ShadowClan Territory

[nocturnal]

Fallenheart had thought that the she-cat would be too prideful to not insist on walking back herself, so he was reasonably surprised when the apprentice reluctantly agreed despite the bristling pelt. So Fleapaw was learning... either that or the pain was too much. The warrior hoped that it was the former for both of their sakes. He would like to believe that being mauled by a dog was a life-changing event, an event that would help one to see life in another perspective, and not just get shrugged off as a hindrance due to a major stroke of bad luck.

He shifted his weight as Fleapaw made herself comfortable on his back, careful not to hurt either of them in the process. Fallenheart wasn't the strongest cat in the world, nor was the the fastest or the best fighter. To be honest, he was a normal cat who enjoyed standing on the sidelines and making friends rather than being the one to take action. He was probably more fit to be a father than a warrior, and he didn't even have a mate yet. He's only been a warrior for four moons for crying out loud! And half the apprentices these days were more mature than him.

"I hope you're comfortable up there," Fallenheart meowed as he took a small step forward. After taking another practice step, the warrior decided that he could keep his balance well enough to walk, and so he did. This was his first time carrying a cat, excluding when he had to grab kits by the scruff. He hadn't known what to expect. Slowly, the tabby picked up the pace, trusting that Fleapaw wouldn't fall off. They traveling somewhere at the speed of a fast jog.

"So..." the warrior meowed after a few moments of traveling in silence. The trees flew past quickly and Fallenheart focused on the path ahead. "What in StarClan possessed you to think that it was a good idea to break the rules and run off into the forest without a warrior?"

@alan

[Wings]

[ @Moon Lily ]
--Echopaw--

The young she had rolled her eyes playfully at Irisflame's comment but, had only sped up. Though, she did stop every so often to let her mentor catch up. Letting Irisflame go out of camp first.
This was her second-no-third time in the territory. Well, actually it wasn't because she had been helping build the Hangout but, to everyone else it was her third time. Looking over at her mentor (because the two were the same height), her light blue eyes glazed with excitement. "What are we gonna get?"

[versailles]

[ @bmkmb ]

“Well , it's not the most comfortable. But it'll work..” She said , feeling her nerves rise once the tom had taken a step. It was a bit wobbly at first but it got better when he had started walking at a quick pace , somewhat like a jog. For a few moments it was silent. Now , silence was never a thing she was fond of , or good at. Always thought silence was disturbing , nothing good ever came out of silence most of the time. It was horrific! But at this time , the silence felt more comforting than anything. She didn't have to answer any questions , or talk about something she didn't enjoy. It would only be a little while longer until she could get back to camp. Probably get scolded by Irisflame and Duskblossom and maybe a few warriors , not something she was looking forward to but she couldn't avoid it.

The question caught her off guard for a moment. Oh , she should've known he would've asked something like that! She had no idea what to say-- was she supposed to tell the truth or lie? The truth...wasn't the best option , but neither was lying. Okay , truth it is. “I was looking for...dogs , and found one.” She said hesitantly in a low voice , almost a mumble. Hopefully he hadn't heard her and wouldn't ask about it again. “And I knew I couldn't tell anyone , especially a warrior , so I decided to go out by myself.”

Oh , she was definitely going to get in trouble now. Maybe she should've lied? Then again , he probably would've found out the truth sooner or later. Going silent again , she decided to look at the passing scenery to distract herself. At this point she was half expecting to get yelled at , but maybe Fallenheart wasn't that type of person. She hoped so , at least.

[panchiko]

// @Mentallyunstable sjsjfjs sorry this took a weekkkk i have terrible time-management skills

dreampaw smiled like the happy lil child she was. she was spending QUALITY time with the coolest apprentice ---no, the coolest CAT--- in shadowclan!! "surroundings," she murmured, "got it!" dreampaw glanced up at blackpaw, giving him a huge grin, before focusing on the sitty thing. hunty crouch. whatever it was called! she didn't care, the only thing that mattered was that blackpaw taught it to her!!! the apprentice crept forward, taking big, long sniffs. hrm,,,, what was that lovely smell??? oh, wait---it was blackpaw. oopss! after taking a few other large whiffs, dreampaw finally scented some actual prey. was that... was that mouse!?

blackpaw is going to be so proud of me!!! i can't mess this up!! she thought, quickly stalking forward. dreampaw jumped on top of the mouse when she thought she was close enough, but miscalculated the distance and flung herself wayyy too far forward. aackk!! the female swiftly switched in to reverse, leaping onto the mouse correctly this time after it attempted to scamper away. "aha!! lookyy!! looky what i did!! i got it!!!! aaa!! eEeeee!! yayyy!!" she declared victory after quickly killing it. "uh.. erm... what were the words again??? i thank starclan for this food??"

[nocturnal]

The apprentice had... purposely left camp with the intent of finding and fighting a dog. Fallenheart took a deep breath to calm himself, seeing that he couldn't currently close his eyes - not while running with a cat on his back, at least. Apparently, Fleapaw's plan hadn't been thought out very well. That was made obvious by the molly's currently disheartening state. She had stood no chance against that cursed mutt and would've ended up dead in a tree had Fallenheart not accidentally stumbled into her. As much as the warrior wanted to scream at Fleapaw for her stupidity, this wasn't the time. Being mauled by an angry dog was punishment enough for one day; the apprentice didn't need another reminder of her lack of forethought. Irisflame would probably do more than enough yelling for the both of them, actually, which was all well because Fallenheart wasn't much of a scolder. He was the type of cat to guilt others into behaving rather than enforcing everything with punishments.

"Just... don't do that again?" the black tabby suggested tiredly. "I'd prefer it if you don't go dog-hunting on your own, not until you're a warrior, at least. Think before you act?" They weren't even commands, just straightforward suggestions. Fleapaw wasn't a kit; she should be able to learn from this rather large mistake without him having to spell it out.

Eventually, a familiar bramble barrier came into view and Fallenheart mentally praised StarClan in relief. "Almost there," the warrior meowed. Now, to get into camp. He refrained from shivering at the thought of all the stares they would get. That was certainly not something that he was looking forward to.

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@alan

[Socks]

Originally Posted by RedHead

Lightbubble watched as Littlepaw heeded his advice, thankfully. Lightbubble was glad the little kit was at least obedient, he would've walked right up to Icestar and demanded a new apprentice if they didn't listen to him. He did not have the patience or time for that.
"Good job, looks like you have." The tom nodded his approval, before getting to his paws and waving for the young cat to follow him. "Now, I would normally have you go practice that again and again, practice makes perfect of course." Lightbubble shrugged his shoulders with a small smile. "But since you're being such a good boy, I suppose it's time for you to try some real prey." Lightbubble then stopped, flicking his ears forward. "Well, what can you smell?"

Littlepaw's fur fluffed up when Lightbubble said 'good boy.' He wasn't sure if he liked it or felt it was too childish, though in this context he was leaning towards the latter. He was being told to smell, it was something he was more familiar with so he didn't even bother acting cocky. Scenting was something anyone could do, after all. He had even taken the time to recognize the scent of his food before he ate it, though it was different it seemed to the live prey because everything he could recognize as prey just melded together into one smell that made his mouth water.
He faced his muzzle away, towards the direction of the wind and closed his eyes. Focus on one thing, not all of it. There was something, at least he thought there was. Was it... a squirrel? It had to be a rodent. "There's something, over there." He nodded a little to his left, he wasn't sure how far that direction, but it was coming from there. "Should I go get it?"

[Moon Lily]

[ @Wings ]

Irisflame repeated the simple pattern in her head as they padded through the undergrowth, snorting at Echopaw's subtle eyeroll. At least she was stopping every so often. Marigold, dandelion, poppy seeds, coltsfoot, tansy, Comfrey root, cobwebs, mushrooms. Echopaw hadn't learnt the uses of mushrooms or tansy quite yet, two herbs she was bound to use quite often. And if it ever came to one of those days when she couldn't get up because of her wracking coughs, the silvery she would have to learn to handle that for her dear mentor. She hobbled ahead of Echopaw to guide her in the right direction, eyes set straight ahead of her. She was off to her favourite herb collection spot, the one that was practically a herb storage all by itself.e
Exchanging the level glance with her apprentice, her own dark blue gaze lit up with amusement. She could see the energy sizzling through the young cat's body, eager to get started. As they emerged from the heavy pines into a clearing near the border with those Thunderclanners, she signed with pleasure. It was sunny out today, the beams shining through the needles, a rare luxury when you had all these darned pines.
"Marigold, dandelion, poppy seeds, coltsfoot, tansy, comfrey root, cobwebs, and mushrooms." She announced to Echopaw, nodding, "I'll grab the tansy and the second half of it, you grab the first half. Take some of that bark off the trees if the oak leaves we brought aren't big enough."

[Exis]

Blackpaw smiled at Dreampaw’s huge sniffs that might have alerted prey. She’s making progress. He thought as she crept forward. Ya but how can she be so loud. Rakta seemed to sigh in exasperation. Oh cut it out you know it’s funny. Plus I’m quite happy with the progress she’s made. Whatever. When she miscalculated the jump Blackpaw made a mental note to do some more hunting as well as fight training so she could get used to her own strength. “Very good Dreampaw! That was actually better than my first catch.” When she asked about Starclan Blackpaw’s face contorted into what could only be said as uncomfortable. “You don’t have to, I’ve never seen anyone else do it, I’m not even sure why I thank Starclan. You could if you wanted to I guess.” he said smiling. “Now you’ve got to bury it. That way nothing will eat it before we get back.” He had walked to Dreampaw by now and looked down at her catch, it was a pretty big mouse and it put his to shame. Blackpaw practically swelled up in pride, “You’re gonna make a great hunter.”
@hope (it’s cool I totally understand )

[Wings]

[ @Moon Lily ]
--Echopaw--

Echopaw followed Irisflame through the territory, sometimes running off a short distance to look at something. The she sure was curious about everything. Though she ran to catch up when they neared the ThunderClan boarder. Quickly following her mentor through some bushes, she emerged behind her into the small clearing. She closed her eyes contently at the warm sun rays. It was helpful that her fur was white and not black or else she'd probably be dying. This was her first Greenleaf and she was fascinated by it. The young she gave a nod at Irisflame's directions. Marigold, dandelion, poppy seeds, and coltsfoot. Bouncing off, she went in search of her herbs.

[wolfie]

Originally Posted by bmkmb

Fallenheart couldn't refrain from laughing this time. With a grin, the warrior finished burying his mouse, then turned to Jaypaw. "Sure thing," he meowed as he dropped into the hunter's crouch. "All you need to do is crouch down, forepaws beneath your body; have your back legs ready to pounce. Cats say that you should put as much weight as possible into your back legs, but only do that if you're completely sure that you're about to pounce. If you're just waiting, then put some weight into your back legs, but not all of it and don't unbalance yourself."

The warrior demonstrated as he explained, tucking his paws in and visibly shifting his weight. "Oh, and you should always keep your tail straight or it'll get in your way," Fallenheart remembered as he did just that.

Still in a crouching position, the warrior craned his neck around to look at Jaypaw. "Why don't you try it now?" the tabby meowed. "Do your best, oh masterful hunter," he commanded playfully with a smirk, still continuing with the 'Jaypaw already knows how to hunt' charade. Fallenheart had never expected having an apprentice to be so fun!

Jaypaw let out a huff, "Hey.." He mumbled out in offense of Fallenheart's laughing. He quickly forgot about it.

He nodded intently as the warrior spoke, his eyes twinkling with kit-like wonder. Oh starclan yes. He was SO going to rock this. ''Mhm! Mhm!" Shift your balance, crouch, blah, blah, BLAH. It was pretty easy sounding.

Thankful for the demonstration, Jaypaw circled Fallenheart as he posed for the tom. Squinting his eyes and mumbling, he pulled back. "Yeah, yeah. Just watch and lear...rn, " Jaypaw rumbled in confidence. At first, he didn't think he could actually keep this act up but so far it was going very well. He had Fallenheart fooled.

Jaypaw quickly dropped into the crouch. It had been something he did as a kit-- he just.. never thought of it. And the more he did think about it-- Jaypaw flopped sideways. With a squeak, he got back up and attempted the crouch again. This time more slowly, keeping his balance carefully -- oh shoot, forgot about the tail uh--

Jaypaw would attempt it a few more times before getting a stable crouch. A purr came from throat at his success. Ever so slowly he turned his gaze to Fallenheart. A smirk spreading across his face, his rump wiggling-- oh no. Don't you dare-- Jaypaw pounced forward at Fallenheart. "Mrrow!"