A Light in the Dark

Chapter Four : At the Gathering

CanineClan was last to arrive. RushClan, MarshClan, and CaveClan were already there. Blossomtail made her way to the front with Frostedshoe and Goldenstar to sit with the medicine cats. Goldenstar leaped up to sit ontop of the large Oak Tree branches, while Frostedshoe sat on the roots. Blossomtail greeted the other meds below.

"Hey, Blossomtail," Stormstep, the MarshClan medicine cat greeted. "You look great tonight. Do you have an apprentice...?" He looked around her, trying to see if an apprentice was hidding behind her.

"No, Stormstep. Goldenstar has not given me one yet," she meowed.

"Shame," Dappledflame of CaveClan meowed. Goldpaw, her apprentice, looked sympathetic. "On a brighter note, Goldpaw's naming ceremony is going to be held this medicine cat meeting! She has been waiting to be announced an almost full medicine cat, and i think she's ready!" Goldpaw licked her chest fur, embarresed.

"That's great," Blossomtail purred. Stormstep and Birchfern, the RushClan medicine cat, murmured their congradulations. Jumppaw, on the other paw, looked jealous.

"How come she gets her name before me?" he grumbles.

"You will get your name when you learn to shape up," Birchfern growled. "How would the clan feel or even StarClan if i gave you your name while you still act like a kit?" Jumppaw glared at his paws, avoiding his mentor's gaze.

"Still pulling practical pranks, i see," Dappledflame purred. Jumppaw glared at her, and Goldpaw smiled at him. He dropped his gaze, and Blossomtail saw his cheeks get red. She knew for awhile now that Jumppaw had a big crush on Goldpaw, but he knew it was against the code to have mates in other clans.

"Let the Gathering begin!" Darkstar, leader of CaveClan, announced. Blossomtail sat in her spot below Frostedshoe, dipping her head to the other meds as the Gathering started.

"CaveClan shall go first, since you other leaders hardly have any good news," Darkstar meowed, looking at the other leaders. She was daring them to say otherwise. Goldenstar dipped his head to her and the other leaders, Foxstar of RushClan and Fogstar of MarshClan, exchanged looks.

"Good," she meowed. "We have sighted a badger on our borders. Our warriors chased it off, and we last saw it going towards MarshClan."

"Oh, great. Thanks, another problem for us," Fogstar meowed dryly, her eyes betraying her anger.

Darkstar ignored her, continuing with: "We had a new litter of kits, born to Fernpaws. 3 kits, named Waterkit, Birchkit, and Sandkit."

"Waterkit! Birchkit! Sandkit!" the clans cheered. Blossomtail noticed with a sinking heart that her clan was the softest, as having the least amount of members.

Darkstar waited for the cheers to die down. Then she ended with, "Prey is running smoothly, and we are doing fine."

Fogstar took her place. "Like Darkstar said, we will keep watch out for the badger," she began. "We also have two new apprentices, Finchpaw and Morningpaw! A litter of 2 kits were born to Grasshaze, and they are called Windkit and Bloomkit."

"Finchpaw! Morningpaw! Windkit! Bloomkit!" the clans cheered. 

"Prey is also running smoothly, and that is the end of our report," Fogstar ended. Foxstar took her place after she stepped back.

 "We have nothing to report, other than RushClan is doing well, and the prey is practically running into our paws," he announced, stepping back to let Goldenstar speak. 

"We are doing well as well," he meowed. "Prey is great and borders are well guarded."

"As if," Blossomtail thought. 

"Meeting dismissed," Darkstar yowled, and the leaders jumped off the tree. 

"CanineClan, we are leaving," Goldenstar called. 

Blossomtail looked at the other medicine cats. "Don't worry, i am sure to have an apprentice soon," she meowed. 

She left the medicine cats behind, knowing it would be forever before she had an apprentice, and she knew that the other medicine cats knew it as well.