Gathering! (all cats invited)

[Wolfpaw]

✥ w o l f p a w ✥

"We are the angry and the desperate,
The hungry and the cold,
We are the ones who kept quiet,
And always did what we were told . . ."

"Hello?"

Wolfpaw's yellow eyes flicked to the newcomer -- from his smell, Wolfpaw guessed the tom was from ShadowClan.

"Mmph," the apprentice grunted in reply, dipping his head respectfully. He didn't know if he was allowed to say anything to the cats from other Clans, but even if he was, Wolfpaw found himself strangely tongue-tied.

Suddenly, Wolfpaw sensed a disturbance in the air current, signaling the arrival of another cat. Smelling ThunderClan, he felt his fur on his neck stand on end as he started to back further away into the ferns.

Oh, StarClan! Wolfpaw thought with dismay, It's Nearpaw!

Would the ThunderClan medicine cat apprentice think he was disloyal, talking to a ShadowClan cat? Wolfpaw crouched, trying to stop himself from shuddering.

"Have we met?"

Wolfpaw stopped himself just in time from sighing with relief. Nearpaw hadn't seemed to notice his presence. The relief was short-lived, as a RiverClan warrior crashed through the underbrush and caused all of Wolfpaw's fur to stand on end.

"I'm not late am I? Wooo! Gathering!"

Great StarClan! Are all of the Clans going to gather in this spot?! frustrated that his solo party had been crashed, Wolfpaw bit back any words he had even thought about forming. He had chosen this spot for its private comfort, but now it seemed like every cat was seeking him out personally.

"Hiya! Name's Flintfang! Long for Flint, longer for Fff!"

UGH!

"Wolf' speaks" ✥ Wolf' thinks ✥ "Tom speaks" ✥ "She-cat speaks"
Prayer of the Refugee lyrics are © to Rise Against

notes ` Poor Wolfeh. D:
listening to ` --
word count ` 226

[Dustnose]

Dustnose was not happy. He didn't do jack squat back at camp, so what business did Snowstar have dragging him to the Gathering?

He hardly spoke to other cats; almost like a narcoleptic, he would occasionally fall asleep when they tried to engage him in conversation. Dustnose tried to tell himself not talk to other cats because by doing so, he could help them not think they were boring. Which they were. So he didn't talk to them.

With slow, bovine, lumbering steps, the sleepy cat meandered over to the back of the Gathering area, avoiding all eye contact, snuggled into the roots of a tree, and fell asleep.

[Haretail]

Haretail was feeling old, there was no questioning it. He strode into the Gathering with an overbearing air of confidence about him, chin high, his veteran limp making him look all the more tough. His own niece was leading WindClan.

Apprentices excitedly scrambling about and socializing was quite the sight, and one he was not sure he approved of. A young WindClanner had no business making friends they might soon be forced to face in battle. But he knew that he himself had no business stopping them.

So he waited patiently in the middle of the clearing, stoic and erect, for the official Gathering to begin.

[Snowpaw]

snowpaw glanced around at all the cats nervously, she had never seen so many colored pelts! she looked around for skystorm but figured it would be useless trying to find her in this large group of cats, snowpaw sighed and looked around, maybe she could find nearpaw or aquapaw, her hopes lifted as she saw nearpaw's fluffy white pelt move in the crowd, she quickly slipped into the crowd and walked over to him, she didn't want to startle him though "nearpaw!" she called out to him and caught up "its snowpaw" she said remembering that he couldn't see, she gazed at him and smiled "there's so many cats,.." she said and gazed around before gazing back at nearpaw "have you heard from aquapaw?" she asked him swapping the word seen for heard thinking that he might be offended if she said 'have you seen aquapaw, she paused waiting for his reply and saw wolfpaw, she remembered that he was thunderclans medicine cat apprentice snowpaw smiled up at him "hi, I'm snowpaw, your wolfpaw, right?" snowpaw stated and asked, not afraid to talk to other apprentices, she flicked her gaze between the two of them and then gazed at the cats around them, she spotted skystorm and smiled at her, but it looked like she was busy so snowpaw decided not to say anything to her

[Nearpaw]

Nearpaw rolled his grey-blue eyes and shook his head The things a cat could get into... "Idiocy has no boundaries, does it? This is precisely why sane cats don't stick their noses into every hole they see. It was probably a burrow." Nearpaw listened as Skystorm plucked out the quills, Flintfang yelping the whole way. "May I try?" He asked.

Reaching over towards where he thought Flintfang was, he began using his tail to lightly feel around for the quills. If he were to get pierced, then at least it would be on a useless part of his body. His tail brushed against one, and Nearpaw carefully gripped the quill between his teeth.

"I'm going to pull this in three," He mewed through gritted teeth.

"Okay." Flintfang squeaked.

"One... Two..."

"Nearpaw!"

SNAP.

Flintfang let out a meep.

Nearpaw flicked an ear over to Snowpaw's direction, rather annoyed his concentration had been broken.

"Yes, Miss Snowpaw, I know. I can tell by your voice." He mewed, spitting the quill on the ground. "And yes. There are many cats. That's why they call it a gathering. No, I have not heard from Aquapaw, but I presume he must be somewhere in the crowd. And his name is Wolfheart, Miss Snowpaw. Now if you'd be so kind to pardon me, there's a cat with a butt full of quills here if you didn't notice, and I would like to help heal him before he dies from infection."

Nearpaw didn't quite care if he had hurt her feelings--Nearpaw was blunt, it was in his personality. He didn't like to sugarcoat things or to attempt to be fakey-nice. He just wasn't programmed that way.

[Leopardfang]

Leopardfang looked down at Amberpaw, listening to her question. Within a few second, the wall of WindClan scent flooded through her nose. She coughed a little from the sudden scent change. "Oh, they're here now. You can smell them, I'm sure." She sighed, looking up at the highrock, she could see that Galestar had found herself a spot next to Snowstar and Bliss'star. She was getting bored, but wasn't exactly a 'social butterfly' and decided to move on from Amberpaw, and make small talk with the shy ShadowClan medicine cat on by the other end of the rock.

With long, flowing strides, Leopardfang was by her side in a few steps. The two had met before, but never really engaged in a conversation. "Hello, Ivyscar." That was all Leopardfang dared to say, for she knew the she-cat wasn't very social either.

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Shadowstalker wasn't looking in the other she-cat's direction when she spoke. She jumped, and her dark fur stood on end when she turned towards her.

"Hello, how is Shadowclan?"

The medium-haired cat forced herself to let her fur lye flat on her small figure. She stopped for a second, racking her mind for this ThunderClan cat's name. Not remembering in time she meowed, "Oh, hello. ShadowClan is fine." She smiled, trying to cover up the fact that she couldn't remember the she-cat's name.

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Aquapaw strode to the clearing, not following Specklewing, but wanting to explore, and make new friends on his own. Not that he thought Specklewing was too protective, which she wasn't, but he wanted to learn on his own. On the edge of the clearing, out of the many scents, he got the most herbal scent from there. He spotted the white, fluffy pelt of Nearpaw, and the more short white pelt of Snowpaw. Perfect. I don't need to talk to warrior apprentices. What knowledge will I gain from those fur balls? The blue speckled silver tom decided to pad over to them instantly. "Hi Nearpaw! Hi Snowpaw!" He tried to make his voice and scent noticeable to Nearpaw, so he wouldn't get startled.

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Eagle'eyes followed his clan to Fourtrees with pride. He was always excited to go to gatherings because he was such a social cat! Every time, he would look for the biggest and loudest group to share stories with and other clan information.

The scent of the three other clans hit him, and almost pushed him back as he entered. Aw, we're late! He quickly scanned the clearing filled with cats, and searched for a cluster of cats. He tried his luck, and just walked right in the middle to see who would call him over first.

[Tailchaser]

"Oh, that's good," Tailchaser meowed dipping her head and looking at the other cats at the gathering. She knew a few of the cats, but most of them she had forgotten, and some cats she just wouldn't talk to. "How is the prey running?" she asked suddenly remembering her conversation with Shadowstalker. 'I hope she didn't notice my mind wandering it could be seen as impolite,' she thought flicking her tail.

[Sagepaw]

((So this Gathering isn't going to go on unless everycat is there, right? Or is everybody starting to get bored with the RP?))

Sagepaw, who was at the gathering for the first time, looked around at the many cats from different clans sharing tongues with each other. "So this is what the Gathering is like? You just talk to other cats until the leaders start announcing their news?" Sagepaw asked. Then he looked around for a random cat and saw a Shadowclanner sleeping away from the others. "I think I'll talk to that tom over there," he said to himself. Sagepaw padded over to the sleeping tabby cat and prodded him with his paw. "Hey, wake up! Why are you sleeping at the Gathering?" he asked.