Leafshadow's Exile

Leafpaw(Apprentice Leafshadow)

I walked beside Tigerheart, My mentor. He acted as if mentoring me was a duty assigned by StarClan. Perhaps it was. I didn't know what being a mentor was like. I wasn't even a warrior! We were going to the gathering, where the four clans met every full moon on the island in the lake at the center of clan territory. The ThunderClan, WindClan, ShadowClan and RiverClan cats would meet and gossip until the Gathering began.

We made it to the tree bridge, and I didn't realize how quickly my turn had come. I jumped on to the slippery log and just pushed strait through the foliage. Winterstar had crossed first, and the last were just leaping down from the log. Winterstar flicked her tail, signaling for us to go in.

Dovestar was already there with ThunderClan (yes, DoveWing is Dovestar). She was the oldest leader of the clans, and most respected. Slickstar came after us with RiverClan. Then Thistlestar (Thistleclaw). He was the most ruthless leader, fighting whenever he could. He had already lost four lives.

”Hi Leafpaw!" The call came from Glowpaw, a friend of mine from ThunderClan. We sat down and began to gossip through the night.