The seven cats padded quickly to the gathering, trying not to be the last Clan to survive, but they didn't succeed. The other three leaders already sat on the Great Rock and looked annoyed. Sunstar took a deep breath and joined them.
"Where's Snowstar?" Fishstar of Riverclan asked, sniffing the air. Sunstar dipped her head in greeting, ignoring the rudeness of the blue-gray tom. Nettlestar of Windclan butted his side gently. "Let Sunstreak explain."
Sunstar blinked gratefully, only the light brown she-cat could calm the tom down. Stonestar from Shadowclan exchanged a look with Sunstar and hung his head.
"Snowstar died a half-moon ago." Sunstar announced. "I'm the new leader and Goldenpoppy is my deputy."
To her relief, all the cats in the Clans murmured their approval. Fishstar waited a moment and stepped forward. "Although we mourn the loss of Thunderclan, we must continue the Gathering. Riverclan have had a great moon filled with gains and losses. One of our queens, Tricklefur, has had a kit named Runningkit. I'm sad to say that our medicine cat, Mossfoot, died of greencough, but her apprentice, Tanglestripe, is ready to take on the role. Nettlestar?"
The Windclan leader stepped forward. "Nothing new has happened in Windclan, we have had no deaths, births, or illnesses. Starclan look down on us and the prey runs well. Sunstar, would you like to take your turn?"
The light gray she-cat nodded graciously. "Thunderclan suffered a great loss when Snowstar died, but we have also gained greatly. Hawktail has had three kits and Mossflower has had two. Their names are Thistlekit, Russetkit, Darkkit, Spottedkit, and Skykit. The prey runs well and I'm looking forward to leading the Clan."
Stonestar raised his head. "Shadowclan have bad news. All of our kits and elders have died."
Shocked whispers broke out and cats looked around wildly at the mere three Shadowclan warriors that showed up. Stonestar closed his eyes. "My mate, Redleg, died of greencough." His eyes flashed open and he looked around, finally choking out what he wanted to say. "Shadowclan ask that you do not use this as an excuse to attack us."
Sunstar moved beside him and leaned against him comfortingly. The Shadowclan leader didn't move away, showing how truly hopeless he was.
"I think all the Clans should agree not to attack each other without good reason until they are all evened out again." Nettlestar suggested. The other two leaders nodded and they all adjourned the Gathering. Sunstar leaped down from the Great Rock and began leading the Clan back to camp. Once they were halfway there, Silverclaw rubbed up against her and greeted her warmly.
"What?" She asked quietly.
"I think you did a great job at the Gathering." He purred. Sunstar chuckled. "Thanks, I'm just happy that the other leaders were so kind."
They padded back to camp, recapping everything that happened, and when they finally got home they separated and went to their nests.
Hey everyone who reads this! I haven't written anything in over a year, but I'm changing that now. I lost all my stories when my laptop broke and I didn't really feel like re-writing everything, but now it's almost Christmas Break and I'm going to have a lot of time to write. Looking back now I don't really like my stories, but I'll try and finish them. I have a good new story, so be ready for that! Read and review as I update, por favor.