Gathering-Sep./Oct.

[Owl]

Owlclaw waved his tail at Lilywish and the other cat, following Foreststar, he ducked through most of the cats that had already arrived, When they arrived at a better location Owlclaw stopped and dipped his head to his leader. "What is it that you would like to say, Foreststar?" Owlclaw noticed the arrival of more cats out of the corner of his eye.

[Olan]

"The other clans are suspecting Hawkstar died." she meowed. " We'll tell them some of the story, but not all of it. I don't want other clans to think we're weak by our loss." She flicked her tail and leaped back over to the GreatRock, realizing that the gathering would begin soon.

[Hawkstar]

ooc- Bump, 'cause this thread appears to have been buried.

[Spirit-kun]

Spirit stayed quiet, not wanting to speak because he had the feeling that the other clans did not approve of a Loner joining a clan. So instaed of speaking, he stayed as quiet as he could possibly be.

[Shady Lady.]

OOC: lets get some Emberclan in here!!

IC:Silverpool sat in the center of the clearing, Frostpaw at her side. This was the blind apprentices first gathering and Silverpool could feel the the nervousness drifting off of her. "Will you be ok by yourself?" The striped she-cat asked, givign the apprentice a lick on her ear." Frostfur blinked her blind blue eyes. "I am just fine!"she snapped. Seh hated how all the other cats looked down on her and treeted her like a kit. She could manage on her own. Taken aback Silverpool stuttered. "Ok then." Trying to sound cheerful she meowed as she padded away. "catch you later then!"

Silverpool padded over to Spirit. "Hello there" she greeted him. "Hows the prey running in your clan?"

OOC: what clan is spirit in?

[Wildstorm]

((Yikes, sorry I'm late. >.<))

Scarletstar bounded down toward the clearing, the wind whispering through her fur and flattening her whiskers to her face. Flexing her leg muscles, she crouched and soared over the final wall of bracken and leaves in one fluid movement. She landed noiselessly, small puffs of dust settling around her paws. Shaking out her red and white fur of the clinging dirt, she ran her tongue over her pelt a few times before standing and loping over to the greatrock. She meowed greetings to a few cats as she wove her way through them with practiced ease. Tilting her head back, she gazed at the great rock. Then something occurred to her and made her eyes narrow in confusion. That wasn't Hawkstar up on the greatrock; it was her deputy, Forestwind. Flicking her ears back, she bounded to the to of the towering rock. "Greetings, Forestwind." She meowed, nodding once respectfully. "Where is Hawkstar tonight?"

Wildstorm raced with her clanmates to Fourtrees, her paws a blur as she sprinted through the dark trees. Beside her, Yinpaw and Yanghallow kept pace with her long strides. Lifting her head slightly, she saw the four towering trees in front of her, silhouetted by the glowing silver moon. The moonlight and starshine reflected in her blue eyes, making them flash and flicker as she flitted in and out of shadows. Finally arriving at the clearing, she charged through the bushes and skipped to a stop. Sides heaving from the effort of running all that way, she looked around to see who was here. She noticed Scarletstar weaving her way to the highrock, where Foreststar already sat. I wonder what the other Leaders will think of Hawkstar after this. She wondered, uneasiness starting to claw at her belly.

Yanghallow and Yinpaw skidded to a stop beside Wildstorm, flanks heaving. Blowing dust from his whiskers, Yanghallow shook his fur and sat, looking around. He flicked his tail, back and forth, watching everyone else for a while. Once he regained his breath, he rose and padded over to join in the crowd, mingling and calling greetings to those he knew.
Yinpaw immediately melded into the mass of cats the moment she got into the clearing. She bounded among them, her tail waving as she looked for her other medicine cat friends.

Blitzfire lazed at the edge of the fourtrees clearing, under the cover of one of the great trees. He lay with his head on his paws, watching the moonlight dance on the earth as the wind blew through the branches of the trees. His gaze moved from the ground up to the greatrock, his expression thoughtful. I wonder what's the story with ForestClan? He mused, tail twitching. Why would Hawkstar send her deputy in her place to a gathering?

((There, big post to make up for it. ))

[Owl]

Owlclaw bounded over to the GreatRock and sat down where the deputies normally sat whilst the leaders gave news of the Clan's happenings. He noticed more of the ForestClan patrol drifting into the clearing and wondered if any would say anything about Hawkstar's departure, he nodded over to Wildstorm, Yanghollow and Yinpaw. He flicked his tail idily as Scarletstar talkied to Foreststar.

Mousepaw weaved through the throng of cats when he smelt herbs and discovered Yinpaw had arrived, the blind medicine cat apprentice nodded towards her, "I hope Hawkstar isn't sick, you may borrow some of my herbs if you wish"... Mousepaw secretly wanted to hear why Hawkstar wasn't there and Forestwind was on the GreatRock. On top of that, another large ForestClan tom was seated in the Deputy's position, Mousepaw recognized him as Owlclaw

[Cinder]

Froststar padded towards the Great Rock, her head held high. It was getting easier to suppress the butterflies still flittering around in her stomach, despite being surrounded by the cats from the other Clans. I have to be able to do this without being scared stiff, she told herself. If I'm frightened of the Gathering, what kind of leader am I?!
As she neared the huge boulder her eyes narrowed slightly. Twilightstar was there, and Scarletstar- but where was Hawkstar? There were plenty of ForestClan cats in the clearing, but Froststar couldn't see the leader anywhere.
Taking a deep breath, the grey she-cat took one more step, until she stood near Scarletstar and Forestwind. Smiling, she nodded a greeting to both of them.

"Who, me?" Shadowpaw asked, walking over to sit beside his mentor. He studied Crystalpool for a second, his amber eyes unreadable. "If you want, I guess." A brief prickle of irritation flashed through his mind- why did he always have to be with his mentor?- but he quickly hid it behind a tired smile.

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Ripplestream sat silently beside her apprentice. Well, medicine cat now, I suppose, she twitched her ears angrily. Not at Mousepaw, but at herself for making such a huge mistake by having an affair with Shadowfire, a warrior, and one from StormClan, no less.
The silver blue cat only nodded to her fellow medicine cats, Crystalpool and Shadowpaw from StormClan, and Yinpaw from ForestClan.
"You don't just offer other medicine cats herbs, especially when concerning their leader!" She hissed through clenched teeth. "It's disrespectful."

[Lily]

Lilywish strolled away looking around hoping to fine another cat to talk to. Looking around she saw a few cats she knew one it was Blitzfire a EmberClan tom. With her head hed high she walked over to the tom grinning ear to ear. ''Hello Blitzfire how are you? She asked sitting in front of him her tail twriling in the wind.

Lambpaw walked with Arrowpaw around looking for aother appertinces. She felt a little scared since this was her first Gathering. Lambpaw looked around and saw a ForestClan warrior. Flicking her tail to Arrowpaw they walked over to the she-cat with great respect. ''Hello I'm Lambpaw this is Arrowpaw She said sweely pointing to her brother looking back at the FroestClan warrior.

Arrowpaw waited silently watching with blue eyes the warrior's expression. Flicking his tail all over the place. He wasn't at all scared he was very calm and at ease. Even with his even anit-socail attitude toward eveyone. He liked bing with a alot of cats that shared the same belif but diffrent leader. At times they all seemed diffrent but at the same time all the same. Turning around he felt a growing need to leave his sister.

Still his even stronger need to be with her at all times overpowered him. Pretending to glue his paws to the ground he stayed with Lambpaw.

Shadowjumper crashed though the bramble knowing she was late. Feeling safe as she entered the Gathering Clearing again she saw Blitzfire with a ForestClan warrior. She didn't feel like talking to anyone. Sliding down into a relaxed lying down postion she waited. Whipping her face clean with her paw.

[Kiri-chan]

Twilightstar nodded in understanding upon hearing that Hawk had stepped down and that Foreststar was now the new leader. He sat and listened as conversation buzzed around him, but Twilight was content to sit quietly for now. He saw Frostflash arrive and noticed, once again, that Blazestar wasn't among them. It'll only be a matter of time before I'm sure she announces she's the new leader Twilightstar thought to himself with a sigh. A lot of changes were happening, but he reasoned some were for the best. He watched Ripplestream slink over to where the rest of the Medicine Cats were, but didn't go towards the group. He didn't feel it necessary to enlighten the other Medicine Cats about her situation and figured Mousepaw would be doing that during the next Medicine Cat meeting anyways. Standing up to stretch, he joined the other leaders atop the rock and when Frostflash joined them, somehow Twilightstar knew she was the leader. Nodding to her, he curled his tail around his paws and waited for the meeting to start.

After the surprising, but then not so surprising, sudden announcement that Blazestar was stepping down, Cinnamonstreak had thrown his support behind Froststar wholeheartedly. As he believed in serving his clan to the fullest of his abilities, he had no trouble adjusting to the new leader. Froststar hadn't yet announced a Deputy and that troubled Cinnamonstreak a little, but he reasoned she had a good reason for having not named one yet.

Following Froststar to Fourtrees, Cinnamonstreak had trotted into the clearing once Froststar joined the other leaders. Seeing Shadowjumper among the Forestclan warriors made him bristle as he felt she had deserted her clan, he pointedly ignored her presence. He doubted she was even paying attention to anything anyone in EmberClan did anyways. Stopping near a tree and sitting down to groom his tail, Cinnamonstreak waited for the meeting to come to order.

Racing eagerly after Scarletpaw, Oakleaf was so happy he could have leaped five feet high with each bound he took. Being a warrior was great! He hoped Stormwing was there as he wanted to talk to her. Bounding eagerly into the clearing, he was thrilled to spot Stormwing a few minutes later and hopped over to where she was. Batting her playfully, he ducked into a playbow and flicked his tail happily. "Hi! Isn't this great?! We're WARRIORS!"He said with glee. In a softer voice so only she could here, he whispered, "Let's talk afterwards, k?"

[Olan]

Foreststar sighed. "Hawkstar isn't with us anymore." she said quietly. Then, realizing that every leader was here, she yowled for the ceremony to begin. "I guess I'll go first," she said uneasily to the others. Stepping forward, the full moon seemed to make a spotlight on her. Nervous, she began clumsily. "Um... Well, I'm the new leader of Forestclan. Hawkstar has left us." she sighed. "Owlclaw is the new deputy of Forestclan. We have two new apprentices, Eclipsepaw and Emeraldpaw. That's pretty much all..." she looked around anxiously, then stepped back and nodded to the other leaders.


Fawnmoon sighed. She is so nervous! I feel pretty bad... She couldn't believe how much pressure must be pressing upon her new leader. Quickly pushing troubling thoughts away, she continued her fruitless search of Batkin, her mate.

Blueflame blinked. "Shadowjumper?" he said softly. He noticed his mates odd behavior. "What's wrong?" he asked in a caring way. He hoped he didn't sound too annoying and nosy. He was just curious.

Badgerpaw bounced with excitement. His first gathering! He leaped over to Lambpaw and Arrowpaw, trying to keep his closest friends in sight. He didn't want to get lost. The excited buzz of talking died down as Foreststar's lovely voice echoed over the crowded grounds.

[Cinder]

"Oakleaf!" Stormwing meowed in delight. Her friend's paw brushed her fur in a playful pat and she grinned at him, suddenly feeling incredibly self-conscious. "Yeah, it's great," she replied, poking at him with one paw.

"Let's talk afterwards, k?"

Stormwing nodded enthusiastically, eager for the chance to be alone with Oakleaf. It seems like there's always someone yelling at us, telling us that we can't be friends because we're from different Clans.
Oh well, at least we don't have mentors to chew us out anymore.

Froststar blinked in surprise at Forestwind's- Foreststar's- announcement. Hawkstar... left ForestClan? She tilted her head to the side, wondering why the leader had chosen to do that. Something important must have happened. I wonder...
She studied Foreststar carefully, wondering what she would be like as a leader. A change in leadership affected all the Clans, not just one.
Or two, rather. A fresh wave of butterflies swept through the grey she-cat's stomach as she remembered that she still had to announce that Blazestar had retired. She fought away the nervousness, however, telling herself that it was ridiculous for a leader to be afraid of addressing the Gathering. No stage fright, please. Please.

[Spirit-kun]

((sorry guys i was grounded, ummm Forestclan Shady lady))

Spirit wheeled around and looked at the she-cat wondering why she had asked him. "Ummm.... uh... good?" he said unsurely. 'What should I say' he thought. Being new to all this made it feel strange for him. "How's prey in your land?" he asked politely thinking it was the right thing to say.

[Owl]

Owlclaw shifted in his position underneath the GreatRock and looked back up at his leader. He wondered if Foreststar was okay, but reassured himself as she spoke his name and glanced back down to the assembled cats. He was glad most of them weren't overly shocked by the news, but he could hear some yelps of surprise.

Mousepaw felt agitation pulse in his mentor. He was glad she was still around, in case he made mistakes, for example, what he had just said to Yinpaw. Mousepaw glanced up to the Rock then back to Yinpaw, "I'm sorry to hear that Yinpaw, May StarClan light Hawkstar's path".