Chapter 4: Ceremony & Gathering

Leaf woke up early to Hay calling on the high-rock; "Everyone gather!" Leaf scrambled out of the den. He saw Moon neatly groomed, and wondered if it was her warriors ceremony. "Hey Moon! Is this your warriors ceremony?" Leaf asked. Moon nodded. "Yes! I'm so excited!" Leaf nuzzled her. "Congratulations!" Once everyone was gathered, Hay began; "One Cat is ready to become a warrior! Moon, step foward!" Moon stepped forward ammediatly, looking up at the leader. "Jay, do you think Moon is ready to become a warrior?" A grey tom with green eyes stood up. "Yeah Hay, I do." Hay looked back at Moon. "Then by the power of StarClan, Moon you are a warrior of SunClan!" Leaf yowled her name the loudest. "Moon!Moon!" Leaf licked her on the ear, and Sparrow congratulated her. After the ceremony, Leaf went to the medicine cat den to check on the wound. Dove said it had healed, and she took off the cobwebs. Leaf padded back into the clearing. "Hey Leaf!" Moon called to him. Leaf ammediatly padded over. "The gatherings tonight! Every full moon!" She flickered her tail at the moon. Leaf looked up to see a full white moon. The sky was orangish though, and soon it would be night. Leaf was excited. He wondered if he would make friends and ... Leaf was cut out from his thoughts as Moon said "Want to hunt together?" Leaf nodded. "Yeah, sure!" The two cats went to the Birch Forest. Though just when they were about to split up and look for prey, Leaf heard a small twig snap. His ears flickered ammediatly. He spun toward the smell, and saw a two toms. One black and one grey. "Look!" Leaf whispered to Moon, flickering his tail toward the two rogue toms. Moon gasped. "And there on SunClan territory." Before Leaf could respond, she jumped onto the grey one. He yowled in surprise, trying to get her off leaving Leaf with no choice but to also reveal himself and help fight them off. The grey tom hissed, clumsily getting her off. "Your on SunClan territory, fools!" Moon spat. The black tom unsheath his claws. "Who says we can't be on it? Your little precious StarClan?" The Black tom hissed. The grey tom nodded his agreement. "Get off, now! We don't want to fight!" Leaf meowed. The toms ignored him. The black one sprang on Leaf, while the grey one on Moon. Leaf only knew little battle moves; how to dodge, an attack, and how to pin your opponent to the ground. He knew no tricks or tactics though. And by the look of the muscular toms he knew if they didn't get help soon, they would be seriously hurt. Leaf managed to dodge the attack, and run back to camp. The black tom was chasing him. Leaf barged into the entrance p. "Rogues...Attacking...Camp!" He panted, out of air. Ammediatly Thorn, Jay, Rabbit, and Mist came. The black tom stopped chasing him clearly outnumbered and started to run. Leaf and the rest of the cats followed. What about Moon? They emerged back into the Birch Forest. Moon was fighting both Toms hissing and spitting barely keeping herself alive even though she had no wounds yet. The Toms sprang away before the cats could get a paw on them. All the cats went and reported to Hay, who called a meeting. "Cats gather!" He yowled, standing on the high-rock. Once everyone was gathered, Hay sat down. "Two rogues attacked Leaf and Moon. Whoever they are, we must find out who they are and see if the other clans are having trouble with them." Everyone meowed their agreement. That night they headed toward the gathering. It was a huge meadow with a massive boulder and trees surrounding it. Each leader sat upon it. Hay, Leaf, Moon, Rabbit, Dove, Flower and Thorn went. While the rest of the cats stayed on guard. Rabbit explained the cats with the dark pelts were from ShadeClan, the cats with the black, grey, blue-grey, and brown were from TreeClan. And of course, all the SunClan cats had light pelts like white, golden, light grey, light brown, and grey. Rabbit said the leader of ShadeClan was Night a black tom with green eyes and the TreeClan leader Rose, a pretty cream she-cat with blue eyes. Once all the cats were gathered, Hay began; "SunClan is doing well. We have one new warrior, Moon. And a new apprentice Leaf." Cats started cheering. "Leaf! Moon!" Once everyone was silent again, Hay continued; "While Leaf and Moon were hunting together, they saw two rogues, one black amp nd one grey on SunClan hunting grounds. Have any clans seen these rogues?" Night ammediatly stepped foward. "Yes! They are stealing ShadeClan prey!" He hissed, unsheathing his claws and scratching the boulder angrily. Rose nodded her head calmly, though even Leaf could see anger in her eyes. "They are taking more and more of TreeClan territory. There seems to be a rogue band attacking!" Suddenly Leaf remembered the prophecy Dove had told him: "The fallen will break the branch." The rogues were probably the no good Cats, and had something to do with the prophecy! The branch of cats! Someone will break the branch of rogues! But who is the fallen? Leaf kept in to himself, making sure not to share his thoughts with any cat. His eyes suddenly met with Doves' and they locked eyes clearly understanding one another. Leaf looked back at the leaders. "We have to do something about this!" Night declared. Everyone meowed there agreement. Rose nodded. "Let's get on with the gathering though we can talk about this after." Night nodded. "Alright. A ShadeCkan queen moved into the nursery, and kitted three beautiful kits. Though we are sad to say the rogues are taking are prey." Night growled. Rose went next. "TreeClan is doing well on prey, but unfortunately the rogues are taking are territory!" She spat. It seemed like every leader was very mad. Hay stepped forward. "It is concluded. We must track down the rogues!" He yowled. All cats cheered and yowled their agreements. The cats later parted, and the SunClan acts went back to their territory. Leaf had a small bird with Moon, and later curled up besides her falling into a deep sleep.

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