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Stormpaw woke up the next day at sunrise and saw Honeypaw sleeping beside him, her fur rising a falling as she breathed. He stood up slowly and started prodding Honeypaw on the side
"Hey wake up. We need to go train with our mentors. It's sunrise." he said. Honeypaw slapped her tail on the ground angrily
"Leave me alone. I need my sleep." she snapped sleepily
Stormpaw fumed and prodded her harder, "If you don't wake up, I will tell Cloudstar not to choose you for the gathering." Honeypaw snapped her eyes open and jumped up
"The gathering! I totally forgot!" she said, her eyes were widened and when she noticed she was standing up. She looked too frail to stand up and she just fell back down onto her side and shut her eyes
"Leave me alone." she repeated. Stormpaw rolled his eyes, She's so stubborn these days, he thought and walked out of the den.
He bumped into Birdpaw on the way out and she was holding a piece of fresh kill in her jaws
"Sorry." she muffled. Stormpaw gave her a tiny nod and kept on walking. He saw his mentor, Briarheart, getting a piece of fresh kill and sitting down in front of the warriors den. He padded up to his mentor and took a seat beside her. Briarheart looked up and licked her mouth before speaking
"Good morning, Stormpaw." she greeted. Stormpaw dipped his head in reply and watched her eat the fresh kill
"What are we doing today, Briarheart?" he asked. She looked up
"We're going hunting. Make sure you eat now before we go. We might be out there for quite a while." she replied. Stormpaw nodded and went to get himself a piece of fresh kill then come back. He got a mouse and started eating it. When both the cats were finished, Briarheart stood up and Stormpaw followed
"Now let's go."
Stormpaw and Briarheart came back with a bunch of fresh kill in their jaws and they both dumped it onto the fresh kill pile
"Wow. Look how much we caught!" exclaimed Stormpaw. Briarheart nodded in agreement
"You did well today Stormpaw. I'm proud of you. You are free to do anything now." she said. Stormpaw dipped his head to his mentor and left to find the other apprentices.
"May all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather here beneath the high rock." Cloudstar yowled. Stormpaw went to sit down beneath the high rock and he looked beside him as he saw Honeypaw sit beside him
"I will now announce those cats who will be coming to the gathering: Honeypaw, Stormpaw, Rainpaw, Silverpaw, Heatherfur and Briarheart." Honeypaw and Stormpaw exchanged happy glances with each other.
The four apprentices followed Cloudstar downed the slope and they plunged into the gathering in time to see WindClan also enter the clearing. Honeypaw and Stormpaw gulped and followed each other around the area. They felt as if they were invisible to everyone, Honeypaw was about to sit down when someone caught her eye. She nudged Stormpaw with her head and pointed in the direction with her tail
"Look! It's him! Gorsepaw!" she said quietly. Stormpaw looked at him
"Who's he?" Stormpaw asked
"He's the stupid apprentice I fought at the border patrol a few days ago!" she replied. Stormpaw rolled his eyes
"What are you suggesting here?" he asked. Honeypaw looked at Stormpaw with full hatred and stupidity for her brother
"I'm saying we should confront him while we can! Let's go beat him u-!" a tail slapped over her mouth and she looked to her side and looked up and saw Sunwhisker
"This is a gathering, Honeypaw. There will be no violence." she said calmly. Honeypaw's ears flattened and she shrunk back
"Sorry Sunwhisker..." she said. Sunwhisker gave her a nod and walked away. Honeypaw looked at her brother who was laughing at her
"Ha! That's what you get!" he teased. Honeypaw fumed and hit him on the shoulder with her paw
"Go away." she snapped. Stormpaw rolled his eyes
"Whatever." and he walked away.
The gathering started and all the four leaders stood at the top of the rock
"Would any of you like to start?" asked Littlestar, the WindClan leader. Slashstar,the ShadowClan leader, pushed his way in front and shoved Littlestar to the back and she growled
"ShadowClan is doing well, we have three new apprentices: Darkpaw, Greypaw and Woodpaw. The prey around our area is running good and all of our cats are doing well in their training." he said. He stepped back and beckoned for the RiverClan leader: Fallstar, to step forward. Fallstar stood at the front and rose to his full height
"RiverClan is doing well also. We have spotted some rogues around our territory but have chased them out. So keep an eye out for them." he stepped back and Cloudstar stepped forward
"ThunderClan has lost a kit who ate deathberries. But other than that we have four new apprentices: Honeypaw, Stormpaw, Rainpaw and Silverpaw. Prey has been running well and we hope that wherever the rogues are that Fallstar has spoken of, are to be chased off." he said. A claw pierced Honeypaw's heart, Gingerkit..., Stormpaw noticed that Honeypaw was shivering and he licked her at the back of her head
"It's alright. Calm down." he said. Honeypaw ignored him and just continued listening as Littlestar spoke
"WindClan have spotted rogues also around our territory. We have chased them out and they seem to be heading for ShadowClan. We also have a warrior that has gone to join the elder's den named Greywing. That is all I have to say." she said. Fallstar stepped forward again and dismissed everyone. Cloudstar leaped off the great rock and went to gather his Clan and they all padded back to camp together.
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