Owlpaw POV

Owlpaw sighed as he padded out of the Apprentice's Den, locking eyes with his mentor, and mother, Shadowflower.

Shadowflower, a midnight black she-cat with greyish flecks throughout her fur and shiny, green eyes. Her fur was long and her body was slender with many scars.

Of course Owlpaw loved having his mother train him but that lead to him being teased for being close with her. She told him he was brilliant but he never knew whether to believe her or not.

"Owlpaw, dear, can you go help out the elders today?" Shadowflower asked, although he knew it was an order.

"Of course." Owlpaw nodded.

"Let's hope your bad luck doesn't kill them off, we can still use them." Shadowflower turned away from him as she met up with Pebblepaw.

He watched as Pebblepaw, Shadowflower and a light, ginger tom cat with messy, tangled fur and green eyes who he knew to be Pebblepaw's mentor, Robinspring, padded out of camp.

Owlpaw sighed as he slowly made his way to the Elders Den. He used to love listening to their stories but... Sometimes they got too dark.

A light, grey she-cat with dark, blue eyes, Stonewhisker, noticed Owlpaw and turned to her friend and whispered,"Don't let him touch you, he'll curse you."

Owlpaw knew he wasn't supposed to hear that so merely smiled at the old grey she-cat,"Stonewhisker, is there anything you need done?"

"They'll need the moss changed."

Owlpaw turned to see a light grey, tabby she-cat with black blotches all over her fur. She was very slender and her tail was short.

"N-nice to see you, Lilypaw." Owlpaw stumbled with his words as he looked at the she-cat.

Lilypaw smiled at him,"It's nice to see you too, now help me with the moss."

"Of course." Owlpaw nodded quickly and began removing the old moss.

It was typically the Medicine Apprentice that does this sort of thing but since Boulderstar didn't want Lilypaw to be doing it alone, it was often Owlpaw who got roped into helping out but... He didn't mind. He liked spending time with Lilypaw.

Soon enough, the pair were down and separated as Lilypaw had to examine the Elders to make sure they were still healthy.

"All cats old enough to climb the Great Rock, gather in the centre of camp!" Boulderstar called out.

Owlpaw slowly padded over, making sure he was at the back and out of sight.

"The Gathering this evening shall be attended by Shadowflower, Icetalon, Spidertail, Lilypaw and Owlpaw." Boulderstar announced.

There was some confused murmurings around him...

'Why would Boulderstar choose Owlpaw?'

'Is he trying to curse the other Clans now?'

'That kits nothing but trouble, he barely deserves to be in this clan. Nevermind attend a Gathering.'

Owlpaw shrunk as he tried to ignore the voices that surrounded him, leaning against... Wait, who was he leaning against?

"Don't worry, Gatherings are fun!" Lilypaw assured him,"I've been a few times, just stick with me. Okay?"

"Okay.." Owlpaw looked up at Lilypaw.