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The Gathering
A Tale by Hawthornpaw/claw
   The moon seemed to be shining brighter than usual that night. The cats of the 4 clans thought it was just one of those special nights. It wasn’t. 
   Little Midnightpaw, a new apprentice, was excited for his first gathering. He followed after his mentor, Tawnyfire, eagerly as the cats of LightningClan headed to Fourtrees for the big event. He could barely contain his excitement. 
    When they arrived at Fourtrees, Midnightpaw quickly ran over to where his friends, some of the other LightningClan apprentices, were sitting. It felt great to be at a place he had dreamed of his whole life. The leaders went to stand in their places, and he smiled.
    His smile turned into a frown when he saw Riverstar, the leader of DarknessClan, pounce on his leader, Skystar. This resulted in a fight that spread through the whole gathering.
   When an apprentice from BreezeClan jumped on him, Midnightpaw did not want to fight back.
“Why is this happening anyway?” He asked. It seemed as if he was the only one who was against it. “The founders of our clans would not approve of it.”
“Who cares,” The cat said. “Everyone’s doing it.” 
  Midnightpaw looked around at the leaders, apprentices, warriors, and even medicine cats who were fighting with each other. He knew he was the only one who could stop it. 
   He stood up on the LightningClan rock, now stained with blood. He looked up at the once shining moon, now covered with clouds. He knew that CloudClan was not happy with it either. He had heard the legends that the elders told. The moon covers with clouds when CloudClan is ashamed of the clans. The cats usually noticed. They didn’t this time.
He cleared his throat. “You all need to stop.” He meowed
The cats didn’t listen.
“Everyone stop!” He meowed louder.
They still didn’t listen
“EVERYONE STOP!” This time it was more like a yowl.
Every cat turned to him.
“Why are you doing this?” He asked.
Riverstar stared at him. “Sometimes actions are better than words. I needed Skystar to know that I was furious that she took the Wolf Woods away from DarknessClan. It’s been our territory for years!”
“That’s the only reason you jumped me? You told me we could have it! Besides, you haven’t used the Wolf Woods in years. It was useful territory for LightningClan!” Skystar argued.
“I never told you you could use it!”
“Yes you did!”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“ENOUGH!” Midnightpaw yowled. “I know I’m supposed to be respectful to elders, but you two are acting like kits in a nursery! Everyone is. Skystar took a bit of land that DarknessClan barely uses, so Riverstar jumped her, and everyone thought they were supposed to fight? This is not what our clan founders wanted! Look at the moon!”
  Everyone looked up at the moon. They all looked terrified. They all stopped fighting and apologized. Everyone looked to Midnightpaw, who was sitting on the LightningRock, shaking. 
What if they all yelled at me? He asked. I’m not supposed to be up here. I’m not even a warrior. 
    Suddenly, the clouds on the moon were gone, and the founding members of the clan were on the four rocks. Lightningstar, the original leader of LightningClan, stood next to Midnightpaw.
“What happened tonight was a disgrace,” Lightningstar said. “And Midnightpaw was the only one to acknowledge it. Clearly you all need to take a lesson from him.”
“I am especially disappointed in Riverstar, who did not show the DarknessClan spirit.” Darkness-star said.
“Tonight we have decided to start the clans over. Four apprentices will be chosen as leaders, and the rest of you must either leave the clans or go down a rank. Our first appointed leader is Midnightpaw. He is more noble than anyone in this hollow tonight, and will serve as a great leader for LightningClan. Midnightpaw, you will go to the Moontree in 2 days to earn your nine lives. The rest of the new leaders will be chosen in dreams. These cats will teach the new ways of the clans.” Lightningstar explained.
  Midnightpaw couldn’t believe his ears. They must have been lying. There was no way he was the leader. 
“You must now walk home in silence, for you have disrespected us.” Lightningstar said. 
The cats walked home in silence
    The clan restart helped the clans to be less violent. The new leaders led with pride and made sure nothing like that fight would ever happen again. 
    As for Midnightstar, he was the best leader the clans have ever seen.