"Can you believe it? I'm being trained by the Clan leader!" Hollyleaf meowed. "It's the coolest thing ever!"

"It's unfair." Cloudpaw complained. "I get the new warrior."

"If Sunstar thinks he's worthy, then he is." Goldenpaw butted in. "He trusts Swallowflight enough to give him you to train. You should trust him as well."

"I guess... but the other day, he showed me a move to hunt birds, when we were hunting mice!"

"He's just not used to it yet, that's all." Said Hollypaw, reassuringly. "Soon he'll be a great mentor."

Three weeks had passed since Hollypaw and her brothers had become apprentices. Hollypaw mostly trained with Foxface, because Sunstar was busy. She had learned how to hunt and fight, and Foxface was currently explaining the meaning and history of Code 4. Hollypaw felt like she was a natural.

"Tomorrow we're going to the Gathering." She meowed to her siblings. "Foxface said so."

Cloudpaw brightened up immediately.

"Really? I can't wait! We'll get to see Hawkstar and Moonstar and Splashstar, as well as some of the best warriors."

"Like Brightstorm!"

"And Frostclaw!"

"I'm just looking forward to meeting the other medicine cats." Goldenpaw said. "Then I can know them before I go to the Moonpool with Breezyfeather."

"That's cool, bro." Cloudpaw told his brother.

"Hello, you guys." Swallowflight meowed, coming up behind them. "You guys need to get some rest. You'll be awake all night tomorrow."

"Cats of all Clans!" Yowled Sunstar at the Gathering. "ThunderClan will speak first. Prey is running well, and we have three new apprentices; Hollypaw, Cloudpaw, and Goldenpaw. They are here at the Gathering tonight."

The three felt the eyes of all the Clans turn to them. Then someone called out their names. Then all the cats were chanting the names of the new apprentices.

"I will speak next!" Yowled another leader. He was a strong tortiseshell, with a scar across one eye.

"That's Splashstar of RiverClan." Whispered Swallowflight, coming to sit next to Hollypaw. "They say he got those scars when he wrestled with a large, toothed lizard that used to prowl the lake. And you know what? I believe that. No warrior in their right mind would challenge him to a fight."

"RiverClan is well. A few sunrises ago, two of my warriors found a pile in the lake. But we've killed it. In other news, we have one new warrior with us tonight; Rippleheart."

"Rippleheart! Rippleheart! Rippleheart!"

"I will speak now." Said a blue-grey she-cat.

"Moonstar." Swallowflight informed them. "From ShadowClan. She's been leader longer than any of the others, though Hawkstar is older."

"Our prey is plentiful, and Grassfoot has borne 3 new kits. Also, we've found rouge scent on our territory, but they've not taken any fresh-kill."

"It's my turn!" Growled a brown tom. Hollypaw guessed that he must be Hawkstar, WindClan's leader. "We have two new apprentices in WindClan, but they aren't here tonight. We, too, have scented rogues on our hunting grounds, but that's not unusual. The Gathering is at an end!"

Hollypaw left her brothers and went to see a slightly older she-cat from RiverClan.

"Hi." Hollypaw said.

"Yo." Mewed the she-cat. "You're Hollypaw, right? I'm Falconpaw. I was apprenticed last moon."

"Nice to meet you, Falconpaw. Who's your mentor?"

"Motheye. She's not here right now, though. But she's a really good mentor. She said I was a great cat to train, and that's a lot, coming from her."

"My mentor's Sunstar."

"Really?! I heard that he hasn't taken an apprentice in moons!"

"It's true. He-"

Hollypaw was cut off by a pale grey tom. He called Falconpaw over, and she walked away. Hollypaw went back to her own Clan, who were leaving anyway.

I'm a real apprentice of ThunderClan now. I've been to a Gathering, and I can truthfully say that I've met a cat from another Clan. I'll try my best to be the greatest warrior in ThunderClan.