With Kestrelpaw off hunting nearby, and yes he trusted the apprentice to be able to hunt seen her age, Gingerfrost focused on the water. There weren't very many fish today, though swam by close enough to the edge for Gingerfrost to swiftly swoop one out with both paws, quickly offering a final bite. That was one limp trout at his paws, it's comrades swam away due to the commotion. So, the tabby went a bit more upstream, hoping to find a few non-startled fish there. And it did take quite some time, leaving the tabby a little sleepy until a salmon swam near the edge. Once more he reached for the fish, which swiftly escaped his grasp, though not without a bleeding scar to its side. Gingerfrost wasn't about to let it leave, however, and he reached further into the water, up until his elbows, to still catch the fish with a messy success; that's what he got for getting sleepy on the job. But with a salmon and a trout now dangling from his maw, he turned towards Kestrelpaw. It was about time they head back if they wanted to be one time for patrol reports.
"Kestrelpaw, we're going back."
He mew in a muffled tone, waiting a few instances for the apprentice to join him and go back to camp.


[ @sol. - Apologies for the delay, don't forgot to put the prey on the preypile :heartbounce: ]

It took some time, but eventually, Kestrelpaw stepped back a few paces and lifted her paws off the ground. Gingerfrost could see the momentary struggle - the risk for panic, the stiff movements and the apprentice batted about the water awkwardly. But what mattered is that she wasn't drowning. Instead, she was floating, slowly figuring out how to move about the water as he'd explained. This was by far not the first swimming lesson he'd given; as such, he knew there was no reason for panic (yet) even when Kestrelpaw seemed to struggle a little from time to time. He remained calm himself, eyes locked on the apprentice, uttering a few words to her.
"Try to relax a little, move with the water. Keeping your muscles stiff will give you a cramp."
Those hurt. A lot. And were, by all means, a risk when getting them while swimming.

He made his way through the territory with a solemn expression on his face. Paws silently steered him in the direction of Cattail Pond, the very destination where an apprentice had died under his watch only a moon ago. Ferretsnap approached the pond, staring at it. The very location Glisteningpaw had slipped and fallen. The location where they had died. He sucked in a deep breath, closing his eyes and sitting down. Such a death should have never happened. It didn't matter if he couldn't have controlled it- he should have been more careful. They were young and didn't even know how to hunt. Obviously they didn't know to be careful around the edge- and now they were dead.

Ferretsnap shook his head. There was no changing what had happened. He could only work to ensure it never happened again.

Silently, carefully, he lowered himself to the ground where Glisteningpaw had once stood, closing his eyes. He could only hope that they were safe and happy, wherever they were.

Anything and everything was exciting for her so far, especially when she followed the two too cattail pond. The torbie looked around as she took in her surroundings, so this was the place? She guessed it looked okay, she thought it would of had more to it. She tilted her head and looked a bit confused when Pebblesplash pointed out the water being low she guessed. Now she was confused for sure, she thought that was normal. "Is it not supposed to be like that?" she asked. Springpaw hadn't been on a tour of the territory yet so she hadn't gotten the chance to see what it looked like before.

Now her attention was back on the other warrior whom seemed to be calling the shots at the moment. It was good to hear they could still hunt for fish here, but she still had a problem she didn't know how to just yet. She idly nodded in her response, a part of her wanted to roll in the mud. Next thing she knew the warrior was speaking to her directly. "I can totally do this! But I do have a question. how do I hunt fish? Do I slap it out of the water or something?" she tilted her head in question.

@Loveless.Fawn @r0sali3

She nodded once more, an attempt to be careful would be tricky for her having long fur sucked at times like this. Slowly she followed after Pebblesplash, paws treading the mud slightly sinking in at times. Of course she brought her paws up at times to try and shake the excess mud off but she did make past the mud. Springpaw grumbled as she looked down at her feet to see them covered in mud, caked up to her ankles. "That's nice, the mud isn't though!" she groaned, no part of her was looking forward having to clean it all off.

@Loveless.Fawn @r0sali3

Springpaw eyed Pebblesplash as she caught a minnow with such ease, was it that easy? It looked like it maybe this wasn't going to be so difficult task to do, she would catch all the fish possible. "I wasn't planning on cleaning myself! No point if we're gonna walk in it again" she was sure that her fur was going to be permanently brown after this. She also was sure that Puff would give her crap about all the mud when she returned. Bi-colored ears shot up when she heard the warrior address her again and she gave a nod in response and approached the waters edge slowly. She stared into the water as she waiting for the right moment at which she swiped into the water. Springpaw almost caught a minnow but she had managed to make it fly into the air and right back into the water, maybe that was a bit too much force. "oops" she guessed she was a little too confident and eager in her self

@r0sali3 @Sakura.Fawn
[it's all good, I almost didn't realize you changed you name]

And off they go! Following Mothwhisper, Sunsetpaw was looking around for any prey that might be near them. What will the patrol catch? Maybe a few fishies? Or maybe some other things? Or maybe even birds? They were kinda wondering about that abit before slowing their pace as they reached the pond as well, following what the warrior was doing. Mothwhisper definately has more experience than them so doing the same thing they're doing makes sense!

Their ears perked as the cream colored warrior asked them if they knew how to hunt. "uh..no..my mentor hasn't taught me how to hunt yet" they replied...but they can probably try to..! oorrrr maybe Mothwhisper could teach them how to hunt! That'll be super great as well! Or maybe Nightfall could!

Sunsetpaw followed the older cat before watching them as they stopped near the pond. They nodded as Mothwhisper told them to not have a shadow over the water; will it scare the fishes away? Probably! They should keep that in mind for whenever they hunt! They watched the warrior catch the fish swiming by, noting the steps. Well that was a fast catch! Alright, Sunsetpaw will need to be fast when catching fish! That makes sense, the fish'll run away..uh...swim away because it'll be scared!

The fish flopped around before getting killed by Mothwhisper; wow...the apprentice was amazed! "Woah!" they said, smilling "that was cool! I'll try to do that!". Alright; now they should try it! Looking over the pond carefully, they were focused; they wanted to get a catch for the clan as well! They waited...waiting...waiting....oh! There! It seems smaller than the fish Mothwhisper caught...that's fine right? They were still learning and they were still four moons old so they would've struggled a lot if they tried to catch a big fishy.

Leaning forward a bit, reaching, as they prepared to catch it. As soon as the fish moved closer to the sureface; they imediately tried to catch it, trying to hook their claws onto the fish. Please work! The fish started splashing a bit...oh! Their claws hooked on the fish's tail! Sunsetpaw threw the fish onto the ground; before doing a killing bite, trying to do the same as Mothwhisper "uh...like that..?" they asked, letting go of the fish. The fish's tail nearly got ripped off; so the catch was quite lucky. If the fish tail had ripped off then they probably couldn't have caught it! The fish was definately smaller than the one Mothwhisper caught but it wasn't too small so the apprentice managed to catch it "what fish is that..?"

Sunsetpaw smiled before nodding "okay!" they said. They'll try to ask Troutstone later about hunting! They were glad the warrior was happy about the catch. So...it's a chub? This fish seemed familiar to them though they didn't really remember when; though 'chub' is an interesting and quite a funny name. The apprentice looked at the Chub before looking back at Mothwhisper as the warrior asked if the patrol should go back or not.

Well...while they wanted to catch maybe one more, since the pond isn't a beach then it probably has limited prey; they can always just go back to the pond as long as their with another warrior some time later and they would've had more chances to hunt in the future...."uh..." they said, still thinking a bit "maybe we should go back to put the fish in the prey pile!" . Mothwhisper caught one and Sunsetpaw caught one; two is definately better than none or one.

This patrol was exciting. And fun as well! They even got to learn stuff! Though they started to wonder where Nightfall was "hm..where's Nightfall..?" they asked, a bit worried; but Nightfall's probably fine! They slowly picked up the Chub they caught before looking back at Mothwhisper