Note: Foxpaw is supposed to be a tom. My bad!

Silverpaw

I was a little disappointed with the Gathering. The Clans talked about themselves, and I got some information, but it was boring. ThunderClan had a badger problem and WindClan was low on food. RiverClan was angry at ShadowClan for who knows what, and ShadowClan was worried of an attack. Of course, nobody said that, but you could tell if you weren't mousebrained.

When it did end, I was very ready to leave. I got up and hopped over to Flowerfur, wanting o discuss how the Gathering had went. She saw me and, pulling away from her group, started talking to me. "So, how did it go?"

"Oh, it was great!" I replied. "I met some WindClan apprentices."

"Did they like you? Did you learn?"

"Yeah! We chatted, and I think we're friends now by the way we talked. We discussed favorite foods an how I loved rabbit but barely got it, and they loved voles but barely got them. So I brought up my plan and how it would get us more rabbits and them more voles."

"What did they think?"

"They liked it! One of them, Cinderpaw I think, had had the same idea. They even tried to set up another meeting time!"

"All right, when is it?"

"Tomorrow at sunhigh, by the big rock where our territories meet."

"Let's go ask Graystar."

I pulled away a little at that. I didn't think we were going to ask right now. "Like, right now? Already? Isn't he doing important leader stuff?"

"SIlverpaw, you plan to get there at sunhigh. You have to have his decision now so you can go right away tomorrow."

"Oh. All right. I have a basic plan of what to say, so how's this? 'Graystar, CaveClan could always use more allies. WindClan may be interested in joining us, so I was hoping we could meet with them tomorrow.'" I asked, putting on my serious face

"That would work during a war. How about you just ask if you-and him, he'd want to be there-can meet some WindClan cats tomorrow?"

"Ok." We walked off towards Graystar, and my shoulders sagged with relief when he wasn't talking to anyone else. I don't know what I would've done if somebody saw me ask him! He looked at us expectantly, and nodded at me to talk.

"Well, Graystar, could you and I meet up with some WindClan cats tomorrow? We could use a Clan as a friend, and we already planned a meeting. We decided that if one of us didn't come we just didn't have permission, but we figured it was worth a try." My words came out a little rushed, and I didn't say exactly what I was supposed to, but I must have been convincing because he didn't instantly reject me.

"I'll assume you have permission from Flowerfur?" He asked, firmly.

Flowerfur stepped in then. "Yes, Graystar. I think it would be good for her to talk with another Clan. And, I think her plan makes sense. It would be useful to have another Clan's friendship."

Graystar seemed to be in deep thought, but at last he replied. "All right, Silverpaw. We can go tomorrow. When?"

"Tomorrow at sunhigh, at the big rock between our Clans' territories."

"I'll make sure to be ready. You'll have to wake up early! Now, let's return to camp." We walked back to camp, and I was elated. Not only was I making progress on my plan, Graystar must be approving of it if he was accompanying me.

I got up a soon as I woke up, wanting to make sure I was plenty ready for my trip today. I stretched my legs a bit and ate breakfast, happy to enjoy a plump woodpecker. I took the feathers off and put them in my mother's nest, happy to me doing something instead of just idly waiting.

It seemed to take forever, but to my joy I finally saw Graystar walking towards me. "Good morning, Silverpaw."

"Good morning Graystar! Is it time to go yet?"

"Just about. I have to tell Icefoot to take over while I'm gone, and let him know my plans for the patrols. I'll be right back, though, so don't do anything."

I sat down obediently, figuring he probably wouldn't mind if I walked around but not wanting to take any chances. I groomed myself thoroughly while waiting, making sure to get my paws, my ears, and even the base of my tail. I wanted to look nice for the WindClan cats.

When Graystar was ready to leave he just looked at me and made eye contact, then walked towards the camp's exit. I got up and followed him, and we started our long walk to the meeting place. Graystar didn't talk much, which surprised me. I expected him to tell me not to say certain things or to make sure I mentioned this, but he didn't. We just walked, silently.

When we finally got to the big rock I was tired in my muscles, but my brain was whirring. What if they didn't come? What if I wasn't supposed to bring Graystar? I should've asked for more information, dang it! But when I looked at Graystar, he was just sitting, calmly. My mind calmed down a little then, and I decided to do something with my time. "Graystar, may I hunt while we wait?"

"Sure Silverpaw, just make sure to be back here by sunhigh!"

"Of course!" I walked off, slowly, trying to catch a scent. I had to be careful not to cross the WindClan border at first, but I got far enough away that I was safe before I caught a scent. The scent I caught made me happy, and I stalked towards a big, plump, vole. I leapt on it and caught it, and it didn't even make a squeak. I buried it and went back to hunting, trying to catch something for me and Graystar.

It took me a while to catch another scent, and I was worried I wouldn't before I had to return. When I was about to go and find my buried prey I smelled a mouse, and decided that that was better that nothing. I stalked it and killed it, carrying it back to where I hid the vole. I carried them both back to Graystar triumphantly and plopped the mouse down at his feet. "I'm not very hungry, but Foxpaw's favorite food is voles. Could I save this for him?"

"Sure. Can you smell them yet?"

I took a deep sniff of the air around me and my ears perked. I could easily smell Cinderpaw and Foxpaw, and the rest of the gang. When I caught an unfamiliar scent I realized that they had brought their leader, too. Graystar split off with Tallstar, and left me and the apprentices alone.

"Hi! Nice to see you, I caught you a vole." I pushed my vole towards them with my nose, and Cinderpaw's mouth opened slightly but she didn't speak.

"Wow! Thanks! You must hunt pretty well if you can share prey," Foxpaw replied, gratefully. He dug in then, and I wasn't sure if I should keep talking or wait for him to be done. Luckily, he finished his meal in a few bites.

"Well, it's proper to bring some prey to a meeting, and I knew it was your favorite. How did you convince Tallstar to come?"

Snowpaw interjected then, and I jumped a little since I hadn't smelled him. "We were going to ask the same thing! Tallstar was pretty happy to come. since we could always use good allies. He seemed very happy about your plan to possibly merge."

"Graystar was happy too! He just made sure I had Flowerfur's permission and then said we could go. Oh, they're calling for us, let's go." We walked off in a pack, and I found myself between two cats. I was pretty happy with my position, since I was only one cat but they still seemed to consider me the gang's equal. We got to where Tallstar and Graystar we talking and they both turned to me.

"Silverpaw, I hear you have some big plans for the Clans. Could you go into detail?"

"Well, I was hoping we could be really close. Not quite merged, but like it. We would still have our own camps and our borders would still be there, but we could cross when needed. Or if one of us had a particularly hard leafbare, maybe the other would share their territory for hunting. And we could exchange berries and hunting and fighting skills. So we would still keep our Clan names and camps, but we'd be really close and both of us would be a lot wiser."

"Well, I like it," Tallstar announced. "I'm actually a bit surprised that an apprentice could come up with such a plan. What do you think, Graystar?"

"I like it too. I think it would work. We'd have to work out a few details, but it should be doable. First off, let's have you and I, as well as Silverpaw and Foxpaw, Cinderpaw, Snowpaw, and Cloudpaw be able to walk around freely, even during good times. That way we could discuss things more easily, and the apprentices could be friends and possibly intertwine our Clans even more. I already have my Clan's approval, by the way. They liked the idea of meeting up. I told them early today, while Silverpaw was still sleeping."

"That makes sense to me. WindClan approves, too. I told them last night, while we were awake. Let's meet here again at the half-moon, to further discuss our plans. Until then, you can travel if we can."

"All right! Thank you for meeting with us today. May StarClan light your path."

Graystar and I started walking back to camp, but the gang stopped us. "Thanks again for the prey. Bye Silverpaw!"

"Bye, all of you. Would you mind if I called you 'The Gang'?"

"That's actually a cool title. Sure!"

"All right! Bye Gang!" Then we walked back to camp without any more interruptions. I got a little bit hungry on the way back, but I didn't want to stop to hunt and Graystar didn't make me, so we didn't. When we did get back the moon was almost out, and I simply plopped into my den, ready to tell Flowerfur about the day tomorrow.

Sorry if this is too long, but it seemed too short otherwise so I did this.