Okay, I wanna vent my frustrations through writing.

I'm playing Pokemon Go to pass time while I'm in a car.

I run into a Meowth, my second favorite Normal type (Eevee FTW) and after he broke out two times, he runs away!

But that's not all! A Machoke decided to pull a Snaggle Puss and exit stage left! (He ran away).

Then an EKANS came, but he ran away too.

Even a Magikarp ran away from me. YES, A BLOODY MAGIKARP!

If Fanfiction allowed emojis, I would plaster seven angry emojis in this sentence!

'Cause really! If a Magikarp decides to say "Nope!" And flip you off as it escapes, IT'S JUST PLAIN INFURIATING!

(Kyubi pants heavily as drool drips down her lower lip. She wipes the drool off, and takes a deep breath.)

But enough about my pathetic skills as a Trainer and my disgrace to Team Mystic, let's continue with the story. ^^

Chapter 4

"The Gathering."

8/20/16 - 8/21/16

Tigerpaw remains eerily still, he waits patiently for a hidden enemy to come out of hiding. The grass rustles. He turns around and sees a gold blur lunge at him.

Tigerpaw immediately falls on his back and catches the enemy on her belly and flips her over.

Stealthfire cried when she hit the ground. She gets up and shakes her fur.

"Nice one! Your gonna give the other Clan cats a hard time with that technique."

Tigerpaw nods, but he hesitates when he says,

"Does… Whisperpaw ask about me?"

"No, I haven't had much time with her since she became an apprentice. Why don't you ask her?"

Tigerpaw fluffed his fur.

"It's not that simple!"

Stealthfire tilts her head in confusion. Her apprentice was behaving strangely, she noticed, and it always has something to do with Whisperpaw.

… Wait. Is he…?

Stealthfire kept this newfound information to herself as she nods to the camp.

"Let's go back. Thornstar is expecting us."

Duckheart and Flameclaw's son, Pricklekit, was constantly getting into trouble.

The grey and white, one moon old kitten's latest exploit was trying to escape his chores.

Pricklekit was crouching down behind a nest in the apprentices den. So far, nobody was able to detect him. Until a paw practically crushed his spine.

"Get away from my nest."

Pricklekit turned face to face with a dark grey she cat boring her green gaze on him disapprovingly.

"You hurt me!" He hissed. "If you didn't hide like a troublemaker I wouldn't have to." She retorted.

"Whisperpaw! We're leaving!" Whisperpaw flicked her tail as she pads out of the den.

Pricklekit glared at Whisper as she was approached by Duckheart.

"Have you seen-?"

"He's hiding in the apprentices den." Whisperpaw answered immediately.

Pricklekit gaped in shock.

Why you snitch!

Duckheart nods gratefully and stalks toward the den before Pricklekit could bolt.

"How many times have I told you not to sneak off?!"

Pricklekit growled in frustration and saw Whisperpaw's tail disappear into the thorn barrier.

The island was filled with cats from different Clans. Lightpaw scanned the island carefully as he keeps close to his Clanmates and bumped into Tigerpaw.

Looking at Tigerpaw, he could see Lionfur despite his dark coat.

"Lightpaw." The voice from his mother brought Lightpaw back to reality.

"Why don't you meet some of the other apprentices?"

Lightpaw nods and quickly pads away. He was so spooked he almost ran into a cat, a she cat.

"Hey! Watch it!"

Lightpaw saw a pure grey she cat with a long fluffy tail and bright, clear blue eyes.

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention." He said.

"No kidding," the she cat sniffed. "If I hadn't said anything, you would have trampled me."

Lightpaw notices that the she cat' eyes became a dark shade of blue, briefly.

He shook his head.

"I'm Lightpaw, from ThunderClan. This is my first Gathering."

"Me too. I'm Graypaw, from RiverClan."

Graypaw looks at him closer.

"You look like that she cat… The one with gold fur."

"Stealthfire? She's my mother."

Graypaw's eyes grew wide.

"Are you serious?! My father told me that she used to be a Twoleg! Is it true?"

Lightpaw knows that story very well. Even though he's skeptical about it, Stealthfire believes in it thoroughly.

"Maybe. I don't know," he said. "Who's your father?"

Graypaw nods to a white tom sitting with the deputies.

"Cloudheart. He's my dad."

Lightpaw was almost envious of Graypaw for a heartbeat. The Gathering started, and Graypaw sits next to him.

WindClan was thriving again since Creekstar became leader, and Ivystar reported the return of the fish. Stormstar reported that ShadowClan was stronger than ever.

Throughout the whole thing, Lightpaw was a little more focused on Graypaw's pelt being so close to him. It wasn't even bothering him, it was the opposite.

He even failed to notice that the Clans were beginning to leave the island.

Graypaw touched his shoulder, and electricity pulsed through his veins.

"See you next Gathering, 'kay?"

Lightpaw nods and padded to his Clanmates. He looks over his shoulder to see Graypaw leaving with Cloudheart.

Don't you dare go soft. It makes you weak.

Lightpaw bristled when he heard Lionfur's voice. He shudders and quickly catches up with his Clanmates.

Whisperpaw was talking to Tigerpaw when she heard a yowl,

"Snitch!"

She narrowed her eyes and saw Pricklekit hold mouse bile.

"I have to clean the elders thanks to you!"

"You brought it on yourself." Whisperpaw said coldly. "Next time hide better."

Pricklekit bristles with outrage and scoops up the mouse bile and left her.

"Don't you think you were a little harsh on him?" Tigerpaw asks her.

"No." Whisperpaw said. "I don't see the joy in having kits if their going to be defiant and rude."

Tigerpaw looked pale.

"... So you don't want kits?"

"Nope. Never."

Tigerpaw opened his mouth, but Redpaw pushes Whisperpaw aside and said,

"Tigerpaw, why don't we try and help Pricklekit? I love kits ~."

Redpaw was already nudging Tigerpaw away with a sneering look to Whisperpaw, who looked baffled and sympathetic towards Tigerpaw.

Still… Redpaw's such a pain. First it's Goldpaw then Tigerpaw. Pick your toms already.

Hehe… I got explaining to do about that rant I my author's note.

This happened yesterday. I was seriously miffed about losing so many Pokemon, especially that Magikarp!

(If you think about it, Pokemon like Magikarp who can't run away actually do that in real life is pretty funny.)

But I managed to catch a Meowth, so that compensated for my first failure.

Anyway, be sure to review. Flames will be destroyed by my Water type Pokemon. ~ Kyubi.