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Thunderclan melded with the other clans as Firestar leaped up to Fourtrees and joined Mistystar and Blackstar.
"Where's Tallstar?" Firestar asked.
"As you can see," Blackstar growled. "He's not here yet."
Just then, Windclan was at the top of the hill and ran down and slid into the Gathering. Tallstar leaped up to Fourtrees and nodded to each leader in turn.
"Firestar. Mistystar. Blackstar."
"Welcome Tallstar." Mistystar said. "Would you like to go first?"
"Alright." Tallstar agreed. "Let the Gathering begin!" he yowled. The cats instantly became quiet as Tallstar began. "There is not much to report. The rabbits run well. We have scented a few Twolegs, but not too many to be dangerous."
"Thank you Tallstar." Mistystar mewed. "In Riverclan, we have also scented a few Twolegs. However, there nothing to be afraid of though. The river is bursting with fish and Riverclan is well fed."
Riverclan looked the part too. They were plump, with their fur silky and thick, they looked very healthy.
"ShadowClan has nothing unusual to report. Hunting has been good so far." Though Shadowclan looked thin, Blackstar glared around as if daring someone to speak out against him.
"Firestar?" Mistystar said, "Is Thunderclan doing well?"
"Well," Firestar replied. "Leafpool has something to tell everyone here."
"Thank you Firestar." Leafpool dipped her head. "Three days ago, Starclan granted me the power to understand Twolegs." Gasps and murmurings were heard throughout the whole group of cats.
"Go on." Blackstar leaned forward.
"Starclan gave me a warning like this. 'The monsters have come. You must unite and destroy the Twolegs with their own weapons, before it's too late.' I was wondering if any of the other medicine cats have gotten any sort of prophecy like that."
"Now that you mention it," Barkface said slowly. "Starclan actually gave me a warning, but it sounded so ridiculous I thought I ate a bad rabbit."
Each of the other medicine cats admitted to having had a warning, but ignoring it. Leafpool was shocked.
"You're medicine cats for Starclan's sake. How could you ignore it?"
The three other medicine cats bowed their heads as the other Clans gasped. "We're sorry." Barkface mewed. Firestar cut in.
"That's fine and dandy, but Sorreltail has something spectacular to show you all. Sorreltail?" Sorreltail nodded. She pointed the "Squirrelkiller" at a squirrel, loaded the shiny gold object, pushed the button, and flew about 10 fox lengths back before scrambling to her paws. This time, the entire squirrels head was taken off.
Sorreltail retrieved the squirrel and threw it on the ground. Everyone started talking excitedly all at once.
"Silence!" Firestar roared over the clamor. Cats immediately quieted down.
"I think this is what Starclan means by we will destroy the Twolegs with their own weapons." Firestar meowed.
"Then why are these weapons only on your territory?" Rowanclaw challenged aggressively.
"There should be a cache of these weapons, which I have called "Squirrelkillers", for good reason, on your territory and every Clan's territory." Firestar replied.
"I did see a hole on Shadowclan territory near the Thunderclan border by the chestnut tree." Tawnypelt mewed. "I didn't look because I thought there was a fox."
Riverclan and Windclan warriors both admitted to seeing holes in the ground they hadn't seen before and had never investigated.
"Well," Firestar said. "the Twolegs haven't done anything, yet."
"What do you mean by that?" Tallstar asked.
"Leafpool said that she heard the Twolegs talking about destroying the forest." Firestar replied. Leafpool gave an affirmative nod.
"Alright. Then what can be done right now?" Mistystar asked.
"Nothing so far, because the Twolegs haven't started to destroy the forest." Firestar said.
"If I may speak?" Crowfeather asked. Tallstar nodded.
"I've seen monsters by the farm, except they were easily three times the size of regular monsters. They had nasty hooks on the end. Could they be the monsters that will try to destroy us?" Crowfeather asked.
"He has a good point." Tallstar pointed out.
"Well," Mistystar said. "There's nothing we can do until the Twolegs start doing something. Since they aren't, we might as well start making a plan at the next Gathering."
Everyone agreed. Only a few ears detected Cloudtail muttering, "If there is a next Gathering." Before everyone went to their respective Clans and were about to leave when suddenly, a roar shook the forest, and a giant shadow was knocking trees left and right as it headed right toward Fourtrees. . .