Here's the next chapter. Leafpool might die, but someone will try and save her. Read and review!
"Graystripe? Have you come to take me to StarClan?" Leafpool whispered as she looked into the shining light that was piercing her eyes. In it she saw a gray cat surrounded by starlight.
"No, Leafpool, it's me, Crowfeather," the gray cat told her, though his voice was faint.
"Crowfeather?" Leafpool whispered, her voice like a soft wind.
"Yes, I'll come help you. I'll take you to your clan," Crowfeather told the young medicine cat.
"Leafpool! Where are you?" a voice so loud, so irritating, it could only be Squirrelflight's. Crowfeather winced.
"She's over here," he sighed. The orange she-cat burst through the bushes like a bullet.
"What happened to her? And why were you here?" Squirrelflight asked with tears welling in her eyes.
"I think she broke her leg badly, and I just had a feeling to come here," Crowfeather squirmed in his place, he couldn't explain why he had come to this spot. He had felt like someone was in trouble.
"Well, thank you," Squirrelflight grudgingly thanked the WindClan warrior. "I'll take her back home."
"Good-bye Leafpool," Crowfeather said, as he looked at his beloved mate one last time.
"Leafpool, it's me, your sister. I'm going to take you home," Squirrelflight used a gentle tone that she only used with the cats she truly loved.
"How did you know I was there?" Leafpool groaned in pain.
"I felt like my leg was broken and I started to search everywhere for you," Squirrelflight reminded the medicine cat about their bond as sisters. "Now, come on let's get home. I had to tell Firestar a story about where you were."
The two sisters started home. But for Leafpool, every step felt like her leg was on fire, again and again. The journey back to camp was worse then the journey to there new homes. Squirrelflight kept looking at her sister worriedly, and tried to help her but the tabby refused to take any help. Finally, after for what seemed like hours, they reached the ThunderClan camp.
"Leafpool! What happened?" Firestar cried out as soon as the got into the camp.
"I broke my leg," she muttered.
"Gathering herbs?" he was astonished.
"Yes, I stumbled on a rock and fell on my leg and heard a huge crack," Leafpool told her father the lie.
"Fine, but go to Cinderpelt, you'll probably have to stay immobile for a while," Firestar was worried about his daughter.
Rainpaw ran up, "What happened to Leafpool?" Her eyes were shining with worry.
"She broke her leg, but she'll be fine," Squirrelflight assured her daughter. "I hope," she thought. Rainpaw still didn't look convinced. But before she decided to voice her worries, Firestar called a clan meeting.
"The cats that will go to the Gathering are Brackenfur, Cinderpelt, Squirrelflight, Rainpaw, Birchpaw, Brambleclaw, Rainwhisker, Dustpelt, and Sandstorm," Firestar said to the clan. He jumped down and went into his den to discuss something with Brackenfur, Cinderpelt, and Sandstorm. He emerged a few minutes later, his emerald green eyes clouded with worry or fear.
"Come ThunderClan cats," he led his group to the gathering island.
"Hello, Onestar," Firestar commented as he went through WindClan territory to pass.
"Hello, you are welcome to walk with us if you like," Onestar told the ThunderClan cats.
"Thank you Onestar," Firestar dipped his head in respect to the WindClan leader. Squirrelflight walked over to Crowfeather with her daughter at her side, bouncing with nervousness and happiness.
"This is Crowfeather, he was one of the cats I went on the Sundrown journey with," Squirrelflight introduced the gray cat to her daughter.
Rainpaw looked at the Windclan warrior with awe, "Were you really just an apprentice when you went on the journey?"
Crowfeather smiled down on the young, eager apprentice, "Yes, just like you."
Rainpaw squealed with delight then ran off to go tell Birchpaw who she met.
"She is just like you," Crowfeather chuckled.
"Yeah, I know. I just want to apologize for snapping at you when I found Leafpool. I was really worried and I thought I was going to lose my best friend and sister," Squirrelflight looked at the ground, embarrassed by her sincere apology.
"Don't worry, I was just as worried as you about Leafpool," Crowfeather accepted her apology with a smile. Then, they saw the island, with throngs of cats on it.
"Let's go to the Gathering," Crowfeather said and dashed off to the island. Squirrelflight thought of Stormfur and ran off with him.
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Sunpaw looked around at all of the great warriors from other clans. He was in awe of their huge size and scars from earlier battles. He heard Russestfur and Swallowtail talking about the BloodClan battle. Then, he saw apprentices from other clans and ran over.
"Hello, I'm Birchpaw, what's your name?" one apprentice, probably from ThunderClan asked him.
"I'm Sunpaw from RiverClan," he answered.
"This is Marshpaw, Applepaw, and Toadpaw from ShadowClan, and Rainpaw from ThunderClan," Birchpaw made all the introductions. It looked as if Birchpaw was very close with the ShadowClan apprentices so he went over to Rainpaw.
"Hello," he said shyly.
"Hi" Rainpaw smiled at the RiverClan cat with warmth. "Is this your first Gathering, it's mine."
"Yeah," Sunpaw replied. For some odd reason, he felt a little shy around this ThunderClan cat. Like he knew her from somewhere but didn't want to say, for fear she might think he was mad. Rainpaw smiled again, and watched the trees, to see the leaders climb up.
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"Hello Stormfur," Squirrelflight whispered behind his back.
Stormfur whirled around but relaxed when he saw who it was, "Hey, how is Rainpaw doing?"
"She's fine, what about Sunpaw?"
"He's doing great." The two lovers twirled their tails around each others and purred. They stayed like this until the leaders called the Gathering to start.
"I would like to speak first," Blackstar said, narrowing his eyes to slits as he glanced at Firestar. "ThunderClan has been stealing prey from us. I have found bones of prey near the border."
Firestar's eyes slitted down also and he hissed, his fur bristling with anger, "ThunderClan has not been stealing prey from you, or leaving our prey's remains on your side of the border."
"You lie!" Blackstar howled.
"I believe you Blackstar, in our old home, I think a ThunderClan apprentice had been stealing fish from our slowly dwindling river," Leopardstar went over and sat next to Blackstar.
"Well, we know who WindClan will believe, they wouldn't dare get on ThunderClan's bad side," Blackstar taunted Onestar.
Onestar looked at the ShadowClan leader with such hatred Squirrelflight thought the flesh would melt of his face.
"I am not going to get into this mess. It's no problem of WindClan's and I don't want to make it a problem of ours," Onestar spoke, surprising everyone that had attended the Gathering. For a few minutes there was dead silence.
Then, Blackstar spoke up again, "This cannot be resolved right now, we will discuss this another time Firestar."
"Fine, but ThunderClan has not been stealing your prey!" Firestar shouted at him. Then, lightning struck across the moon and it started to rain.
"This meeting is over, by the power of StarClan," Leopardstar yowled, then flounced down and ordered her clan to follow.
Rainpaw just glared at Sunpaw then walked over to Firestar. Sunpaw felt a sinking feeling in his stomach and walked over to his clan.
This story is getting much closer to the end. Next chapter, two apprentices will become warriors. Please read and review!