Originally Posted by |+Tired Rose Child+| (Post 598110) Duskshower quickly dodged a paw swipe from her friend Dreamhum, and she reared up on her hind legs, pushing her paws onto their shoulders, knocking then down. She had the younger cat pinned, and after a moment, she stepped away from them, shaking out her fur. She smiled and gently flicked their ear with her tail in a friendly gesture. Today the two warriors had decided to come to the training cave and practice moves on each other. Yeah , it was supposed to be for mentors training with their apprentices, but there was nobody but them right now, so why not do some "training" on their own? The dark furred she-cat didn't see anything wrong with that. anyway, her friend had asked for a little training with her, and she couldn't turn that down! She loved the fact she was more experienced and could teach them a few things. She purred as the other cat got to their paws and she stepped up to them. "I'm surprised you asked me to help you. I'm not the best at training other cats. But it seems that although you said you needed the experience, I can see you have plenty of it. You just need to bring that experience to life." she sighed and walked to the corner of the cave, gazing at the ground and tracing lines on the floor cave with her paw. She glanced up, her eyes taking on their usual sad expression, the happiness that had been shimmering during their training now gone. "I... I guess that was fun, but, now I'm just a depressed lump again.. My brother's death really gets to me , you know? Well, of course you do, I've told you a billion times." she gazed at the ground again, shuffling her paws before letting out a broken laugh. "I'm just stupid and pathetic, aren't I? Just annoying and dumb." she snorted and shook her head. "I always try to be happy and confident, but it's so... Hard, you know? I just struggle so much. I.... I really hate this." she turned her head away. "Is there any other training you wish to do with me?," she asked, abruptly changing the subject. We could do some more battle training, or we could go out and try some hunting.. whatever you want to train, I'll help you with it." she tried to sound enthusiastic and eager, but her depression was getting to her, so she sounded half-hearted. @Pluto

DreamHum grunted as they got pinned a noticeable glare could be seen as they failed this round....then again Duskshower was an older and far more experienced warrior than them...they were only fourteen! Although it didn't stop their tail from lashing about from slight frustration as they got back up and shook out their calico fur , however their ears perked up as she began to speak and emedietly sympathy began to swell in the pit of their stomach "well, you are way older than me...so I need to learn how to fight against more experienced warriors. "they meowed only to gulp in fears of messing up "it's not your fault. I bet you did what you could . Remember everything reunites in the end . Eventually . " they meowed only to shake their head "annoying ? Please . Your not pathetic either . And if you want me to be honest ....truly honest....I do kinda wish you'll stop telling me about your brothers death....I get it . I have a brother too, id be heartbroken if he's gone in an unjust way. But for now please stop, for your sake so it won't keep replaying in your head . And mine...before I say something I may regret..." they meowed which instantly caused them to feel regret ok...I just hope she doesn't take this too harshly ...I'm sorry dusk.... you could see it their body movements until Duskshower spoke again .

"I wanna keep doing this, I won't stop until I win. Atleast a good few rounds ." they meowed with determination in their voice as they faced their friend with a puffed out chest and fur . Their hazel orbs shinning at the though of possibly winning "I don't wanna be humiliated infront of my clan because I can't fight . I wanna make you proud and my family . " they added before crouching and waving their bushy tail in the air before smirking "if I win one of these you have to do something embarrassing infront of the whole clan. Something really embarrassing . And if I loose. ...I'll do what I just said . Deal?" they asked as they flashed a toothy grin .

Originally Posted by Zero to Hero (Post 598555) Coastpaw entered the training cave with wide eyes, the sight of it almost pushing the apprentice's excitement levels to the breaking point. He looked around with wonder, admiring how the holes in the ceiling made many sizes of 'spotlights' across the entire cave floor. He went from here and there, sniffing and looking around. "This place is awesome!" He meowed, in awe. His blown-away reaction at a place so simple really seemed to give away his age, at what he had still yet to learn and see from the world. The tom reeled his focus back in to the best of his abilities as Fallenstar explained what they would be doing here, grinning. "Oh, I'm so ready!" He chirped, bounding his way back to Fallenstar's side.