"what is it, Warrior?" StarKit asked with worry. "do you know who RubyFeather is?" Raveneye asked the Kitten with a fearful glare. "no." she answered with confusion. "you carry her scent." he explained. Starkits eyes widened with excitement. "how strongly?" she asked immediately. "strong enough for you to be her kit." he admitted. "WHERE IS SHE!?!?": she demanded, jumping up and down. RavenEye smiled at the thought of finally finding her Kit. it was his too. but then he thought about what a burden it would be to Lithium. she wasn't the Kit loving type.

"StarKit, get up here!" FireStars yowl broke the silence between the Kit and Warrior. "coming, FireStar!" she mewed, nodding her goodbye to RavenEye and climbed to the top of HighStone. the White Tabby stayed where he was, thinking about what to do.

"you called me, FireStar?" StarKit meowed when she got to the top of the Stone. "GreyStripe and I have to go back to the ThunderClan camp. BleedingPaw has informed us that JayPaw is stuck in a deep hole and SpiderLegs can't get him back up. we're going back to help him. can you fill in for me if I'm not back when the gathering starts?" FireStar asked her, a purr of amusement in his throat. "no, FireStar, you and GreyStripe must attend. I'll go back and help the blind apprentice." she offered. without waiting for the answer, she shot down the Stone and ran at top speed back to the ThunderClan Camp.

"gullible Kit." BlackStar purred. "she's eleven moons old, FireStar. we have to make her into StarPaw soon." GreyStripe hissed to his Clan Leader. "i know that, GreyStripe." FireStar hissed back. he yowled to start the gathering.

all heads turned to the leaders. "there has been discovery of a new clan our forest."FireStar yowled, nodding to Lithium as she stepped up.

"THERE CANNOT BE MORE THAN FOUR CLANS AMONG US!" Protested BrightHeart. "BrightHeart, please let her speak." FireStar asked softly. "thank you, Firestar." Lithium said, looking at him briefly. " i assure all of you, LostClan means you all no harm. we are a small clan of only 3, so there is no chance of war unless we somehow grow." she began. yowls of disapproval rose, but FireStars yowl silenced them. "as i was saying," she hissed, "we have no need for you to pay us much attention. we simply want you to know that we are here." she nodded to BlackStar, letting him talk.

"as you all know, a few moons ago at a gathering we found a Black and White kit with no scent in the middle of FourTrees." the ShadowClan leader reminded everyone. everyone knew he was talking about StarKit. "she was a newborn back then, but she is eleven moons old now and deserves to become an apprentice. yet her clan leader, FireStar, has failed to honor that fact." he turned to the Ginger tom who began to shuffle his paws nervously. "i believe it is time for her to take her mentor, FireStar. and if you don't do something than I will." he promised coldly.

"that's enough, BlackStar." LeopardStar growled, taking her steps forward. "Is StarKit among us?" she called. a Grey cat with Blue eyes appeared with StarKit trailing behind him. "i am. FireStar, JayPaw was in no trouble and SpiderLegs is here at the gathering!" she hissed. LeopardStar looked at the ThunderClan leader in surprise. he swallowed uncomfortably. 'why did she have to come back already?' he thought. LeapordStar looked back to StarKit. "StarKit, do you remember the few weeks that FireStar left you with us when ThunderClan was unable to care for you?" she asked. the kit nodded, and Firestar wished he could hide in the shadows, but there were none to be seen. he straightened up. 'i am clan leader, and if this happens i have to take care of it.' he thought.

"You and the other RiverClan cats treated me as a clan kit." she said in memory. the leader noded, and BlackStar interrupted. "and you also were welcomed to the other clans, and turned down only ShadowClan!" he spat.