[xvinn]

russetpaw (he/they) | galeclan

Russetpaw's eyes were wide with excitement as he swallowed, entering close behind his mentor, Nobleflame. His heart pounded as he looked around at the gathering cats, the first time that they would be gathered since the valley had shook apart. The memories still rung through the apprentice's mind as though it were only a few sunrises ago, but it had been full seasons since Clans had been split apart, since families were torn, and new alliances were made.

Golden eyes darted around, looking at cats who were vaguely familiar, and those who they'd never seen before. Scents mingled, voices rang out, and emotions ran high both in excitement at the first Gathering, as well as some tense feelings at how it might all go.

The apprentice had been honoured to have been chosen as one of three (well, depending on whether or not you counted Ravenpaw - Russetpaw supposed he probably counted, though) or rather, four, apprentices to represent GaleClan. Though, when they looked around, it seemed that, on the whole, GaleClan had brought the most cats to the Gathering. He looked towards Owlstar, trying to figure out if there was any reason for this - did GaleClan have something to prove to show their might in the large amount of strong cats they were bringing? After all, Owlstar, Nightrunner and Kindleflare were all relatively old in their positions in comparison to their counterparts in other Clans. In fact, all three of them were older than all the other high ranking cats from the other Clans.

But Russetpaw tried to push this thought aside. He wanted to meet other cats while he was here. This was their opportunity to meet cats from other Clans without having to worry about border skirmishes or hostilities rising. While they were a proud GaleClan cat, they had always been so curious about how life was lived in the other Clans, and they wanted to know what life was like for the other cats like himself, the young cats who were just kits when the earthquake had rocked the Clans. Old enough to remember a time before, but young enough to have it shape their entire lives.

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[Aqua]

Despite some tensions with the higher ups of his clan, Coyotepaw had been chosen to attend the first gathering since the earthquake rocked the clan's world. Many apprentices considered it a great honor to be chosen for this opportunity but honestly, Coyotepaw questioned this decision. Was there some sort of catch to bringing him here? Were they just testing him on his ability to behave? He found himself narrowing his eyes at his mentor, knowing that the white tom probably had some high and mighty reason for allowing him to come. Some sort of redemption for the way he's been acting towards Coyote, maybe. The young tom half-rolled his eyes as he followed behind his clanmates towards the Starclan falls, keeping a distance from Cloudtail and Whitestar at the front of the pack. He didn't have a desire to be lectured about his "careless attitude" before mingling with the other clans.

As Gorgeclan joins the other clans in the clearing, Coyotepaw stops to look over the mass of cats ahead. There were so many new faces here that he had never seen before. As that sudden thought processes in the tom's brain, a slow smirk curves onto his face. All the new faces meant many new cats to learn about and study. His paranoia fades away turning into a shady sort of delight. He had been hoping for the opportunity to mess with the other clans but this situation actually proved even better than he had hoped. While under the watchful eyes of his superiors he could get away with pretty much whatever he wanted. With so many cats gathered in one place, it would just appear as though he was socializing versus doing anything else.

The ruddy colored tom makes his way down into the crowd, brushing past a group of warriors conversing. He paused for a moment, wondering if he could try to run a test on each one of them. But he chooses not to attempt it, moving on through the crowd. Perhaps starting out simple and introducing himself to someone would be a better way to get started. He glances around spotting a couple of warriors off to the side, a mentor and apprentice pair bragging about their training off to the other side. That's when he spots another younger tom among the throng of cats, another apprentice chosen to be here. Coyotepaw makes his way over to the reddish-brown tabby, giving him a warm smile. "Hello there." He meows, hoping the tom didn't just blow him off. "It's a lot of cats in one place, isn't it? I'm Coyotepaw from Gorgeclan. And you are?"

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