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Now presenting Chapter 20!

Darkpool

Darkpool headed into the Windclan camp with her hunting patrol. The cats had a very successful hunt. Larkwing had a rabbit in his jaws, Hawkpaw caught a couple baby voles, Heathertail was carrying a large squirrel, Shadeclaw also had a rabbit, and Darkpool had a thrush.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath tall rock!" Crowstar yowled.

Darkpool quickly disposed of her thrush onto the fresh-kill pile before joining her mother under tall rock.

"As you all know tonight is the gathering and the cats who are coming are: Darkpool, Leafstorm, Shadeclaw, Sleekflight, Hootflight, Hawkpaw, Wolfpaw, Larkwing, Silvermoon and Crouchfoot," Crowstar meowed.

"The cats who aren't going, organize some patrols and split the territory between each other. The rest of you go eat and rest, we will leave at sunset," Crowstar ordered.

The cats went their separate ways, some getting patrols ready and others eating. Darkpool went to the fresh-kill pile and picked out a large vole. She settled down next to Wolfpaw. Wolfpaw was Darkpool's best friend when she was an apprentice. The dark grey she cat was gnawing on a thrush wing. Sleekflight joined them with a small rabbit.

"How is training going?" Sleekflight asked the apprentice.

"Its going great! Leaftail said that I should be ready for my assessment in a couple moons!" Wolfpaw meowed.

" Can I eat with you guys? " a gray tom asked.

"Of course!" Darkpool made room on the grass for Hawkpaw.

"I hope Deerpaw is there!" Wolfpaw said with a mouthful of mice.

"Who's Deerpaw?" Sleekflight asked. Darkpool detected a bit of jealousy in his growl.

"Deerpaw is a Skyclan cat. He tells really funny stories about falling out of trees and running into bee hives," Wolfpaw answered .

"Deerpaw is always boasting about something stupid. I want to meet Lionblaze. They say he is the bravest and strongest cat in all the clans!" Hawkpaw meowed.

"Lionblaze is my brother," Darkpool told the apprentices.

"Really?" Wolfpaw breathed.

Sleekflight nodded, " Yeah. He is from an earlier litter, he and Jayfeather and their sister -Hollyleaf- was born when Leafpool lived in Thunderclan. "

The four cats finished their prey and waited for Crowstar and the other cats by the entrance of the camp.

Leafstorm

Leafstorm wove his way between some Riverclan and Thunderclan cats. He stopped when he thought he saw a familiar cat. The she cat was black with amber eyes, Leafstorm shook his head. His eyes were deceiving him.

*I thought I saw Nightcloud! But what would she be doing here at a gathering?* He thought.

Leafstorm shrugged his shoulders and left with one last glance over his shoulder at the cat he thought was Nightcloud.

Leafstorm stopped beside a pretty Riverclan she cat. He talked to her the last gathering, her name was Willowsong. She was a gray almost white cat with green eyes.

"Hello Willowsong," Leafstorm meowed.

Willowsong turned around, " Oh Hello Leafpaw! " she cheerfully meowed.

"Its actually..." Leafstorm was cut off at Reedstar's summons.

"Let the gathering begin!"

Leafstorm sat beside his friend and gazed up at the leaders intently.

"Leafstar, would you like to start this gathering?" Reedstar asked the Skyclan leader.

Leafstar dipped her head and stood up on her branch, "Skyclan is thriving! Sheepheart have birth to Appleclaw's kits! There are two kits both females named Yewkit and Grasskit!"

Leafstorm saw Appleclaw puffing his chest out proudly.

"And Graywhisker has decided to live the rest of his life as an elder," Leafstar announced.

"Graywhisker, Graywhisker, Graywhisker!" The clan cats cheered.

Leafstar dipped her head to Crowstar before sitting down on her branch. Crowstar stepped forward, his amber eyes gleaming with pride for what he was about to announce.

"Darkpaw, Leafpaw, Shadepaw, Silverpaw, Sleekpaw have become warriors! There names are now: Darkpool, Leafstorm, Shadeclaw, Silvermoon, and Sleekflight!"

" Darkpool! Leafstorm! Shadeclaw! Silvermoon! Sleekflight! " All the clans cheered.

Willowsong nudged Leafstorm, "Nice name and congratulations!" She meowed.

Darkpool held her head high, Leafstorm tried to be like Darkpool and keep his head high, Shadeclaw and Sleekflight puffed our their chests and Silvermoon just licked her chest due to embarrassment.

"We should be expecting kits soon," Crowstar's eyes lit up with mischief. "Silvermoon is now mates with Shadeclaw!"

Silvermoon stared at her father while Shadeclaw lowered his head. Lionblaze was right next to him and nudged him. Lionblaze then whispered something in the other tom's ear causing Shadeclaw to looked frightened. Shadeclaw nodded then turned his attention to the leaders.

With a nod from Crowstar, Reedstar stepped forward.

"We also have a warrior that you couldn't meet last gathering because he was sitting vigal but he is here tonight... Thicketwhisker!"

Leafstorm looked at the cats and saw a grayish blackish tom with light green eyes holding his head up high.

"Thicketwhisker! Thicketwhisker! Thicketwhisker!"

"We don't have any kits but the nursery won't be empty for long because Streamheart is expecting Beetlepelt's kits!"

Tigerstar stepped forward, "Tigerpetal is expecting Sandleaf's kits!"

Leafstorm shivered as he thought of the crazy blackish brownish Shadowclan tom.

Tigerstar's voice dropped to a soft growl, "Leafstar would you like explain why your warriors were found hunting on my territory?"

Leafstar looked shocked at the Shadowclan leader, "That squirrel came from Skyclan territory and was only caught on your side because it was rightfully ours!" She snarled.

" How could you warriors not recognized the boundary? "

"Maybe because it was very very faint! I sniffed it myself!"

"Stop fighting!" Willowshine meowed. The Riverclan medicine cat was staring up at the sky as clouds covered the top of the moon.

The leaders stopped quarreling at once.

"Leafstar, how about you give Tigerstar a squirrel that made up the one you killed on his territory," Mothwing suggested.

Leafstar tilted her head to the side, "Fine, only because that it seems Starclan agrees."

"We also have some new apprentices in Thunderclan! Petalpaw, Mistpaw, Heartpaw, and Sunpaw! They are all training to be warriors!" Bramblestar announced.

"Petalpaw! Mistpaw! Heartpaw! Sunpaw!"

Petalpaw had circle shapes on her white pelt that looked like petals, Mistpaw had a blueish grayish pelt, Heartpaw had a large heart-shape on her gray pelt on her right eye, and Sunpaw was big for an apprentice, his golden fur shone in the moonlight.

"After serving many moons and giving Thunderclan lots of kits Cloudtail and Broghtheart are now retiring to the elder's den," Bramblestar added.

" Cloudtail! Brightheart! Cloudtail! Brightheart! " All the cats cheered. Every cat loved that couple and their wonderful kits they had given to the clans.

"Well if no cat has anything else to say I proclaim this gathering over!" Tigerstar meowed.

Leafstorm meowed a quick goodbye to Willowsong before heading off.

Sleekflight

"What did Lionblaze say to you?" Sleekflight asked Shadeclaw. Sleekflight had seen Lionblaze whisper something into Shadeclaw's ear after Crowstar announced that Silvermoon should be expecting kits soon.

"He just said that if I hurt Silvermoon he will come and rearrange my face," Shadeclaw answered looking around to it Lionblaze was going to carry out his threat right then and there.

"Lionblaze won't do that! Thrust me!" Sleekflight reassured the worried tom.

Shadeclaw nodded and went to talk to some other warriors before Windclan left for the night.

Sleekflight bumped into Wolfpaw.

"Sorry," he muttered.

" Sleekflight! Meet Deerpaw! " she pointed with her tail at a brown tabby tom.

"Hello!" Deerpaw meowed. "You must be Sleekflight! Wolfpaw has told me lots about you!"

" Nice to meet you! " Sleekflight meowed taking an instant liking to this tom. He was proud that Wolfpaw talked about him to other cats.

"Windclan! We're leaving!" Crowstar yowled over the voices of the clans.

Wolfpaw meowed a quick goodbye and walked beside Sleekflight, their due brushing each other. Sleekflight stepped a little closer to the she cat. Wolfpaw and Sleekflight stayed like that before Hawkpaw called his sister from his place beside Darkpool. Wolfpaw flicked her tail at Sleekflight before racing ahead.

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~Silvermist