One-eye for Deputy

Boom.  Lets do this audition thang yo!

Woop woop!

It was a peaceful morning in ThunderClan; bees chirping, birds buzzing, the works. Everything seemed to be falling into place for a perfect Gathering-- well, not that the bees would be around at night, but at least it would still be warm! Or would it. The sun went away at night, right? That was the definition of night! And if night would just come faster, Volepaw would know if he'd be going! The little grey cat couldn't contain his excitement; the morning was always off to a good start when the apprentice started practising vaulting over the fresh-kill pile. Other warriors in the camp were just beginning to stir-- those who hadn't gone on patrol seemed to have been getting their beauty sleep. He chuckled out loud, a burbling noise that carried in spite of his best attempts to be subtle. Warriors: he'd never understand them. They all had the chance to go and visit the island tonight, under the light of the beautiful full moon, and here they were, looking more like they'd been informed they had blackcough than anything else. Glum as a burrow of wet mice, this lot. No, Volepaw just didn't understand them.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, Volepaw spotted a familiar grey shape, and the name was out before he could stop himself. "ONE-EYE!"
Skidding into a perfect 180 turn, the apprentice vaulted the fresh-kill pile a third time and charged up to the deputy, his tail lashing from side to side. Just the cat he wanted! "One-eye, are you going to the Gathering tonight? It's a beautiful day and it's going to be a beautiful night, yeah?" The tom's grin was nearly wider than his head. "So do you know who's going yet? C'mon, Littlestar must've told you! You've gotta tell me, please, One-eye, please!" He was positively hopping on the spot. Early information! Oh he was dying to go, and hadn't Berrynose said she'd put in a good word with Littlestar if he trained well yesterday? And just last week, just after sunhigh when they'd been hunting for hours and Finchpaw had caught nothing, he'd let Finchpaw have his catch and she said she'd owe him, well, if Finchpaw was on the Gathering he was totally calling in that favour.

One-eye had been up for a bit already. He had been on the Dawn Patrol. Ever since he had been named deputy by Littlestar, he had been doing everything he could to stay out of the den and out in the forest. Guess why! Because he was allowed to now. Booya!

He had hardly been back in the camp before he'd been attacked by a young apprentice. "ONE-EYE! One-eye, are you going to the Gathering tonight? It's a beautiful day and it's going to be a beautiful night, yeah?" He nodded solemnly. "Oh I sure hope I'm going! This is the gathering where all of the Clans will meet Littlestar for the first time as leader. I wouldn't miss this one for anything. It sure would be a drag not to get to go to this one! He winked at the small tom, knowing full well where this conversations was going for the little guy. "So do you know who's going yet? C'mon, Littlestar must've told you! You've gotta tell me, please, One-eye, please!"

He shook his head in mock sadness. Yup, spot on. The kit wanted to know if he was among the cats going to the clearing tonight. It would be easy to just tell him...but oh it was so much more fun not to! He rested his tail on the apprentice's shoulder, his voice low. "I'm sorry Volepaw. Littlestar hasn't told me anything about her decisions. You know how...private and...proud she can be sometimes. I have a feeling she wont tell anycat who is going until right before she leaves. I don't even know if I get to go!"

It wasn't /really/ a lie. Littlestar hadn't strait up given him a list of names but the pair had talked yesterday about who should go. I had a pretty good idea, it just wasn't solid until she called out the names that night. He looked back to the kit, hope and excitement filling his eyes. "What do you think Volepaw? Do you think we will get to go?" He leaned in closer, trying to mask part of his size as his inner kit bubbled to the surface. Gosh it was just so fun playing with the desperate and the gullible.

(One-eye is clearly accepted otherwise ThunderClan's thread making him so would not have gone ahead; this thread is just here for fun and I will reply to it tomorrow! :3)