April Gathering

[The Shadow Flower]

Originally Posted by Fallenpine

Koipaw wandered around the gathering, trying to find someone she knew.
Don't make eye contact DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT she told herself silently. Suddenly, she saw Stonepaw, and bolted toward her.
"Stonepaw!" she meowed. "How are you?"

StonePaw would blink in surprise and perk up. KoiPaw! Isn’t the gathering fun?

KoiPaw can be so funny! We only saw each other this sun high!

[ameko]

Burnetsnap let himself be pushed away by Songthorn, but at what Cloverwish said froze momentarily. "I'm not gay." She was already too far away to have heard, but that didn't stop the confusion and irritation from building inside him.

Walking with Songthorn—or, well, being forced to—he looked helplessly towards the departing cats. "Our Clans already got dismissed," he protested.

@hxneysuckle

[tye]

Originally Posted by RedHead

The calico glanced him over again at his insistence of her not getting to close, her teal eyes narrowing as she spotted the infected wounds along his flank. If he was in such bad shape, why had he even come? This mouse-brain is going to kill himself, going on like this. She was trying to push away the concern that had been bubbling up inside her, but it was still there. Last line of defense, she'd cover it up with snark. But.... she still did care. Warblerpaw didn't have to know that.
Being called a softie made her ear-tips burn in embarrassment, that wasn't a title she'd ever thought she'd be associated with, but Flowerpaw knew that Warblerpaw knew that. He was just teasing, which made her feel a little bit better, because that meant he was still feeling like himself. "Yeah, barely alive." She spat back, though she was not annoyed, just upset at his condition. It scared her to think, still, that he could've been killed. He could've died and she didn't do anything about it. "It doesn't matter how I am. Good, as you can see. Well-fed, training..." She trailed off, her eyes growing wide before she looked back at Warblerpaw. "Warblerpaw, you... you should come to Riverclan. You'll be safer there, there's more food, just until Windclan gets back on its paws. You can come back with me, I'm sure if I ask Lionstar, he would allow it!" Flowerpaw didn't know why the thought hadn't come to her before. If Warblerpaw came with her, he would be safe, right? He would take that opportunity....... right? Her teal eyes shone with a plea, something that was not characteristic of Flowerpaw at all. She never pleaded, or begged.

His ears flattened. "I don't know." The words came out rough and sulking.
Stepping into unfamiliar grounds with new cats and everything will require a lot of adjusting. His eyes washed over at Twilightstar down to his gathered clanmates murmuring to each other. Will they even notice his absence? Or ...care? He might be marked as a traitor, though, his care of what they may think is fading away replaced with fear, pain, and hunger. His heart felt like it was in twists and knots of this decision. "...Okay. If it's alright with Lionstar," his shoulder drooped, sighing. Sweeping away his endless thoughts, for now, he stood up to nose- touch Flowerpaw's shoulder. "Thank you. I'm not going to lie, I can eat a whole cow right now," he purred. "And whoever can heal this disgusting wound will be my savior. Literally." A moon or two won't hurt. I can't support my clan with the way I am now anyway. This is all new to him. The stubborn calico made has two friends, Flowerpaw and now Honeypaw. And now he's giving in by a couple of words and being affable, showing weakness and gratitude? Well, it's first for everything.

[Wings]

(Sorry for the delay! @Shimm )

Russetstrike watched Duskstar finish her speech. "Well, I should get going now, ShadowClan is leaving." The young tom got up. "See ya around?"

[Pluto]

Originally Posted by Beau

Sagedust purred as Flintfreckle entwined their tails and nuzzled his chin. The warrior wondered what the best way to tell him would be and decided that she wanted to have a little fun with it. “I’ve been thinking about moving out of the warrior’s den,” she said nonchalantly, surprising the urge to giggle. Instead, she turned her attention to the water before them and sighed as though she hadn’t a care in the world, resting her head on his shoulder.

Flintfreckle was content with sitting there with her... until she said that. He jerked his head around to look at her with wide eyes, fighting the urge for his white-splotched pelt to bristle in shock. “Y-you... You w-what?” He sputtered in surprise. “Where would you go? Why are you going? I’m coming with you.” He decided, his sentences rambling together with his surprise.’

[Undertaker]

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Beastspark hadn't been fully paying much mind to any of the reports besides how WindClan was doing. His mild interest in Twilightstar's new deputy came and went along side Lionstar's. He wasn't expecting Icestar to give up that bit of territory she took when allied with ThunderClan. So that was something. As he figured, ShadowClan was once again made to look bad thanks to Icestar's decision. Then again he supposed ShadowClan would always be seen in a darker light. As they were ordered to leave, he got to his paws to follow the leader, his powerful shoulders went tight with tension at the words that touched his ears when she passed. Interesting, was that a threat? His own green eyes flashed with cool defiance and settled on the Icestar's back as she dived into the seas of cats. In his head he wasn't fully certain what he had done to deserve such word, not that he minded he wanted to see if she'd really make him choke or not.

Was it because he didn't report every little thing to her the moment it happened? He's literally done nothing but follow her orders and care for the clan. He wasn't plotting or scheming against her, he's hasn't broken the warrior code, so it had be because he wasn't allowing her to micromanage him that she was so upset? If she wanted a puppy dog who sat and begged on command she should of taken Dawnstripe as the deputy instead of she wanted someone to kiss her ass and tell her how amazing she and all her ideas were then Daintybird would do. He had done what he had thought was right and none of it endangered or harmed his clan or Icestar in anyway. If she wanted to fight about it that was fine with him, he could use a good brawl. Otherwise he had no problem stepping down as her deputy, it was that or they were going to have to talk about this.

Icestar was not going to be happy about the fact that he sent three warriors over to WindClan, she hadn't told him not to do that. He was pretty certain that was going to be turned on him somehow making him out to be disloyal. Normally he'd be a little more worried about that yet since he started thinking for himself a bit more he was starting to find her plans for power more for herself than the clan. Did they really need to hold Thunderhowl over Duskstar's head? No. Did they really need those few cats from an already terribly weak WindClan? No, if anything she should had let those cats come to her than the other way around. No one could call it stealing or whatever that way. Icestar, as of late, seemed almost childish and a little selfish, regardless Beastspark would still follow her to the ends of the earth because that was what loyalty was to him.

With a deep sigh, Beastspark rose to stand and follow his clanmates out. He waved his tail farewell to the remaining deputies. He felt a bit bad for being so broody, he'd try and be less of a snob next gather... if Icestar kept him as her deputy that was. Jumping down, he flexed his stiff muscles and shook out his gray and white pelt then darted off after the departing ShadowClan.

[dionysus]

Originally Posted by Ombre Party

Flintfreckle was content with sitting there with her... until she said that. He jerked his head around to look at her with wide eyes, fighting the urge for his white-splotched pelt to bristle in shock. “Y-you... You w-what?” He sputtered in surprise. “Where would you go? Why are you going? I’m coming with you.” He decided, his sentences rambling together with his surprise.’

Sagedust couldn’t help the grin that spread on her otherwise relaxed face. He was too cute. She wanted to laugh, but didn’t want to give herself away just yet. Luckily, Flintfreckle seemed flustered enough that Sagedust doubted he would notice her barely repressed laughter. “Oh, I don’t think you’ll be allowed to come with me,” she mused brightly, “but you can always come visit.” She couldn’t look at him. If she looked at him she would burst into laughter and not be able to keep talking. Instead, Sagedust studied the lapping water and flicked an ear to make sure their clan hadn’t left them behind. “As for where I’m going,” she added, stretching the pauses between words to leave suspense, “I was thinking... the nursery.” There it was! She’d finally gave him her news and now they could prepare for a life with more than two.

[RedHead]

Flowerpaw held in the disappointed sigh she wanted to let out when Warblerpaw responded, hesitant. Of course he was going to say no, why had she expected anything else? He'd always complained about the Riverclan scent, plus she knew most cats were more loyal to their clan than she was.
As there was a stretching silence, Flowerpaw was preparing her arguments in her mind, as to why he needed to come with her. Once he spoke, Flowerpaw opened her mouth immediately. "Warblerpaw, you need to under-" She stopped, ears flicking as she fully registered what he'd said. "You actually mean it?" Flowerpaw stood, bewildered for a moment, before shaking her head, trying to cover up her previous surprise. "Yes of course, it's no problem really, somebody's gotta watch out for your sorry rump." She meowed, though she was still smiling as she said that. Flowerpaw was actually really glad the tomcat had agreed. She didn't really believe in Starclan, but if she did, there was probably some intervention up there that had allowed this to fall into place.
"Well, I'm pretty sure Lionstar will let you right in... But I suppose now is a better time than ever to go ask. Let's see if we can catch up with him." A little too excited, Flowerpaw turned to run towards where the Riverclan cats were dismissing, glancing back to make sure Warblerpaw was following. If he we went back on his word, he'd be in more danger than when he was with the coyotes.

@vermin

[Moonraven]

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Twilightstar resumed lapping at her sore paws as the last two leaders finished up their reports. She more or less ignored Icestar's rebuttal to the whole poaching cats thing, the dark leader could think and say whatever she wanted. Her actions had been uncalled for and extremely rude even if she had been simply looking out for WindClan in her own cruel way. All Twilightstar really cared about was the fact that her clan would be getting back their territory without a fight. This gathering had been worth coming to just this once. Her eyes automatically shifted over to the small interaction between Beastspark and Icestar as they left. She had no clue what was being said but could guess some friction was going on there. It could provide entertainment later on. "WindClan, we're heading home." Twilightstar let out a rough call to the handful of members that had come along, she clumsily made her way back down to the sand and let them home.

[tye]

A light chuckle emitted from the calico's maw, smiling. It felt good to have someone to depend on. Warblerpaw trailed behind Flowerpaw pausing briefly to glance back at his clan with a somber gaze before chasing down his friend along with Riverclan.
@RedHead