[Brilliance]

Originally Posted by Dark Melody

"Ha!" Hunterpaw grinned down at his mentor, tail swishing with triumph as he smirked at the older Tom. In the same instant he was pushed off, rolling onto his side with a soft, muffled "oomf". Hunterpaw leaped up at once and crouched, tail lashing side to side. A challenging grin spread over his maw and his paws kneaded at the ground eagerly. "Im no kit!" He growled playfully, ears pinning back. "Not everyone can be as old as you!"

With those playful words he launched again, aiming to knock Springwind's paws from under him. He'd never felt more alive in his life, more energized. He didnt even think of this as training, more like playing. Somewhere in the back of his mind he wanted this to be his father he was play-fighting with. Then again, in some way, Hunter knew it was.

‘’Old? Ha!’’ Springwind snickered, offended that his apprentice would think of such nonsense about him. As far as Springwind knew, he was young. Young at heart. Young in appearance. And, old in mind. Not that old to the point where he’s useless to the clan. He never wanted to be useless to his clan--old or not. He turned back to his apprentice,a sudden wave of new emotion settled within him. ‘’You’re sooo gonna eat those words, kit.’’ He laughs. The mentor felt another heavy force knocking him down, knowing who it was. Springwind opened his eyes,giving his apprentice an odd look. ‘’Is that all you can do? I thought I taught you better than that! Hitting like a...like a…cat with no claws.’’ The tom says, shaking his head. As he gets up from his fallen state, Springwind enters into a crouch, springing up and pinned Hunterpaw to the ground, careful to not hurt the young tom. As the two tumbled around in a rolling ball of fur, Springwind stopped the spinning before they hit the back of a tree, and he landed on top of the tom with a soft thud.

Springwind was out of breath. But he quickly hopped off his apprentice. Maybe, I am getting old...nah! That’s just energy being reused since I haven’t used it in a while...yeah… ‘’That’s how you pin someone.’’ He states proudly. ‘’Whatever you were doing? Ha! And, besides. I’m not old.’’ He says, and stares at his apprentice. With a flick of his tail, he says. ‘’You need to learn the difference between us; I’m more experience, or you’re more inexperienced. Your running is definite on point. However your fighting...you seem to be taking it as a game more.’’ Springwind states. Though he loved playing games with his apprentice, he didn’t want Hunterpaw to think everything was a game. ‘’Fighting is something you must take seriously. Don’t want to die in battle do you? Don’t want to be murdered in cold blood do you? Exactly my point.’’ The tom states and uses one paw to pat Hunterpaw on the head.

‘’But, don’t worry, kit. You’ll get better. After all, that’s what I’m here for!’’