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kuu .mochizuki .3 (it wouldn't let me type in your name correctly) - 1)Thank you! I didn't really expect anyone would find this story interesting. 2) Yes, Wasppaw is an OC. I forgot to mention that in the last chapter.

Clear Water - 1) Yes, I also like these twists on the original series as well. 2) SkyClan and Violet's group are connected. I don't want to reveal too much, but I can say that currently they aren't SkyClan. Violet is the only one in her group that knows about SkyClan. 3) The Gathering will take two chapters, including this one. 4) It can be assured that Firepaw isn't the "pair of green eyes", because of the "fire alone will save the Clans" prophecy.

PheonixRune - Thanks for the review!

Blaze's paws felt like heavy boulders standing in the open clearing. Their group had reached Fourtrees before the other Clans had arrived. She felt a heavy feeling of guilt swamp her heart. We don't have the right to be here… Blaze thought to herself. We only had ThunderClan's approval. How will we explain to the other Clans?

"Blaze. Stop shaking like that. A leaf will knock you over if you keep that up."

Blaze turned to see her grumpy mentor Jayson glaring at her. She gulped. Was he going to snap at her again? She hoped not. Because he was in a horrible mood all day, and she didn't want to experience the worst of it.

Jayson only sighed. "Go talk to Firegaze for a bit. I need to speak to Violet."

"But-" Blaze started to protest. She stopped when she felt Jayson's light blue eyes brimming with anger. "Okay, okay! I'm going!"

Blaze growled to herself as she stalked away from her mentor. I get that he's grumpy in all but...does he have to take it out on me? She soon spotted Firegaze, who was running around in a circle chasing her tail. And my friends call me crazy. Blaze carefully approached Firegaze to avoid getting trampled.

"Firegaze? What are you doing?" Blaze tilted her head in confusion.

Her friend stopped to look at Blaze. "Oh! Just burning off some extra energy." Firegaze briefly stopped in between words to catch her breath. "Do you wanna try, too?"

"Erm...no thank you. I kinda want to save my energy for tomorrow." Blaze stammered. She flicked her tail dismissively. "What do you think those cats will do when they see us?"

"Hmm...I honestly don't know." Firegaze stopped to lick her forepaw. "But the ThunderClan cats won't attack us. As long as they get here first, we'll be fine."

"Now you're sounding like your father." Blaze hissed, hoping that Silverfire wasn't nearby to hear her. He has quite a temper when others call him stupid or lazy, or something along those lines.

Firegaze shrugged her shoulders. "Whatever. We should take our places, though. I think I smell other cats."

Blaze sniffed the air to see that Firegaze was right. Oh no...please let it be ThunderClan that we're smelling…The young healer looked around to see Jayson and Stargaze chatting in what seemed like a deep discussion. I hope they aren't talking about me…

"Blaze! Come here." Blaze heard Jayson yowl. No, no, no, no, no, no, no…

Blaze sighed and padded over to her mentor. She noticed his facial expression was restrained, if he was holding some emotions back. Jayson looked down at his paws as Blaze came closer.

"What's up?" Blaze asked, her voice shaking. I hope he isn't hiding his anger from yesterday…

Stargaze was the one to answer. "We have been talking about your progress as a healer." Blaze gulped. They were going to criticize her awful work, weren't they?

"We both think your ready for the more advanced techniques." Jayson simply meowed. "Unless, of course...you don't think you're ready?"

"W-wow...I was honestly expecting that you were going to scold me about what happened yesterday." Blaze stammered.

"Wait, what happened yesterday?"

Blaze shivered. Wait, Holly didn't tell on her for accidentally giving Ivy parsley instead of borage leaves during her kitting? That's surprising. "Um...nothing. Nothing at all."

Jayson narrowed his eyes. "Then I'm going to ask Holly what happened when we get back."

Stargaze just sighed and shook his head. I doubt he's going to enjoy explaining what happened with Ivy yesterday, either. Blaze avoided Jayson's harsh glare and glanced to see Firegaze chatting to her mentor, Twyla. Firegaze is lucky. At least she got a mentor who doesn't make make her feel ashamed of herself all the time. Blaze pricked her ears to listen into Firegaze and Twyla's conversation.

"...Firegaze, I'm sorry for acting like that earlier today." Twyla whispered. "I just haven't been myself lately."

Firegaze tilted her head. "What do you mean?"

"Something must've came over me...I'm not sure." Twyla shook her head. "But I have been feeling pretty out of it lately."

Blaze's ears pricked in curiosity. She hadn't noticed anything different about Twyla at all. Well, maybe that's because she was more focused dwelling on yesterday's disaster. Either way, Blaze guessed she would be seeing Twyla soon in the healer's den.

"ThunderClan is here!" Violet's yowl broke into Blaze's thoughts.

Blaze turned to see the ThunderClan cats walking into the clearing, some looking hostile and others looking afraid of the strange group of cats. The rest seemed indifferent.

"Ah, Violet! So you were serious when you said your group was joining the Clans." Blaze looked to see a blue gray she cat with a silver tinge around her muzzle.

Violet narrowed her amber eyes. "Of course I was. I didn't walk to the edge of your border for nothing." The she cat's shoulder fur bristled, but she said nothing else. "Anyways Bluestar, when are RiverClan, ShadowClan and WindClan coming?"

Bluestar now looked a little agitated. "They are coming." Wow. Violet's already gotten on her nerves.

Some of the cats behind her had already gone on ahead to find their places among the small crowd. Very few of the cats came up to talk to her group members. One that caught Blaze's eye in particular was a pale tortoiseshell she cat with a long, bushy ginger tail. Blaze padded up to her with unease crawling in her belly. I can do this, I can do this…

"Um, hello?" Blaze whispered loud enough so she could hear. I can't do this.

The she cat turned to face Blaze. "Oh! Hello. What's your name?"

"B-Blaze…?"

A smile spread on the she cat's face. "I'm Wasppaw." Wasppaw noticed Blaze's uneasiness. "There's no need to be so scared! I won't hurt you! And besides, I don't even have the proper training to."

"Wait...are you a medicine cat?" Blaze asked.

Wasppaw nodded her head. "That's right. How do you know what a medicine cat is?"

"Oh. Well when the ThunderClan patrol came, our leader Violet was talking to them in her den. This big tabby told his apprentice, Ravenpaw to stay out of the discussion. Firegaze," Blaze stopped to point her tail tip towards Firegaze. "Introduced us to him. He told us about Clan life, which includes medicine cats."

"Ah. That explains it. I never thought Ravenpaw would actually have the courage to talk to strangers. No offence to you." Wasppaw remarked.

Blaze tilted her head in confusion. "What is Ravenpaw like? I mean, you live with him, so you oughta know."

"Well, to put it bluntly, he's a scaredy-mouse." Wasppaw meowed. "He's constantly frightened, scared and nervous. It gets worse around strangers and Tigerclaw."

"Maybe something bad happened to him?" Blaze mewed.

Wasppaw tilted her head. "Perhaps the Sunningrocks battle frightened him...but he's always been a scaredy-mouse since I've known him."

"I guess you're right." Blaze sighed. I don't know, though...he looks far too frightened to be traumatized from just a battle.

Blaze and Wasppaw sat together in the silence when some angry yowls broke the shared silence.

"What are these rogues doing here?" Blaze turned to see a large dark brown tabby with a broken tail growling at them. She winced. In the name of the stars, why did Violet bring me along with?

Bluestar faced him with a steady gaze. "Brokenstar, their leader Violet has proposed that they want to join the Clans. Since there was a Gathering tonight, I thought it'd be good if all the Clans were here to discuss this matter."

"They don't belong here! They don't have Clan blood!" Brokenstar bellowed. Blaze saw Wasppaw shiver. "And you aren't the leader of my Clan, and I won't allow these rogues to stay here!"

Many cats from behind him yowled in agreement. They unsheathed their claws, their pelts bristling. Suddenly a flash of white fur stepped in between the three groups of cats. Blaze's eyes widened. It was the only mediator at the Gathering, Spiritmask.

Spiritmask's red eyes glittered. "Isn't the Gathering supposed to be a time of peace for you Clan cats? Then why aren't you acting like it?" Several of the Clan cats scowled at him. "Growl at me all you want, but if you start a fight now, then you are breaking StarClan's wishes."

"And how would you know about StarClan then?" Brokenstar challenged, his fur bristling.

Violet stood beside Spiritmask. She wasn't fazed by him either. "We've known about StarClan for seasons. The Clans aren't the only ones who can talk to them."

"The reason being, we come in peace." Spiritmask mewed. "Attack us now, Brokenstar, and you would be starting war with StarClan. And really, we wouldn't want that, now would we?"

Brokenstar growled at Spiritmask and Violet for a moment, and then jumped onto the large rock in the clearing. Blaze shivered. This wasn't going to end very well. Blaze noticed Bluestar padding towards Spiritmask and Violet. She pricked her ears foward to hear them speaking.

"Thank you for handling the situation quickly." Bluestar meowed, dipping her head in respect. "But you mustn't get involved in the affairs of leaders and medicine cats."

Spiritmask blinked slowly. "It's my job to diffuse arguments. I'm a mediator, not a warrior or medicine cat as you call them."

Bluestar then let out an exasperated sigh. She walked away from them and jumped onto the rock alongside Brokenstar. Bluestar sharply flicked her tail, gesturing to Violet to get on the rock as well. Brokenstar growled at Violet and Bluestar, but said nothing.

"Well that was something." Wasppaw breathed. "I've gotta go sit next to my mentor, Spottedleaf." She flicked her tail towards the edge of the rock. "It was nice meeting you, Blaze. Perhaps we might meet again."

Wasppaw padded over to the tortoiseshell she cat who was talking with a small gray tom. Wasppaw...I'll have to remember her. Blaze noticed a suspicious gleam in Wasppaw's eyes as she talked to Spottedleaf. Was Wasppaw telling Spottedleaf about her? What if Blaze had said too much? Blaze shook her head. There's no point in worrying about it now...something important is about to happen, anyways...

Also, I might not update chapters as fast as usual because I'm working on another story that surprisingly is taking awhile to write. However I'm still working on this one, I just won't update as fast.