The full moon climbed up the night sky, the objects below were hinted silver, white, and light brown from its rays. Dark clouds blanketed lightly around it, becoming a dusky brown. As one of those clouds shifted slightly, cats' eyes then illuminated through the darkness.
Palepaw stretched each paw forward with a graceful stance, he bounded in long strides, in a desperate attempt to catch up to the warriors, his mentor, Shadowtalon, lurked ahead and was unseen in the jostle of cats. He flattened his ears against his head as rough winds seeped through the clouds. The gathering place was only a few tree-lengths away. His paws ached from the continuous runs, so he finally sunk back into a light walk, his paws placed closely together as he was unsure of this new envirment. The spruce and fir trees were well away, and now an unkown sensation of oak sap fulfilled the lost scents of pines. Finally, the clearing came into view, the large hollow was basked in moonlight, the hard cold stone that surrounded it silver, the vulnerable sides of the oaks and birches reflected a gold. The moon appeared directly above it, the leaves on the treetops tipped silver. Many figures appeared among the roots of the trees. Soon patterns of gold, gray, and brown took shape among the pelts. Palepaw set his paws into the warm sand, providing as the floor of the hollow. The cats were all set in groups, Falconflight and Graywing sat near a group of warriors, they looked well introduced, for they didn't hesitate to talk. He scimmed his eyes through the dense forest of cats, his red-pink optics searching curiously. He easily plowed through the glistening camp, his strange eyes glancing over the layer of pelts surrounding the clearing.
A lean tom spyed him, he was a light brown tabby with a white underbelly. The tom stood before him his amber eyes eyeing him curiously, "So your one of the new apprentices that rumors Mountainpride sound pleased to announce?" Palepaw nodded his head lightly, not sure if he should speak, "Yes. I'm Palepaw, the other's my brother, Darkpaw." He muttered through his teeth his broad shoulders tensing. The tabby glanced at the young apprentice, and nodded gently. The tom bent over putting his eyes in contact with the apprentice. "I'm Leafshadow, a warrior of Treepride." Palepaw smirked his teeth shown slightly, "Warrior? Your kidding me those small, relaxed shoulders, that thin body!" A low chuckle escaped Palepaw's jaws. Leafshadow stepped back his ears twitching at the insult, he pulled his teeth back in a snarl, and then relaxed, "You may think that now, but I can beat you within a second, your unexperienced. Plus that attitude, it'll be your death." He shuddered at the brown tom's accusation, and swirled around walking away from the tom. He padded towards the other apprentices, he kept his head high in an attempt to appear superior, though his age. The other apprentices was a small red she-cat, a light gray she-cat about the same age but slightly bigger than the other, then there was a russet-red tom with a black paws and stomach. He bowed his head to the other apprentices as he spoke, "I'm Palepaw." The red she-cat inclined her head, white tipped tail laying over her paws, "I'm Foxpaw, Treepride's medicine cat apprentice." The tom cat glanced at Palepaw crossly, "I'm Adderpaw, and this over here is Forestpaw." He pointed his tail at the gray she-cat, she glared at the tom cat as she claimed, "I think I can say my own name." Forestpaw and Adderpaw glared each other angrily. Palepaw guessed the reason easily, siblings.
The leaders climbed the high rock where all gatherings where announced, a long-legged golden tabby tom sat next to Silvermoon, his amber gaze glancing over the pride cats. He cleared his throat and echoed his voice among the shining hollow, "Treepride's fairing well, the disasterous sickness has passed, but it has taken lives, beloved Thistlethorn, one of our elders, passes due to this tragedy."
His voice rung through the cats, "But, Whitetip managed to make it through, though she was unable to attend the gathering due to where her illness left her. I have great news, last night out medicine cat apprentice recieved word from Starclan!" The eyes below glimmered with relief and wonder. Foxpaw lifted her head proudly. "The prey has gone well, and a quantity of catmint has started to grow near the stream," The golden tom turned his optics to Copperstone, the Mountainpride medicine cat. "I'm giving you permission to cross into our territory, everyone needs it when leaf-bare is so close to arriving." Copperstone nodded his ginger head gratefully, "Thank you, I'll use it well, Tallmoon." Tallmoon nodded, and turned his head to Silvermoon, in signal for her to tell her share. She nodded to the elderly tom as she lifted her head, her blue optics glancing among the cats. "Mountainpride thankfully, evaded the tragedy that struck Treepride, our prey isn't plentiful as I would like to say, but more than enough to support us until new-leaf." She spyed Darkpaw and Palepaw, inclining her head towards them, pointing them out, "These are our new apprentices, Palepaw and Darkpaw, they will be honored warriors. They will have their father's strength and their mother's will."
She backed down, signaling the meetings end. The prides parted and followed their leaders back to the territories.