They magically teleported to the Gathering, even though it was sunhigh like ten minutes ago. The Clans met at Threetrees, where there were seventeen trees. Three of those trees were decorated by an ornament that had a picture of a cat and their name.*(check out the Notes and Credits to learn about these ornaments!) Rainbowkit admired her ornaments: one circle with her adorable kit self on it, and one paw with her gorgeous present self on it. "Wow, look at that little kit there!" Greenpaw and Redpaw sneered in unison, but were promptly scolded by their mother, Rainbowwing. "Be kind to your niece!" she hissed. They rolled their eyes and left, because bullies in Warriors are heartless oppressors who do nothing with their lives except torment people. Rainbowpaw looked at her uncle and auncle and sighed. They'd never become true warriors. They were too rude to her. "Hello!" Loudpaw's paws chirped, startling the perfect princess of this fic. "I'm Loudpaw! Do you wanna join me and my friends?" Rainbowpaw nodded and sweetly followed the weird apprentice. This was a chance to find the perfect tom/non-binary cat/she-cat of her dreams! "Meet some of the other apprentices in the Clans - here's Juicepaw, Tinypaw, Strawberrypaw, Chocolatepaw and Angelpaw!" Juicepaw was a multicolored tom; his fur constantly changing in the moonlight. He's handsome. For now, he's on the Maybe List of Mates, Rainbowpaw thought to herself. Then Juicepaw screeched "JUICE!" and ran towards Applepaw, who was back at camp. Rainbowpaw mentally scratched his name off of the list. "Oh. I guess Juicepaw left. Hi! I'm Tinypaw!" Tinypaw said, balancing on his tiny paws. He was a creamy brown tom from her Clan, who, like other 'paws, had trouble staying on his feet. Too boring. Like every single extra background love interest. Gosh, I read too many of Grandmother's cheesy romance novels! Strawberrypaw was a pretty reddish she-cat with one amber eye and one rainbow eye. Her paws were strawberries and she had little cream-colored spots all over her fur. She's so pretty. Like me. Rainbowpaw blushed internally and wrote her name down on the Maybe List of Mates. Chocolatepaw was handsome, but trailed a goopy mess of chocolate behind him. I'd have to wait to have his name changed to meet him secretly by the border! Oh well. Rainbowpaw added him to the list, but wrote a note saying 'Wait until warrior ceremony'. Oh, yeah, the list was real now, but only Rainbowpaw could see it. "Hi, Rainbowpaw! I've heard of you!" Strawberrypaw's voice was as sweet as honey. Rainbowpaw blushed even harder (even though nobody could see it). "Hey, there, Rainbowpaw. Yeah, me and my sister have heard of you. Our father, Cupcake, told us about how wonderful you are!" Chocolatepaw's voice was somehow deeper than her grandfather's, a soothing bass. "Oh? He has? Well, what has he said about me?" Rainbowpaw asked, genuinely curious. "Well, he's told us that you're a sweet, beautiful, honest, truly wonderful cat. I'm glad I got to meet you!" Chocolatepaw gave her a look that said 'I'm honestly very happy to meet you. Let's be friends for now, but we'll probably become lovers later'. "Everyone, shut up!" Rockstar screeched. "The Gathering's starting!"
*(When they're a kit, they get a simple circle with their picture and name on it. When they're an apprentice, they get another ornament: a paw-shaped one with all their best skills and a new picture. They can get either a mouse-shaped one or a leaf-shaped one as a warrior or medicine cat, with their new picture and a list of their best traits (and maybe their mate(s)). If they're a leader, they get a star with a new picture, but if they're and elder, they get a square with a new picture on it.) Anyway, thanks for reading my story! The last one had no note at the end because I was worried it wouldn't fit in. Have a nice day :)
