Chapter Nine
"Honeysplash, wake up!" Wolftooth prodded Honeysplash's shoulder. She reluctantly opened her eyes to see it was time for her first Gathering after becoming a warrior. She bolted from the Sunning Stones; those stones are the best area to doze in sunny afternoons.
"Don't worry, I'm coming!" Honeysplash mewed, bounding to catch up with her mate. Mate. That word alone made the she-cat's heart skip a beat, if not two. Wolftooth licked her cheek playfully and together they padded through the Camp Entrance near the front of the patrol.
Honeysplash's heart began to pound as the patrol neared The Island, which was the Gathering spot for all the Clans. When the Clans first settled here, a huge tree had fallen, crushing a treacherous warrior who was planning to overthrow the new WindClan leader, Onestar. The tree now acted as a bridge for the Clans to cross to the sacred Gathering place.
Honeysplash padded quickly across the bridge, never a fan of its jutting branches. Wolftooth weaved through the path just as swiftly and the pair trotted into the clearing, where some of the Clans had already gathered.
Honeysplash chose a shaded place to sit with Wolftooth because, for some reason, she felt like she was being watched. It felt like a couple cats were staring holes through her head, and she found the source: Tigertail. Honeysplash shivered; Tigertail had always been a little… off. With the attention and focus level of an ADHD rabbit in heat, Tigertail seemed oddly fixed on Honeysplash, but it could just be her thoughts getting to her. Was he sitting right next to Honeysplash, or was she just imagining it...?
"For StarClan's sake, Tigertail, go sit somewhere else; you're starting to creep me out!" Wolftooth growled, nosing Tigertail in the shoulder. Tigertail seemed to wake up from his trance and shook his head in acknowledgment. He got up anyway, and padded away from Honeysplash, and the she-cat suddenly realized something; she could see! She spun around, and hissed to Wolftooth, "Wolftooth, I can see!"
Tigertail stared at Honeysplash. He stared at Honeysplash some more. He stared even more. Why was he staring at the she-cat again? Well, she was pretty, but that's not why he was staring. That butt-head Lightningstrike made him the one to keep tabs on Honeysplash, because Boulderface put the butt-head in charge while he made a plan. Boulderface hadn't gone to the Gathering, and that really stumped Tigertail.
Gatherings were a heck load of fun, so why didn't Boulderface come? Oh, wait, Honeysplash is moving. Gotta follow, gotta follow, gotta follow. Why was he following her again? Oh, right, the butt-head told him to.
"For StarClan's sake, Tigertail, go sit somewhere else; you're starting to creep me out!" A voice snarled at him. Wolftooth. Tigertail shook his head to clear it, and then slunk away from the pair. They were so cute together. Wait, why was he walking away from them? The butt-head didn't tell him to do that. He turned, and right then he heard a quiet hiss, "Wolftooth, I can see!"
The butt-head might be interested to hear that.
A/N: Sorry guys, for being so inactive. I hadn't really had the time to focus on this story, I've got a lot of new ideas to try out too. Don't worry though, my dear followers, I will properly end this story, and it won't be stupid or short. I know you guys might have given up on the story getting done, but it will, and I can bet my whole house on that. So enjoy and review this chapter, friends! :D