A/N: Thank you to latchkeyo for suggesting the warrior names for Dawnpaw, Duskpaw, Buckpaw, and Fawnpaw!

Important, if you submit a clan born apprentice, they won't appear on the character list for awhile, because they're not born yet, but I will be adding them, don't worry, I plan on making this story long, and span through generations.

I'm curious, what pairings would you guys like to see?


Dawnwatcher walked with her chest puffed out proudly, as she made her way to the centre of the forest.

This was her first gathering since becoming a warrior, and she couldn't wait for the cats of other clans to know about it.

"Are the gatherings scary?" Fadedpaw asked as he padded along beside her.

Ever since Dawnwatcher knew about how Beaverpaw was taking his food, she made sure that they ate together, so that she could keep an eye on him, which was part of how she got her name.

"Yeah, I remember my first gathering, a pack of wild dogs attacked! At least half the clan was wiped out!" Duskblaze exclaimed, "How do you think Briarback lost half of her tail?"

"That's not true, she lost her tail because of something that happened with WaterClan," Dawnwatcher meowed, shooting a glare at her brother.

He rolled his eyes.

"You haven't been much fun since you started hanging out with Fadedpaw."
Dawnwatcher sighed, and looked down at the apprentice, who seemed to have his attention focused on following the cats in front of him, and not on her and Duskblaze.

"That's not true," she hissed, though part of her wondered if it was. Normally, she would have joined in with Duskblaze in trying to scare the other cats, but now, here she was, debunking him to make Fadedpaw feel more at ease.

"Yes it is, you've become completely soft," Duskblaze shook his head, "What happened to my sister? The sister I used to look up to, the sister who-"

"Oh come on! Now you're just being over dramatic!" Dawnwatcher spat.

"Is everything okay back there?" Foxfur asked without turning around.

"Yes, remember the truce," Brown-nose meowed.

"It's fine, and we won't forget the truce," Dawnwatcher sighed.

Did they think she was still an apprentice? Besides, they hadn't even been warriors for much longer than her.

For the rest of the journey, they all walked there in silence, until Duskblaze meowed,

"Isn't that Bassnose?"

"Yeah, and isn't that Driftdust in the deputy's spot?" Marshstep asked.

"I'm sure everything will be explained during the gather, let's stop gaping and get moving," Smokepelt snapped.

As Dawnwatcher made her way to the clearing, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. It was like a heavy cloud of darkness was weighing on the shoulders of the cats in both WaterClan and HerbClan.

A darkness, that was too much for even a DarkClan cat to bear.

"Attention cats of all clans, it's time to begin the gathering!" Flowerstar yowled.

Dawnwatcher padded to sit as close to the giant rock as she could, curious to see what was going on.

"We have both good news, and bad news to share," the old she-cat began, "The good news is, that our apprentice Fawnpaw, has received her warrior name, and she is now Fawnberry!"

Dawnwatcher glanced over at the small fawn-coloured she-cat, to see that she was looking at her paws.

"Also, our medicine cat apprentice, has received his medicine cat name, he is now Buckspring!"

Unlike his sister, Buckspring seemed to enjoy all the looks he was getting from the other cats.

"Now, it is time for the bad news, some nights ago, Buckspring along with two cats from HerbClan, travelled to the twoleg place, and there they were attacked by a gang of viscous alley cats."

"They killed one of our cats!" a cat from HerbClan yowled.

"I think we should set up defences in case they try to attack us in our territory!"

"Silence! We will discuss this more after the announcements!" Darkstar hissed, standing up.

"Things are going good in DarkClan, we have many new apprentices, and two of our old apprentices have become warriors, they are now Dawnwatcher and Duskblaze."

He sat down, and Herbstar stood up.

"As Flowerstar mentioned, two cats from HerbClan travelled to the twoleg place, unfortunately, Tansyheart did not make it back."

Even though some of the cats weren't from her clan, everyone took a moment of silence to remember the young warrior.

Once that moment was over, and another moment passed, Herbstar tapped Bassnose with his tail.

"Oh sorry," Bassnose meowed, getting to his paws.

"Uh, well, uh-"

He looked down at Driftdust, who looked even more lost than he did.

"Waterstar has succumbed to greencough!" Blackfur meowed, nudging Driftdust off of the deputy's seat, and taking his spot.

"Is he allowed to do that?" a HerbClan she-cat hissed from beside Dawnwatcher, she shrugged, and continued to watch what was going on.

"Bass-star is now the leader, and Driftdust is now the deputy, Otterfur, Riverstripe, Nofur, and Frogeyes have succumbed to green cough, and one of our apprentices, Snakepaw, has disappeared."

"An outbreak of greencough?" a cat gasped.

"Do you think it will reach FlowerClan?"

"Do you think HerbClan has enough catmint to go around?"

"Will they be willing to share if they do?"

Noise upon noise started buzzing throughout the clearing, until Dawnwatcher could no longer tell what was being said anymore.

"We will do our hardest to make sure that every clan has catmint during this troubling time," Herbstar yowled over the noise.

"What about the alley cats?"

"If the alley cats come near our borders, we will be prepared, we won't show any mercy," Darkstar growled.

"Nor will HerbClan."

"If they come near WaterClan, we'll push them into the river!" Blackfur spat.

"FlowerClan will talk to them, and try to reason with them, I know there must be some good in them somewhere," Flowerstar meowed.

"I mean no disrespect Flowerstar, but I will fight them if they take one pawstep into our territory!" Pansystep spat.

"But that's not the FlowerClan way!" yowled several cats from FlowerClan.

"I agree with Pansystep, I was there when they killed Tansyheart, these are cats that cannot be reasoned with," Buckspring meowed.

"He's a medicine cat, we must listen to him," one of the FlowerClan cats, who didn't want to fight them previously, meowed.

"We will all discuss our clan problems with our own clans, this gathering is over!" Darkstar yowled.

"Do you think those alley cats will actually come here?" Fadedpaw meowed, as they made their way back to the camp.

Dawnwatcher glanced at him.

"I don't know, but I'd be more worried about greencough hitting us, at least we'd have a better chance of fighting the alley cats."

"Those dumb alley cats won't stand a chance against DarkClan!" Duskblaze exclaimed.

"Did any cats die?" Beaverpaw asked in a hope filled voice, as he bounded up to them.

"Yeah, did they?" Gullpaw meowed, following close behind.

"Is it just me, or do these apprentices seem super small now that we're warriors?" Duskblaze meowed in her ear.

"Hey!" Beaverpaw spat, obviously hearing what he had said.

"No one died at the gathering, just mentions of cats dying," Dawnwatcher meowed.

"Good, if any cat died at the gathering and I missed seeing it," he shook his head, "Well, you don't want to know."

"Maybe someone will die at the next gathering," Gullpaw meowed.

"Hmm," Beaverpaw's eyes darted from side to side, "That can be arranged."

"Right," Dawnwatcher rolled her eyes, "You couldn't even bully Fadedpaw without help."

"That is true, I know because I helped," Duskblaze meowed.

"Dawnwatcher, Duskblaze, Beaverpaw, I'm glad you're all here together," Windsnout meowed as he padded up to them.

"What is it you need?" Dawnwatcher asked her former mentor, she knew him well enough to know, that he was about to ask for a favour.

"I need you and Duskblaze, to take Beaverpaw and Fadedpaw out hunting while the more advanced warriors and I discuss more advanced warrior things."

"What about Brown-nose and Foxfur? They haven't been warriors much longer than us," Duskblaze meowed.

"They're going with their apprentices to do border patrol, mouse brain!" Smokepelt spat as he walked past.

Duskblaze bristled at his former mentor's words, and shot a glare in his direction.

"We'll take out the apprentices, it will be good practice for when we get our own," Dawnwatcher meowed.

"Fine, but I get to take Beaverpaw," Duskblaze relented with a sigh.

"Thank you, try to not be back before sunrise, we don't want any of the apprentices to hear what we're discussing, you know how hard it can be for them to keep their mouths shut."

"I understand, Windsnout," Dawnwatcher meowed.

Windsnout nodded, and went off towards the leader's den, and Dawnwatcher went to the nursery, where she knew Fadedpaw would probably be.

Sure enough he was in there, batting a ball of moss towards his siblings, which Spottedtuft batted back with her tail.

"You know they're not old enough to play yet Fadedpaw," she told him sternly.

Dawnwatcher nodded at the queen, before tapping Fadedpaw with her tail.

He jumped up with a hiss, and whirled around, with his fur bristled, and his claws out.

"Oh, it's you," he meowed, sheathing his claws, and letting his fur lay flat.

"Yeah, all the senior warriors are busy, so Windsnout asked me to take you out hunting," she meowed.

"Okay," he turned to his siblings, "Bye Sprucekit, bye Shadekit, I'll be back soon!"

"Be careful!" Spottedtuft called after them, as they left the nursery.

When they padded out of the camp, Beaverpaw leapt out from behind a tree.

"Oh look, it's Fadedkit!" he taunted.

"What is he doing here?" Fadedpaw asked with a slight growl.

"He's our clanmate, and Windsnout asked Duskblaze to take him out with us," Dawnwatcher meowed, shooting a warning glance at Beaverpaw, daring him to say anything else.

"I heard that Waterstar died, and that the new leader and deputy are completely incompetent, I bet everyone back at camp are discussing how they can take over WaterClan, that's what I'd be doing if I was leader," Beaverpaw meowed, oblivious of Dawnwatcher's glance, but she was glad he didn't say anything else to Fadedpaw.

"I think we should leave WaterClan alone, I don't see the point in attacking them, when they haven't done anything to us," Fadedpaw meowed.

"Don't you want to DarkClan to be the most powerful clan in the forest? Don't you want to have prey rich waters?" Beaverpaw asked.

"None of us can fish, so I don't see the point, besides, I hate getting wet, I want to be as far away from WaterClan territory as possible."

"You know, I bet you wouldn't think you were so brave if you didn't have your mate here with you!" Beaverpaw spat.

"M-My mate? What are you talking about?" Fadedpaw asked with disbelief.

"Yeah! I'm not his mate!" Dawnwatcher spat, shuddering at the thought. Fadedpaw was more of like a younger brother to her, she couldn't imagine him being her mate.

"Oh, thank StarClan," Duskblaze meowed.

"Can we just get to hunting? That's what we were sent out here to do," Dawnwatcher spat.

"Fine, fine, we'll hunt here, and you and Fadedpaw can go and hunt by the thunderpath, right Duskblaze?" Beaverpaw meowed.

Duskblaze nodded.

"Right, and we can all meet back here at dawn."

"Why on earth would we hunt by the thunderpath? The prey doesn't run there! The noise and smell scare them all off!" Dawnwatcher spat.

"Not if you cross the thunderpath, and hunt in uncharted territories," Beaverpaw meowed.

"But we're only supposed to hunt in our own territory, the warrior code says so," Fadedpaw meowed.

"I knew you were too scared! You should just go back to the nursery Fadedkit!" Beaverpaw spat.

"Yeah Fadedkit, you'll never be a proper warrior with an attitude like that!" Duskblaze exclaimed.

"I'll show you! I'll cross the thunderpath, and I'll come back with a rat!" Fadedpaw hissed before running off.

"Fadedpaw no! Come back here!" Dawnwatcher yowled, chasing after him.

"You mouse-brain, I swear if you get yourself hurt or worse, I will-"

"Dawnwatcher, look!" he meowed softly, stopping at the edge of the thunderpath.

She saw what he told her to look at, and she felt her fur rise, and her back arch.

Across the thunderpath, chained up to a small twoleg den, was a brown creature, with long floppy ears. It was currently sleeping, but she knew when it woke up, it would be extremely dangerous.

"That's a dog!" she yowled, backing up, wanting to be as far away from the dog as possible.

"I know, but look at her, see how skinny she is?" Fadedpaw meowed.

"Yeah, which means it's best we stay away from her! If she's starving, then she's going to eat us as soon as we get near her!" Dawnwatcher hissed, wondering why on earth he wasn't afraid. Didn't Tanglebriar ever teach him how dangerous dogs were?

"I think we should help her."

"What?" Dawnwatcher gaped at the younger apprentice, "DarkClan warriors don't help anyone but themselves, especially not predators that can KILL them, how mouse brained can you be?"

"What if she is so grateful that we helped her, that she befriends us?" he got a wistful look in his eyes, "If I had a dog as my ally, then Beaverpaw would never dare mess with me again."

"So, this is what this is all about then? You want revenge on Beaverpaw?"

Dawnwatcher shook her head, maybe he did have what it took to be a DarkClan warrior after all.

Much to her annoyance, Fadedpaw ignored her, instead, he ran off in the other direction. She thought about going after him, until she realized that he was hunting something.

"Good catch!" she remarked, when he came padding back over with a plump mouse in his jaws.

Instead of dropping the mouse and burying it, he started crossing the thunderpath.

"Wait!" Dawnwatcher yowled, leaping after him, blocking his path.

"What in the name of StarClan do you think you're doing?" she hissed.

He shook his head, and dropped to his stomach, sliding under her, and continuing across.

Dawnwatcher let out a small hiss, and nipped at his tail, which he ignored.

She waited until he was safely across the thunderpath, before running over herself, and jumping onto his back, digging her claws into his sides, and her teeth into the scruff of his neck.

"Get off me!" he yowled, trying to wiggle out from under her.

"No! I'm not going to let you get yourself killed by a dog, just because you want to get revenge!" she spat.

"Look at her! She's starving, her twolegs probably abandoned her, she must be so scared and alone!"

Dawnwatcher released her hold on the apprentice, figuring he wouldn't try to run off, now that she had him actually talking with her.

"So?" she meowed, she honestly couldn't understand why he was getting so worked up over a deadly predator.

"I have my whole clan with me, my family, I even have a few friends, and I still sometimes feel alone, and it's not a very good feeling, I can't imagine what it must feel like to be alone completely," he meowed softly.

"Dogs don't have feelings! All they care about is killing us!" Dawnwatcher spat.

"What if they do? Has anyone ever actually tried getting to know one?"

Dawnwatcher shook her head,

"I am seriously starting to think that Swirlingmist was wrong when she said you didn't have any damage from when you were dropped on your head as a kit, because that has got to be the most mouse brained thing I have ever heard, and I've heard a lot of Beaverpaw's plots."

"Can't you just consider the possibility that this might be a good idea?" he asked.

"No! Now let's cross back over, and no more words about this, or I'm telling, about this, about how you couldn't stand up to Beaverpaw, about everything!" she growled.

"I thought you were my friend!" he exclaimed with his eyes blazing.

"I am your friend, that's why I don't want you to get yourself killed!"

"Can't you just trust me on this?"

Dawnwatcher let out a hiss of exasperation.

"No! And you better cross back over to our territory, before I carry you over there myself!"

"I'm not a kit you know," he grumbled.

"Well then, stop acting like one, Fadedkit!" she spat, immediately regretting her words, when she saw the look of betrayal on his face.

"Come on, I can see sunlight, we should get back to Duskblaze and Beaverpaw," she then meowed, feeling completely drained.

She was surprised when he didn't argue with her, instead, he picked up his mouse, and padded back towards the meeting place.

She was glad that he wasn't trying to go to the dog any longer, but she couldn't shake the feeling that she had lost him as a friend forever.


Character List!

HerbClan

Leader: HerbStar, Elderly brown and black striped tabby tom with amber eyes

Deputy: Araliaheart, small white she-cat with light blue eyes

(Apprentice: Fennelpaw)

Medicine Cat: Fadingspots, elderly short furred grey she cat with a thick neck ruff and grey spots that fade to white or that seem to, she has emerald eyes

(Apprentice: Russetpaw)

Warrior: Tarragonstrike, lilac pointed Siamese tom with blue eyes

Warrior: Valleyfrost, pale ginger tabby tom with a paler underbelly, and green eyes

(Apprentice: Parsleypaw)

Warrior: Whitenose, small plump white she-cat with a pale nose, and ice-blue eyes

Queen: Sagewind, striped light brown tabby she-cat with greenish yellow eyes. (mates with Tarragonstrike)

Queen: Breezeclaw, dark brown she-cat with white paws and chest (mates with Valleyfrost, mother of Pebblekit)

Apprentice: Fennelpaw, white tom with black swirl stripes, and blue eyes

Apprentice: Parsleypaw, small silver tom with white paws, the white on his front paws coming up further than on his back paws, (kind of like evening gloves), a white chin/chest, underbelly, and light green eyes.

Apprentice: Russetpaw, dark red tom with blazing green eyes and a white tipped tail and paws.

Kit: Pebblepaw, pale brown tabby she-kit with green eyes


FlowerClan

Leader: Flowerstar, eldery dark brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Deputy: Spottedtuft, spotted brown tabby with a cream belly and large blue eyes that have a hint of green and hazel

Medicine Cat: Flutterwing, light gold she-cat with green eyes

(Apprentice: Buckspring)

Warrior: Cloverear, dark brown tom with one misshapen ear, and green eyes

Warrior: Dustmuzzle, grey tabby tom with darker flecks on muzzle and green eyes

Warrior: Dandelionpelt, long haired cream colored tom with blue eyes (Gladepaw's father)

Warrior: Sandyfawn, sandy coloured she cat with pale cream ears, belly and tail tip, and blue eyes

(Apprentice: Golfball)

Warrior: Pansystep, orange and black spotted she-cat with orange-yellow eyes.

Warrior: Stormwillow, blue-gray she-cat

Warrior: Silverpetal, pale gray tabby she-cat with a white underbelly and amber eyes (trans female)

Warrior: Hollyshade, dark gray tabby she-cat

Warrior: Fawnberry, fawn colored she-cat with golden eyes

Queen: Doeleap, dark brown she-cat with golden eyes (mates with Cloverear, mother of Fawnpaw, Buckpaw, Elkkit, and Moosekit)

Queen: Sparkflame, dark red ginger spotted tabby with ginger spots and a pointed nose, thought to have Siamese ansestory due to her build and unusual blue almond shaped eyes (Mates with Spottedtuft, mother of Briarkit, Softkit Silentkit, and foster mother of Dappledkit)

Queen: Honeysucklenose, black she-cat with yellow eyes (mother of Pansystep, Gopherkit, and foster mother of Redkit)

Queen: Shadowtail, black she cat with a dark grey tabby tail, born a kittypet, formally a DarkClan warrior (Mates with Dustmuzzle, mother of Amberkit and Foalkit)

Apprentice: Buckspring, fawn colored tom with a white underside, and golden eyes

Apprentice: Golfball, white tom with grey spots and green eyes, formally a kittypet

Elder: Gladepaw, a young long haired white tom with red paws, red ears, and blue eyes, he has moderate cerebellar hypoplasia

Kit: Redkit, red abyssinian cat she-kit with amber eyes

Kit: Gopherkit, small brownish grey tom with blue eyes

Kit: Briarkit, creamy brown she kit with a cream paw and a long furred face that usually hangs over her face when she doesn't groom it, blue eyes that become green when she is older

Kit: Silentkit, a Sparkflame look-a-like tom with Spottedtuft's eyes, is rumoured to be mute

Kit: Softkit, white she cat with one green eye and one blue eye, she deaf in ear below the blue ear, runt of the litter

Kit: Moosekit, dark brown tom with golden eyes

Kit: Elkkit, fawn colored tom with green eyes

Kit: Amberkit, pale ginger tabby with amber eyes

Kit: Foalkit, small and skinny brown tom with cream legs and brown eyes

Kit: Dappledkit, calico with amber eyes, one paler than the other


DarkClan

Leader: Darkstar, elderly black tom with amber eyes

Deputy: Windsnout, large, Muscular Light grey tabby tom with a unusual darker splash on his snout

Medicine Cat: Swirlingmist, black she-cat with grey swirling stripes and blue eyes (Smokepelt's sister)

Warrior: Smokepelt, grey and black spotted tom with blue eyes

Warrior: Briarback, white she-cat with a short brown tail and brown flecks on her back, and green eyes

(Apprentice: Beaverpaw)

Warrior: Tanglebriar, lanky black she-cat with a brown underbelly, and a nubbed tail

(Apprentice: Fadedpaw)

Warrior: Marshstep, lithe pale brown she-cat with large black paws, and green eyes

(Apprentice: Steampaw)

Warrior: Pinefrost, lithe dark brown she-cat with a white muzzle, belly, paws, and tail-tip; deep blue eyes

(Apprentice: Willowpaw)

Warrior: Brown-nose, white tom with a brown nose, and green eyes

(Apprentice: Larkpaw)

Warrior: Foxfur, reddish brown tom with black legs, and amber eyes

(Apprentice: Gullpaw)

Warrior: Dawnwatcher, white she-cat with black spots, and blue eyes

Warrior: Duskblaze, black tom with white spots, and blue eyes

Queen: Spottedtuft, fawn colored she-cat with darker spots along her flank, White muzzle, Chest, Paws, Tailtip, and ears (mates with Smokepelt, mother of Fadedpaw, Shadekit, and Sprucekit)

Apprentice: Beaverpaw, brown, bulky tom with a darker brown tail

Apprentice: Fadedpaw, grey tom with black ears, legs, tail, and light blue eyes.

Apprentice: Steampaw, small, bright orange tom with darker orange ears, a dark orange fluffy tail tip, and blue eyes

Apprentice: Willowpaw, yellow and white tabby with green eyes

Apprentice: Larkpaw, reddish brown calico she-cat

Apprentice: Gullpaw, pale gray tabby tom

Kit: Shadekit, fluffy white tom-kit with big black patches everywhere

Kit: Sprucekit, dark brown she-kit with darker paws, chest, forehead, tail tip, Face underside of belly, and along her spine


WaterClan

Leader: Bass-star, dark brown tom with amber eyes

Deputy: Driftdust, small light brown tom with golden eyes

(Apprentice: Bramblepaw)

Medicine Cat: Ripplestorm, small pretty white she-cat with gray spots and blue eyes

(Apprentice: Thornpaw)

Warrior: Palmtail, cream tom with white leopard spots all over, and hazel eyes

Warrior: Darksun, slender, pitch-black she-cat with long legs, tufted ears, and golden eyes

(Apprentice: Thistlepaw)

Warrior: Blackfur, black tom with blue eyes

Warrior: Cloudstream, white and silver tabby she-cat with grey eyes

(Apprentice: Splashpaw)

Queen: Morningmist, black and white she-cat with green eyes (mates with Blackfur, mother of Bramblepaw and Splashpaw)

Queen: Icerunner, silver she cat with white swirls and pastel blue eyes

Apprentice: Thistlepaw, slightly light- grey she-cat, with white dapples and a light peach/brown coloring, and clear blue-green eyes

Apprentice: Bramblepaw, brown tom with amber eyes

Apprentice: Splashpaw, blue she-cat with green eyes

Apprentice: Thornpaw, thick-furred blue tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes


Cats outside of clans:

Kittypet: Mittens, black she-cat with white paws, chest, and green eyes, wears a dark pink collar.

Kittypet: Boots, identical to Mittens, but a tom, wears a dark blue collar.

Alley Cats: Ugly and viscous cats that live in the alley


A/N: Thank you to Guest for submitting Nectarpaw