As the cats padded on the rocky pebbles near the riverbed leading to the Meeting Hollow, Rain observed that MothStar and WindRustle were speaking. He continued padding on until he heard footsteps match his pace, "Rain! I'm so excited this is my first gathering!"

Rain turned his head to see Silverpaw, SorrowedSky's sister Lilyfang's only kit. Silverpaw was always jumpy and excited, even when it came to the most unexcited things, no matter what she was ways happy. He let out a throaty purr "well behave yourself at least! I'm sure Aspennose will show you around." As he looked up, he realized how peaceful the moon was, and by the time he looked ahead again, they had gotten to the hollow.

There where four stones in wich shined brightly in the moon, placed strategically by eachother that the leaders sat on. He sat next to a large tree, which he always sat under if his mate wasn't with him.

He preffered his mate, or one of his close friends without their apprentice, to come instead of being with himself only. He watched the other cats, the apprentices, the warriors, everyone having conversations.

He noticed WillowClaw from BlueClan padding up to him, and purred. He and WillowClaw had been friends ever since he could remember, when he had gone to his first gathering he was the first to greet him. "Rain! I haven't seen you in moons! How are you, how is SorrowedSky?"

Kneading his paws in fluster at the mention of SorrowedSky, he purred and immediately broke the news. "She had our kits a quarter moon ago, they are beautiful!  Their names are Vinekit, Shinekit, and Petalkit!"

"Congratulations!" WillowClaw purred and nudged him with his muzzle. "What about you and Barknose?" Barknose was WillowClaw's mate, he had told him last time they where at the gathering together.

"We are doing very well, and no other cat knows this but..." WillowClaw leaned in and Rain craned his neck to hear. "She's expecting kits!"

Rain purred in excitement and satisfaction, "that's wonderful!" He purred, nuzzling his friend.

A sudden announcement rang over the hollow "Cats of all clans, settle, and let the gathering begin!"

WillowClaw gave Rain a heartfelt look and purred before they both walked over to where their clans had gathered. As he sat down he heard Whitestar began speaking. "Blizzardclan is well, our borders are clear of any trespassers, but we have scented wolf nearby, and we would like to inform you all that it was fresh."

MothStar turned and flicked his ears "how long ago was this?" He questioned, loud enough for the clans to hear.

"Only a few days ago, we have checked for it since but it has dissapeared, we would like to know if any of you have spotted it or scented it." Whitestar meowed calmly in response.

The other leaders shook their head in response, before BrindleStar stepped forward next. "HavenClan has suffered a great loss, TigerSlash, one of our elders has made his journey to starclan." Wails of grief rose from the crowd and he pinned his ears back in sympathy, he had never met the elder but he had heard of how wonderful he was.

"May he hunt well in starclan, I share my sorrow with you, he was a great cat." MothStar meowed lowering his head, before stepping forward to speak. "MossClan has been doing wonderfully, we have had safe borders, and three kits have been born. Vinekit,  Shinekit, and Petalkit!"

Meows of congratulation arose and a wave of pride passed through Rain, he puffed out his chest in pride and let the yowls of congratulations ring. He was surely going to tell SorrowedSky all about it.

Once the cheers died down, Flutterstar stepped forward. "That is wonderful news!, kits are always a wonderful thing for a clan. BlueClan has been doing remotely well, but there is nothing further to announce."

Rain noticed Flutterstar's tail twitching profusely, and sensed he wasn't fully telling the truth. He couldn't just go up and ask, so he pushed it out of his mind. I hope they are doing okay, they couldn't have anything to bad happening right? Rain wondered what if they have white-cough? Or something is going wrong into their clan?? I wish I could just ask, but it's genuinely unacceptable, Flutterstar has said what he said, no further questioning should occur. His thoughts where interrupted by all the cats walking separate ways, and he stood up, rushing towards his clan back to camp.