Moonstar smiled at Greypaw then started to laugh.
"Think fast Greypaw!" Moonstar meowed as she pounced at the apprentice. Greypaw let out a yelp and jumped landing on Moonstar's back. Moonstar rolled over laughing as she batted at Greypaw's head. Greypaw jumped aside then lept and tried to bowl herself into Moonstar's side, but Moonstar was alittle too quick and jumped aside then landed softly behind Greykit resting a paw over Greykit, pinning her.
"Let me up! Let me up!" Greykit meowed struggling to free herself.
"Silly kit! Do you think ShadowClan would just 'Let you up?'"
"No, I guess not. Moonstar you aren't ShadowClan!"
"Moonstar! I'm a warrior from ShadowClan, defend yourself!" Moonstar meowed letting her apprentice up.

Goldenpoppy strolled into camp and headed straight for the fresh-kill pile, hunger clawed her belly. She chose one of the smaller mice and gulped it down in a few bites. Goldenpoppy sat there, watching Moonstar and Greypaw at their little training session. 'There's a good way to burn off all of her energy' she thought.

Greypaw charged at Moonstar, giving the leader plenty of time to dodge the attack. Greypaw looked up confused and slowly advanced on her mentor, trying to get her this time. She felt ashamedly that she was pinned down so easily before and was determined to make up for that. 'I will go down fighting until my last breath' she thought.

Goldenpoppy noticed Greypaw's light mood suddenly changed into a focused, more serious tone of fighting. 'So determined for one so young' she thought, but what do you expect from Wildstar's kit?

OOC:ONCE ALL OF POST 1 MORE TIME THE GATHERING BEGINS! Also could I say Highrock?? I need to make up names for these kits

Wildstar rang out the legendary words he used to make many young kits into apprentices.
"Let all all cats olden enough to catch there own prey gather beneath Highrock." The clan was mostly all out, but they came nearer to hear. He saw Cinderkit and his litter mates all excited and bouncing all over the place.
"Thornkit, from now on you shall be known as Thornpaw, Spottedfur you are ready for an apprentice, You will be Thornpaw's apprentice. The same words came out with each kit. Until Cinderkit came forward.
"Cinderkit, from now on you will be known as Cinderpaw. I Wildstar will be his mentor and train him to know the warrior code." He saw his sons eyes widen with surprise.
"Also before we leave, Blackclaw are you satisfied That your apprentice is ready to become a warrior?" Wildstar asked.
"Yes,I am sure." He said boldly.'Then so be it'Wildstar thought.
"I, Wildstar, leader of Shadowclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand your noble code, and I commend him warrior in return. Shortpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and protect and defend your clan at the cost of your life?"
"I do." The young tom said.
"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. Shortpaw now on you shall be named, Shortheart. The clan honors you for your bravery and courage, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Shadowclan."
"Shortheart, Shortheart!" The rang out.

"What are we doing today Wildstar?" Cinderpaw asked excited.
"I am going to show you the boundaries then if we still have some time we'll practice hunting." Wildstar replied.
"Great!" Cinderkit said. They walked along the border Wildstar answering each question the young apprentice asked.
"Hey is this where the battle was?" Cinderpaw asked.
"Smell and tell me what you scent."
"I smell all of the clans here!" He bounced excitingly.
"Correct." Wildstar replied smoothly. The Apprentice was pouncing at imagenary warriors and wacking the air. He suddenly stopped and asked, "When will i be in my first battle?"
"Don't worry you'll be in one in no time." He chuckled.

Moonstar laid panting,"Enough Greypaw, I don't have your energy."
"Awww, But this is fun!" Greypaw meowed jumping in and out of Moonstar's range.
"I'm getting old, Hey!"
Greypaw pounced on Moonstar's tail pinning it beneath her paws.
"Moonstar? Old and no energy? But you're practically invincible!"
Moonstar batted Greypaw away from her tail.
"No, no one is invincible Greypaw."
"When do I get to battle?"
Moonstar sighed. All kits thought battling clans was exciting, until they actually fought. "Fighting, Greypaw, is the last thing you'll want to do. It's not a game, and you're always in danger of losing your life."
"What was the battle like?"
"Come to my den in the morning Greypaw, I will show you the forest and the battlefield."
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Moonstar saw Greypaw start to bound over in the early morning when the sun was just peeking over the trees in the forest. Moonstar stretched as she moved outside her den as Greypaw ran to get to Moonstar's den even faster. Greypaw suddenly realized she was going to run right into her mentor and tried to slow down but not soon enough so she bumped lightly in to Moonstar.
"Sorry Moonstar!"
Moonstar gazed down sternly at her apprentice then lept over her, purring,"Race you to the outside of camp!"
Moonstar reached a tree then sat down washing a paw as Greypaw came running up.
"Slow slug! Come on! While I'm still young!"
"Where are we going first?" She asked bouncing up and down in front of Moonstar. We'll go to the thunderpath boundries first, then up towards Fourtrees."
"The thunderpath? By ShadowClan?"
"Yes, come along now!"
They soon reached the thunderpath and Greypaw wrinkled up her nose at the smell. "It stinks."
Moonstar laughed as she creeped toward the edge of the path. "Yes, it does." A monster thundered past and Greypaw shrank back.
"Is that what killed Talltail?" She asked quietly.
Moonstar nodded slowly,"Come, we have alot of ground to cover today."
"Yes Moonstar!" She meowed excitedly and dashed away from the thunderpath. They moved along towards Fourtrees when Greypaw asked,"When do I get to go to a Gathering?"
"Have you been listening to the other apprentices?"
"Yes, They say there's a hundred cats there, and that StarClan watches them and gets angry when they fight."
"Yes, that's true."
"Why do the clans fight Moonstar?"
"Only StarClan knows Greypaw."
Moonstar suddenly froze, and Greypaw looked questioningly at Moonstar.
"We're in ShadowClan territory, the Battlefield is just a ways away. Tell me, what do you smell?"
Moonstar watched and scented the air herself when Greypaw yelped quietly,"ShadowClan warriors, I think I smell Wildstar!"

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Greypaw looked up at her mentor, excitedly. "Alright, Moonstar!" she said and padded over to the apprentice's den for the first time. She curled up, wanting tomorrow to come as soon as possible. Greypaw watched the older apprentices settle down to sleep, but none came to the newest one. She was too excited thinking about tomorrow, so she ran through what Moonstar had said about no cat being invincible. It was somewhat of a shock to her, since she was starting to fully grasp how fragile the line between life and death really was. The line of being a ThunderClan cat or a StarClan cat.

Goldenpoppy also thought it was a good idea to turn it, for the Silverpelt was beginning to appear. She slowly padded back to the warriors den for the first time in a great while.

Dawnheart saw the Silverpelt beginning to appear through some clouds. She wondered if she would have another dream about the New Prophesy that night.

"Dawnheart." A familiar voice sounded. "Troubles are coming ahead."

"Bluestar?!" Dawnheart said shocked, she was a very small kit when Bluestar had passed away.

"Your once good friend will soon be gone, do not grieve for he is not who you thought he was..." Starclan often gave riddles to Medicine cats, if Starclan happens to see trouble in the future, but not to normal warriors.

"Bluestar! Wait what do you mean?" Dawnheart called after the great leader, but Bluestar only turned and nodded her head. "No! What do you mean? What close friend?!" But she woke up soon after calling questions to Bluestar.

"Are you all right?" Sandstorm asked looking at Dawnheart

"Fine... just fine" Dawnheart said trying to hide her bewilderment from Sandstorm.

"Okay..." Sandstorm replied

"Oh! Sandstorm!" Dawnheart called after her. "Will you take out a dawn patrol?" Sandstorm nodded and continued walking.

'I have to talk to Moonstar and Cinderpelt about this one.' She thought.

"Well well look at this." Wildstar said as he trotted up with his patrol. "Coming back so soon?" Moonstar stood quiet.
"Is that Wildstar?" Her apprentice asked. Moonstar nodded.
Wildstar noticed his daughter. He looked back up at Moonstar.
"Is this your apprentice?" He asked.
"Yes." She answered. Wildstar looked a moment longer then passed by with his patrol.

Greypaw kept her attention on the ShadowClan patrol until they faded out of sight. "Why did he saved me when he's not in our clan?" Greypaw asked Moonstar, curiously. She was still quite young, but he saving her didn't make much sense to her at all. "Is it because my brother is in his clan?"

Goldenpoppy was out hunting along with Fireheart and Lionclaw. The scent of mouse filled her nose. It was a fox-length away. Slowly she crept up to it, keeping her scent downwind. Then she pounced on it before the wind changed directions. Fireheart and Lionclaw appeared moments afterwards. "Ready to go back?" Fireheart asked after he put down the fresh-kill. Goldenpoppy nodded and picked up her findings as the group headed back to camp.

Moonstar let out a sigh of relief. 'Why did he just pass by? He had every right to attack me. Was it because of Greypaw?' Moonstar looked down at her young apprentice."He says he follows the code. You have a brother in ShadowClan?"
Greypaw looked terrified.
"Don't worry, It will be our secret. Come, the battle field is just over here."
Greypaw's eyes lit up and she pounced at leaf flying in the wind.
"Did you fight Moonstar?"
"No, I split the fight apart."
"Why did you do that?"
'She's like Streamfeather, In a way.'Moonstar thought.
"For the sakes of the Clans."
"Ahh.. Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Greypaw asked.
"What?" Moonstar asked surprised and taken back.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just..." Greypaw looked afraid she had angered Moonstar.
"You're curious." Moonstar meowed.
"Yeah..."
'Did she really want to lie to this new apprentice? Saying she did, Greypaw would ask who. She couldn't lie about it being a ThunderClan warrior.'
"You never answered my question Moonstar." Greypaw asked after a while.
"Nothing gets by you does it?" Moonstar laughed and then slowly sighed,"Yes, I do."
"A brother?" Greypaw asked wondering if the were the same with siblings.
"No, a sister. Streamfeather, the RiverClan deputy."
"Really?"
"There it is." Moonstar said looking out over the field.
Blood stains were here and there, and large and small tufts of fur of all different colors. The ground was torn up in parts and grass and all different kinds of plants were tamped down underneath all the cats' paws.
Moonstar watched as her apprentice scented the air. "What do you smell?"
"Mostly ShadowClan, but WindClan and RiverClan as well."
"Yes, They were there too. Streamfeather with her patrol, and they helped break it apart."
"Why do we have to keep it a secret that we have brothers or sisters in a different Clan? What is so bad about it?"
"It's against the code that StarClan made for us."
"But it doesn't make sense!" Greypaw continued.

"Sometimes things don't make sense. You just have to trust StarClan" Moonstar said. Greypaw looked up at Moonstar. "But..I would rather know" she mewed quietly. "So would I, but that is not the will of StarClan." Greypaw looked across the field. It sent shivers up her spine, thinking cats could have died here. She brushed it off. Greypaw wasn't really a serious cat, so the feeling quickly escaped her. "Let's continue on" Moonstar said, turning her back on the scene. Greypaw gave the field one last look and bounded after Moonstar.

Goldenpoppy dropped her prey off at the fresh-pile and took a vole for herself after seeing the apprentices had given fresh-kill to the elders.

Streamfeather paced outside the warriors den, huffing about her sister. 'Why is she so irritating? Why must she always 'Follow the code' to the last fox-dung word!'
"Streamfeather, what are you so angry about? Is it about Moonstar again?" Heatherpaw asked so quietly Streamfeather barely heard her.
"Heatherpaw!" Streamfeather whispered,"You're supposed to be asleep."
Silverpelt was glowing brightly and the moon was just a day away from being full.
"You're supposed to be asleep too." Heatherpaw quipped.
Streamfeather stared hard at her apprentice, then answered truthfully,"Yes."
"Is it about yesterday?"
Streamfeather nodded, and felt a little embarrassed because she was spilling everything to an apprentice.
"Maybe its for the best, Streamfeather, you're loyal to RiverClan, right? She doesn't want your loyalties questioned, as well as hers."
"Well, yeah, but... everyone will find out sooner or later."
"She's a leader, it would look terrible if her loyalty to her Clan is questioned. As well as you, you're deputy."
"Good night Heatherpaw!" Streamfeather said with finality.
Streamfeather then went into the warriors den and fell asleep.

When Moonstar returned, Dawnheart went to tell her about her dream.

"Well, that is... strange... you'll have to let me think, come back tommorow at dawn we can talk then." Is what Moonstar replied.

"Alright." and with that Dawnheart nodded respectfully and left her leaders den.

When she went to the fresh kill pile she saw no one had caught any prey. She grabbed a mouse ate and then went hunting with Lionclaw.

Greypaw scampered off to talk with other apprentices to see what they had been up to today and if they were allowed to go to the Gathering tonight. "Do you think I'll get to go?" Greypaw asked, excitedly. "..Ask Moonstar" one of them suggested. "You might or might not." Greypaw nodded and looked around for Moonstar. She spotted her still in the clearing. "I'll be back" she mewed to her friends and quickly padded over to Moonstar. "Can I go to the Gathering Moonstar?" Greypaw asked, pleadingly. "Please, please, please."

Goldenpoppy saw Greypaw come in with Moonstar. She began to head over to her, but she went to talk with the apprentices. Goldenpoppy shook her head. She didn't want her kit to grow up so quickly. Goldenpoppy looked around for something to do when Sandstorm asked her to join a patrol. "Sure" Goldenpoppy said, wanting to get the growing gap between Greypaw and her out of her mind.

OOC:OKAY! NOW ITS TIME FOR THE GATHERING! NO MORE WAITING!

Wildstar led the way down into Fourtrees with his clan and his son. Windclan and Riverclan were already there and talking. Some of Shadowclan went to talk with Windclan and Some of Shdaowclan went to talk with Riverclan.
"Wildstar where do I go?" Cinderkit asked.
"Go talk with some other clan apprentices learn their strengths and weaknesses, do not give out to much information." He trotted off into a pile of apprentices from the other two clans. Wildstar lept up to his spot on the rock and Blackclaw to his spot.