He will be a fine warrior if he keeps his nose clean. Echopaw recalled the cruel words said by his mentor Darkwhisker. He had joined the clan 15 days ago. It already felt like moons. Darkwhisker complimented him by saying he was a fast learner.
He was a good hunter bring back a mouse or two everytime he went hunting, and that was not often. The clan did not completely trust him yet, that was an excuse for Echopaw to do extra apprentice duty in camp. He had recalled learning about Windclan, Shadowclan, Riverclan and Skyclan. "Echopaw! Come here." He recalled the harsh voice of Darkwhisker. He padded up to Darkwhisker. "Yes?" He meowed innocently, not wanting to get into trouble with his mentor. "You're going to the gathering with Brightpaw, Nightpaw, Doveclaw, and of course Hollystar." He meowed briskly as if wanting to go. Echopaw held in a mroww of laughter. He's acting like an apprentice! But he was excited. He's going to meet the legendary leaders! Though the choice of cats going was small and not his favorite group he did have one friend in that group, Nightpaw. He was still unpopular with his clan but Nightpaw was nice. He ran to his friends side. "Remember yesterday when Barkear tripped over the tree root?" Echo paw let out a mroww of amusement with his friend. "Remember when-" He was cut off by Brightpaw "Hush, you two are so hyper that you wouldn't know if a fox ate you!" She hissed. They both laughed and went along. Hollystar stopped, she bounded up to Echopaw. "Now, this is your first gathering but please act like a mature warrior. Got it?" She asked. He could not hold his excitement, but he nodded to the leader. They came closer to the fourtrees. He smelt a fish reek. "Riverclan." He mumbled. And there they were at the botbottom of the Great Rock. The 5 leaders nodded. "I'll start." A golden tom's voice rang through the clan's territory. "That is Bouncestar, he is the Skyclan leader. his deputy is Appleshade." His friend meowed. "Nothing new to report. Prey is fine." Next a gray-brown tom nodded. "That is Windclan's leader Sharpstar. Some say he had a litter he gave away. His deputy is Spottedclaw."
Echopaw looked at the leader. "Nothing much. We found a fox but our patrol of: Spottedclaw, Birchpaw, Crowhisker, and Applepaw. All fine fighters, as we drove the fox back to it's musty den. The clans cheered and they stuck there chest out in pride. "I'll go next." a pure black she meowed. "That's Beestar. I know she does not look like a bee but her remarks sting. Her deputy is Ratclaw." Echopaw was still thankful for his friend. "We don't have much to report." She just nodded to this new leader. "Must be Riverclan." Echopaw meowed. "Yep her name is Rainstar. Her deputy is Reedclaw." Nightpaw meowed.
"We have a new litter of strong kits to add to the nursery." Then the leader nodded to Hollystar. "You know Hollystar and Darkwhisker. You're lucky to be his apprentice." He meowed enthusiasticly. "Yeah." Echopaw sarcastically huffed.
"Nothing much to report." Hollystar meowed. Echopaw was tired and ready to go to sleep.
Where am I? Echopaw thought. He recalled the floating feeling. A dream? He heard and echo of wailing cats in a pool of darkness. An echo. A voice said. Then he woke up. In his Thunderclan home. "Hey Echopaw. Get up it's time for dawn patrol." Yay, something to do. He went with Berrywing Darkwhisker, Nightpaw, and Brightpaw. They went patrolling and saw a Windclan patrol padding of Thunderclans hunting ground with a peice of prey in there jaws. "Where do you think you are going?" Darkwhisker snarled. "Mouse-dung. We need this prey. And besides It ran all the way here." Echopaw could tell he was lying and apparently so could Darkwhisker as he yelled the command "ATTACK!" Echopaw leaped at an apprentice claws slid out. He dodged a fast blow and came behind the clumsy apprentice. He scratched the tom and he yowled in pain. Echopaw was ready for anything until the apprentice faked him out and got a huge claw to his face. This enraged Echopaw as he hissed and drew down a fast heavy attack that left his opponent running. "Windclan this is a battle we can't win retreat!" Echopaw stood there proudly as his mentor complimented him. He had felt like a true warrior for the first time in his life.