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The sound of small voices hit his ears, and Goosefury glanced up from his frog and turned his head toward the noise. His eyes narrowed. Were those kits he was hearing? It certainly sounded like it.
He cast another look at Bumblebelly before turning to head in the direction of the voices. "Just what in the name of StarClan are you two doing out here?" he snapped as he pulled up behind Wavekit and Skykit.

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Goosefury's brows twitched. If that didn't convey the amount of anger he was feeling at that moment, then his slowly lashing tail and the ripples of his muzzle certainly did. "It's too dangerous out here for you two," he growled, straightening up. "And who, might I ask, is Cherrypaw? As far as I'm concerned, we don't have a Cherrypaw in RiverClan." If these kits had actually spoken and convinced an outsider to come along on their stupid little adventure... all he knew was that Sootflare and Lionstar weren't going to be happy at all.
He turned his attention to Wavekit, preparing to scold her as well for blaming her friend for getting them in trouble - stupid kids, it was both of their faults - when she suddenly curled herself against his paws. Goosefury's scowl faltered momentarily, and he found himself wanting to tell her that he wouldn't report them, and that their apprentice ceremonies would be on time.
Then he remembered the direness of the situation, and he steeled himself and forced the glare back over his features. "If your apprentice ceremonies are delayed, it's your own two faults," he said coldly. "It's far too dangerous out here for kits like yourselves - what would you do if a hawk happened upon you, or a badger or an owl or a fox? You wouldn't be able to defend yourselves. To put it shortly, you'd die, and no one would know, and your mothers would be left wondering what happened to you." Was that a bit harsh? Yeah, sure, but these idiots needed to know what kind of situation they had put themselves in. He bent down to pick Skykit up by the scruff and set her over his shoulders - but suddenly she flashed by him and darted off into the woods.
Goosefury released a string of curses and tore after her. "I'll meet you back at camp!" he called over his shoulder to Bumblebelly, and then sped up. He swiftly caught up to her and skidded to a halt in front of her, hoping to halt her in her tracks.

Originally Posted by Me dragon, u breakfast. (Post 725331) Skykit was thinking about running away again when she Remembered lionstar talking about hawks. Maybe I’ll just go back to camp.. oh! I know, I can go catch a frog then throw it at goosefury and bumblebelly for finding us! But she thought better of that idea and started to return to camp.

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"Nope." Goosefury lashed out a paw, scooped her back closer to him and then bent down and grabbed her by the scruff and hauled her over his shoulders. "You get to sit up there until we return to camp, you hear me? Any movement and I'll feed you to the hawks. I doubt Lionstar would care." He set off back to Bumblebelly and the other idiot child, picking up his frog and fish as he went.

Originally Posted by Mumble (Post 724647) @Sneakyfox55 Badgerpaw nodded, quietly laughing at the joke, "O-okay, I'll do my best" she mewed, sitting down next to the water.

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Hollywatcher nodded. This was probably good for the time being, she was glad she got a chance to talk to Fernpaw. It helped her to figure out some things that she needed to know about her and she learned a bit more about her apprentice. “Yep. You did a great job today.” She looked at her with a gleaming smile. “You should be proud of yourself.”

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Originally Posted by .Bread. (Post 729510) Duckpaw bounced to the Cattail pond. She was still a little bit curious about what was going on today, but she didn't sweat about it because whatever they were doing was pretty easy for her right now. @Zesty Mango

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango (Post 729518) Salmonsong flicked her tail as she slipped her paw into the pond to start fishing, this seemed to be Duckpaw’s weakness as the first time she took her fishing she confused a leaf with prey,” When do you think you’ll become an apprentice?“ she asked out of curiousity, she didn’t want Duckpaw to know when she was going to become a warrior. As far as Duckpaw was concerned this was just a regular assessment nothing more.

Originally Posted by .Bread. (Post 729523) Duckpaw plopped into the water, being careful not to scare any fish away. The apprentice looked up at her mentor. "Becoming an apprentice?" Duckpaw questioned. "I already am an apprentice!" she protested. "I'm going to be a warrior, and I don't really know when I will become one," Duckpaw said, looking into the water and searching for any fish.

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango (Post 729530) Salmonsong gave a purr,” I was teasing about becoming an apprentice Do you think you are getting close to being a warrior. I want to know what you think you need to improve at.” she meowed wanting to help with that soon.

Originally Posted by .Bread. (Post 729537) "Hmmm..." Duckpaw said as she pondered. The apprentice considered herself pretty close to becoming a warrior. If she was lucky, she would probably get it the next meeting Lionstar held. Duckpaw definitely did suck at swimming and fishing and needed to improve though. Bad thoughts from the river came up in her mind, but she shook them off. "Hmm," The apprentice said again. "I'm pretty confident that I will become a warrior in the next meeting held, but I do need some help with swimming and fishing."

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango (Post 729546) Salmonsong gave a nod,” Alright. I’m happy to work on that with you, since we are fishing right now. Just be sure to be quiet when swimming after them or sit on the shore and use your paw.” she smiled to her apprentice.

Originally Posted by .Bread. (Post 729980) Duckpaw nodded her head up and down a few times before turning back to the water. She saw a fish swimming around, clueless about what was about to happen next. Since the fish was not really close to the shore, she decided she was just going to swim to catch it. Taking Salmonsong's advice, she quietly swam through the water, with not using too much force that she would make a noise, but not using too little force, or she might create the river incident all over again. As Duckpaw drew closer to the fish, she started to use more treading motions instead of swimming. When the apprentice could see the fish very clearly, she swooped her paw down, clawing it and bringing it back to shore.

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango (Post 730068) Salmonsong gave a nod,” Well done, how about we go for a swim, maybe even a race?” she suggested curious to see how she’d do, she was incorporating this idea from the elite training.

Originally Posted by .Bread. (Post 730115) Duckpaw gulped as Salmonsong mentioned a race. The apprentice wasn't the best at swimming, as told from previous incidents, but she might as well give it a try. "Ooh! A race!" Duckpaw said.

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango (Post 730117) Salmonsong waded into the water and gave a nod to Duckpaw, waiting for her to get in the water before meowing,” We’ll race to the other side of the pond...We’ll start in 3...2...1...GO!“ she began kicking working to get towards she shore.

Originally Posted by .Bread. (Post 730459) Duckpaw was pretty sure that she was not going to beat her mentor, but it was worth a shot. Duckpaw leaped into the water and started kicking very forcefully to go faster. She hoped this strategy would work without her wasting too much energy.

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango (Post 730560) Salmonsong pushed herself to try to swim harder, but for the most part she and Duckpaw were going back and force in taking turns taking the lead in the race getting towards the shore.

Originally Posted by .Bread. (Post 730593) Duckpaw was starting to get tired, so she decided to change her strategy. She would go at a bit of a slower pace to regain her energy, then boost forwards. The two were getting pretty close to the shore, and Duckpaw would need to act quick. Salmonsong was a bit ahead of her, and hoped she would start slowing down so the apprentice could fling forwards and get to shore quickly.