Chapter 3

Flamingfeather looked around the clearing. All she saw was cats. Talking, chatting, and asking questions. She didn't see Icestorm and Frostpetal. She wondered deeply where they were. Then she remembered how fond Icestorm was of Frostpetal. She knew he was in the medicine den. She didn't care anymore. She padded over to some warriors from the Iceclan and sat down. They didn't mind her at all, instead they welcomed her to their conversation. The cats were there from sunrise to sunhigh. Cloudstar had left right away, he said it would take him a bit to get back to his clan, he said it was on the mountain. She didn't mind he left so fast, in fact she was glad no one was scared of her. She knew that one other clan must lurk in the forest; she wished that she asked the other warriors. She knew the direction of their camp, but she decided to head in a diagonal from the snowpile. She darted through the trees, expecting to find another clan. Then when she didn't, she was stunned.
"Great Starclan!" she gasped. Looking at what she found. She found a giant ice boulder. She clawed at it and broke a small hole big enough for a cat to go through. She walked in, it was hollow and there was a rock with an ice coat in the middle. She put her paw on the ice, and then jumped up. She ran back to camp, darting straight for Snowstar's den. She padded up the small hill to his den. She saw Icestorm talking with Snowstar when she came in. "Flamingfeather, what is it?" Snowstar asked. Huffing, she replied "I found a place you have to see." Snowstar looked confused, "How important is it? I'm trying to choose deputy." He replied glancing at Icestorm, who simply shook his head "It can wait, we need a deputy now." He said, looking at his paws. "Well, who are you thinking anyways?" She asked, curiously. "You'll see." He replied, strolling to the snowpile where he called meetings.
"Cats of Snowclan, Gather Beneath me for a clan meeting." He called, looking down. Flamingfeather saw Gingerpelt nudge her kits out. Her long fur kept them warm. "Snowclan, I have made a decision on deputy. Blackshadow, do you accept the duties this can bring?" Snowstar announced. "I do." Blackshadow answered. Cheers came from the crowd, congratulating him. Flamingfeather bowed her head to him. Then she went to sleep. She dreamt of Gentlebreeze again, this time telling her the place she discovered was where the clans should meet when the moon is full. With a sacred truce that no harm happens then and there. She called this a Gathering. Gentlebreeze mentioned that leaders stand on the Ice Rock. This is what Flamingfeather discovered in the middle. Flamingfeather awoke quickly.
She knew tonight was the gathering! She was so excited she could hardly wait! She wanted the day to pass as if it was a bird flying in the sky, but then she realised that Snowstar did not know of this. She rushed to his den and explained everything. He nodded and said, "Lead me there" He brought Icestorm along to see this. They both gasped in sync. "Is this what you wanted to show us last night?" Icestorm asked, stunned. "Yes, Snowstar what I told you this morning was mainly in the dream I had last night." She then explained the dream to Icestorm. "This could be when we meet the other clan!" She said excitedly. "What clan?" Icestorm and Snowstar asked. "I don't know, but I know it's out there." She replied, gazing over the tree tops. "I wonder of its name and the cats in it" She said.