So... I am super scatterbrained. This story may seem to be going nowhere and honestly it will wander a lot, but I'll try and go somewhere.

Silverpaw

I got up and went to the fresh-kill pile, selecting a plump mouse from the fresh-kill pile. I ate it, trying to see if I had anything planned today. I had the nagging feeling that I was forgetting something, but I couldn't place my paw on it. I went to Flowerfur, the annoyance still nagging at me, and got ready for whatever she had to throw at me. Flowerfur was a weird mentor and I wouldn't be surprised if she tackled me from a tree.

To my delight, she walked into the training clearing like a normal cat. She looked at me, tense with excitement, but sagged when I didn't seem to have her joy. "What wrong?" she asked, worriedly.

"What do you mean? Everything's all right... Oh!" My eyes lit up as I realized that I must look upset because of the feeling of forgetfulness. "I feel like I'm forgetting something but I can't remember what it is..."

"Well, there is something exciting happening. I hear a lot of cats are gathering to it."

"Seriously Flowerfur? What are you talking about?"

"I hear it's going to be a full camp."

"Ok, I know you're hinting at something, obviously, so don't tell me..." My head shot up from my concentrated position when I realized what it was. "The Gathering?" I asked, my eyes flashing.

"Yep! Do you remember what happened last moon?" She asked with a playful glint in her eyes.

"Yeah! Graystar said I couldn't go but I could go next moon, and this moon is last moon's next moon so I get to go!"

"Yep. Now come on, we should get some hunting done before we go."

"Ok!" I agreed as we walked off to the big pond. Flowerfur had told me that it was a great hunting spot, and though she always had me hunt other places in the past I trusted her. When we got to the pond it was proven that my instincts were correct.

The pond was surrounded by the rustlings of prey, but I could hardly concentrate over thoughts of the Gathering. I started absentmindedly stalking a vole when I brushed the grass and it ran away. I looked at Flowerfur reassuringly. We couldn't talk but I knew she was worried. I always stalked voles exceptionally carefully since they were my favorite. I hoped that I had gotten my message across; I was just distracted. I set off to stalking again, this time smelling a new scent. I waved my tail at Flowerfur and she came over curiously. "What is it?" she asked.

"What's that scent?" I responded, gesturing with my nose to where the new smell was.

"Oh. That's rabbit. They're really fast, but they're big. Let's try to catch it. You stay here and stalk it, I'll loop around. If it runs at you dodge. Just try to chase it towards me."

I nodded and set off, slowly following the trail. I walked extra carefully this time, remembering how I had just spooked a vole. All thoughts of the Gathering had to be pushed out of my mind or I would spook this rabbit-a big piece of prey. I didn't know what it looked like, but it must be cool if we went to all this trouble for it. Then I saw it: A beautiful white creature with long ears. I figured that this must be what we were looking for, since the scent lead almost straight to it. I walked up to it, and after seeing Flowerfur nod at me, deliberately rustled some grass.

The creature ran straight at her with incredible speed. It was almost as big as I was and I was worried for Flowerfur's safety. Finally, she tensed and lunged at it, breaking it's neck. I let out a sigh of relief when I saw she hadn't gotten herself killed. She dragged it over to me with bright satisfaction in her eyes. "That, my apprentice, is how you catch a rabbit. Let's go back to camp, I caught some things and we caught this rabbit."

"Well, okay," I said warily. I hadn't caught anything on my own so I wasn't sure this could be considered a success on my part.

"Don't worry Silverpaw, whether or not you catch anything on your own it's always a big deal when cats bring back rabbits. They're kind of rare around here."

"Ok," I said, this time confidently. I picked up Flowerfur's prey and she got the rabbit, and we trudged slowly back to camp, weighed down by Flowerfur's load.

When we reached camp I plopped our prey down on the fresh-kill pile. I puffed up my chest as I heard gasps of surprise from the kits and even a couple apprentices. Everyone was amazed at the large rabbit. Flowerfur had told me on the way back to camp that this was a rather large rabbit, and judging by the Clan's reactions that was an understatement. I brought it to the elders, figuring they would like such a big meal, and was greeted my the same reaction. "Nice job," Stonenose said approvingly. "You catch that on your own?"

"Well, Flowerfur did most of it. I just scared it towards her," I said bashfully. It was hard to be proud in the elder's den.

"Aye, don't be upset! That's a dangerous job. Could spook towards ya, ya know."

"Oh. I didn't know I was in any danger."

"That doesn't make it any less impressive young'n. Now here, have the first bite."

I looked around the den to make sure all of the elders gave their approval. When they did, I bent down and delicately tore some of the flesh off. I chewed it slowly, realizing why the Clan was so happy I had brought back a rabbit. It was delicious! I had a new favorite food, and quickly found myself upset that it was so rare. "Now run along Silverpaw," an elder's voice cut into my pleasure. "Surely you have something that Flowerfur told you to do."