Chapter 12

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     Hollowpaw stretched and padded to his den and curled up in his moss bed next to Snowpaw and drifted asleep. Vivid dreams flashed in his mind, but he couldn't tell what it was. He felt uneasy and awoke from slight sounds that had echoed through that darkness of the night.

     "All cats old enough to catch there own prey gather here!" Thistlestar called. Hollowpaw jolted up and nudged Blazepaw who was asleep next to him up.

      "Time for a gathering. Hollowpaw, Blazepaw, Bramblepaw, Snowpaw, your mentors Honeyleaf, Creekivy, Rockcall, and Dustpoppy come as well" Thistlestar called. Hollowpaw glanced at Snowpaw and caught her glancing at him to. He felt blood rush to his head in embarrassment as he followed his leader to his first gathering.

     The different cats gathered around the five leaders, Thistlestar of Skyclan, Streamstar of Riverclan, Lightningstar of Thunderclan, Shadestar of Shadowclan, and Breezestar of Windclan. Thistlestar leaped onto the tall rock to address to the different clan cats.

     "Cats of the clans, I would like to address it new kits have become apprentices during our time away from this Gathering. We have our new Medicine cat apprentice, Blazepaw, Snowpaw, Bramblepaw, and Hollowpaw. Our new warriors are Cougarswipe and Dirtwhisker." Thistlestar addressed. Thistlestar jumped off the rock, and Streamstar leaped up.

     "Two of our newest kits had been taken away, killed, or even ran away from our Clan. Their names are Hollowkit and Echokit." Streamstar said.

     "What?" Hollowpaw heard Bramblepaw say.

     "Hollowpaw?" Snowpaw mewed quietly to herself.

     Just then Echo let out a low snarl and gave a smirk as she poked her head out from the high branches of the oak. Next to her a large striking black tom and a dark gray tabby leaped down smirking, next to her. Echo kept her gaze away from her brother who was large, looking like the 6 and a half moon old tom he was. Echo only looked like a 3 moon old kit. Streamstar muffled a laugh as she gazed at them.

     "You think 3 cats can defeat 5 clans?" She sneered. Bone tilted his head, and more cats with large teeth bared popped up.


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