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Post by Vampirecat on Dec 9, 2007 13:53:10 GMT -5
"That would be fantastic!!!!!!!" She purred. Her eyes aglow with joy. "I would really love that! You would have to train me a little, I have never really hunted...." She half trailed off a little shy a little imbarassed. She looked up at him and gave a brod smile.
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Post by fleabittengray on Dec 9, 2007 15:03:07 GMT -5
Darkwater nodded. He might as well train them untill they had mentors. Shrugging, he marched off towards the exit, whisking away and waiting for the others to apprea.
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Post by Vampirecat on Dec 9, 2007 16:46:21 GMT -5
Kestrelpaw bounded off after him. She bounced around him like an excited kit. " I bet i'll be the best hunter!" She claimed. Her playfulness had definatly returned. Her steps were light and free. She had no owner like a kittypet had. She was a truley free warrior apprentice! How did Kittypets cope!? No sense of adventure. Lazy boring lives. She was a wild warrior cat. Nothing could take it away from her.
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Post by fleabittengray on Dec 9, 2007 17:06:16 GMT -5
Darkwater stopped when he got to a good hunting place. He put back his head and opened his motuh, exposing the scent gland on the roff of his mpotuh. Mouse! He put his head down and got down in a crouch. "Do this! And be quite as you crawl forward." he whispered, crawling forward quietly himself.
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Post by Vampirecat on Dec 10, 2007 10:54:47 GMT -5
"Ok." She exclaimed rather loudly. Then she bent clumsly into a extreamly akward hunting croutch. She placed one paw in front of the other with caution. Her claws extened and stratched the ground hungrily. She locked into a trance. It was just her, Darkwater and the mouse. No forest, no sky, no clan. Just her Darkwater and her uaware next victum.
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Post by Blazepelt on Dec 10, 2007 17:48:56 GMT -5
Foxpaw just watched as the left the camp. He wanted to wait until he was asigned a mentor. He jumped up and clamped his paw together to catch a falling leaf. He was proud of himself for a few moments before realizing that catching decending leaves was nothing compared to catching prey. He sighed and walked off.
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Post by fleabittengray on Dec 10, 2007 18:01:40 GMT -5
Darkwater grimenced as the apprentice shouted. The mouse lifted its head. He heaved off his hind paws, landing heavly on the mouse. Not really the way to catche them. It wiggled out of his paws and into its hole. He walked back to Krestelpaw. "Make sure you don't talk loud. It warns the prey you are there and makes it harder to get, as youve seen." He sat on his haunches. "Now your turn to catche something!" He nodded.
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Post by Vampirecat on Dec 11, 2007 11:10:41 GMT -5
"Sorry." she whispered. She sented the air and picked up the smell of a jackdaw not far away. "There is a jackdaw in a general that way direction." She said pointing over to a bush with her tail. " Should I try that?"
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Post by fleabittengray on Dec 12, 2007 19:04:25 GMT -5
The gray RiverClan cat nodded, not saying a word. Just watcjing with his amber eyes so unlike his fathers. They were his mother's eyes. He looked like his father in every other way but his eyes. And no way did he have his personality. so unalike, so alike
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Post by Vampirecat on Dec 13, 2007 11:12:52 GMT -5
Kestrelpaw crept closer. Every sence in her was tingling. Today she would make her first catch! She was crouching now. Using all the power that came naturaly within her. She could sence its little heart racing. She was so close. But was she close enough to jump? She bent down lower and sprang out at it with all her strengh. She felt it hit her out streched paw and felt her claws break its wing. Then she and it lay crumpled on the hard ground.
Kestrelpaw looked at her victum. It was still alive and shriking in pain though it could not move. She looked down at the helpless bird. Then looked at Darkwater with a pleading look. It would take some modivation for her to kill the bird. She didn't really like killing. It was ok when you didn't think about it, you just pounced on an uncepecting creature and that was it, no pain included. But now..........
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Post by fleabittengray on Dec 13, 2007 13:55:46 GMT -5
Tears filled his eyes. He had heard that cry before, made those same pleading eyes. A lump formed in his throat. He couldn't watch. He turned his head away from the apprentice. It was prey. Food the Clan needed. He looked to StarClan, the cats who had walked these lands before them. HUnted these lands. Were these lands. Nothing would be here without them. falling into a three foot hole of memories....
He remembered it all. That evil day. The day he was forced ti grow up. FOrced to be who h e was now. If it had never happened, would he be different? WHat was his future? Would he chose his own path? Or follow his father's?
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Post by Vampirecat on Dec 13, 2007 14:46:16 GMT -5
Kestrelpaw saw the tear fill his eyes. She saw him look away. "We all have blood on our hands. One life will save others. It is just part of our world." She spoke the words she knew from her mothers talks. "This is needed. We all are guilty of killing. This is my first kill. With this blood spilt a life will be saved and I will help my clan until I die."
There were tear swimming in her eyes. She closed them and raised her paw. Claws extended she brought them down on the small bird. It gave a cry of pain then lay motionless, blood pouring from its head were it had just been struck.
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Post by fleabittengray on Dec 13, 2007 18:46:33 GMT -5
Darkwater took a deep breath. Swallowing, he mumbled, "Have you ever heard another cat scream so horrible you felt its pain?" A simple question, but a difficukt one to answer. One he could answer himself with one single word. Yes...Once before. Thankfully only- only once. pain, sorrow, guilt...
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Post by Vampirecat on Dec 14, 2007 10:58:27 GMT -5
"I am only an apprentice, my life is only just begining but I fear I may in time to come. For the life of a warrior is not a forgiving one." She said, walking round to face him. "Life is hard. I'll try my best at it but in the end of it all all we really have is eachother. I need a mentor. Someone to teach me how to survive. Someone with experience. I hope Nightstar will consider you as my mentor, Darkwater."
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Post by fleabittengray on Dec 14, 2007 16:14:25 GMT -5
Darkwater smiled down at the apprentice. "You needn't worry little one .You have a good life ahead of you!" He scented the air for any prey close by. Scenting nothing, he turned to the water. Fishing was fun, but a great challenge. "Ever fish before?" He called over his shoulder.
Leaning over the water, he saw his reflextion. He stopped and considered how much he looked like his father. Heathermist had already made the connection, how long untill others did? In anger, Darkwater splashed the water, scarring away a large fish. "Foxdung!" he whispered.
A shaddow appread over his shoulder and the scent of stars and the moon filled his scentglands. He looked up and saw his mother, Raven, looking at him. He swam arcoss to her, but she diassapered. He wondered if Kestralpaw had seen her or at least felt her presence?
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