Gathering VIII

[&. SHADiE]

I was a warm night. The inky black sky was dotted with shining stars and silver light turned the forest a shadow-like silver. The full moon hung in the sky, fuller larger than ever. It seemed almost unreal. Cicadas and insects chimed out turning the night alive.
Four stone pillars stood, each cracked and covered with ivy. The sides were well worn from many pawholds and scars from the wind laced its sides.
Suddenly grass rustled, and many sets of eyes glowed in the near-darkness. Muted noises came from around the pillars, some from the moors, some from the rivers, and some from the forests. Tails were held up high and heads looked around for familiar faces. For the Clan cats, it was a beautiful night for a Gathering.

[.Nighty]

(ME FIRST 2 RESPOND! ;D )

~Night-Bloom~

Nightbloom's Blue eyes sparkled as he walked with his clan. His tail followed slowly, dragging behind. The Tall grass scraped against his fur as he Shifted side to side. There was a slight breeze. Small, tall, and medium sized tails coverded the area as he continued to the large stones. NightBloom blended in with night. His Dark black pelt hiden away, only his eyes visible. Bright blue, matching a peaceful river running down a mountain, or the bright blue sky in the afternoon. Nightbloom had only peaceful thoughts about tonight. Infact, It was peaceful. Beautiful moon, a chilling breeze. Nothing could get better.

[&. SHADiE]

The dark smell of MoonClan's forest slowly vanished behind them as followed their leader to the Gathering. Nightwhisper felt her heart pound in excitement. How many Gatherings had she been too? Too many to count, and yet she always felt like this when going to one. Sniffing the air she didn't smell any other Clan, other than MoonClan. They must be one of the first to arrive.
Paws moving swiftly and silently, Nightwhisper spotted Nightbloom in the crowd of her clanmates and she smiled slightly. She had only recently agreed to be his mate. He shared her love of darkness, not to mention the word 'night' in their name.
Looking up the four pillars that the leaders stood on for addressing the cats loomed into view. Her emerald eyes flashed, thinking of how no cat could have created them.

[.Nighty]

~Night-Bloom~

NightBloom's paws hooked the ground slightly. out of the corner of his eye he could see NightWhisper. His beautiful mate. She shed out a slight smile from her face at the sight of him. His Blue eyes focused and locked on he walked over to Nightwhisper slowly. "Nice night isn't it?" He asked her at the sight of her excitment. He licked his stomach cleaning himself as they came closer to the pillars. The night was clear the moon was bright, and of course it was dark. The night grew darker and now only NightWhispers eyes were visable, a bright shade of green matching the grass on the ground.

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The pillars looked startling pretty, even in the moon's silver light. No mortal cats ever had done any flawless craftiwork on the ancient stones. They looked like as if they were carved out from the skies of StarClan. The leader of DawnClan strolled through the clearing, weaving her way through the storm of cats until she reached her way to the pillars. With a single, powerful leap, she was on one of the pillars, overlooking her clan. Not only her clan, but three other clans as well. Tonight is a beautiful night. It is one of her favorite nights. Sighing, she did not realize that standing on the pillars made her breathtaking, mindblown eeriely beauitful. The yellow eyes of hers cast a ghostly aura that could make newcomers shiver with unease. The cats that knew her would admit they shivered at her dark, mysterious beauty. Not to mention the suspectious scar that thrived on the calm, collected leader's cheek whose do not wish for any battles, but only peace.

MoonClan medicine cat padded in the clearing. Many cats always noticed her purple eyes, but not tonight. The eyes were no longer purple, but poison black. The spirit that inhabitated in the medicine cat's body pondered who will notice the difference. Giving herself a toothy smile, she saw Nightwhisper, the boulder-like warrior, with her lover. She did not wish to meet the warrior's eyes, but she did. When that occurred, she looked away, softly cursing in her ancient tongue that no modern cats would understand.

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[.Nighty]

~Night-Bloom~

NightBloom's Blue eyes shined as he looked up at another clan Leader jump on the pillar. NightBloom still waited for his mates response. His black pelt hit the moon and made a blinding shine to anyone who looked. He turned to see The medicen cat Staring at him and NightWhisper. He gave a quick smile and turneed back around to see the pillars above him, yet again.

*RiverSong*

RiverSong walked on the path following her clan mates. She saw the bright moon high in the sky and bright stars shing above her. Large pillars stood above everyone. siting still. Her Pale Blue eyes gazing at the sky and everyone around her.

[Swiftpelt]

Swiftpelt

The young warrior kept pace with his clan, as they calmly approched the Neutrel grounds, his ice blue eyes shining in the peaceful night. This would be his third time coming to the gathering, since he caught a large rabbit that everyone praised him about and was soon picked to go to the gathering. Of Course, being that he was a mentor, he also wanted Featherpaw to come as well and experinince the thrill(If that's what warriors call it)of the gathering. His long black tail waved slowly in the windless air as his clan arrived at the gathering and noiced MoonClan was also present, just by the number and scents of each cat.
Swiftpelt glanced back, hoping that Featherpaw had joined him and stopped half way on the hill to wait for his apprentice to appear.

Silverbreeze

The Full moon, the stars shining bright and a gentle breeze blew among her clan as she padded along with her short but nimble tail halfway off the ground. The light gray warrior's pelt showed a silver shine that glowed under the moon's light and gentle flowed with the light breeze that blew pass her. This was a beautiful night for FireClan, nothing but a calming breeze and the stars shining above them. Silverbreeze lifted her head, catching the scents of both MoonClan and DawnClan mingled in the air. She would stay with her leader and deputy, until the gathering had began or until someone else had called her. Still thinking to herself, the light gray she-cat continued to keep pace with her clan until they reached the gathering.

[Sublimeluver]

Revolutionstar padded into the moonlit clearing. His emerald eyes shining brightly. He was happy. He had a beautiful mate, strong clan, and best of all no worries at the moment. He dipped his head in aknowlegement to the leaders that stood beside him.

[◦ʜʇʎɯ]

White-eyes and Puddlestar had conferred that it would be best for White-eyes to appear to lead MistClan to the Gathering, only to tell the leaders MistClan had a different leader. She padded ahead, twitching her whiskers and following the scent of the other clans towards the clearing. "Revolutionstar, Twilightstar, Haggarstar." she nodded to them. "I have come to tell you that I am not Whitestar, as most of you would think. Instead, we have Puddlestar as the leader." she meowed, bowing her head, and walking off, leaving them to think about what she had just said.

[&. SHADiE]

Running beside her mate, she felt happy, and of course the usual excitement. As they dawned upon the usualy meeting place of the Gathering, Nightwhisper caught the black eye she had only recently come to accept; Appleblossom. Her fur prickled slightly with the knoledge of thoes eyes, but her carefully arranged mask portrayed nothing. She looked at her for an instant, but that spell was broken as they both turned away. She did not intend to do that again. Nala was a friend, and a powerful ally. That did not stop her from returning her attention to her mate. "It is a beautiful night" Nightwhisper murmured, gazing at Nightbloom.

Sunflash padded beside Revolutionstar. The silver night was causing tension to loosen, or so it seemed. With a nod to a few select cats he took his usual place beside one of the stone pillars. He arrived just in time, to flick his ears back and catch the rest of a hushed annoucement. "...not Whitestar, as most of you would think. Instead, we have Puddlestar as the leader."
His eyes flashed, in interest. Puddlestar? Ah, this was going to be an interesting Gathering. He felt a growing respect for White-eyes. By his experience she was a good and loyal warrior; she would make a great deputy.

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[@pple]

Puddlestar? This was very interesting. It did not surprise her at all. She knew that the former medicine cat will come back to the clans someday. There was something unqiue about the she-cat. Giving a respectful nod toward White-eyes, she kept silent, glancing at other leaders. She wondered what they would think about that. A former medicine cat becoming a leader overnight? She would bet on her seven lives that they would be not happy about it. She hated remembering that night when she lost her first life.

Nala twitched her ears as she heard the report. This was not what she expected tonight. Oh no, she whispered darkly.

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[Swiftpelt]

Silverbreeze

Reaching the gathering, she padded beside Sunflash for a moment with her sky blue eyes half closed. Before the light gray she-cat could break away from the tom however, she heard White-eyes speak about MistClan's new leader and couldn't help but stop in her tracks, almost stunned by the words. Puddlestar? Leader? Oh boy...they must have a reason for this. Silverbreeze thought, flicking her ears back and turned around. This surprized her, being that she was half-clan and MistClan was her other half. With a wave of her short tail, she padded off to find a good spot and hoped she could find anyone she could talk to.

[F E A T H E R]

Featherpaw eyed the clearing carefully, looking for her mentor. All around her were cats of every size and color, most from the other clans. Feeling a little shy and intimidated she kept her head and tail high.

Eyes scanning the cats, she looked desperately for Swiftpelt. There! She found him at last. Walking up to him, she nodded nervously. This was her first gathering.

[Swiftpelt]

Swiftpelt

Waiting on a small hill, the young warrior looked around as each leader took their place and each warrior seemed to be pre-fixed in their own clan. So far, MoonClan and DawnClan didn't make much of an effort to even talk to one another. And upon seeing FireClan appear, they seemed to be the only ones that were upbeat for the moment. The tan and black tom sighed at this, seeing that his clan and MoonClan still wasn't getting along well.

Looking up to the night sky for a bit, Swiftpelt caught a scent that was indeed of his own clan and turned his head to spot his apprentice coming toward him with a slight nervous look on her face. Flicking his ears back, the tom gentle layed his long black tail on her shoulders with a smile."Featherpaw, I know this is your first time. So how about we go find your MoonClan friend?" Swiftpelt suggested, removing his tail from Featherpaw's shoulder before glancing up at both his clan and MoonClan."But stick close, Just in case." He added, slowly making his way down the hill to where his clan was and closer to MoonClan.

[F E A T H E R]

Featherpaw felt calmed at Swiftpelt's calm demeanor. There was nothing to be scared of at a gathering, there was a truce. Following her mentor into the crowd of cats, she began scanning the clearing for Nettlepaw, she had only seen him days before, and now she was nervous all over. So far, they had met twice, Swiftpelt only knew about one of those times.

[.Nighty]

~Night-Bloom~

NightBloom Saw his mate turn to look at the cat. Black eyes, That could surely hypnotise. He watched NightWhisp as she turned around. her Responce was very obvious. "It is a Beautiful Night." He Smiled. "I agree" he said softly. His pelt blew with the wind. It was now getting chilly outside. "brrrrr..." he whispered to NightWhisper laughing. The moon reflected, yet again off of the black Tom. Walking closer to the pillars.

[Sublimeluver]

Revolutionstar padded after Puddlestar. "Puddlestar..." he meowed. "What shall i call you?" he asked gently.

Brokencyde sat beside a group of cats talking to them....happily for once! He was happy about seeing his lovely mate...it was like Starclan come to earth

[&. SHADiE]

"Brr?" the black she-cat echoed, her maw curling into a smile. "It's the middle of green-leaf!" she continued, green eyes showing her laughter. "'Come on, let's go see who we can talk to" and with that, Nightwhisper padded into the midst of cats.

Sunflash blinked as he thought of what he just heard. Looking up, it seemed he wasn't the only one to overhear. Ohwell, they would find out when the Gathering started. Finally focusing on what was currently going on the deputy recognized the light-grey she-cat. "Siverbreeze" he greeted.

Paws shuffling, a dark tabby apprentice silenty broke apart from the rest of the MoonClan cats. This was his second Gathering, the last one had been in Leaf-bare. Everything looked so different! Nothing was glowing with the reflection of snow, and there had not been many cats. Now, half the cats of each Clan had to be here. Nettlepaw swept his eyes over each cat, before suddenly spotting a flicker of gray. Pricking his ears hopefully he ran over to here he thought she was. Nervous all of a sudden Nettlepaw felt his ears grow warmer. "er..Hi Featherpaw!"

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[wildnose]

Wildnose was looking for Spottedpelt. When suddenly her mate Tangleheart bounded up to her. She bearley noticed him while she glanced around. "Isn't it just a perfect night for a gathering
Wildnose?" Spottedpelt said as she bounded up behind her. Runningfire, her brother and Spottedpelt's mate came up to them too. Now that they were in their usual group she looked for Redpaw her apprentice. He was by some Fireclan Twilightstar, her leader called the meeting earlly?!?

[.Nighty]

~Night-Bloom~

He smiled as His Mate made the remark. He followed his mate into the crowd of cats. His Blue eyes Sparkled as he tampered in the cats. Some taller some smaller and some Higher ranks. He looked at them, and then his Mate. "who? who do u wanna talk to?" He asked Night-Whisper.

(srry its so small )

[&. SHADiE]

((Hey guys, just a few things. Wild, you only created a bio for Wildnose, so you can only play. Once you create bios for Tangleheart and the others is when you can play them (: Also Nighty, text chat is not allowed, you have to spell everything out in a post <3))

Nightwhisper glanced around, seeing quite a few familiar faces. "Oh, you know." she replied. "Cats from other Clans I have met." she purred. "Like...." she turned this way and that and spotted Brokencyde. She blinked. He seemed a lot happier than last time she had seen him. Looking over her shoulder at Nightbloom she flicked her tail. "C'mon" she repeated with a smile. Trotting over to the tom she bowed her head slightly in greeting. "Hi, Brokencyde" she mewed. "How's the prey running?" She may like to be alone when the moon came around, but she wasn't shy.

[Swiftpelt]

Silverbreeze

The light gray warrior was about to sit down, until she heard someone call out her name and looked over her shoulder to see who it was. It was her clan's deupty, Sunflash, calling out to the she-cat and turned around."Sunflash." Silverbreeze meowed, padding over to the tom and bowed her head."I wonder what MistClan was thinking, choosing a medicine cat for a leader." She spoke, reaching the tom and sat down close enough to him but far enough away to keep from causing a problem. Her short gray tail waved in the air and looked to the night sky with a flick of her left ear.

[CherryWhiskers<3]

-Walldrop-
A black figure slipped into the opening, possibly unseen. His slicked back pelt blended into the shadows. As he pressed on through the outside of the crowd, Walldrop looked down at his paws. Moist ground squirmed up between the eaves of his paws. The soft pink flesh in those eaves getting dirtier by each step. Flicking his black whiskers, Walldrop rolled his shoulders as he slowed his pace. Bold blue eyes searched the crowd for a velvet figure with violet eyes like a rare flower. Appleblossom, where art thou Appleblossom, the tom's thoughts sang out. He almost took on a pleasant hum, but quelled it fast enough so it wouldn't rise again.
A grin flickered on his cool features for a few moments, but that too passed with effort. There she was, Appleblossom. Such a beautiful she-cat to have as a secret lover... Secret as it may be, he was sure some other feline's knew about his feelings. Sometimes it felt as if he wore them on his face as plain as the blue sky. The only beings he couldn't hide it from was Starclan; often he wondered if they shunned him for loving a medicine cat. Walldrop was about to shrugg, but he reached her. Stealing her scent in the moonlight, he was summing up a plan to drag her away from any conversation she may have been working on. "Good evening, Appleblossom. It's quite humid this night, no?", he took on a pleasant tone, sounding as normal as ever. Maybe I'm too good at hiding this.., he thought with a bit of pleasure in himself.

-Lasspaw-
Licking her lips, the white apprentice padded into the clearing. She wouldn't particularly know that it was a dark night. Lasspaw never knew day from night. Being blind did have it's benefactors, however. Never having to see a bloody battle; those sorts of things. It may shock her if she could see. Well, possibly if she grew up with sight, it wouldn't. Yet, if I suddenly received vision out of no where... I'm sure it would be fatal to my sanity. The thought was sudden, almost shocking the white she-cat. Maybe it showed on her face. Whatever it did, it wouldn't matter. Because the lapse in concentration lost her hold on vibrations. Suddenly, she was falling foreward. Her paw had been caught by a root of all things. Now, she was tumbling for a firey tom, with a cocky, joker attitude. Padpaw. Lasspaw breathed him in before she rammed into him, tumbling them both over. The Fireclan scent was pungent in her nostrils; it made her want to gag in ways. "Oof", she puffed out the air as their tumbling bodies stilled. Oh Starclan, he's going to round on me and freak out. Pfft, on a blind she-cat. Such a tom HE is, she thought with humor. Only she could laugh mentally in such situations of embarrassment.

[.Nighty]

Night-Bloom Listened to his mate. Padding into the invisible grass. Black shadow rolling over the land. The Moon Bright. The to fighting eachother for the spotlight. Light or dark? Night-Bloom could hear the other clan cats paws crunching on the grass. whispers from around filled his mind. "oh. I know other clan cats." he said following her. It smelt fresh, grass, wind, and the strong smell of other cats.

[Sublimeluver]

Mysticpaw sat beside her friends. Her radiant green eyes glew happily. Her beautiful pelt shown serenly in the moonlit night. She was indeed beautiful, but she was unaware of it

[(:Puddle:)]

Hey sorry myth but I think I want Puddlestar to come to this gathering. I don't remember saying she wouldn't attend. Sorry! <3

Puddlestar gazed around the clearing and sighed. Her first gathering as leader. She looked up at the night sky and felt her strong connection to star clan. She knew that tonight would surely be interesting. She just hoped that the other leaders and their clans wouldn't act harshly. Her clan acted surprisingly accepting. She padded over to the other leaders. She gave them a small smile and waited for any questions. She thought it would be best for them to say something first. She had heard word of Whiteeyes earlier remark and prefered to hear what they had to say first, if there was anything at all.

[Flyaway]

OOC: Ew to my post.

She silently padded behind Revolutionstar as Fireclan made their way into the moonlit clearing. It was a beautiful day, even she acknowledged that fact. Like daylight with the sun, at night with the moon her pelt glowed like it was on fire. Her amber orbs took their quick glance around at the clans, the leader's, the medicine cat's, warriors, and apprentices. A normal gathering, in a sense.

Words hung in the air as white-eyes spoke, a medicine cat becoming the leader. Unusual and bound to get attention by several cats, a purr ran through her as she padded away from her clan and leader to "mingle" or listen to the whispers of others. Though before she could, the color of fire, in a sense, caught her eye.

[** spy-deroo]

Flamefur smelled her before he saw her. He had only heard her voice a few times when she spoke to other cats, and only seen her a few times at gatherings and in battles, but she was amazing. He was afraid to admit that he had a crush on Flyaway.

Her coat was like fire, resembling his. They both would've done fine in the same Clan, but Flamefur had joined DawnClan because of his father, not because of any she-cats. Flamefur hadn't even thought about taking a mate until he met her, but she was from a different Clan, and how would she react if he told her anything?

The tom approached silently and spoke soft and calm, as if it were any other cat. "Hello, Flyaway. How's your Clan been doing?"

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[Domino.!]

Jayflight sat close near where the leaders were seated, so he could hear everything perfectly. Jayflight sat alone, gazing up to look at the magnificent Silverpelt. It seemed as if it was its brightest tonight. Jayflight abruptly looked down, feeling stares. Jayflight nervously looked around, looking at groups of cats of different clans chattering like birds with one another.
No one had anything to say to Jayflight. He wouldn't be able to respond anyways. "I hate being unable to speak." Jayflight seemed to huff in his head. " I'd like to get to know other cats." Jayflight thought, and sighed aloud. This surprised him, because whatever he usually emitted was a gurgle. Jayflight then only ran his tongue over his paw, then began to clean his face, and waited for the gathering to start.

[Darkheart]

Twilightstar nodded to Puddlestar with a smile. In her mind, though, Twilightstar wondered why they have the old medicine cat as leader, and not White-eyes. It didn't seem right. She looked out at all the cats in front of them. Twilightstar was glad it wasn't as intense as the last gathering.
Twilightstar met eyes with her half sister, Appletree. They just looked at each other for a long moment, as if trying to read each others thoughts. Then, Appletree crossed her eyes, making Twilightstar laugh. They were really close.

Waterlily walked into the gathering behind all the other cats of her clan. She scanned the area, looking for other medicine cats to mingle with. Her brown eyes spotted Appleblossom. Waterlily smiled and walked over briskly. She came up behind the other medicine cat and said "Hello Appleblossom." in a friendly voice. "How are things doing in your clan?" She asked, not seeing Appleblossom's eyes.

Turtlepaw sat alone, shyly looking at her paws, drawing in the dirt. She didn't like coming to gatherings. She didn't even know why she was here. She flicked a pebble out of the way of the tree she was attempting to draw with her claw.
When Turtlepaw was just a kit, her mother had told her not to wait for other cats to come up to you, but for you to go up to other cats. But Turtlepaw never did. She didn't like starting conversations. She didn't think she was good at it. Her blue eyes turned away from her tree and up at the sky. The moon reflected in her ocean blue eyes.