Chapeter 2: (Moonstar)
Early dawn light sparkled in Moonstar's den. Cloudclan has been in this new home for about a moon now. Training was going well. Her deputy, Shimmerstreak, was very reliable. She was great with the clan and was always on top of her deputy duties. Apprentice training was going well according to Thistlefur and Shimmerstreak who were mentors to Cowpaw and Grasspaw; supposedly they learned very fast. Moonstar stood and stretched, then peered of her den to see the remnants of the moon. Tonight would be a full moon when the three clans gathered to share news and troubles. However, on this night no fighting is allowed because of the truce. To make things even better, it was to be the very first gathering of Cloudclan, Rainclan, and Sunclan. Thinking of the gathering made her think who would she choose to attend? That could be decided later. Moonstar decided. "Ow, Ow!" A screech jolted Moonstar from her thoughts. She leaped to her paws and raced into the sandy clearing where Cowpaw was battering Grasspaw's belly. Grasspaw bunched her leg muscles and threw Cowpaw off with much effort; he was much bigger than she was. "Enough you two!" Moonstar yowled as she was racing towards them. "Sorry, she was teasing me!" Cowpaw meowed defensively. "Okay well, try not to kill one another!" Moonstar joked. "Did you see me fling him off?" meowed Grasspaw proudly. "I did, but shouldn't you be out with your mentors?" Moonstar retorted. "Right, about that…" "Let's get going!" Cowpaw meowed and raced away with Grasspaw at his heels. "Apprentices!" muttered Moonstar. Now, some alone time until the gathering. Moonstar thought to herself. Moonstar's belly growled; she padded to the fresh-kill pile, selected a plump mouse and settled down next to Littlefoot who was under the Squirrel tree. Moonstar took the time while eating to study the camp. Cloudclan's camp was inside of thick thorn bushes. The entrance was a narrow gap between two green bushes. To the right of the thick underbrush was the elders den under weaved branches which kept them dry. Then to the left, was Moonstar's den which was under a tree stump that has a tunnel type opening in which she slept underneath of. Parallel to Moonstar's den was their medicine cat, Rockstipe's den which was inside of a hollowed out tree trunk; it was quite large for an opening in a tree. Then, further down towards the back of the camp was where the apprentices slept under a bush that puffed out and prevented any kind of precipitation to get in. A few fox-lengths over to the left was the warrior's den where the warriors slept in scoops in the ground and a weaved type roof that also kept precipitation out. "Moonstar," meowed Littlefoot jolting her from her thoughts. "What…" Moonstar meowed confusedly. "You've been sitting there clawing at your prey." Littlefoot murmured quietly. "Oh! Sorry, I got distracted." Moonstar gave her chest a few embarrassed licks. As soon as she finished her mouse, she stood up. "Littlefoot, I'm going into the forest to practice and make up some new battle moves, would you keep an eye on camp please?" Moonstar meowed. "Sure, be back by sunset so we can be in time for the gathering." Littlefoot meowed curtly. "I will." She promised. Moonstar dipped her head as a goodbye and padded through the bush-tunnel.
A few hours had passed and Moonstar had made up some new battle moves for the eager apprentices. Then she realized that she had to get back to camp before the gathering! Luckily, it wasn't that far away from where she was. Moonstar began to race towards camp. When she got there, the clan was sharing tongues. She leaped up to the Tree Stump. "All cats old enough to hunt join me beneath the Tree Stump!" Moonstar yowled the words of the clan meeting. All cats assembled. "To the first gathering, I will take Shimmerstreak, Rockstripe, Littlefoot, Beetlewing, Thistlefur, Grasspaw, Cowpaw, and Flowerwhisper." When Moonstar finished, she leaped down and waved her tail for Cloudclan to follow.