Chapter 24: The Gathering Part 2

Chapter 24:  The Gathering
Part 2

     Petalsplash watched as Duskstar cleared his throat.  "Well,"  he began, "I guess I'll start the gathering."  he glanced over at Flamestar and Sharpfang, who were looking at him.  Flamestar nodded.  "NightClan is fairing well, plenty of prey.  Our youngest apprentice, Goosepaw, caught his first peice of prey.  Not too much to say, really.  Flowstar?" 
"BrookClan is also doing well.  One of our apprentices, Grasspaw, has earned his warrior name:  Grassfoot,"  Petalsplash cheered along with the other cats.  Pondlily looked at her.  "Well I want cats to cheer me on when Streamstar announces that I'm a new warrior!"  Petalsplash said.  "If he announces it,"  Pondlily muttered just in Petalsplash's earshot.  OwlClan, WhisperClan, DeathClan, and StormClan were the same:  nothing much to announce.  Then it was Streamstar's turn.  "CreekClan is also fairing well, new warriors help our clan to thrive,"  Streamstar said, and then he stepped back.  Is that all? Petalsplash looked at Pondlily, who glanced down at her.  "I'm truly sorry, Petalsplash.  He should've announced it,"  Pondlily said.  Petalsplash just sighed.  Then her ears perked up as Flamestar stepped toward the crowd.  "You're probibly wondering why Sharpfang and II are on the same boulder,"  he said.  Nods of aggreement serged through the crowd.  "Since our clan is so large, we've decided to split our clan into another small group:  ThistleClan."  Flamestar could've said he was becoming a kittypet and not recieve half as many whispers as he got now.  Petalsplash gasped.  No one just splits up a clan as small as FireClan!  StormClan is twice as big, and they don't send warriors away!  There must be more to the story!  After all, not even a mouse would tell 7 other clans that they were a perfect target!  "Also,"  Flamestar said, "Two kits have vanished from our camp.  Frostkit and Rosekit.  Please be on the lookout if you see them.  Their mother is still searching for them."  Flamestar got the same reaction as not saying anything.  No one was listening.  Ha!  Two kits ran away from FireClan camp!?  What did they do to them!?  I wonder where they are.  "Surley StarClan doesn't approve of this!"  IvyStar exclaimed.  Flamestar shrugged.  "Do you see clouds covering the moon?"  he replied.  Ivystar looked up and then didn't say anything.  "Well, I suppose this concludes our gathering,"  Flowstar said.  The leaders hopped down from their boulders and cats stirred.  Now was the time to talk to cats from other clans.  I guess I'll talk to Bluefur.  Maybe she knows why Rosekit and Frostkit ran away?  Petalsplash began walking towards the FireClan group, but was cut short by Bluefur.  "Petalsplash!"  Bluefur exclaimed.  "I was just coming to see you,"  Petalsplash said,  "What's the emergancy?" 
"Just, follow me,"  Bluefur said and walked away, then looked back to make sure Petalsplash was following her.  "Now will you tell me what's going on?"  Petalsplash asked.  "Something is very, very wrong in FireClan!"  Bluefur whispered, "And I need your help."