Chapter 7
Gathering pain.
Disclaimer: Once again not owning warriors, but Shimmerface, Runningfur, Whistlewind, Mistheart, and Lithepaw of WindClan.
This is in Squirrelflight's point of view.
Squirrelflight padded across the camp with her head hung low. In spite of the gathering, which she would be joining, she just couldn't cheer up. Brambleclaw's betrayal hurt so much. She had loved him, and then...wait, Firestar angered Brambleclaw. She didn't like pointing paws and her father, much less clan leader, but it was true.
She wondered what happened to Brambleclaw. He probably joined the horseplace cats, but she couldn't be sure.
"Squirrelflight, wanna go hunting with me?" Ashfur called. He seemed to have forgivin her about loving Brambleclaw. He didn't know she would always love him.
"Sure, but I have to get some sleep. I'm invited to the gathering." Squirrelflight replied, heading to the warriors den. She curled up and fell into deep sleep.
"Squirrelflight, time for the gathering!" Cloudtail woke Squirrelflight.
Streching, she followed the white warrior outside to where the clan was gathered. As she arrived, they took off, down the thorn tunnel to the gathering. She fell in step beside Thornclaw, the new deputy.
"Hi Thornclaw, how is the deputy, today?"
"Great. I'm really getting the hang of it now!" Thornclaw panted.
They slowed down once reaching the WindClan border, and met them crossing. She didn't see any sign of Brambleclaw at horseplace.
As they arrived at the gathering, Squirrelflight realized that ShadowClan was not there yet. Crossing the tree-bridge, she padded over to Mistyfoot.
Dipping her head, she meowed, "Hi, Mistyfoot."
"Greetings."
"So, how are things in RiverClan?"
"Oh the usual, nothing thrilling, but we have made two new warriors." Mistyfoot glanced at a cat behind her. "You and him still togther?"
"What?!" Squirrelflight whipped around to see Brambleclaw talking to a group of RiverClan apprentices. Whitetail was beside him.
"Brambleclaw, what are you doing here?" She exclaimed.
"I"m a WindClan warrior. What? Have you met my mate, Whitetail?"
"Mate?" Squirrelflight's vision blurred. Brambleclaw had fallen in love with Whitetail. It was over. "You betrayed me."
. She barely noticed the ShadowClan cats pouring into the clearing as well.
Blackstar's yowl started the meeting, but Squirrelflight had a hard time paying attention. She remembered everything she and Brambleclaw had done togther.
"...Brambleclaw is now a warrior of WindClan..." Onestar was finishing, but was drowned out by yowls of protest from ThunderClan.
Squirrelflight saw her father bristling. "He was exiled, he shouldn't have been in any clan!"
"He killed you, for StarClan's sake!" Dustpelt called up.
Shocked gasps came from ShadowClan and RiverClan.
Brambleclaw winced, and Whitetail whispered something to him and drew her toungue over his ear.
"That's enough! I'm leaving! If that's how our going to treat me, I won't be here to end the gathering," Onestar yowled. As quickly as he could he gathered up his warriors and stalked away.
""I can't finish the gathering either, this is for all the clans." Firestar leaped down from the tree.
Leopardstar followed, and Blackstar, left with no choice, gathered his warriors to leave.
That haden't gone well. Brambleclaw's betrayal hurt even more now, and she wondered if things could ever be put back right.