like when Kestrelstar left, they knew that starclan’s choices needed to be respected. This was a sacred place after all.

seeingstars Eclipse. Nixey~Reedpaw~
Reedpaw had seen it, seen the way Eveningpaw reacted. The molly hadn’t known Honeypaw as she rarely strayed from the group of friends she currently had, but she had heard that Eveningpaw had a deeper feeling towards Honeypaw than simply friendship. Raising her fluffy cream tail Reedpaw placed it along the toms back in a comforting manner, her gaze softened towards Eveningpaw as she attempted a comforting smile for a moment. However upon hearing Fogpaw speak up and seeing Kestrelstar stepping up, Reedpaw had nodded softly before retracting her tail and laying it beside herself, starring up at the Riverclan leader as she listened to the announcement. Twolegs so close to Riverclan territory? A fearful shiver had run through the apprentice as she stared up, her mouth a bit ajar as she took in that information. Terror suddenly rippled through her chest as she thought over that. Now not only were they battling with Shadowclan, but they were also having twoleg problems? Worry sat along her features as Reedpaw glanced around, searching for others reactions.
Eclipse.

Levi 99

October 16th, 2021, 12:49 PM

Shadefrost pushed his way through the multitude of cats, avoiding any eye contact or conversation. It had been a long day for the young warrior and a fight, though he did like the adrenaline rush, wasn't something he needed at the moment. Although his love for life was dull and he honestly wished that it could end sometime soon, a brawl with some cat that he didn't even know, was a not something he wanted. He would much rather end it on his own terms rather that, and at this very moment his intention was to find a spot that would be nice and peaceful. (Open)

Singing Jay

October 16th, 2021, 02:09 PM

[ Berd THX!]

Jaypaw swallowed. They had almost hoped that no talking would be necessary, a stupid and unrealistic wish but still. They sighed a little on the inside and smiled then. "Jay" They mewed. The other apprentice had called them an apprentice so maybe the last part wouldn't be required? They weren't sure if they could pronounce the "paw" part of their name, hopefully the molly couldn't mind. Then they needed some way to continue the conversation. They tilted their head a little and looked at her with a questioning look, but staid silent, hoping she would just tell them her name in response or something.

Rani

October 16th, 2021, 02:57 PM

Naiad
The giant molly let out a happy purr whiskers twitching with amusement at this fun little game, happily continuing it. Stars above and warmth of the sun the younger generation was just too cute and the molly sent out a short prayer thought that young ones like these lived a life full of joy as they deserved to.
"Oh no no no we dont get any birdies in our territory but the mean ones~ Gulls will peck at you on the beaches sometimes but worse then them are the geese and swans! They hiss like a cat and will bite just because they feel like it, what bullies! Theres one in particular that hates me and chases me, I'd try and fight it off but our medicine cat is rather fond of it~ Perhaps you could pass the word around the birds to not bite cats my pelt would thank you~"

Sunsetblooms paws kneaded into the sand below her in contentment flopping on her belly as she did in a sort of sprawl so she didnt have to stand anymore. The warrior was huge there was a lotta bulk to carry and that got tiring after a time! Besides the sand felt nice and though some complained about the coarse grains to the ex kittypet it reminded her of a beanbag chair she once napped on.
"I would think there'd be no fishes on the moor because I dont think theres a fish alive that can breath air and the moor looks a tad dry~ But for their lack of air breathing experience you are right they are beautiful! They glimmer and shine in the sun as they move through the water like a dance and each fishie has a color all their own, much like cats and birdies I suppose! Theres pink fishies that fade to green and tan on their belly, brown fishies of every shade and most even have stripes, yellow tinged fishies and even little silver fishies that look like silver pelt when they all gather in a deep pool! For all we eat the fishies they are still a joy to watch~ How about next gathering I bring you some pretty fishie scales if you bring me a feather little bird, we can trade! I can even try and find you a specific color though I make no garentees, some fishies can be really hard to catch~"

beau

October 16th, 2021, 07:36 PM

Tidepaw listened with twitching ears and a wide smile. She was surprised with how friendly this Riverclan warrior was, but was glad to see that some cats in the other clans really were nice, not just scowling at everyone else because they smelled weird, or lived in a different clan. "Mean birdies that hiss? I've never heard of those!" The apprentice purred, laughing. Most birds on the moors were skittish and had to be observed from a distanced, but these waterfowl sounded bold. "I'll make sure to pass on the message, I've never heard of such behavior!" She sat as the older molly flopped onto the ground, tilting her head as the warrior spoke about fish and rivers and all sorts of wonderful things.

The apprentice wondered if it would be possible for her to visit Riverclan sometime, not that she'd want to stay there very long. She'd never give up the open skies and wide moors of Windclan, no matter how fascinating another environment may seem. Her eyes widened as the Riverclan cat began speaking about different kinds of fish, the fluffy molly had no clue that fish came in different colors! Pinks and yellows and browns, there was so much diversity! She could imagine the rainbow of glittering colors swirling down a slow moving river, the sun glinting off of their shiny colorful scales. It would be a beautiful thing to see! Tidepaw's attention was captured yet again by the proposition of a trade, something the young she-cat agreed to very enthusiastically. "That sounds wonderful! I'll be sure to collect an extra pretty feather for you! As for the scale, I don't really care about the color, as long as it's shiny!" Maybe she was a bird, at least a little bit. Between her hobby of collecting things and her magpie-like obsession with shiny materials, even Tidepaw herself could see the resemblance. Her white patched ebony pelt resembled a magpie a bit as well, now that she thought of it. "Out of all the fishies in Riverclan, do you have a favorite? Either to eat or to look at." The apprentice figured that fish, much like different rodents and birds, must have their own unique tastes, not to mention all of the lovely colors the warrior had just described. The apprentice was asking out of pure curiosity. Besides, if she ever got the chance to taste fish she'd want to try the best one first! And she wanted to know which ones to keep an eye out for on the off chance she managed to spot some of the scaled dancers in the streams that wound through Windclan territory.

Rani

error

October 16th, 2021, 08:15 PM

-Bushpaw-

The new apprentice looked around, feeling bored. He finally sighed, getting up. “Mistpaw, I’m going to try to talk to other apprentices. See ya.” He got up, spotting a group of apprentices. He went over, taking a seat, and giving a big smile to make a good impression. “Hello, Im Bushpaw of thunderclan! It’s nice to meet you all.” His tail waved impatiently and curiously. He looked at who he was talking with. There was a brown tabby with the distinct smell of Windclan, and Riverclan reeked of the other two there. They were much older than him, but this wasn’t a surprise, having him just become an apprentice practically yesterday. He while he waited for them to answer, he thought and wished he could become the one he was as a kit. When the smile wasn’t just for first impressions, and he wasn’t incredibly ambitious. He just wished.

Jayvines seeingstars Silverfur & Co

ophelia

October 16th, 2021, 09:12 PM

// Jackpot

Darkpaw was being ignored. That was okay, he was used to it. Most cats tended to skip over him despite his size, probably something to do with his quiet presence and dark coat; he just blended in with the shadows. Sometimes he hated how accurate his name was. He listened with interest attentively as Kestrelstar began the meeting. Interesting. The leader was calm and composed, although unable to hide irritation towards Dawnstar. Darkpaw couldn't blame him, ShadowClan was quite intimidating, and he was handling it well.
Unused to the level of activity surrounding him, the apprentice didn't even notice another cat approach his spot near the edge until a voice rang out smoothly. A small fluffy she-cat had settled beside him, her ears tuned towards the leaders. The ThunderClan cat blinked his amber eyes slowly, rotating his head to look down at her. "Hello." Wait no, she'd said good evening. "Uh, good evening," he added on dumbly, embarassed. Trying not to show his awkwardness, he turned slowly back to the front, unblinking. Be cool, be cool, the large black tom repeated to himself mentally.

Silverfur & Co

October 17th, 2021, 07:38 AM

Raven~

October 17th, 2021, 07:51 AM

"It is how do you know?" he meowed. "How do you know my mother?" he meowed "She ahsnt left camp for moons." he meoed

Foxstorm smirked and leaned in, enjoying every moment of his confusion and soon to be hatred. “Why, I believe she’s died recently?” She asked innocently. “Killed in the border, no?” She flicked her tongue. “Such a sad story, really.”

Galaxy_

October 17th, 2021, 08:06 AM

Foxstorm smirked and leaned in, enjoying every moment of his confusion and soon to be hatred. “Why, I believe she’s died recently?” She asked innocently. “Killed in the border, no?” She flicked her tongue. “Such a sad story, really.”

"What how?" he hissed "You Killed her!" getting angrier "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO A INTISENT QUEEN?" Yowling now. Stormpelt glared at the tom he wouldn't fight because of starclan but he wished he could swip a claw at the tom/

Raven~

October 17th, 2021, 09:07 AM

For Mr.Cheese
_______
Foxstorm laughed. Yes! The anger came off of him in waves. Just what she had wanted. “Oh, don’t be so dramatic,” She meowed, examining her claws. “The queen was just begging to die. I mean, I would, who would want two sets of kits. Or maybe,” Foxstorm added, “You turned out so badly she wanted another litter. Oh well, guess we’ll nev - oh look at that!” She interrupted herself. “I think some of her blood is still there!”

gs29513

October 17th, 2021, 10:47 AM

Rookpaw's pointy ears shot up as an irritating noise. Oh great, Deadpaw. She was a little irritated, as always whenever there were a lot of cats around. And also slightly sad. The last time they'd caught glimpses of each other it hadn't been....the best time. She still felt a pit in her stomach when remembering the raid. It was full of weird emotions, anger, pride but mostly shame. Shame at how she felt the first two. She shouldn't. Not when Deadpaw had to participate. She had always hated cats who only had morals in regards to their friends and it made her mad at herself for not feeling bad for ALL of WindClan. I mean, she kind of did. She didn't quite care about Deadpaw yet either. She felt awkward more than anything. She felt shame but not much empathy, in classic Rookpaw fashion. She pushed the existential crisis away for later.
"Oh, it's you. No, I guess my stealth is not that impressive if you count as "too clever" for it." she joked and was then surprised to find herself in a side hug. She smirked a little, knowing Deadpaw was trying to mess with her. Instead of protesting, she reached out her paws and gave her friend an actual hug. Hah!
Yes! Her friend, this was the friend she remembered! Deadmoon chuckled as Rookpaw insulted her intelligence, before quipping I'll have you know I am VERY clever! If I wasn't I'd have run my mouth for too long and ended up with my head and body at different ends of the territories! It might have been a BIT of an exaggeration, but if Deadmoon didn't know when it was getting a bit too tense and she needed to stop she would have been in serious trouble by now. Or maybe not, she wasn't out there for anything more than a bit of chaos after all.
But that train of thought was interrupted. Suddenly, she was being squeezed tightly against Rookpaw, and couldn't help but let out a soft squeak. That wasn't what she had expected! She had been expecting to be pushed away! But it was surprisingly.......not horrible. And she......may or may not have squeezed back. Because hugs were nice, ok? That didn't mean she was SOFT! Rookpaw had started it! Aww, does Rookie like a hug? she singsonged, all the while squeezing back just as tightly. Deadmoon was hypocrisy at it's finest.

WinterMara

October 17th, 2021, 11:08 AM

Shade.

October 17th, 2021, 11:17 AM

Yes! Her friend, this was the friend she remembered! Deadmoon chuckled as Rookpaw insulted her intelligence, before quipping I'll have you know I am VERY clever! If I wasn't I'd have run my mouth for too long and ended up with my head and body at different ends of the territories! It might have been a BIT of an exaggeration, but if Deadmoon didn't know when it was getting a bit too tense and she needed to stop she would have been in serious trouble by now. Or maybe not, she wasn't out there for anything more than a bit of chaos after all.
But that train of thought was interrupted. Suddenly, she was being squeezed tightly against Rookpaw, and couldn't help but let out a soft squeak. That wasn't what she had expected! She had been expecting to be pushed away! But it was surprisingly.......not horrible. And she......may or may not have squeezed back. Because hugs were nice, ok? That didn't mean she was SOFT! Rookpaw had started it! Aww, does Rookie like a hug? she singsonged, all the while squeezing back just as tightly. Deadmoon was hypocrisy at it's finest.

Rookpaw let go of the hug, shaking out her fur back into it's usual shape. Sharp and spiky. She looked at her friend with a deadpan expression before bursting out laughing. She'd missed socialization, when she didn't think about the negative parts.
"Maybe I do. I certainly have enough confidence to admit it, unlike some cats. What I don't have is anyone to hug." she said through laughter. When she settled down, she looked at Deadmoon, shuffled her paws awkwardly and spoke.
"Last time we saw each other it was...awkward, battle and all. What even happened?"I mean, she knew what happened, but didn't really know what to ask.

spade

October 17th, 2021, 11:23 AM

Shimmerpaw nodded back at Snowypaw, glad that they seemed friendly enough. She had been terrified they would make fun of her, maybe even push her around a little for being so timid, but they just seemed nice. When they asked the question, Shimmerpaw paused for a moment, wracking her brain for how to respond. The young molly didn't want to give any information away that could hurt the Clan, but she didn't want to brush Snowypaw off either.

Finally deciding on what to say, she replied "Things h-have been well. ShadowClan h-has been a bit of a b-bother, but I'm s-sure Kestrelstar w-will talk more about it." There! Shimmerpaw had gotten through it without giving too much away, and she had even managed to complete her sentence without stuttering too badly.

Oh dear. From what they could deduct it seemed that ShadowClan's attention diversion had been RiverClan. Ears folded back as blue eyes filled with worry. "I'm sorry. ShadowClan... they're all butts. Their leader the buttiest of them all." Softly, the white furred apprentice shook their head, a tiny flicker of anger welling up inside them. It was frustrating - why couldn't anyone take ShadowClan down? They had bowled WindClan over, though from the RiverClan leader beginning his announcements at least they seemed to have met their match with them.

A sigh came from them as they looked back at Shimmerpaw, beginning to speak once more when yowling caught their attention. Swinging their head around, round blue eyes landed on two cats in a rather loud argument. Snowypaw didn't recognize either of them. "Uh oh," they whispered, nudging Shimmerpaw. Apparently the molly who was part of the argument had... killed another cat?? A queen??? Instantly, Snowypaw shrank back, instintively against Shimmerpaw since she was the closest cat around. What was happening?

TheNyanCatMinecart

October 17th, 2021, 11:31 AM

~ WOLFFANG ~

Wolffang was normally right behind Twilightstar, but at the moment, he was trudging behind a little more. There were a lot of emotions going on in his head despite how serious he appeared to be. WindClan was supposed to be represented to the others as strong, but had they been showing that as of late? Not really. Actually, not at all. Participation was going down. They had lost against ShadowClan. How must they look to everyone else? Not to mention his own stress and thoughts about his own Clanmates viewed him. And, of course, Rosebriar. Where was she? Was she a loner or had... something worse happened to her? Had she died? Would she be in StarClan? Had they accepted her? They'd better.

Oh, StarClan. He'd been sort of left behind. The tom hurried up and reached the Seastones, quickly heading to the place where the deputies sat. He recognized Splashleap. She was from RiverClan and had their disgusting fishy scent, but she wasn't too bad. He didn't know Dogbark well. And... oh, great. ShadowClan had a new deputy now. And it was... Wolffang didn't know his name, but it was the tom he had fought at the battle. With some new scars. Wolffang had a shoulder scar to boast from the same tom. Despite how brief their interaction had been, it seemed as though they had both earned some scars.

Wolffang pointedly sat himself between Splashleap and Dogbark, tucking his gray tail over his paws and holding himself high. He couldn't look weak in front of these cats. Every cat would be able to see him. The tom dipped his head to the three of them, although he was more tense around the other tom. "Splashleap, Dogbark," he greeted the RiverClan and ThunderClan deputies formally. "And you, whatever your name is. I remember who you are." His gaze narrowed pointedly at the big dark gray tabby. He turned his attention to all three deputies. "How's the prey running in your Clans?" he questioned. Although it was directed at all three of the other deputies, he seemed to be directing it more toward Splashleap and Dogbark.

gs29513 Willowfern Singing Jay (Sorry for this being so late!)

Pitou

October 17th, 2021, 11:34 AM

| Sandpaw of Shadowclan |

' 'Y-yeah I know you won't bite, we're not allowed too.' '

That sounded, better in his head. . .the Riverclan leader didn't seem as cocky as last time, which was a nice refresher, and this apprenticed seemed calm as well, good. maybe this would be okay, but then he heard some yelling, just, just ignore it Sand, continue with the conversation and you'll be fine.

| Ravensong

| Softpaw of Thunderclan |

She decided to sit near Bluepaw as this was her first gathering and she was, terrified, what if Riverclan began a fight or, what if THUNDERCLAN began a fight? No no, Starclan wouldn't allow that, it'd be fine. Speaking that though, everyone seemed calm, fine, even Kestralstar, it amazed her, were things getting better? Was everything going to be to okay? She gave Bluepaw as, confused yet positive glance.

| ~Fierce~

**Codpaw of Riverclan**

Codpaw turned his attention back to the Shadowclan apprentice and cocked his head with a small smile. So far the announcements had all but lost his attention, he was far more curious about these other apprentices. "I thought Shadowclan never really honored the truce agreement anyway. They say in the nursery that Dawnstar doesn't follow Starclan. Is that true? I don't mind not following the truce agreement, I think it's silly that we need a truce agreement just to talk."

Codpaw's eyes were wide and curious, his mouth turned in an easy smile. This Sandpaw was a bit jumpy but he liked him just the same. It seemed most Shadowclanners didn't have much interest in talking to Riverclan. He shrugged and glanced at the high stones, mildly curious what Dawnstar would say. He'd never seen the leader before. She was bigger than he'd assumed she would've been but she didn't look evil, nobody really looked evil. So was anybody even evil? He shrugged away the thoughts.

Willowfern

October 17th, 2021, 11:39 AM

Dogbark nodded his head to Wolffang, tail coiled tighter around his paws,
“Prey is running well in ThunderClan,” Dogbark said, with stiff formality and a flick of his ear, “We’ll have solid hunting well into Leaf-bare, once it arrives.”
Dogbark couldn’t help notice that Wolffang carried a few fresh marks on his pelt, and he wondered what the other Deputy had got to in the past moon.
Suddenly, his thoughts were interrupted by some yelling in the crowd, and his ears flicked back in annoyance,
Can’t we have a single minute without some dumb idiot disturbing the peace??
His annoyance was cut off by faint interest as he heard the cats saying something about a death? A Queen involved? ShadowClan? RiverClan?
Oh, this should be interesting.
Of course, it was a great shame for a RiverClan Queen to die, any Queen or cat for that matter, but what was done was done, now to see how fish-fur up there reacted.

// TheNyanCatMinecart Singing Jay gs29513
(No problem man)

WinterMara

October 17th, 2021, 11:39 AM

Pitou

October 17th, 2021, 12:12 PM

| Sandpaw of Shadowclan |

W-wait, she didn't. . .follow Starclan, is that true? He shouldn't have to ask these questions but here he was asking them anyway, maybe he should just, ignore the question and, move on with the conversation, yeah that, that was a good idea,

' ' Yeah, it is kind of ridiculous, I guess there just some cats that need that though. . .' '

He wasn't referring to any particular cats, since he was personally unsure of who would need a truce or why, but, benefit of the doubt I guess? The air suddenly felt more tense to him, but he had no idea why, Codpaw didn't seem bad, which was strange with how the last gathering made Riverclan seem, and well, with how his own clan had made them seem, so what was the issue?

| Ravensong

**Codpaw of Riverclan**

Codpaw carried on, unaware of any discomfort coming from the pale apprentice or any tension among the cats on the beach. He was aware of the issues Shadowclan had with Riverclan and Windclan. But was it really so important that they stay mad at each other? Lightly, he pondered, "Do you think Starclan even cares? I mean do you think they actually want us all to fight? Maybe Starclan wouldn't actually care if we did just get along and had a truce always. They tell us that Starclan doesn't want us having friends outside our clan but is that actually what Starclan wants? Or did so.ebody just make it up?" He shrugged then turned to look directly at Sandpaw. "So what do you eat in Shadowclan? Is it all frogs and crowfood like in the nursery stories?"

Undertaker

October 17th, 2021, 12:21 PM

Looks like the fish was up first. Dawnstar didn't bother acknowledging any of the leaders as they arrived, not even her favorite Bunny. The excess aggravation that bubbled below the surface dimmed as she focused her thoughts on something other than being annoyingly tired. The lack of heat and the weak insult given by Kestrelstar was more or less shoved aside. Dawnstar was so used to Bunnystar almost cold dismissal when it came to reacting to things Dawnstar's done made it rather easy for her to remain unruffled when the fish did it. Besides the verbal insulting game was boring, claws and blood left bigger scars. She was interested in what brought on the sudden change. It almost felt like she was dealing with a second Bunnystar.

"Common sense? Really, ShadowClan's the one lacking common sense." Sarcasm made her growl deeper and her eyes roll. She gave Kestrelstar a pointed look while cocking her head just slightly as if to express her confusion. "I could have sworn you were the one asking me for a fight! Weren't you? I mean I haven't caused you a lick of trouble... at least not intentionally, since I replaced my mother as leader of ShadowClan. The little feud between our clans, I was more than happy to dismiss. I'm not interested in drawing blood unless you give me a reason to. You're the one who had to run his mouth and purposely antagonize my clan. Verbal or otherwise, if I feel that my clan's been wronged I'm going to retaliate. You must know how prideful ShadowClan can be, it doesn't matter how small or how mousebrained the jab if you start something, and you did for absolutely no reason, no visible goal, gain, or benefit to RiverClan, I'm going to continue it until I feel the wrong righted or until it's finished." She replied with a sneer on her maw.

Dawnstar was pretty much immune to any verbal retaliation unless it got claws unsheathed, insults weren't going to do much against her. She's made it clear numerous times that she didn't care how many bodies she needs to pile up, nor how much blood she needed to spill, she had no mercy for those who cross her or ShadowClan. Kestrelstar brought this upon himself and RiverClan. It didn't matter how many battles were 'won' or 'loss' unless Kestrelstar was willing to eradicate ShadowClan, Dawnstar was going to keep coming until he felt the same ire she felt against that slight.

"ShadowCla---" Dawnstar abruptly turned to address the clans for her announcements, yet was stopped when she heard a yowl cut through the air. Her eyes locked on the pair of cats, one was her warrior and the other she was guessing a fish from the pelt. Foxstorm, hmm, it seemed Dawnstar was wrong about her. As many cats that have fallen underneath her claws, Dawnstar wasn't one to brag about it. It was beneath her. The taunting and teasing had the leader's hackles raised. Once someone was dead that was it, done, it was unnecessary to sink as low as Foxstorm was going.

Dawnstar called herself a lot of things, has done a lot of terrible things in the name of vengeance, she wasn't sure if her mother would be turning in her grave if Dawnstar told her half of the dirt she's pulled. But she did know that Icestar would be rather disgusted if Dawnstar tormenting the living with the tales of how she killed their clanmates. If a cat with a moral compass as messed up as Dawnstar's thought what you're doing or saying was... 'off' then there was something wrong with it!

"FOXSTORM!" The molly opened her maw wide to roar at her warrior. If looks could kill Foxstorm would have died, returned, and then died again. Dawnstar was livid to put it kindly. "I am three tail lashes away from coming down there, jamming my claws into your mouth, and ripping that piece of crowfood you call a tongue, straight out of your head." The cored muscles in the dark brown she-cat's body rippled with built-up tension. Her words came out relatively cold and level through her fury, "Leave, go wait at camp till we return, I'll give you your punishment when I arrive." If the molly couldn't figure out why she was getting punishments, well, sucks to be her. She had the whole walk home to debate what had ticked off the leader.

spade FrostCat Mr.Cheese

Galaxy_

October 17th, 2021, 12:31 PM

~Stormpelt~

Looked up at dawnstar then looking at Foxstorm with hatred "Serves her right." he murmured "Thank You Dawnstar." stormpelt meowed loudly enough for her to hear him. "Kestrelsat Now that I have learned the truth may I ask Foxstorm where she has buried my Mother?" The tom meowed "So I can go back and Pay my respect with Whitekit?" he meowed "He will be upset to hear this news."
Undertaker spade FrostCat

WinterMara

October 17th, 2021, 12:32 PM

| Sandpaw of Shadowclan |

As Codpaw went on with his philosophies, Sandpaw eyed around the beach, he felt sick, emotionally sick. He, was planning on replying to the apprentices questions, but then, his leader spoke, and he was horrified. She seemed livid, more than that actually, what did Foxstorm do to get that threat? All he could do was just, stand up and take a few steps back, this was clearly to much for the young tom.

| Ravensong

furrensic

October 17th, 2021, 12:43 PM

open //

➸ wheathen

oh, goodness gracious! she was running late to the gathering!

by the time wheathen arrived at the gathering, it seemed clan announcements had already started. and, someone was already in trouble with the big bad wolf, dawnstar. "well I'll be darned.." she murmured, a southern drawl buzzing in her voice, listening to the shadowclan leader's threat that was directed at her own clanmate. such a heartless lady, threatenin' her clanmates, I'll never understand how people can like her! well, to be fair, tyrants always did seem to have a lot of fans. or really, lackeys.

deciding to not trouble herself by trying to learn what happened, the large molly padded on over to an area and sat down. "hopefully I didn't miss nothin' too important." she assumed she didn't, but there was usually always bickering at gatherings.

spade

October 17th, 2021, 01:20 PM

Surprise wasn't an emotion present that Kestrelstar felt as Dawnstar reared up on her high, sarcastic horse and threw the insult back in his face. The leader merely narrowed his eyes but didn't give into her reaction, instead deciding to focus on his breathing. He'd let the anger he felt about the situation out later - but not here. Not with the eyes of his Clan upon him.

In his mind, he hadn't started anything. Hadn't it been ShadowClan who had killed Melonpaw? Who had attacked warriors of his at the border? And what had RiverClan done - take in multiple cats from ShadowClan who no longer wished to live under Dawnstar's rule? If that was "starting something" then Kestrelstar had to fight to suppress a chuckle.

"Continue it all you want, Dawnstar," came the chipped reply of the RiverClan leader, yellow gaze still not bothering to look in her direction. It wasn't worth the effort to him. "RiverClan will defend it's own, and your warriors will gain more scars to match the ones we gave them the night of your cowardly attack." A hint of anger, but nothing he couldn't squash right there and then.

If honestly was a thing at Gatherings, and if he wasn't so good at hiding his emotions, everyone on the sand below would see just how anxious Kestrelstar was. Treading the line of defending RiverClan, but not having his own Clan look at him terrified. He wanted to defend RiverClan. He wanted to avenge the deaths they had caused - remembering Melonpaw's mangled body was something he did often - but the cost was almost too much. The fear, the worry, the pure anxiety that gripped him as he fell on his own sword of protecting RiverClan, well, it was too much for the gray tabby to bare.

Kestrelstar was content to leave it at that, let it pass. Until the yowling started. Ears swiveled down to spot Stormpelt and an unfamiliar molly - but by Dawnstar's angry screaming quickly realized it was a ShadowClan warrior. Who had... killed a queen. This time the anger roared to life in him, and burned briefly in his eyes. Claws scrapped the rock as the leader fought back a biting remark. No. He had to be calm. Composed. Stars, it was hot again. His throat felt constricted, tightening, as his heart beat faster and faster.

He couldn't let it go here. Not at the Gathering. Not with these eyes. Not with RiverClan.

"Where... did you bury her?" His voice was steady, though strained as Kestrelstar glared down at the ShadowClan warrior. Everything went dull except for the scene before him - sounds, sights, scents. Even Stormpelt was ignored for the time being. The leader's yellow gaze focused solely onto Foxstorm.

// Undertaker Mr.Cheese FrostCat

dino.

October 17th, 2021, 01:34 PM

Papaya
(For Blizzardpaw)
Juniperpaw was excited. This was her first gathering! Boy, would this be fun. The blue-furred apprentice bounced away from the rest of Shadowclan and sat in wait for the other clans. Bending down, Juniperpaw gave herself a thorough grooming, more and more cats sweeping into the Seastones. Looking up with triumph, she noticed a white and black tabby looking at something with fury. Without taking the time to figure out what he was looking at, the Shadowclan molly wandered over nonchalant, then narrowed her eyes in flase confusion, acting as if she had only just noticed him. "What are you glaring at?" She followed his gaze, her green eyes landing on Dawnstar. She frowned, but quickly shook it off. Frowns made wrinkles, after all. But why would anyone look mad at Dawnstar? "I'm Juniperpaw, of Shadowclan. And you are?"
>Blizzardpaw<
The white and black tom stiffened as someone approached him, and turned to face the speaker. His nose wrinkled in immediate disgust. Ugh, this cat reeked of frog! And his suspicions were quickly confirmed - fantastic. "Your murderer of a leader," he sniffed, sitting up straight with a lash of his tail. "I'm Blizzardpaw of WindClan, the perpetual target of your tyrant's temper tantrums. Now, shoo - I don't want to talk to killers that stink of mud." He'd never get the stench out of his fur.

Whitefur
Whitefur walked out fo the crowd he spotted a warrior he could talk to. "Greetings in Windtail of Windclan. Who must you be?" He meowed to the other cat. (Seaspray) Papaya
>Seaspray<
Seaspray's ears perked up and he turned to grin at the cat that approached. "Seaspray of RiverClan," he said with a low bow, "former cap'n of a hearty crew of ship cats. At your service, mate!"

He stood up straight, eyes bright. "Ah, WindClan! So you're a member o' one o' the other Clans. Which one is that again? Are ya one o' the moor cats?"

{ Papaya }
Smokypaw noticed Bumblepaw and tilted his head, He bounced over greeting the tom with a cheery smile "Hey! I'm Smokypaw of Shadowclan! Who are you?" He asked tilting his head
>Bumblepaw<
Bumblepaw jumped as someone bounded over to him, and had to do a double-take. Aw, man... he'd really hoped he'd be able to avoid conversation tonight. "Er, Bumblepaw, ThunderClan," he replied, a tad awkwardly. "It's, uh, it's nice to meet you?"

Abyssopelagic

October 17th, 2021, 01:36 PM

Dimhazel trots behind the rest of their Clanmates, preferring to take up the rear than mingle with the other cats. For now they craved quiet and perhaps the Gathering was a strange place to seek solace in, given the vast number of cats, but they found peace in letting the conversations of others wash over them and allow their brain a chance to relax and not need to think.
When they arrive, Dimhazel finds a spot amidst the rest of the Gathering cats, not caring where it was they sat, anywhere was good, as long as no one tried to start a fight with them.

Galaxy_

October 17th, 2021, 01:40 PM

Papaya

"So you where a rough once?" he meowed Whitetail looked confused by his acccent. "A Waht cat?"

Galaxy_

October 17th, 2021, 01:52 PM

~StormPelt~

Looking down at his paws. Stormpelt felt hatred and Sandness. Why was his leader not arguing how did he control his emotions? Stormpelt wasn't good at that he glared looking up at Dawnstar and Kestrelstar. "How can you guys act calm when a MURDER HAPPENED?" he was getting on his last nerves. He hissed "You guy's just sitting there like mindless kits. While IM here suffering!"
spade Undertaker

Singing Jay

October 17th, 2021, 02:01 PM

TheNyanCatMinecart (better late then never) gs29513 Willowfern

Finally. That bunny was here. As much as Shadestorm had hoped the dump thing would be dead be still looked forward to see what sort of reaction Wolffang would have and... That was it? A grim look a little bit of rudeness, no surprise, no fear of anger, just some irritation it seemed. Well how incredibly rude of him, not to react at the sight of Shadestorm. He had expected better from the bunny, but what could you do, it was a Windclanner after all, just a weak little rabbit.

Splashleap hadn't yet answered his question about the Riverclan warrior, not like it mattered anyway, whoever the fish-breath was she wouldn't live for long, no one defeated him and lived, and he would make sure he could soon bring back her pelt to calm, and take one of her bones for his nest. A hobby of his, and a collection of trophies after all this kills.

Dogbark was being a rude and grumpy, noting new there. But Wolffang had apparently asked a question Shadestorm hadn't bothered to pay attention for but based on the dogo's answer it seemed to be about how the prey was running. "Prey is running as good as always, lots of toads, lizards and snakes especially!" He made sure to smile as he listed the prey. He knew the other clan's didn't agree with Shadowclan's choice of prey and he looked forward to seeing some wrinkled noses and glances from the other deputies. He quite enjoyed when his clan truly stood out, and in a good way, unlike those fish-breaths.

"Oh, and my name is Shadestorm" he mewed and tilted his head towards the bunny deputy with a slight grin. "I reckon you'd hear it anyways but why not spare you the trouble." Another grin before his gaze flowed over the gathered cats below him.

And... great. Foxstorm and some fish had began to argue or something like that, he hadn't really been paying attention to that either until Dawnstar reacted to it. By hers and Kestrelstar's words it looked like a whole fight was about to brake out. It was a gathering and Shadestorm had a feeling Starclan wouldn't exactly like a fight starting here and now, he knew Foxstorm could be rather annoying at times but the Riverclanner must still have started it. As much as it would look bad on Shadowclan the deputy still felt an urge to fight, urge to dig his claws into something living and breathing, urged to draw blood.

Now he could spot the fish whole Foxstorm was arguing with. Some useless thing, throwing a fit over something as little as a slight murder. He rolled his eyes. Some cats just weren't brave and fierce enough to take it, were they? Gladly only a few cats like that lived in his clan, sadly one of those cats was his own apprentice. Meadowpaw was far too weak, maybe now that he was deputy maybe he could get her reassigned, to someone more... suited for her softness... he made a mental note to do so before continuing to watch the little argument under him with slight amusement, ignoring the other deputies.

Pitou

October 17th, 2021, 02:15 PM

**Elmshadow of Shadowclan**

Elmshadow nodded once in respect of his leader's measured response to Kestrelstar's goading. He remained on his feet, not caring to sit back down. The angry yowl of an unknown warrior rang out, interrupting Dawnstar as she began her announcements. He turned as he heard Dawnstar's growl call Foxstorm's name. He knew Foxstorm, she wasn't exactly the cat he'd trust with his life or his word but she wasn't a cat to be dismissed. Hearing her under such venomous fire from Dawnstar made Elmshadow's pelt prickle. He wasn't sure how Foxstorm would take the rebuke. He turned his head to search for Foxstorm in the crowd. He wasn't generally concerned by Gathering drama but when it was something that got Dawnstar so riled at her own clanmate, he paid attention.
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**Cougarivy of Shadowclan**

Cougarivy listened as Kestrelstar gave his passive aggressive report, a smile splitting her maw. Does he really believe he can get under Shadowclan's pelt that easily? She glanced at Elmshadow as she saw him shift up to his feet. She used the suddenly unsettled crowd of cats to shift her weight and stretch. Her feet were beginning to go numb from her added weight she was still attempting to get used to. Though she realized she wouldn't have to be getting too used to it at this point, the little parasites should be popping out any time now. Going through all the effort to compensate for the weight difference and change in body distributions and the time to groom herself just so every morning to keep the padding around her midsection concealed was becoming exhausting. And with leaf-bare coming, cats may start questioning why she still looked Green-leaf fed.

Cougarivy got to her paws and walked discreetly to Elmshadow and settled herself beside him just in time to hear the disruption in the crowd and Dawnstar's outraged rebuke. She smiled, Oh, what fun! She was vastly intrigued by what punishment Dawnstar had in store for the poor she-cat.
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| Sandpaw of Shadowclan |

As Codpaw went on with his philosophies, Sandpaw eyed around the beach, he felt sick, emotionally sick. He, was planning on replying to the apprentices questions, but then, his leader spoke, and he was horrified. She seemed livid, more than that actually, what did Foxstorm do to get that threat? All he could do was just, stand up and take a few steps back, this was clearly to much for the young tom.

| Ravensong

**Codpaw of Riverclan**

Codpaw was ready to go on but was immediately cut off by Dawnstar stepping forward for her announcement. He sighed and paid attention, turning his gaze to the large she-cat but he watched Sandpaw from the corner of his eye. Are even Shadowclan cats afraid of their own leader? Then he was pulled completely out of his head as Dawnstar's yowl rang out. He hadn't heard what had prompted the outburst from the Shadowclan leader but it must've been bad. He watched wide-eyed as the dark she-cat threatened and ultimately sent off her own warrior. Respectable or insanity? He couldn't quite place his thoughts on the leader, especially with having missed exactly what had started it. From the corner of his eye he saw Sandpaw stand and slink backwards. He turned to face the young apprentice, his head cocked. The leader's presence was daunting, sure, but was it this terrifying? "She's mad at another warrior. Will she punish the whole clan for something one warrior did at a gathering?"

WinterMara

October 17th, 2021, 02:30 PM

| Sandpaw of Shadowclan |

He was just, scared of what would happen if he messed up, what would Dawnstar do then, Foxstorm scared him as well if she made Dawnstar that infuriated, but then, he was sent back into his senses by Codpaw asking yet another question.

' 'N-no, it's just that, I didn't expect such. . .er, harsh threats, that's all. . .' '

Sandpaw didn't want the Riverclan tom to seem too worried over the whole thing, well, wait. Kestralstar was asking where someone was buried, oh gosh, someone did murder and said it at a gathering. His stomach began curling up as his worries widened.

| Ravensong

Jade13

October 17th, 2021, 03:40 PM

foxpaw sat looking at the riverclan and shadowclan cats. there seemed to be a lot of tension between the two clans. she tried not to care but she did. she was on riverclans side for this. it was hard not to be. shadowclan had KILLED her mentor! she would never forgive them for that

ravenpaw watched staying silent, thsi was one thing she never understud about clans. why they had to fight so much. of course she would always protect her clan but couldnt shadowclan you know not be mean

leafheart watched slilently. this was his first gathering as a warrior and it went the same as always. shadowclan getting into an argument with some other clan. honestly it was getting old\

lilypaw also stayed silent but she wanted so bad to yell at riverclan though she had to keep her calm nice act of at the gathering. one day she would fight in the battles and help her clan but for now she was stuck with a small amout of traning.

frogfang sat next to lilypaw watching all the other clans. spotting the weak from the strong. though he wouldnt do anything about them now it was good to look around and spot them out. riverclan was... a problem and a pain in shadowclans side though its not like they couldnt deal with them. he trusted dawnstar

aspenpaw watched fro the vary back staying quiet. he looked at riverclan all he could feel was pain looking at them. he was half thunderclan blood half riverclan. his father was a horrible cat. no body knew this of course. why would he tell somebody

( all open )

Lilyshine

October 17th, 2021, 03:41 PM

MORNINGPAW [OPEN]

Part of her missed the atmosphere of Gatherings, considering she hadn't attended one in a couple moons. All the frantic happenings in the last few moons had kept Morningpaw from really, truly enjoying herself. With tensions settling, she hoped she could make up all that she'd missed. Something in the back of her head echoed her past doubts, so she tried to chase it away with a shake of her head.

Looking to the Seastones, a new figure caught her eye; it seems like Shadowclan up and replaced their last deputy. Morningpaw let out a thoughtful hum; high ranks never seemed to stick around for so long, did they? Or was she just living in a time of uncertainty?

MAPLEPAW [OPEN]

Maplepaw bowed her head as she arrived with her clan, pushed around amidst the sea of cats around her. Another Gathering where she wasn't a warrior. Why did she keep coming to these stupid things, anyways?

Pawing awkwardly at the sand below her, she surveyed the crowd of cats. The high ranks were standing tall upon the Seastones as always, probably exchanging their usual pleasantries. Featherbrainstar seemed oddly quiet though; good for him. It was irritating to have to hear his voice every moon after he had lashed out at her.

CINDERPAW [OPEN]

Cinderkit was practically vibrating with excitement as the cool leaf-fall air sunk through her thick pelt and hit her skin. It was the Gathering. \Her first Gathering, ever! She'd made it, finally!

The feeling of the beach under her paws was foreign but welcome. She pranced through the sand, watching the pawsteps she left behind her, which were soon engulfed by the rest of the arriving clans. Her bicolored eyes widened as she saw the sheer number of her fellow clangoers.

"...Are there really that many cats in the clans?" She mumbled to herself, the true scope of the world beginning to dawn on her. Was this all she had been missing out on, or was there more?

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~Lilyshine~
Lilyshine padded through the sea of cats. It had been a while since she had been to a gathering. She paused to scan the area, looking for the familiar pelts of her friends. Unfortunately, it seemed they weren't coming. Lilyshine padded nervously around. The clans had been anxious lately and she wasn't sure it was the best time to go talk to anyone.

Suddenly, something caught her eye. A she-cat that seemed to be an apprentice was shifting nervously around on her paws. Lilyshine recognized it as Morningpaw. Lilyshine paused, wondering if it would help to go talk to the apprentice. Ultimately, she decided it wouldn't hurt to say hi.

"Um hey," Lilyshine muttered. Morningpaw looked up surprisingly. "How are you?"

Ian

October 17th, 2021, 06:47 PM

Oh dear. From what they could deduct it seemed that ShadowClan's attention diversion had been RiverClan. Ears folded back as blue eyes filled with worry. "I'm sorry. ShadowClan... they're all butts. Their leader the buttiest of them all." Softly, the white furred apprentice shook their head, a tiny flicker of anger welling up inside them. It was frustrating - why couldn't anyone take ShadowClan down? They had bowled WindClan over, though from the RiverClan leader beginning his announcements at least they seemed to have met their match with them.

A sigh came from them as they looked back at Shimmerpaw, beginning to speak once more when yowling caught their attention. Swinging their head around, round blue eyes landed on two cats in a rather loud argument. Snowypaw didn't recognize either of them. "Uh oh," they whispered, nudging Shimmerpaw. Apparently the molly who was part of the argument had... killed another cat?? A queen??? Instantly, Snowypaw shrank back, instintively against Shimmerpaw since she was the closest cat around. What was happening?

"T-they really are, I-I don't like violence m-much but... someone n-needs to do something about t-them." Shimmerpaw mewed, casting a darting glance up to where Dawnstar sat on the large rock before quickly dropping her gaze as if the leader would look at her at a moments notice. Giving her pelt a quick shake to dislodge the fear that had settled in her bones, the young molly turned back to Snowypaw, only to give a violent flinch at the sudden yowling.She pushed back against Snowypaw as they shrank into her, taking comfort in the WindClan apprentice that was next to her. At this moment in time, Shimmerpaw didn't care that they were from separate Clans, she just needed some form of comfort before she broke down at the sudden yelling.

After taking a moment to steady her breathing, she finally managed to hear what was going on. The ShadowClan warrior, Foxstorm was her name if Dawnstar's screaming was any indication, had killed Stormpelt's mother while she was expecting. It was just horrible! Who knowingly killed a queen who was expecting, just for the fun of it?! That cat was sick in the head, even Dawnstar was mad at her for rubbing it in.

"How could she?!" Shimmerpaw murmured under her breath to Snowypaw, her voice trembling in barely concealed rage. It was rare for her to ever get angry, much less express it, but the fact that the ShadowClan scum had killed not only a queen, but her unborn kits mad her want to tear the fur right off her back. "A queen and her unborn kits... it's awful.

spooky spade

gs29513

October 17th, 2021, 07:10 PM

At least the toms weren't reacting horribly to her somewhat pitiful attempt at an olive branch! She had honestly expected a more negative reaction, but hey, she wasn't about to complain. The prey isn't running so much as swimming STARCLAN she had to stop making that joke But there's been plenty of fish. I'm glad to hear your hunting has been successful as well. And she really did mean it. While no other clan would likely begin fishing, hunger always made cats do stupid things. Like attack other clans. And it was no secret the fish were typically the easiest to get ahold of in leafbare, if you were willing to brave the cold. So the other clans being well fed was always good for avoiding conflict.

Splashleap was pleased to see Wolffang arrive, it gave her a bit more of a chance to keep things decently friendly. It was a surprise things had gotten this far calmly if you asked her, given the clipped responses the leaders were giving. Kestrelstar was doing well enough at holding what was clearly a vat of irritation in, but it was only a matter of time before it began to slip out, at least in her experience. But he was doing well so far, she'd give him that.

A commotion in the crowd drew her attention. A Shadowclan molly, Foxstorm it seemed, and Stormpelt were yelling, or something. But as Dawnstar and Kestrelstar were drawn into the chaos, it became abundantly clear what had happened. Foxstorm had killed, no, MURDERED a queen and her unborn kits. Horrifying, to be quite frank about it. Splashleap couldn't help it, her mouth dropped into an O of surprise as she cast a venomous glance at the Shadowclan molly. Next time, there would surely be a next time, they were in conflict with Shadowclan, that would be a pelt to target. Although judging by the general uproar, she wasn't the only one who had pinned a target on the murderer's back.

Looking over to her fellows, Splashleap was sickened by the lack of emotion on Shadestorm's face. Well, emotion besides some twisted sense of amusement that he was apparently gleaning from the arguments. Clearly, this whole thing was reflecting poorly on just about everyone involved. Breaking her stoic position, she moved through the crowd towards Stormpelt, stopping beside her clanmate. She placed her tail gently across the bristling fur, and tried to gently push him downwards, into a more relaxed position.

Please, try to relax. I know it's......awful, but we'll have a chance to get revenge. Shadowclan is going to try to make trouble again, and when they do there's no reason we can't get revenge. Stars she was horrible at making other cats feel better! But she had to try, clearly no one else in the clan was rising to the task. So on her it was, try and defuse things before Kestrelstar, who seemed to be veritably smoking at the ears by this point, exploded.

She felt a bit awful trying to calm someone down with promises of potential death for adversaries, but she wasn't sure what else would help. Except maybe Starclan. I'm sure your mother is in Starclan, watching us even now. Let us not disgrace her memory with violence during the Gathering. she added, trying to keep her voice soft and smooth. Comforting was HARD!
Mr.Cheese spooky spade TheNyanCatMinecart Willowfern Singing Jay

alaskaa

October 17th, 2021, 07:15 PM

Hazelpaw looked up in horror. Some ShadowClan warrior, her nme was Foxstorm it seemed, had murdered an expecting queen? Heartless.

She dug her claws deep into the ground, well-nourished anger boiling inside her. ShadowClan! Hazelpaw growled softly. That Clan of frogs always tried to stir up trouble.

Jay.

October 17th, 2021, 07:16 PM

( a little late but shhhhh) Looncry ★ RiverClan Warrior ★ Open!

He was probably going to regret this. He hadn't
layed eyes on a ThunderClan cat in moons, and
he had wanted to keep it that way. But maybe
if he stared at them like they were a murderous
twoleg... hopefully they would leave him alone.

Making his way into the gathering space, he
took a seat near the back, farthest away from
anyone as possible.

Galaxy_

October 17th, 2021, 07:24 PM

~Stormpelt~

"Thank you." he meowed starting to calm down "Its just my mother we were closer then ever."
gs29513

Raven~

October 17th, 2021, 07:35 PM

Galaxy_

October 17th, 2021, 07:38 PM

Brainless_blankie

October 17th, 2021, 09:28 PM

Brainless_blankie

October 17th, 2021, 09:35 PM

Larksong sat uncomfortably by himself trying to block out the fighting and the thoughts of how awful some of the things that had happened recently were, sighing shakily he squeezed his eyes shut and padded the sand with his front paws trying to distract himself

(Open to anyon e aaa I’m just bored :, ) Btw Larksong is from riverclan just in case that’s something you need to know)

Jayvines

October 17th, 2021, 10:42 PM

~Mistpaw~

Oh.

She gave her brother a brief nod before letting her ears and tail droop to the ground as he walked away to another group of apprentices. It made sense for him to want to meet other apprentices, but it didn't make her feel any less out of her element now that she was alone in this strange environment.

The sudden conflict and yowl from cats in the crowd and an intimidating form sitting with the leaders had her shrink as her hackles raised in alarm.

Murder?! Of a queen?! And that was just accepted?!?!

She felt sick. Was this what normally happened at gatherings? Oh stars, if it was then she wasn't sure she wanted to attend the next one.

alaskaa

October 17th, 2021, 11:36 PM

N0va73 || seeingstars || Nixey

Hazelpaw glanced back at her Clanmate, who was now accusing Foxstorm of lying. The apprentice frowned. Even if this queen - who seemed to be Stormpelt's mother, by the looks of it - had been going to a river, it might've been in ShadowClan territory. But Hazelpaw wasn't going to voice her thoughts.

She lifted her chin, and turned back to Reedpaw, Eveningpaw and Fogpaw.

"Isn't that horrible?" Hazelpaw mewed in a low voice. She flicked her tail. "That Foxstorm cat killed a queen that was expecting kits."

She didn't think she would ever have the heart to do that, even if the queen had been trespassing. Hazelpaw might have just given the queen a scratch or two and sent her on the way back to her own territory. The light brown tabby she-cat sat down, wrapping her tail around her paws.

Would I murder a queen if she was trespassing? Oh, StarClan, why do you have to make life so difficult?

It was hard not to let out a wordless scream. Clamping her maw together, she glanced up at the full moon, still shining brightly. No clouds covering it. Did that mean StarClan agreed with Foxstorm? Hazelpaw shuddered slightly. The thought was unpleasant.

Abyssopelagic

October 18th, 2021, 02:18 AM

Coldamber, she/her

Coldamber meanders aimlessly among the milling cats, looking for somewhere among them all for a place to sit, but nowhere felt right. There was always something. A ShadowClanner proudly announced the merciless slughter of another Clans queen, intermittent bickering from many groups, gossiping and snooty warriors that scowled at anyone so much as daring to approach their closed little group, and the all too loud apprentices that felt the need to one up eachother with their endeavors.
And that wasn't mentioning how her skin crawled whenever she neared one of her own Clanmates, memories bubbling to the surface. Looks of disappointment and judgement filled her mind and shed have to turn away before the pressure in her chest suffocated her.
She quickly passed to the front of the cats Gathered, closest to the Stream Stones and still she had no one to sit with, still she felt outlasted among the throng of cats. She sat, miserably in her own little corner, tail coming to curl around herself as she hunched, eyes still searching.

Her heart becomes lighter as a familiar toms pelt practically blazes into her sights. She blinks and looks up, to make sure her eyes weren't playing tricks on her, but alone sat Snakeheart, none of the other Medicine Cats seemed to have bothered to join the Gathering. Without thinking, she stands up and trots closer to the front of the crowd, an eager desire to talk to the only cat she had left that had never made her feel judged or broken somehow.
She waves her tail wildly, trying to catch his attention. As much as she wanted to speak to him.... a small and nagging part of her brain was convinced he wouldn't want to see her. She wouldn't dare intrude if he'd much rather stay by himself. She waited instead for his reply.
Rani

Levi 99

October 18th, 2021, 03:31 AM

Shadefrost looked over in the direction of Foxstorm and the Riverclanner with irritation, "she's dead alright" he said in a harsh tone, "it doesn't matter how she died if your just trying to find out where she's buried, but if you want to question everything Foxstorm says then do it on your way out. Then without saying another word he laid his head back down closed his eyes as he waited for the meeting to start.
Mr.Cheese FrostCat

Galaxy_

October 18th, 2021, 03:33 AM

alaskaa

October 18th, 2021, 03:58 AM

-Dawnstreak of WindCan-

Dawnstreak shifted uncomfortably, as that fish cat Stormpelt began arguing with another cat, Shadefrost. She jammed her maw shut, trying not to say anything, when what she wanted to really do was scream at StarClan. Why weren't they covering th moon?

It was so wrong, Clan cats bickering and squabbling about murder. Dawnstreak dug her claws into the ground. The Clans seemed to be pretty tense, maybe she wouldn't attend the next Gathering.

-Cedarflame of ThunderClan-

Cedarflame sat down, watching the fish cat and the frog cats argue. Perhaps if the fishies started a war over some stupid murder of some unimportant queen, then ThunderClan could strike back, taking back Firefly Cove while RiverClan was distracted with the frogs.

There was so much pointless drama. That fishie cat, Stormpelt, should really just get over it, Cedarflame thought. No matter how sad the fishie was, death was irreversible. You had to move on with life, or you'd be trapped in a bubble while every other cat carried on living happily.

stag

October 18th, 2021, 04:03 AM

FloodFrost He/Him

Gathering were useless to him,no use in telling her what was new with him. Butterflydust was a bit more important than some petty drama from months ago. Riverclan was sick of Thunderclan and Thunderclan was sick of Riverclan. But this new Windclan drama was something new,he heard the buzzes from his pears and clancats. His ears perked at the faint scent of her.
He refused to let anyone to hurt her regardless of Clan,Rank or hero status he would rip them apart without a second thought. Flood had always had a strong bond with her,Butterfly was someone he could get along with,not because she had similar opinions or views but because she was the in fact opposite of it,Flood was more serious and demanding but Butterfly was something he couldn't dare meet .
He spotted,a small smile appeared on his face. The Windclanner was a pose as normal,a calm but also a bit timid pad was what he did up to her. tapping a paw into her shoulder to get her attention,he put his serious face back on but he full of joy that she was okay,the same way she had always been,Butterflydust was his favorite windclan cat,She was the family he hadn't had.
Butterfly was his best friend since he had saw her at the gathering before he was 10 moons old. It was a strange friendship,The lean and swift shecat and a strong built and yet gentle tomcat that were best friends. One was even in their 20 moons,Butterfly was 18 moons,most cats from different clans often bring up petty things to insult the other but his and Butterfly's relationship was never even close to that toxic.

~Fox~

stag

October 18th, 2021, 04:34 AM

For Undertaker spooky spade Mr.Cheese
Foxstorm took a step back, shocked and confused at all the hate Dawnstar was throwing her way. I-I-near the border,” She stammered. “But it wasn’t my fault!” She added quickly. “She crossed the border! She knew it, too! I told her to go back but she wouldn’t listen!” StarClan no no no. She had gotten so far with Dawnstar. She couldn’t lose all her progress now!

Floodfrost He/Him

Hey you. I wouldn't say that if I were you. You committed a unexcused act of life,regardless if she broke the code or not,You murdered her and didn't even dare to report it to Dawnstar or the next Riverclan patrol and give them her body to be buried and to give closure to her family members,Its was your fault so I would highly recommend to follow Dawnstars orders,I am a Riverclanner that you could have given a slight bit of closure when she didn't come back. Tell me Foxstorm,Why?
Floodfrost had slowly crept behind her and put his blue paw on her shoulder. Looking dead in her eyes,his dark blue eye held no information on his emotions,but his calm tone was quite confusing to most cats. His fluffy black and blue tail was lashing back and forth. He wasn't mad,he wanted his question answered regardless the amount of dumb comments he would get from Kestrelstar or Dawnstar
spooky spade & Undertaker

Levi 99

October 18th, 2021, 05:50 AM

Stormpelt looked at the other warrior he hissed "Who asked you?"

"It Doesn't matter who asked me" said shadefrost with even more irritation "just take your arguing else where, preferably on your way to where she's buried, you do want to pay your respects don't you ?"

FrostCat

Galaxy_

October 18th, 2021, 05:52 AM

"It Doesn't matter who asked me" said shadefrost with even more irritation "just take your arguing else where, preferably on your way to where she's buried, you do want to pay your respects don't you ?"

FrostCat

"Mousebrain I can't JUst leave a gathering!" he hissed "I will keep my aguing here thank you." he said sliding his claws in and out.

Levi 99

October 18th, 2021, 06:00 AM

"Mousebrain I can't JUst leave a gathering!" he hissed "I will keep my aguing here thank you." he said sliding his claws in and out.

Shadefrost stared surprised at the cats stupidity, "Then how would you follow Foxstorm to your dead queen ?" It was clear that this one didn't have any brains just by looking at him, but the fact that he couldn't see the dilemma he would be in if he stayed just proved how stupid he actually was.

Galaxy_

October 18th, 2021, 06:09 AM

HE hissed "When this gathering is over Im going home with shadowclan and then she will show me." Levi 99

error

October 18th, 2021, 06:44 AM

-Bushpaw-

He couldn’t believe it. His ears flicked down, as he whipped his head around, searching for his sister. They had the same expression and were thinking the same exact thing. This normally happened?!

“Sorry guys, I need to go see my sister for a moment.” Before he waited for them to respond, he bounded over to her, feeling a sense of protectiveness over his sister. Both of there eyes read clearly, showing the fear, disgust, and urgency. He gave his sister a comforting lick on the ear, before dipping his head to process the situation.

( Jayvines, seeingstars, Silverfur & Co)

Levi 99

October 18th, 2021, 07:16 AM

HE hissed "When this gathering is over Im going home with shadowclan and then she will show me." Levi 99

Shadefrost gave the cat an even more surprised look "you do realize that she has to leave now right" he said. 'Honestly how stupid could one cat be' he thought as he looked at him "just go with her to find that dead queen of yours so I can stop hearing your voice" he said wishing he could kill the at without consequence.

Silverfur & Co

October 18th, 2021, 09:45 AM

Jade13

October 18th, 2021, 09:56 AM

Cloverpaw ran up to aspenpaw out of boredom with Birchpaw following closely behind and skidded to a stop next to him ”hi there!!” hy purred making random humming noises and smiling while Birchpaw slumped over onto Cloverpaws shoulder and gave Aspenpaw a small smile in greeting
(oopsie I’m a little late haha)

aspenpaw jumped at the two apprentices ran up to him. he wasnt expecting two apprentices to run up to him like that. h-hi he stuttered not really sure what to say.

gs29513

October 18th, 2021, 09:56 AM

Ok. Ok. This was clearly descending into chaos way to quickly for Splashleap's and probably any reasonable cat's, liking. As far as she was concerned both Foxstorm and Stormpelt should be on their way out, but unfortunately she only had power over one of them. Although the Shadowclan molly did seem to be the less.....emotional of the pair. I don't presume to know how Dawnstar runs her clan, I'm sure Shadowclan operates........differently she mewed, approaching the other molly with what she considered marked restraint considering that the other had MURDERED HER CLANMATE!

But in Riverclan when our leader tells us to leave because we're causing a disruption it's...........best to do that. Quickly. Her final word was clipped, tone frosty. There was a subtle dig in there at Shadowclan, apparently they didn't all fear Dawnstar as much as the molly might have liked, but it was mainly a 'get out and stop causing problems!' Hopefully Foxstorm would heed her words. Either way though, she had to draw her attention away from glaring at the murderer. Stormpelt was getting into an argument with a cat from another clan who had decided to weigh in.

Stormpelt, sheath your claws please. Violence only breeds more violence. she rebuked softly, before adding If you need to leave then do so. Just no trouble. Hopefully the tom would either stand down, she wasn't going to hope for relaxation, not given the circumstances, but a lack of open aggression would be a marked improvement. Hopefully they could proceed with some amount of normality, despite the tension clearly fizzing just below the surface, at least between Riverclan and Shadowclan. Windclan and Thunderclan, understandably so, didn't seem to want involved. She couldn't blame them of course, they were only looking out for themselves. Still, a LITTLE backup would have been nice.
Mr.Cheese Levi 99

Galaxy_

October 18th, 2021, 09:58 AM

~Stormpelt~

Stormpelt looked at splashleap following her orders he slides his claws he didnt want to leave this was important to him.

Brainless_blankie

October 18th, 2021, 10:02 AM

aspenpaw jumped at the two apprentices ran up to him. he wasnt expecting two apprentices to run up to him like that. h-hi he stuttered not really sure what to say.

”nice to meet you!!” Cloverpaw purred ”Im Cloverpaw!! Who are you?” Cloverpaw smiled before giving Birchpaw a look and Birchpaw shook her head ”oh and this is Birchpaw, doe doesn’t like to talk much haha-“

(Might have to leave for school soon so I won’t be able to reply aaaa :, ) )

Jade13

October 18th, 2021, 10:08 AM

”nice to meet you!!” Cloverpaw purred ”Im Cloverpaw!! Who are you?” Cloverpaw smiled before giving Birchpaw a look and Birchpaw shook her head ”oh and this is Birchpaw, doe doesn’t like to talk much haha-“

(Might have to leave for school soon so I won’t be able to reply aaaa :, ) )

( all good. im at school so ill be a bit dodgy with replies )

im a-aspenp-p-paw it wasnt normal for other cats to talk to him. he wasnt the most liked in his clan for unknown reasons though he guessed it was his stutter.

Jayvines

October 18th, 2021, 10:09 AM

~Mistpaw~

A comforting lick to her ear had her lowering her fluffed up fur ever so slightly, but after glancing towards her brother who shared a similar reaction Mistpaw's eyes crept back over to the conflicting cats yowling at each other and arguing over the horrifying situation.

That scary looking she-cat sitting above everyone near Aspenstar looked like she was about to tear the ears off of a cat any minute now and the Riverclan leader-Kestrelstar was it???- looked quietly furious as well. Who wouldn't be after hearing that an expecting queen was murdered?!

Short grey fur fluffing up again as her emotions rose, Mistpaw glanced to her own leader to see if Aspenstar would weigh in on the situation or keep Thunderclan out of this conflict. The aching in her chest on behalf of the obviously grief-stricken warrior confronting this Foxstorm character seemed valid to her. If her mama was killed... No, she wouldn't think about that right now.

Letting out a shaky breath that she wasn't aware she was holding in, Mistpaw hoped and prayed that Starclan would help right this wrong.

Error

spade

October 18th, 2021, 10:40 AM

This was chaos - exactly what Kestrelstar did not want. It was clear that Stormpelt needed to leave the Gathering, and that he needed a warrior to escort him back. A grateful look was cast to Splashleap as she had stepped in to handle the situation. Now, just to wrap it up.

"Floodfrost!" the leader barked down seeing that the tom was too close for his liking to the ShadowClan warrior. Yellow eyes narrowed as he gave one lash of his tail. "Distance yourself, now." No anger, just an authoratative snap of his voice expected from a leader. After a bit his eyes shifted over to Stormpelt. He knew the pain of losing a mother, he understood the need to lash out. But Dawnstar was a cat that didn't respect the Gathering truce, and he didn't want to put his cats in the crossfire of one of her temper tantrums. Some cat needed to take him back to camp. Eyes finally finding Lizardfrost among the crowd he settled on her. "Lizardfrost, take Stormpelt and Floodfrost back to camp. Make sure they both stay there. I will handle this." His tone made it clear there was no room for argument as he waited for the two cats to leave.

He'd seen the flash of claws at a Gathering, and he didn't like how up close and personal Floodfrost had gotten. Emotional or not, it was unacceptable, and Kestrelstar couldn't help but realize that was the model he had been setting for the rest of his Clan. Something to talk about when he arrived back to camp after tonight.

Mr.Cheese Prevail Shade.

Shade.

October 18th, 2021, 11:06 AM

seeingstars

October 18th, 2021, 12:11 PM

{ Silverfur & Co • Error }
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Graypaw chuckled to himself, he didn't actually believe they breathed underwater right? That'd be ridiculous... right? he couldn't breathe underwater... could Featherpaw actually? The gray apprentice furrowed his brows looking between Rockpaw and Featherpaw. He jumped at Bushpaw's voice catching him off guard, he whipped around and smiled "I'm Graypaw of Riverclan!" He frowned but nodded at Bushpaw's departing words, he was confused that was weird. He laughed nervously.

Rockpaw stared in awe at Featherpaw "Wow! that's so cool!" He said before turning to Bushpaw "I'm Rockpaw of Windclan" He said quietly. The chocolate tabby tom tilted his head as he watched Bushpaw leave but shrugged "I was gonna ask him about Thunderclan... There are very few trees in Windclan territory, I bet climbing would be cool!" He said a purr rising in his throat.

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{ N0va73 • Nixey • Eclipse. }
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Eveningpaw flashed a halfhearted smile at Reedpaw, a quiet purr rising in his throat. The large apprentice nudged Reedpaw's cheek with his nose in thanks. He nodded to Fogpaw before the commotion occurred, he narrowed his eyes trying to see who started the noise. Ah, that was his mentor causing it, lovely. The apprentice sucked in air through his teeth, before glancing towards Hazelpaw "From the sounds of it she crossed the border, she should know the rules. We've been ordered to kill on sight before, it's not unheard of" The riverclan apprentice muttered, glancing back at his mentor as he got sent back to camp. He groaned, lowering himself to the ground trying to make himself as small as possible.

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{ Papaya }
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Smokypaw nodded enthusiastically "It's nice to meet you too Bumblepaw!" He said sitting down, neatly wrapping his tail around his paws. A friendly purr rose in his throat but stopped at the sound of shouting. He turned his attention to that, watching it play out, he wondered if she truly had been across the border, the tom turned back to Bumblepaw "how do you feel about killing a cat just because they crossed the border?" he asked tilting his head curiously. He didn't think he'd ever be able to kill a cat, the thought sent a shiver down his spine.

Brainless_blankie

October 18th, 2021, 01:16 PM

( all good. im at school so ill be a bit dodgy with replies )

im a-aspenp-p-paw it wasnt normal for other cats to talk to him. he wasnt the most liked in his clan for unknown reasons though he guessed it was his stutter.
(Oh oki good to know it’s not just me that’s gonna be late hahaha- also sorry for my short replies I struggle with writing large sentences)

”Thatsa nice name!!” Cloverpaw purred and Birchpaw nodded with a friendly smile ”what clan are you from??? What’s it like there?” Cloverpaw asked excitedly bouncing up and down

Raven~

October 18th, 2021, 01:50 PM

"Are you sure?" Stormpelt groweld "Maybe she went to her favorite spot by the RIver she mostly goes there. ARE you lying?" he hissed

Foxstorm narrowed her eyes at Stormpelt. “I am not a liar,” She growled. Which was a lie, of course, but she was so good at it that no one ever noticed. Besides, it wasn’t like they could ask Graysomething because she was dead. So really all they could do was take her word for it.
She smirked as Stormpelt and Floodfrost were taken away. RiverClan couldn’t even contain their own warriors. How sad. Not surprising, but sad. If Dawnstar was leader of RiverClan and ShadowClan things would be a lot different. Hm, that wasn’t actually a bad idea. She then went back to gazing at Dawnstar, wondering if she would be punished. In her opinion she shouldn’t. After all, wasn’t this what Foxstorm had been trained to do?
Undertaker spooky spade @Levi99

Silverfur & Co

October 18th, 2021, 01:58 PM

{ @Silverfur & Co (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=167) • @Error (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=14862) }
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Graypaw chuckled to himself, he didn't actually believe they breathed underwater right? That'd be ridiculous... right? he couldn't breathe underwater... could Featherpaw actually? The gray apprentice furrowed his brows looking between Rockpaw and Featherpaw. He jumped at Bushpaw's voice catching him off guard, he whipped around and smiled "I'm Graypaw of Riverclan!" He frowned but nodded at Bushpaw's departing words, he was confused that was weird. He laughed nervously.

Rockpaw stared in awe at Featherpaw "Wow! that's so cool!" He said before turning to Bushpaw "I'm Rockpaw of Windclan" He said quietly. The chocolate tabby tom tilted his head as he watched Bushpaw leave but shrugged "I was gonna ask him about Thunderclan... There are very few trees in Windclan territory, I bet climbing would be cool!" He said a purr rising in his throat.

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{ @N0va73 (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=9816) • @Nixey (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=14359) • @Eclipse. (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=14989) }
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Eveningpaw flashed a halfhearted smile at Reedpaw, a quiet purr rising in his throat. The large apprentice nudged Reedpaw's cheek with his nose in thanks. He nodded to Fogpaw before the commotion occurred, he narrowed his eyes trying to see who started the noise. Ah, that was his mentor causing it, lovely. The apprentice sucked in air through his teeth, before glancing towards Hazelpaw "From the sounds of it she crossed the border, she should know the rules. We've been ordered to kill on sight before, it's not unheard of" The riverclan apprentice muttered, glancing back at his mentor as he got sent back to camp. He groaned, lowering himself to the ground trying to make himself as small as possible.

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{ @Papaya (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=426) }
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Smokypaw nodded enthusiastically "It's nice to meet you too Bumblepaw!" He said sitting down, neatly wrapping his tail around his paws. A friendly purr rose in his throat but stopped at the sound of shouting. He turned his attention to that, watching it play out, he wondered if she truly had been across the border, the tom turned back to Bumblepaw "how do you feel about killing a cat just because they crossed the border?" he asked tilting his head curiously. He didn't think he'd ever be able to kill a cat, the thought sent a shiver down his spine.

featherpaw giggled and looked at graypaw ans smiled indicating that she was messing with the windclan cat and that she couldnt really breath under the water but she nods. "Yeah it can be pretty cool but would be extreamly hard to learn."

Levi 99

October 18th, 2021, 02:04 PM

'Finally' thought the dark tom, with a sigh of satisfaction Shadefrost lowered his head and rested them on his paws.

alaskaa

October 18th, 2021, 03:50 PM

N0va73 || seeingstars || Nixey

"Yeah, I suppose," Hazelpaw replied, still quietly, as Kestrelstar ordered Lizardfrost to take Stormpelt back to camp. "Oh, look, Stormpelt's being taken back to camp. I guess he shouldn't have unsheathed his claws."

She knew at Gatherings, there was meant to be a truce, where no violence between the Clans was allowed. But the atmosphere this Gathering was tense. Maybe a fight would break out if Stormpelt didn''t obey Kestrelstar.

carmen

October 18th, 2021, 05:56 PM

ophelia

October 18th, 2021, 06:52 PM

// FrostCat spooky spade - [if kestrelstar wants to notice dew at some point]

Dewdrop had settled on the side of the clearing, with a clear line of vision towards the leaders at the front. She eyed the other cats with interest, since she hadn't seen many in several moons, but stayed mainly with her own clanmates, not giving any of the RiverClan cats a chance to call her out before Kestrelstar himself could notice her. She listened attentively to the leader's announcements, curious as to what was going on in her previous home. It seemed they were rattled by ShadowClan's attacks. Good. She curled her tail in approval, grinning.
As she watched, Dawnstar stepped up as well, ready to respond to Kestrelstar's comments and defend their pride. Would her new leader mention the addition of Addersnow and Dewdrop to ShadowClan? Suddenly, they were interrupted by a yowl from the crowd. Someone had killed a RiverClan queen? Interesting! Even she wouldn't do that, and she considered herself to be a top future terrorizer of RiverClan. Unless the queen attacked her of course, but even then she'd be careful if the molly were carrying kits. Intrigued, she crept a little closer, waching as a full out argument erupted among numerous cats. When she came in view of the quarreling, she nearly laughed in surprise. Foxstorm? Apparently Dawnstar's choice of interim mentor for her had not been as solid as expected.
Despite the amount of cats being escorted out and Dawnstar's orders, Foxstorm did not seem like she was planning on leaving. In a near singsong voice, from the ShadowClan side of the Gathering, she called out to Fox, "I would leave if I were you..." An indifferent expression rested on her face, but a glint of malice was apparent in her eyes as she surveyed the chaos.

gs29513

October 18th, 2021, 07:02 PM

Shade.
She couldn't help it. When Rookpaw laughed it was impossible not to join in. For someone who didn't like interacting, or so it seemed, her friend had an awfully infectious laugh. So, it was no surprise when her friends laughter turned into Deadmoon's own. She was cackling along until Rookpaw sobered up, hastily swallowing her own mirth. Oi, don't you insult me! I have no problem with saying I like hugs! There, I said it! the molly huffed, poking her friend goodnaturedly.

But the new topic of discussion banished the last of the mirth from her voice. The battle. She......really didn't want to think about it to be honest. Another reminder that as much as they might enjoy eachother's company, she could never spend as much time as she wanted with Rookpaw. Their clan's state of war ensured that. You were fighting Wolffang. I.....don't know why he targeted you. I was fighting that defector Snakepaw. she mewed, refraining from traitor for Rookpaw's benefit. They probably saw it as coming into the right or something. Your.......weird uncle or whatever showed up. Wolfie tried to kill both of you. And then the battle ended. In truth she didn't know exactly what had gone on, she had been pretty occupied, but in the flashes she had seen that was the upshot.

stag

October 18th, 2021, 07:26 PM

Prevail
Mr.Cheese

Lizardfrost tended to some out at times like these. She had never had a particular interest in socializing and tended to instinctively ignore cats around her. What she did not ignore, however, was orders.
The muscular tuxedo she-cat swept her gaze over the gathered cats. She found the two RiverClanners who seemed to be causing an issue. With a flick of her tail towards Kestrelstar, Lizardfrost approached the two. She had literally no idea what to say, so she hoped that if she glared menacingly they'd get the right idea.

Floodfrost He/Him

I'm coming just let me do something. nodding his head and refusing to let go of his emotionless expression even as he ran up to Butterflydust and hugged her regardless of her disgusted look at him.Letting go He offered a slight smile to her and quickly forced it back into a neutral face. Following Lizardfrost and Stormpelt. He had a word to chew the other tom out about but he whispered it into Storms ear instead Do that again and I bet you wont have a tongue or Teeth to speak with,You hear me Storm? He quickly began getting ahead of them both and left leaving them behind to follow him instead back to camp.

Astraea

October 18th, 2021, 07:37 PM

Foxstorm narrowed her eyes at Stormpelt. “I am not a liar,” She growled. Which was a lie, of course, but she was so good at it that no one ever noticed. Besides, it wasn’t like they could ask Graysomething because she was dead. So really all they could do was take her word for it.
She smirked as Stormpelt and Floodfrost were taken away. RiverClan couldn’t even contain their own warriors. How sad. Not surprising, but sad. If Dawnstar was leader of RiverClan and ShadowClan things would be a lot different. Hm, that wasn’t actually a bad idea. She then went back to gazing at Dawnstar, wondering if she would be punished. In her opinion she shouldn’t. After all, wasn’t this what Foxstorm had been trained to do?
Undertaker spooky spade @Levi99

Butterflydust - She/ They

Butterflydust quickly , and quietly landed behind this warrior. I couldn't help but notice that you were smiling when they were taken away. She whispered in the cats ear. Foxstorm was it? You seem to have a part in this. She gave her a great smile. She rarely was ever not caught with a smile on her face. Please do tell me why They were taken away. Floodfrost mainly. Also explain that evil smile on your face. Butterfly smiled at her. She honestly just wanted to know why the cat was smiling. Thats what she hated about shadowclan cats. Their ability to lie so much. Butterflydust didn't expect a not lying answer to her many question.

(Sorry But I just had too respond to foxstorms awesome reply.)

dino.

October 18th, 2021, 09:17 PM

Papaya
Juniperpaw was shocked. How dare any cat of any clan speak to her like that? ANd call Dawnstar a tyrant? Who did he think he was? She shoved her blue-grey face into his and narrowed her eyes. "Who do you think you are, calling Dawnstar a tyrant?" She stepped back and took a deep breath, preparing a speech. "Dawnstar is the savior of Shadowclan, you understand? She leads us to victory in every battle and shows that we are- and will always be-the most powerful clan. So, Blizzardpaw, of Windclan, you dare speak against our glorious leader while your clan of lowly bunnies hiss from your burrows without fighting back. Yeah, that's right, you have no reason to speak badly of the clan of shadows. 'Cause we can actually fight."

She sat back, breathing heavily and smiling with glee. There was no way that this, this, this Windclanner could get a better point! Juniperpaw smugly started to groom her pelt again, as though standing near Blizzardpaw was making her pelt smudged. Though she wouldn't have ever admitted it, she enjoyed arguing with the other apprentice, but he didn't seem to share her sentiment. Juniperpaw had never realized how much fun it was to annoy someone. SHe'd have to try that when they got back.
>Blizzardpaw<
Blizzardpaw bared their teeth as Juniperpaw shoved her face into theirs. Ooo-hoo-hoo, so this feline wanted up close and personal? They'd be happy to deliver, if this weren't a Gathering. Instead, they flashed their incisors as they curled their lip in a sneer and leaned away, mirroring Juniperpaw.

"Dawnstar is a tyrant, plain and simple, and your entire Clan is either blind or brain-dead if you're the only ones who can't see it," they retorted. "She's also a murderer, a beast, a cheater, a liar. In a fair fight, we'd kick your froggy asses all the way to the moon The! The only reason we can't get the upper paw is because she skulks around in the shadows and strikes when our backs are turned. She sends her warriors to kill our own, and then Twilightstar has to bear the burden of listing those deaths to us."

Their heart twisted. "My siblings could be the next names announced, and it would be ShadowClan's fault. And I promise you, if that ever happens, your Clan had better watch their backs!" He reached out to smack Juniperpaw in the shoulder, hopefully screwing up whatever job she thought her mediocre grooming had accomplished.

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{ Papaya }
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Smokypaw nodded enthusiastically "It's nice to meet you too Bumblepaw!" He said sitting down, neatly wrapping his tail around his paws. A friendly purr rose in his throat but stopped at the sound of shouting. He turned his attention to that, watching it play out, he wondered if she truly had been across the border, the tom turned back to Bumblepaw "how do you feel about killing a cat just because they crossed the border?" he asked tilting his head curiously. He didn't think he'd ever be able to kill a cat, the thought sent a shiver down his spine.

>Bumblepaw<
Bumblepaw visibly relaxed, shoulders sloping and ears falling as he became less tense. So this cat was friendly, at least for now. The shouting at the large stone caught his attention as well and he glanced over. His stomach twisted as Smokypaw turned back to him. "I... It's cruel," he answered after a moment. "It's just a border crossing. That's no reason to take someone's life."

Papaya

"So you where a rough once?" he meowed Whitetail looked confused by his acccent. "A Waht cat?"
>Seaspray<
He puffed out his chest, flashing a tooth grin. "Aye, mate, a rogue I once was!" he boasted. "An' I've got quite a few harrowing tales to tell, if ye'd ever be interested?" Mischief flickered within his eyes.

And then - oh, boy, so this wasn't the smartest feline on deck, it seemed. "A ship cat!" he repeated. "Y'know, an explorer of the vast, open ocean, an' travelin' with a hearty crew to face all sorts of dangers and search fer long lost treasure. Found buried gold once, I did! O'course, the ocean eventually took it back, as it does with all things that belong t' it."

He appeared wistful for a moment, as if he were back on the fishing boat with his crew of cats and TwoLegs.

Courage

October 18th, 2021, 09:25 PM

[Open]
Thunderpaw looked around. The gathering was beautiful! She wondered if there was any other apprentices there?

Pitou

October 18th, 2021, 10:16 PM

**Elmshadow of Shadowclan**

Elmshadow was aware of Cougarivy moving towards him. He shuffled slightly towards her and briefly touched his nose to her shoulder before looking back to the Gathering. He raised an eyebrow as Floodfrost, obviously a Riverclan warrior, affectionately approached, was that a Windclan she-cat? Interesting. Riverclan must be awfully lenient on inter-clan friendships for him to be so open like that.

He turned his attention to Foxstorm. That Windclan she-cat leapt behind her. Elmshadow tensed, unsure what the she-cat had planned and less sure how Foxstorm would respond. So far this had already been a severely unproductive gathering but plenty explosive, a brawl didn't seem too far removed from what was already brewing. He hoped that Foxstorm would stand down and that nosy Windclanner would butt out.
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**Cougarivy of Shadowclan**

Cougarivy purred and sat up straight as Elmshadow gave her a brief but affectionate attentions. The briefness didn't bother her any, he was clearly wrapped up in the disturbance. She moved her body closer so her pelt brushed his and laid down. Elmshadow towered over her where he stood but it gave Cougarivy a deep feeling of security, not that she really felt she needed it. She was intrigued by the drama but her feet were sore so she settled with simply listening. This Foxstorm was most intriguing to her. She sounded fun, a she-cat Cougarivy may just get along well with. Hopefully Dawnstar wouldn't kill her before she got the chance to learn more about her.
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**Codpaw of Riverclan**

Codpaw turned his attention from the timid Shadowclan apprentice and looked up to Kestrelstar as he ordered Lizardfrost to escort the two Riverclan warriors out. He missed what Floodfrost had done but it didn't much surprise him much. He tried to think what it would be like if he discovered a cat murdered Sagewhisper. He figured he'd be upset, he wouldn't want to lose his mother. Maybe everybody was being a bit harsh to send him away for wanting to know where his mother was. But Codpaw shrugged as his mind wandered on to something else. The politics of clan life could only hold his attention so long. Though he was rather intrigued at the gathering in general. Are Gatherings always this exciting?

Undertaker

October 18th, 2021, 10:32 PM

Dawnstar yawned softly as she watched the discord play out before. The leader didn't really give a foxdung that Foxstorm had killed some random fish, hell, she wouldn't raise an eyebrow if Foxstorm killed a medicine cat. No, the problem was the fact that she decided to gloat about it and that got on Dawnstar's nerves. That and the trouble that she was causing over some nobody. If Foxstorm hadn't opened her big mouth to taunt some stupid fish, it was highly unlikely that Fishstar and his band of guppies would have even noticed that they were missing a queen. She kept hearing queen tossed around, a mere rank, but no name.

The only reason RiverClan was acting like it was a big deal was because it was ShadowClan and thus something they could use against them. Not that it hurt ShadowClan in any way, Dawnstar's killed umpteen Windclan bunnies, kidnapped and scarred their leader, and stolen their territory. ShadowClan was a clan of darkness and shadows and the deeds they committed were one and the same. There was no need to worry about unflattering light, there was no light to be found in her clan. The faster the other clans got that through their head and stopped gasping at every little thing ShadowClan did, the better it would be. This stuff should be common knowledge with a 'tyrant' such as herself.

Murder seemed to be tossed around a lot too like this was the first cat ever killed... this was so boring. Everyone always much such a fuss when any cats were killed, most of the time they twisted into murder. Did anyone know what that word meant? The term was so loosely flung around, like everyone was so above it. The Clan of Fish is the worst out of all of them. They liked acting so high and mighty, hadn't one of them killed a kit not too long ago, hadn't they torn out all nine lives out of the former ThunderClan leader and left Thunderclan in shambles? Hadn't they ruthlessly attacked ThunderClan, killing a number of cats on both sides in the name of vengeance, and stolen the squirrels' burial grounds? Hadn't it been the great Lionstorm, former leader of RiverClan, who went berserk and not only kill yet another ThunderClan leader, but quite a few other ThunderClan kitties as well? Don't act like they didn't have bones in the back of their dens!

You see, Dawnstar had no clue what game Kestrelstar was trying to play here, acting like a changed tom, when he had blood on his paws just like his cats. Unlike Kestrelstar, Dawnstar wasn't going to act like some glorified StarClanner who's never done anything wrong. The RiverClanners were just as bad as ShadowClanners. They picked and bullied the weaker clan, theirs was ThunderClan, and Dawnstar's was WindClan. But if Kestrelstar and his catfish wanted to deny all their wrongdoings, act like they were done everything for a just cause, so be. They could have fun riding their high horse and be hypocrites. Dawnstar honestly wondered what some of the cats in RiverClan thought of their Fishstar and this new change?

But anyway, back to Foxstorm. No one knew what happened outside of Foxstorm. Of course, Dawnstar knew that the she-cat had killed a fish, the leader had the cat's pelt among the numerous ones in her den. But to run around and call it murder was a little much, though it was highly unlikely it was wrong. Still, Foxstorm still had potential, so she wouldn't throw the molly to the fishes for being an idiot. This once, Foxstorm had better from this grave mistake, if she made it again her life was forfeited.

The leader smirked just a little, it was rather funny to see two of the fishes need to be practically dragged out of the Gathering because they couldn't control themselves. Yet another thing that RiverClan enjoyed belittling her clan about, however, it seemed that RiverClan had the same problem with control their cats. Hahaha! Funny, so many similarities. They should really stop denying the truth.

Ah, Shadefrost had not escaped her gaze. Rather than hold the gathering up longer, Dawnstar would reprimand him later for being so presumptuous, Dawnstar said nothing about letting a catfish follow Foxstorm anywhere. Speaking of Foxstorm...

"If Foxstorm says that your queen trespassed then she's trespassed. Just as I told you and expected in return, my cats will kill anyone who sets paw over our borders. If you want the body back, I'll see what I can do about it. But this whole thing is rather dull, ShadowClan has nothing more to say about it." Dawnstar meowed dismissingly, before locking her eyes on Foxstorm. A low warning growl shook her chest as she gave a firm lash of her tail.

"You're still here. Didn't I tell you to leave? If you're not going to use those ears of yours, I'll happily remove them from your head." Most of Dawnstar's threats were warnings until they turned into actions when cats didn't heed them. The dark tabby wasn't a bundle of patience. "Go wait at camp for me, if I have to say it again it's highly likely you'll be drowning in your own blood." She wasn't going to wait and see if Foxstorm obeyed, if Shadestorm had some sense and was useful he would have made sure that her order was followed the first time. It was so so hard to find good help these days.

"Prey is running well in ShadowClan and our claws are as sharp as ever. A number of my classmates have obtained new ranks. Lilypaw, Briarpaw, Sharppaw, Smokypaw, Bushypaw, and Cloudpaw have all started their apprentice training. Snakebite and Brackenfire are ShadowClan's newest warriors." There was a touch of pride in her voice as she spoke. Snakebite wasn't the most level-headed warrior and he'd probably send himself to an early grave, but a warrior was a warrior. She was hoping that at least her daughter managed to not be as foolhardy as her mentor, but as skilled and devoted to ShadowClan and Dawnstar as he was. Only time would tell.

"Bouncepaw had earned his new name Bounceberry, he has proven to be a hardworking and dedicated medicine cat to his clan, worthy of his name. I expect him to be treated as such." There was the smallest undertone that hinted at newfound respect for the Bounceyball. Still wasn't his biggest fan and she doubted they'd ever be anything remotely close to friendly, she'd continue to distrust him and she was pretty certain he'd was planning her death. But personal feeling aside, he was a good medicine cat, so she'd praise good work when she saw it. She did hope Bounceyball didn't like the Snake push him around or made ShadowClan look weak. They were the same rank and now with Bounceyball's full name, there should be little to look down upon. Age did not mean superiority, otherwise, Bunnystar would reign supreme over all.

In all seriousness, though, as much as Dawnstar belittled the bunnies, though they weren't the strongest or best fighters, she couldn't help but admire Bunnystar's endurance. With all the stuff Dawnstar's thrown at her, most cats would step down or departed a long time ago. Twilightstar had remained standing for so long without falter. It made Dawnstar wanted to see what was Twilightstar's breaking point. But that was for later when she was done with the fish and got bored again and returned to harassing the bunnies.

"Shadestorm has come to replace Finchwhisker as ShadowClan's deputy. He has the qualities of a good leader, he's not perfect, but I trust he'll serve well under me for the time being." She was straightforward and honest as she spoke about her new deputy. It was hard to praise him, she was concerned about stroke that ego of his and causing issues in the future. She had no cat better than him in mind for the rank, but there was a part of her that made her wary and distrustful of him, it was different from the way she felt about Bounceyball. Shadestorm was arrogant and power-hungry, and she knew better than anyone what a bad combination that was.

"Lastly, ShadowClan has welcomed some new faces to our ranks. Dewdrop was formerly from RiverClan and Addersnow was formally an outsider. Both are training to learn ShadowClan's ways, and serve my clan to the best of their abilities." As fun as it would be to rub the fact that she had one of his cats in her ranks now, she didn't see the point. The thing with Kestrelstar wasn't the fact that he had taken in a former ShadowClannner. Dawnstar didn't care in the slightest about that, if he wanted, she'd happily bring every exile and traitor to his clan so he could take them in. If he wanted ShadowClan's crowfood, so be. What had provoked Dawnstar was the fact that he for some reason needed to antagonize ShadowClan about taking in a cat that was once one of them. Had he not been asking for a fight? It was like he had purposely ran up and swatted at a beehive when the bees were minded their own busy. Come on, he should have expected to get stung.

"Oh, I almost forgot, the chunk of moorland we got from WindClan has been named the Sky Glade. You bunnies seem to be staying out of it, I would continue doing so if you know what's good for you." Dawnstar meowed to Bunnystar before allowing someone else to take her place.

FrostCat Moonraven spooky spade poppy. Singing Jay

duCky

October 18th, 2021, 11:23 PM

-Fogpaw-

Fogpaw shivered. “I hope Thunderclan doesn’t have the same rule”, the apprentice mewed, “Because if I eventually get sent on a patrol near there, there’s no way I’m getting caught anywhere near there.” As much as they wanted to show Thunderclan who was boss, the idea of going near their border kinda sounded terrifying now.”

The apprentice nodded at Hazelpaw’s remark. “Yeah. This is supposed to be a truce. Anyone who doesn’t respect Starclan’s truce shouldn’t be here.” Fogpaw knew that at least one cat here probably didn’t respect Starclan themselves, but as long as there wasn’t any fighting, they didn’t really mind.

Eclipse. seeingstars Nixey

Shade.

October 19th, 2021, 02:06 AM

gs29513

Rookpaw looked away fir a moment. The battle had definitely been an emotional experience, people trying to kill her and all, as well as trying to stomach that she's pushed the people who cared about her by default away. But the WindClan thing seed to be most pressing here. Rookpaw was almost frustrated with Deadmoon. She was just listing events, not giving an opinion. What does this mean?!
"Does...does this have to change things? You know I didn't...I didn't want to hurt your clan." she said.

Rani

October 19th, 2021, 02:15 AM

Sunsetbloom was about to chirp out a happy response to the little birdie when the sound of more raised then normal voices came from the stone. Honestly if it wasnt one thing it was another dreadful buisness perpetrated by the worst of clans, they were so typically evil it was getting dull she'd of course work to stop them but still. The toads needed to get a personality other then malice. Wait toads was too nice Palehound beloved liked toads.

Shaking off her wandering train of thought the giant molly shifted, maneuvering her bulk to block the horrible buisness at the sea stone from view and shelter Tidepaw. No young cat should need to see or fear that mess, that was the burden of the grown cats.

"Hmmmm my favourite fishie? Thats a tough question little bird they all have something wonderful about them! Let me think.... Well my favorite prey of all is crabs but theyre not fish soooooo I'd say I have two favorite fish! First of them is salmon, theyre the rainbow fishies and their meat is actually pink and almost sweet in a way! They can get rather big when full grown but I enjoy the challenge! The second fishie is actually called a catfish! Ive no clue who named it that as they look nothing like a cat but they do share one thing with us, they have whiskers too! They are more slippery and like muddy riverbeds but they taste earthy and rich~ No scales of not though but I think theyre fun enough to make up for it! What about you birdie? Whats your favorite bird?"

Naiad (these two are too adorable dear god)

Rani

October 19th, 2021, 02:44 AM

Rainquail

Violence death violence death the murder of an apparent queen though Snakeheart too wondered at the validity of the claim but the tom felt nothing but tired. The idea of dealing with this drivel moon after moon seemed naught but draining and Windclan had to be a clan of saints to endure. Even listening to Dawnstar was a pain, she thought herself so smart and yet to any keen listener all her words sounded ever the same and her excuses were just that, excuses. Riverclan had payed her no insult at the start the disrespect she seemed to think Kestrelstar cast and the start of her barbs were non existent, perhaps she was so unused to cats not telling her her dirt smelled like roses she took normal behavior as an attack. Then to add further issue to her pile of hypocrisy she found issue with riverclan taking in one of her cats yet just did the same, good for me not for thee. It was just.... exhausting. Snakeheart was so tired of this same old pointless bloody dance it hurt to continue aching with his fractured heart.

He just.... just wanted his mother like they had been when he was a kit. Carefree happy Snakeheart burrowing into her belly fluff unaware of the mollies flaws. But she'd fallen to her flaws many a time and now IF she came back he didnt know he'd believe she'd stay. Why couldnt anything good stay. Just as he was on the cusp of resolving himself to nothing good coming of tonight a familiar sight caught his gaze Coldamber, and she seemed happy to see him. That alone was rare now. And suddenly things seemed brighter.

Eyes that were flat and dull regained a spark they hadnt had in a long time and Snakeheart rose from his loaf hesitating once before slinking over a slowly building fragile excitement putting a spark in his listlessness. He'd missed her he'd missed her so so much Foxblaze may have left so many times leaving him with a burden too great for her now only son but Coldamber even in another clan even forgetting him had always been happy to see him. The tom should be polite about this, should ask given they didnt have the close bond they once did built by shared memories, but he couldnt help it and the tom gently crashed into the scarred molly pressing his head into her chest for a moment before burring his face in her neck. The medicine cat was bigger then he was, now full grown and about the same size as her but still managing to feel as comforted as a kit with a queen. It was enough to bring him to tears hidden in her fur brokenly oh so genuinely choking out. "I missed you so much. I missed you so so much Im so sorry I havent visited more I.... Things have been..... Oh stars I missed you so much it hurt." And it was true.

Galaxy_

October 19th, 2021, 02:54 AM

As Stormpelt headed home Bramblepaw came over "What's Happening?" he meowed to other warriors around him.

Raven~

October 19th, 2021, 05:00 AM

Butterflydust - She/ They

Butterflydust quickly , and quietly landed behind this warrior. I couldn't help but notice that you were smiling when they were taken away. She whispered in the cats ear. Foxstorm was it? You seem to have a part in this. She gave her a great smile. She rarely was ever not caught with a smile on her face. Please do tell me why They were taken away. Floodfrost mainly. Also explain that evil smile on your face. Butterfly smiled at her. She honestly just wanted to know why the cat was smiling. Thats what she hated about shadowclan cats. Their ability to lie so much. Butterflydust didn't expect a not lying answer to her many question.

(Sorry But I just had too respond to foxstorms awesome reply.)
(Aw, thanks, don’t feel sorry)
Foxstorm flicked her ear. “I don’t know what your talking about,” She meowed calmly. “This is how I usually look.” What was it with RiverClan, wanting to know everything? Did they really have to though? Did they have to know why Foxstorm was smiling? She was a cat. Cats smile. Nothing more that RiverClan needed to know.

She pawed at the ground, wondering if she should go. Probably. She was already testing fate by staying after Dawnstar’s initial order to leave, but she wasn’t about to stay and not have someone to back her up. Not that she needed to. Foxstorm was surprised to hear Dawnstar say that if she said the cat was trespassing, then they were trespassing. Foxstorm had not seen that one coming.

So, because of that, she finally dipped her head to Dawnstar, then turned and walked out of Seastones, her head and tail raised high. She refused to show any sign of disappointment of having to leave the Gathering or embarrassment that she had been caught arguing over a dead queen.
Mr.Cheese Undertaker spooky spade paradise

Astraea

October 19th, 2021, 05:15 AM

FrostCat

Butterflydust - She/They

The windclan cat smiled and waved to foxstorm. Have a good trip!I truley do feel bad for you. Sad to see you go!She gleamed.She giggled as foxstorm left. All she did was ask a simple question. What a pity. Correction! : She asked three questions. As Butterflydust sat back down she keep that fake smile facade she so dearly loved.

Ikoria the Wolf Pup

October 19th, 2021, 06:26 AM

Ikoria the Wolf Pup //

➸ cornpaw

as soon as he noticed a cat was walking over to him, he immediately turned to face them. oh, oh, oh- "rOOTSPARK!" cornpaw yowled with a large grin. rootspark was a thunderbuddy that, surprsingly, he hadn't ever talked to. so, technically, he was a stranger!! so fun. "uh-huh, uh-huh, nice to officially meet you tooooo! such a fancy greeting." he murmured, nodding and still having a large smile on his maw. gosh, did he ever stop smiling?

"anywaysss! did you know this is my first gathering? the last one, well i didn't come to it, because i thought it would be BORING. not only that, i was doing super cool, uh, secret stuff. BUT! i came to this one, because i was like, what if there's a fight?? i dunno how to fight, but i could just watch from....far away while you guys battle!! if you battle." the apprentice rambled, seeming weirdly fixated on the idea of a war breaking out in the middle of a gathering for some reason. "i mean, fighting is COOL! so are epic scars, i want some epic scars, sorta, but my mom would be pretty upset at that. but fighting - you get cool things from fights!" like other peoples noses.

honestly, he seemed to be ignoring anything that rootpark said, if the tom had even said anything. "what do you thinks gonna happen??" he questioned with a long, uneven hum.

"Woah, slow down. There's not going to be a battle," Rootspark meowed. "You don't really think Aspenstar would disrespect StarClan like that, do you?" And, as far as Rootspark knew, the other clans wouldn't dare to, either. Well, perhaps Dawnstar. Any cat chosen by Icestar would never be good news, to any of the clans.

Raven~

October 19th, 2021, 07:00 AM

As Stormpelt headed home Bramblepaw came over "What's Happening?" he meowed to other warriors around him.

Twigpaw went over to the RiverClan apprentice, hearing the nervousness in his voice. “Hi,” He chirped, putting on a little side smile. “You’re new to all this, am O right?” Maybe he could help.
(Twigpaw is in WindClan if you need that info)

Galaxy_

October 19th, 2021, 07:07 AM

Twigpaw went over to the RiverClan apprentice, hearing the nervousness in his voice. “Hi,” He chirped, putting on a little side smile. “You’re new to all this, am O right?” Maybe he could help.
(Twigpaw is in WindClan if you need that info)

"Yes." he meowed looking at the other apprentice."I never been here before with so many cats!" he said shivering "Do youknow where my friend went the tall grey one I think his name was Stormpelt. WHy did he leave?"

Pitou

October 19th, 2021, 12:15 PM

**Elmshadow of Shadowclan**

Elmshadow lowered himself to sit back down as Dawnstar carried on with her announcements. He was suddenly curiously aware of the open space beside him. He turned his head to where Cougarivy had been but the space was empty. He raised an eyebrow curiously. She must've slipped away amidst the chaos. He was mildly curious as to why she left so soon after joining him but he figured he could ask her about it later. He shrugged lightly and turned back to listen to the rest of Dawnstar's announcements.

Raven~

October 19th, 2021, 07:13 PM

"Yes." he meowed looking at the other apprentice."I never been here before with so many cats!" he said shivering "Do youknow where my friend went the tall grey one I think his name was Stormpelt. WHy did he leave?"

Twigpaw tilted her head, thinking. “Um, no, not personally. I’ve seen him here, but I’ve never talked to him.” He paused as he surveyed the chaos the ShadowClan cat Foxstorm had caused. Such a disgraceful cat, to herself and her Clan. “And I think he left because of the stunt Foxstorm just pulled.” At least that was what he would guess. He had been trying to block out the fighting, so it wasn’t really clear to him either. Something about a queen being murdered?

Galaxy_

October 19th, 2021, 07:16 PM

Twigpaw tilted her head, thinking. “Um, no, not personally. I’ve seen him here, but I’ve never talked to him.” He paused as he surveyed the chaos the ShadowClan cat Foxstorm had caused. Such a disgraceful cat, to herself and her Clan. “And I think he left because of the stunt Foxstorm just pulled.” At least that was what he would guess. He had been trying to block out the fighting, so it wasn’t really clear to him either. Something about a queen being murdered?

"Oh Alright." Bramblepaw meowed sadly

Raven~

October 19th, 2021, 07:20 PM

"Oh Alright." Bramblepaw meowed sadly

“You don’t seem alright,” Twigpaw objected, not buying Bramblepaw’s excuse one bit. “What, was he your brother or something?” That would make sense, right? They kinda looked similar.

alaskaa

October 19th, 2021, 07:21 PM

- Hazelpaw -

Dewdrop? Well, that was a traitor to RiverCla if she'd gone off to join the Frogs. Dewdrop could tell them all their secrets and tactics - and BAM! ShadowClan basically taking over RiverClan, the way they did with WindClan.

Hazelpaw turned her head as Foxstorm strode out. She guessed Stormpelt shouldn't have unsheathed his claws, but Foxstorm shouldn't have pulled the stunt about the unknown queen being murdered. She sat down, wrapping her tail around her paws.

- Dawnstreak -

From her spot, Dawnstreak was feeling positively queasy, sickened. The Clans weren't at peace, they could barely keep the truce.

Dawnstreak brushed a pile of leaves into one corner with her tail, thinking. The moon wasn't covered with clouds yet; was StarClan blind or something? Surely not.

marshy

October 19th, 2021, 07:30 PM

// Nixey

Bearbranch
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Well this was certainly getting.. intense. Intense enough for Bearbranch to consider to leave but he decided to stay because he didn't want to be that guy. He was still insulted by Dawnstar but he didn't comment on it. As he wasn't trying to get his head ripped off, he just stayed silent.

Puffinpaw
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Woah! This was getting interesting!! Puffinpaw didn't expect that and he was a bit doubtful of that fact that he should even be there but he wasn't leaving! This was too cool, seeing Dawnstar being the leader she was. But, Puffinpaw couldn't help but feel a smidge but for the River and WindClan. How come they didn't have a big strong leader like Dawnstar?? That Puffinpaw would never know.

littlelove

October 20th, 2021, 08:44 AM

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~Lilyshine~
Lilyshine padded through the sea of cats. It had been a while since she had been to a gathering. She paused to scan the area, looking for the familiar pelts of her friends. Unfortunately, it seemed they weren't coming. Lilyshine padded nervously around. The clans had been anxious lately and she wasn't sure it was the best time to go talk to anyone.

Suddenly, something caught her eye. A she-cat that seemed to be an apprentice was shifting nervously around on her paws. Lilyshine recognized it as Morningpaw. Lilyshine paused, wondering if it would help to go talk to the apprentice. Ultimately, she decided it wouldn't hurt to say hi.

"Um hey," Lilyshine muttered. Morningpaw looked up surprisingly. "How are you?"

Morningpaw turned to the voice behind her, ears lifting at the sudden interraction. A she-cat stood behind her, though it wasn't one that she quite recognized; was she from another clan?

"Hi! It's great to meet you. I'm Morningpaw." She eagerly introduced herself, beaming at the other molly. It was easier to do this than acknowledge the absolute chaos happening in the midst of the clan announcements.

Abyssopelagic

October 20th, 2021, 11:46 AM

MORNINGPAW [OPEN]

Part of her missed the atmosphere of Gatherings, considering she hadn't attended one in a couple moons. All the frantic happenings in the last few moons had kept Morningpaw from really, truly enjoying herself. With tensions settling, she hoped she could make up all that she'd missed. Something in the back of her head echoed her past doubts, so she tried to chase it away with a shake of her head.

Looking to the Seastones, a new figure caught her eye; it seems like Shadowclan up and replaced their last deputy. Morningpaw let out a thoughtful hum; high ranks never seemed to stick around for so long, did they? Or was she just living in a time of uncertainty?

MAPLEPAW [OPEN]

Maplepaw bowed her head as she arrived with her clan, pushed around amidst the sea of cats around her. Another Gathering where she wasn't a warrior. Why did she keep coming to these stupid things, anyways?

Pawing awkwardly at the sand below her, she surveyed the crowd of cats. The high ranks were standing tall upon the Seastones as always, probably exchanging their usual pleasantries. Featherbrainstar seemed oddly quiet though; good for him. It was irritating to have to hear his voice every moon after he had lashed out at her.

CINDERPAW [OPEN]

Cinderkit was practically vibrating with excitement as the cool leaf-fall air sunk through her thick pelt and hit her skin. It was the Gathering. \Her first Gathering, ever! She'd made it, finally!

The feeling of the beach under her paws was foreign but welcome. She pranced through the sand, watching the pawsteps she left behind her, which were soon engulfed by the rest of the arriving clans. Her bicolored eyes widened as she saw the sheer number of her fellow clangoers.

"...Are there really that many cats in the clans?" She mumbled to herself, the true scope of the world beginning to dawn on her. Was this all she had been missing out on, or was there more?
Dimhazel, ThunderClan, they/them
//Edit: I hadn't seen that someone else had already replied to Morningpaw, you can ignore this if you want, I'm terribly sorry

Dimhazel's thoughts were completely scattered when Morningpaw comes to sit beside them, too lost in her own thoughts possibly to realize she was sitting by her own Clanmates. They briefly leaned forward to take a quick whiff of her scent to discern which Clan she was from.
Their attention was grabbed by the distinct smell of RiverClan, of the mud of their riverbanks, the fish they feasted upon, and the salt and sand from that beach of theirs. Not terribly unpleasant, truthfully.
They lean back to a polite distance and follow where Morningpaw's gaze was resting to the new deputy of ShadowClan and recognized the questioning look on her face. If she thought ShadowClan went through deputies quick, she hadn't seen the true ridiculousness of ThunderClan and just how quickly it went through everything, from leaders, to deputies, and even medicine cats.
"I believe Dawnstar said his name was Shadestorm," they offered in the way of a conversation starter.
"She removed Finchwhisker from her side perhaps two Gatherings ago. Shadestorm must have been appointed recently, because he wasn't mentioned last time."
They didn't know if Morningpaw knew this or if they'd rudely assumed she was dumb and that she'd take offense. That hadn't been the intent, but she would take it however it happened to come across as to her.

beau

October 20th, 2021, 12:41 PM

Tidepaw's ears flicked up as the commotion grew louder. Her pale eyes flicked towards the source of the sound as Sunsetbloom moved to block the conflict. A subtle frown formed on the apprentice's face before brightening once more as she focused on the conversation. The noise was already beginning to die down, it sounded like only a handful of cats involved, so Tidepaw elected to ignore it. She grinned as the Riverclan warrior began to describe catfish, they sounded so funny-looking! Soft slippery fish with whiskers? It almost sounded made up! They didn't sound very good, but the black molly would be willing to try one if she ever happened upon one.

The she-cat tipped her head in thought as she pondered the question of her favorite bird. "I suppose it depends. To eat, I would probably say sparrow. To look at... that's harder to answer! I think it changes, but right now I would probably say a magpie. Their colors are super pretty, and they have so many different kinds of feathers!" If Tidepaw were to be asked this question a few days from now, she'd probably give a completely different answer, it would simply depend on what had her attention at the moment. For instance, a moon ago she had been obsessed with blue jays, and their feathers. The moon before that it was robins, for their pretty eggs and crimson chests. Her preferences were like this in a lot of things, from which chores she preferred to her favorite color.

Her expression perked up as the thought crossed her mind, an incredibly important question she hadn't thought to ask until this moment. "What's your favorite color, and why?" The young molly chirped. It was one of her favorite questions to ask. It made it easy to find gifts, figure out the cat's personality, and was simply a fun fact to know. The apprentice had pretty strong associations to color, and she loved to see how her ideas differed from other cats. Some though blue was cold and depressing, others though it was healing and cool. It was fascinating to her to get a peek into others' thought processes.

(They are!! We'll definitely have to have them meet again)
Rani

Madelaine

October 20th, 2021, 03:26 PM

-->Flowerpaw; Windclan

The apprentice was a little late to the gatheribg, but the good news is they made it. They padded over to a spot near a couple of apprentices and listened to the keaders began to speak. This was their first gathering and boy were they excited. Flowerpaw looked around to the nearest cat. "Its my first gathering.", they meowed.

// open \\

(Flower is a They/Them though they is AFAB, so confusuon is alright.)

Rxcket_p

October 20th, 2021, 03:30 PM

Madelaine

October 20th, 2021, 03:33 PM

Mintstorm ~ Thunderclan.

She looked at Flowerpaw, she had only just become a warrior, so she wasn't much bigger. "Hello!" She said, in her normal cheery voice.

-->Flowerpaw

She actually said something back. Sometimes cats would just ignore them. They were glad they werebable to communicate with a cat outside their clan. "My names Flowerpaw. Whats yours?", she introduced.

Rxcket_p

October 20th, 2021, 03:47 PM

-->Flowerpaw

She actually said something back. Sometimes cats would just ignore them. They were glad they werebable to communicate with a cat outside their clan. "My names Flowerpaw. Whats yours?", she introduced.

Mintstorm ~ Thunderclan.

"The names Mintp- Ah, Mintstorm! Sorry, just got made a warrior. " she awkwardly giggled.

teddybr

October 20th, 2021, 04:53 PM

Robincall {He/Him} | ShadowClan | [Open]

The dark tabby blends well into the night, his pale green eyes at times catch the light of the moonlight as he studied the crowd, he remained silent and his thoughts hard to read. His tail merely rhythmically swings from left to right. Seeming to not join into any particular discussion as he was in a long trance of thought.

Moonraven

October 20th, 2021, 09:46 PM

Twilightstar watched the interaction between ShadowClan and RiverClan with a neutral expression on her face. It wasn't surprising to hear that ShadowClan had been messing with RiverClan. If all they've had to deal with so far was a few ambush patrols, and no deaths then they were lucky. That was rather tame for Dawnstar. At the same, she couldn't help but agree with Dawnstar, as much as its cause her stomach to twist in painful knots, this probably could have been avoided if Kestrelstar was as level-headed as he was trying very hard to remain right now.

She was interested in what brought about the change in the younger leader, but was pleased to see it nonetheless. It was better late than never. Twilightstar ears perked up as her attention was brought to the dispute between some warriors, none of hers, although she would remind herself to keep an eye on Butterflydust. She did not like how the molly seemed so intent on talking to the she-cat that had murdered a queen. That could bring her trouble in the future or she could just be getting overly paranoid.

The tension seemed to spike after it was known that ShadowClan had killed yet another cat. Only this time wasn't with her cats, considering that claws had been drawn, concerningly enough with RiverClan starting it stead of ShadowClan, Twilightstar a little eager to get her clan home. She wasn't really nervous, just didn't want to deal with it. Not to say that she was upset with him or RiverClan, all the clans had their things to do and problems to handle. But if RiverClan wanted to duke it out with ShadowClan, Twilightstar wasn't going to get her clan involved with it at the moment.

WindClan's had to deal with everything ShadowClan's thrown at them on their own these past several moons. She didn't think RiverClan would have any issues dealing with ShadowClan on their own for a bit. Twilightstar didn't really want to see her clanmates get slaughtered again. WindClan would fight ShadowClan, but only after Twilightstar got her clan put together.

As Dawnstar mentioned at the end of her speech that she had renamed their stolen territory Sky Glade and added her usual threat, Twilightstar paid it little heed. She was not getting into it with Dawnstar at this gathering. She's exhausted so much emotion on the massive brown tabby these last moons it was getting stifling.

"WindClan is slowly but surely recovering from our losses, and prey is running well. We've acquired new apprentices. Jaypaw and Rockpaw. Deadpaw and Leafpaw have earned their warrior name, Deadmoon, and Leafheart." Outside of that, Twilightstar wasn't eager to speak of much else. She wrapped up her short announcement with that and left Aspenstar to speak.
poisoned poppy

Moonraven

October 20th, 2021, 09:49 PM

Batglare
[Open]
The senior warrior had no clue why the heck he had bothered showing up here. A soft cough escaped his maw when he breathed in the freezing ocean air. Leaffall was here and it was hitting harder than he was expecting. The large brown and white tom separated from the rest of his clan and made his way over to sit by the shore. A sharp scowl was plastered on his maw as lashed his tail back and forth behind him. He looked over at the leaders, amused that they didn't have anyone new up there yet. He paid little mind to what was going on with RiverClan and ShadowClan, it didn't concern WindClan so it didn't concern him.

Leopardsong
[Open]
The young she-cat bounced into the gathering with a hop in her step. It's been a while since she's bothered leaving WindClan and coming to a gathering. She got antsy when she left home, she was all for a good adventure, but the other cats in the clans made her nervous. She remembered that one time when she had been an apprentice and ran into a ShadowClan warrior... or was it ThunderClan... it had been somebody and she freaked and leaped back, bumping into some other apprentices and ended up knocking them into the tide. She had gotten quite the scolding both from the apprentices and her mentor. Plus a moon on tick duty, it had been an accident but hadn't made WindClan good. In hindsight, she could have reacted better, but anyway, that was in the past. All was well now. She sat down, somewhere in the middle, and looked around to see if there was anyone she could talk to.

teddybr

October 20th, 2021, 10:05 PM

Robincall {He/Him} | ShadowClan | Interacting to Batglare Moonraven [Open]

It was rude, but he yawned. Unfortunately, the WindClan's leader's announcement was but the usual, his craving to find another cat to share tongue with his beginning to agitate him, though as another tom with a hideous scowl on his face seem to make him purr in amusement. The smell clearly indicated a WindClan, though he confess, he would prefer talking to anyone at the moment. "You look jolly tonight." He did not hide his amusement.

Willie Warf

October 21st, 2021, 10:20 AM

Ian

October 21st, 2021, 11:23 AM

Vixenpaw straightened slightly at Twilightstar's announcement, a frown taking over her face. Why hadn't she mentioned anything about the stolen territory or the threat Dawnstar made? Was WindClan really that weak that their leader wouldn't even respond? Well, if that was the case then the apprentice supposed it was a good thing, albeit a bit boring. It wasn't any fun if there were no bunnies to shred.

Moonraven

October 21st, 2021, 02:22 PM

Batglare
His lips curled exposing his upper fangs as a putrid scent slammed into his nostrils. He hissed recognizing the scent as a toad, great. The large cat swung his head in the direction of the tom as they actually walked over to talk to him. He hasn't seen this rat around, so clearly, he hasn't been in any of the last battles with ShadowClan. It didn't mean that Batglare wanted to make friends with any of these foul creatures.

"You know what would make me jollier?" Batglare cringed as the last word slipped from his maw, "Yout removing yourself from my presents, Toad." He hissed, although kept his claws sheathed and refrained from letting his temper get the better of him. He was not here to entertain bored toads, unless it involved him drowning one of them in the ocean.
teddybr

teddybr

October 21st, 2021, 02:49 PM

carmen

October 21st, 2021, 04:09 PM

Moonraven
(For Leapordsong)
Falconfeather swept into the clearing with an air of confidence, an unnatural grace. Despite being Shadowclan, she didn't like being hated by the other clans and always arrived at the back of the pack, trying to ignore being seen. Skirting around the edge of the Seastones, the brown tabby looked around for a possible victim. No, no, it wasn't a victim. It was hard to shake the idea from her head. It had only been a few moons ago when she was as brainwashed as the rest of Shadowclan. She hadn't really had enough interactions to change the way she thought just yet, though she was waiting too.

Falconfeathers amber gaze travelled over the sea of cats, landing on a lone molly who seemed to be staring off into space. Reminiscing, perhaps? No matter. Standing up, she slowly walked over, deciding there was no turning back and hiding in a corner this time. SHe flinched as she got near enough to pick up the heather and rabbit scent of a WIndclan cat. This wouldn't go as well as she hoped. "Hello there, I'm Falconfeather. What are you called?" Her voice was soft and shy. Hopefully, it would make her seem less threatening than the average Shadowclan cat. It wouldn't be far off from the truth.

Sorrow

October 21st, 2021, 10:48 PM

> tatteredthorn | he / him | thunderclan | open <

"come on aspen..." he said impatiently, lips curling into the beginnings of a snarl. "just announce the stupid stuff you have to announce and get this meeting over with!!" he kept his voice quiet, trying to seem calm, but his tail lashed, showing his annoyance. tatteredthorn ducked his head and put his paws over his ears, attempting to block out the noise around him. this is so annoying!

carmen

October 22nd, 2021, 09:35 AM

Pitou

October 22nd, 2021, 10:44 AM

**Elmshadow of Shadowclan**

Twilightstar's announcements were short and simple. The old leader seemed...over it, not biting at Dawnstar's Sky Glade reminder, no vow to take it back, no quip. Had the old she-cat given in?

Some rising voices caught Elmshadow's attention. He turned and spotted two apprentices, some wind-swept-looking bunny and Juniperpaw. He made no move to intervene just yet but his eyes narrowed. It would be unwise to allow a couple of apprentices to let their emotions run them straight into a fight in the middle of a gathering and it didn't make matters any better that it was again Windclan and Shadowclan. He was close enough that he could step in, should it escalate, but chose first to see how Juniperpaw would handle it.

Papaya Pheasantflight

dino.

October 22nd, 2021, 11:32 AM

Papaya
Juniperpaw flinched away from the cats breath as they shoved his face into hers. It smelled furry, if that was possible, like rabbits. Did her breath smell like rats and toads? Maybe every clan had a different breath like the prey they ate. That would be interesting. Blizzardpaw had leaned away with a sneer before she could continue thinking and she froze, staring at his teeth. Boy, they were sharp. Well, either those were extra sharp or she didn't focus on teeth enough to notice how sharp they were.

"For the last time, Dawnstar is not a tyrant! We've only had one attempted rebellion since I was born and only a few cats were in that. You and the other clans can't seem to understand that she may be ferocious and murderous to all of you, but she's our leader, as long as we don't get in our way, she won't do anything bad to us!" She snorted with contempt, as they brought up the idea of a fair fight. "You wish. We already had a fair fight and we kicked yours. Of course, you got slaughtered, so you might want to make sure whoever you're talking to has forgotten about that." Oh wow, they killed from the Shadows, who would have thought. "We're Shadowclan, you idiot. We attack from the shadows."

"So?" She wasn't sure how to react to the part about his siblings. Juniperpaw didn't have any littermates, she didn't have anyone she cared about, so she couldn't imagine losing someone important to her. It was impossible. She stumbled back as Blizzardpaws paw jabbed her shoulder. "Hey! Do you know how hard it is to stay clean here? Or anywhere, really? The dirt sticks to my pelt and I can't get it off!" She shivered at the thought and bent back down, rhythmically grooming down her shoulder.
>Blizzardpaw<
Blizzardpaw rolled his eyes and leaned back. So Juniperpaw really was braindead. What a shocker. Not. His muzzle twisted into a sneer. "Probably because they're scared," he jeered. "Afraid that the Big Bad Wolf might get them in their sleep - CHOMP." He gnashed his teeth, inches away from her nose. "And so they follow the Big Bad Wolf without question, knowing that what they're doing is dead wrong but too scared to stand up for what's right. Truth is..." His voice dropped to a conspiratorial whisper. "Truth is, you're cowards, every single one of you. Murderous, sneaky, lying cowards, but cowards all the same."

He leaned back, satisfied, and then snorted as Juniperpaw properly freaked about a bit of dirt. "Oh, calm down, you crybaby. You practically live in a swamp, you're dirty every day of every moon of every season. Here, let me help." And then he reached forward with one forepaw raised and tried to whack her on the top of the head, eyes shining maliciously. Ah, taunting ShadowClan - his favorite past-time.

Moonraven

October 22nd, 2021, 12:29 PM

Robincall {He/Him} | ShadowClan | QueenCocaHead Moonraven

"Bless you~" the tom sang as he continue to make his way past, the corner of his eyes peeking over at the tom with the thunder clan scent, "Maybe you should rest up for a while, care to join us?" He lightly gestured over to Batglare, who did not seem to appreciate the Shadow Clan Cat's interaction with him.

Though now sitting next to Batglare the whole conversation has gotten furthermore interesting, it is such a shame that they had made such terrible names for themselves.

"Ah right, I forgot that Wind Clan doesn't hunt water-based prey, ironic you never saw a toad in your life." He looked the Wind Clan Cat in the face, with the unfortunate lack of self-control he snorts. His scowl reminds the tom too much of a Toad.
Batglare
Ewww, was that cat sick? The older tom’s face twisted itself into a grimace at the mere thought. Batglare could handle a lot of stuff, fight in battle after battle, sustain wound after wound, and carry on like they were flesh wounds. But give him a cold and the big guy would go down without even thinking about getting up again. He could not raise his claws against an illness so he often tried to avoid them. Curling his tail tighter around his rough paws, he was debating if he should give up this little... whatever it was, and go hide among his clanmates. Batglare didn’t do sick.

Alas, the toad was attempting to mock him... right? That was some sort of insult? It didn’t sound like one to his ears. “I know what a toad looks like, I’m looking at the ugly mug of one right now.” Batglare smirked just slightly before his scowl returned to sitting stationary on his face. He went back to watching the new Tom with wariness, Batglare didn’t even bother trying to scent which clan the warrior had come from in cause he was contagious.
QueenCocaHead

Moonraven
(For Leapordsong)
Falconfeather swept into the clearing with an air of confidence, an unnatural grace. Despite being Shadowclan, she didn't like being hated by the other clans and always arrived at the back of the pack, trying to ignore being seen. Skirting around the edge of the Seastones, the brown tabby looked around for a possible victim. No, no, it wasn't a victim. It was hard to shake the idea from her head. It had only been a few moons ago when she was as brainwashed as the rest of Shadowclan. She hadn't really had enough interactions to change the way she thought just yet, though she was waiting too.

Falconfeathers amber gaze travelled over the sea of cats, landing on a lone molly who seemed to be staring off into space. Reminiscing, perhaps? No matter. Standing up, she slowly walked over, deciding there was no turning back and hiding in a corner this time. SHe flinched as she got near enough to pick up the heather and rabbit scent of a WIndclan cat. This wouldn't go as well as she hoped. "Hello there, I'm Falconfeather. What are you called?" Her voice was soft and shy. Hopefully, it would make her seem less threatening than the average Shadowclan cat. It wouldn't be far off from the truth.
Leopardsong
After sitting around looking what she assumed was friendly, and finding no one to talk to, Leopardsong was wondering if she go on the hunt. There must be someone to chat with. If she was as proactive as she was with Wolfe, some should want to talk to her. As the white warrior rose she noticed the cat inching her way over. The small feline plastered a friendly smile on her as the cat introduced her as Falconfeather. The fresh pine scent mixed with something harsher that made Leopardsong blink in surprise.

What was a ShadowClan warrior doing talking to her? It was rather strange, but the way the cat spoke and the hesitation had Leopardsong chuckling. “Ah! You are so cute! That’s a pretty name! My name’s Leopardsong.” She replied with a small trill of delight at the end. “You are from ShadowClan, I don’t think I’ve ever smelled one of you guys from this close before. You smell funny, I can figure out what that other smell is.” As if to make it clear she wasn’t teasing the cat, Leopardsong leaned forward a bit to take a better whiff. “Yup, nope I’ve got no clue what that is. Do you have a lot of mud in your territory? I bet that it... or maybe bark. I don’t have any trees to smell in the moor.” Leopardsong was being utterly serious as she pondered what the smell was. It had to be something in ShadowClan that WindClan didn’t have, and trees were the only thing that came to mind.