Hollowstar's Gift

Chapter 4

I padded along the border with Gorsepaw and Stripepelt who was busy talking to Wildleaves. Gorsepaw placed his tail against my fur. I leaped up. 

"Sorry." He meowed and I nodded back at him. I was so nervous this was my first gathering. I've been an apprintice for two moons but was never invited to go.

"There's no reason to be nervous." He meowed making me breath  a little.He rubbed his muzzle against my head. I gave his ear a lick and he bowed his head. I finally got close to the gathering. Trees on either side of stream with some rocks to leap across. I looked down at the rocks. 

"It's easy unless your scared." Growled Tabbyclaw who became a warrior a moon ago. 

"I'm not scared." I meowed leaping into the river and swam across and shook my fur off. Letting the water droplets hit the ground.

"Watch out." Meowed a black tom with white paws that smelled of caves.

"Sorry." I meowed to him and he walked away with his head looking at the ground.

"That's Wolfpaw, the one that lost his parents."  meowed Gorsepaw. I watched the tom walk toward the trees and not even turn back.

"He also killed his sister." Meowed Tabbyclaw scratching his fur.

"He's been an apprintice for a moon." Meowed Appleleaf of Caveclan. 

"That's App-" Began Gorsepaw.

"I know, Caveclan came to Mossclan once." I meowed back to him. He nodded and walked toward some cats that smelled of herbs.

"Go meet some cats." Meowed Stripepelt shoving me toward the middle. I looked at the black tom and turning the other direction followed Stripepelt. He walked over to a tabby shecat who nodded to him.

"Stripepelt." She mewoed and Stripepelt gave her head a head nod.

"Littlewind, how are you?" He questioned her I looked up at my mentor who didn't even notice I was there anymore.  He took a seat down and began to talk dicussing how their clans were. I walked in the other direction. I saw a dark brown sitting next to Gorsepaw but they weren't talking. I padded over.

"Oh, Hollowpaw!" Gorsepaw piped up looking at me and tilted his head toward the tom. The tom looked down at Gorsepaw and Gorsepaw shrunk under his gaze. 

"That's Acornpaw, his mother is Lilywaters, deputy of Moonclan." Gorsepaw meowed and Acornpaw sat up even more strighter.

"Yea," He meowed getting up into Gosrepaw's face hissed. "and I know who I can kill.''

"Acornpaw!" Hissed a brown and white shecat. Acornpaw eyes got wide and softened and walked toward the shecat. I looked at Gorsepaw who let a deep breath out.

"All cats take a seat, let the gathering begin." Meowed a black and red tabby shecat. Gingerstar turned her head toward the shecat.

"Spiderpatch, what happened to Redstar?" She questioned. Spiderpatch lowered her head then raised it.

"You'll find out once the gathering begins." She hissed. I took a seat next to Stripepelt and looked up at the Six Pointed Stones. Spiderpatch looked down and then up at the stars.

"Sadly Redstar was killed by a sickness known as Redcough, which you cough up blood until your insides fill up and you drown in your own blood." Spiderstar explained.

"That's horrible." Wormstar of Rockclan meowed in shock.