The breeze blew at a quick speed though the forest.

"The island is near," a female voice was heard, a rather large group of cats behind her. "We must hurry. The others are already there."

The group continued along the long mossy tree, over a large body of water.

"Flowerstar, how much longer? My paws are going to fall off," an older apprentice decided to complain about the walk.

"Mosspaw, your paws must adapt to this, if you want to become a warrior," Flowerstar looked at Mosspaw, her eyes beginning to narrow. Mosspaw sighed, and looked at her friends, Spottedpaw, Sparrowpaw, Swiftpaw, Ravenpaw, and Featherpaw. Mosspaw blinked slowly, her eyes to meet another cat. This cat, Mosspaw swore she could kill her if she wanted to. The she-cat looked back at her.

"What are you looking at, mouse-brain?" the cat spat at Mosspaw.

"Nice to see you too, Blackpaw," Mosspaw replied to her. Suddenly, Mosspaw turned away from Blackpaw, hearing a sound from her clan, ThunderClan. Soon, the clan was across the fallen tree, and onto the island. Towering pines circled the rather small island, large enough to hold about seventy full-grown cats. Mosspaw's green eyes looked around at the island, and went off to meet her friends. The ThunderClan cat went to a group of apprentices, their scent belonging to the other clans; WindClan, ShadowClan, and RiverClan.

"Hello," Mosspaw licked her short light tanned coloured fur, to look back up at them.

"Mosspaw, good to see you!" a strong sounding meow came from a RiverClan tom, his sleek tabby pelt shone in the full white moon.

"Hello Brackenpaw," Mosspaw greeted him, with a gentle smile. Her gaze turned to another tom, his gaze dark.

"Joy," he said sarcastically, and he flicked his tail.

"Pinepaw, must you be so prickly? Who knew ShadowClan could be so much like their territory," Brackenpaw rolled his eyes at the apprentice, and Pinepaw raised a lip in anger.

Mosspaw looked at Pinepaw, and back at Brakenpaw.

"Brackenpaw, just ignore him," a WindClan she-cat smiled at Mosspaw, Pinepaw, and Brakenpaw.

"Badgerpaw! You're here!" Mosspaw smiled back at her, and poked her side in gentle greeting. Badgerpaw purred gently, her glee brimming though her eyes.

Soon, a loud yowl sounded though the island, the voice echoing among the trees.

"May the gathering begin!"

All the gazes turned to the leaders. Flowerstar, her beautiful amber eyes were looking down upon the clan cats.

"I will start. Whitesnow has given birth to a new litter of kits, Redkit and Greenkit. We're sure that their father, Ashtalon, is very proud of his mate and children," the white she-cat smiled at the dark-gray tom, and looked back into the sky. "I am finished."

"I will begin!" a large black tom padded to the front, his pale ice blue eyes looked down on the cats, his eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"I don't really like him, that Eaglestar. Too picky, I say," Mosspaw meowed to Pinepaw.

"Shush!" Ashtalon had silenced Mosspaw right away.

Eaglestar looked at the cats, an eyebrow raised in confusion. Rolling his eyes, he continued. "You may wonder why so many cats of RiverClan are missing today. Badgers had attacked our camp, like what happened to ThunderClan many, many seasons ago. They killed many, including our deputy, Moonfire. We have yet to sit vigil for the fallen, but we have appointed a new deputy. And that deputy is Tallwind," Eaglestar's eyes fell onto a tall tabby she-cat, her mouth formed in a sly smile.

"I don't trust her," Brackenpaw meowed in Mosspaw's ear.

Eaglestar looked at Coldstar, the ShadowClan leader. The large tom held his head up high to assume his position of speaking on the branch.

"We are proud to announce a new warrior, she is Silentspirit," a group of loud yowls rang though the island's soul, to welcome the new warrior. Mosspaw looked around, and saw a white she-cat with her head held high, but fear scent trickling from her.

She must be nervous, Mosspaw thought, as she looked up at Coldstar.

"That is all." Coldstar dipped his head, and all the clan cat's heads looked at a slim, long-legged tom. The WindClan leader, Talonstar, looked back down at them.

"WindClan has nothing special to report. The prey is running greatly in our territory and hope for the best it'll stay that way. The gathering is over!"

And with that, the clan cats left for home.