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“Warriors and apprentices of RiverClan!
Please, gather here and listen to me!”

➣ Snowleap did the best he could to make sure he spoke loud enough to be heard through the entire camp, but there wasn’t much that he could do about the evident nervousness in his tone. Regardless, he tried to sound stern and serious, all while trying to show a certain amount of eagerness to make sure this wasn’t taken lightly. It hadn’t been long at all since the last Gathering had taken place and the RiverClan deputy, for the moment, was done with moping around and feeling sorry for himself. Once cats finally would start to gather around him, the dark oriental would begin to explain this matter further, holding his head high and remaining strong for his clan. He had made enough mistakes and strived to right these wrongs before something more terrible occurred. May StarClan see that he was trying to fix this sin of his own making. He would keep on trying over and over again.

“I have no doubt that all of you are aware of our situation with ThunderClan.” He meowed, a short sigh leaving his parted jaws before continuing, “The loss of Loonpaw, Marigoldpaw, Mistypaw and even Swankit was a devastating blow to our clan when we fought for Firefly Cove awhile ago. After ThunderClan has, unfortunately, discovered that we are holding Cinderpaw at the last Gathering, I would not be surprised if there was another battle soon on our horizon.” It was blunt and to the point. Snowleap had no means to lie to his clanmates, nor hold any information from them. “I was a coward at that Gathering and I wish to try to make amends for that misdeed by helping RiverClan prepare for the future. I will not have a repeat of the Cove battle and have more young lives be lost. That being said, I ask for the experienced warriors of RiverClan to help me train our apprentices and prepare them for a fight. I want us to all come together and train as a clan. We must become stronger. We must not become savages either. Remember this, RiverClan. We fight to survive, not to kill unnecessarily.” Hopefully, everyone could agree on this matter.

The tip of his tail twitched back and forth impatiently as he wondered how to handle this. Snowleap had never done something like this before, only training his own two apprentices how to fight. “We, as a group, will go through important fighting moves and practice them until we all have an understanding. Apprentices, do not hesitate to ask either I, your mentors or another warrior for help if you need it. We are a family and we need to support one another as one. We’re all in this together and we must not forget that.” Once everyone had come forth to participate and had listened to what the deputy had in mind, then he would lead them all to the Training Island. He did not wish to crowd the camp and possibly endanger kittens who were out playing while they all trained together. "Now, who's with me?"