July Gathering 7/25

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Rainwing listened to the leader's, his eyes flickering back and forth between them. He was anxious, it was obvious by his body behavior and his tail constantly moving. He scanned the crowd of cats for the other medicine cats, wondering if they had told their leaders. How could the leader's speak so calmly and act as if nothing was wrong? Starclan had given them a dark prophecy and it spelled disaster for all the clans. He glanced over to Tanglestar as she spoke, meeting her gaze and his eyes reading" 'Should we not speak of the prophecy?'

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Mudstripe just growled and pinned his ears back. "Actually, I don't think I want to hear you reasons. You say you wouldn't twist it around, but I'm sure you would anyway. You'll just feed me some mouse-dung story like you would to Spottedstar. Forget it."

When Runningpath again flicked his side with her tail, the tabby growled again- louder this time- and rose to take a step away from her. "I thought I told you to quit it!" His blue-green eyes narrowed venomously. He hated it when grown warriors didn't act seriously enough. It was one of the many things that stuck burs in his fur.

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RunningPath didn't move, she kept in line with Mudstripe. Ah, this was rather fun, sort of.

"I'm kin to him, Mudstripe," she hissed, staring right at him, with her eyes narrowed, "At least, that's what we think."

Her tail was swishing side to side while she licked her lips to speak once more, "I saw him once, was going to chase him off, but he looked and smelled so familiar... I couldn't just give that up! Go ahead, tell SpottedStar, tell her a phony lie! Say that I never knew him, and I did this all the mousebrained time!"

She growled loudly, while her tail swished side to side.

"Mudstripe, just remember, I am a loyal cat of ShadowClan, but I can't let kin get hurt, whether or not if he was a match for you or not. What would you do if kin was about to get in a fight, whether it was a loner or not? Would you just stand there and watch? Or would you fight, and try to protect your kin?"

Her claws slipped out of her paws, not even remembering the truce at this point. Well, either way, she wasn't planning to attack.

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The tabby groaned exasperatedly when she said they were kin. Yeah, right. Runningpath was a born ShadowClan cat as far as he could remember. Her parents must have been as well. How would a loner be related to a Clan cat? But as she continued to insist upon the matter, a feeling grew in Mudstripe's mind that he could possibly be mistaken. The striped warrior realized that it was more than he'd thought. Runningpath might not be pure ShadowClan blood at all. Which meant her kits weren't either... If it was all true, ShadowClan had been poisoned with the blood of loner. All he could do was hope it was different.

Her voice still buzzing in his ears, the warrior shook his head violently. "No! It would be completely different! I was born into ShadowClan by two ShadowClan cats. I wouldn't have that problem! Darkpaw and I were both purebred." Mudstripe couldn't repress a wince at the memory of his brother, hit by a monster. "And Darkpaw wouldn't have needed my help. Before he died, we were both almost ready to become warriors. If either of us had stepped into the other's battle it would have been a disgrace!"

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RunningPath growled loudly, letting her tail lash back and forth. She now dug those claws that were already unsheathed into the ground, letting her eyes go pierce. This tom knew nothing about family then.

"You are a disgrace. You should of helped, that is what family is. You help eachother out, no matter the cost. You shouldn't care about the situation, you should still help! No matter if the both of you were becoming warriors, you should of still helped!" her voice was almost loud enough for all cats to hear; she was so angry, "You are a fool! I may not be full ShadowClan, but at least I have the guts to stand up for my kin, at least I try to protect them!"

The she-cat didn't care if anyone heard her. She was a loyal ShadowClan cat, no one should disagree with that.

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Mudstripe hissed, infuriated. "Shut it! You don't know anything, half-breed." His claws dug into the earth, full of obvious tension growing in his belly. "Things were different for me. You and that rat you call a brother could never understand how it was like for real ShadowClan siblings." The tabby stood and turned about to face her, lips pulled back in a snarl and ears pinned back against his head. He was ready to shred this filth's pelt.

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Spottedstar glanced around. All the leaders had spoken, it seemed, and no other cat was jumping up to report any lingering news. The ginger and white she-cat was about to part her jaws to draw the Gathering to a close, when her ears pricked to the hisses and snarls coming from the mass of ShadowClan cats. Her amber eyes narrowed as she picked out the pelts of Runningpath and Mudstripe. Great StarClan, what now? His tail lashed irritably. ShadowClan didn't need to be seen as a pack of loners bickering amongst themselves.

She had to end this before it got worse. "If no other cat has any news to share, this Gathering has ended. May StarClan light our paths." Having said that, the she-cat leapt down from the great rock and made a straight bee-line for the two squabbling warriors. Anger and embarrassment flickered in her eyes. "Both of you, stop this fighting right now!" She kept her hiss hushed, but every bit of her anger was seeping into it. "Now I will see you both in my den as soon as we're back at camp. Clear?" Twitching her whiskers, the leader quickly turned away and flicked her tail for the Clan to file out of the clearing after her.

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Badgerstep glanced up in surprise. The Gathering hadn't been that interesting this time around, so he'd gone off into his own mind, just thinking. Now he glanced over to Foxflight and wondered if there was anything left to say. WindClan had yet to be announced to leave, as was with ThunderClan, so if the tom had any more interesting tidbits to share, the warrior was there with ready ears. He was finding himself agreeing with the ginger warrior's points, and anything he had to say would be at least fun to listen to.

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RunningPath growled at Mudstripe, letting her fur puff up with anger. How dare this tom. How dare he do this.

She parted her jaws to speak once more, "What makes us a Clan isn't blood! It's the battles we've fought and the memories that tie us together! Whether it's a kittypet, a warrior from another Clan or a Rouge, what makes us strong is the famlies we have to protect and the experiences we've had, not blood!

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She calmed down only a little, looking back at Mudstripe. She growled, and then followed with the rest of ShadowClan.

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FoxStar flicked her whiskers at FireStar, as in a good-bye, and then called for WindClan to go back home.

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OOC;; lack of muse, kinda short. x.x;

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Tanglestar growled with exasperation. Why did the warriors have to bicker so tirelessly at a gathering when this was supposed to be a time of peace. The four original clans had come together to share information for moons. Did they ever bicker like this? Whatever the reason they could bicker later on not when it was time for the sharing of news, good and bad. She leaped down from the rock and joined her warriors in conversation with the other clans trying to drown out the rude noise.

Rippledcrest smiled and licked Dirtfur on the shoulder. "Whether or not you want me to be I will always be your friend.", she purred feeling some of the awkwardness slip away and relaxed. She felt comfortable with Dirtfur, he wasn't mean or annoying or antisocial he was just right. Good amounts of everything.

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Swiftfire's tension eased as the clans were dismissed. She waited for her leader to fall to the ground before beginning to leave. Soon though, her ears heard bickering yowls from a group of Shadowclan cats. It sounded serious and worry made her look for the Shadowclan leader. Spottedstar quickly went to the source of the noise and it instantly died down.

Looking towards the sky, she was glad to see it wasn't filled with clouds to show that Starclan was upset. Spottedstar had stopped it and that was the end of it. She turned her head around to try to find the Riverclan deputy. When she did, she nodded a good bye with a smile that said thank you, then turned and followed her leader towards the edge of the gathering place. Swiftfire lifted her tail to call all the others who might not have noticed that they were leaving.

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Foxflight turned his bright gaze towards the two toms next to him and gave a kind look to the two. It seemed no other cats from the clan would come over and he knew that eventually they would be found as well.

"I'm glad that I could confide in you Badgerstep. It seems that I'm not the only one noticing these disturbing conditions of the clans," he mewed. A sad look came over the tom and he sighed. "I just wish there was something we, as warriors, could do to help our clans since Starclan seems not to."

He then turned his gaze towards the other. "I'm glad to have met you as well and am very sorry for the hostility. To make it up for you, you may seek me whenever you like to just talk." He was extending an invitation for another talk to the tom for he could get to know him better. It would be best to have the big brute on their side instead of the other way around.

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Badgerstep flicked an ear to the ThunderClan tom. "No problem. You have a lot of good points about the leaders the Clans have. It's good to hear a tom with some sense in his head, though, too." The warrior then frowned a bit and twitched his whiskers. "But can't there be something us warriors could do? I mean, it sounds like you would know how to run things better for the Clans. Couldn't you talk to Tanglestar about it or something?" But that didn't seem to be quite enough. Why would the leaders take advise from their warriors? Only the deputies could get through to them, and personally, he didn't think they were much better off. They turned out usually to be just like the leaders before them.

As Foxflight mewed his apologies to the ShadowClan warrior, he couldn't help but grimace a little. He wasn't so sure about this cat. Tigerstorm still appeared edgy in his mind. He wasn't so sure if this tom could even be trusted. What if he went off blabbing about what they were talking about to the whole forest? Most likely he wouldn't, but Badgerstep wasn't exactly the most sure tom at the moment.