Dawnclan Beesting, a yellow tom, apprentice is Nightpaw

Leader: Darkstar, a dark gray tom, mate is Duskwhisker Flowersight, a white she-cat, apprentice is Lightpaw

Deputy: Acornflight, a brown she-cat Moonflight, a white she-cat, sister to Flowersight,

Medicine cat: Pondfur, a black tom, apprentice is Herbpaw apprentice is Blackpaw

Apprentices Littlefang, a yellow tom

Ebonypaw, a orange tom Lemonleap, a yellow she-cat

Lightpaw, a white she-cat Sunspot, a white tom with a yellow spot, mate is Flowersight

Blackpaw, a black she-cat Duskwhisker, a black she-cat

Nightpaw, a black tom Rainstream, a light gray she-cat

Fruitpaw, a orange she-cat Queens and Kits

Warriors none

Nutstripe, a dark brown tom, Lemonleap is mate Elders

Walnutsight, a light brown tom, apprentice is Ebonypaw Honeyleaf, a yellow she-cat

Nightpaw looked at his mentor, Beesting. They were hunting. "Crouch down, and make sure you don't make a sound. Also, keep your tail down." Beesting said. Nightpaw did as told and when they got back to camp, they had a vole and two mice. Beesting told Nightpaw he could get a piece of prey and he picked out a fat, juicy rabbit and went over to Blackpaw. "Hi, Blackpaw. Want to share this rabbit with me?" He asked her. Blackpaw licked her chops and nodded. "So, how's being a apprentice?" She asked. "I love it." She said. Nightpaw nodded. "Me, too. Except for picking Honeyleaf's fleas!" He said, scrunching up his face. Sadly, Twistedtail, the other elder was with Starclan. Blackpaw nodded. "I hate that, too. But, I can't wait for tonight!" She said. Tonight was the gathering!

Nightpaw couldn't wait. This would be his first gathering! Also, it meant that his first moon of being a apprentice was over. One moon down, five to go! Nightpaw thought. He looked at the sky. It was getting darker. "Clan meeting!" Said a voice. It was Nightpaw and Blackpaw's father, Darkstar. Everyone went by the meeting place. "I will be picking who will go to the gathering. Blackpaw, Nightpaw, Beesting, Moonflight, Littlefang, Duskwhisker, and Acornflight will go. Nutstripe, you are in charge when we are gone." Nutstripe nodded. "Let's go!" Said Darkstar, and all the cats followed him to Silver Rocks. Rockclan and Mistclan were already there. Snowclan was on there way. The cats started walking around and talking to cats from other clans. Nightpaw looked around.

He saw a group of apprentices. He went over. "Hi!" He said. "I'm Nightpaw." The apprentices looked at him. One was a silver tabby tom, one was a gray she-cat, and one was a brown tabby she-cat. The gray cat stepped forward. "Hi!" She said. "I'm Bluepaw, the silver cat is Fishpaw, and the brown cat is Grumpypaw." The brown cat snorted. "I'm Mudpaw, not Grumpypaw!" She said angrily. "Sorry, Mudpaw! I was just teasing. Anyway, I'm from Mistclan, and so is my brother, Fishpaw. Mudpaw is from Rockclan." Nightpaw smiled. "I'm from Dawnclan." He said. The cats nodded. Then, Nightpaw smelled Snowclan and heard a yowl. "Meeting starting!" Said Treestar, leader of Rockclan. "Prey runs well in Rockclan, and we have a new apprentice, Mudpaw!" There were cheers from

Rockclan and the other clans nodded. Treestar then nodded to Shardstar, leader of Snowclan. "There is a lot of prey in Snowclan, but we have bad news. Minttail, our deputy, was attacked by rogues and a cut was infected. He is dead now." Shardstar lowered his head. Everyone knew that Minttail was Shardstar's good friend. "Our new deputy is Frozenwing." He said, then flicked his tail at Waterstar, leader of Mistclan. Waterstar looked up. "We have bad news, too. Rouges attacked our camp and raided our supplies. I heard that the leader was named Blood. I have given good thought and I think they are the same rouges that attacked Snowclan. They are a threat. Every clan be prepared." He said, then nodded at Darkstar. "The clan is very healthy, and I am happy to say that

we have two new apprentices, Blackpaw and Nightpaw!" There where cheers from Dawnclan and murmurs of congrats from other clans. "I'm also sorry to inform that Twistedtail has gone to Starclan, and he will always be remembered." A lot of cats hung their heads at this information. Twistedtail was a nice cat and he helped a lot of clans. He even sacrificed his jet-black fluffy tail to save Wallowshine, a blind cat in Mistclan, from a fox. "Really, there is nothing else happening in Dawnclan, and if we hear about any other attacks about rouges or loners, we will help you. Meeting dismissed." He said and jumped off the Silver Rocks. Nightpaw glanced at Bluepaw. She was beautiful.He felt a weird tingling. He knew he wasn't supposed to fall in love with another cat from

another clan, but Nightpaw would betray the cat code for her..... and he knew it. When we got back from Silver Rocks, Nightpaw was deep in thought. He was thinking about Bluepaw and the rouges. He wanted Bluepaw to love him. Nightpaw knew that he had just met her but still........ Nightpaw didn't know what to do. He walked to the apprentice den and went to sleep. In the morning he woke up to Beesting shaking him. "Really, Nightpaw? You have never slept in like this. Come on. Sunspot and Nutstripe are waiting for us!" Suddenly, Nightpaw remembered that he was going on the morning patrol. He jumped up. "Sorry, Beesting! Let's go!" He said and bolted toward the exit were the toms were waiting. "Come on! We have to patrol the border! Nightpaw,

hurry up!" Said Nutstripe, seeming annoyed. "We have to be more careful patrolling because of the rouges." Nightpaw nodded and they headed into the forest. They walked by the border that separated Dawnclan from Snowclan and marked it. Nutstripe suddenly stiffened and sniffed the air. "I smell loners." He said and hissed. "And even worse, the scent is fresh. They were here at the sunrise. By the smell, I think they are heading toward camp! Nightpaw, go with Beesting and tell Darkstar." Nightpaw and Beesting nodded and ran back to camp. They bolted through the two trees that marked the entrance to the camp. Cats looked at them while they ran into the leader's den. Nightpaw looked at Darkstar. "Father." He said. "We were on the morning patrol and Nutstripe picked up