Post by hearts Starcrossed hearts on May 31, 2006 19:32:23 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Love Like Fire[/glow]
~♥~
Stars glittered chillingly in the night. The clawpricks of silver fire shimmered frostily, shedding their snowy glitter over the treetops of the forest. The moon was full, its light showering down upon the feral Clans of the forest.
A young she-cat with lean, muscular limbs, short, ginger fur, and glimmering dark green eyes sat from her point on the hills, her tail-tip flicking back and forth.
Beside her sat her three best friends, a golden tabby she-cat with orange eyes, a dark red tabby she-cat with blue eyes, and a pale ginger she-cat with fiery amber eyes.
"I can't wait," purred the red tabby, her bright blue eyes glowing in the starlight. "This is our first Gathering!"
The ginger she-cat nodded, her green eyes bright. "Yes. Our very first Gathering!"
The palest feline sniffed.
"I hope it won't be boring."
She was bowled over by a golden paw, and the tabby with sun-colored fur shrieked, "Of course not! Be lucky you even got to go!" She sniffed. "Dragonpaw, this isn't your first Gathering."
The reddish tabby who had first spoken shrugged. "But it's my first with my friends, Goldenpaw," she reminded her.
Goldenpaw's whiskers twitched, but she said nothing.
Dragonpaw turned to the pale feline who had gotten tackled. "Flowerpaw, are you okay?"
Flowerpaw sniffed. "I'm fine." She stared at the ginger, flame-colored she-cat who hadn't spoken much at all yet.
"You okay, Emberpaw?"
Emberpaw nodded. "Yeah. I'm just not as noisy as you mousebrains!"
The three friends were the best of friends; Goldenpaw was the daughter of Dustpelt and Ferncloud, and apprenticed to Cloudtail.
Dragonpaw and Flowerpaw were Goldenflower's last kits; she'd discovered she was pregnant after Tigerstar left the Clans. Dragonpaw's mentor was Brightheart and Flowerpaw's Mousefur.
Emberpaw was the daughter of Firestar and Sandstorm, the last of their kits. She was younger than Squirrelflight and Leafpool, but didn't care. She was soon to be a warrior, after all. Her mentor was Brambleclaw.
Emberpaw sighed and padded over to a lonesome-looking silver tabby tom. A WindClan apprentice, by the smell of him. His blue eyes were dancing with frothy silver starlight.
"Hey," she meowed, dipping her head in greeting. "I'm Emberpaw."
The other tomcat nodded. "I'm Silverpaw." He meowed simply. "I'm Crowfeather's apprentice."
Emberpaw nodded, her eyes glittering. "I'm Brambleclaw's apprentice. I'm going to be a warrior soon."
Silverpaw nodded. "Me, too!"
Just as they were about to continue their conversation, their was a yowl, and Firestar leapt onto Greatrock. Blackstar, Leopardstar and Tallstar nodded for him to begin, and he caterwauled, "Let the Gathering begin!"