FlashClan
By Furyfur
Chapter 5: Spottedpaw's Gathering
A/N: I don't own warriors. Snowstorm friend of Furyfur is the best beta ever!
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Spottedpaw's POV
Spottedpaw padded through the thick forest along about ten other cats, including Silverpaw, Moonpaw, Furypaw, and Snowpaw. All of the apprentices had a good chance of getting to the Gathering and they all did, but Spottedpaw had no sort of doubt in his mind about Snowpaw. She was a great hunter, skilled fighter, and all that stuff! Of course Flashstar would say she could go to the Gathering, and he did! Hispaws were shaking with excitement. His first Gathering!
Spottedpaw glanced around the Tworocks. FlashClan was the first Clan there. Moonpaw, Silverpaw, and Furypaw were talking and Snowpaw was sitting by herself, apparently sad and lonely. Spottedpaw didn't see anything wrong with coming right up to her.
"What's up, Snowpaw?" Spottedpaw meowed to get Snowpaw's attention. Snowpaw, apparently startled, looked up from where she was staring at her paws.
"Spottedpaw! I didn't see you there! Sorry, I… Nothing's up!" Snowpaw seemed really nervous.
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When the LightningClan arrived, Snowpaw seemed to lighten up, which was weird, because Snowpaw usually got nervous whenever she saw LightningClan or HavocClan. After a while, HavocClan arrived with their leader, Havocstar, a pure ginger tom with blue eyes that seemed to penetrate anything he looked at. Furypaw sort of freaked out and scanned the HavocClan party with her eyes. Apparently she was looking for a certain cat that wasn't there, because she looked disappointed.
"Attention,Clans!" Havocstar hissed from the Tallrock, "We are about to begin. Flashstar may start." Havocstar's growl seemed to scare all of the LightningClan and FlashClan cats except Rosefur. That was strange.
Flashstar cleared his throat. "OurClan is thriving more than it ever did. We have five new apprentices: Moonpaw, Silverpaw, Snowpaw, Furypaw, and Spottedpaw." Spottedpaw raised his head high at the mention of his name. Flashstar went on, "Moonpaw, Silverpaw, Spottedpaw, and Snowpaw are fine hunters and Furypaw is an excellent medicine cat apprentice. We have pride in them. We also have two new kits: Ivykit and Singekit." Flashstar never mentioned that they were formerly from HavocClan. Spottedpaw knew why. It didn't take much for Havocstar to break into a battle. Since HavocClan didn't name the kits, maybe they wouldn't recognize them.
Flashstar stepped back and Lightningstar stepped forward, "LightningClan is doing well. We have no new apprentices or kits, but there is a surplus of prey in LightningClan territory. We are not accusing anybody, but we must warn FlashClan and HavocClan not to hunt in our territory. That is all-"
Right in the middle of the cream-colored she-cat's sentence, Havocstar threw himself in front of the leaders and hissed, "Attention all Clans! HavocClan must warn you to stay away from our exiled kits! We have noticed the two new kits in FlashClan were ours days ago! They were exiled because they did not deserveClan life! If FlashClan, or, for that matter, anyClan takes in our exiled kits, we won't make any hesitations to battle! This is all the news we have." Havocstar snapped and turned away.
"I guess the Gathering's over." Spottedpaw whispered playfully to Snowpaw. Snowpaw didn't react, just walked away pretending he wasn't alive. Strangest Gathering ever.