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Winged: Chapter 5: First Gathering

Hazefeather sat sleepily beside her brother, Flightwing, as she watched the dawn light rise. They were in their vigil, which in her mind, felt like the longest night ever. She glanced around the camp, trying to spot any waking warriors. How long do I have to stay like this? She thought. As if reading her mind, the ThunderClan leader, Firestar, padded out of his den.

"Good morning, young warriors." He said, yawning. Hazefeather and Flightwing dipped their heads, not knowing whether to speak or not. Firestar purred at them. "You may speak now." "Thank you, Firestar." Hazefeather said, groggily. "You two may rest. I will send Graystripe to wake you before sun-fall."

Flightwing dipped his head. "Thank you, again, Firestar." The two groggily slumped over to the apprentices den. "You two," Firestar called, amusedly. "You sleep in the warriors den, now. Remember?" "Oh, yes! Sorry." Hazefeather purred.

They peered in their new den, trying to spot unoccupied nests. Skyfeather, their mother, popped her head up. "Looking for nests?" They nodded, sleepily. She flicked her tail. "These nests are free," Dipping their heads at their mother, they slumped into their new nests. "Good night, Flightwing." Hazefeather whispered.

"Good night," He whispered back, curling his tail over his nose. Hazefeather fell into a deep sleep. It was a strange dream she was in. She was staring at a blue-gray she-cat with an orange splotch on her head. "Welcome, young warrior." The cat called. "Hi!" She mewed, friendly-like. Hazefeather was always one to be friendly.

The she-cat purred. "That was a long night, hm?" "Yes, it quite was. Who are you?" The she-cat stared at her. "I am Fireblossom." Hazefeather dipped her head. "Hello, Fireblossom. I am-" "Hazefeather," The she-cat finished. Hazefeather tilted her head. "How.. do you know my name..?"

Fireblossom purred. "I have watched over you for moons, Hazefeather." Her eyes suddenly grew wider. "Your a StarClan cat!" Fireblossom shrugged it off. "I guess you could say that," "Wow! I've.. I've never met a StarClan cat before!" Fireblossom rolled her eyes, irritably.

"Enough about that. You must go now, but you will see me again." Hazefeather nodded. "How soon?" "Sooner than you think," The StarClan cat faded. Hazefeather felt something prod her in the side. She irritably pawed it away. "Hazefeather, wake up! You've slept long enough," She woke up to see her old mentor, Graystripe.

"Its sun-fall, and you need to wake up. Firestar is making an announcement." She got up from her nest, all energy flowing back in. Graystripe led her out of the warriors den to see Firestar on the high-ledge. "Now, everyone knows that tonight is the night of the full moon." She heard Firestar start. "And we will bring lots of warriors."

She froze. Will Firestar bring Flightwing and I to the Gathering? Hazefeather thought. "I will be bringing Foxpaw, Icepaw, Lionblaze, Mousewhisker, Dustpelt, Sandstorm, Honeyfern, Cinderheart, Berrynose, Flightwing and Hazefeather."

Night fell quickly, as Firestar gathered the patrol. Brambleclaw paused. "Is everyone here?" All the cats nodded. They set off through the forest, and past WindClan territory. As they drew closer to the bridge, Hazefeather could sent WindClan and RiverClan already there.

"ShadowClan's late," Firestar murmured to Brambleclaw. The brown-and-black striped tom nodded. Hazefeather looked at her brother, to see he was chatting with Lionblaze. Hazefeather, not caring to listen, padded across the tree-bridge. She looked around the island, spotting all the Clan cats.

I guess I should talk to someone. She thought. She spotted a small, ice-colored she-cat that was close by. She padded over, and noticed that the she-cat was WindClan. "Hi!" Hazefeather said. The she-cat smiled. "Hello!" "I'm Hazefeather, whats your name?" "I'm Iceflurry, and this is my brother, Wolfmoon." She said, flicking her tail at the brown-colored tom.

"Nice to meet you." "Same to you," Iceflurry said. "So, is this your first gathering as a warrior?" Asked Wolfmoon. "Yeah, is it yours too?" Iceflurry's eyes glowed. "This is both of our first gatherings as warriors." "Thats cool!"

Hazefeather chatted with the two WindClan cats, seeing that they were now friends. "Wolfmoon," Hazefeather commented. "You look sort-of similar to my brother, Flightwing." Wolfmoon purred. "What does he look like?" Hazefeather glanced around. "Hang on, I'll find him-"

Before Hazefeather could search for Flightwing, Onestar, WindClan's leader, spoke. "Welcome to the Gathering, Clan cats!" He mewed. "ShadowClan has shown up now, so lets begin the Gathering." Onestar flicked his tail for Firestar to go first. Firestar, stepping forward, cleared his voice.

"ThunderClan has been doing well lately. The prey has been running well, and all our cats are well-fed. We have also made two new warriors!" ThunderClan yowled, approvingly. "Hazefeather and Flightwing are our new warriors." The Clans cheered for them until Firestar hushed them. "We have nothing else to say. Mistystar, would you like to go, now?"

Mistystar flicked her tail, and stepped forward. "RiverClan has been doing well, also. We also have two new cats." RiverClan yowled. "Spottedpelt, is our new medicine cat, along with her sister, Dapplesong as a warrior." The Clans cheered their names, and Mistystar hushed them.

She flicked her tail for Blackstar to go. "Thank you, Mistystar." He started. "ShadowClan has been doing well. We've had no sign of Twolegs in moons, and we have also made new warriors!" ShadowClan cheered. "Snakefang and Embershade have been made into our newest warriors."

All the Clans cheered on their names. "Onestar, you can wrap things up." Blackstar said. Onestar stepped forward. "WindClan has done well, and we have had plenty of prey to fill bellies. Just like the other three Clans, we have new warriors, too. Wolfmoon and Iceflurry are the newest additions to the Clan."

The Clans yowled them on, and Firestar hushed them, again. "Looks like we all have eight new warriors, and we are all doing our best. This Gathering is over." The Clans started to group back together and leave. Hazefeather ran after Wolfmoon and Iceflurry. "Goodbye, guys! Hopefully we will meet again."

Wolfmoon and Iceflurry nodded back, nicely, and left. Hazefeather regrouped with ThunderClan, and padded back to camp. As much energy as she had, she had to admit she was sleepy. She slumped into her nest, and soon fell asleep.

"Welcome back, Hazefeather." Fireblossom called.

OOOH! Cliffy (sorta). What will Fireblossom and Hazefeather do? Is Fireblossom really from StarClan? Wolfmoon, Iceflurry and Hazefeather are friends, so what happens now!?

I hope you guys enjoyed, and will review, as well. This was a fun chapter to write, and I hope you liked it, too!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, FREAKS! (Just kidding, I luf you guys)

~Dovey