Author: Berserkeroo & MilesTheCalicoCat
Disclaimer: "Kim Possible" and all characters related to the series belong to The Walt Disney Company. Kim Possible was created by Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. Warriors saga belongs to Erin Hunter and all associates. Any cat characters created are that aren't in the Warriors series belong to Berserkeroo & MilesTheCalicoCat. All rights reserved.
Throughout most of the day the pair slept closely together, but as the twilight set in Kim was surprisingly the first up.
The small tabby stretched out with a yawn and shook her mane loose. She glanced down to her left to see Shego's sleeping form. "You should rest more. I'll be right back." Kim whispered as she scurried into the nearby marsh.
A newt marinating in a small murky puddle.
The young huntress neared her prey and swooped the newt into the air making a small splash in the puddle. She caught the slimy reptile and bit down into it's back, killing it instantly. "Manx, I'm getting good at this." Kim purred as walked back to her den with swagger.
The older she-cat stretched out on her side to feel that she was not spooning a smaller lump of fur. She opened one of her eyes to see an empty burrow. Shego jolted up and looked around frantically. "Kimmie." she called out.
"Myes." Kim replied, just entering the burrow.
"Where'd you go?" she asked before taking notice to the newt. "Oh, you got hungry. I'll go get myself something. Be back in a few." the mercenary meowed as she made her way to the entrance of their den.
The fluffier she-cat leapt in front of Shego's path. "Actually, I caught this for you. You were so tired yesterday that I thought you should get more rest while I hunt something for you. I hope you like it." she meowed as she pawed the newt in Shego's direction.
Shego stared at the newt and her Princess. "She thought about me..." she thought with a slightly ruffled pelt.
Kim pressed her forehead against Shego's. "You feeling okay. You feel normal but you look like you have a minor fever." she mewed.
The older cat fell backwards on her haunches and moved away from the young tabby. "I'm the extraordinary and magnificent master thief Shego. I don't do sick." she meowed as if she was offended. Shego pawed at her breakfast and nibbled at it. "It's got an interesting taste." she mewed, noticing that the hide was a little rubbery and harder to tear through.
"Glad you like it. I'm not much of a cook but I guess I make a pretty good huntress." the younger meowed with a bit of pride in her achievement. Her stomach began to roar as the ebony-maned she-cat finished her meal.
"You hunted for me so I'll hunt for you." the villainess meowed as she made her way towards the entrance only to be blocked by a persistent heroine.
"No! I mean, uh that's okay. I'll go myself just consider it a gift from hunting for me when I was sick." Kim stammered before she slinked her way out of the den and into the swamplands of ShadowClan.
"Huh?" Shego mewed with a cocked head as she watched her companion leave.
A dark haze caused the the ex-heroine's vision to blur and pass out.
"Myow..." Shego groaned, clenching her sore head as her vision started to become clear. "Ugh... here again. Tigerstar I know you did this. Where are you?" she groaned as she straightened herself out.
A pair of glowing slitted, amber eyes came into view, followed by a muscular tomcat's body. "Hello Shego." he purred with his usually wicked grin.
"We really have to stop meeting like this." she joked even though she was quite serious. "So what's up?" the livelier of the two asked.
Tigerstar looked at the dimly lit stars. "I do not fathom the relevance to your question, but the stars are most definitely up." he answered.
Shego chuckled at Tigerstar. "That's not what I meant. It's twoleg talk for 'how are you' or 'what are you up to'." the she-cat explained.
"Oh. Well I'm fine and working on part two of the plan. Now if I remember correctly you were concerned about your villain reputation. Doing good deeds in front of your Kitten is just fine, but to prevent your fears from become a reality I made a simple solution. With your fur color you can naturally blend in quite nicely with your surroundings. During the night creep into other Clan Camps and beat their warriors within a mouselength of their life. You get to spar and you get to practice stealth. Quite the easy feat for a thief such as yourself." the deceased tom growled with slits in his eyes.
"Whoa, why should I go that far? I don't want to maim anykitty. I hold back so I can barely bruise Cupcake for Starlight's sake!" the mercenery meowed with a bad feeling in her gut.
"Are you a she-cat or a mouse? Quit being such a wuss-puss and do it... unless you're fear of going soft is true." the older cat purred.
Shego's claws unsheathed, her paws set ablaze. "Nokitty calls me soft and I'll be damned if I become a wuss-puss! You want them beat within a mouselength of their life? I'll beat them until their a mere kitstep from seeing StarClan themselves!" she spat as she stormed off into the fog.
"Excellent Shego. You're doing very well." Tigerstar chuckled as he turned on the balls of his feet and went into the dark forest.
The she-cat snapped awake with pure fury in her eyes. She stormed out of the den and past Kim.
Kim brushed Shego's behavior off as her heading to go to the Dirtplace.
Shego stormed through the swamplands until she was on the boarder of ThunderClan territory. She simply waited as the final sundrift passed and the first moondrift started.
Out in the distance trotted a lone cat doing his patrol around the boarder. He turned around at the evil killing intent that pulsed through the air. He purred a bit to himself to remain calm and became more alert. "Whoever you are you've got the wrong tom to deal with. Turn back now before I have to unsheathe my claws." the patrol cat meowed.
It became quiet which the tom, Cherryface took as a sign that the intruder retreated.
"That's right. Nokitty messes with ThunderClan when I'm on patrol." he meowed with an erect tail and head held high. Just as the tom let down his guard the sound of an angry panther roared within his ears.
A strong force pinned the guard to the ground with a firm and secure bite to his windpipe.
He yowled out in pain as the force rattled him about ferociously until he went limp. The only thing he could think of to save his hide was to use the play-dead tactic.
An evil chuckle filled the tom's ears. "Even if you do play dead I'm still going to maim you." the voice purred in evil ecstasy.
Cherryface tried to rake his claws against the intruder's belly, but was scratched right on his ears. His blood continued to ooze from his ears to the nape of his neck. "Must retreat or this beast will kill me!" he thought as he managed to kick his assailant off of him.
"Bad move." the trespasser growled as it pounced on top of Cherryface's back and bit violently into the back of his neck.
Cherryface fell gasping for air while his neck bled fiercely. The tom looked up to try to identify his attacker, but all he saw was a blurred silhouette of amber coated eyes unsheathing black claws with a pearly white smile. He soon passed out. PAIN. Nerve racking pain filled his entire body as he came to in his comrades' embrace.
"Starlight Cherryface! What in DarkForest messed you up this badly? I'm surprised you're still alive." Smallbreeze asked.
"Didn't see... shrouded in darkness yet invisible at the same time, had eyes coated with amber. It was like a mighty storm of fangs and claws. A... a DARKCAT without mercy." Cherryface coughed up from his scratched up lip.
"Odd, very odd." Bramblewing muttered.
In a tree a few treelengths away from the trio of warriors, a pair of emerald eyes smoldered over with amber glowed ominously.
Shego went through the Thunderpath that separated ShadowClan from ThunderClan. It was the only memorized way she knew that lead to WindClan. She let a maniacal chuckle escape her throat along with a smirk filled with mirth. "Hm... I should hit everywhere so that they don't try to pin me at ShadowClan." she muttered to herself.
A smaller cat bumped into Shego which infuriated her immensely.
"Okay, I found my next tar- huh.." she muttered until she noticed that this cat had mane, orange mane. "Pumpkin? What are you doing out here?" Shego asked while trying to hide the blood on her paws.
"Just out for a stroll is all. Trying to do my part in memorizing this place so we can get out of here." Kim purred.
The violence in the Siamese's eyes slowly diminished until they were completely tame. "Kim's purring is so soothing." she mentally noted, completely forgetting where she was heading off to. It felt like a burden was lifted right off the she-cat's shoulders and she did something that she normally never did. It wasn't because the peaceful evening breeze that cause it nor did she find anything funny. She smiled, genuinely.
A dark mass hid behind the brambles a foxlength away from the two cats. "Foxdung! That little whelp is getting in my way! Shego cast out all evil thought at the very sight of her! This will not do. Not at all..." a tom's voice hissed.
"What were you doing out here?" the younger finally asked.
"Huh? Oh, I don't even remember." the older purred as she looked at the smaller cat.
"Well, how about you join me... unless you don't want to." Kim stammered.
"Sure." Shego replied as she walked along side the fluffier cat.
The pair trotted along the Thunderpath for a while until the sun began to rise above the horizon.
"Can you believe we walked around all night, simply talking?" the fluffier meowed.
"It was fun though. You're not as prissy as I thought Princess." the slim she-cat replied as she followed Kim into their burrow.
"Yes, yes it was." Kim yawned as she drifted into sleep.
The ebony-maned she-cat looked at her companion's sleeping features until a thought came to mind. "Can I at least fall asleep on my own if you want to see me?" she asked the open air. Obviously she wasn't going to get a reply, but the fact that she was still conscious was a good sign. Shego stretched out next to the orange tabby and went into a heavy slumber.
"I'm sorry I don't get what you're telling me. This ancient wise talk is confusing." Kim mewed with a cocked head.
"Darkness, Air, Water, and Sky shall deny their cleansing Blaze. Four trees of Legend shall shine forth when the thunderous Fire consumes the Meadow." Blueleaf waned, slowly fading away.
"Wait I... don't get it. Why do they keep mentioning 'fire' and a 'blaze'?" she mumbled as she looked at the stars above her. She let out a sigh as she rested her head on her forepaws.
"Why is your fur in a ruffle, yeesh? I did what you asked, but bumped into a little 'problem'." Shego explained as she took her paws from her ears.
"You could have said no!" Tigerstar snarled.
"Even if I did say no she might have got curious and followed me. Ever consider that?" she snapped back.
"Fine, fine! I noticed that the fresh-kill pile is getting low in ShadowClan. Go raid another Clan's pile and take some of their's." the tom meowed as he finally calmed down.
"And this helps me how?" the green cat asked.
"Wasn't there a nofur who stole from those who had many and gave to those who had didn't?" Tigerstar asked.
"Oh, I get it. Be like Robin Hood and it'll look like I hunted for it. Kim would probably think I'm being a nice person, erm cat." she meowed in realization.
"Precisely. A master thief such as yourself should have no trouble with a simple task as this. A good deed with evil intent." the deceased cat purred.
"Oh please it's like taking candy from a twoleg kit. Sounds perfect to me." the villainess purred, a small glint in her eyes. The she-cat turned to leave while plotting out who she would steal from.
"Just perfect enough for you to remain within my reach." Tigerstar chuckled as he brought his forepaws together unsheathed.
Shego opened one of her emerald eyes and noticed her Kitten was asleep. She left the burrow to examine the sun's position. "Hm... the sun is hitting the horizon and my shadow is at an angle so I'm guessing it's between the final sundrift and first moondrift, roughly around 6pm. Most of the other Clans should be heading to sleep and the warrior's shouldn't be out patrolling just yet. Better be swift and effective." she thought as she ran to the Camp entrance.
"Mentor Shego!" a familiar voice yowled with joy as she tried to catch up to her sprinting 'mentor'.
The patterned she-cat stopped to greet the young kit. "Hey kit." she meowed.
Dusskit rubbed against her teacher's legs lovingly. "Where are you off to in such a hurry? Can I come?" she asked.
"You're to young to understand and no you can't come. I'll train you later in the night, but now I'm in a rush. Bye." Shego purred as she rubbed the kit's nose before departing.
"Wait! ... I'm not too young." she pouted.
The Siamese took a shortcut down a Thunderpath that was a few treelengths away from OwlTree. "RiverClan has to be a few foxlengths away. Might want to WindClan since I'm over this way. Haven't had rabbit in a while." she purred.
A river blocked her way to RiverClan.
"Figures." she sighed as she dove under the water's surface. The she-cat swam to the very bottom and went downstream to the Camp. Soon the intruder emerged from the water and dried her fur with her plasma. She inhaled slowly as she snuck behind the bushes away from the fresh-kill pile.
"Hello." a high pitched voice yipped.
"Foxdung!" the invader cursed inwardly. She turned to see who caught her only to find out it was a red fox. "Damn it. Don't do that you stupid fox!" the huntress hissed.
The she-fox chuckled at Shego's response. "You're going to steal from them aren't you?" she asked.
"Yes I am! Let me guess, you too." Shego responded as she stayed vigilant for patrolling warriors.
"Foxes are the Forest's greatest thieves." the fox barked vainly.
"Oh please, a raccoon makes less noise than you." the she-cat meowed with a grin.
"So you have jokes? You think your so great? I'd like to see you swipe some of that food without tipping off a warrior." the vixen provoked.
"Yeah, um... thing is while you were blabbering to yourself I got a fair share of fresh-kill. Bye now." Shego purred as she sprinted off with a salmon in her mouth.
"Horsedung! Crowfood eating she-cat." the she-fox hissed.
"Hey some of the fresh-kill is gone." a tom yowled.
"There's a fox. She must have ate it. Get her!" another tom yowled.
"Uh-oh." the fox whispered as she ran into the thickets of the Forest.
The thief was already at the Falls by the time the warriors lost sight of the she-fox. She hopped across the stepping stones until she crossed the other side of the river. "From here on this is WindClan territory. It's open space meaning nowhere to hide except the tall grass. I guess it's good I'm green." she thought, roaming the apparently vacant moors, but she knew better.
The fresh-kill pile was a few whiskers over a taillength away from the hidden mercenary. Right by the pile was a brown she-cat on duty.
"Fucking figures." the invader muttered as she crept behind the unsuspecting she-cat. She bit down into her neck swiftly and perfectly. A shimmer of amber flickered into her eyes. "Time to finish her." the villainess purred as she raised a paw with unsheathed claws and a wicked grin.
A few heartbeats after Shego's raid, a slate colored she-cat walked up to take a bit out of a rabbit lying near the bottom of the pile only... it wasn't a rabbit. "What in StarClan's light?" the she-cat yowled as she found a battered and beaten, bloody she-cat in the pile. "Picklywhisker!" she yowled as she looked at her friend.
Pricklywhisker had a bloodbeat, faint but still audible.
"Eat your heart out Tigerstar." Shego purred as she trotted down the Thunderpath back to ShadowClan. She was eyed heavily for a massive catch for a cat pressumed to be a kittypet. The proud she-cat looked in the corner of her eye to see Kim staring at her. "Purr-fect." she purred as she nonchalantly threw her spoils in the fresh-kill pile and walked away.
"Wow. You 'are' amazing. All that fresh-kill caught by yourself. So cool." Duskkit purred as she looked at the older cat.
The older cat brushed her tail against Duskkit lovingly and continued her walk. She brushed past Kim as if she didn't see her.
Kim turned to the retreating she-cat. "She's being so 'nice' lately." she thought. "What's gotten into you?" the orange tabby asked.
"Let's say someone here is being a good influence and guide while I sort things out." Shego replied before walking away.
"Wait you forgot my training!" the kit yowled, but apparently her voice was too small for Shego to hear.
Light amber smoldered over Shego's eyes. She was hearing voices or more like a voice; a familiar voice.
"Shego." Tigerstar echoed.
"Huh? Wha-? Where? How?" Shego asked bemused as she searched for the tom or to see if she passed out unknowingly somehow.
"By visiting me and trusting me, a bond has formed. One that connects me to your mind and body. It is a special connection." the tom answered.
"O-kay... so what's with the emergency line call? Thought of something?" she asked.
"Nothing as of yet. You seem to be neglecting the young one though." he replied.
"Oops." the she-cat muttered with ears pressed against her head.
"I think you should take the kit on an excursion, a little bonding trip. Let the kit come along on a walk in the Forest. Maybe find a little playmate and let them spar a bit. Then when the time is right teach her to fight without mercy." the deceased tomcat meowed.
"That's a little bleak for a kit don't you think? But with the way this forest battles she's probably seen her fill of blood and gore." she shrugged.
Tigerstar's voice left her head though the amber eyes remained.
"I kicked some sorry cats' asses, got an annoying fox in trouble, and hit two robberies in one night. I have to train the kit, but not now. Sun's almost up. Maybe I should get some sleep. Pumpkin might want to share tongues tonight too." Shego thought as she switched directions to head towards the den. The amber in her eyes soon dissipated.
"Crowfood! Even if that brat isn't here Shego bumps me out. She needs to be away from that Kitten of her's and I have just the perfect plan..." Tigerstar growled from the plains of the Place of No Stars.
The tall she-cat settled in on her part of the patch of moss with a content sigh.
After a few moondrifts Kim came in to see Shego relaxing. She didn't want to wake the she-cat without reason, a lesson she learned the hard way in WindClan. A sigh escaped her before she tried to magician her way in Shego's form, but found it difficult. It was warm and soothing in her rivals embrace and her bloodbeat was just as soothing. The young cat finally squirmed through the gap that separated Shego's forelegs.
Shego stirred, but purred when a soft and familiar form pressed against her.
The night was quiet and without motion. For once they were left to sleep. No visit from StarClan and no Tigerstar.
She woke up refreshed and rejuvenated after many days of bad sleep. The ebony maned she-cat rose to her paws to stretched the sleep out of her body, a new shimmer in her malachite hued eyes. The slim cat crouched low in order to nuzzle her playmate, Kim. "Evening Kimmie. Going to be with Duskkit for the night." the older purred, now making her way to the exit.
The younger simply let out a small moan, clearly still in a deep slumber.
"So cute." Shego thought, officially leaving the den.
Nearby the bushes, Duskkit was using her new hunting techniques her 'mentor' showed her, her unfortunate victim; a small grass snake. She was getting better, on the occasion throwing in some tricks she thought looked effective. "Mousebrained serpent, feel my wrath!" the amber kit yowled, reared up on her hind legs. She soon delivered a strike that crushed the snake's head, her mentor just a tail-length behind her.
"Boo." the green cat meowed close to the kit's ear.
Duskkit jumped up in fright, fur in a ruffle. "Mentor Shego, you scared me!" she yowled, tail flicking.
"Sorry, but it was too easy. You should always watch your front, back, sides, tail, and even your little wet nose." Shego purred, nuzzling the kit affectionately.
The small kit purred, returning the gesture just as lovingly. "So, are we learning today?" she asked enthusiastically, her hopes high.
The taller cat chuckled. "Yeah, we're learning. We're going on a little adventure, it's long so get ready for it." she warned her apprentice.
"Yes mentor." Duskkit mewed, following her mentor into the forest.
Halfway to their destination Shego decided to carry Duskkit to end the kit's incessant whining about sore paws. She placed her apprentice by a pair of bushes as soon as she noticed a river. "I'll be right back. Stay hidden and yowl if somekitty finds you." the thief warned before her body blended in with the scenery.
"So cool." the small she-kit thought, watching her mentor fade into the flora.
With in a matter of heartbeats the green she-cat arrived with an excited blonde kit.
"So this kit's awesome at huntin' and stuff an' you can teach me too? Coolness!" the small tom mewed.
"Yeah, she's real friendly and she could be your sparring partner too. All you have to do is keep this our little secret." Shego meowed.
"Deal." the kit mewed.
"Good tom. Duskkit this is Dawnkit, Dawnkit this is Duskkit." she introduced.
"Hello." Dawnkit mewed excitedly.
"Uh, hi." Duskkit mewed.
Shego cleared her throat, gaining the kits' attention immediately. "Now kitties, I'm going to teach you a few moves which you are going to use to spar each other. Only rule I have is don't get too excited and unsheathe your claws. The last thing we need is someone getting hurt. Understand?" she asked.
"Yes mentor!" the kits mewed in harmony.
The grown she-cat nodded before performing two offensive and defensive moves for the excited kits to imitate.
Duskkit's tail flicked with excitement, Dawnkit's eyes shimmered in awe.
"Okay, try your best to subdue each other. Ready, begin." she meowed, signaling the start of the kits' spar.
The two kits' tried to live up to their mentor's battle tactics. Duskkit swiped her paw at her partner's face, but the young tom was too quick on his paws; Dawnkit lunged at the small she-cat, biting the scruff of her neck, but not for long since the amber kit kicked her opponent off of her with an unsheathed version of the famous bellyrake attack. As the spar between the kits waged on a familiar voice echoed their mentor's head.
"You've done quite well with your apprentice Shego." Tigerstar complimented.
"Thank you. The kit will be ready for a real fight by the time I leave this Starlight forsaken hellhole these cats call home." Shego thought with a hint of pride.
The deceased tomcat contemplated the current situation; he wasn't very copastetic about the idea of one of his subjects leaving his grasp. "Leaving the Forest may not be a wise move during the night of the full moon. It could very well endanger your Kimmie." he warned.
"What?" she hissed mentally, her thoughts close to oozing off of her tongue.
"The night of the Gathering will be a night most bellicose. If you two leave too swiftly those WindClan cats will be just as quick on their feet and don't get me started on those sneaky RiverClan cats; using the water to their advantage. ThunderClan is too just and refuse to do such a lowbrow tactic that will displease StarClan, likewise with ShadowClan, they are too bound to the honor of the Warrior's Code to try to ambush you in an unfair fight. I foresee your's and Kim's fate if you leave Shego. The swift Winds will lead crimson waters to the River. " Tigerstar roared.
Shego's eyes glossed over with amber, an aura of darkness tipping at her pelt. The she-cat shook off the latter feeling and took halted the kit's spar. "Duskkit, we're leaving!" she meowed, making her way to pick her pupil up by her scruff.
Duskkit looked up at her enraged mentor. "But we just got here." she whined.
The older cat growled, clearly not taking a liking to the kit's defiance.
"Yes mentor. Bye Dawnkit." she whispered, eying her playmate.
"Bye..." he whispered in response, making his way back to his Camp before somekitty noticed he was missing from the Nursery.
The aggressive she-cat moved through the forest as if she were a panther on the prowl, that is until she entered the ShadowClan Camp. She placed her student on the ground and brushed her tail against the kit's cheek, surprisingly still affectionate despite her mood. "Night." she stated, her tone hard yet gentle.
"Night..." Duskkit mewed dumbstruck.
The villainess roamed the Camp in search of her orange-maned companion. "Where is she? Where is she?" she thought frantically.
"Shego?" a familiar voice meowed bemused, walking up to the dazed she-cat. "Are you okay?" the tabby asked.
Shego calmed herself at the sight of her playmate. "I'm fine. I think we should lengthened our stay and keep an eye on those RiverClan and WindClan cats. I have a... bad feeling coming from them." she meowed harshly, pressing down the urge to hiss.
Kim thought of her current sitch, her companion's concern made it all the harder to decipher. "...Alright. I don't know what would make you feel that way, but we'll stay just a bit longer. I guess we can cut those two out of our choice of Clans to stay with at the Gathering tomorrow." she meowed.
"Okay, good." the patterned she-cat purred.
"You look tired. Why don't we do a bit of star gazing and get a bit of shut eye?" the fluffier she-cat offered, cuddling under the Siamese's chin.
"Yeah, sure." Shego meowed absently, still contemplating Tigerstar's words.
On the outskirts of the Camp, a calico tomcat and a silver she-cat gazed up at the constellation of their deity, Starlight.
Amethyst orbs drifted to teal orbs, tears staining its owner's fur surrounding the eyes. "You're decision is final... There is nothing I can do or say to make you reconsider?" he asked, almost pleaded.
The large she-cat rubbed against her companion with a rare affection, sorrow reflecting in her eyes. "I'm sorry Wilyfang, but there is no denying the truth." she meowed, a neutral tone in her voice.
"Raventhorn... even if Tawnyheart was/is Tawnykit, I highly doubt that Blackstar or the family are going to approve your choice when the dung hits the grass. All of the Place of No Stars will cut loose! Once the damage is done you know this is going to have a great impact on how things will be from now on." Wilyfang meowed, his eyes drifted to the Great Kit Mother in hope of her guidance; she was being silent this night.
"I'm well aware of that fact Wilyfang. It's my decision and all I ask is that you respect it." Raventhorn mewed.
The slim tom's eyes never left the skies. "You are like my most precious little sister, of course I'll respect it. I'm the only one who knows the truth about 'him'." the warrior hissed.
"Thank you. This means more to me than you'll ever know." she purred. "Can you do me a favor." the slightly younger cat asked, a slight ruffle in her pelt.
"Anything, just name it." the slightly older cat mewed, giving his kithood friend his full attention.
"Can we share a nest, one last time, like we use to when we were kits?" Raventhorn muttered, not wanting to show her obvious soft spot for the tom.
A grin etched on the male's face, he could have clearly ruined the mood, but this would be his final night with Raventhorn. "Sure." he purred, curling in close to the she-cat.
Both cats purred as the strong bond they had slowly grew throughout the night.
As the morning rolled by, a certain brunette she-cat seemed different, acted different. That night a decision had to be made.
(A/N: Note: Italic-Bold combos for Shego work when she's mentally linked/communicating with Tigerstar as well as if a cat was dreaming of StarClan. Also if you aren't aware of Starlight, refer to chapter one and go to my DA page. There should be a reference drawing with information about it(Starlight is genderless even though it's reffered to as a female by most cats). Hm... all hell seems as if it's going to break loose the night of the Gathering, I wonder what's going to happen? *looks at plot in my notebook* Oh that's right.)