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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 15, 2007 11:39:52 GMT -5
Brackentail grinned again. 'It's custom that mentors and apprentices touch noses with each other when they are appointed together.' he said quietly. He twitched his tail happily. 'This is grand, you're part of the clan and I have an apprentice! So, would you like me to show you around camp? And then you can rest if you would like.' He smiled and shot him a wink. 'I'd be tired after all of this if I were you.'
Cloudstripe trotted over and smiled at Patchpaw. 'Welcome to ShadowClan Patchpaw.' she meowed before looking up at Brackentail with the same smile. 'Congratulations on becoming a mentor.' She sniffed at him to confirm her suspitions that he was indeed a kittypet before turning away and trotting off.
Featherfoot didn't move an inch for a moment, and then he just left for the warriors den. He was relieved that he hadn't been assigned to Patchpaw, he was glad he wasn't a mentor at all. He was impatient and younger cats got on his nerves. He gave Patchpaw no aknowledgement as he walked past him, accept for a disgusted twitch of his tail and mocking glance at Brackentail.
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Post by *Nimbles* on Sept 15, 2007 16:25:26 GMT -5
Patchpaw curled his lips when Featherfoot gave Brackentail a mocking glance. "Remember Featherfoot, my blood is wilder than yours," he called softly to him. He knew that Featherfoot knew bout his heritage. What he found strange was the fact that Featherfoot was nice to him to begin with, but now... He is distant. He did like the grouchy tom, but why? Patchpaw smiled at the she-cat. He grinned slightly, she was quite pretty... Patchpaw nodded vigerously at Brackentail. "Yes please!" he meowed. Even though he was quite tired already. He wasn't used to the excercise. "Can Coalpaw come too?" he added, looking for the other apprentice.
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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 15, 2007 18:07:37 GMT -5
Featherfoot growled under his breath. 'But I was never a spoiled kittypet.' He turned and stalked away to the warriors den, grabbing some fresh kill on the way over. He settled down in front and focused on his prey, not heeding anything else.
Brackentail sighed. 'Don't mind him. He always acts like that, especially when others are around. He had a hard past, that's all I know about his past though. He never talks about it to anyone. He was found pretty much dead in ShadowClan territory.' He smiled gently and then nodded to his question. He glanced around for Coalpaw and when he finally spotted him, Coalpaw lost no time in running over. 'Yay! I'm so happy you decided to join! This is gonna be great!' he grinned happily. Brackentail smiled again and then started to walk. 'Over there is the leaders den, that is where the leader sleeps and stuff, and then that is the nursery.' he flicked his tail to show what was what.
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Post by *Nimbles* on Sept 23, 2007 10:06:53 GMT -5
Patchpaw sniffed slightly, watching Featherfoot. His eyes were guarded with curiousity. He felt sorry for the tom. He twitched his ears and looked at Brackentail. "Leaders, nursery... Warriors?" he asked, flicking his tail in the direction of Featherfoot. He smiled at Coalpaw and nudged him playfully.
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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 23, 2007 13:04:15 GMT -5
Coalpaw grinned back and bumped him back. 'Yep, Featherfoot's a warrior and so's Brackentail, but he's a mentor too now. I'm an apprentice, and so are you now.' He glanced at Brackentail and then smiled as he realized that he had been taking over his job. Brackentail only smiled good naturedly. He flicked his tail as they passed the warriors den, that's the warriors den and over there is the medicine cats den. The medicine cat heals any cats that need healing, and here is the apprentices den. This is where you will be sleeping, along with the other ShadowClan apprentices.[/b]' He sat down and smiled. 'I'm guessing that you would like a rest after all the excitement of the day?'
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Post by *Nimbles* on Sept 24, 2007 11:47:59 GMT -5
"I don't mind," he lied and sat down. His paws ached after the long day. He smiled and began to wash his shoulder. He smiled as his stomach gurlgled in hunger and looked around. He couldn't see any bowls of water or food. He twitched his ears, what in the name of StarClan do they eat? He licked his tired paws and looked at Brackentail. "So what will we be doing tomorrow?" he said.
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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 24, 2007 12:23:13 GMT -5
Brackentail smiled. 'I'll probably show you the boundaries of ShadowClan, but we might do some hunting practice also. It whichever you would like to do more.' He pricked his ears as he heard the grumbling of a stomach and at first he thought it was his own, but he quickly dismissed the thought for he wasn't hungry. He glanced at Coalpaw, who was contentedly grooming himself. Then he realized that Patchpaw most likely hadn't eaten for a while. 'You are hungry, leave it to me to try and starve my first apprentice.' he growled to himself. 'You can take you pick from the kill pile.' he nodded his head to the fresh kill pile and stretched out in the sun. He had eaten not long ago and wasn't feeling hungry.
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Post by *Nimbles* on Sept 24, 2007 14:13:39 GMT -5
"Hunting? As in for mice and birds?" he asked. He had once caught a small shrew, it wasn't very fun to play with so he left it. Why would these cats want to play with other mice and birds? He twitched his tail and smiled. He stood up and looked around seeing the pile. He padded over and saw three mice, a chaffinch and something else he did not recongnise. He was supposed to eat this? He looked at the pile carefully and picked up a mouse. Surprisingly he felt his mouth water and he quickly hurried back over to Coalpaw and Brackentail.
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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 24, 2007 14:59:34 GMT -5
Brackentail nodded as Patchpaw came back carrying the mouse. 'Yes, hunting. Every cat here must know how to hunt or we'd go hungry. And not just for mice and birds, there's shrews and moles and voles and other stuff.' he smiled to himself and licked his lips. 'In RiverClan there's fish to be caught too, but we don't fish much.'
Coalpaw grinned when he saw Coalpaw carrying the mouse over. 'Good pick, those are one of my favorites. But I think my very favorite must be a sparrow. They're great once you get through those pesky feathers.' he twitched his whiskers and then remembered that he hadn't yet eaten. He got to his paws and trotted over to the pile and picked up a mole. When he returned he flopped next to Patchpaw with a grunt and began to gobble his meal up.
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Post by *Nimbles* on Sept 25, 2007 10:38:36 GMT -5
Patchpaw was secretly surprised. How had he not known that these cats had to fend for themselves? They had no humans looking after them! He twitched his tail and looked at Brackentail. "Mole? I've never seen a mole," he said.
His gaze flickered across to Coalpaw who was eating something unfamiliar. He presumed that it must be a mole. He twitched his tail again and dropped his mouse and nose it gently. He took a cautious nibble and almost gasped. It was great! He took a great big bite out of and soon enough his stomach was warm and full.
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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 25, 2007 12:39:54 GMT -5
Coalpaw grinned as he pawed his mole. 'That's funny.' he giggled. 'This is a mole. You have to dig for them a lot of the times.' He licked his whiskers as he swallowed the last of his meal and then began washing himself contentedly. He had had a full day, he had made a new friend, who had joined ShadowClan, he had been taken out hunting and he now had a full stomach and was feeling drowsy. He let out a yawn and then sat with his eyes half closed. 'I think I'm going to sleep.' he finally announced. He smiled at Patchpaw and then flicked his tail as he entered the apprentices den and curled comfortably into a warm ball.
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Post by *Nimbles* on Sept 26, 2007 12:34:23 GMT -5
Patchpaw grinned, he liked digging. He really enjoyed digging up some great yellow flowers. They looked like the sun, and funnily enough, they seemed to stalk the sun! When he was a kit, he stayed up all night and day watching the great yellow flower and saw that it moved. He twitched his tail and stood up and stretched the cramp out of his lean legs. He smiled at Brackentail, he felt warm and lolopity. His grin faded slightly. He knew that he wasn't going to be always warm and comfortable like before. "I've made my choice now," he whispered bitterly before looking at Brackentail.
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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 26, 2007 12:56:33 GMT -5
Brackentail put his head to the side. 'About not being a kittypet anymore or something else?' He wasn't sure what Patchpaw was talking about, he had made a lot of choices that day. Brackentail smiled inwardly as he noted that he would never have been able to make all those decisions in one day, he was definitely not the decisive kind and he knew it. He wondered what exactly Patchpaw was talking about and he sat, ear intently towards Patchpaw to listen to what ever he had to say.
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Post by *Nimbles* on Sept 26, 2007 15:58:34 GMT -5
I'll never be able to wake up and bask in the sun, i'll never have a human caress my fur, and even though I wanted to see my mother, I rarely will," he whispered. He looked at Brackentail, he knew that he wasn't making much sense but his emotions were confused and distorted. He didn't know what to do.
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Post by ~*Speckles*~ on Sept 26, 2007 17:58:35 GMT -5
Brackentail stared at him, only understanding some of what he said. He knew what it was like to miss a mother, for he had lost his mother to rogues, but a human caressing one's fur? He guessed that it felt a lot like when they shared tongues. And as for basking in the sun, well they still got to do that sometimes. 'I'm understanding some of what you feel, I can't see my mother either.' he smiled a little. 'And you'll still get to bask in the sun, its not all work here and I don't know what it feels like to be carresed by a human but we can share tongues and I'll bet that's much better.' he smiled and then looked a little worried. 'Look, if you're having second thoughts I'm sure Dankstar'll understand if you...' he trailed off, not wanting to accuse or offend the newest member of ShadowClan.
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