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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Jan 1, 2007 18:17:25 GMT -5
The first Gathering will be on the 2nd of February. All leaders should come and they can bring 5 cats each. If your Clan has less than five cats that can be brought (no kits under 6 moons and no nursing or pregnant queens) you can just bring them all.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 7:20:01 GMT -5
The Gathering is today! Everybody hurry and come. If your leader isn't here and we're getting ready to start the Gathering, the Deputy can take their place.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:08:13 GMT -5
Shiningstar padded over to the shallow water that connected the mainland to Starlight Island. She waded in and strode through the water, her paws splashing up tiny drops and making small waves. Sakurapaw stepped in after her and shivered at the way the water dragged at her fur. She shook herself and crossed the narrow strip, swimming once in the middle to get a better look around at the lake.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:10:10 GMT -5
Silver smiled. She loved the water! She waded in and splashed in. She swam away from the shallow part and sighed as the water cooled her aching paws. She pulled herself out on the opposite bank on the island as her leader and daughter stepped out.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 17:11:04 GMT -5
Raven followed Sakurapaw, making sure that shw safelty travelled through the cool water. "She's a good swimmer, like all OceanClan cats," he thought to himself.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:12:38 GMT -5
Silver looked around and felt oddly peaceful at the sight of the stars gleaming on the water around the moonlit island. Shiningstar flicked her tail and beckoned her Clan around her. "You may all explore until every Clan is here and has gotten a chance to explore. Then head for the center of the island. That's where we'll have the meeting." She waved her tail and disappeared under a bush. The bush quivered slightly and was still as their leader departed.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 17:15:41 GMT -5
Raven called Sakurapaw to his side. "I am going to explore the island for herbs. YOu can come with me if you wish, or explore on your own."
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:17:02 GMT -5
Silver purred and slipped quietly into the water. She trotted around the island, taking in all the sights and sounds. Not a ripple of the wind could have deserted her easily on this night. She pulled herself out halfway out and wondered something. She lapped up a drop of the shining water and waited for sleep to overcome her. But sleep never came. Just that feeling you get when nothing could go wrong and life is wonderful. SHe shrugged and ehaded towards the center of the island.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:18:47 GMT -5
Sakurapaw dipped her head. "I want to come with you. You wouldn't last five minutes on your own without me there to catch all your prey." She added mischiviously. She purred and headed under a bush. There was a scrabbling noise, and she emerged with a mouse and a poppy head. She dropped her catch. "This island is awesome!"
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 17:19:47 GMT -5
Raven was relieved to find a patch of Snakeroot, but no sign of Deathberries, Nightshade, or Holly.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:25:25 GMT -5
Silver pushed her way through three bushed and crept under a cedar tree. Then she heard soft murmuring and knew she was close. She raced forward and got stuck in a thorn bush. She hissed and clawed at the branches holding her shoulders. They broke and she wiggled forward. She groaned. "As long as no one sees, everything will be fine." She grumbled as she tugged herself forward. She broke free of the htorn bush and took a few steps forward, her pelt aching. She stopped and looked around. She was in a clearing about the size of three camps. The grass was long, green, and soft. She could feel it brushed her underbelly. It shot up to her belly in some places and only reached her legs in others. She looked up and gasped. There was a rock in the shape of a yowling cat in the middle of the clearing. It was just the head, screeching at the sky. It was five times as big as she was. She darted forward and sniffed it. Inside the gaping jaws, there was a small puddle of blueish liquid. She dabbed her paw in it and sniffed it. It smelled like berries. She licked it and her mouth filled with a delicous taste. Some of it trickled out of the jaws. Silver pulled herself onto it, using it's mouth and neck for pawholds. She sat on top and survayed the clearing. She could see the whole island! And there was enough room for all four leaders and them some. She knew this was the right place.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 17:28:49 GMT -5
Raven continued to explore the island. This was a safe place, he could tell. While there were few herbs here, he thought he could bring seeds and plant them in several locations, for the benefit of all cats.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:47:43 GMT -5
Sakurapaw took the vole and ate part of it. She pushed the rest towards Raven and took the poppy head. She shook three poppy seeds into the ground and spread the away from eachother with her claw. She buried them lightly in the dirt.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 17:50:07 GMT -5
"Well done, Sakurapaw. We'll plant more herbs, and one day this island will be a sanctuary for all cats."
Raven glance at the sky. "We should find the meeting place soon. Lets explore the center of the island."
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:50:42 GMT -5
Silver jumped off the rock and padded over to a thick patch of tall grass. She pushed it into a large nest (with enough room for several cats) and settled into it.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:53:56 GMT -5
Sakurapaw dipped her head pushed her way under the nearest bush. She emerged into a small clearing with a catnip clump in the center of it. "Oooh!" she sighed softly. She padded over to it and bit off half of it. She wrapped it in a large leaf and set it down. She picked up a ball of moss and made a bag with a rope on it. She wrapped long grass and long pine needles around it to make it sturdy and put her herbs in it. She would need this bag for good herb gathering. She pushed under another bush and padded through the forest.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 17:54:27 GMT -5
Raven headed towards an area of thick undergrowth. He examined it carefully, noting thornbushes. "Stay low, and follow me, Sakurapaw. I'm going to follow this new path - perhaps it leads to the Gathering place."
Raven followed in Silver's footsteps, widening the way for the other cats. He wa lucky to make it through without a serious cut.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 17:57:13 GMT -5
Sakurapaw crept under the tunnel, her smaller body slipping easliy through it. She pushed her way out and stopped. She breathed softly, "Wow." She saw the statue with gaping jaws and felt a sudden chill. She saw starlight wreathing the head, making a starlit halo. She saw the head yawn and sigh. It looked at her, smiled, and went back to it's yowling position. The halo evaporated.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 17:59:10 GMT -5
Raven was also surprised to find such a unique stone in the center of the clearing. He wandered over to Silver and sat next down. "This is beyond my wildest imagination. I don't know how we could have a better place for a Gathering!"
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 18:00:27 GMT -5
Silver curled up in her grassy nest and fell asleep. She would wake up when the meeting started.
Shiningstar pushed her way through a thorn bush. It smelled thickly of her Clan. There was a tunnel going through it, so she pushed her way through it. She emerged in a grassy clearing. Nothing in it surprised her except the cat staue. She padded over to it and climbed on. She licked up some of the berry juice and settled down between the ears of the staue. She surveyed her Clan with shining eyes.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 18:02:04 GMT -5
Raven approached ShingingStar, and nodded to her.
"StarClan has provided a wonderful Gathering site."
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 18:05:09 GMT -5
Silver nodded ,yawned, and drifted back to sleep. She felt rather tired and hungy. She stood up, nodded to Raven, and slipped under a clump of arching ferns. She smelled lots of prey and growing things. Newleaf would be here in a few days. She smelled mouse most strongly and bounded silently closer. She saw the mouse and stopped. She crept slowly closer and pounced on it. She picked up the limp body and carried it back to the clearing. SHe sat down next to Raven and gulped it down. SHe licked her lips and settled down.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 18:11:44 GMT -5
Shiningstar purred. "They told me OceanClan would find the best place for the Gathering without the help of the others. But they also said that the other Clans would find this place after us, but without our help. I wonder if StarClan told every leader?" She cocked her head and looked at her Clan settled in the long grass.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 18:12:53 GMT -5
Raven watched Silver catch his dinner. That looked like a good idea. He beckoned to Sakurapaw. "Let's catch some food for the clan."
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 18:15:51 GMT -5
Sakurapaw dpped her head and raced off, her bag flapping beside her. She shoved herself under a bush and quickly caught the scent of starling. She crept closer and saw it. She pounced on it and pushed the kill into her bag. She sniffed the air and smelled a mouse. She crept closer and saw it. She pounced on it and picked up the limp form. She pushed it in her bag and padded away.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 18:17:38 GMT -5
Sakurapaw smelled watervole as she neared the lake. She saw it sitting on a rock, a seed in it's paws. It gave the seed one bite and flopped down on the rock. Sakurapaw jumped on it and carried it back to the Gathering place.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 18:19:54 GMT -5
Raven watched as Sakurapaw began to fill here pouch. He scented a pair of mice, and dispatched them with little trouble. A juicy squirrel in a nearby tree was to high for him to bother with, since there was such an abundance of prey. He caught a vole and a robin in short order, and carried his kill back to the clearing.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 18:22:26 GMT -5
Sakurapaw flopped down in the grassy nest and pulled her prey out. She dropped the mouse next to her spot and dropped the starling and watervole next to Raven's nest. She ate the mouse in tiny bites. She ate all the meat and picked up a bone. She chewed softly on it and yawned.
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Post by macavity on Feb 2, 2007 18:24:35 GMT -5
Soon everyone was fed and purring contentedly.
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Post by Silverflash // Jayrunner on Feb 2, 2007 18:29:05 GMT -5
Shiningstar dipped her head and ate one of the mice. She licked her lips and curled up next to her Clan. Silver ate the robin and curled up next to her mother. Sakurapaw purred and yawned. She hoped the other Clans would get there soon.
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