July Gathering

[dino.]

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[ valery Undertaker Moonraven Lillian vellichor Estelle ]

[dino.]

It would be evident to anyone that things had gone down between her Clan and ShadowClan. Bumblestar didn’t even need to draw attention to it—the fresh injuries would likely be proof enough alone to those who spared them so much as a glance. Her own wounds still ached as she led her cats to the Seastones, but her expression remained stoic.

“Keep away from ShadowClan,” she ordered over her shoulder. “Don’t bother ‘em, don’t antagonize ‘em, don’t screw things up. Remember that there’s a truce. If anyone breaks it I’ll have their ears.” The last thing she needed was for one of her cats to get a little too ticked off and violate this thing. She had enough on her mind without worrying about runaway spitfires.

And apparently, they were the first ones here, so she wouldn’t have to worry about that just yet. With a quiet exhale, Bumblestar scaled the stone and took up her spot, settling down onto her stomach to relax until the others arrived.

[vellichor]

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Beanstar (https://beanstarrc.carrd.co/#bean-overview)
RiverClan Leader

Purrks: Beefed Up, Mind Reader, Shadow Fiend



With his head and tail held high, Beanstar led his Clanmates to the Seastones. Thankfully, he was second only to ThunderClan this time. Perhaps he could take this opportunity to size up the new ThunderClan leader on his own terms. As for his Clanmates...

"Behave yourselves. Don't antagonize WindClan. We don't need to give them more reason to keep crossing our borders." With a huff, the siamese flicked his tail forward, letting his Clanmates loose. Then, the shorter tom sized up the large rocks and bounded on top of them with one agile leap. Beanstar wasted no time in settling next to Bumblestar dino. (to her right, so he could actually see her), acknowledging the scarred cat with a nod. "'Evening," he spoke curtly. "I'm guessing by the rather fresh looking injuries that this moon hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows, eh?"


// RiverClan has arrived! \\

[hermeswind]

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Dragonflycliff
(Image by Pangoligon)
(Yay, I'm the first non-HR!)
Gatherings! She hasn't gone to the last one, this was the first in a while. Maybe she could find some cat to talk to?
{ OPEN }

[dino.]

Bumblestar's eyes flickered over to Beansprout as the tom led RiverClan onto the meeting grounds. Of course he immediately addressed the injuries, and with a snort and a wry grin, she glanced away.

"Nah," she chuckled, "quite the opposite, in fact. You should see the other guys. Kinda embarrassing for them, if I'm bein' honest."

A beat of silence before she turned her head again to look at him fully. "Anything been goin' on with you? Or has it all been, as you said, sunshine 'n rainbows?"

[ vellichor ]

[iliri]

Tired. Exhausted. Fumbled. Those three words were quick to describe Springpaw’s current condition; hazy blue eyes staring blankly ahead as she followed close behind her leader. It had seemed that ThunderClan was the first to arrive, much to the calico’s surprise. She hadn’t entirely expected for Bumblestar to want to leave so early from camp just so they could arrive to the Seastones. Then again, it wasn’t like Springpaw was bound to complain about it. This was her second gathering as a medicine cat apprentice—and her third gathering in total of her own life—so she hoped that something would be interesting… or if there wouldn’t be any drama. It was espoused to be a truce, not a call-out for war. That was the last thing that Springpaw had needed at that very moment, another war coming off to her clan. As if ShadowClan hadn’t screwed up everything as it is. Speaking of which, the clan of bloodlust brutes hadn’t seemingly arrived yet. Good. That was the other last thing that Springpaw even needed to see.

As her eyes grew adjusted to the dark atmosphere, they glanced ahead towards the Seastones as the moonlight landed gracefully atop of it, shining right directly on the smooth stone. It looked almost like it was glowing, really, but Springpaw didn’t think of it that way. It was just a regular stone where cats of higher ranks sat at. Nothing more special than that. With a heavy sigh, the pastel calico scaled her way through the empty clearing to make it towards the Seastones, angling herself to properly jump up onto her spot so she could sit and wait for the other medicine cats to arrive, exhaustion seeping over her system as she blankly stared downwards towards the clearing of gathering cats, the mixture of both RiverClan and her own overstimulating her nose. This was definitely gonna be a very long night.

[ Omari ]

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Sparrowpelt (https://suszone.weebly.com/sparrowpelt.html)] of ThunderClan

The warrior made his way after Bumblestar, taking a spot beneath the stones. Honestly, if he could just avoid the other clans altogether, this would be a successful gathering. [open]

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[Treepaw (https://suszone.weebly.com/treepaw.html)] of ThunderClan

Treepaw padded along happily, she was quite excited for this Gathering. She'd learned what to expect at the last one and planned to interact more at this one. She was told to leave ShadowClan alone, but that left the others open! Surely there was someone friendly enough to approach her, or maybe she'd just bother her mentor. That also sounded like a good idea. [open]

[vellichor]

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Beanstar (https://beanstarrc.carrd.co/#bean-overview)
RiverClan Leader

Purrks: Beefed Up, Mind Reader, Shadow Fiend



Despite himself, Beanstar let out a chuckle. "'The other guys', huh? And just who might that be? Is Dawnstar herself gonna come limping in here in a minute?" the siamese cat joked. More likely than not, it was an outside threat, but the thought of ShadowClan getting their arrogant butts beaten was more than satisfying in and of itself.

"Oh yeah. Allllll sunshine and rainbows over here in RiverClan. In fact, I had to skip out on my nightly stargazing and carefree frolicking to be out here." Things were far from perfect in RiverClan, but he wasn't about to share the extent of it. Why would he?


// dino. \\

[Minkuu]

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|~ Sunsetpaw - they/them ~|
Active purrks - none
Post : 29

Sunsetpaw happily followed with the clan to the Seastones; yey! Second gathering! The apprentice sat down, wondering who to talk to; this time maybe they'll try to talk to a cat from another clan! That'll be kinda interesting. They sat down, seems like riverclan was the second and thunderclan was first; the looked at the Thunderclanners, seems like some of them had many wounds...what happened?


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╰─▸ ❝ open!

[bubble[error].]

*Cherrypaw and Bluefang arrive*

{BOTH OPEN}

[hermeswind]

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|~ Sunsetpaw - they/them ~|
Active purrks - none
Post : 29

Sunsetpaw happily followed with the clan to the Seastones; yey! Second gathering! The apprentice sat down, wondering who to talk to; this time maybe they'll try to talk to a cat from another clan! That'll be kinda interesting. They sat down, seems like riverclan was the second and thunderclan was first; the looked at the Thunderclanners, seems like some of them had many wounds...what happened?


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╰─▸ ❝ open!
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Dragonflycliff
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A RiverClan... kit? Wait. Had they also done the same thing as ThunderClan, and turned kits into apprentices early? Probably. She padded over and meowed, "Hello."

[Minkuu]

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|~ Sunsetpaw - they/them ~|
Active purrks - none
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Sunsetpaw's ears perked as they smiled at the Thunderclan cat "hello! I'm Sunsetpaw! What's your name?" they asked, this'll be their first time actually talking to a thunderclanner! Unless they forgot someone...uh...hopefully not though! They should probably asked what happened to thunderclan next since it looks like something happened

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╰─▸ ❝ dragonwind

[elaif]

v-Crackle'paw-v

Storming into the clearing, Crackle'paw barreled past everyone and ran into the center of Seastones. OH YEAH! THIS WAS GOING TO BE FUN!! Dumb Bumble'star didn't let him go last time, but now NO ONE COULD STOP HIM FROM BEING HERE! HA! He'd make the most of this experience!! And who knows... Maybe he'd cause some trouble just to spite his dumb leader! That'd show her! Just the thought made him giggle maniacally, it'd be so DAMN FUN to embarrass her in front of the other clan leaders!! Oooohhh, how would she react to that? She'd probably try and skin him alive, but she'd have to get through Maple'face first! He had no doubt that his favorite sister would kick Bumble'stars butt if she tried anything like that!

And speaking of Maple'face, he wondered if she would be here. That sent a bit of hope soaring in his heart, but it quickly came crashing down when a thought crossed his mind.
Right... she was probably taking care of her stupid babies. She was always taking care of them. So he guessed she wouldn't have time for him tonight... The thought made him a lot sadder then he liked to admit, so sad in fact, that he could almost feel the corner of his eyes moisten. This would technically be his first gathering, but his favorite cat wouldn't be here to experience it with him. That was...was... Disappointing...

Mood dampened by the horrible thoughts, he stomped off to go sit in the very back. There he could mope around and feel sorry for himself... While he sat all alone.

// Closed for rn \\

[bite]

Another moon, another night of hell. Alderstep fervently wished he could skip out on these whenever he pleased, more so tonight than ever before. His wounds dully ached, and if he so much as glimpsed Salamanderlivesunderarock, he might just convert to the kittypet life. He didn't want to be here, which was usual, but he desperately just wanted to go home and curl up in his nest. If only. If only, if only if only if only. He just wanted to go home.

ThunderClan wasn't even first for long. Of course, RiverClan had to show up ten seconds later, because they could never decide between being late or being punctual. Alderstep hesitated to go to the deputy spot, instead looking over Seastones. He could see his apprentice Treepaw, wearing her usual enthusiasm. He glanced once over at Bumblestar before making his way to the young cat. This was her second gathering if he recalled correctly. Alderstep stopped in front of Treepaw, regarding her for a moment before speaking. "I'm not doubting that you heard Bumblestar, but I want you three fox-lengths away from those toad-eaters at all times. Understood? Great." Hopefully, that hadn't come across as concerned, because he wasn't concerned at all. Nope. Alderstep padded away, leaving no room for argument, not that he thought Treepaw would've anyway. Best not to stay long, lest he looked like an overbearing mentor. [ SuspiciousMindz ]

Alderstep scouted the gathering crowd once again, but he didn't spy his other apprentice yet. He frowned for a moment, before deciding that was for the best. From what he could tell, Fireflypaw would hate Gatherings. Besides, she seemed too shy to get into trouble anyway. That mental matter settled, Alderstep stalked his way to where he was supposed to sit.

He spotted Springpaw already on Seastones, looking dead to the world. Huh. Definitely not good. Where's her keeper? Alderstep peered about for Drizzlecloud, growing wary. Right. It was best to avoid the medicine cat. He wasn't sure when she meant he was supposed to return to have his wounds looked at, but it'd been a couple of days. The last thing he needed tonight was to run into her and probably get scolded. Maybe. It was more likely that Drizzlecloud would be more focused on her fellow herb cats than anything else. Safe to say, the deputy didn't need to worry. Not yet, anyway.

The tabby grimaced as he leaped up onto the rock, hating how his muscles pulled painfully at his wounds. Surprisingly, Gingerfrost wasn't up there yet. Alderstep took this stolen quiet moment to breathe, ducking back into a shadow as he collected himself. He vehemently hated it here. He wanted to say that he didn't care about these stupid gatherings, that they were a waste of time. He just wanted to go home.

[dino.]

Bumblestar's whiskers twitched. For a moment, she half-debated asking the tom how on earth he had figured it was ShadowClan, but after only a second of deliberation, she let it go. Obviously it hadn't been RiverClan, and Twilightstar would never actually start something unprovoked, so that left only one other option. With a shrug, she let it go, though it a smug smirk still tugged at one corner of her mouth.

As he carried on, she found herself laughing again. "Nightly frolicking? Please. I hope you haven't roped your whole Clan into that. Would be a damn shame if the lot of you turned soft just as I'm gettin' the hang of this thing."

Now, that wasn't a threat. Or at least, Bumblestar didn't mean for it to be one. She really would hate for them to have turned so passive before she had the opportunity to lock claws with them again.

[ vellichor ]

[BEAR.]

Wolfpaw bounced in, paws buzzing with excitement. This was his first Gathering! He beamed up at Bumba, scrunched his nose at the stinky cats, and plopped down near the Seastones. His initial instinct had been to go up to one of the gross cats, but his courage faltered-- he'd never spoken to a stranger before, and he stuck close to the familiar scent of his Clan-mates.

[Morrigan]

Firestream padded carefully into the clearing and sat down hoping she wouldn't see the awful Shadowclan cat who sliced her ear.

Nightgaze walked quickly into the clearing avoiding every Shadowclan cat she could not wanting to even make eye contact with one of those fox-hearts.

BOTH OPEN

[Estelle]

Sucky gatherings. Always so late at night, always so crowded and busy. Never ever a calm gathering these days, Gingerfrost was preparing for the worst. Couldn't these things be at a more ambient time? Such, for example, mid-day? Late afternoon? Just something so they'd be back by sundown; this was madness, losing sleep over idle chit-chat and the woes of other clans. If it weren't for the fact that he had one: little choice in the matter of going or not and two: there was interest in knowing how the other clans were fairing, well, he probably would be skipping out on gatherings. A shame he knew better than pretending to be sick so he wouldn't have to go.

All he could hope for now is that RiverClan would heed Beanstar's warning and not antagonize WindClan -- or anyone, for that matter, he could tell not everyone was too fond of ThunderClan these days. Gingerfrost grumbled a little as he broke away from the steady stream of felines, flexing his muscles as he came to join his fellow deputy beneath the stones. Aldersomething, was it? He gave a light nod in greeting, taking his usual place on the cold stones. At least the night offered a bit of coolness compared to the warm days. Idly, the tom noted Beanstar's chit-chatting with ThunderClan's leader, and the scars that seemed to grace the other deputy's body.

"..Rough moon?"
Is all he asked, barely offering a glance the deputy's way. The answer was evident, in a manner, but for once he felt the silence had gotten too thick. Or perhaps he simply didn't want to listen to the chat happening up above, and thus decided to drown it out with a question of his own. Aldersomething didn't look all too chatty either, which more often than not worked in his favour, so he wouldn't be surprised if he got nothing bit a sneer and a scowl in response. Well, that would be his choice. Gingerfrost was just here existing.


[ valery ]

[sol.]

Kestrelpaw walked with her clan, feeling her paws buzz in excitement. She was due for her assessment soon, so if she made it through this Gathering...

[ open! ]

[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunleap arrived at the gathering, the ThunderClan tom sitting down. {open]

[Tecumori]

ThunderClan; Sharpclaw arrived at the seastones and took a seat. (Open)

RiverClan; Lionpaw wasn't as tired this time on the journey to seastones and took a seat near the rest of his clanmates. (Open)

[Fawnhearted]

Littlelion
Thunderclan - Large Golden Cat w/ Brown Eyes
They/He/She [ AMAB so He/Him can be assumed if unfamiliar with Little ]

The Thunderclanner wasn't particularly excited to be here, where Shadowclanners would soon gather, but the four clans always met together, so she supposed there was no arguement. The gash on her flank had started to scab over, thank Starclan, and she was slowly getting over the.. events.. that had happened at the border. Would Bumblestar bring up all the outsiders?

-- <3 --

Bigbird
Thunderclan - Large Golden Cat w/ Brown Eyes
He/Him

He wasn't exactly happy at the idea of leaving his sibling, but Littlelion had asked that Bigbird give her some space. He was just worried! Why couldn't Little see that? She had been moping, just for killing some damn outsider! It was a part of life, but Littlelion had been struggling with it for days. He was trying to do his jo as a brother, and comfort her, but it was infuriating.. not that he would ever admit that to his sibling, or anyone for that matter. He had to be the perfect warrior if he ever wanted to be a Hornet.


-- <3 --

Seedheart
Riverclan - Silver, Grey and White Tortoiseshell w/ Heterochromic Blue and Brown Eyes
She/They

Seedheart was excited to have an apprentice, and was honestly just happy to be in the Clans again. Afterall, this was her home! She still wasn't too sure how she felt about Windclan and Riverclan being on harsh terms, she had family and friends in both after all...


[ all are open! only to there own clans, unless you have previously interacted with the character ]

[poppy]

Briarpaw

Briarpaw padded into the Seastones, emerald eyes narrowed and unfriendly. No one would approach her now. The large, muscled tabby sat down off to the side, searching the crowd for her brother before settling down some more.

Fireflypaw

The scrawny tortie entered the Seastones, golden eyes betraying her nervousness, but she tried to stay... chill. Chill. Yeah, cool and NOT nervous. Sitting down, Fireflypaw looked around for someone who looked nice. Or familiar. Familiar was preferable.

Lotuspaw

The small Siamese bounded into the Gathering and immediately approached a cat and sat down next to someone. "Hi! My name is Lotuspaw, I'm 4 and a half moons old, my mentor is Muddyhound, I'm from ThunderClan and my favorite color is yellow because it's sunny!" Perfect introduction.

Dovefluff

Against her better judgment, Dove was here at the gathering. She didn't want to be here, not one bit. The slight chance that she might see her friend (former friend? she didn't know) who had Gentledoes eye at his paws last time she saw him. A wave of nausea rippled over her, and she squeezed her eyes shut.

Then, against her better judgement, she pushed her way forward and gingerly sat in the front of the crowd, as close as she could to Springpaw. The only reason she was here. She had to support her daughter. If Spring looked her way, the molly would shoot the calico a warm, loving smile. The only OTHER reason she was here was to make sure Lightningpaw, if the young molly was in attendance, had her mentor present for her first gathering.

( ares )

[ ALL OPEN ]

[Eden]

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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 29/100 - She/Her - 5m

Another gathering! This time she was here with her mentor and not just some random apprentice that hitched a ride here. She pranced over to join the rest of her clan with a grin plastered on her face. Springpaw could see her mentor here but she was curious on who she could harass this time around.

[open]



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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 1/100- She/her

Leafpaw casually walked along the rest of the clan to the gathering since she wasn't entirely sure where she was going. So this is where everyone was up to once in a while, she wasn't that really impressed yet. Huffing she looked around and spotted at least one of her siblings so far. For now she stayed at her spot just chilling unsure on what else to do but she did watch her sister.

[open]

[Dakotaa]

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PebbleSplash
RiverClan
~A pretty white mollie with pale gray and orange tortie markings and blue eyes~
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| Open |
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The beautiful lionheart had arrived, her long pale tortoiseshell tabby fur quite well groomed this time. She had placed flowers in her fur to appeal to those around her… PebbleSplash was A lionheart now, she had to be impressive…! Wether that be because of her looks or her skill. Taking a seat at the bottom of the Seastone, she smiles at those around her. She wondered how beautiful they thought she was….

But beauty went beyond one’s fur, right? Why was she trying so hard to impress those around her…? Those that saw her as pretty didn’t just say that because of the color of her pelt, rather they admired her beauty for who she was… The beautiful cat she was. Honestly, she had never been called beautiful, but she’d heard gossip about her from other cats that would love to look like her. The gossip was both flattering and humiliating.

For so long she had been just a piece of eye candy… But now, PebbleSplash is not only a gorgeous she-cat, she’s also one of the greatest warriors of RiverClan, even taking the special rank to acknowledge it. For once, she wasn’t just a pretty face. The mollie was smart, strong, brave, responsible and proud… PebbleSplash was proud of herself and how far she had made it… And I did this all on my own… Wow…!

Giving her paw a lick, she hopes someone would come and talk to her…
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[tulin]

(This post is open!)

If there had been any rules in place about Flightpaw not being allowed to come to the gathering with the injuries she had obtained from her tangle with the ShadowClan cat at the border a few nights ago, she hadn't listened to them. In stalked the dark tabby apprentice, her limp now mostly gone. Already back in her gaze was the fierce pride and smug look of attitude as she padded in with ThunderClan, scanning to see if the rats had shown up. From scent along it appeared that only RiverClan had arrived so far, and she didn't bother to cover up the way the smell disgusted her. "You'd think with all the water around them they would learn how to bathe," she snorted, shaking her head as if trying to dislodge the gross scent from her nose. Her voice wasn't necessarily all that quiet, and a passing RiverClan tom happened to hear her and turn his head. She held his gaze and stared at him with a challenge in her eye. They held the contact for a moment before the tom padded away and Flightpaw took a seat with a victorious grin.


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PebbleSplash
RiverClan
~A pretty white mollie with pale gray and orange tortie markings and blue eyes~
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| Open |
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The beautiful lionheart had arrived, her long pale tortoiseshell tabby fur quite well groomed this time. She had placed flowers in her fur to appeal to those around her… PebbleSplash was A lionheart now, she had to be impressive…! Wether that be because of her looks or her skill. Taking a seat at the bottom of the Seastone, she smiles at those around her. She wondered how beautiful they thought she was….

But beauty went beyond one’s fur, right? Why was she trying so hard to impress those around her…? Those that saw her as pretty didn’t just say that because of the color of her pelt, rather they admired her beauty for who she was… The beautiful cat she was. Honestly, she had never been called beautiful, but she’d heard gossip about her from other cats that would love to look like her. The gossip was both flattering and humiliating.

For so long she had been just a piece of eye candy… But now, PebbleSplash is not only a gorgeous she-cat, she’s also one of the greatest warriors of RiverClan, even taking the special rank to acknowledge it. For once, she wasn’t just a pretty face. The mollie was smart, strong, brave, responsible and proud… PebbleSplash was proud of herself and how far she had made it… And I did this all on my own… Wow…!

Giving her paw a lick, she hopes someone would come and talk to her…
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Well, that was a rather interesting start to the gathering. Snowbeak didn't find it worth his time to get caught up in a staring contest with a ThunderClan apprentice so the pale gray tom continued to move throughout the crowd. Here and there were a few Clanmates, though one in particular caught his eye. She had recently been named one of the new specialized ranks, hadn't she? Lionheart. The name was... odd to him. It sounded more like a warrior's full name than a specialized rank, and to him it took away a bit of the notoriety that would usually come along with it, but it wasn't like he could voice his opinion on that. Approaching Pebblesplash, Snowbeak regarded her with a questioning gaze, flicking his tail to the spot beside her to ask if he could sit down next to her to wait for the gathering to start.

[bite]

Ah, there was RiverClan's deputy, again with the greeting small nod. Alderstep stretched sitting down, minutely correcting his posture into something less slouchy and more rigid. It had something to do with looking presentable, out of slight respect, though Alderstep still couldn't care less about that. He gave the other ginger cat a tiny nod as well, glad to sit in silence. That was the only good thing about RiverClan; they had a quiet deputy. WindClan, though...their deputy liked talking too much for his own good. Alderstep took a moment to be grateful that ShadowClan didn't have a deputy. That was the last thing he wanted to deal with right now. He wanted to stay far, far away from those frog-eating wannabe territory stealers.

Studying his clan again was a fruitless attempt to comfort himself, as nobody down there gave him comfort. Obviously. But, so far, the clan was behaving, which was the most Alderstep could ask for. He picked up on the tortoiseshell pelt of his other apprentice, Fireflypaw, to his surprise. Maybe he'd been wrong. Of course he had been, what young child would miss their first gathering? Alderstep watched her for a moment, wondering if she'd talk to cats from the other clans. [ jupiter ]

"...Rough moon?"

Tensing as he was caught off guard, Alderstep looked to the other deputy. For a moment, he contemplated three choices. One, shove this loser off the stones. Two, jump him right then and there. Three, scoff and ignore him. Tonight was no ordinary night, though, so Alderstep went with the mysterious fourth option. He snorted in half-amusement and shrugged. "Maybe," he responded. What with fighting ShadowClan, which was never fun, and having trespassers on their territory, it had been a rough moon. But Alderstep would never admit the toll it was taking on him, the way he lay awake at night stressed out wondering if history would repeat itself. It was best to pretend everything was going splendidly and ThunderClan was thriving.
Estelle

[Cornbread1233]

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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 29/100 - She/Her - 5m

Another gathering! This time she was here with her mentor and not just some random apprentice that hitched a ride here. She pranced over to join the rest of her clan with a grin plastered on her face. Springpaw could see her mentor here but she was curious on who she could harass this time around.

[open]



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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 1/100- She/her

Leafpaw casually walked along the rest of the clan to the gathering since she wasn't entirely sure where she was going. So this is where everyone was up to once in a while, she wasn't that really impressed yet. Huffing she looked around and spotted at least one of her siblings so far. For now she stayed at her spot just chilling unsure on what else to do but she did watch her sister.

[open]

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Beepaw
Beepaw saw another apprentice who she hadn't seen at the last gathering. She smelled like she was from Thunderclan, and she looked friendly enough.
"Hi! I'm Beepaw. Is this your first gathering?" she asked the brown she-cat

[Eden]

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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 2/100- She/her

Startled was an understatement for how she reacted to the random voice that popped up seemingly nowhere. Leafpaw didn't response right off the bat still a bit surprised but also regarding them in a bit suspicion. She figured with her being new to this that no one would want to approach her the first time, but she was proved wrong. Blue eyes blinked as she stared for a bit longer, "uh, hey? Yeah, it is never been here before. Leafpaw" she was short and simple. Spare her the theatrics she wasn't expecting to talk to anyone today, with a flick she waited to see if they'd say anything else while occasionally looking over at her sister.

Cornbread1233

[Tecumori]

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Lionpaw
Riverclan | Apprentice | He/Him | 4 moons | 42/100
a creamy, thick-furred tom with blue eyes
Lionpaw decided he might as well meet some new cats at this gathering. He had only met one during his first and they were a full-grown warrior. Plus, it'd give him an excuse to avoid Springpaw should she try to sit near him again. Searching the crowd for his newest victim acquaintance, he spotted a young Siamese apprentice. She would do fine. He padded up to her and was about to introduce himself when some other cat beat him to it. It was Beepaw, right? Who did they think they were stealing his chance at making a new friend?

If the two apprentices were in the middle of a conversation then he rudely interrupted it. "Ahem! Hello, I'm Lionpaw. RiverClan's future greatest warrior. Who are you?" He mewed to Leafpaw, completely ignoring the other she-paw beside her.

(aw shoot someone beat me to it lel) (anways I wonder how these two will react? :spinning:)
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[Eden]

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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 3/100- She/her

Another one? Did she have some sort of magnet attached to her somewhere, did Lam put something in her fur to make everyone attracted to her. She graced her blue eyes upon the smaller tom, geez he was brightly colored. Leafpaw raised a brow as she gave a skeptical look towards him, something about this one screamed something at her. What it was she had no idea and she wasn't about to dig into it unless it was necessarily. She did take note that they both smelt like fish, something that the first apprentice smelled strongly of. Low and behold her suspicions got proved right when Lionpaw gave what clan they were from. "Future greatest warrior?" she mumbled mainly to her self, she wasn't sure how someone could be sure they'd be the best off the bat. "Leafpaw of Thunderclan, I don't got a big goal like that but I do plan on making sure I know all kinds of battle moves, can't be caught slacking by anyone" plus there might be someone she wanted to lay her paws on but she was weak at this moment.


Woodlow @/Cornbread1233
[lol she alright with others as long as they don't harm her siblings, others if you do she won't forgive you. she's the equivalent of the phrase "These hands are rated e for everyone"]

[Cornbread1233]

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Beepaw

Beepaw sighed. She had wanted to meet someone new at the gathering but they didn't seem like they wanted to talk to her and with Lionpaw here it didn't seem worth it to try. She couldn't compete with his overpowering personality. She looked towards the seastones as the other apprentice--Leafpaw apparently--responded. Beepaw decided she could try to keep a conversation with the other two apprentices, even if Lionpaw seemed to be ignoring her.
"Cool! Have you learned any moves yet?" she mewed

[ Woodlow | Leafie ]

[Zei]

Fillypaw- Female She/her - 10 moons

Fur Color(s): White, Orange, Chocolate Brown
Fur Texture: Silky but thick
Fur Length: short, except for along her Spine, where her fur is longer and spiky sticking straight up, she also has this on her head, giving her the appearance of having a mohawk
Markings: Calico printing
Eye Color: Yellow/Brown Heterochromia


Fillypaw was so Excited!!! First Gathering! before she'd never been able to go, but now here she was!!! How exciting! So many New Friends to Make! oh, b-but first she'd have to meet some cats she didn't know!!!

Fillypaw paused at that thought mid-pawstep... Fillypaw Really Didn't Like Meeting new people, though she loved making new friends... after all what if they got mad at her? like her old mentor had with her constant needing to give him a hug? boy was she happy she had Whitecardinal as her mentor now!!! she bet her new mentor wouldn't mind being hugged a lot! she couldn't figure out why some cats disliked Hugs, Hugs where great!!! they were the best!!!

What other possible way was better to show your affection then by giving them a hug? or grooming out their fur? or giving a nose boop?

oh well, time to see if she could find someone to give her hourly hug too...

OPEN!!!!

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Judgement: Reversed. (https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/judgement#reversed)
Mumblepaw | They/He/It (https://en.pronouns.page/they%26he%26it) | A Dilute Calico With Green Eyes and A Scarred Tail Stub.
Master Scout & Monkeys Paw: Permanently Active | Shadow Fiend: Disabled —> Active.

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Okay. Another one of these scent overloads! This was fine! ‘You know how to survive these, Mumbs! You have done it before, you can do it, one more time…then a bunch more times…’ Gulp. Raspy breaths already flowing through their mouth faintly, leaving the stick at the Settlement was fine this time. Welp, at least it was just the Settlement of Storms and Skies. Ooo. And a few new wounds to go on top with it! Haha. Mumblepaw was liking this! It showed the Settlement would be easy to start confrontation with, but with who? This Bumble cat wasn’t seeming like she would attack the Settlement that Guides the River. So Mumblepaw would leave it be for now. Ugh! Why did his dad walk so fast! Or at least at the front. Normally Mumblepaw was close behind him but this time the calico wasn’t so lucky. Blegh. With the scent growing stronger as he tried to avoid the massive crowd for now and branch towards his father and his….friends. Would Sleepyfrost even call them friends. That other guy seemed really rude. Ew. Finally approaching the two cats, giving a small glare towards the Storms and Skies second-in-command. Giving their own “warning” to him as they nodded towards Gingerfrost. “Don’t be rude to him, or I find your settlement camp and hunt you down with a stick, little Alder man! Unless you wanna fight again, even then, be careful. Have a good night!” It smiled! Head turning back towards the ginger cat infront of him.

“Bully him back! Have fun, don’t uh..die? You embarrass me, and don’t expect to leave with all your fur. Bye, and Bye Mr.Aldersuffixnamesomething!” Yeah, his biological father’s words were rubbing off on him a tid bit. But who could blame him, Gingerfrost need to stick up for himself, Mumblepaw was sick of having to either call him out and ask him too or defend his father themself. Spotting a familiar pelt. Aha. Yeah never mind. UGH! Maybe Mumblepaw would linger near the Medicine cats for now. But uh…hm. Stonepaw was yet to be here so that was out of the question for now. Heck. Welp. The calico wasn’t opposed to hiding in the shadows for now. They had brought him comfort since the…trip to Sleepy Thicket. Blegh. Mumblepaw felt a shiver go down his spine. Especially with the fact he had met the Commander that haunted the damn place. Hawkstar’s words- No. He wasn’t going to do this Hawkstar thing right now. They had a Settlement to serve and protect. It had no intention of stopping now, even if Beansprout dared try to halt their training. Stars, he really wanted to see that guy finally get the message, step down. You were a perfectly fine Guard, but not fit to serve as Commander. Stopping Gingerfrost from taking his proper place for Beansprout’s own ambitions. If anything. It was going to get the Settlement killed.

Shadow Fiend: Active.

SHADOW FIEND: Mumblepaw is only able to be found or seen by a High Rank who has reached Warrior status.

[Minkuu]

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| Fawnpaw - She/Her |

Fawnpaw looked around, there's a lot of cats here! Not just from thunderclan, of course, but also riverclan...who's scent Fawnpaw didn't really liked much; but it'll be fine. The apprentice sat down, looks like Shadowclan isn't here yet; that's..good; Especially after what happened. The apprentice's small sized would probably make it harder to find her in a crowd; which is kinda good. This is her first gathering...hopefully things go smoothly. Now to just wait for Shadowclan and Windclan...Fawnpaw hoped she'll be able to stay away from shadowclanners as much as possible...

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Sunsetpaw's ears perked as they smiled at the Thunderclan cat "hello! I'm Sunsetpaw! What's your name?" they asked, this'll be their first time actually talking to a thunderclanner! Unless they forgot someone...uh...hopefully not though! They should probably asked what happened to thunderclan next since it looks like something happened

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Dragonflycliff
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"My name's Dragonflycliff. I have an apprentice called Cherrypaw." she replied. Look, she wasn't revealing anything silly here, right?
(:fire:)

[Eden]

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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 4/100- She/her

Her attention was brought back to Beepaw as he began to speak again this time with a question. Leafpaw idly noted that one apprentice was ignoring the other and that got her kinda curious but not enough to ask about it. "Nothing as of yet, just a simple territory tour, I mean I was just apprenticed" she shrugged. The mix wasn't expecting her mentor to start shoving training lessons down her throat at the get go, she was sure they were taking their time. Even if she wanted to learn a few battle moves right away she guessed she was okay to wait a bit to do so, if her mentor thought that was the right move of course. "What about you two? Learn anything? you all look like you both been training a bit longer than me" she asked. Man look at her go actually conversing with other cats and not keeping to her self.

Woodlow Cornbread1233
[sorry if I spammed you woodlow]

[carmen]

Stonepaw

Skipping in behind Beanstar and Gingerfrost, Stonepaw turned his head to the leader. What had been going on with Windclan? Honestly, he had no idea. He'd heard of them crossing borders, but they had been the only nice clan at the last gathering, why were they being rude now? "Yessir." He mumbled the words before skipping off towards his spot, grinning at the sight of Springpaw. "Hellooo!" Oh wait, this was the scared one, if he talked to her, she might freak out and then it'd be his fault and not just the general gathering. Ew. As he sat down, he turned to the side staring up to watch Gingerfrost take a seat, followed by a glance at Mumblepaw and Briarpaw. Mumblepaw disappeared. How did he keep doing that? It was crazy! And so he stared around, waiting for the entrance of someone cool.

ares

[iliri]

Oh, Stonepaw was here. How lovely. Focusing her tired gaze towards the chipper tom, she slowly gave him a nod in response, drowsiness overcoming her system. Great StarClan she should’ve slept more. Maybe she wouldn’t be this damn miserable if she had actually had a proper night of sleep. Other than that, Springpaw didn’t know why Drizzlecloud didn’t bother to come along with her to the gathering. She may have been busy or something along the lines of which. Or… it was entirely something else. Well, she didn’t want to just simply leave Stonepaw in the dust, so why not talk to him? He seems pretty chipper enough to have a rather normal conversation with. Besides, if Springpaw sat up here any longer without doing anything, she was sure that she would probably just pass out right up on the Seastones. So, clearing her throat to the best of her advantage, the calico moved her head to face the gray tom’s direction, a faint smile overcoming her maw. “Hey, Stonepaw. How’s RiverClan doing?” her response was short, and her voice was laced with exhaustion, but Springpaw couldn’t help herself with that. These last few days have been rough.

[ carmen ]

[Tecumori]

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Lionpaw
Riverclan | Apprentice | He/Him | 4 moons | 44/100
a creamy, thick-furred tom with blue eyes
Lionpaw's tail began to lash back and forth, a low growl bubbling in his throat. No, he couldn't let his anger get the best of him at a gathering. Taking a deep breath he tried his best to keep the conversation flowing. Without causing a scene.

Leafpaw had asked what they learned. To be frank, Lionpaw hadn't learned very much unless you counted kit lessons and a single territory tour. But he couldn't let these two know that. That the perfect and amazing Lionpaw, already four moons old, hadn't even learned anything special! Pretty much every apprentice completed the territory tour, that was nothing new. He needed to say something cooler.

"If you must know, my mentor and I toured the entirety of RiverClan, and taught me all of his hunting strategies. I even caught a robin on my first try," He said matter-of-factly. A little white lie couldn't hurt. Besides, by the next gathering he would have probably done all of that anyways. It never hurt anybody to think ahead after all.

"Plus, I'm in the middle of battle training as well. Darklight's teaching me how to fight underwater," Okay maybe he was going a little too far. But it's not like they could know he was lying. So long as no one he knew didn't barge in to correct him.

Feeling quite proud of himself, he gave his paw a lick and rubbed it over his ear, trying to appear nonchalant as he lied through his teeth.

(no it's fine! I didn't realize it was my turn to respond, so sorry for the rushed post!)
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[Morrigan]

Firestream sat in the shadows not wanting to talk to anyone she wasn't in the mood after what that nasty Shadowclan cat did to her hoping that she wouldn't see them again.

Galaxy_

[Galaxy_]

Firestream sat in the shadows not wanting to talk to anyone she wasn't in the mood after what that nasty Shadowclan cat did to her hoping that she wouldn't see them again.

Galaxy_

Quietwing would walk into the Gathering. cuz she was such a shy cat she didn't have any friends

[Morrigan]

Quietwing would walk into the Gathering. cuz she was such a shy cat she didn't have any friends
As if Starclan was trying to curse her Firestream soon spotted the cat she hoped most wouldn't be here "Oh great her" she thought dreadingly before trying to quietly stalk away.

[Galaxy_]

As if Starclan was trying to curse her Firestream soon spotted the cat she hoped most wouldn't be here "Oh great her" she thought dreadingly before trying to quietly stalk away.

Quietwing turned around and spotted the warrior she didn't want to see. "You."

[Morrigan]

Quietwing turned around and spotted the warrior she didn't want to see. "You."
Firestream let out a hiss of annoyance before turning around to face the other warrior "Oh Starclan and here I thought you wouldn't be here rat" she growled with disdain.

[Galaxy_]

Firestream let out a hiss of annoyance before turning around to face the other warrior "Oh Starclan and here I thought you wouldn't be here rat" she growled with disdain.


"I am the rat? says the one who attacked first!" She hissed lashing her tail

[Morrigan]

"I am the rat? says the one who attacked first!" She hissed lashing her tail
Firestream glared at the other warrior angrily "Liar! I would never do that! " she spat furiously.

[azu-azulu]

Junipereye sat, quiet, looking around at the cats

(He's open for interactions!)

[Galaxy_]

Firestream gasped in shock and rage "How dare you! If anyone's fox-hearted it's you!" she spat angrily.

(Oh dear)

She laughed. "I didn't quite get your name. is it Mouse brain by chance?"

[Morrigan]

She laughed. "I didn't quite get your name. is it Mouse brain by chance?"
Firestream's face was now twisted with anger "My name's so beautiful your not worthy of hearing it! And your the one called mousebrain!" she snarled furiously.

[Cornbread1233]

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Beepaw

Beepaw looked at Leafpaw.

"I haven't learned that much either. Maybe by next gathering we can share battle moves!" Then she turned to Lionpaw. Beepaw was surprised he had done so much already. They had their apprentice ceremonies on the same day. Darklight must have decided to dedicate a lot of time to training.

"Darklight's your mentor? We were part of the same hunting patrol. He never showed up though. I guess he was busy teaching you how to fight underwater."
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[Omari]

Drizzlecloud
Thunderclan
She/her

The trek to the seastones was, as per usual, tiring.. But this time she had a bit more confidence in herself and her new position–more confidence than she had last time, at the very least. When they arrived at the gathering, she hadn’t immediately gone up to her spot where the rest of the medicine cats would sit, but she had wandered a bit, searching for her mother among the crowd of Thunderclan cats, only to find.. She wasn’t attending this gathering, it seemed.

It was a shame, really. Drizzlecloud was kind of like a newly made apprentice, wanting her mother to see her carrying out her new duties with her new position–wanting to make her proud. But, alas, she hadn’t arrived at the gathering.. It was no big deal, of course, but it left her feeling a bit shlumpy.

Shaking that off, she made her way up to where Springpaw was sitting when she realized that Riverclan had arrived. Even Stonepaw got there before she did–which was funny, because Thunderclan had arrived first. With a good-natured chuckle to herself, she padded over to the pair of medicine cat apprentices.

“Stonepaw,” She called the Riverclan tom’s name, her tone friendly and gentle. Drizzlecloud brushed her tail-tip along her own apprentice’s shoulders before she sat herself down beside her. “It’s lovely to see you again.. Sorry for leaving you up here on your lonesome, Springpaw, I was looking for someone.”

[ ares - Springpaw, carmen - Stonepaw ]

[RavensCall]

Smokepaw followed Beanstar, before going and sitting by herself. I hope Blueberrypaw is here! she thought excitedly, she's my only friend... since my sister is missing and my brother is dead. Yay...

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Echopaw sat down and shifted her paws impatiently, looking for someone to hang out with.

(open)


Autumnpaw noticed her sister nearby. "Hey Springpaw..." she meowed, "How're you doing?"

Leafie - Springpaw

[Tecumori]

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Lionpaw
Riverclan | Apprentice | He/Him | 4 moons | 45/100
a creamy, thick-furred tom with blue eyes
"Uh, yes! He was... Obviously, my training comes before some stupid patrol," Whether Beepaw knew it or not she had invertedly given him some evidence to breathe truth into his little lies.

"Anyways, I'd love to teach you some of my amazing battle prowess, but you're from a different clan. Can't be training the enemy now, can we?" He shot a look of slight disgust at Beepaw for even suggesting such a thing. While they're at it, might as well give up some of our territory to the other clans too.
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[Eden]

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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 6/100- She/her

Leafpaw liked the idea of sharing battle moves it did sound nice of them to offer. That would be something she'd be willing to do, but she faintly remembered Bumblestar in a past meeting talking about sharing secrets. She wondered if sharing battle moves was considered a secret to not be told to another clan. That was something she'd ask her mentor back home when they had the time, she wasn't going to piss her leader off right away. "That doesn't sound like a bad idea" she neither agreed to it nor disagreed so she stayed neutral. Now she was eyeing Lionpaw up and down as he began to speak again. Leafpaw couldn't for the life of her believe that this little guy was able to catch a bird right away. "Oh really?" she said idly, "Didn't know birds like the fishy smell" Did birds even go near water sources like that? Besides the ones who seemed to like swimming of course, but a robin is something she'd imagine in her home territory. Now she was really finding it hard to believe this on, he looked small compared to her. Was this guy's clan really just snatching young kits and to become apprentices early and start with the battle stuff right off the bat? "Is Riverclan in a hurry to make more warriors they not only started apprenticing you early but to start battle training right off the bat?" Leafpaw looked on at Beepaw and Lionpaw unsure of them both now. She had no room to talk for her clan difference thought was that Bumblestar said to not go rough on them. Plus if she thought on it more, most of the kits that had been apprenticed early seemed to be close to 6 moons old.

Woodlow Cornbread1233



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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 32/100 - She/Her - 5m

For once she hadn't managed to find anyone to bother this gathering, that was a sad moment for her. Springpaw was looking forward to making someone's day a nightmare, oh well she would find someone sooner or later. What she wasn't expecting was her to be approached by her sister, whom she hadn't interacted with since forever. Well it felt like forever to her, she would have to fix that. "Hey sis! I'm doing all sort of great, what about you?" she smiled.

Octavia!

[Cornbread1233]

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Beepaw

Beepaw didn't think sharing basic battle moves with someone from another clan could be too bad, but maybe it was "training the enemy" to practice with them. Either way, Leafpaw seemed to be trying to disparage Riverclan and Beepaw couldn't let that slide.
"Lionpaw earned the right to become an apprentice. Beanstar wouldn't have given him his ceremony if he wasn't ready. He proved himself in Tinystorm's challenge" She didn't know if she liked Lionpaw but she would defend him to defend her clan. "And apprentices can start battle training whenever their mentor sees fit. Maybe Riverclan apprentices are just ready earlier than in Thunderclan."
[ Woodlow | Leafie ]

[Tecumori]

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Lionpaw
Riverclan | Apprentice | He/Him | 4 moons | 46/100
a creamy, thick-furred tom with blue eyes
Maybe Lionpaw had the wrong idea about Beepaw, she didn't seem all that bad. "That's right, I earned my rank just like any other apprentice here," he replied. He stuck his nose up at Leafpaw as he continued, "-and RiverClan is not desperate for warriors. Could you say the same for your clan?"

(sorry if the post sounds weird I was distracted by a little gremlin~) (also Beepaw just made herself a new friend whether she wanted to or not :heartbounce:)
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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 7/100- She/her

Oh it seemed she struck a nerve or something in these two, something she wasn't going for but just pointing out a fact in her eyes. It seemed to her Riverclan was prideful of themselves, whatever suited them. "Never said you didn't earn your keep there buddy" she shrugged. Leafpaw just couldn't see a small thing like Lionpaw to already learn fighting moves. "Eh, most of the kits in my clan were close to being 6 moon so.." she shot back. Man, she wished Whitekit had stuck around being here at this gathering would of been better with them around.

Woodlow Cornbread1233


[WAIT, whos the gremlin! Hah spring's advice to him worked]

[Cornbread1233]

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Beepaw

Beepaw didn't want to argue with Leafpaw, especially not at the gathering, but she couldn't think of anything else to say.

"It was nice meeting you." she mewed as she turned away from the other apprentices and faced the seastones.


[ Woodlow | Leafie ]

[Undertaker]

She was not looking forward to this Gathering. She had better things to do but wasn't one to miss out on clan gossip. She also wanted to hear what those wretched squirrels had to say about murdering her daughter. It was hard to weasel one's self out of trouble when there was no reason for it in the first place. They could act all cocking and arrogant all they wanted, so long as she got an answer for why they had to go after Ivysnake like that.

"Leave ThunderClan be or better yet ignore them altogether. There's no point in picking a fight right now, they'll get what's coming to them. I don't want to hear a peep about Ivysnake until I announce it. Anyone who can't follow my simple orders will be sent home, possibly bleeding."Dawnstar spat out to her clan as they approached the beach. It was rare she raised her claws against her clanmates these days, but she'd never had any problems turning threats into promises. She expected her Enforcers, old and new, to do as they were expected and enforce all and any of Dawnstar's orders.

As they reached the beach, Dawnstar paused just before her paws hit the sand, stopping her clan behind her, and turned to glance in Vulturefang's direction. "You test my patience in front of the clans and you'll be the first ShadowClan deputy to be demoted in under a moon." It was the only warning Vulturefang would get. He could be a fool amongst ShadowClan all he wanted, he'd be meeting death if he tested her in front of the other clans.

With her warnings given, she made her way into the Gathering, signaling for the rest of ShadowClan to follow behind her. Her uneven walk immediately straight out despite the pain it caused her. The limp she had would remain until the puncture in her shoulder fully healed, but not even a mild limp could remain as she strolled across the beach to the seastones. Her shoulder screamed at her to lessen the pressure she was putting on it, however, it went unheard.

She spared neither ThunderClan nor RiverClan leaders a glance as she join them on the stone. The stark moonlight highlighted the new scratches etched into her face, and another new scar on the side of her neck, but the curled tail around her forepaws masked the healing cuts in her belly. The thick pelt mostly hides the healing hole in her shoulder. Dawnstar, sadly, didn't have as many scars to show for the brawl with Bumblestar, but any pride or respect that might have been shown for the scars was crushed underneath the silent outrage stewing beneath the surface. Dawnstar focused her attention on her clan as they piled in, ears alert, as she watched them like a hawk.
ShadowClan has Arrived.

[RavensCall]

Autumnpaw nodded. "Awesome! I wonder what the leaders are gonna say!" she sat with her sister for a moment. "Should we look for Winterpaw?" Autumnpaw asked.

Leafie

[elaif]

:*: Vulturefang:*:

Following tail, the burly cat sauntered his way after his beloved leader. Who had thoughtfully taken the time to spew out a few heartfelt threats as the group made their way to Seastones. And just as they were about to officially reach the clearing, Snips turned around and flung out a warning that was obviously directed at him. And seeing that he intended to keep his position, he heeded her promise with a curt nod. " Don't worry your pretty little face off, Sweetheart. " he assured " I got this covered, so just relax. " Dismissing her worries with a wave of his tail, he continued his way over to a appropriate spot.

Closing the distance, his half ruined gaze fell upon Gingerfrost and some other guy he'd never seen before. While alien, the tom just assumed he was Thunderclans deputy.... Eesh- Bumble must've run out of options.... Pushing the thoughts away, he approached the two and sat down a comfortable distance away from them. Letting a smug grin grace over his hideously scarred muzzle, he gave the most formal greeting he could muster. " Evenin' gentleman... " Eyes flashing, he surveyed them both with amused light. While he certainly wanted to say something snarky to these chumps, Vulturefang had promised he wouldn't light any fires. So he he found it wise to stick with small pleasantries.

After sizing them up, he turned towards the gathering crowds and waited for the gathering to commence.

// .squid :Alderstep mention Estelle: Gingerfrost mention \\

[Levi 99]

Shadefrost moved quickly and silently, his deep blue eyes fixed ahead as he walked. He originally wasn't going to come, seeing how the last gathering was more or less unsatisfactory. But in light of recent events, the urge to attend grew so potent that he couldn't ignore it. He walked onto the sandy beach and found a seat closer to the back of the crowd. He let his sapphire blue eyes scan his surroundings, while curling his tail around his paws. 'This should be fun', he thought.

(Open)

[SuspiciousMindz]

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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 29/100 - She/Her - 5m

Another gathering! This time she was here with her mentor and not just some random apprentice that hitched a ride here. She pranced over to join the rest of her clan with a grin plastered on her face. Springpaw could see her mentor here but she was curious on who she could harass this time around.

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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 1/100- She/her

Leafpaw casually walked along the rest of the clan to the gathering since she wasn't entirely sure where she was going. So this is where everyone was up to once in a while, she wasn't that really impressed yet. Huffing she looked around and spotted at least one of her siblings so far. For now she stayed at her spot just chilling unsure on what else to do but she did watch her sister.

[open]

Autumnpaw nodded. "Awesome! I wonder what the leaders are gonna say!" she sat with her sister for a moment. "Should we look for Winterpaw?" Autumnpaw asked.

Leafie

[Treepaw (https://suszone.weebly.com/treepaw.html)]

Alderstep warned her to stay tail-lengths away from the ShadowClanners, but no one said anything about RiverClanners! With a hop and a skip, the Bengal marked she-cat made her way to the nearest apprentices. Her tail was high with greeting and her naive green hues were bright. She hadn't interacted with the other clans before, but now was better than later!

"Hello! I'm Treepaw!" She chirped, looking between the two, unaware of their relationship to each other. "I hope you're enjoying your nights! This is my second Gathering," she spoke quickly with a slow blink.

[Eden]

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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 35/100 - She/Her - 5m

Springpaw brought her paw up to cover her mouth as she let out a giggle at the thought of what the leaders would say. "Probably to talk about who's been made apprentices again, or maybe throw some sort of threats at each other" she snickered. "Y'know? Like last time" if she remembered right it was Thunderclan last time that threw a threat out towards another clan. The torbie thought that was crazy to do during a gathering, she thought it was supposed to be peaceful, guess not. She gave a thoughtful look she hadn't seen Winterpaw just yet was he even going to show up? She hoped so, "It wouldn't hurt to do so" she asnwered. Springpaw had been so focused on the conversation her and her sister where having she had forgotten about the possibility of another apprentice joining in. "Oh hi! I'm Springpaw! And this is Aumtumnpaw it's nice to meet you!" any chance to meet someone new was a win in her books. Though she wasn't sure about how her littermate felt about meeting someone from another clan, Spring was sure it was fine. "Really? It's our second gathering too! I didn't realize it can get so chaotic the first time" it had been a surprise to her but she hadn't really gotten the chance to express it.

Octavia! SuspiciousMindz

[Estelle]

Who put thorns in his nest? Gingerfrost almost snorted back at this half-hearted response to his half-hearted question. Maybe? What kind of answer was that? It was almost as though the ThunderClan deputy was trying to look all mysterious and cool, but the RiverClanner wasn’t buying it. Seemed he was so weak-willed with his lying to deny to that it had been a rough moon, yet also too prideful to admit that it was; yet the answers were right there with the fresh scars on his, his leader’s and his clanmate’s bodies. It was almost amusing, but the tabby didn’t pry further. He let a slight huff in response, one that feigned mild interest, and then fell back into the comfortable silence that had been before. That is, until a certain someone showed up.

All the warmth drained from his face not when he saw Mumblepaw approach (he didn’t really mind the apprentice coming to say hi) but when from the corner of his eye he saw Mumblepaw turning towards Alderstep and opening its mouth. The lethargic deputy’s appearance was indifferent as Mumblepaw went and threatened The ThunderClan deputy on his behalf, the inside of him wanted to dig a hole and forever hide and take Mumblepaw with him. This… Skies above.
“Mumblepaw.”
The feline finally managed to warn with a somewhat grave tone, sending Mumblepaw a sharp, warning stare. But it seemed Mumblepaw wasn’t yet done, and Gingerfrost heaved a heavy sigh at his following words. He let the additional threat (this time towards him) fly over his head, not even getting the chance to assure Mumblepaw that no one would be dying. Aaaand he was gone like the wind. Skies above, children these days. He glanced Alderstep’s way, somewhat wondering how the deputy took what just happened… And internally hoping he had some brains to realise that Mumblepaw was just a kid saying stuff. Not being serious. Hopefully.

This hoping was interrupted when a familiar smell entered the clearing, announcing the arrival of none other than the infamous ShadowClan. Gingerfrost huffed back into his slouchy position seeing this, assuming no deputy would be joining them this time. Only that he was wrong. A certain cat walked up the stones, face scarred enough to frighten a kit, carrying himself with a certain self-assurance. Gingerfrost wasn’t the least bit fazed by him, and was mostly surprised to see Dawnstar finally chose a deputy. Was this one that remarkable? He had to wonder. The greeting Gingerfrost returned with a deep nod, choosing silence over word. Well this was certainly interesting to some extend. He admittedly a little curious about the new ShadowClan deputy, casting a quick glance his way, though would certainly not admit to it out loud.


[ .squid Solar Leafí ]

[bite]

Gingerfool could huff all he wanted, but last Alderstep checked, they weren't chums. And they never would be, because that's how life in the clans worked. He'd never divulge the secrets of his clan, and Gingerfrost probably wouldn't either. Alderstep felt like rolling his eyes at the guy. What'd he expect? For him to take him up on the offer to make some homey conversation? Nobody expects that, at least not someone respectable. Considering that RiverClan's deputy was perhaps a smidge respectable, Alderstep wondered if he had asked just to annoy him. Alderstep's eyebrows narrowed suspiciously as he glanced over at his fellow ginger cat, trying to assess his true intentions.

His narrow focus opened as he was slammed over the head with déjà vu, greeted yet again by the same child from the previous moon's gathering. Alderstep stared at the kit, wondering what in the four clans he did to have some kid glare at him. And then threaten to beat him with a stick after finding his...settlement? He assumed that had to mean his camp, but why would this child call it that? Probably to make themself seem cooler and more cryptic than they really were. Typical RiverClan behavior. At least the kid wished him a good night. Too bad they left too soon for Alderstep to say he was never going to have a good night, just to spoil the mood and give him a taste of reality. Nobody ever has a nice night.

Alderstep had to actively fight the smirk that tried to crawl across his face as he remembered how Gingerfrost had reprimanded the apprentice. Haha. His amusement quickly died off, and he stiffened under the other deputy's glance. Ew. He wanted the other guy to stop looking at him. He was in a strict "nobody look at me" mood for the night, which...well, probably wasn't going to go well for him, considering that this was a gathering. Speaking of, the longer he stayed up on Seastones, the more tired he got. That was why Alderstep hated getting into fights. His systems always got tired trying to heal his beaten-up self, and he hated feeling drowsy when he definitely shouldn't be drowsy. Alderstep's muzzle wrinkled in distaste, realizing ShadowClan had arrived. Seems like his time of rest was over.

A shiver ran down his spine, not at all related to the dropping nighttime temps. Sometimes, he could still feel the pain of his wounds, though by now they had scabbed over. As if the pain was ghosting him like a dead spirit. Just thinking of ShadowClan made him remember his pain all too well. Alderstep was just glad that the rats didn't have a deputy to come up here and bother him. That'd make his night even worse, which was definitely not preferable.

Aaaand there goes his last nice thing. Because, apparently, Alderstep can't have nice things. He felt nauseous, just looking at that smug grin on this loser's face. The hell was he smiling for? At least he was keeping his stench a fair distance away from them. RiverClan smelled bad, but he always hated ShadowClan's musk more. Something (likely mischievous) flashed in Alderstep's eyes, and he leaned in a little bit closer to Gingerfrost. "Get a load of this guy," he mrrowed, intentionally not trying hard to make sure that ShadowClan's deputy wouldn't hear. In fact, Alderstep hoped he'd heard. Yeah, yeah, don't be mean to the frog-eaters yada yada, but this was a special occasion! They had a new deputy now! Besides, it might just literally kill Alderstep to play nice to the guy from ThunderClan's worst enemy's clan.

Unless Bumblestar took his ears. Oh, stars. Alderstep threw a wary glance at his leader, deciding to repent at that moment, even though he'd hate it with every fiber of his soul. "Kidding." A pause. "Greetings," Alderstep added, glancing at whoever this new deputy was, shuffling away from both of the other deputies. Thoroughly embarrassing, in his opinion. Maybe he could blame it on his lack of sleep and weary state, though at this point Alderstep had accepted that no matter what he did, he'd always fumble any social interaction he took part in. Alderstep fixated his gaze on a specific cloud in the sky, deliberately ignoring any and everything. Look how fluffy that cloud was, wow!

Estelle Leafí vampire

[RavensCall]

[Treepaw (https://suszone.weebly.com/treepaw.html)]

Alderstep warned her to stay tail-lengths away from the ShadowClanners, but no one said anything about RiverClanners! With a hop and a skip, the Bengal marked she-cat made her way to the nearest apprentices. Her tail was high with greeting and her naive green hues were bright. She hadn't interacted with the other clans before, but now was better than later!

"Hello! I'm Treepaw!" She chirped, looking between the two, unaware of their relationship to each other. "I hope you're enjoying your nights! This is my second Gathering," she spoke quickly with a slow blink.
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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 35/100 - She/Her - 5m

Springpaw brought her paw up to cover her mouth as she let out a giggle at the thought of what the leaders would say. "Probably to talk about who's been made apprentices again, or maybe throw some sort of threats at each other" she snickered. "Y'know? Like last time" if she remembered right it was Thunderclan last time that threw a threat out towards another clan. The torbie thought that was crazy to do during a gathering, she thought it was supposed to be peaceful, guess not. She gave a thoughtful look she hadn't seen Winterpaw just yet was he even going to show up? She hoped so, "It wouldn't hurt to do so" she asnwered. Springpaw had been so focused on the conversation her and her sister where having she had forgotten about the possibility of another apprentice joining in. "Oh hi! I'm Springpaw! And this is Aumtumnpaw it's nice to meet you!" any chance to meet someone new was a win in her books. Though she wasn't sure about how her littermate felt about meeting someone from another clan, Spring was sure it was fine. "Really? It's our second gathering too! I didn't realize it can get so chaotic the first time" it had been a surprise to her but she hadn't really gotten the chance to express it.

Octavia! SuspiciousMindz


"Hey Treepaw," Autumnpaw meowed to the other cat. "I'm Autumnpaw, and that's Springpaw, my sister. Yeah... Springpaw's right... this can get really crazy sometimes... I guess all we need is one loose ember and the whole forest burns down..." Autumnpaw shuffled closer to her sister. "I actually hung out with Winterpaw last Gathering. I wonder where our brother is now..."

[Rose]

Larkfire (https://katlike1.wixsite.com/kats-wco-characters/larkfire)
She/Her | Shadow Fiend Purrk Semi-Active


Shadows, shadows, shadows. They seemed to define Larkfire's life as of late. Anyway, all she needed to do right now was show up to this Gathering. To do her job. So that was exactly what Larkfire did; she trailed after the cluster of ShadowClanners as usual, and then she settled in a far back corner like the Shadow Fiend she was, a part of the dark scenery surrounding Seastones.

Despite being near-invisible, Larkfire was pretty sure that if anyone (cough, cough, Sagechaser) really were looking for her, they'd be able to see her.

[ Staring pointedly @ you Val :laughing: ]

[Rose]

v-Crackle'paw-v

Storming into the clearing, Crackle'paw barreled past everyone and ran into the center of Seastones. OH YEAH! THIS WAS GOING TO BE FUN!! Dumb Bumble'star didn't let him go last time, but now NO ONE COULD STOP HIM FROM BEING HERE! HA! He'd make the most of this experience!! And who knows... Maybe he'd cause some trouble just to spite his dumb leader! That'd show her! Just the thought made him giggle maniacally, it'd be so DAMN FUN to embarrass her in front of the other clan leaders!! Oooohhh, how would she react to that? She'd probably try and skin him alive, but she'd have to get through Maple'face first! He had no doubt that his favorite sister would kick Bumble'stars butt if she tried anything like that!

And speaking of Maple'face, he wondered if she would be here. That sent a bit of hope soaring in his heart, but it quickly came crashing down when a thought crossed his mind.
Right... she was probably taking care of her stupid babies. She was always taking care of them. So he guessed she wouldn't have time for him tonight... The thought made him a lot sadder then he liked to admit, so sad in fact, that he could almost feel the corner of his eyes moisten. This would technically be his first gathering, but his favorite cat wouldn't be here to experience it with him. That was...was... Disappointing...

Mood dampened by the horrible thoughts, he stomped off to go sit in the very back. There he could mope around and feel sorry for himself... While he sat all alone.

// Closed for rn \\

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Starrypaw (https://katlike1.wixsite.com/kats-wco-characters/starry)
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One With The Warren & Kitty Softpaws Purrk Active


Gasp! Her very first Gathering! (Okay, that was a lie.) She was going to meet so many new cats! (Truth, hopefully?) She was going to talk to sooooo many cats, just like last time! (Okay, that was both a maybe-truth and a lie, since she'd only talked to one singular cat last time.) With these happy thoughts in mind, Starrypaw plowed forward with her eyes sealed tightly shut, imagining all the cats she was going to talk to -- until she ran right into someone without any warning. Well, since Kitty Softpaws made the sound of her pawsteps next to nill, Starrypaw was quite sure her newfound companion hadn't heard her approach.

"Oomph! I'm so sorry." The black and white, feathery-furred molly yapped as she fell back on her rump, emerald hues prying open to get a good look at the cat she'd bumped into -- and sweet skies, Starrypaw was dumbstruck. She gaped for a moment, mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water before she let out a hurried, disbelieving sentence; "You're so pretty." The molly gasped, eyes wide as saucers as she took in Cracklepaw for the second time. "Oh skies, you look, like, super dishy!" The compliment was jumbled, hurried.

And then, feeling rather sheepish with her outburst, Starrypaw straightened her spine, suddenly feeling extremely self-conscious of her long and tangled fur. Yikes, she should have probably at least groomed that, for appearances sake. But here she was, with knots in her fur and dirt-specked paws. "I'm Starrypaw, by the way." She barged on without missing a beat. "From.. ShadowClan. I dunno what Clan you're in, though." She admitted, still in that ever-so-happy tone. "My mentor hasn't taken me on a territory tour yet. Sorry for tacklin' you with all this rubbish, mate. You're, uh, really fit though, yeah? What's your name?"

[xavier.]

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• × | Dogpaw | × •
he/him
MIND READER : Inactive | Chill of death : Inactive | Ultimate Predator : Inactive

Dogpaw followed after the leader who lead the clan to the seastones. This would probably be the toms first and last gathering. Yes, he didn't have to come along since it wasn't required anymore but it was good to know what the other clans high ranks looked like for any future references. The tom listened to Dawnstar speak about staying away from Thunderclan. Now Dogpaw was all the more happy with that rule until his single green eye landed on a ugly off white pelt. Dogpaw felt his fur stand on end as he stared at the apprentice. Soon enough the tom soothed his fur out and played off his staring as looking for somewhere to sit. Soon enough the toms green gaze fell back to where the Thunderclan apprentice was and he had some company.

His sister.

This just pissed off Dogpaw even more. The tom oh so wanted to just walk between them and push Starrypaw away from the brute. Though the tom thought against it and went to walk past them and attempting to brush his shoulder against Starrypaw and sent a glare at the white apprentice before walking along and sitting somewhere near the medicine cat's though not too close and stared up at the seastones where Dawnstar had sat herself. The tom glanced over to where they entered the seastones to see if his father or even his mother would be joining.

| vampire - You know who; Rose - Starrypaw reaction; Leafí - Cracklepaw reaction; Ravensong - Elmshadow in case you wanna have Elm acknowledge Dog :heartbounce: |

[iliri]

• Cormorantpaw •
long-furred smoky-black mackerel tabby molly with bits of white; yellow eyes
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Another gathering, another round of fun! Cormorantpaw happily leaped herself into the Seastones; bits of sand landing onto her dark fur and mingling itself with her long coat. She didn’t care to notice the sudden change one bit, more focused on the sheer excitement of being at another gathering. The five moon old molly happily leapt herself into the center of the crowd, promptly landing herself on her haunches as she squeezed her way through. Who could she speak with today? Could she possibly find Starrypaw again? That would be fun! She seemed like a super nice Shadow Kitty! Or, maybe she could interact with a Thunder Kitty? They didn’t seem that bad. Oh well, which one came first, she supposed.

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[OPEN]

[Pitou]

**Cougarivy**
Enforcer Commander of Shadowclan
Rose Leafí

The small she-cat moved in through the entrance following the rest of the clan. She caught Dawnstar's short instruction and small smile spread over her mouth. As much as she loved sparing the drama, there was generally no blood allowed to be shed between the clan members during the gathering so she agreed that it wasn't worth the trouble. As the Shadowclanners got settled, her blue eyes scanned the crowd of mingling Riverclan and Thunderclan cats as the Shadowclan cats filtered in. As though a sense was tingling the back of her spine, her eyes were stopped by Starrypaw speaking with...her smile widened and she made her way around the back. The scent of Thunderclan was unmistakable on the apprentice. She slid her way between the two, her blue eyes on the Shadowclan apprentice. "I'm going to say you have no idea who this is, but now you better get acquainted. That scent is squirrel, so run along." She didn't look back at the Thunderclan apprentice as she waited for Starrypaw to move away.

[Pitou]

**Elmshadow**
Omari ares carmen xavier.

The dark tom moved into the beach, the scents of Riverclan, Thunderclan, and Shadowclan mingling together. No Windclan yet. He thought himself late but he was relatively relieved that he obviously hadn't missed anything since Twilightstar had yet to even arrive. It'd been busy with everything going on, one incident after another lately, and being without any help. At the moment, taking on an apprentice would only cause him more work but losing the trained apprentice he already had was a blow. He made his way to the other medicine cats, passing his son and apprentice. He glanced at Dogpaw, giving him a small nod, approving of his presence. Elmshadow had never truly enjoyed Gatherings, never caring to mingle with the other clans, but he knew the importance of learning what he could and staying informed.

He sat down among the medicine cats who were already there, giving them a singular nod in greeting. He had nothing to say to Drizzlecloud and Stonepaw and Springpaw were young and apparently in their own conversation. He irritably found himself noticing his lack of desire to even minimally conversate with any of the medicine cats, though the Windclanners struck his intrigue, both for different reasons. The consideration had never occurred to him while Ivysnake was around, she'd satisfied the medicine cat duties of being conversational with the other medics, an expectation he was finding increasing worth in. But now she was gone and he was unfortunately finding the draw to be more open, whatever that entailed for the stoic tom, among the medicine cats. But the cats present made that draw all the more difficult to pursue.

[Dark]

Darkfall
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Darkfall was not happy. Originally he had planned to skip this gathering entirely, however, this time he wanted to come because he was curious as to what ThunderClan would say. Trudging after his leader with a slight limp, he acknowledged her concerns with a flick of his non-injured ear before going off to find a quiet corner somewhere. His face was itchy where Foxflurry had clawed him and his scowling did not help ease the irritation. Icy-blue eyes scanned his surroundings before he settled upon looking toward the rocks that the leaders were on. ’I wonder where WindClan is…’ the black tabby thought to himself when he didn’t see Fallownose or Twilightstar. He didn’t have a lot of experience with the other clans, but out of the three clans he guessed he didn’t dislike WindClan the most. Some of their warriors seemed a bit eccentric… but in the two opportunities he had to speak to Twilightstar, he found her to be a strong, reasonable, and respectful leader. Traits he liked in cats.

Anyways, while looking ahead, he had his ears trained for the sound of approaching footsteps should anyone not be intimidated by his scowling.

[ OPEN ]

[elaif]

v-Cracklepaw-v

His pouting was abruptly interrupted when a unbeknownst presence bumped into him.
Already in a horrendous mood, he twisted his neck to glare down at the idiot who had run into him. Right eye twitching madly, he watched as his pathetic adversary stumbled for words. And when she finally found them, Cracklepaw found his anger turn into to completely confusion. Did she just call him pretty?! HE WASN'T PRETTY! He was HANDSOME! At least that's what his mom and sister said. And what did 'dishy' even mean!? WHO WAS THIS FOOL ANYWAY? WHY WAS SHE TALKING TO HIM?! Muzzle wrinkling in disgust and bewilderment, the lanky apprentice scooted away from the very weird, and totally not attractive girl.

It wasn't long before this cat sputtered out her name and clan. Starrypaw of Shadowclan.... Well that was the dumbest name he had ever heard. Who names their child Starry anyway? Only lame cats, that's who. Hunching over in a protective sitting position, he gave a nasty scowl at the molly... " I don't CARE what your name is! Just leave me alon-" His voice trailed off as his eyes caught a familiar (and ugly) pelt. HEY! It was that one kid! The one he beat up! HA! The looser seemed to recognize him! And from the looks of it, the half witted idiot was shooting him dirty looks! But why? Maybe it was because he humiliated him during the battle? Or maybe it was because this ditzy molly was giving him attention? Oh yeah! It was totally that! Letting a foul grin slide across his muzzle, he returned the Shadowclan toms' scowl with a smug smile. Leaning a bit closer to the she cat, he didn't break eye contact with partially blind apprentice.

" Hey uh," Wait, what was her name again? Oh right, " Stabbypaw, who's that eyeless little freak over there?" dipping his head in the direction of the other tom, Cracklepaw waited for an answer. Surely she knew, they were clan mates after all. While his patience wasted away, the conversation was interrupted by the presence of another intruding cat! But this time... The new comer was old.... And not so pretty. As the older warrior slid between Stabbypaw and him, he let a harsh growl roll from his throat. " GAH! Do you MIND!?" he snapped, recoiling at her foul Shadowclan scent. " I'm trying to have a conversation here, you HAG!" Standing to his full height, he sized up the smaller molly. Who did this fool think she was!? And how dare she interrupt this very important conversation!

// Rose :Stabbypaw :,3 @xavier : Dogman Ravensong :Cougarivy \\

[vellichor]

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Beanstar (https://beanstarrc.carrd.co/#bean-overview)
RiverClan Leader

Purrks: Beefed Up, Mind Reader, Shadow Fiend



With a hearty chuckle, Beanstar turned to fully face the ThunderClan leader and tilt his head. "Only in your dreams. I sure do hope that RiverClan will be tough and brave enough to take the mighty ThunderClan on someday, hm?"

The small cat's train of thought was interrupted when the Queen of Shadows and her minions lurked in. Ah, great. Beanstar couldn't help but snort. Although, it did seem that his joke had some truth behind it, as a few of the shadow cats had some injuries. Interesting... The siamese craned his neck to look up at Dawnstar as the massive she-cat landed on the Seastones, not even bothering to spare himself or Bumblestar a passing glance.

"Looks like you've had a bit of a rough moon," he commented idly, flexing his paw in front of him and observing it closely. If he had claws, he would be checking their sharpness, feigning a nonchalant attitude. "How's the Clan of darkness doing?" Beanstar stole a glance toward Bumblestar. A glance of knowing and curiosity and the tiniest hint of mischief.


// dino. Undertaker \\

[Moonraven]

The WindClan leader padded into the gathering a little on the late side, but seemingly uncaring about that. She was more intrigued by the torn-up cats she spotted from ThunderClan and ShadowClan. "I want everyone on their best behavior, do not go stirring up unwanted trouble or sticking your nose where it doesn't belong." Twilightstar didn't normally bother warning her clan, but considering the drama Scalescar and Cedarpaw had caused last time, a verbal warning didn't hurt.

The scarred lilac quickly made her way to the front, and joined the other three leaders, sitting opposite to Dawnstar as normal. From afar, the second eldest leader had looked unscathed, but closer up she noticed that Dawnstar was sporting some new claw marks along her face, and a fresh scar on her neck. Twilightstar cast her single eye towards Bumblestar, who was chatting with Beanstar. The younger she-cat had her own set of healing injuries but seemed to be in higher spirits than Dawnstar. Never one to stick her nose where it didn't belong if she could avoid it, Twilightstar kept her maw shut and looked over to her clan as they came in last.

Oh, that was new? Dawnstar had finally picked out a deputy, Twilightstar was assuming the cat was something especially if he finally got Dawnstar to choose him as deputy. Her interest in the newest addition to the deputies came and went as she turned to look toward the medicine cats. Normally, Twilightstar paid little attention to the circle of medicine cats aside from acknowledging who was who, but her chat with Lightningpaw told her to pay a little bit more attention to them from now.

As she settled down, curling her tail around her, she faintly wondered what trouble would be tossed at WindClan this meeting. She was really hoping her clan had kept her up to date on what was happening at their borders. She glanced in the direction of Beansprout as he attempted to get Dawnstar to chat with him... or was he just poking the bear? Twilightstar couldn't tell if she had just been weighted down after seasons of leadership, or if the newer leaders were just immature, but she didn't see the enjoyment of causing mischief with ShadowClan.

WindClan's Arrived

[bite]

The thing is, everybody (read: shadow and thunder) here was tense, so Sagechaser couldn't just run amuck between the crowd, saying hi to whoever caught his eye. Disappointing, and worse is that he had way too much energy tonight. He always did at gatherings. Or maybe everyone else was just a loser who couldn't have fun. That could be very possible.

In fact, Sagechaser was looking for a very specific loser (complimentary) who never seemed to have fun. That was a very long-winded way of naming Larkfire, but it worked nonetheless. He didn't think he'd find his sister in the crowd, just 'cause she definitely wasn't a crowd cat. Unless she'd had a change of heart, but he doubted it.

The back it was. The tom padded quickly through the less habited area, sage eyes glinting in the starlight as he searched meticulously as if he were embarked on the most important mission of his life. Operation: Find Larksister was a go, apparently. It was getting difficult, though, with the scent of WindClan hitting his olfactory. Now it'd be even harder to pick out Larkfire in this mess.

Not to worry, though. Sagechaser found her right where he'd assumed she'd be: in the back, hiding in the shadows mysteriously. He grinned and bounded over to her, kicking up sand as he went. "La-ark," he greeted in a sing-song voice, not even skidding as he came to a stop before the enforcer. "Guess what I found!" He deposited a moon snail shell (though to him it was just a tiny and pretty shell because cats are dumb) that he'd found while meandering through the crowds earlier at his little sister's paws. "Also, you look grumpy. Is that on purpose? D'you just always look like that and I haven't noticed? How's the night goin' for you?" And thus began his rambling bombardment of varying questions.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Bearpelt sat down, the young pregnant WindClan queen wondering when someone would approach her. [Open]

[Omari]

Mousefern
Windclan
She/her

Mousefern’s hadn’t attended the last gathering–mostly because she was feeling a little too lazy to listen to clan gossip–but she had the energy to attend this one! She peered up at the seastones, eyeing the new high ranks that she hadn’t seen during the last gathering, as she wasn’t there, and.. Did Shadowclan actually have a deputy? That was definitely news.

With a flick of her tail, she seated herself and curled her tail over her paws, grey-blue eyes scanning over the many cats that had gathered tonight.

[ Open for clanmate interactions and other clan interactions <3 ]

[Alchemist Kitsune]

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| Lightningpaw |

Dainty paws followed after the scarred, lilac she-cat, ensuring to keep up with the rest of the clan. This was only Lightningpaw's second gathering, but after her first, she was already gaining a rather jaded view on the whole event. Other than tensions rising amongst cats and learning little to nothing of actual importance concerning their three rivaling clans, the lithe calico saw little benefit to the meeting. She supposed some things had been learned. Such as ThunderClan's and RiverClan's shift in high ranks, or ThunderClan's new, war happy, power hungry, murderous ways. They would have learned of these things sooner or later, however, and the stress of it all felt like too big a price to pay for the little benefits involved in it.

Almond shaped eyes alert, trepidation keeping her guard up as far as the gathering went, the Abyssinian mix soon noticed a change in the ranks. A cat she had not spotted before. Amongst Giggles and Snorts there seemed to be a new tom. He was massive and heavily scarred, and considering that the other two had been in the past gathering, it didn't take long to put two and two together. It seemed ShadowClan had a new deputy. At least Scarface looked like he actually had a personality that involved more than grimacing and trying - and failing - to look like a menacing member of the individual clans they each belonged to. Don't get her wrong. Scarface looked every bit as menacing as Wolverine, but at least he looked like he might have been fun to get to know if he wasn't a ShadowClanner.

Dwelling no longer than she had to on the deputies, Lightningpaw turned her attention towards the medicine cats, noticing Chuckles and the ThunderClanners were already there. Oh, and was that Stonepaw? Good, at least the fun medicine cat was also there. In fact, it seemed that only Cowtuft and herself were missing. Oops. Well, that was fine. They were the first to arrive at their last meet up. It was only fair for them to get there last this time around.

Dutifully, the calico approached, her tail held high as she offered the other healers a cheeky smirk in greeting. "Alright there, you lot? Better weather than last time, innit?" she mewed amicably, sitting down comfortably in the same spot she'd taken last meeting.

She'd considered adding more. Hoping for a better gathering than last time. But all things considered - and if her gut feeling was correct - things wouldn't get better. There were at least two bloodthirsty tyrants in power right now. With half the clans bowing to cats willing to kill first and ask questions later, she was certain things would get a lot worse before they started to look up. Judging by the exhausted look on the ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice and the fancy, fresh looking, scaring wounds sported by the ThunderClan and ShadowClan leader, she might not be too far off the mark.

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carmen [Stonepaw] | Omari [Drizzlecloud] | Ravensong [Elmshadow] | ares [Springpaw]

[Ian]

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Fallownose
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Ugh. Fallownose was not in the mood to attend the Gathering. If he could have gotten away with skipping it he would have. His annoyance only deepened as he took in the wounds on ShadowClan and ThunderClan once WindClan had arrived. Something had happened there, which meant there was no chance at a calm Gathering. Not that there ever was one in the first place.

With a huff, the WindClan deputy gracefully leapt up onto the Seastones and settled in his usual spot, only sparing Vulturefang a brief glance. He'd seen so many high ranks come and go that he didn't feel it worth the effort to pay attention to until they proved they would be around for a while, like Gingerfrost.

Fallownose nodded in greeting to the other three toms before turning his attention to the cats below. He was going to be keeping an extra close eye on WindClan tonight. After the Scalescar situation, he didn't want anymore trouble from his own Clan, especially when tensions were running high with the others.

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[Madelaine]

Wildpaw moved after his clanmates with excitement. This was his first ever gathering. He had finally made it. Maybe he could meet someone from another clan. Remembering everything he had learn in the clan ettiquette class he politely moved past a few cats. He wanted near the front, so he can get a glimpse of all the high ranks. He wanted to know everyone by looks.

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[iliri]

Oh, thank the stars that Drizzlecloud showed up. Springpaw was sure that she would’ve fallen right off the Seastones from her gaping exhaustion if her mentor hadn’t showed up. Then again, she couldn’t really exactly blame her mentor for taking so long. It was rather obvious that the specific ‘someone’ that she was searching for was her mother, which made the young calico draw her eyes over towards the crowded clearing of felines. Was Dovefluff looking up at her? Was she making sure that Springpaw wouldn’t have another anxiety attack? The second question didn’t feel like it would be too necessary for her, the calico felt… surprisingly fine. Her heart wasn’t pounding like crazy, her throat didn’t feel like it had a lump stuck in the middle of it, and her body didn’t feel like it was freezing up. Maybe she’ll be able to handle this current situation without any possible complications from her own problems. With a quiet sigh, the calico swept her gaze throughout the crowd, squinting against the dark atmosphere and landing specifically on the familiar gray pelt of her mother, relief washing over her as a sigh escaped her lips. Thank goodness, she was watching. She gave Dovefluff a quick, short smile as she dipped her head in her direction. Hopefully she would notice the quick, small gesture.

Her eyes were quick to break away from the crowd as she felt the gentle touch of her mentor’s tail-tip brush along her shoulders as Springpaw glanced up towards Drizzlecloud. Springpaw’s lips pursed as her eyes caught sight of exhaustion and a hint of disappointment peering behind her mentor’s jade-green eyes. Did she not find who she was looking for? Or, in particular, her mother? Springpaw’s eyes briefly touched contact with her mentor’s, a question infiltrating their depths that was to say, ‘did you find who you were looking for?’ It felt like a rather out-going question to ask, but Springpaw couldn’t help herself. At least it was asked in a more appropriate manner than just asking it out of context. She was sure that no one would want to hear that Drizzlecloud was trying to find someone that she knew closely within the crowd. With that someone being partially her mother, but Springpaw wasn’t fully aware if that were the case. It could also be another family member or even a close friend. Whoever it was, Drizzlecloud seemed to be gravely disappointed that they weren’t here. However, speaking of someone being here or someone arriving…

The murky scent of ShadowClan was quick to overfill Springpaw’s senses as dread overcame her system. Right, ShadowClan was still yet to arrive. Her eyes drew across the felines that swerved their way into the beach, her eyes going over towards the familiar faces of Dawnstar, Elmshadow, and… another cat? Puzzlement struck itself into the depths of Springpaw as her eyes watched the scarred tom make his way up towards the Seastones, that puzzlement rather quickly replacing with dread. Well, it seemed that ShadowClan picked a deputy and this tom seemed rather… scarred enough to take on the role of being deputy of a clan filled with bloodlust brutes. Then again, it was about time ShadowClan had a deputy. She wasn’t fully sure of the facts, but she knew for certain that they had gone without a deputy for a long period of time within their own clan. She wasn’t the one to speak up about it, though. Oceanic hues quickly shifted over towards the rather stoic form of the ShadowClan medicine cat as he took his spot, partially noticing his nod that he gave off. It didn’t hurt to nod back, so the apprentice gave him a quick, short nod back. Hopefully it wouldn’t be too bad for a small gesture.

Now, all that they necessarily needed was WindClan to show up, then they could start this gathering off. Springpaw mentally hoped that they would arrive much sooner than later, her paws already felt like they were bound to fall off at any given second if she sat up here any longer. Hell, her brain even felt like mush that it couldn’t even promptly think straight. At least the faint scent of heather and moorland began to drift through her nose as her eyes caught sight of WindClan waltzing their way in through the beach, a small breath of relief exhaling from the long-furred calico. At least WindClan finally arrived, that was something that felt like it should be noted for. Other than that, it didn’t look like there was anything different about WindClan. It seemed that the clan had been doing just fine. Then again, that was only just her only opinion, she didn’t know if there was anything actually going on in the clan, and that wasn’t any of her business to be sticking her nose up towards. She wasn’t a nosy cat in particular, anyways. She just heard information that she felt like she really shouldn’t be knowing.

Springpaw’s eyes were quick to catch the familiar lithe form of Lightningpaw making her way onto the Seastones, a swirl of emotions quickly flowing through the calico. The last gathering felt rather… tense between her own clan and WindClan, especially with the rather abrupt question that the pastel calico herself had asked the other medicine cats. Originally, Springpaw had thought that it was going to turn out smoothly, but that was quick to turn when Bumblestar was quick to make threats with the other clans. All the thought did was cause a heavy jolt of unease to run up through Springpaw’s system. Hopefully this time there won’t be another outbreak of drama—well, she might eat those words eventually—and maybe even have a normal gathering? Just this once? Glancing back in the direction of Lightningpaw, Springpaw fought against her opposing exhaustion and casted the medicine cat a quick, sideways smile. “Yup. Much better weather than it was before. Maybe we could even have a gathering that won’t have any sort of drama.” She might eat those words away later, but all she could do is genuinely hope for the best. Hell, maybe she could try to at least have a chance to become possible friends with the fellow medicine cat apprentice? The thought seemed silly, but she wanted to at least give it a try. Even if it’ll take a while, given the circumstances.

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Dragonflycliff...that's a unique name! And they have an apprentice...well...that's kinda normal so...well...well hopefully they'll be able to talk and be friends with Cherrypaw as well "did something happen to thunderclan?" they asked, curiously, nearly forgetting to actually ask that question- oh look, shadowclan has arrived! Now it's only windclan left that hasn't arrived yet! Seems like shadowclan cats also had a few wounds and injuries....kinda like thunderclan's...so maybe...there was a battle that happened between thunderclan and shadowclan..? That makes sense right? But it sounds horrible for a battle to just start between two of the four clans..so hopefully it's not and Sunsetpaw's wrong!

Oh wait, seems like windclan has arrived as well now! Now all the clans have arrived! Hopefully this gathering'll go smoothly!


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[hermeswind]

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"Don't mess this up, ThunderClan!"
Nothing could really be revealed. If she told, she may get exiled, and none of that would be good. So instead she just meowed, "If I tell you, I might get into trouble.".
[ Pangoligon ]

[tulin]

(This post is open)

Seeing that the cat he had chosen to sit next to likely had other thoughts on her mind, Snowbeak excused himself and got to his paws once more to pad away. New scents mingled with the night air as the other Clans arrived, and the gray tom surveyed the clearing. ShadowClan and ThunderClan both bore new, fresh wounds on their warriors, Snowbeak found that apprehension for the coming night was creeping up his spine. But there was a truce at the gathering, and he knew StarClan would uphold that and strike down and tension that threatened it.

Moving around the sandy clearing the pale furred tom found an open area to sit that wasn't too intrusive on any other conversations happening around him and took a seat. The RiverClan tom's blue eyes were soft and kind, and his tail flicked side of side as he tried to keep an air of openness around him incase any cat approached him. Though he was also content sitting by himself and watching the leaders upon the Seastones, smiling as he awaited the start of the night.

[Poprock]

vampire (sorry this is uhhh not good LOL)

Pebbleshine skipped into the gathering with a bright smile. Her first as a warrior! And she knew EXACTLY who she was gonna look for.

"MUMBLE!" She called as soon as her yellow eyes landed on her friend. The tuxedo raced up and immediately stuck out her paw, knowing they would know what to do.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunleap saw a tom sitting alone. He approached the tom, the ThunderClan tom noting that the other tom was in RiverClan. Hello the yellow tom meowed to the pale tom. tulin

[sol.]

Wildpaw moved after his clanmates with excitement. This was his first ever gathering. He had finally made it. Maybe he could meet someone from another clan. Remembering everything he had learn in the clan ettiquette class he politely moved past a few cats. He wanted near the front, so he can get a glimpse of all the high ranks. He wanted to know everyone by looks.

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KESTRELPAW

The apprentice sat up as we tried to look for a place to slip into conversation. She saw many cats already beginning to mingle, and it made her a bit nervous. No one had come to talk to her yet; did it have to do with scary and unpleasant aura? Hopefully not- she was actually trying to keep it to a minimum this time. She wanted to make some better impressions.

Oh, there was one. A starry eyed one, staring up at the high-ranks. Well, here goes nothing. The apprentice walked over and sat next ot him, feigning in interest at the cats above. "They're cool, huh?"

Stars, don't let her be made out as an idiot.


[ Catherine ]

[tulin]

Katiethewolfchild

Perked ears caught the sound of paws approaching him and Snowbeak turned his head to glance to his side. ThunderClan scent wafted from the newcomer, and Snowbeak dipped his head in greeting. He didn't know the name of the cat that stood before him, but that mattered not at a time of truce, at a gathering. The pale gray RiverClan warrior smiled kindly and nodded his head once more as if to say hello back. He then took on a questioning expression and used a paw to gesture to the beach around them, lifting his ears as if to ask the tom if he was enjoying his night so far.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Katiethewolfchild

Perked ears caught the sound of paws approaching him and Snowbeak turned his head to glance to his side. ThunderClan scent wafted from the newcomer, and Snowbeak dipped his head in greeting. He didn't know the name of the cat that stood before him, but that mattered not at a time of truce, at a gathering. The pale gray RiverClan warrior smiled kindly and nodded his head once more as if to say hello back. He then took on a questioning expression and used a paw to gesture to the beach around them, lifting his ears as if to ask the tom if he was enjoying his night so far.
The yellow warrior thought he understood the gestures. He was still getting used to non verbal communication, as though one of his daughters was mute and one of his other daughters was deaf and mostly communicated non verbally because of that, they and his other daughter were only about 2 moons old. The yellow tom answered yes I am having a good night so far. The RiverClan tom had asked whether he was having a good night so far as well as gesturing hello, right?

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Treepaw (https://suszone.weebly.com/treepaw.html)]

The apprentice offered a smile at the confirmation from the other two. They were only on their second Gathering too! That's amazing! "I like your names," she complimented, hearing of a Winterpaw too. It was interesting. "Alderstep is my mentor! He's the deputy over there!" the apprentice spoke, gesturing towards the ThunderClan deputy happily. "He's kind of a grump, but I think he likes me. He just doesn't want to admit it I think," she giggled a little.

Leafie Octavia!

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Sparrowpelt (https://suszone.weebly.com/sparrowpelt.html)] of TC
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The tom settled himself in further as the rest of the clans showed up. It was about time. They could get to the announcements and call it a night. So far, he was successful about not talking to the other clans. Usually the happy-go-lucky tom wasn't so tense, but Gatherings always stressed him out. The recent tensions between the clans didn't help.

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[Hawkbite (https://suszone.weebly.com/hawkbite.html)] of SC
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The newly made Enforcer found himself a spot beneath the Seastones. His green gaze shifting between the deputies -- Vulturefang being present now -- and the leaders. The only thing they were missing was their medicine cat apprentice. The thought still aggravated him. However, he'd remain relaxed as he awaited the announcements to begin. He completely ignored ThunderClan's existence. The cowards.

[Undertaker]

Dawnstar's gaze briefly followed Twilightstar as WindClan arrived. Like with the other leaders, she barely acknowledged the eldest arrival. The fur along her back bristles just slightly as Beanstar turns to her after chatting with Bumblestar. Once again, she didn't even bother looking at the rookie leader as she rose to her huge paws.

"You'll know in a moment." She responded as she settled herself at the very front of the Seastones. Dawnstar wasn't going to bother wasting her breath making small talk with idiots trying to rub her fur wrong.

"Let's begin!" Dawnstar's yowl demanded attention. "We have four apprentices who have successfully taken on a warrior name. Aspencry, Batstorm, Starlingheart, and Sagechaser. And after moons without, ShadowClan has taken a deputy, Vulturefang." Dawnstar glanced at the scarred tom beneath her, assuming the other deputies found him to be as annoying as she did.

"After being promised compensation from ThunderClan for their unprovoked attempt at prey stealing and trespassing that resulted in the death of four of my warriors, as the moons when on and nothing was delivered I did feel that ShadowClan was entitled to something, and that something was territory. ShadowClan did fight ThunderClan for a chunk of their territory, and we did lose." Dawnstar didn't seem troubled by the loss. She was more interested in making sure that there was context for the attempted territory grab. The clans absolutely loved making ShadowClan out to be a dark, arrogant, disturbed, clan of monsters who was constantly hungry for territory and death. That was normally fine with Dawnstar, but not this time around.

"Not long after that loss, my medicine cat apprentice, Ivysnake was out on an herb patrol with a few warriors near ThunderClan's border. They ran into a fox, while my warriors fought off the fox a patrol of three ThunderClanner showed up at the border and committed one of the most cowardly acts I've ever heard of." Dawnstar turned her head to glare at Bumblestar.

"I don't know what the hell you've been telling your warriors to make them think that they can cross into other Clan's territory at any given time, but that's exactly what they did. They ignored the border, trespassed, and then proceed to gang up and beat my medicine cat apprentice. Ivysnake was one of my best warriors before she was called to be a medicine, so she was able to hold her own for a bit, killing two of the trespassers. But ThunderClan did eventually manage to murder her. The ThunderClan rat that managed to make it back alive ran back to ThunderClan's territory before my warriors could finish with the fox, sadly." Dawnstar spat out as if she tasted something vile in her mouth.

"There's a difference between defending your borders and straight attacking anyone near them for no damn reason. I've been told that another one of my warriors was doing a patrol near ThunderClan's border and once again was attacked, at least this time she managed to make it out alive." There was no fun to be had, no games to be played when a clan was trespassing and killing her own. At least ShadowClan had some respect when it came to the borders.

"You started a battle and with the death of my medicine cat, and the blatant attacks on my clanmates, you've turned it into a war. Be prepared ThunderClan." Why not make what RiverClan did to ThunderClan look like kitten's play. If ThunderClan wasn't going to play by the rules, neither would ShadowClan. Dawnstar stepped back and took a seat, tail twitching angrily behind her.

Moonraven dino. vellichor

[vellichor]

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Beanstar (https://beanstarrc.carrd.co/#bean-overview)
RiverClan Leader

Purrks: Beefed Up, Mind Reader, Shadow Fiend


Oh, this was interesting.

The fleeting thought that Dawnstar and Twilightstar seemed so aloof that they needn't acknowledge the riffraff (aka, himself and Bumblestar) was gone in an instant, replaced by intense curiosity. The blue-point siamese's ear was pricked, and his single blue eye darted between the leaders of ThunderClan and ShadowClan. His facial expression betrayed nothing, and only showed mild interest. However, on the inside, Beanstar was squealing like a kit. He wanted to know everything he could, which meant it was Bumblestar's turn to speak, not his.

The small cat's tail-tip flicked from side-to-side, the only sign of any of the morbid curiosity he felt. There was a war brewing between ThunderClan and ShadowClan, it seemed. And with WindClan stirring up some trouble in Sedgewater Valley, it seemed next moon was going to shape up to be rather interesting....

// dino. Moonraven Undertaker \\

[Omari]

Drizzlecloud
Thunderclan
She/her

Springpaw’s silent question didn’t go unnoticed by her, and she didn’t mind being poked at by her apprentice. It wasn’t anything too serious, and although she was a bit disappointed, what could she do? Nothing, really. With a shake of her head and a small, reassuring smile, she flicked her tail dismissively, a silent way of telling Springpaw, no, I did not.

As the Shadowclan tom approached the trio, she simply nodded her head to him as he seated himself nearby the Medicine Cat’s meeting space. His presence left her feeling uneasy, in all honesty, but despite all that had happened between their clans over the last moon, she still held high respect for him–so, no, she wasn’t just going to ignore his presence. That would be far too childish.

With Shadowclan’s arrival also came the realization that they, too, had a new high rank walking among them. A new deputy, it seemed. The cat didn’t ring a bell in her mind, but she was thankful to know that this wasn’t the very same cat who had torn out Gentledoe’s eye during their last battle. A part of her wondered where that cat was, but.. Best not to go searching the crowd for them.

Lightningpaw’s arrival had, funnily enough, lifted a weight from her shoulders. Lightningpaw was more talkative than Elmshadow was, no disrespect there, only the truth. Even though the Windclan apprentice had gotten–reasonably–snappy with her own apprentice at the last gathering, she still felt more comfortable chatting with the young one rather than Elmshadow right now. “Much better weather, I agree. I hope you have been well, Lightningpaw.. Will Cowtuft be present?” At the moment, the aforementioned Medicine Cat was nowhere to be seen. Was it a cause for concern, or simply a personal decision to stay back at camp?

And then the meeting began before the question could really be answered. Her head snapped at the sudden yowl signifying the beginning of the gathering. New Shadowclan warriors, a name to the new deputy that sat amongst the rest, and.. Oh.

That’s how Ivysnake was murdered. That certainly explained the way that Elmshadow had been looking at them during their trip to the Starcave. The words that Dawnstar spoke only got worse, and it effectively made her blood run cold, her fur bristling along her spine. A claim of war.

Whether Dawnstar was being entirely truthful or not, war was imminent, and if Shadowclan wished an eye for an eye, then there was probably an unspoken bounty on Springpaw’s head right now.

[ ares carmen Ravensong Alchemist Kitsune ]

[Eden]

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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 38/100 - She/Her - 5m

"HAH I called it! I knew some sort of threat was going to get tossed, I was wrong so far about the apprentices though..." she jumped up when she heard the shadowclan leader speak. Maybe later on someone would talk about there being new apprentices, it was still a bit early in the gathering it seemed. It had to be since not all of the leaders had said anything besides just one so far, this was going to be eventful. Springpaw rubbed her paws together in excitement, she was ready to hear what the thunderclan leader would say about this. Now her attention was on Treepaw as he greeted himself a bit more it seemed. "Seedheart is my mentor! That's pretty neat that the deputy is your mentor! Is it stressful?" she asked, surely it was since your mentor was next in line to be the leader should they vanish. "Heh mine seemed to be nervous when I was reassigned to her though..." did her mentor doubt her self a bit? She hoped not Springpaw would just have deal with it she guessed, now she looked over to her sister. "I'm sure Winterpaw is somewhere here, if not than he missed all of the fun!" she grinned.

Octavia! SuspiciousMindz

[wolfie]

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「☆」 THE GENTLE GIANT 「☆」
╰► COWTUFT
he | him ★ massive white tom with black splotches and floppy ears + scar over his neck, burned hindleg, x-scar marks on shoulders; left green eye and right blue eye ★

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The stars twinkled in the sky as Cowtuft entered into the clearing. He could hear Dawnstar's voice - announcements had already begun, goodness. There was a frown that flickered across his lips, and a sadness that lingered in his heterochronic hues. He was awfully tired, and perhaps for one of the first times, wished he could've stayed home. Featherfoot had given him.. a prophecy of sorts, and he had been attempting to decipher for it for days. Nonetheless, despite being late, it would've been strange if Cowtuft had stayed home. Taking a small breath, he headed towards where his fellow medicine cats would typically be.

Cowtuft attempted to gently brush against Lightningpaw's side as he approached from behind, dipping his head in greeting. "Apologies.. for the delay in my arrival.. A few things kept me from leaving camp as swiftly as possible.." He gestured, and it was not a lie per se. He didn't offer any elaboration beyond that (there was a small feeling that he might have to explain to his apprentice later on though). "I.. hope all has been well..?" Cowtuft smiled before taking a proper seat, his feathery tail resting over his scarred hindleg.

He directed his attention to the Dawnstar, having only missed the beginning of ShadowClan's announcements. Hm. He hoped that was all he missed. Cowtuft's face shifted into a deeper sadness, floppy ears lowering to his head. Ah. He had already known about Ivysnake's sad departure - Elmshadow had said briefly at the half-moon meeting, Cowtuft never pressed - and now they were discovering the specifics. This did not help his feeling of wishing he had stayed home with his clanmates.

And it only became worse and worse. ThunderClan had done such acts? This was, unusual. He never took them for being cruel, golly! Never, their past leaders had been .. nice? (He wasn't sure about Thrushstar, they didn't see much of him.) He looked to ThunderClan's medicine cat with a look of dismay, but maybe - it had only been the act of a few clanmates? ,,Surely. A bitter taste settled in his mouth, and he might've shifted forward just a bit - sat a little straighter.

Cowtuft tore his gaze away and decided to hold his judgement until Bumblestar spoke.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunleap's eyes were wide open with surprise. Wait what?! Some of his own clanmates murdered Shadowclan's medicine cat apprentice!? How could any ThunderClan cat be such foxhearts!? When he heard that two of those foxhearts of clanmates were dead he wasn't sure what to feel. Yes, those foxhearts had deserved to die but they had still been his clanmates. They had family who were probably grieving for them. He wondered who the cats that Ivysnake managed to kill were. He also wondered who the surviving attacker was. He wondered what the RiverClan tom he was next to thought of the fact some of his clanmtes had killed a medicine cat apprentice. He hoped the pale tom would somehow realize he had nothing to do with it. tulin Bearpelt heard that ThunderClan had killed Ivysnake. How could some of ThunderClan's warriors kill a medicine cat apprentice!? She doubted that most of them were such foxhearts they would kill a medicine cat apprentice. The 18 moon pregnant WindClan queen wondered what Bumblestar's response to that announcement would be.

[stag]

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Judgement: Reversed. (https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/judgement#reversed)
Mumblepaw | They/He/It (https://en.pronouns.page/they%26he%26it) | A Dilute Calico With Green Eyes and A Scarred Tail Stub.
Master Scout & Monkeys Paw: Permanently Active | Shadow Fiend: Activated.

✮➥ Mention(s): [ Poprock ]

Yes! Entering back into the gathering from his spot in the shadows

SHADOW FIEND: DISABLED

Mewing back at the Shecat, raising his paw and placing it swiftly onto her. “PEBBLEPAW!” A few giggles escaped the calico. This was a much better thing than a brewing war. She seemed a right roughed up though? Hm, and her leader was sporting some fresh wounds, no way! What! “Is it even ‘paw anymore? Oooo! Can I guess your name if you are a sentinel now???” Mumblepaw knew some cats got new names with battles, maybe this was a new one!

[RavensCall]

[Treepaw (https://suszone.weebly.com/treepaw.html)]

The apprentice offered a smile at the confirmation from the other two. They were only on their second Gathering too! That's amazing! "I like your names," she complimented, hearing of a Winterpaw too. It was interesting. "Alderstep is my mentor! He's the deputy over there!" the apprentice spoke, gesturing towards the ThunderClan deputy happily. "He's kind of a grump, but I think he likes me. He just doesn't want to admit it I think," she giggled a little.

Leafie Octavia!

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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 38/100 - She/Her - 5m

"HAH I called it! I knew some sort of threat was going to get tossed, I was wrong so far about the apprentices though..." she jumped up when she heard the shadowclan leader speak. Maybe later on someone would talk about there being new apprentices, it was still a bit early in the gathering it seemed. It had to be since not all of the leaders had said anything besides just one so far, this was going to be eventful. Springpaw rubbed her paws together in excitement, she was ready to hear what the thunderclan leader would say about this. Now her attention was on Treepaw as he greeted himself a bit more it seemed. "Seedheart is my mentor! That's pretty neat that the deputy is your mentor! Is it stressful?" she asked, surely it was since your mentor was next in line to be the leader should they vanish. "Heh mine seemed to be nervous when I was reassigned to her though..." did her mentor doubt her self a bit? She hoped not Springpaw would just have deal with it she guessed, now she looked over to her sister. "I'm sure Winterpaw is somewhere here, if not than he missed all of the fun!" she grinned.

Octavia! SuspiciousMindz



Autumnpaw gasped. "You're mentored by the deputy??!" she exclaimed, "Wow! I'm mentored by Briarfang. He showed me how to fish."

[Moonraven]

Twilightstar listened quietly as Dawnstar started off the gathering as usual, and she had quite the news to issue. It seemed like ThunderClan's been really acting up these past moons. But killing any clan's medicine cat apprentice was a little overboard, it was even worse if they had done it as Dawnstar had said. It sounded like they had been actively going after Ivysnake during an herb patrol.

Twilightstar, although no fan of ThunderClan currently, wanted to hear Bumblestar's side of the story to the accusation before making any judgment. Dawnstar's never been one to lie as far as Twilightstar knew, and Bumblestar's aggression at the last meeting made it hard to disbelieve the story. Yet, there were two sides to every tale. Hearing the word war actually spoke had chills of uneasiness running up and down Twilightstar's back. Before the drama between the two clans could be invoked further, Twilightstar got to her paws and moved to the front to speak before Bumblestar. Her announcement would be quick anyway.

"WindClan has five new apprentices, Owlpaw, Crookedpaw, Poppypaw, Littlepaw, and Frostpaw." She began swiftly. There was no doubt that any cared about what was going on in WindClan, more interested in Bumblestar's response. However, her clanmates deserved their dues and she wasn't going to let war drama get in the way of that.

"As well as two new warriors, Milknose and Mothflower. We've acquired two new clanmates, Scorchedfang who used to be an outsider, and Mistycloud a former RiverClan warrior." She had doubted there would be any issue with Mistycloud's joining but that was until the trouble at Sedgewater Valley started.

"Some of my warriors also stirred up some unwanted problems at RiverClan's border. Although I've already apologized, I do want to say I'm sorry about that to you." Twilightstar turned her head until her eye located Beanstar's blue one. "I'll certainly work on disciplining and controlling my warriors better." She meowed to the RiverClan leader and then stepped back.

Undertaker dino. vellichor

[azu-azulu]

Halffur sat, head low

Junipereye was listening to hazelpaw ramble about something quietly

[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunleap thought that it was great that WindClan had new apprentices and warriors. Two of the new warriors had just joined, one being from RiverClan. He wondered why Mistyfern left RiverClan. Maybe Mistyfern didn't fit in?
Bearpelt obviously already knew that WindClan had new apprentices and warriors, since the pregnant young she-cat was in WindClan.

[vellichor]

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Beanstar (https://beanstarrc.carrd.co/#bean-overview)
RiverClan Leader

Purrks: Beefed Up, Mind Reader, Shadow Fiend

Well, it seemed it was Beanstar's turn. The reminder of WindClan's attack made his mood sour a bit. After looking around a bit, the siamese stepped forward and spoke, ignoring Twilightstar's words at first. He had some cats to recognize, after all.

"This moon, I'm happy to announce that a pair of kits have earned their apprentice names, Daypaw and Snowpaw. We have also had quite a few cats join our ranks, including a slew of abandoned kits. Despite the innate tragedy of the matter, we're very happy to provide a home to any kits who find themselves lost or without guidance."

After clearing his throat, Beanstar continued with slight irritation in his voice. "Yes, there was some... trouble. But I don't want to leave out the fact that your warriors accused mine of stealing, then crossed the border into RiverClan territory to attack." He lashed his tail, making a point of making it a big gesture. "I can guarantee you no prey was stolen from WindClan's land. I have eyes and ears everywhere. As long as you make good on your promise to discipline your warriors, I'll let this slide with a warning. But if my Clan is attacked unprovoked again, you and yours will pay for it."

RiverClan was not to be stepped all over, and Beanstar wanted to make a point of that. While he did respect the older leader, the fact that this incident even happened made Beanstar begin to question her abilities. She was getting older, after all, and had been leader for seasons. Maybe it was time for her to step down, let Fallownose give it a shot.

With that thought, Beanstar stepped backwards and gestured for Bumblestar to step up and make the final announcement.


// dino. Moonraven Undertaker \\

[Kaybug.]

ALL OPEN TO ANY CLAN



Pumpkinpatch || She/Her

Pumpkinpatch sat in the middle of the crowd listening to the other clan's announcements with a blank expression on her face.




Batstorm || He/Him

Batstorm sat near a tree as he listened to the announcements. This was his first gathering as a warrior.




Mistcloud || She/her
Whew, first gathering as a Windclan warrior. She gulped, Riverclan sure would hate her. But oh well.

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Dovepaw || They/He

Dovepaw sat alone in the gathering just listening to the announcements, it's not like they liked to talk either.

[lio]

https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/characters/20720974?1680504009
NIGHTHOUND (https://toyhou.se/20720974.nighthound)
huge, dark grey tabby tom with orange eyes and many scars.
he/him

Nighthound silently walked after his Clan, finding a spot in the shadows to sit down and merely watch. His fur blended into the darkness, eyes narrowed as he looked upon the other Clans. Of course, he would follow Dawnstar's orders of leaving ThunderClan be. He merely watched, observing silently as the Gathering went on.

https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/characters/22122638?1688537185
CLOUDPAW (https://toyhou.se/22122638.cloudpaw)
fluffy white she-cat with pale grey freckles and green eyes.
she/her

Nose upturned as she followed after her Clan, Cloudpaw glared at anyone who encroached on her personal space. Really, even her own Clan couldn't watch their filthy pawsteps? Ugh! Her fur would be ruined by the end of the night with all these foul-smelling imbeciles around her! Cloudpaw grimaced as she pointedly sat away from others, covering her nose to attempt to fight off the wretched scents floating in the air.

https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/characters/21159626?1681860126
FERRETSNAP (https://toyhou.se/21159626.ferretsnap)
fluffy brown and white tom with amber eyes.
he/him

Ferretsnap silently walked after RiverClan, his tail lashing behind him. He wasn't particularly fond of being around so many others, but he figured he should probably attend. He wouldn't go out of his way to talk to anyone, however.

https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/characters/20766470?1680571276
SNOWPAW (https://toyhou.se/20766470.snowpaw)
fluffy white she-cat with brown and black patches and icy blue eyes.
she/her

Icy blue eyes were wide with wonder as Snowpaw made her way into the Gathering, looking around. Excitement and nervousness flooded through her little body as she saw how many others were there. Wahh, there were so man different scents and other cats and the Clans were so biiiiig!! Snowpaw felt an anxious tremble travel through her body and she found somewhere off to the side to sit, not wanting to disturb anyone. She hoped Daypaw and Cloudjumper were here. It seemed like mister Gingercat had to sit at the front with the other scary looking cats, so she couldn't talk to her mentor either. Weh, this was a lot to process!

https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/characters/20475521?1681691603
MOTHFLOWER (https://toyhou.se/20475521.mothflower)
fluffy cream feline with a stumpy tail and green eyes.
he/they + neos

His first Gathering as a warrior. Mothflower slowly made his way after WindClan, his walking much more steady than the last time he was here. The scars appeared to be healed, though the scar tissue would forever be uncomfortable. Regardless, Mothflower found a place to sit, listening to the announcements.

[Rose]

https://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=5438&pictureid=40359
Starrypaw (https://katlike1.wixsite.com/kats-wco-characters/starry)
Post Count: 35/100
One With The Warren & Kitty Softpaws Purrk Active


When her companion spoke, it was to snarl at her, and oooh! She barely listened to anything he said, instead her hearing honed in on the very loud 'care' he'd yelled. Ah! That meant he totally cared for her company, yes? Lovely! She barely even noticed when Dogpaw brushed by her, trying to tell her something. Sadly enough, the black and white, rumpled molly only had her single-minded focus completely on the cat beside her. "Crikey! You're very loud! I'm sitting right here, you don't need to yell."

Except, aha! He was smiling! Funny-smelling-but-pretty-looking cat was smiling. Okay.. it was more of a grimace, but Starrypaw wouldn't complain. A smile meant she was doing something right, yeah? But... uh, why was he leaning towards her? Puzzlement crossed her features for a moment, before she realized... ooh, he was gonna tell her a secret! Yeah, that was probably it!

Her hopes visibly deflated when the tom beside her got her name entirely wrong - and then proceeded to ask about someone else. Weren't you supposed to ask all about the person you were talking to? Wasn't that part of manners? However, when the ShadowClanner glanced over her shoulder at the cat Cracklepaw was gesturing to, her ears perked with happiness, mind too slow to process that Cracklepaw had just insulted Dogpaw. "Oh! That's Pip, my brother! HI PIP!" Starrypaw yelled loudly, waving her arms around in the air to catch his attention. "He's the bestest brother ever... Actually he's kinda not really my brother but that's okay, yknow? Anyway, Pip is my favoritest cat in the world. Along with Mossy.. and Seedling, and Shader, and Bigbird, and... ouh! You can be my favorite cat too!! I'll name you..."

She paused a moment, clearly thinking. Her face seemed to light up a moment later, emerald hues bright with glee.

"Crikey! Because, yknow, you yelled and I got surprised at how loud you were." Trying to pat his shoulder reassuringly. "I know another really reeeaaally loud cat. Her name is Bigbird. She's over there on that rock, you see-" The ruffled apprentice started to wave her paw in Dawnstar's direction, but stopped short when someone slid between herself and Cracklepaw, obscuring her view of the other apprentice.

Being the lightheaded cat that she was, Starrypaw's mind had entirely blown over the no-talking-to-ThunderClan rule that Dawnstar had put down. To be quite honest, Rose hadn't noticed either, but either way, Starrypaw just stared at Cougarivy with a visible amount of awe. "Her name isn't hag." Starrypaw whispered to Cracklepaw... quite loudly, in fact, and undeniably within hearing range of the enforcer commander, who was standing between them. "Her name is Cougarivy, and she's super cool. She's the enforcer commander, did you know that? Oh yeah, also she's Pip's Mama, but I don't think Pip likes h-"

Starrypaw stopped short suddenly as she realized... Oh dear, she'd run her mouth as usual and not been discreet about it at all. 'Course, Starrypaw was too much of a feather-brain and a softhearted fool to dwindle much on the mishap. The Enforcer commander was smiling. Come to think of it, Cougarivy was always smiling, unlike her mate Elmshadow who... Starrypaw had literally never seen smile. Yikes, Pip had tough parents, maybe that's why he never smiled. Anyway, if Cougarivy always smiled, and nice cats were the definition of smiles, then that meant the enforcer commander was the nicest cat ever!

So of course, considering all this, Starrypaw did what she would have done anyway; She brushed aside the other female's words and beamed up at her. "Hello! ... Wait.. his name is Squirrel? What is squirrel scent?" Her gaze flicked over to Cracklepaw, perplexed.

[ Leafí - Cracklepaw / xavier. - Dogpaw / Ravensong - Cougarivy | Gosh I'm so sorry for the late response. :sob: I just got back from hiatus. ]

[dino.]

Dawnstar went first. Bumblestar's eyes snapped over to the larger she-cat and then narrowed, and she kept her scowl trained on her until Twilightstar moved forward to speak.

Then Beanstar.

Now her turn.

With a lash of her tail, Bumblestar rose to her paws and moved forward to the edge of the stones.

"ThunderClan has gained several new apprentices this moon," she began, voice level. "Cherrypaw, Wildpaw, Lightningpaw, Leafpaw, Fawnpaw, Lambpaw, Lotuspaw, Fireflypaw, Sorrelpaw, Wolfpaw, and Sprucepaw have all begun their warrior training, 'n I expect it to go just fine.

"Additionally, Goldenhawk, Pebbleshine, Wolfmist, and Hazelflash have completed their training and earned their warrior names. The four of 'em have trained like hell for this moment, and I couldn't be prouder." She took a moment to find them out in the crowd, before she turned her gaze back to Dawnstar.

"Sparrowstar agreed to those terms of prey and reparations," she said flatly, "and as far as I'm aware, so did Thrushstar. I'm not my predecessors. Don't hold me to promises I didn't make."

Ivysnake. Ha. With a disinterested twitch of her ear, she turned her head away and shrugged dismissively. "If the first thing you do after losing a battle you started is cry wolf and murder, then that's on you. My Clan didn't touch your borders, nor did we lay a claw on your medicine cat.

"I also doubt any of my warriors would cross your border to attack any of yours—that's a consequence reserved for those who step over markers." A twitch of her whiskers. "If you can give me a name, I can deal with any potential idiots in question. If not, I can't do squat. Hope your warrior's holdin' up alright." She really couldn't care less.

She raised a paw to nibble at a piece of grass caught between her claws, then slowly lifted her gaze to meet Dawnstar's again. "If it's a war you want, then it's a war you're gonna get. I'll gladly take the chance to tear your throat out like I did last time you crossed us."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a high-pitched WHIZZZZ in the distance, followed by several more. Bumblestar's ears flipped forward as she lifted her head to watch multiple flickering lines of orange-yellow streak straight up through the night sky.

Then with loud BANGS that rattled her chest and the stones beneath her paws, it seemed as if the very stars themselves exploded in blinding bursts of color.

[ dino. RovingLemon Quasar Rani Jayvines error {Roach} SunsetWhisker BEAR. Moonraven TheNyanCatMinecart Shade. gs29513 Lunalis Wingnettle RunningInTheHeather Succpunk vellichor x ghostie vampire Neso Fawnhearted Sklee WinterMara Apollo. Bean. puppeteer Caspian Beamheart Cornbread1233 Pangoligon tulin DarkGold Eyclore SuspiciousMindz ameko Starfall Darkclaws lio naiad Catherine Dirtfur Undertaker Estelle marshall nykyrian Abyssopelagic JackHunt_17 ares RandomAckermann jupiter Levi 99 carmen Ravensong Galaxy_ Lillian CreeperLover649 Bean_The_Cat Woodlow Zei Queen_Coral RedLeif Octavia! Alchemist Kitsune xavier. Rose Kay~ .squid Sakura.Fawn dragonwind serendipity. Ymir Cinnamonear Leafie The Doctor Snowyfeathr Omari Katiethewolfchild Carrot Zorua Ladiebugg ]

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*Drippingpelt gasped at the sudden chance in weather*

*Bluefang was startled at the noise*

[Zei]

unfortunatly the loud noises where to much for poor Halfpaw who unfortunatly wetted himself...

Brokenpaw Jumped about a foot into the air...

[BEAR.]

If Wolfpaw was already a little nervous about the huge crowd, the sky suddenly lighting on fire didn't help. He sprang up to his paws and took a beeline for Bumba, pelt spiked from fear. He didn't know what was going on but Bumba would keep him safe!!!

[ dino. ]

[Ladiebugg]

FALLOWREED:
Fallowreed was attentively listening, then jumped, flattening herself to the ground as the shapes and colours (ooc: /ref) were exploding in the sky.


OSPREYSPLASH AND LEAPMOON:
OspreySplash and LeapMoon were sitting together, whispering to eachother instead of listening. LeapMoon looked to the sky, eyes wide. "Ooh! Pretty!" OspreySplash covered her head with her paws, tucking closer to her sister.

IVORYNIGHT AND PEACHHEART:
IvoryNight was grooming his paw, while PeachHeart watched him lovingly. As the explosions went off, IvoryNight pulled PeachHeart closer, wanting to protect her.

[Kaybug.]

Batstorm wrinkled his nose in disgust.

"Why does it smell like fire and... pee?" the new warrior hissed. Ew.

[beau]

Wolfmist had kept to himself for most of the gathering, mostly there to listen to announcements rather than to socialize. He was zoned out for most of it, keeping an ear out for anything interesting but not super invested. That is, until the sky decided to explode.

The warrior hit the deck immediately as the loud noises came again and again, their volume similar to when the Thunderwillow had been struck by lightning. He looked up to see bursts of colors exploding and then fizzling out into the black sky. Ok. Ok, he knew what these were. He hated, hated, hated them, but they wouldn’t hurt him. Ok.

He recalled how often in the middle of greenleaf many twolegs would show up to the sharpyard, even kits, and then these things would explode. The twolegs would put the dogs in the nest, which was nice because then Wolfie was able to roam freely. The sound meant there was no prey to catch in these times, but at least he didn’t have to be on the lookout for anything except overly-excited twoleg kits which would try to chase him down when not distracted by the colorful explosions.

Slowly he stood upright once more. Seeing the cats around him panicking didn’t do much to help with his anxiety, but at least he knew logically he wasn’t in any danger. In fact, he was much farther from them now than he was when his twolegs would play with the explosions. Did they not know what they were? Maybe not - maybe it was something that only happened near where the twolegs lived. Hmm, maybe he should go find his friends - to check on them, of course! Totally not because he was still kind of freaked out and wanted to be near people he knew.

[ Poprock Lillian Quasar - just pinging y’all bc wolfie’s looking for the others. he doesn’t have to find them ofc, but he’s open if y’all wanna ping him ]

[stag]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/729651014617268254/1126401236745330718/3.png
Judgement: Reversed. (https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/judgement#reversed)
Mumblepaw | They/He/It (https://en.pronouns.page/they%26he%26it) | A Dilute Calico With Green Eyes and A Scarred Tail Stub.
Master Scout & Monkeys Paw: Permanently Active | Shadow Fiend: Disabled.

✮➥ Mention(s): [ Poprock , carmen ]


“Well. Pebbleshine, nevermind then. And Congratula- The words getting cut off from the noises in the sky. BANG BANG BANG. It was like a lightning strike, just a super colorful one. Mumble was already on edge with the whole Hawkstar situation. But now this- Where was Stonepaw?! Where was he?!? No no no no. The calico shot up. Eyes locked onto the colorful stars. What the hell was the afterlife planning, what was happening. Was the sky falling?? Was this a sign from Hawkstar??? It had to be! It just had too. Ugh. Green eyes shooting across the clearing full of cats. Paws already in motion as he darted closer to Stonepaw, instantly calling out to the herbalist for any kind of response. “Stonepaw!” Tone clearly full of panic and urgency. Answer me. Answer me! Come on! Stonepaw say something.

[Courage]

Cardinalcrest
She sat with the rest of Riverclan, not expecting any cats from other clans to come up and talk to her. (closed, sort of just posting to make sure she dosen't go missing)

[Caspian]

Jaggedface didn’t really like to talk to other clans.
In doing so, she risked becoming friends with one, maybe even falling in love with a cat from another clan. So she kept to herself, silent as could be. She ignored the leaders talking. The summary of gatherings is just a peaceful break room for any drama where the leaders refuse to admit one tiny weakness. Just blabbing about their strength.

Jaggedface didn’t see how cats could find joy in a cat from another clan’s company.
Don’t get her wrong, the other clans were cool and unique, and she was at peace with them, not minding at all the mention of them. But she needed to stay loyal to Thunderclan and the code amongst all things.

Suddenly, a massive BOOM! went off in the sky followed with a colorful explosion. She wasn’t sure if she was amazed or horrified. How did twolegs make this stuff? Why did twolegs make this stuff? To scare us? She highly doubted that, maybe it was used for something useful. Maybe it had some sick purpose like a declaration of war. That made sense. Why else would they have it? To celebrate? Pshh, as if

(Open)

[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunleap heard that RiverClan had 2 new appretinces and then there a was a VERY loud noise. Sunleap saw the sky was colorful. He thought why is the sky colorful? And why was there such a loud sound my ears are ringing?
Bearpelt was terrified. She thought what just happened! The spotted brown she-cat wondering why there was such a loud sound and why the sky was so colorful. She wished Birdsong was still alive. If he was they could comfort each other... Why did he have to die!? And before she found out she was expecting kits too! Now their kits would have to grow up without a father. And Birdsong was only 22 moons when he died... (Bearpelt open)

[Morrigan]

Nightgaze jumped in surprised at the sudden loud bang and flash of light causing her pelt to bristle as she started in shock shaking.

OPEN

[poppy]

// vampire carmen

Letting out a choked gasp at the striking of lightning, Briarpaw pricked up immediately as Mumblepaw sprinted past her, calling her brothers name. Her heart leaped into her throat and without a second thought, she bulldozed through the crowd after him. She couldn't lose him too. Not after they lost their whole family. He was fine. He had to be. She was overreacting and so was Mumblepaw. Because he was fine. He was okay.

// open

Lotuspaw let a terrified scream as the whole sky lit up and exploded with color and light, the rumble shaking her paws. Dropping to the ground, the 4 moon old covered her face with her paws and let out high pitched wails of fear. Was she gonna die? What was happening?

// ares

Dovefluff felt her ears flatten against her head as light flashed across the sky. Right after Bumblestar basically declared war on her home Clan. The molly couldn't stay and ponder that, though, because she had bigger problems. Like making sure her daughter was okay. Lifting her muzzle, she searched the felines below the seastones, desperate to make sure her daughter was okay.

[Pitou]

**Elmshadow**

As though on cue, just when Elmshadow found himself considering the Windclan medicine cats, the moorland scent drifted over the mingling of the other three clans. His green eyes moved toward the entrance as Twilightstar made her way out onto the moonlit beachy sands tailed by her clanmates. Lightningpaw made her way over to the medicine cats as quickly as Twilightstar made her way atop the Seastone. His head nodded slightly at the apprentice's greeting which was met by a prompt response from Springpaw. The two had butted heads at the previous gathering but, as young cats tended to do, they were seeming to bounce back from it, even if only in appearances. It was promising in itself to see, if not a backbone among the other medics, there was at least professionalism that was less common nowadays among many warriors. Before anything could progress much further with the medicine cats, Dawnstar's commanding voice broke the chatter of the gathering, calling for the announcements to begin. She started off easily with the warriors and the obvious presence of Vulturefang among the deputies. And then she brought up Thunderclan.

Elmshadow felt his spine stiffen as he erected himself and looked out generally over the crowd of cats, expecting nothing less than an uproar after his massive leader's very direct war proclamation. Bumblestar had started her leadership with burrs in her pelt and now she was going to feel the repercussions from that. Whether she regretted it now or later, only time would tell.

Twilightstar moved to get her own announcements in before Bumblestar could get her words in though the eldest leader's announcements were of some intrigue to the medicine cat. As Shadowclan's strife with Thunderclan was heating up, it seemed there'd been some tensions started between Windclan and Riverclan as well. Though Beanstar's response made it seem like the tension would remain just that, for now. Twilightstar was a seasoned leader and, though he had little respect for the clan she led, he trusted in the leader's ability to maintain her clan with her quiet but unmoving ways.

And then Bumblestar stepped up. He couldn't say he was surprised but, for the first time, she blatantly stated aloud that she would not be holding to agreements made by her predecessors, agreements made out of reparations for the wrongs Thunderclan committed. They were agreements made not out of weakness but out of good faith and she was denying them. Her absolute dismissal of a murdered medicine cat apprentice, his medicine cat apprentice, made the fur stand up along his spine in a show of anger he was rarely wont to doing. He rose to his paws, his green eyes staring at the brazen fresh leader. Ivysnake was a warrior before anything else and he had no doubt that she fought like one to the very end. He would not be one to blame the Thunderclanners for treating her as a warrior, up to including giving her a warrior's death, if she was fighting like one, but under the news that there was a possibility that her clan had ganged up on a medicine cat alone, not even a promise of investigation. Even the concession for a name was not a concession or offer, it was a blaise challenge, a dismissal of a murdered medicine cat. War it was then.

A distant whiz broke his heated concentration on the detestable Thunderclan leader as his attention turned toward the jagged line cutting through the dark starry sky. No sooner had he turned than a massive shuddering explosion hit his chest. His legs buckled slightly but he quickly regained his bearings and straightened himself, looking first over the crowd of cats, his eyes scanning for Shadowclanners and any signs of immediate danger, then switching up to Dawnstar.

[carmen]

foxflurry

Arriving late to the gathering, Foxflurry took a seat at the perimeter, staring at the others and grinning slightly at the mention of her siblings new names. Light lit the sky and a couple loud bangs thrummed through the air. Oh stars, what was that? Her ears moved back to rest angrily against her head and she looked around with narrowed eyes. Loud noises had her nervous, honestly, from the reactions of most the cats around her, a lot of folks were spooked, some worse than others. Ew, she had to be nice. Looking around, she moved towards one of her clans apprentices, a cat who looked like she could die of fright at any moment, jeeze, she was a little one, wasn't she. 6 moons and tiny, poor thing. "Hey, hey. It's alright." Ew, kind words made her feel icky.
jupiter

[Pitou]

**Cougarivy**
Enforcer Commander of Shadowclan
Rose Leafí

The small mottled she-cat kept her blue eyes on Starrypaw, even as the bumble-headed Thunderclanner behind her went on about whatever he was complaining about now. She had her orders and thus would not engage; though the old hag comment would be a fun tidbit to remind him of next time Thunderclan came out to play. She stifled a giggle, though that bit was increasingly easy once Starrypaw decided to engage with the mug. Cougarivy took a step, ushering the boisterous apprentice backward with a warning smile. "You'll get your chance to make friends on the battle field. Right now, you're disobeying Dawnstar. Move. He's Thunderclan." The smaller she-cat aimed to keep herself between the two apprentices and move herself forward to create distance between the squirrel.

As the announcements began, Couagrivy's attention remained pointed over the crowd. Dawnstar's announcement was sure to draw some backlash or unease so the enforcer commander waited. It wasn't until Bumblestar's announcements that the small she-cat's attention was drawn back up to the Seastone. So it is war than, a tingle moved up Cougarivy's spine and she shivered, a grin spreading across her face. Her tongue flicked out as though she could already taste the blood on her teeth. She rolled her shoulder, rolling her eyes against the stiffness that was lingering after the fight with the dogs. She relished even her own blood spilling but it was no fun to be at such a disadvantage being both small and hindered by a bunk joint. That'd have to get sorted. She quickly pushed it from her mind and let her thoughts settle back into the anticipation of the coming war. It'd been too long, Cougarivy was ready for some fun.

A shaking BOOM tore her thoughts away from the impending war. She shot erect, her ears perked as she searched for the source of such a noise. Yellow-orange streaks sent chills over her pelt. She lowered herself and weaved quickly through the gathered cats as the panic began to rise. She slipped up where the medicine cats were stationed and moved beside her mate, ready for the next steps.

[xavier.]

https://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=5846&pictureid=40168
• × | Dogpaw | × •
he/him
MIND READER : Inactive | Chill of death : Inactive | Ultimate Predator : Inactive

Dogpaw stared up at the leaders gathering before glancing over at Starrypaw and the stupid looking apprentice. This was when his sister ultimately decided that now would be a good time to reveal his nickname to that apprentice. Dogpaw quickly shook his head trying to get her to shut up. Great now that name was going to just trickle from clan to clan. Dogpaw then watched as his mother walked in between Starrypaw and the apprentice. Dogpaw hummed before turning and giving his father a curt nod in return and then he returned to watch the scene unfold. The golden prince flinched at the squirrel calling his mother a hag. Dogpaw turned his head as he saw that all the leaders had shown up meaning the gathering would start officially. Dogpaw listened to Dawnstar start to speak.

The golden prince sat there for the announcements of the first three the only one that Dogpaw cared about was Dawnstar announcing war on Thunderclan. That would be fun. Dogpaw snuck in another glare at the off white apprentice. Though something else caught his attention with a loud whizzing noise. The prince stared at the sky watching the weird orange and yellow thing with intrest with his ears pinned down.

Then BANG

Dogpaws ears instantly went up as he jumped up into the air at the loud noises in the sky. Once Dogpaw landed back onto the ground he was still standing and his mostly black fur was standing on end.

| Rose - Starrypaw; Leafí - Gaypaw; @/Ravensong - Cougarivy; Open for anyone willing to question him |

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Dogpaw stared up at the leaders gathering before glancing over at Starrypaw and the stupid looking apprentice. This was when his sister ultimately decided that now would be a good time to reveal his nickname to that apprentice. Dogpaw quickly shook his head trying to get her to shut up. Great now that name was going to just trickle from clan to clan. Dogpaw then watched as his mother walked in between Starrypaw and the apprentice. Dogpaw hummed before turning and giving his father a curt nod in return and then he returned to watch the scene unfold. The golden prince flinched at the squirrel calling his mother a hag. Dogpaw turned his head as he saw that all the leaders had shown up meaning the gathering would start officially. Dogpaw listened to Dawnstar start to speak.

The golden prince sat there for the announcements of the first three the only one that Dogpaw cared about was Dawnstar announcing war on Thunderclan. That would be fun. Dogpaw snuck in another glare at the off white apprentice. Though something else caught his attention with a loud whizzing noise. The prince stared at the sky watching the weird orange and yellow thing with intrest with his ears pinned down.

Then BANG

Dogpaws ears instantly went up as he jumped up into the air at the loud noises in the sky. Once Dogpaw landed back onto the ground he was still standing and his mostly black fur was standing on end.

| Rose - Starrypaw; Leafí - Gaypaw; @/Ravensong - Cougarivy; Open for anyone willing to question him |

Seedpaw had, surprisingly, been keeping to herself for the most part. She was a little sleepy. But the extremely loud sounds sure did wake her up.

The first one was awful. But, now that she was expecting them, it felt less frightening. Still terribly loud, though.

But it wasn't the sound that had her attention.

It was the lights. The colors. The way they combusted and fizzled out. They looked like colorful dandelions made of starfire. She couldn't even look away. Not for a while. They were hypnotic.

When she was finally able to ground herself again, Seedpaw quickly marched up to the first person she knew and spotted, which was her brother.

"Look at them, Dogpaw, they're BEAUTIFUL! So colorful! I just wanna put them in my mouth and eat them up! I wonder why this is happening. But also I wish I could make the sky do that. I wish the entire forest could glow that brightly, it's so pretty!" She was talking loudly to overpower the sounds of the explosions and giggled as the colors sparkled across the sky.

[Tecumori]

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Lionpaw
Riverclan | Apprentice | He/Him | 4 moons | 53/100
Lionpaw watched as the tabby apprentice left without another word. Whatever, it just meant he could finish the rest of the conversation on his own. He opened his mouth to let out another snide remark when a series of loud booms rang throughout Seastones.

"What in Starclan!" he shouted, looking up just in time to see the explosion of color staining the sky. His jaw hung agape.

What was happening? Were the stars exploding? Was this a sign that Starclan disapproved of the upcoming war between Thunderclan and Shadowclan?

He looked back at Leafpaw as if she might have an explanation for all of this.
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[SpiritWolf_yt]

Fireflame and scalescar and Ashclaw talked, the 3 perked as the bang and the clouds started together ashclaw walked up to thornclaw who was close to the leaders,

Stormoaw and stormclaw talked and commenting about the announcement from bumble star and dawnstar

Thor claw sheathed his claws at that announcement another battle did dawnstar care if some lost there lives during the fight? The clouds were starting to turn dark, was star lan displeased at dawnstar and bumblestars actions?

Bang!

The warrior jumped but landed on the ground, was star lan mad or what!

Bluestone listened blind and good eyes staring heavily at dawn star

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[poppy]

foxflurry

Arriving late to the gathering, Foxflurry took a seat at the perimeter, staring at the others and grinning slightly at the mention of her siblings new names. Light lit the sky and a couple loud bangs thrummed through the air. Oh stars, what was that? Her ears moved back to rest angrily against her head and she looked around with narrowed eyes. Loud noises had her nervous, honestly, from the reactions of most the cats around her, a lot of folks were spooked, some worse than others. Ew, she had to be nice. Looking around, she moved towards one of her clans apprentices, a cat who looked like she could die of fright at any moment, jeeze, she was a little one, wasn't she. 6 moons and tiny, poor thing. "Hey, hey. It's alright." Ew, kind words made her feel icky.
jupiter


What Lotuspaw needed right now was a hug from her bestie mentor, but she couldn't see them. Hell, she would take a hug from Auntie Aspen whom she'd never met before, she just wanted a hug. A hug to spend her final moment in before the sky caved in one her. Letting out a low sniffle as a warrior came over to her, she quickly identified them as Foxflurry. She knew her! "Foxieeee, the sky is exploding-" She cried, looking up at the very nice warrior who came over. Why wasn't she panicking too?? Wasn't panicking the right thing to do in this moment?

[Eden]

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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 11/100- She/her

One minute it was nice and calm, minus the few words being throwing around between the leaders and her conversation. Leafpaw had one ear turned towards the leaders, listening to what was being said. She didn't like it all that much of war being mentioned between her clan leader to the shadowclans leader. If they did have to fight, she wasn't sure if she very much liked the idea. Would that mean her and her littermates would have to be involved in it? Leafpaw wasn't about to see her siblings get hurt. Of course the sky had to be pissed about all this, wouldn't be at the mention of war. Not only did the sky breaking out into a fire like streak? Light? What ever it was it also brought with out a loud bang that she didn't want to wait around and find out. Hair standing on end from being startled she looked around trying to see if her sister was alright, she was aware that at least Lo was here. "Lotus!?" she called out. Her attention got grabbed by Lionpaw giving her some sort of look about what had just happened. "Why you looking at me like that? I ain't no medicine cat! I'm training to be a warrior not learn about plants" she stared back at the other apprentice. She didn't know what that scene was about, she could only guess they pissed off the people in the sky with their words. She hadn't even realized that Beepaw had left, it hadn't bothered her anyways.

Woodlow

[iliri]

A frown was quick to grow among Springpaw’s lips from the silent answer that she received from her mentor, slowly nodding her head sympathetically as she glanced away from the ticked tabby. It wasn’t something that she could further dwell on, nor could she find out about. It was promptly Drizzlecloud’s business, not her own. However, she mentally did hope that her mentor did find whoever she was looking for after the gathering, that was something that she could at least consider for the older molly. Other than that, she was quick to notice that Cowtuft had finally arrived. What took him so long? Did he get lost? Well, it wasn’t like Springpaw was going to abruptly ask that. That was just a rude comment to make in general. So, she just glanced over towards the rather large black-and-white tom and gave him a short, tired, but sweet smile. Hopefully the kind-hearted tom had been doing fine, he looked rather exhausted. Did he get enough sleep? Well, Springpaw could ask how he was doing after the announcements were over, it seemed that Dawnstar was just about to start them, and she definitely knew the most maligned way of how to start them, didn’t she?

Well, to start right off the bat ShadowClan had some new warriors. New warriors were always a great sign. It meant that cats were working hard and trying their best to become better fit for the clan. Springpaw swept her blue gaze among the large crowd to spot the newly appointed warriors, casting them a quick, short nod of approval before focusing back up towards the ShadowClan leader. Of course, the news of their new deputy wasn’t something that surprised Springpaw much, as the calico had noticed the scarred tom making his way up towards the Seastones before it was even mentioned. Then again, Dawnstar stating his name was something that Springpaw could keep in mind for the next time that she took notice of the tom. She had to resist mumbling the fact that he looked like he got himself mauled by a badger and then was spat out onto a twoleg trap. Springpaw felt somewhat guilty for seeing the tom in that way of thought, but it was what she could see him in the best way possible, unfortunately. She was certain that Drizzlecloud could possibly see him in the same way, right?

The massive feline’s next set of words sent an unsettling shiver down Springpaw’s spine. ThunderClan did more wrongdoings? How many things has ThunderClan done to only provoke more drama for themselves? Then again, she hadn’t heard much of this going on due to the fact that it hadn’t been mentioned, but hearing it now only made Springpaw feel more and more uncomfortable in her spot. The mentioning of the battle didn’t really help with the heavy pressure of tension being weighed against her shoulders. The unbearable memories of cats caterwauling their battle cries and unnaturally large streaks of red staining the usually dark, jade-green grass flew through her mind like a tape recorder. Springpaw felt her throat begin to uncontrollably tighten up as the dark thoughts plagued her mind and purged through every corner. Briskly, the molly slowly swiped her tongue across her maw as she mentally fought against the burden of the thoughts hanging over her head. All it did was give her a heavy sense of discomfort. Dawnstar’s next set of words only made Springpaw’s heart feel like it was being tightly gripped with sharp, prickling claws that dripped endlessly with deathberry juice.

The unbearable news of the ShadowClan’s medicine cat apprentice’s death wasn’t something that Springpaw didn’t know about. During the half-moon meeting, she was certain that Elmshadow—or rather, Creepshadow—had said something about Ivysnake’s passing, and the way that he had stared at her and Drizzlecloud after mentioning left an unsettling feeling in her stomach. So, ThunderClan truly did have some sort of involvement with the death of their medicine cat apprentice, and it felt very wrong to be knowing of this particular fact. Yet, it was also very wrong to know that there was a cat in her clan that decided to commit cold-blooded murder for no absolute reason, and they might even still be around. It made Springpaw feel undeniably sick to her stomach. Springpaw briefly glanced up towards her leader as an overwhelming wave of unsettlement swept through her body, making the calico exhale a shuddering breath. What was Bumblestar going to exactly say about this? She mentally hoped that Bumblestar wouldn’t say anything that was going to further strain the situation than it already was. And, if that was going to be the case, then ThunderClan was going to be in grave trouble.

Dawnstar’s last announcements left Springpaw on edge. A war was something that Springpaw didn’t truly need to be laid on ThunderClan’s shoulders. Especially with the fact that there are still cats who need to have their wounds checked out after the recent events a few days ago. If Bumblestar was going to agree to this frightening gesture, then there was going to be problems. Not only that, but Springpaw felt like her own life was on the line. With the way that Drizzlecloud had been worriedly glancing in her direction after Dawnstar made her announcement, she was sure that she was going to have to keep a close eye out for further strolls or herb patrols that she went on. Especially ones that’ll involve her having to get close to the ShadowClan border, that’s where the real trouble would possibly strike. Springpaw just hoped that the other leaders bore better news than what Dawnstar had to give.

Oriental-shaped ears turned towards Twilightstar as the WindClan leader stood up in her place, a trickle of interest poking at Springpaw as the medicine cat apprentice wondered what the lithe leader had to say. Of course, it wasn’t much, rather being about a few kits becoming apprentices and some new warriors for her clan. Well, at least WindClan had been thriving all and well, but the calico apprentice still felt an edge from the lilac molly mentioning that there had been some trouble with her own clan. Some warriors were going behind their leader’s back and stirring up trouble with RiverClan? Not good. Not good at all. Well, at least Twilightstar made a promise that she was working on disciplining her warriors better, but not all promises can be kept. Springpaw felt a sense of hope that the leader was going to keep her word, but Springpaw knew that deep down, not all words were considered truthful. Some cats said what they needed to say and then just… went on about their day. It just further implicates the fact that not everyone was simply a saint.

Then, Beanstar stood up next and began to make his announcements, which made Springpaw’s mood at least brighten up a bit. It sounded like all of the clans had some new faces to join the clan. Springpaw briefly scanned the clearing for a moment to catch sight of the new apprentices that the siamese tom mentioned, giving only a short nod as she eyed the clearing before focusing back up towards the RiverClan leader again. At least he seemed somewhat reasonable to reckon with unlike Dawnstar, who seemed more ticked off than a wolverine would be. Other than that, at least he remained civil with the matter of WindClan warriors causing havoc right by their border, which gave Springpaw some sort of relief. There wasn’t any further need for major drama between the clans. Now, with those three out of the way, Springpaw’s fur rose with uncertainty as she silently awaited for Bumblestar to finish off the gathering with what she had to say. Springpaw hoped that it wouldn’t lead to an all-out argument between ShadowClan and ThunderClan as it had been tense for the both of their clans for the last two moons.

Hesitance dove helplessly into Springpaw’s veins as her eyes watched as Bumblestar stood up, her heart beating itself endlessly against her chest as the calico silently eyed her leader’s stance. Bumblestar looked ticked off, and the calico was quick to notice it by the way that her leader lashed her tail. With a sharp intake of breath, Springpaw hesitantly listened to her leader’s first set of announcements. It was rather obvious that she would start off with the basics of the recent apprentices and of their four new warriors—which she was quick to cast them all a quick smile—but other than that, that wasn’t the issue that Springpaw was concerned about. It was the way that her leader was quick to start staring down Dawnstar as she began to speak her next set of words, and Springpaw was sure to feel her throat begin to tighten itself without any remorse. She desperately hoped that Bumblestar wasn’t going to worsen the situation than it already was, but she would eventually eat at those words from Bumblestar’s further announcements.

Springpaw didn’t really know who Sparrowstar was, only that she was merely a former leader of ThunderClan. Of course, Thrushstar was different, Springpaw knew him since she was only six moons old. She didn’t know much about the promises that they had created while they were still leaders, but she supposed that they only merely did them just to keep the peace between both clans. Now, with Bumblestar, that brief peace treaty was already starting to falter from all this chaos happening all around. Then again, at least Bumblestar tried to keep some sort of truce between both clans by wanting to know the names of any possible cats that might’ve caused the sudden death of ShadowClan’s medicine cat apprentice. However, Springpaw’s hope in such matters quickly dwindled from Bumblestar gradually agreeing to the terms of war. The calico had to resist the urge to sigh from the sudden calling for war. Now, with the sudden risk of more unnecessary bloodshed, she and Drizzlecloud were going to have to definitely stock up on as many cobwebs and marigold flowers as they can.

A stifled, frightened yelp escaped her throat as her ears perked up against the loud shrieking noises of something shooting up in the air within the distance. Her eyes shot upwards as an explosion of colors expanded in the sky, giving a loud, eardrum rupturing boom as it exploded in the dark night sky, making the smooth stones that the calico sat on rattle in her place. What in the hell was that? What were twolegs even doing at this late night? Springpaw pressed her smaller body against Drizzlecloud’s, her oceanic blue eyes locked up at the bright colors that kept exploding into the sky. What in the world were they? They looked beautiful, yes, but why was it so loud that it rang her ears? She wasn’t sure. “Drizzlecloud? What do you think those are?” Springpaw asked, making her voice loud enough for her mentor to hear, shifting her eyes to face the direction of her mentor. Hopefully she knew something about them and why they were so loud and colorful.

[ Omari Ravensong Alchemist Kitsune x ghostie carmen ]

[Cornbread1233]

Beepaw jumped at the loud noise. Starclan didn't seem happy about what Bumblestar said. A war between Thunderclan and Shadowclan? Maybe Leafpaw would get battle training in her first moons as an apprentice after all.

[poppy]

Briarpaw stared at the sky with unnerving calm.

[Poprock]

vampire IGNORE THE BAD WRITING IM SICK
Pebbleshine shot her friend a big grin, pride beaming off of her. "It's Pebbleshine now hehehe!" She went to say more, before loud bangs echoed in the sky. The warrior let out a small shriek, running off to find her brothers.

[Omari]

Drizzlecloud
Thunderclan
She/her

At Cowtuft's arrival, she simply nodded to the tom and flicked her tail in greeting. If it hadn't been for the gathering announcements already beginning, she would have spoken her greetings and tried to strike up some sort of conversation with the tom, but she didn't feel like getting on the nerves of any leaders tonight by talking during their announcements.. So she settled for wordless hellos instead.

This was no good at all–war was imminent, seeing as Bumblestar practically accepted the proposal of it rather than trying to shut it down. Not that she had expected any less of a reaction such as that one, but perhaps she was dearly hoping for a different outcome. She felt a mix of emotions swirling within her chest–frustration, uncertainty, and anxiety. Frustration with Shadowclan, with her own clanmates who had gone out of their way to murder Ivysnake, and partially with Bumblestar. Uncertainty about the entire prospect of war, and… Anxiety for her apprentice. There was no doubt in her mind that the thought of equal revenge had dawned on a few Shadowclan cats since the death of their medicine cat apprentice.. If it were the other way around Drizzlecloud knew that she would be actively searching for revenge, herself, even as a medicine cat. If she were Elmshadow, she would have taken it upon herself to exact revenge with her very own paws–but they were medicine cats, and that went against themselves and what they stood for.

But would being a medicine cat stop her from chasing that? Perhaps it was for the best that she had not been placed into such a situation quite yet.

Her thoughts had been interrupted by an almost unearthly sound–she had never heard it before, and it made the fur on her spine stand on end. The loud boom that followed made her ears flatten against her head, her gaze flicking from the sky to the group of medicine cats that sat around her. Due to Drizzlecloud's hearing impairment, it was a surprise to her that she had heard something so loud.. Which made her come to the conclusion that it was probably much louder than she had heard it to be. What was that? Was it the twolegs doing this? Were the stars exploding? Was Starclan angry? Angry at the war that had been announced tonight?

Her fluffy tail wrapped around Springpaw's smaller body when she felt her apprentice leaning against her, leaning ever so slightly towards her with her head tilted so she could rest her muzzle over Springpaw's head. "I.. Am not sure. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it."

Drizzlecloud looked to her companions, concern glazed over her green eyes. "The stars.. I-I've never seen such a thing." Was it the stars, or something else? She wasn't sure how to decipher it.

[ ares Ravensong Alchemist Kitsune x ghostie carmen ]

[tulin]

Katiethewolfchild jupiter

It wasn't long before the leaders began to speak, and what they did speak of made the blood in Snowbeak's veins run cold. ThunderClan... had murdered Ivysnake? A medicine cat apprentice? His eyes went wide and a sudden wave of nausea threatened to knock him off his paws. Of all the warrior code, that was perhaps a treachery that could not be forgiven. It made his paws shake a little as he glanced at the tom beside him. From the expression alone it was clear that whatever cats had committed this unspeakable atrocity had likely acted alone - but that didn't make the RiverClan tom feel any better.

Twilightstar stepped up to go next, diffusing some of the tension that sparked in the air. She apologize for the border skirmish, and it had been clear that one cat acted alone in the terrorizing of the patrol he'd been apart of... so when Beanstar stepped up to toss a threat of violence should it happen again, Snowbeak was startled, and the dismay was clear in his eyes. Could he not see it had been the actions of just one cat, and that the WindClan leader was taking responsibility and punishing them for it? It concerned him greatly. Snowbeak would fight tooth and claw for his Clan if ordered, but he hoped it would not come to that.

Next up was Bumblestar, and just by the tone Snowbeak felt chills rattle down his spine. She seemed to deny the accusations flung at her and ThunderClan, but something about the way in which she defended her Clan had the pale tom skeptical. The loss of life - especially a medicine cat - was a great tragedy, and seeing it flung aside without much care saddened the RiverClan tom. He felt the ache of grief in his chest and he hadn't even known Ivysnake all that well. Bumblestar's last threat of war wasn't lost on Snowbeak as the tom ducked his head, sending a silent prayer that ShadowClan's lost medicine cat had found the path towards StarClan safely.

Suddenly as the sky lit up and loud 'bang' noises ricocheted off the stones, Snowbeak was on his paws as his fur fluffed up around him. Craning his neck the tom looked skyward, watching as the sky lit up in a wide array of orange and yellow and red. Was this an omen from StarClan? Surely it had to be, coming hot on the heels of Bumblestar's speech. It wasn't surprising to him that they were upset with his blasé tone when speaking of the death of ShadowClan's medicine cat. With the stars upset and showing their disapproval, likely over the whole night and not just with ThunderClan, the hisses and yowls for war would be silenced. Snowbeak could only hope.

He couldn't linger near Sunleap any longer, the instinct to make sure his Clan was alright kicking in. With a soft nod to the tom, Snowbeak started to step away. In the crowd he located the familiar pelt of a cat he had fought alongside at the WindClan border. She appeared calm, but even so the pale gray warrior wanted to make sure she was alright. White paws moved across the sand, keeping his figure low incase one of the golden sparks started to fall from the sky, until he made it to Briarpaw. He ducked his head towards her, concern evident in his gaze as he took a seat. There was a question in them, and he slid a paw out in front of her as if to ask if she was doing alright.

[Morrigan]

Frostpaw
7/100

Frostpaw padded into the clearing she had fallen behind the rest of Windclan while admiring the scenery on the walk to the gathering but she had managed to find her way to Seastones now.

The long furred gray tabby point sat down and curled her fluffy tail over her paws before jumping in fear as a sudden flash of light and loud bang striked "W-what was that...?" she thought shaking in fear as she leaned closer to the cat closest to her so they're pelts touched she didn't know who it was because she was so blinded by fear but she was extremely scared anyway.

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[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunnleap, seeing the pale RiverClan tom nod to him and walk over to a RiverClan apprentice thought the other tom wanted to comfort his clanmates. He defitenly understood that. Sunleap sat, wondring if someone would approach him. (open)

[Alchemist Kitsune]

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A snort escaped the short furred calico as the ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice voiced her wish for a drama free gathering. Somehow, the lithe molly doubted that would be happening. A murdered medicine cat apprentice on ShadowClan's side alone - based on what Chuckles had said during their last half moon meeting - pretty much guaranteed drama, and potential bloodshed. Not that Lightningpaw could necessarily blame Wolverine if she decided to get angry at this. As far as she knew, medicine cats had immunity from targeted attacks due to their place within the clan. It would be too easy for a particularly blood thirsty - Bumblebee came to mind - leader to simply target all enemy medicine cats in cold blood if this were allowed. And most of them would be unable to defend themselves if such where the case, at least if they were as peace loving as Cowtuft.

Drizzlecloud's question breaking the storm of thoughts brewing in her mind, Lightningpaw turned her gaze towards the older molly, blinking once before she scanned the crowd. She had been certain her and Cowtuft had left their den at the same time... had they not? Truthfully, her mind had been out of sorts lately, the lack of sleep and constant fretting over things she had no control over getting to her. She might have... missed a message that her mentor would not be coming along, although she doubted it. It wasn't like the tom to miss out on the chance to meet up with friends, and he certainly seemed to consider the other medicine cats friends. For the most part, in any case.

Before she was forced to respond, the short haired oriental mix spotted a mass of black and white fur among the crowd, walking their way. A small, relieved smile on her lips, she shuffled slightly, allowing her mentor some room to sit comfortably besides her. It seemed that with his arrival, the leaders had decided enough time had passed... which, fair... It seemed everyone was present and accounted for. Unsurprisingly, Wolverine started, with what appeared to be a fairly peaceful announcement. New warriors, new deputy - looked like Scarface's name was Vulturefang - nothing out of the ordinary. Perhaps Ivysnake's murderer still remained a-

Nope. Never mind. There was no mystery. It seemed ShadowClan and ThunderClan had come to blows. A fact that was surprising on neither side. Bumblebreath had been looking for a fight from the moment she'd gained her new rank as far as Lightningpaw knew - she had no idea what the power hungry warmonger was like before her having somehow been blessed by the stars, but she couldn't imagine a nice, kind, polite feline had preluded this - and with ShadowClan having always had a reputation for being blood thirsty fiends themselves - and as far as her interactions had gone with them, it seemed to line up pretty well - it was only a matter of time before they came to blows.

What she was certain came as a surprise to most cats, however, was the murder of their medicine cat. By trespassing. And then targeting her. Eyes that had been round with shock slowly became dull. Emotionless. Deadpanned as she slowly turned to stare openly at her mentor, licking her whiskers only once as she savored her doubts being justified so openly in a single moment.

"Blimey, would you look at that. A medicine cat. Murdered. In her own territory. What a surprising turn of events. If only someone - anyone, really - could have seen this coming. Had warned about dead medicine cats after their use had been expunged and dominion over another clan had been asserted," the wiry framed apprentice drawled, her voice monotone as she lifted a single, dainty paw to point at herself repeatedly as she spoke.

The rest of the gathering went about as well as could be expected. Apparently some WindClan cat had decided to make an arse of themselves and were looking for a fight when tensions were already high, but that was alright, because Beankit had decided to throw a small tantrum and threaten WindClan in the process. Why again were gatherings a thing? This whole ordeal was pointless. She was willing to bet more wars started because of these hare brained meetings than alliances were formed. For star's sake, she couldn't even remember WindClan having ever had an alliance with anyone else in the time she'd been alive. Not the best track record for gatherings as far as she was concerned. Honestly, at this point she was wondering why it was ShadowClan that was so villainized back home. ThunderClan and RiverClan were about the same... if not worse, just out of sheer hypocrisy.

Bumblecheek had also gotten around to responding, and Lightningpaw could almost feel the hackles raising at the back of her neck. This leader was arrogance and vileness incarnate. How did such a fiend get followed by cats as gentle as Cowtuft himself?! How did StarClan allow this? Was this was those has been gray-pelts up there wanted? Vile, bloodthirsty warmongers?

A crack in the sky soon broke her thoughts, almond shaped eyes rounded as she stared in fright at the exploding stars. What... what was going on? Not even in her wildest dreams had she seen something like this happening! Was this it? Was this what the starry stranger had warned her about?! Was this what would prelude the fall? She had no idea, and that scared her more than she cared to admit. By instinct, the tortie and white attempted to press herself close to her mentor, eyes locked solely on the flashing colors above.

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carmen [Stonepaw] | Omari [Drizzlecloud] | Ravensong [Elmshadow] | x ghostie [Cowtuft] | ares [Springpaw]

[Katiethewolfchild]

Bearpelt barely noticed Frostpaw until she leaned into the 18 moon old expecting WindClan queen. Bearpelt asked loudly enough to be heard over the noise Frostpaw? Are you okay? Being terrified herself, Bearpelt was barely able to keep her voice from shaking. She wished Birdsong, her mate was here. He had been so courageous before he died protecting her from a fox about a moon ago, before she even knew she was expecting kits. She waited for Frostpaw to answer her question, welcoming the touch, as touching another cat, even a apprentice made the young queen feel safer. She hoped the apprentice didn't realize she was scared as well. That might make the young apprentice feel even more terrified and definitely wouldn't help calm Frostpaw down. The Doctor

[Morrigan]

Bearpelt barely noticed Frostpaw until she leaned into the 18 moon old expecting WindClan queen. Bearpelt asked loudly enough to be heard over the noise Frostpaw? Are you okay? Being terrified herself, Bearpelt was barely able to keep her voice from shaking. She wished Birdsong, her mate was here. He had been so courageous before he died protecting her from a fox about a moon ago, before she even knew she was expecting kits. She waited for Frostpaw to answer her question, welcoming the touch, as touching another cat, even a apprentice made the young queen feel safer. She hoped the apprentice didn't realize she was scared as well. That might make the young apprentice feel even more terrified and definitely wouldn't help calm Frostpaw down. The Doctor
Frostpaw
8/100

Frostpaw jumped again at the sound of a voice speaking to her "I-I'm so s-sorry I didn't realise..." she apologize frantically her ice-blue eyes still alight with panic even though she was an apprentice by rank she was still a kit by age"N-not really I've n-never seen s-something like that..." she whispered fearfully. It wasn't entirely true the thing she had just said it reminded her of the fire that raged Windclan a few moons before the fire that killed her mother.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Frostpaw
8/100

Frostpaw jumped again at the sound of a voice speaking to her "I-I'm so s-sorry I didn't realise..." she apologize frantically her ice-blue eyes still alight with panic even though she was an apprentice by rank she was still a kit by age"N-not really I've n-never seen s-something like that..." she whispered fearfully. It wasn't entirely true the thing she had just said it reminded her of the fire that raged Windclan a few moons before the fire that killed her mother.
Bearpelt said loudly it's okay. I don't mind. I'm pretty sure none of the cats have seen or heard anything like this thought it does remind me of the fire. Hadn't Frostpaw lost her mother in the fire? Her mate had died a sunrise before the fire.

[Morrigan]

Bearpelt said loudly "it's okay. I don't mind. I'm pretty sure none of the cats have seen or heard anything like this" thought it does remind me of the fire. Hadn't Frostpaw lost her mother in the fire? Her mate had died a sunrise before the fire.
Frostpaw
9/100

Frostpaw looked at the queen nervously "A-are you s-sure?" she asked still shaking with fear as she waited for Bearpelt's answer.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Frostpaw
9/100

Frostpaw looked at the queen nervously ""A-are you s-sure?" she asked still shaking with fear as she waited for Bearpelt's answer.
Bearpelt said yeah, I'm sure.

[SuspiciousMindz]

Autumnpaw gasped. "You're mentored by the deputy??!" she exclaimed, "Wow! I'm mentored by Briarfang. He showed me how to fish."
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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 38/100 - She/Her - 5m

"HAH I called it! I knew some sort of threat was going to get tossed, I was wrong so far about the apprentices though..." she jumped up when she heard the shadowclan leader speak. Maybe later on someone would talk about there being new apprentices, it was still a bit early in the gathering it seemed. It had to be since not all of the leaders had said anything besides just one so far, this was going to be eventful. Springpaw rubbed her paws together in excitement, she was ready to hear what the thunderclan leader would say about this. Now her attention was on Treepaw as he greeted himself a bit more it seemed. "Seedheart is my mentor! That's pretty neat that the deputy is your mentor! Is it stressful?" she asked, surely it was since your mentor was next in line to be the leader should they vanish. "Heh mine seemed to be nervous when I was reassigned to her though..." did her mentor doubt her self a bit? She hoped not Springpaw would just have deal with it she guessed, now she looked over to her sister. "I'm sure Winterpaw is somewhere here, if not than he missed all of the fun!" she grinned.

Octavia! SuspiciousMindz


[Treepaw (https://suszone.weebly.com/treepaw.html)]
28/100

The apprentice beamed at the others reactions, but something caught her attention. Dawnstar and Bumblestar were at each other's throats! Not again! She gave the others a quick glance at the murder of a medicine cat apprentice. "ThunderClan would never!" she whispered, loud enough for them to hear, but not meeting their gazes.

Suddenly fireworks wrecked the air. Her green hues widened and her fur spiked. "WHOA" She exclaimed, the lights in the sky overtaking the cats speaking. She'd never seen such things! "What are those?!"

[JackHunt_17]

At the noise, Cougarbites fur stood on end. The colors shocked his eyes and frankly, the young warrior was quite frightened

—

Cloudpaw wasn’t able to move his head fast enough to catch the lights and when he tried, it hurt his head badly and he winced

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Sparrowpelt (https://suszone.weebly.com/sparrowpelt.html)] of ThC
(open)

The large tom was shocked by ShadowClan's accusations. No one would kill a medicine cat out of cold blood like that! Especially not his Clan! His fur bristled and he gave an approving nod at his leaders response. They wanted to start a war and Sparrowpelt would be the first to support her decisions. His tail lashed but everything was cut off as the sky lit up and boomed. He jumped to his paws to stare up at the sky. He'd heard these booms in the past, but to see the cause was a whole new thing. It made his chest pound with each explosion and he looked up towards his leader for any orders she may give.

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[Hawkbite (https://suszone.weebly.com/hawkbite.html)] of ShC
(open)

The sky erupted in explosions and light. His green gaze searched the crowd for their reaction, making sure no one tried to take advantage and fight during this distraction. His gaze was also seeking Starrypaw, willing to jump to her aid if she needed comforting. Mousepaw had also grown on the tabby tom and his gaze would seek out the stout apprentice as well. Hawkbite would jump to either if they needed it. This was something most of the cats hadn't experienced before. They might've heard the sounds in the past, but to see the sky light up was a whole new ball-game.

Rose [starry mention] Alchemist Kitsune [mouse mention]

[vellichor]

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Beanstar (https://beanstarrc.carrd.co/#bean-overview)
RiverClan Leader

Purrks: Beefed Up, Mind Reader, Shadow Fiend

The siamese was completely unprepared for what was about to happen. He had steeled himself for argument, yelling, and perhaps even a battle if things got out of paw. But this -- the bright, colorful lights and deep booms thrumming around him? He was completely at a loss as to what to do. The air suddenly smelled of fire, and Beanstar could barely hear himself think. It seemed the other leaders weren't reacting as much to this, but the RiverClan leader swept his gaze over the throng of cats below. There was panic, crying, and emotion, but there was also eerie calm to be seen. Cats just staring at the sky. Somehow, it made Beanstar even more on edge. In a matter of seconds, the blue-point feline cycled through every emotion ranging from fear to calm, and ended on one of determination. Determination to get his Clan out of here in one piece.

"RIVERCLAN!" He yowled when there was a break in the explosions and lights. "Back to camp, now! Keep each other safe!" And with that, the scarred cat wasted no time in jumping down and herding his cats back to their territory. He would stay behind to help out any cat who needed it, but this was it; RiverClan was given the order to leave.
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*Bluefang ran back to the camp*

[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunleap saw RiverClan leave, wondering when the other clans would follow.

[Estelle]

It was silly. One moment indifferent, the next the ThunderClan deputy almost looked suspicious of his being. Like, why? He asked a mere question (of which the answer was obvious), nothing to be suspicious about. But oh well, to everyone their preferences. He supposed that if Alderstep preferred to question his every move then he could do just that, Gingerfrost wouldn’t break his mind over it. He shrugged the look of (metaphorically, he didn’t actually move) and looked back out over the plethora of cats, silently tuning out their chatter. Somewhere along the lines this ShadowClan deputy showed up, which had piked a bit of Gingerfrost’s interest, though he couldn’t care less for Alderstep’s comment. Which, by the way, he’d almost snicker as the fellow deputy soon back-pedalled from it. Though he kept that to himself, only idly glancing their way as he dipped his head in light greeting to what’shisname.

Then, finally, announcements began. Dawnstar started off with a banger: Ivysnake, their medicine cat apprentice, ruthlessly murdered by a group of ThunderClanners on ShadowClan territory. Of course, Bumblestar didn’t respond in kind. Gingerfrost didn’t bother with the details, all he noted was that both were evidently on edge and fuming, and war was declared. A war he’d rather not get involved in, though, he didn’t fail to note Beanstar’s reaction to Twilightstar’s apology for what happened at their borders. Internally he grimaced; he couldn’t say he was pleased with the information, nor was he entirely on par with the way Beanstar worded his response. But, it got the point across; no point in budding in.

Then, happened the unexpected. Gingerfrost, idly listening to the leaders talk with an internal grimace though an exterior expression of neutrality, was rather caught up in his thoughts when loud BANGS sounded across the sky. His eyes went wide and his fur spiked up. Somehow, the RiverClan deputy took a mighty leap into the sky! He landed on all fours, though right on the edge of the Seastones. Though he tried to hold on, nails raked over slippery stones as he slid right off. Oof. He landed rather gracefully, though. Unshaken as though nothing had happened. But on the inside, boy, he could be swallowed up by the ground right about now if it wasn’t for the fact that his eyes were locked on the sky. He’d… Seen these things before. Back when he was travelling back to RiverClan. But what were they? Why did they appear again? Was it a twoleg thing?

He had little time to ponder these questions. Soon enough, Beanstar’s commanding yowl sounded across the clearing, sending RiverClan home. He huffed, recomposing himself from this momentary distraction. Turning around, Gingerfrost awaited the slow departure of RiverClan so he could lead the backside, as to make sure no stragglers were left behind. Though a part of his mind remained locked on these bright lights in the sky.

[Tecumori]

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Lionpaw
RiverClan | Apprentice | He/Him | 4 moons | 57/100
He hadn't paid any mind to Leafpaw's response. He didn't bother to respond either as Beanstar's voice rang out between the mutterings, yowls, and explosions. As soon as the order was given he wasted no time following the rest of his clanmates back to camp. He still had no idea what was happening, but one thing was certain was that he would never forget this night for the rest of his life.

The way the stars had ignited and stained the sky like paint splattering onto a starry canvas. It was beautiful. But it was also terrifying in a way; to think of Starclan becoming so enraged that they would destroy the very foundations of Silverpelt, all in the twitch of a whisker.

Lionpaw didn't know whether to think of it as beautiful or disturbing.
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[Eden]

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Springpaw
long haired torbie - 42/100 - She/Her - 6m

Oh this was bad stuff happening, she thought they were just going to be throwing threats around like last time. This was only her second gathering after all, what else should she expect. Oh the thunderclan leader just basically declared war on shadowclan, oh this was bad but also exciting! Springpaw heard the comment that Treepaw said and stared at him with a raised brow. "You sure about that? Bee's actions speak otherwise " she had noted how battle ready the thunderclan leader was. Especially talking about ripping out others throats, that spoke for itself. "Looks like your clan just declared war on the musky smelling cats!" she pointed out just before the loud bang went off. "OH, the sky is on fire!?" she yelled out jumping to her feet. It had to be with that bang, nothing else would explain it, "Look what your leader did!" she pointed a paw at Treepaw. The thunderclan leaders words must of pissed the sky off and now they were trying to bring hell upon them. No longer paying attention to Treepaw she turned to her sister. "Lets go lets go lets go lets go!" she repeatedly said as she attempted to drag her sister away by whatever means necessary. Thank the skys it appeared that Beans had the same idea about getting the hell up out of here.

Octavia! SuspiciousMindz

[Eden]

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Leafpaw
dark colored Siamese - 13/100- She/her

A part of her was annoyed that the Riverclanner ignored her shot back at him but who the hell cared about that. It also appeared she wouldn't get to gain back his attention since his clan was leaving the gathering. Leafpaw would note to herself for now on that not only were riverclanners smell like fish but also rude when it came to conversations. Even if she was unnerved from the loud noise she hide that underneath letting her self appear calm and cool. Like she was going to show the other clans how afraid that loud sound made her. She still wanted to go make sure her sister was okay but there was a lot of noise going and she guessed others freaking out.

Woodlow [just for the mention]

[sol.]

The older apprentice had no luck in trying to make small talk with the other one, which made her miffed. She'd been listened to all the words the leaders exchanged with one another, including, the death fo Ivysnake. This made her pause. The Shadowclan medicine apprentice had been around since before Kestrelpaw was alive. And killed Thunderclanners? She shivered. This could mean war.

But suddenly, a loud noise broke into the sky, and the gray apprentice jumped. Fear captured her heart as Beanstar screamed the order to retreat back to camp. The other clan shad to evacuate, right? Maybe Beanstar was just the quickest to respond. So, without saying goodbye to the apprentice she had sat next to, she got up and darted away with her clanmates back to camp.

[RavensCall]

Autumnpaw flinched when the sky boomed and bursted. She thought she'd go deaf. At least my nose won't be the only thing that doesn't work... she thought sarcastically. She followed Springpaw back to camp, and called over her shoulder. "Bye Treepaw! Nice meeting you!"
SuspiciousMindz Leafie

[Cornbread1233]

Beepaw ran back to camp

[Morrigan]

Bearpelt said "yeah, I'm sure."
Frostpaw
10/100

Frostpaw looked at Bearpelt unconvinced "B-but most of the warriors here seem so experienced..." she was cut of by a yowl from Riverclan's leader and watched with worried eyes as all the Riverclanners started fleeing "W-why are the Riverclan cats leaving s-should we be leaving t-too?" the young she-cat asked nervously and still shaking with fear.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Frostpaw
9/100

Frostpaw looked at Bearpelt unconvinced "B-but most of the warriors here seem so experienced..." she was cut of by a yowl from Riverclan's leader and watched with worried eyes as all the Riverclanners started fleeing "W-why are the Riverclan cats leaving s-should we be leaving t-too?" the young she-cat asked nervously and still shaking with fear.
Bearpelt said I don't know why the RiverClan cats are leaving. No, we shouldn't be leaving yet.

[JackHunt_17]

Cloudpaw couldn’t run. His head was spinning from the noises and the lights and he started to get sick from them. All he could to was collapse in the pathway, barely conscious, and pray to starclan some cat wouldn’t trample him. He was a big cat, being 22 moons, so his chances of being picked up were small but maybe someone could help him.

(open. cloudpaw has brain trauma and can’t walk or run properly regularly and the lights and sound are making it too hard)

[Estelle]

Looking over the gradually leaving group of cats, one specific older apprentice stood out to him as seemed to collapse to the ground. Gingerfrost grimaced at the sight, a slight crease forming between his brows as promptly began pushing his way through the crowd to reach Cloudpaw. Carefully he nudged the apprentice's shoulder, to make his presence known.
"Cloudpaw. Can you stand?"
He leaned down, offering a shoulder to lean on. ...He'd carried someone much bigger than the apprentice before, on his back, albeit only a small distance. Though it wasn't easy, if he couldn't walk, then Gingerfrost hadn't much of a choice than to somehow wiggle Cloudpaw onto his back and carry him towards camp (and Stonepaw).


[ JackHunt_17 ]

[Ladiebugg]

IvoryNight and PeachHeart made their way back to the riverclan camp

(I'm bad at replying, adhd go brrt)

[JackHunt_17]

Looking over the gradually leaving group of cats, one specific older apprentice stood out to him as seemed to collapse to the ground. Gingerfrost grimaced at the sight, a slight crease forming between his brows as promptly began pushing his way through the crowd to reach Cloudpaw. Carefully he nudged the apprentice's shoulder, to make his presence known.
"Cloudpaw. Can you stand?"
He leaned down, offering a shoulder to lean on. ...He'd carried someone much bigger than the apprentice before, on his back, albeit only a small distance. Though it wasn't easy, if he couldn't walk, then Gingerfrost hadn't much of a choice than to somehow wiggle Cloudpaw onto his back and carry him towards camp (and Stonepaw).


[ JackHunt_17 ]


"I'm.. so dizzy. The lights... the noise... my head..." Cloudpaw whimpered. When he tried to stand his head kept spinning and he just fell again, and black spots threatened in front of his eyes to prevent him from waking. "I dont.. think.. I can.. walk." He muttered, and then he retched again from the dizziness.

[TawnyNeedsACoffee]

MorningCall
{She/Her}
{Short, Feminine presenting, Tortoiseshell with amber eyes}
—..—

MorningCall had been sat quietly amongst her clanmates after parting ways with her beloved friend, DoveFluff, who wanted to be near her daughter for support during this time. Left on her lonesome she had been watching the squabble of leaders for majority of the time. Her amber eyes rolled slightly at the sight, she felt as though the clans could never go a moment without drama but she could expect that such things are unavoidable. Although her facial expression turned to one of slight shock at BumbleStar’s insinuation of war between their clan and ShadowClan. A pit in her stomach opened wide. War? Was now really a good time for such things? Her eyes couldn’t help but glance to the certain ShadowClan deputy that had a smug disposition about him. Looking away quickly she looked back to the leaders above. However not long after such a bold declaration, a loud, usual sound filled her ears and the sky lit up above. The shecat had no time to react before something crashed into the clearing, the smell of smoke and light flames starting to bristle had illuminated the scene. The shecat couldn’t help but stay unusually stoic about it, to be entirely honest she was still processing what just happened. She watched as RiverClan was quick to retreat back to their territory due to such drastic changes in events at the gathering.

—..—

(Open)

[Estelle]

"I'm.. so dizzy. The lights... the noise... my head..." Cloudpaw whimpered. When he tried to stand his head kept spinning and he just fell again, and black spots threatened in front of his eyes to prevent him from waking. "I dont.. think.. I can.. walk." He muttered, and then he retched again from the dizziness.

So it was the noise and lights... Hopefully he was the only one affected by it this way. Gingerfrost grimaced a little, not especially pleased to see the apprentice in this state. And clearly, true to his words, he couldn't walk. The tabby held back a light sigh, not at Cloudpaw, but at the trouble these lights were causing. Leaning down again, this time lower, he spoke not too loudly.
"I'll carry you. This is going to shake a bit."
He warned before carefully trying to manoeuvre to apprentice onto his back so he could carry him home - hopefully his old bones would hold up.

[JackHunt_17]

So it was the noise and lights... Hopefully he was the only one affected by it this way. Gingerfrost grimaced a little, not especially pleased to see the apprentice in this state. And clearly, true to his words, he couldn't walk. The tabby held back a light sigh, not at Cloudpaw, but at the trouble these lights were causing. Leaning down again, this time lower, he spoke not too loudly.
"I'll carry you. This is going to shake a bit."
He warned before carefully trying to manoeuvre to apprentice onto his back so he could carry him home - hopefully his old bones would hold up.


Cloudpaw did his best to help get himself on the warriors back but his legs were very shaky and he was scared. This was how he was right after his incident. He remembered the feeling of being unable to walk and was scared his brain would revert back there. But he tried to relax as to not throw up again, because he didn't want that to get on his clan deputy. He felt a bit embarrassed at being in this state but he needed help and he didn't want to get stuck or die, so he accepted this.

[Estelle]

Cloudpaw did his best to help get himself on the warriors back but his legs were very shaky and he was scared. This was how he was right after his incident. He remembered the feeling of being unable to walk and was scared his brain would revert back there. But he tried to relax as to not throw up again, because he didn't want that to get on his clan deputy. He felt a bit embarrassed at being in this state but he needed help and he didn't want to get stuck or die, so he accepted this.

With some difficulty, though with the help of Cloudpaw, Gingerfrost managed to get the apprentice onto his back. He huffed a little under the weight, not having carried anyone in some time - let alone a grown cat, but he's carrie heavier before. He should manage, albeit slowly. So careful as to not shake the apprentice too much, he carefully and slowly began leaving the gathering behind the rest of the clan.

[Moonraven]

Honestly, these new leaders were seriously rubbing her fur wrong. They were literally dripping with arrogance, entitlement, and hostility. It was like they wanted to get into a battle as soon as possible to prove themselves or something stupid. Beanstar was slowly reminding her of a mixture of Skystar and Dawnstar and Bumblestar was reminding her of Dawnstar, only more annoying. It sounds mor-

The thunderous noise above had the she-cat back arching and fur standing on end as a blinding light erupted from the sky followed by a loud boom. Twilightstar didn't care to know what it was or why, she quickly shook herself out of her fright and followed in RiverClan's paw steps. "Fallownose, lead them home." She swiftly urged her deputy while leaping down from the top seastones to reach the sandy beach. "WindClan home now," Twilightstar ordered with a commanding screech. "Help your clanmates, we're leaving."
Lillian

[Katiethewolfchild]

Bearpelt left, meowing to Frostpaw it's time to go. The Doctor

[dino.]

Oh, boy. Here came the freak-outs. Bumblestar's ears shot up in surprise at the sharp sudden noise, but she quickly relaxed when she recognized the explosions of light. She didn't know what they were called, but she knew they were some sort of Twoleg contraption. Harmless, for the most part. Just loud.

Well, Gathering over, she supposed. Rising to her paws after Beanstar and Twilightstar, she leaned over the edge of the rocks to try to bap Alderstep on the top of his head. "Hey, snoozy-face, help me round up any stragglers. We're heading out."

Then, to the rest of her Clan as she hopped off the rocks, she bellowed, "THUNDERCLAN! Gathering's over, let's go!"

[ .squid ]


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[bite]

Loud, like the ear-splitting kind of loud. Alderstep grimaced, his senses narrowing down to just him. And the sky. He'd been staring at it like it'd save him from this hell of talking to these other cats, and of course, he had to have gotten an eyeful of colorful bursts of...what? (and it hurt, really hurt and his head hurt and his scars hurt and his eyes and ears hurt.)

Ears flattened to his head, (and oh stars why was he still looking-) Alderstep flinched under Bumblestar's swat. Those same ears were ringing, but they heard their leader well enough. Pick up stragglers, yeah, okay he can do that. His paws weren't shaky as he leaped down from Seastones following Bumblestar, eyes wide. His nerves fizzed, burning like that thing in the sky (hurt).

He can't see (yes he could). Flash burned in his retina, there whenever he closed his eyes. Alderstep needed to stop. Paws, not shaky, hesitated, and he surveyed the remaining cats at the gathering. Who needed wrangling? He just wanted to go home. (hide.) Where was Springpaw? Or Fireflypaw. Or Treepaw. Were they okay?

It took a moment to quell his worries, but he got there. In the end. Alderstep found clarity (if he lied well enough to himself.) Still wanted to go back, still thought it was loud. But he had to focus and help out.

If he took another moment to think while hanging back, he could almost admit that it had been pretty. Almost, but not quite. Perhaps he needed distance from it all, or maybe he needed to enjoy things more. Either or, which mattered little in comparison to keeping an eye open for the clan. For any unmanaged, panicking clanmates in need of help.

[Tecumori]

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Sharpclaw
ThunderClan | Warrior | He/Him | 12 moons
If Sharpclaw was surprised by the sudden explosions then he didn't show it. He was more preoccupied with the threat of war with ShadowClan. And to make things worse, a future war might break out between River and Wind too.

Maybe this was a sign from StarClan of tragedies yet to come. Sharpclaw never put all his faith into that starry-pelt clan; they were just a bunch of dead cats after all. But seeing those flaming streaks of color bursting in the sky renewed his faith just a little.

Was it true though? Had one of his own really killed ShadowClan's medicine cat? He couldn't believe that any of the warriors he risked his life for would commit such a cowardly act. Especially against someone who was sworn to help all cats regardless of clan loyalty.

No, it couldn't be true. ShadowClan was full of nothing but bloodthirsty liars anyways. He wouldn't be surprised if it were actually one of their own that killed Ivysnake and then passed the blame to his clan. Those rats always seemed ready to go to war for the pettiest of reasons. What was the last war for again? Oh, that's right, they were promised free prey by some dead leader, and when they didn't get their way tried to steal rightful ThunderClan territory.

Yeah, this reasoning made much more sense. ShadowClan would do anything for more prey and territory and this was just another one of their sick schemes to get it. Well, they'd have to go through him and the rest of his clanmates if they wanted to mess with ThunderClan. Sharpclaw would never back down to a bunch of cowardly, dishonorable snakes.

He stood as Bumblestar called for everyone to return home, and curled his lip as he noticed Alderstep having some sort of panic attack. He hadn't missed his 'graceful' tumble off the seastones earlier. That deputy seriously needed to get his act together. It was bad enough Sharpclaw viewed him as lazy, now he just seemed pitiful. It was a mystery how he was ever deemed worthy to be deputy in the first place.

Whatever. It seemed Alderstep wasn't the only cat freaking out over a few flashing lights, so maybe he could let this slide just once. Sharpclaw trailed after the rest of his clanmates, ready to start training for the upcoming war.

[Closed]
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Image of my oc was created using Clangen Cat Maker

[Ladiebugg]

OspreySplash and LeapMoon headed back to camp

[hermeswind]

https://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=5893&pictureid=40317 (https://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1437803&postcount=2)
Dragonflycliff
(Image by Pangoligon)
Dragonflycliff dashed out of the clearing.

[iliri]

Springpaw’s head began to vibrantly pound from the loud shrieking sounds from the booming lights above; her eyes growing sore from the pained, yet pretty bright lights that eliminated the weird booming noises. Why was she staring at them? Why were they giving her such an eyesore? Why were they so damn loud? Was this a twoleg thing? Her rampage of questions were almost bound to roll off the tip of her tongue, her eyes quickly jerking up towards the direction of her mentor as she laid her muzzle atop of her head, the calico silently thanking her mentor for the brief comfort. It was silently disappointing to hear that Drizzlecloud had no idea what the weird stars—is that what they were?—were, but it was illegibly understandable to hear nonetheless. Who else could possibly know what these weird lights were?

Could it have been a possible omen from StarClan? Could it be that they were angry with Bumblestar’s choice to agree to Dawnstar’s terms for war? It seemed to be the only option, as the bright dazzling lights only subtly appeared right after her leader had agreed to the contrary. Glancing over towards the other medicine cats, the calico began to silently shift in her place, growing more and more uncomfortable as the bright lights continued to expand and shine; almost partaking half of the night sky. It was growing more and more nerve-wracking to sit here and watch these strange lights go off, whilst her ringing ears took its best to hear the other leaders call for their clans to leave—mainly RiverClan—and silently taking note of Bumblestar’s bellowing for ThunderClan to get going. Well, that seemed to be their cue to leave, she supposed.

It was better if they left than not, Springpaw was silently concerned for if any of the younger cats of their clan were here at the gathering—specifically those who were very sensitive to loud noises like… that. She wasn’t sure if they were going to possibly faint from the loud sounds or something close to that. Other than that, she sincerely hoped that there wasn’t too much of a ruckus to deal with, there was already enough on Springpaw’s paws to deal with as it is. Or, more specifically, with the fact that there was an upcoming war on their clan was enough to drive Springpaw on edge, at least.

Huffing beneath her breath, the calico stood up onto all fours and briefly eyed the other medicine cats, whisking her tail in a brief good-bye. “Well, it was good while it lasted. Hopefully the next gathering won’t contain booming lights or loud explosions.” She mused, making her voice loud enough for her fellow companions to hear. Did they hear her against the ear-rupturing sounds of booming? Hopefully, because Springpaw wasn’t repeating herself if that isn’t the case. Briefly glancing at her mentor, the calico silently hopped off the Seastones and began to follow her retreating clan-mates out of the departing gathering. This was definitely a long night.

[ Omari Ravensong Alchemist Kitsune x ghostie carmen ]

[Katiethewolfchild]

Sunleap headed home as soon as he heard the call.

[Morrigan]

Nightgaze quickly left.

Firestream padded out.

[Morrigan]

Frostpaw
15/100

Frostpaw looked up at Bearpelt with scared eyes "I-I don't think I can m-move" she whimpered quietly still shaking and frozen with fear.

Katiethewolfchild

[Katiethewolfchild]

Frostpaw
14/100

Frostpaw looked up at Bearpelt with scared eyes "I-I don't think I can m-move" she whimpered quietly still shaking and frozen with fear.

Katiethewolfchild
I could carry you Bearpelt offered. Frostpaw had been one of the kits Twilightstar had apprenticed early on a trail base wwasn't she? The young queen was pretty sure she could manage to carry her back to camp if she had to.

[Morrigan]

I could carry you Bearpelt offered. Frostpaw had been one of the kits Twilightstar had apprenticed early on a trail base wwasn't she? The young queen was pretty sure she could manage to carry her back to camp if she had to.
Frostpaw
16/100

Frostpaw glanced at Bearpelt nervously "A-are you sure I'm probably quite heavy and I'm an apprentice now not a kit" she whispered shyly she was indeed still a kit by age 4 moons old to be exact but she didn't want to seem a baby she liked being an apprentice.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Yeah I'm sure answered Bearpelt. The Doctor

[Morrigan]

Yeah I'm sure answered Bearpelt. The Doctor
Frostpaw
17/100

Frostpaw thought for a moment before nodding "A-alright then" she said nervously still frozen to the spot.

[Katiethewolfchild]

Bearpelt grabbed Frostpaw by the scruff and headed back to camp. The Doctor

[Morrigan]

Bearpelt grabbed Frostpaw by the scruff and headed back to camp. The Doctor
Frostpaw
18/100

Frostpaw dangled limply in Bearpelt's jaws she felt so helpless it was just that the loud bang and flash of light reminded her of the fire somehow the fire that killed her mother the young she-cat's eyes became wet with grief as she remembered Iceflower but managed to blink back tears.

[Kaybug.]

Pumpkinpatch left the gathering.

[Ian]

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Fallownose
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The deputy's head shout up at the loud booms and he flattened his ears against his head. He was too focused on staring up at the sky as the stars seemed to explode to notice Gingerfrost's blunder.

Twilightstar's words cut through his shock, and he gave a quick nod before leaping down from his perch to round up any stragglers.