A/N new chapter! Things from now on will steadily get more interesting. Or at least I think so. Please review! It helps a lot
Disclaimer: I don't own warriors
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Chapter 22-
Willowpaw POV
It's happening! I'm going to my first gathering. Of course it'll be easier for me because I know cats in two clans instead of just one.
"Willowpaw lets go!" Yells Mistpaw, this is her first as well.
As we make our way to the island, the mood of the clan is somber. We are going to have to give the news that Mothwing is dead.
As I slowly walk across the tree bridge, I see that we are the first clan here. We all go sit down and are allowed to talk with the cats of our clan, and those of the other clans when they arrive. The wind picks up and blows cool air in our faces. It reminds me of what Graymist, RiverClan's only elder, had said earlier.
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"Be careful at the gathering Mistystar. There's a storm blowing in, and if I'm right it'll be a bad one. A storm on the night of a gathering spells bad fortune. Something will go wrong." She meowed,her head tipped towards the sky
"We will Graymist. Any clouds covering the moon will end the gather." Mistystar replied
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I can defiantly see clouds in the distance. They've been getting closer all day.
The noise of the gathering gets louder as ShadowClan arrives.
Led by, Rowanclaw?
There are meows of confusion as he jumps up onto a branch of the great tree and sits in his Leader's place, giving no answer.
I look around for the one cat in ShadowClan that I can stand. Swirlpaw. It's been a half moon since we were taken from ThunderClan. Only a moon and a half until I can go home. Home. I can't wait.
I finally see her by two other apprentices. I quickly pad over, even though the meeting was just a few days ago it will feel great to just talk with her.
"Swirlpaw! How are you? It's great to see you."
She looks at me for a moment.
"excuse me for a minute." She meows to her friends
She walks over to where I'm standing, "What?"
"What do you mean, What?" I ask "I haven't spoken to you, really spoken to you in a half moon, and all you say is what?"
"Well, you interrupted me." She replies.
"Since when are your sisters less important?" Meows Pepperpaw. WindClan had just arrived and she had walked in on the conversation
"Oh, so now your teaming up against me?" Asks Swirrlpaw in a strange tone
"What? No!" I meow
"Your our sister! We just want to talk to you." Pepperpaw states
"Now who's saying What?" Swirlpaw asks before turning back to her friends, who had been talking with the medicine cats.
"Come on," meows Pepperpaw walking away "she's probably just had a bad day."
We sit down just as the gathering starts. I look around for Glitterpaw and Nightpaw and see them sitting a few fox lengths away. I flick my tail in greeting and they quickly scurry over.
Onestar starts. "WindClan have been doing well and we now have two new apprentices. Scarletpaw and Skypaw."
The clans cheer and I see two small cats, a dark ginger she cat with white paws and a dark gray Tom with one white paw, stand up taller a few tail lengths from us.
Onestar sits down and Bramblestar stands. "ThunderClan are doing wonderfully. Two of our queens, Blossonfall and Dovewing, have had kits. That is all."
The clans murmur their congratulations and Rowanclaw
stands.
"I know that your all wondering why I'm here, and Blackstar is not."
Some cats nod and others voice their agreement.
"Well, he is fine and well but he had some important things to attend to back in camp. ShadowClan is doing well and our prey is quite plentiful." He meows quickly then sits
Mistystar hesitantly stands. This will be very hard on her. I can tell she and Mothwing were close.
"I am sorry to report that our medicine cat Mothwing, has passed on to StarClan."
Before she can continue, she is interrupted by the entire gathering. Questions on how, why, when.
By the time Mistystar quiets them down, she is visibly shaking a bit.
"She died of a sickness like Greencough, but no herbs could cure it. There were other symptoms as well. This is something we have never heard of. That is all I can say." She sits down and the other leaders try to regain control.
Nightpaw leans toward us. "There are sick cats in ThunderClan too! They have symptoms like Greencough and a few others, and nothing we do is helping!" She whispers
What is happening? Is this leading up to the thing we are supposed to face?
Suddenly there is a loud clap of thunder and all cats look up to see that the moon is completely covered by clouds. No cat moves, while we had been talking, two strange cats had jumped up onto the lowest branch of the Leader's tree and were, laughing.
Oh no. It's those two cats who attacked us by the stream.
The younger of the two, a Tom speaks.
"Yes, run from the clouds. You won't survive the next seasons. Before they were killed, The great Dark Forest left a curse on your clans. A curse that will,..." He is cut off by the leaders.
"What are you doing here?" Yowls Onestar "you and your mother ran from the battle. You are nothing to us. Now leave or we will force you!"
The two cats jump out of the tree and take off running. When they get to the tree bridge, the Tom stops, "Beware!" He yells, and they are gone
Everything is silent, then another clap of thunder sounds and it begins to rain like I have never seen before.