Many moons passed, and I was chosen for my first gathering. Icepaw and Nightpaw came with me. Nightpaw and I had grown close over the moons. I still didn't know why I was so happy around him. He just had that effect on me, I guess. We entered the clearing at Fourtrees and spread out among the other four clans, who were already there. NIghtpaw, Icepaw, and I stayed to together. We went over to some Cloudclan apprentices and sat down to talk to them. One of them, a reddish-orange tom, looked at us and mewed, "Hi! I'm Foxpaw of Cloudclan. Who are you?" I was surprised by his friendliness. Aren't the clans supposed to be enemies? I shook off the thought and politely replied, "I'm Crystalpaw, this is my sister, Icepaw, and..." "And I'm Nightpaw" He cut me off. I looked at him angrily, but the feeling faded when he looked at me. Could I really be mad at him for long? Another apprentice, a brown tabby she-cat, mewed excitedly, "I know you! You came to Lightningclan during the flood in their camp, and you saved one of their apprentices!" He smiled back at her proudly, that's my smile! My heart pounded when he looked at her like that, am I jealous? I asked myself. Could I really be jealous? I decided that the she-cat ment nothing. She was in a different clan. We sat talking to them for some time. Other apprentices joined us too. Some from Streamclan, some from Breezeclan, and even some from Nightclan. I heard Snowstar call for the gathering to begin. I looked at the Great Rock, where the five leaders were. Snowstar was about to speak when Nightclan's leader, Shadowstar, stepped in front of him. "I will speak first. I have important news for all to hear!" He looked around the cat below him. "Lightningclan has been stealing our prey!" His word were met with yowls of protest from the Lightningclan cats. Snowstar stepped forward, furious. "What is the meaning of this? We have not stolen any prey from any of the clans!" Shadowstar sneered at him, "We have found evidence of fur and bones near the Lightningclan border! We have solid proof!" Snowstar hissed at him, "What proof do you have that we took it? It could have been a rogue or loner, or even a fox!" Shadowstar seemed to be lost, so the prey didn't have Lightningclan scent on it! The other leader spoke without another word about the stolen prey. When they were done, Snowstar jumped down from the Great Rock and waved his tail to gather his clan. We ran over him and I went to talk to him. "What are you going to do?" I asked. I didn't feel the need to specify what I meant, he would know. Snowstar thought for a moment before replying, "They have no proof that it was Lightningclan, so we don't have to worry about them, yet." He turned away and quickened his pace. I fell back with Nightpaw and my sister. What did he mean by "yet"?
