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Glosspaw felt excited. Palefoot smugly announced her departure from the warrior's den to the nursery, and Glosspaw would be getting a new mentor in just a few short moments. She just had to wait for Rosestar to say the words…

"Palefoot, without queens like you, RiverClan would be no more. We need queens in our Clan, so we offer you our congratulations," Rosestar first announced, dipping her head at Palefoot.

"Palefoot! Palefoot!" the Clan cheered, except Glosspaw, Ashpaw, and Stormpaw. They were positively seething.

"Now, her apprentice will need a new mentor. Come forward, Glosspaw," Rosestar meowed.

"Raingaze, you will be Glosspaw's new mentor. I hope you will as good of a mentor as your sister was," Rosestar finished. Glosspaw's mouth hung open. Why did she always get the inexperienced mentors? It was like Rosestar was setting her up for failure. If Raingaze was "as good" as Palefoot, Glosspaw was doomed! She reluctantly touched noses with Raingaze, who looked equally as surprised as Glosspaw that he was a mentor.

My life just keeps getting better and better, Glosspaw thought. He's not even prepared. He just became a warrior! How good can he be? Not to mention the fact that he's the littermate of my worst enemy…

"Has Palefoot taught you anything?" was the first question Raingaze asked Glosspaw. They were standing near the fresh-kill pile.

"Er…I guess?" was Glosspaw's reply. She couldn't insult Palefoot in front of her brother, but she didn't want the Clan to have this rosy image of Palefoot teaching her apprentice so well.

"I'll take that as a no," Raingaze sighed. "Figures. She spends too much time with Bir—er, I mean, uh…" Raingaze stammered. So he knew about Palefoot and Birchsong but assumed Glosspaw didn't know.

"She spends too much time with Birchsong, I know," Glosspaw meowed. "She taught me the basics, and left me on my own. Sometimes she just makes me clean out the elder's den or the nursery."

"Well, I'll make sure you are taught everything you need to know," Raingaze promised.

"Seriously? You'd be that nice to me?" Glosspaw asked dubiously.

"Hey, I love Palefoot and all, but sometimes she a pain in the rear. And I want the best for RiverClan, so that means good apprentices who become great warriors. I will train you to be a great warrior, and maybe someday, you'll be as good as me," Raingaze said in a playful tone.

"Oh, yes, Great Clan leader. Show me your amazing skills," Glosspaw meowed in a fake deep voice, bowing down in mock respect.

Raingaze lightly cuffed her ears. "Let's go hunting first."

"Crouch lower, Glosspaw! No, higher! NO, stop!" Raingaze meowed, frustrated.

Glosspaw collapsed in exhaustion. "Jeez, when Palefoot was my mentor, she didn't push me this hard!" Glosspaw complained.

"Well, this is normal apprentice training. I'm not pushing you at all; in fact, I'm going very easy on you," Raingaze meowed.

"Could've fooled me," Glosspaw meowed. "But it's totally not my problem that I had to learn everything myself!"

"I know," Raingaze sighed. "You have potential. I just wish Palefoot would've taken this more seriously."

"She's taken it as seriously as she could," Glosspaw snorted. "At least she taught me the crouch."

"Not very well," Raingaze noted dryly.

"Let's move on, shall we?" Glosspaw asked.

"I guess we can go fishing now," Raingaze answered, sounding relieved to not have to yell at Glosspaw for her horrible forest hunting skills.

Glosspaw had a lot more success at hunting fish, and when she and Raingaze went back to camp, he was glowing with pride. She had caught three carp and two minnows. It was a good day. Ashpaw came rushing out of the medicine cat's den.

"Oh, Glosspaw, you caught so much! Can you take some to Finchtail? Rabbitleg injured her injured paw when she fell from a tree, StarClan only knows how, so Finchtail is kinda tired and hasn't had time to fetch any fresh-kill. I'm sure she'd appreciate it!" Ashpaw rambled. "Being a medicine cat is so much fun, actually! I can't even imagine myself being a warrior. I know all the herbs already. Finchtail says I have potential. And did you know that…" Ashpaw continued talking as she led Glosspaw to the medicine cat den. Mouth stifled by the fish in her jaws, she mumbled an occasional "Mmm…" and nodded her head. Finally, they reached the medicine cat den. Glosspaw padded through the entrance and set her huge fish by Finchtail's feet.

"Thank you, Glosspaw," Finchtail meowed gratefully. Rabbitleg, who was sleeping, didn't stir.

"Is she okay?" Glosspaw asked.

"She might have an infection, but otherwise, she's fine," Ashpaw answered.

"Great job, Ashpaw! Rabbitleg needs her poultice replaced, would you like to do that for me?" Finchtail asked.

"Yay!" Ashpaw squealed, and got to work. Glosspaw shook her head amusedly and said good-bye to her sister.

"Glosspaw, do you know what day it is?" Raingaze asked her.

"Uh…no?" Glosspaw meowed/asked.

"It's the Gathering!" Raingaze meowed excitedly. "I know you haven't gone yet, even though you should've gone at least once by now."

"Stormpaw's been to two and Ashpaw's been to all of them," Glosspaw complained. "It's not fair that I had to stay behind. No one in the Clan even recognizes me!"

"Well, I do. And I told Rosestar, and she agreed to let you go!" Raingaze meowed.

Wow! I'm going to a Gathering! Glosspaw thought.

"The cats attending the Gathering are as follows: Birchsong, Finchtail, Ashpaw, Jaywing, Applefur, Stormpaw, Yellowriver, Grayflower, Raingaze, and Glosspaw," Rosestar called out from the Tall Rock.

Glosspaw felt elated. She was finally going to a Gathering! She wondered what it would be like. Where the cats there nice? Was ThunderClan really made up of kittypets and rogues now?

She would find out tonight.

Hi again, really sorry that this chapter kinda sucked and was short and boring. I hope you like Raingaze better than Palefoot. Remember RRFFE (read, review, fave, follow, and enjoy)! See ya in less than a month!

~EMO GLOSS (dramatic emo hair flip)