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Shimmerpaw shrieked as she slipped into the lake. She heard Ravenpaw call her name.

"Help!" She called just before her head went under.

She twisted around as she sank, losing her sense of direction.

Help...

After a few more moments her lungs started burning for air. Just before she took a breath of water, she realised someone had grabbed her and was dragging her back to the surface. Shimmerpaw could see the moon's light through the water now.

She coughed and gasped as her head broke the surface.

The cat who had brought her to the surface pulled her towards the shore on the gathering island.

"Thank you." She gasped after catching her breath.

"No problem. Even as a so called 'rogue' I can't just sit back and watch a cat die."

"You're a rogue?" Shimmerpaw asked, looking up at him.

He was young. Maybe her age, or a bit older. He was light grey with black paws, white patches and shining green eyes.

"Yes oh mighty clan cat. I am just a lowly rogue." He said, laughing slightly. "So whats your name?"

"My name is Shimmerpaw. What's yours?"

"My name is Storm. Fits me, huh? Powerful, mysterious, handsome." He said, puffing out his chest. He looked too fluffy, even as he was wet, and too well fed to be a rogue. Some of the fur around his neck was flattened, as if he had worn a collar at some point.

Shimmerpaw tilted her head.

"Are you a kittypet?" She asked.

His eyes widened. "Well, I used to be. Not anymore. That life is not for me. My father is a kittypet, so are littermates, Patches and Ruby. But my mother is a wild cat." He said, clearly proud of his half wild cat heritage.

"What kind of wild cat? A clan cat? Or a rogue?"

"Well, you would say rogue, but she calls herself a loner. Her name is Lichen. She says rogues cause trouble, but loners stay out of other cat's business." He explained.

"That makes sense." She murmured. After a few moments she realised that they were staring at each other. Shimmerpaw shook herself, "Well, I should get going now, but it was nice meeting you."

"And you, mighty clan cat." He said, dipping his head in mock respect.

They both smiled.

Shimmerpaw looked at him one more time as he leapt back into the lake and swam gracefully to the lake shore. He looked back as well and their eyes met. Shimmerpaw smiled before proceeding to the gathering.

Shimmerpaw ran through the throng of unfamiliar cats toward the tree bridge.

Ravenpaw was sitting there, looking out into the lake frantically.

"Ravenpaw!" She called. Ravenpaw swung around, her face lighting up as she saw it was Shimmerpaw.

"Shimmerpaw! Are you okay?" She asked worriedly as she ran up.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I only fell in the lake. It takes a lot more than that to hurt me!"

"Ha. Yeah, sure. So how did you get out of the lake?" Ravenpaw asked.

"I..." For some reason, Shimmerpaw didn't want to mention Storm to Ravenpaw. "I swam."

"Sure you did." Ravenpaw rolled her eyes.

"Well, I was washed up to the shore and I swam the rest of the way."

"You mean 'waded' the rest of the way."

"Yeah."

"Okay, well, I'm going to go talk to other cats. You should, too. Try to find weaknesses and possible allies." Ravenpaw said, her gaze skipping across the clearing.

"Umm... Okay, I guess." Shimmerpaw said awkwardly as her sister padded towards a group of WindClan and Thunderclan apprentices. Shimmerpaw didn't want to think about battles and war now. She just wanted to talk to some cat. Maybe make a new friend.

Shimmerpaw wandered around, looking for apprentices. She saw Sleetpaw chatting with a silver and white speckled ShadowClan she cat. Shimmerpaw tilted her head. Something about her seemed familiar.

Suddenly something- or someone - crashed into Shimmerpaw.

"Hey!" She yelped as she slammed into the ground.

"Sorry! Sorry, I didn't see you there!" It was another ShadowClan apprentice. She was a light grey speckled she cat with light blue eyes.

"My names Mistypaw." She said, helping Shimmerpaw up.

"I'm Shimmerpaw."

Two more Shadowclan apprentices, a copper brown tabby tom with golden speckles and dark green eyes and a light brown she cat with dark brown eyes, came running up. The tom skidded to a stop and the she cat crashed into him, knocking them both over.

Shimmerpaw and Mistypaw snickered.

"Are all ShadowClan apprentices this clumsy?" She asked, still laughing slightly.

"Sure looks like it." The brown she cat mewed, rolling her eyes.

"Correction." Stated the tom. "ShadowClan she cats are clumsy. As my sisters have both proved just now.

The brown she cat shoved him, but they were both smiling now.

"I'm Otterpaw," said the brown she cat, "And this is my arrogant brother, Flickerpaw."

"I am not arrogant." Flickerpaw said indignantly twitching his tail.

Both of his sisters just shook their heads.

"Rude." He muttered, ears flattening.

Then he straightened, looking behind Shimmerpaw. "You should meet our other sister!" He said.

Shimmerpaw glanced up for a second.

The ShadowClan leader, Sparrowstar, stood and opened his mouth.

"Let the-"

"Dewpaw! Over here!" Flickerpaw yowled. Then he froze and looked over at the clans and leaders, eyes wide. Everyone was staring at him.

Sparrowstar, Deerstar and Lilystar were chuckling and Thornstar just looked annoyed.

"I'm sorry Sparrowstar." Flickerpaw called.

"Oh no, Flickerpaw, please continue." Sparrowstar chuckled.

Flickerpaw gave a tentative smile.

"It can wait until later. Sorry for interrupting."

Sparrowstar shook his head.

"It's alright, Flickerpaw, but think and listen before you talk next time, okay?"

"Yes, Sparrowstar." Flickerpaw droned.

"As I was saying, Let the gathering begin!" Sparrowstar yowled.

"ShadowClan has been doing well. We have a new litter of kits, born to Deepflower and Goldear, and we have two new warriors! Ashwhisker and Swiftwing."

As cats called their names, Shimmerpaw looked around, trying to get a glimpse of the new warriors. Swiftwing was a silver and white tabby she cat and Ashwhisker was a grey tabby tom. Swiftwing looked happy, but nervous and Ashwhisker looked very proud, puffing out his chest and smiling at everyone.

"That is all for ShadowClan." Sparrowstar called, stepping back.

Lilystar stood upon her branch, her grey fur shining silver in the moonlight.

"Thunderclan has also been doing fine. Prey is running well and we also have two new warriors. Crowpelt and Shortcall. Also, our Medicine Cat Apprentice has gotten her full name and is now Featherstreak."

The cats all called their names. Crowpelt and Shortcall looked very happy and proud, and Featherstreak was smiling slightly.

Featherkit was a grey and ginger tabby she cat with brown paws, Crowpelt was a black tom and Shortcall was a grey tabby tom.

"Deerstar, you may talk now." Lilystar mewed, sitting down.

"Thank you Lilystar." Deerstar said, standing up.

"Riverclan is wonderful. The fish are plentiful and we have four new apprentices. Ravenpaw, Shimmerpaw, Sleetpaw and Rowanpaw. Rowanpaw is not here tonight, but Ravenpaw, Shimmerpaw and Sleetpaw are."

Every cat turned to look at Shimmerpaw, Sleetpaw and Ravenpaw. Shimmerpaw froze. Ravenpaw and Sleetpaw were smiling. Shimmerpaw decided to do that too. She felt a spark of pride as the cats called her name.

"That is all for Riverclan." Deerstar said, sitting down again.

Thornstar rolled his eyes, his expression saying Finally!

"Windclan is also doing amazingly. We have a new litter of kits, born to Wavedapple and Beechfrost. And rabbits are everywhere. That concludes this gathering. May Starclan light your paths." Thornstar yowled. The four leaders hopped down from the tree to gather their clans and go home.

"Bye Shimmerpaw!" Flickerpaw mewed as he headed towards Sparrowstar and the rest of his clan.

"Yeah, we'd better go too." Otterpaw said, following her brother.

"See you at the next gathering, hopefully." Mistypaw said as she stood up.

"Hopefully. It was nice to meet you." Shimmerpaw said as she stood up as well.

"Goodbye." Mistypaw mewed, walking away.

"Bye." Shimmerpaw answered.

"Shimmerpaw!" Brightwillow called, "It's time to go!"

Shimmerpaw realised that the rest of Riverclan had already left.

"Coming!" She sprinted towards Brightwillow.

We met a lot of new characters in this chapter! Some will be important...

Reviews!

The Moon's Song- Yeah, she's fine. I hope you liked it! :)

Fallentail- ikr? The other clans will be a little involved, not too much, but there are a few things about one of the clans thats going to be important... and I'm glad you finally got out of school. :D

Mintleaf- I have their mates (and maybe kits) planned out. Lol, Rowanpaw might become a little better of a character. But then again, he might not. :)

BlueStormyTiger- Thank you. And one of them won't get a mate. Maybe. I have the general plan for this story, but I still have to work out the details.

Lionfur- Thanks! :D

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