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The gray-and-white leader blinked in surprise as one came over to greet her as she didn't expect someone to approach her so soon. It wasn't like their presence wasn't welcome though, in fact Mintstar was quite happy to have someone to talk to before announcements started. "Nice to meet you, I'm Mintstar from PineClan." She mewed once the GustClan leader introduced herself, dipping her head respectfully towards her. She hoped she acted formal enough, despite being leader ever since last Leaf-bare the formalities she was expected to treat others with didn't come so easily to her. "And you're right, it seems like the hollow fills up with new faces every time the Gathering comes around." She responded.
She excused herself from Heronstar to step forward and make her announcements, trying to ignore her wobbly pawsteps as she felt all eyes on her. "PineClan has been doing well this Greenleaf, our medicine stores are full as well as our prey, and two of our queens have given birth to healthy litters of kits - with another on the way." Thankfully her voice sounded confident, and with a bow she turned away from the Highrock.
[ mintstar ; heronstar of gustclan ]
Rowanpelt purred along with the medicine cat, the tom's happiness rubbing off on him as he grew even more excited hearing about his newborn kits. "The toms are named Marigoldkit, Patchkit, and Sorrelkit. The mollies are named Dandelionkit and Sheepkit." He replied, realizing just after he said their names how three of them were named after herbs, a subtle tribute to their father, Rowanpelt guessed.
[ rowanpelt ; ramhorn of echoclan ]
Shadepaw stifled a gasp of surprise as she felt Hearthflame touch his nose to hers as she didn't expect the gesture, yet she quickly eased into it shortly before he pulled away to do the same with Weaselstorm, who seemed a lot more comfortable then she initially was. The apprentice wasn't able to hide her sly smile now, as the realization of what both toms felt for each other was starting to grow apparent.
Weaselstorm felt a pleasing warmth fill him from head to toe over such a simple act of contact as he felt Hearthflame's nose on his, he was about to flutter his eyes shut until the SoulClan cat was the first to pull away, he tried to ignore how he immediately missed Hearthflame being so close to him. And the smug look from Shadepaw, which was making his blush even worse then it already was. "We've been doing fine, aside from pulling out thorns in pawpads we're not doing much." "And that's a good thing!" Shadepaw added before falling silent once more. "And you? It's been a while, I... I missed you." Weaselstorm meowed, his voice becoming quieter.
[ weaselstorm, shadepaw ; hearthflame of soulclan ]
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