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Originally Posted by RosePelt145
Herringpaw jumped in surprise at the voice and glanced at her, blinking his large blue eyes. He excitedly jumped to his paws. "You bet!," he meowed, tail waving excitedly. He danced on his paws; his heart was beating so fast it might as well have pumped through his ribs. He gazed at her with wide eyes, then remembered. He lowered his head a bit sheepishly. "But... I'm afraid I have forgotten your name... I thought it was Snowfall, but now I'm thinking I'm wrong..." he shuffled his paws nervously. |
Frostfall took in his enthusiasm and started to smile. She remembered her first day as an apprentice, still: she had been similarly excited, convinced that she would be the best warrior ThunderClan had ever seen. Now, she was less ambitious, but that eagerness to learn was a good sign—hopefully it meant he would work hard, and learn quickly, and it eased her fear a little.
Then he lowered his head and spoke, and she frowned. “It’s Frostfall,” she said sharply, offended. How could he forget the name of his mentor? She was going to be one of the most important cats in his life for the next few moons. But she bit back her next words—he was only six moons old, and he’d probably heard her name for the first time in his ceremony.
You need to stop being so harsh on cats you’ve just met, she chided herself.
“Anyway,” she said, moving on quickly to cover up her embarrassment, “today, I think it would be a good idea to explore the territory. I can show you around, show you the borders, so you can start to get familiar with the scents of the other clans, and I can teach you some things about some prey, and maybe some basic hunting techniques? If we get the time, that is.” Was she talking too much? She was talking too much. Internally, she wilted. She thought back to her own mentor—he had seemed so old and so clever, like he knew everything. Herringpaw probably thought she was mean and didn’t know what she was doing, and he was probably right.
Her heart fell, and she looked down at her paws.
Maybe I’m just not ready to be a mentor.