Few days later it was time for the gathering. And Blazestar told me I was going. Stupid PollenFall can stuff a mouse in her face because Im going and shes not! I charged over to Wolfpaw. ' Wolfpaw! Wolfpaw, guess what! Were going to the gathering!" I screeched running around him. Wolfpaw puffed out his chest. His eyes shone brightly as he spoke. " Of course we are! Thats because we are the best." He said raking his claws through the air. I leapt on him. " No! Im the best, and your my sidekick!" I said batting his ears. He shoved me off playfully. " Well, you're going to be my sidekick because im stronger!' He said pouncing toward me. I quickly doged, I ducked under him and kicked him in his belly. " Hey not cool!" He was about to pounce on me when My, mother Tulippetal called me. " Rosepaw, come here!" She yowled. I stuck my tougne out as I passed by Wolfpaw. He just snorted and contuined raking his claws through the air. " Yes mother?" I asked politley. " Stop ruffling your fur! It's your first gathering! You can't go looking like a mess." She said licking my ear fur. I sat down and watched as Blazestar worked with his apprentice Gempaw. Creampaw ran over to me. " I can't go, Toadcroak is sick. Leafbare brought greencough. Hazelwing isn't to happy about it either.Tell me all about it tomorrow!" He said running back to the medicane den.

We left at moonhigh. Wolfpaw and I were bouncing around the whole time there. The clearing was crowded with cats I didn't even know exsited. Wolfpaw walked over to me." Im going to go meet some cats.learn their battle moves so I can win any fight!" He said walking off. I sighed all alone on this I guess. I padded through the clusters of cats. A apprentice sat alone next to a log. I walked over to him. He turned his head to me. " Hey! Your the she-cat I battled the other day!" He said jumping up. Memory flashed through me like a lightning bolt. " Oh ya! Well, your smaller now. Your fur was fluffed up twice its size!" I teased. Its better to start small, I thought. " I never did catch your name." He said politely. " Im Rosepaw, and you are whom?" I asked with a flick of my tail. " Im Blackpaw, by the way, you were great in that battle the other day. You left me with a couple of scars. I wont forget you that easily I guess." Pride surged through me, I left this cat with scars! " You did very well to. You left a nick in my ear." I said sitting down next to him. " I can't wait to be a warrior! I can beat any cat you know." He said jokingly. " Well, you certainly didn't beat me." I teased. " Well thats because I went easy on you. I could have hurt you way more. You could be left with no ear you know, if i didn't go easy on you." He joked. " Shh!" I hissed. The gathering was starting.

The moon was slowly sinking now that we were back at camp. I crawled into my nest sleepily. Gempaw was fast asleep. Wolfpaw crawled in and layed down next to Sunpaw. I could sleep for a moon. I closed my eyes and light surged around me. Trees surronded me, everything was green. I looked forward only to see a broad-shoulderd black and white tom in front of me. " There is a prophecy for you." He said in a raspy voice.