January Gathering! [Open to all clans, obviously]

[Emberstar]

Amberstar padded into the Sixrocks territory and sat down on her rock. "Hello, Silverstar, Lilystar, Morikubostar. How are you?" she meowed.

[Silverstar]

Ringtail padded after his leader, slipping into the mingling crowd.

Moonpaw padded into the clearing, looking around wide-eyed. Not only was this his first Gathering as an apprentice, it was also his first as a Medicine Cat Apprentice. He spotted Dewdrop and Dragonmoon, recognizing them from his mentor's explanation. With a happy wiggle, he bounced over, "Hi!"

Dragonmoon looked over at the black and white apprentice as he bounced over, smiling welcomingly, "Hello, I'm Dragonmoon, this is Dewdrop,: she mewed, flicking her tail towards the ShadowClan she-cat, "Who are you?"

"I'm Moonpaw, ThunderClan's Medicine Cat Apprentice!" he squeaked happily, eyes shinning.

Silverstar dipped her head to the she-cat on her other side.

[*Berrystar*]

Berrystar scurried in out of breath. "Did I miss anything?"

[Silverstar]

OOC: Wasn't Berrystar captured by twolegs?

[~Pantherstrike~]

"You're right, the prey does seem to be more abundant than usual. Hopefully if their bellies are full, none of our clan-mates will fall ill with greencough this leaf-bare. After all, it's usually those already weakened by hunger who get sick," she meowed.

"Greetings Moonpaw," she mewed when the young apprentice padded over. "This must be his first gathering," she realised. "I hope he enjoys himself."

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Pantherstrike looked around, hoping to recognize the pelt of another deputy. The ThunderClan tom had especially hoped to see the new LeafClan deputy, but he couldn't recognize any nearby cats. He padded through the throng, he would bump into someone he knew eventually.

[Silverstar]

Dragonmoon nodded, "And hopefully, with full bellies, the Clans won't feel the need to fight each other." added the she-cat to the other's earlier statement.

Moonpaw grinned at the she-cat's, his eyes gleaming with unsuppressed excitement.

Morninhsun curled her tail around her paws, blue eyes flicking around the throng of cats as the LeafClan she-cat's claws anxiously dug into the soft earth beneath her.

[~*Springstar*~]

OOC: sorry, i can only post on weekends

Springstar led the Windclan cats to the clearing and leapt atop sixrocks. "Sorry we're late." She spoke calmly, but with her eyes fixed to the ground.

Pebblefoot, a Riverclan warrior mumbled something into one of his clanmate's ear.

Mistfur, another Riverclan warrior sighed as she glanced up heavily at the Windclan leader.

Darkclaw sat with his pal Smallear in the back of the Shadowclan crowd. They snickered together at the sight of Springstar.

Patchpelt, Thunderclan's meddy cat was sitting beside other meddy cats and grumbled to himself about the leader's incompetance.

Pinefur and Mintpaw from Leafclan snorted indignantly. Although, Pinefur glanced around for any single toms in sight.

Hazeeye from Nightclan sneered to himself as he mumbled something into his mate Starpelt's ear, the Nightclan deputy.

[Emberstar]

"Hello Springstar." Amberstar, the newest ThunderClan leader, meowed as Springstar entered.

[Silverstar]

"Greetings, there's still plenty of moonlight, no need to apologize." meowed Silverstar, glancing down at the cats in the clearing.

Moonpaw saw his mentor, Patchpelt, and bounced over, stumbling to a halt beside him. "This is so cool!" he mewed, still wide-eyed.

Dragonmoon curled her tail neatly around her paws, "You didn't tell us you were getting an apprentice." she purred to Patchpelt.

Icestorm padded into the clearing after her leader, the wounds from her fight with Sharpstar and Twilightpelt still healing. Spotting the LeafClan leader, she let her lip curl back briefly to show her fangs, before forcing herself to relax. Sootfur and Gingerwing were safe, away from their vicious clan leader, they'd be fine.

Leopardstorm curled his tail over his paws, looking around the surrounding cats as they mingled with his fellow LeafClanners.

[.::Lilystar::.]

So thats, Sharpstar, Lilystar, Morikubostar, Silverstar, Amberstar, and Springstar. That's everyone, let's get this started!

Sharpstar stepped forward to begin the meeting. He called out the familiar yowl. "As you can see, Berrystar is not with us. The beloved LeafClan leader was hit on the Thunderpath," he mewed, bowing his head and closing his eyes in 'respect' as he waited for the other clans response.

"No!" yowled Lilystar miserably. She'd been close to Berrystar. She buried her head in her paws and hid her face from the other clans.

[Silverstar]

Silverstar closed her eyes sadly, dipping her head as her breath caught in her throat. A monster can do that? They can take a leader's nine lives in one blow? Her ears flicked at Lilystar's yowl, her heart aching for her fellow leader. "She will be missed and honored by all the Clans." she called.

Dragonmoon hissed once at Sharpstar, baring her fangs, before leaping upon her leaders rock and pressing her pelt against her's. She knew it wasn't her place, but her leader needed the comfort. "Don't believe him." she whispered, pressing her muzzle against Lilystar's shoulder, "Berrystar was young, strong, a monster couldn't kill her."

Moonpaw felt his heart stop in shock at the news, his eyes loosing their gleam as Lilystar yowled. He felt his legs tremble beneath him and sat down quickly.

Leopardstorm looked up at his leader, wondering if he would mention the missing cats in his announcement as the familiar pang of sorrow pierced his heart.

Icestorm glanced at the LeafClan leader once, narrowing her eyes, before turning away.

[.::Lilystar::.]

"My deputy, Sootfur," continued Sharpstar, "has run off with another of our warriors, Gingerwing. They both could not handle the life of a warrior and they left LeafClan."

Lilystar turned her dull blue eyes onto her medicine cat. "I'll go with the original plan," she mewed quietly.

Leaftail's eyes were dull with sadness as she viewed the clearing.

[~*Springstar*~]

Springstar held a shocked gaze over at her the Leafclan leader.

Pebblefoot's eyes widened in surprise.

Smallear and Darkclaw sat with their friend Icestorm from Windclan and hissed at the Leafclan leader.

Pinefur gasped while Mintpaw hid her face in her mentor's tail.

Pacthpelt nodded agreement to his apprentice. "Yes, I forgot to mention I did have one, but that was after the last meeting we had." He purred, but was stern with Sharpstar as he had a glum look upon his face.

Hazeeye snorted and continued to ignore the chit chat. He didn't care about gatherings at all. Especially sappy ones like these.

[Silverstar]

Icestorm sprung to her paws instantly, pelt bristling, eyes blazing, claws unsheathed and fangs bared, "My brother did not run away!! You chased him out!!" she yowled, struggling to force herself to stay where she was and not attack the leader. It was no secret in WindClan about how Icestorm had gained her injuries.

Silverstar's eyes narrowed slightly, she hadn't met the new deputy, but Icestorm's reaction made it clear that running away was something the tom wouldn't do. Her gaze flicked towards the WindClan warrior, before focusing on the LeafClan leader; she believed the WindClanner, it wasn't that hard to notice the cobwebs on Sharpstar's pelt, not with the moonlight blazing on them - if the deputy had run, he had been in a fight with the leader beforehand.

Dragonmoon remained beside her leader, fretful for the sorrowful cat. "Alright, Lilystar."

[~*Springstar*~]

Patchpelt stepped forward. "Pardon me for speaking, but, this gathering is a place of peace, not for arguing." He mewed strictly.

Pebblefoot turned the Thunderclan Medicine Cat, and managed to nod his head in agreement. His eyes then set on Lilystar to hear what she had to say.

Smallear and Darkclaw, the Shadowclanners, nodded their heads in agreement with Icestorm. They really disliked Leafclan now.

Springstar crossed her eyes wearily and fainted. She had been moping over Swiftwind for so long, that she hadn't been eating or drinking for a whole week. Now, she suffered heart failure and weakness.

Pinefur arose and snarled at Icestorm."He may seem suspicious to you, and I think that, but he is our leader and you know it!" She then turned to Patchpelt. "As for you, you aren't the boss over all of us." Mintpaw bared her teeth at Icestorm, then back at Smallear and Darkclaw. She hissed at Patchpelt.

It was clear to Hazeeye that he didn't want to get involved in any of this.

[.::Lilystar::.]

"STOP!" yowled Sharpstar, trying to silence the others in the clearing. "I would NOT chase my own deputy out of my clan! How dare you make that assumption!?" he questioned, his eyes blazing and his fur on end.

Leaftail looked back and forth frantically. Who should she believe?

[~*Springstar*~]

Pacthpelt narrowed his eyes at Pinefur and snorted. But, his eyes grew wide and saw that Springstar had fainted. "Whoa! Stop the talking, we've got an unconscious leader here!" Patchpelt raced forward leaped on the rock to examine his leader.

Pinefur growled, but didn't say another word for Sharpstar. She then turned her attention toward Springstar. Mitpaw, sighed, relieved that this argument was being taken care of.

[.::Lilystar::.]

Starpaw bounced forward, hoping to learn some things. She'd just started her training after all. "What do you do for that?" she asked Patchpelt in an undertone.

[Silverstar]

Icestorm's tail lashed angrily, eyes blazing at Sharpstar, "I was there when you done it, you filthy pile of crow-food!" she spat, taking a step forward and bunching her muscles, "If they just 'ran away' then how'd you get those wounds?!" Facing Pinefur, she hissed, "He doesn't deserve it!" Then, she turned back to Sharpstar, ready to lunge.

Silverstar tore her gaze from the argument to look at Springstar. Looking for her Medicine Cat, she flicked her tail to the leader, a clear sign to help.

Dragonmoon shifted from her place beside her leader, glancing anxiously at Springstar. But she couldn't leave her own leader. Whispering in her leader's ear, she asked, "Who do you believe?"

[☆Lemonwhip☆]

Morikubostar glanced up to the moon, 'Does this displease you? Those cats, bringing in such disgrace.' The shadowclan leader flexed his claws, 'Something needs to be done about them. Before they disgrace the full moon.'

OOC: Uh oh, Morry dun gone ebil