WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Confuzzled.Lynx]

Eaglepaw grabbed the charcoal bunny. He moved to his favorite spot at the edge of the clearing and signaled Runningpaw to follow. He placed the bunny down and sat.

@Moon Lily

[That Key in the Tree]

Originally Posted by SparrowSoar

Dawnpaw nodded. She was willing to do that, to test her patience. She crouched in a bush, waiting for a unfortunate piece of prey to come close. @RainbowQuail

Wolfwhisper’s gaze flickered from Dawnpaw to the moor. She watched her from a distance, several fox lengths away. She was surprised at how well she was settling into her role as mentor. Sure, she wasn’t the best, a part of her wanted to slow things down a bit but so far it was going well. She thought it was anyway. She knew what she had to teach but how to teach it seemed to be what troubled her. She wondered if she was going too fast for Dawnpaw. She seemed to be doing well but was there something she needed to go back and help her with?

[lucidense]

After a long 20 minutes, Dawnpaw spotted a mouse, an ill fated mouse. She waited until it was in front of her, and outstretched a paw, killing it before it could react. She breathed. That was hard, but she knew she could handle it. @RainbowQuail (I gotta go to bed soon so I may or may not respond)

[Madelaine]

[ Open ]

Sprucekit was in the Windclan camp, starring at all the cats around the clearing The kit was wondering who would make a good mentor for him. In a couple of weeks he would be old enough to become an apprentice and he couldn't wait. He wanted to make his grandmother proud. Sprucekit sat down and wrapped his tail around his small paws.

[Doom]

Originally Posted by shortstack

Yewpaw
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The blow to her head left her dazed and stumbling but she shook it off, fixing her stance once more. Fight back. He wanted her to fight back. She could do that right? Fight back. Just a quick swipe or two. Sheathed paws. Simple. Fight back. Right. Gritting her teeth, she took her cues from the tom and darted around his side, aiming a strike for his flank and another for his back leg.

The white warrior smirked as Yewpaw veered to his side, her head clearly in the game now. Coldsong was quick to dodge her hit, sprinting a few circles around her before aiming a hit for at own legs – offering a taste her own medicine.

[Doom]

Originally Posted by shortstack

Yewpaw
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Two lucky dodges allowed her to start putting the distance between them that she wanted, narrowly avoiding the swipes at her face and flank before skittering back and away. By now she should have expected the quick movements and been able to adapt but her reaction time was still lacking. She lost her footing as his body barreled into hers and she was left dazed, lying in the gravel.

Coldsong huffed as he let off her. "Not bad dodging blows, but you're still too slow..." he took a seat, giving her a moment to breathe while he explained, "only a few moments into the fight and you've already lost. Pathetic. A real shame." His tone was serious, but his whiskers twitched with a twinkle in his eye.

Done teasing, the warrior stood and dug his claws into the damp gravel, giving a few powerful stomps with a front paw. "Wet ground? Use those claws – they'll allow you to make sharper turns and escape when an opponent launches at you. As for avoiding someone pouncing on you altogether?" His eyes narrowed on the apprentice. "Always be moving. The more you move, the harder of a target you'll be. So don't be stiff in the middle of battle, those easy nerves of yours won't do you any good."

"Now..." Coldsong retrieved his battle stance, slowly backing up with slitted eyes, "Move!" He charged at her, then leaped in another attempt to pin her.

[Moon Lily]

[ @Lynxpaw ]

Littlewish took the chance to overtake his apprentice when he offered it, padding towards the mouth of the camp. The pink heather blossoms were finally showing themselves, the bright pink a light against the light brown tallgrass. The mood was a more pleasant place in New-leaf, the grass giving off a sweet scent. He ducked into the camp, his rabbit swaying in his jaws.

•

He emerged from the camp, the gaping mouth of the bramble tunnel left in his wake.
"You ready?"

[Arie]

Originally Posted by Wings

Trotting after his new mentor, Creekpaw sighed. Fourth time's the charm? Trying to stay optimistic, he looked back at the sunset, beautiful as always. Padding up to his new mentor, he looked up at her. "Well, Nightheart went missing just after my apprentice ceremony, Roanfeather took me on a boarder patrol, I got a bit of hunting training from two warriors, and before Eaglesoul went missing we did some battle training and I ran some laps with him to get my strength up." He sat down, curling his tail around his paws. "That's it." His ears were flopped back on his head, it felt a bit depressing talking about all of his former mentors, especially Eaglesoul because he felt like it was his fault he went missing. He didn't know why but, it just felt that way.
@Arie

Nodding the black molly felt like she could work with this. Although he'd answered her question regarding how much he'd learned, he didn't answer what he knew when it came to chasing rabbits and therefore... she would just simply test him and see how much he knew. If Mountainmist was throwing him to the foxes... she didn't exactly care. If Creekpaw was gonna be a nuisance she would be on back to him. Standing up she shook out her fur before setting out a run. "We're gonna be running for a while until we run across some rabbits. Gotta have a look at your running technique before we go chasing anything. If you can't run, you can't chase. And you'll break a leg if you even try." Her voice was steady as her steady pace carried her steadily forward, the breeze providing a nice cool to her long thick fur.

[Confuzzled.Lynx]

Littlewish took the chance to overtake his apprentice when he offered it, padding towards the mouth of the camp. The pink heather blossoms were finally showing themselves, the bright pink a light against the light brown tallgrass. The mood was a more pleasant place in New-leaf, the grass giving off a sweet scent. He ducked into the camp, his rabbit swaying in his jaws.

•

He emerged from the camp, the gaping mouth of the bramble tunnel left in his wake.
"You ready?"

Eaglepaw followed Littlewish into the camp to put the rabbit on the fresh-kill pile. He came back out, still following behind his mentor. He nodded at the tom's question.

@Moon Lily

[Moon Lily]

[ @Lynxpaw ]

Runningpaw joined the apprentice, satisfied that he'd chosen the one she'd wanted. Following Eaglepaw to the clearing edge, she watched as the clan went on with their daily routines. There were a few chatters, but she was glad that they were far away enough to be able to hear simple white noise in the background. She sat back, taking a bite of the charcoal creature. She wasn't one for good manners, and besides, she was starving.
"So, whatcha been doing the last few moons?"