1Chapter 11
Tigerclaw padded side by side with Feathertail as Firestar and Mistystar lead their clans to the Gathering at fourtrees.
You're leaving tomorrow, aren't you? the strange cat meowed into his mind.
Tigerclaw sighed, I already promised I would, he thought back.
Oh, okay, just hurry, the strange cat meowed.
I'll try my best, Tigerclaw thought back.
"Tigerclaw, are you okay? You're looking spacy," Feathertail's meow brought Tigerclaw out of his daydream.
"I'm fine," Tigerclaw muttered.
"Come on, Tigerclaw, you know you can talk to me," Feathertail meowed, her blue eyes were a lit with worry.
"I'm fine, really," Tigerclaw meowed. He didn't want to tell anyone about his mind chats with that strange cat.
Who is that cat? He wondered as Firestar and Mistystar at the slope leading down into fourtrees.
Firestar and Mistystar flicked their tails and plunged down toward the gathering. Their warriors were hard on their paws.
Flamepaw walked past Tigerclaw and tripped him as he walked by. Tigerclaw's fur started to bristle as he scrambled back to his paws. He glared at Flamepaw, who threw a look of pure hatred back at him.
"Are you okay, Tigerclaw?" Feathertail asked, her eyes were wide with concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Tigerclaw replied, though his paws was stinging.
Feathertail looked at him for a few moments longer before slipping into fourtrees. Tigerclaw followed her, tripping Flamepaw as he entered the clearing.
Flamepaw glared at him but didn't say anything. He just veered away and sat beside a tree on the far side of the clearing.
Why does Flamepaw hate me so much? Tigerclaw wondered.
"Cats of all clans, welcome to the Gathering," at Blackstar's yowl, Tigerclaw padded over to sit beside Feathertail. Feathertail gazed at him with such clear blue eyes that Tigerclaw had to look away.
"Who shall speak first? "Blackstar meowed.
"I will," Mistystar meowed, and stepped forward to stand at the edge of the rock. "We have made a new apprentice in our clan, Feathertail now mentors to Silverpaw." She waited for a moment as the rest of the clans congratulated them.
"We have also made a new warrior since that last Gathering," Mistystar went on, "Seapaw is now known as Seacloud."
"Seacloud! Seacloud!" the rest of the clan chanted.
Mistystar stepped back and gestured for Firestar to take her place. Firestar got to his paws and padded to the edge of the rock. "We have also made some new apprentices, Rainwhisker now mentors Skypaw and Ashfur mentors Jewelpaw." he meowed.
He waited until the congratulations died. "Also, four of our apprentices have been made into warriors," he meowed and paused for a moment.
"They'll be known as Whitewing, Shrewfur, Spiderleg and Tigerclaw," Firestar meowed at last.
A chorus of yowls broke out at the mention of Tigerclaws' name. "Why did you name one of your apprentices after the most hated cat in the forest?" one cat called out.
"And we cant' forget Firestar and Tigerstar were mortal enemies, why would you name your apprentice after your mortal enemy?" another cat called out.
Blackstar glared at Firestar. "What is the meaning this?" he hissed.
"He's a good warrior," Firestar retorted, "and he's nothing like Tigerstar."
Blackstar snorted and turned to looked away from Firestar.
"Just because he's named that, doesn't mean he will turn out like Tigerstar," Mistystar pointed out.
Tallstar nodded, "Mistystar is right," he meowed.
Firestar waited until the yowls died away into murmuring. "Also, we meet up with rogues on the Shadowclan border," he meowed. "I don't know where they went, but keep a close look for them."
Blackstar nodded, though he refused to look at Firestar. Tallstar and Mistystar nodded, though Mistystar already knew about the rogues. And just like that, the Gathering was over.
"Ready to go?" Firestar asked Tigerclaw as he leaped down from the Great Rock.
Tigerclaw and Feathertail nodded and they followed their leaders as they lead the way back to the Thunderclan camp.
But when the twoleg bridge came in sight, Mistystar paused. "It is time we went home," she meowed, "the twolegs have left and we don't belong in Thunderclan territory."
Firestar nodded but Tigerclaw exchanged a glance with Feathertail. He saw his own sorrow reflected int Feathertail's eyes.
"Come on, Riverclan," Mistystar called and padded over to the twoleg bridge.
"Feathertail?" Tigerclaw whispered.
"Yeah?" Feathertail asked, before she followed her leader.
"There is something I feel I need to tell you," Tigerclaw meowed, his voice low.
A/n what do you think?
Stardream: ha, ha, ha, ha, I'm so cruel and I won't post the next chapter until I get two more reviews
Tigerstar: ah, come on, I want to see what happens next
Demon: and so do I
Stardream: not until I get two more reviews
Tigerstar: please review, people (Puppy dog eyes)
Demon: please review, I want to see what happens next (puppy dog eyes)
Stardream: (laughs) please review, next chapter when I get two more reviews