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Chapter 20: Excitement

POV: Edward
(Two weeks later)

Today is the day! My first gathering! I was so excited when Firestar told me yesterday that I couldn't sleep. Even now I was picking through my breakfast, too excited to eat.

Dovepaw was coming with me! Ivypaw, Cinderheart, Dustpelt, Thornclaw, Brackenfur, Hazeltail, and Lionblaze were also coming along. Of course Firestar and Brambleclaw were going too. But the gathering was at night, I have a whole DAY to wait!

I have been practicing my alchemy in that little clearing lately. During which I figured out that I loose energy faster when doing transmutations. In my human body, I was stronger and had more power stamina.

But as a cat I have less strength to transmute. However, this cat body adds a ton of speed where the power is lost. Its not a benefit for alchemy, but still a useful trait. As a result I can't transmute big things when I have had lack of sleep or less prey. But if I concentrate and have a healthy amount of sleep and energy, I can transmute something the size of a big oak tree. Which is massive compared to a cat.

Anyway,

I abandoned the mouse I was picking at and walked over to my mentor. She was speaking to Brableclaw about border patrols or something.

"Icecloud?" I called when she stopped speaking.

She turned her head to look at me. "Yes Metalpaw? What is it?" the white cat responded.

"Do you think I could go out by myself and hunt?" I asked, shuffling my paws.

Icecloud looked at Brambleclaw for permission, who nodded. "Sure. But remember to be back after sunhigh. That's when we head out." the deputy said.

"Thanks!" I called as I padded away to the camp entrance.

My paws made no sound as I strolled through the forest. I watched the leaves rustle in the wind, just enjoying a simple walk. I wasn't going to hunt just yet, I just wanted a way to pass the time!

I was headed towards the Windclan border. The trees were already thinning out, time really flies when your enjoying something. I wasn't going to trespass on their territory, I was just exploring.

The windy rolling hills soon came into view. I stopped and sat five tail-lengths from the border. The breeze brought the smell of rabbits and grass from the plains.

I stared up at the sky, you could see the entire sky out here! In Thunderclan the trees block the whole sky from view, only patches of blue dapple the forest canopy.

I a suddenly caught a whiff of fresh Windclan scent, must be a passing patrol. I heard pawsteps coming from the other side of the border and a group of cats walked out of some tall grass. They were skinnier than Thunderclan cats, and had longer legs and tails.

I waved my paw at the passing cats, trying to say hello. They glanced at me, looking confused as to why this weird cat was flailing it's paw in the air. I remembered that cats don't use their paws like that, but I'm gonna do it anyway.

The Windclan cats suddenly looked surprised and a little appalled. They had spotted my automail. News travels fairly fast between the clans, but Windclan had only heard that Thunderclan had a new member. They now know that this new cat is a bit different.

The leader of the Windclan patrol, a dark brown she-cat, flicked her tail. The three other cats responded by speeding up, trying to quickly pass by.

But one cat was slower than the rest, a grey short haired warrior with brownish-ginger colored front paws. He watched me curiously, even after his patrol was farther ahead.

The warrior looked down at one of his red-brown paws, then glanced back at me. The cat smiled warmly and mimicked my action, waving one of his forelegs in the air.

"This cat seems nice!" I thought as I laughed from my side of the border and returned the cat's gesture.

The patrol leader shouted something inaudible at the grey cat. He frowned and looked in the direction of the she-cat. The warrior sighed and glanced at me, I smiled and flicked my tail towards the patrol leader. The cat smiled back and trotted over to meet up with his border patrol.