The full moon struck the forest sky the next night. All of the apprentices, Cherrypaw, Snowpaw, Cloverpaw, and Sandpaw, were excited for their first ever time at a Gathering. Same with Blueberry, even though he was a warrior, but it was his first time. After a long hard day of training, defending, and hunting, it was time for peace.

The cats met up for a gathering near where Twolegs with big, yellow monsters had just recently knocked down an abandoned Twolegs place, and now since no Twolegs would go near there, it was a perfect place for a gathering. There weren't many trees, but there were four big rocks that the leaders would sit on.

Thunderstar and Cherrypaw were the first one's there, since it was the closest to them. "Do you think you and Shadowstar are the only ones with other cats in their Clan?" Cherrypaw asked.

"Probably not. It's been a while since we've made the Clans, two moons. That's long enough for at least one new cat in a Clan." He told her.

Cherrypaw smiled. "Okay, so I'll have lots of friends to hang out with!"

The gray leader smiled as he jumped onto the big rock. "This is where I will be sitting, but as you can tell, we can still talk, it's just gonna be a little hard to hear, if you don't talk a little louder."

The she-cat nodded. "Okay!" She shouted.

Cherrypaw settled down and grabbed some moss off of the ends of the rock that Thunderstar was sitting on. She made herself a little moss blanket and laid down on it. That felt nice.

Soon, Windstar, followed by two she-cats entered the Gathering area. Cherrypaw sat up and smiled, looking nice, strong, and professional, just like Thunderstar told her to do.

Windstar told his apprentices how he will be sitting on one of the big rocks, while they sit down on the grass and talk to the other cats until the announcements start and end.

The leader jumped up onto his rock as Snowpaw and Cloverpaw walked over to Cherrypaw.

I hope I don't do anything stupid! Cherrypaw thought as she smiled when the she-cats came and sat next to her.

"Hi, I'm Cherrypaw of ThunderClan, who are you?"

The two exchanged a look and some whispers. "ThunderClan is an enemy, Windstar said. But right now, they aren't really an enemy. And since it is a gathering, it's okay." Cloverpaw whispered. Snowpaw nodded.

I did do something wrong... Cherrypaw thought. She put her head down as her smile faded away.

"I'm Cloverpaw." The brown one said. Cherrypaw put her head up and smiled. The white one grinned as well. "I'm Snowpaw. We are from WindClan. Sorry about that, we didn't know what to say." Snowpaw blushed.

"It's okay." She said. Oh great, WindClan. I bet they only did that because Windstar told them about how they don't like ThunderClan. At least they are being nice now. She told herself.

Soon, Shadowstar and Blueberry came in. Phew! She said to herself.

The two apprentices looked at the cats coming in, then faced Cherrypaw. "Who are they?" Snowpaw asked.

"The brown one is Shadowstar, and the white one is Blueberry." Cherrypaw smiled once she got to Blueberry's name. "They are siblings."

Cloverpaw chuckled. "A warrior? Already?"

Snowpaw joined with the giggling. "Shadowstar must be really stupid, if she barely trained him."

"They are siblings, so she'd give him the easy treatment." Cloverpaw added.

"You are right."

The two apprentices watched Shadowstar.

"No, no. It's not like that." Cherrypaw interrupted. They can't think badly of Blueberry! That wouldn't be fair! "Blueberry already knew how to fight once he joined the Clans. He didn't need to be trained."

The two WindClan apprentices felt heat go through their bodies. "Oh..." They said. "Sorry."

"It's not your fault..." Cherrypaw felt embarrassed a bit herself. She didn't want to be so rude, they probably thought she was a know-it-all, just like her sister, Bri.

Blueberry walked over to the she-cats as Shadowstar went up to her rock.

Riverstar finally arrived with Sandpaw. "I'm going to go with the other leaders. Why don't you go hang out with the others?" She said, and pointed the apprentices and Blueberry out with her tail. Sandpaw nodded and ran over to them.

"Hi Blueberry!" Cherrypaw said.

"Hey Cherrypaw. Hey other cats."

"I'm Snowpaw, and this is my sister, Cloverpaw." Snowpaw told the white cat. He nodded. "Nice to meet you."

How do Cherrypaw and Blueberry know each other? Also, why does she know that they are siblings? It is not like you just find these things out.. Cloverpaw thought. Sandpaw sat down next to Snowpaw.

"Hi, I'm Sandpaw." The tan tom said.

The rest of the cats introduced themselves, and then started talking. Snowpaw and Sandpaw got along very fast, and were chatting up a storm, while Cloverpaw mainly spent her time talking to Cherrypaw and Blueberry.

"All cats, please silence yourselves!" Thunderstar yowled, his voice louder then a boom of thunder, so all the cats could hear. The cats on the grass quickly hushed up as they looked up at their leaders.

The gray tom smiled. "Thank-you." He said. "I am Thunderstar, leader of ThunderClan." He introduced himself. "ThunderClan is doing well. We have a new apprentice, Cherrypaw, and she has been a big help with refilling the scent markers and hunting. She's also a pleasure to talk to. We have enough prey for several more members, so ThunderClan will be fine for a while." The tom nodded, in signal that his turn to speak was over.

"Cherrypaw! Cherrypaw!" The cats shouted. Cherrypaw smiled.

Shadowstar quickly took over. "Thank-you, Thunderstar. ShadowClan is doing very well ourselves. I have recently encountered my lost brother, Blueberry. He was able to show me that he was capable of being a warrior, and he is now Blueberry. Like how Cherrypaw is a big help to Thunderstar, Blueberry is a big help to me. ShadowClan is very healthy and strong."

"Blueberry! Blueberry!"

Riverstar took over the turn. "Thanks, Shadowstar." She said quietly, then her voice got louder. "RiverClan has been doing very good. A lot of prey, and no invaders in our territory. I recently got an apprentice, Sandpaw. He is a big pleasure and help to the Clan." She said.

"Sandpaw! Sandpaw!"

Windstar took the last announcement. "WindClan is doing good. I don't want to brag, but we are the biggest Clan at the moment, since I just recently got both Snowpaw and Cloverpaw to join my Clan. Though it's a challenge having two young cats to teach, it is a lot of fun and a big help to me. Additionally, WindClan has a big alliance." He started.

The cats on the ground looked at each other, puzzled. What Clan? Riverstar didn't look so happy about what he was about to say.

"Our alliance is RiverClan, due to me being mates with Riverstar." Windstar announced.

The cats gasped, and didn't even cheer for Snowpaw and Cloverpaw. They were too shocked at the fact that Windstar would actually announce something like that!

Thunderstar and Shadowstar exchanged glances.

The apprentices from both Clans were really confused, they heard nothing of the sort!

But most importantly, Riverstar felt absolutely terrible.