Training.(Rain post here!)

[fleabittengray]

Nightpaw thought up an answer quick, one that he said with ease. He good lie good. The SahdowClan illness is spreading, remember? We should keep an eye on the prey coming over the border. He gzed at her with yellow eyes. Eyes that held the real meanig for wanting to go near ShadowClan. He was, after all, ShadowClan cat! He had ShadowClan blood, so shouldn't he want to see his true Clan? He sighed, a flash of anger coming to his eyes. The red tom quickly turned away from the she-cat and back to Rainstorm. Don't you agree, Rainstorm? he asked her, his tone chilling.

[\\*Rainstorm*//]

Rainstorm gulped when Nightpaw insisted to go to the Shadowclan Border. "Actually, I thought-" But then she stopped in confusion. Kestrelpaw was getting pretty mad over there. She glanced at the other apprentice, then Kestrelpaw over and over again as they spat in anger at each other. "Well, really, I-" But once again, she was cut off by the young apprentice, demanding once again that they go to the Shadowclan border. Shining in his eyes was anger and one thing more, though she couldn't place her paw on it. "Uh.. sure thing, N-Nightpaw," She stuttered. "But- uh, never mind. Let's go, then." After she spoke, she kicked herself inwardly. Why couldn't she ever do anything by herself? She could have just said 'no' and he would have had to listen to her, since, of course, she was older and he was only a lowly apprentice!
But Rainstorm couldn't do that. She would never be able to do that. She just wasn't one of those cats. It just didn't work that way. She gave an outward sigh. This stunk worse than a Shadowclan warrior.

[fleabittengray]

Red body gleamed in the sun as Nightpaw satlked out of teh camp first, waiting for Rainstorm and Kestrelpaw in the reeds. He looked aorund, seeing teh river on all sides of hime. HE shivered, thinking about how he must have hated water at first. Now, he loved it! He looked over his shoulde,r waitng for teh warrior and aprpetnice to come after him.

[Vampirecat]

Kestrelpaw sighed as her mentor gave in to Nightpaw. She guessed that Rainstorm just wasn't going to be able to stand up for herself agaist the tom. She padded swiftly on four paws. Then they came to the river. It was clean and sparkling. As it was leaf-bare some ice was frozen on top and the fish could be seen swimming under it, though it wasn't that thick so the three cats could still swim across it. Kestrelpaw saw a chance to impress her new mentor. Darkwater had taught her before how to catch fish, for the while she didn't have a mentor. The fluffy light brown she cat with black stripes stayed silently at the edge of the water. Then when a reasonably sized blue and silver fish swam by her she plunged her paw in to the icy cold water and raked out the fish. It landed on the bank with a thud and she killed it with a pat with her wet paw. She smiled triumphantly at Rainstorm and gave Nightpaw a How do you like me now? look.

[fleabittengray]

Nightpaw watched as Kestralpaw fished. He smirked, seeing that she too knew how to hunt. But he was a master of hunting and fighting! And he had been taught by both Wetwhisker adn Darkwater. He padded up to thr waters edge, careful not to let his shadow settle across the rippling water. THe red tom glanced at the she-cat apprentice adn gave her a wink of yellow eye. Yeha, I can hunt to! it said. Then, he froze. He unshtheaed razor sharp claws and tehn... SPALSH! Down into the water he plnged his paw and he withdrew a large fish. It threw it on teh grounfd adn kilel dit with a swift bite. THen, a rustle in the leaves soudned above him. A robin! He glanced at Kestralpaw adn RAinstorm before dashing up the tree. He had to go nooseleslly though...

Like a ThunderCLan cat, he scaled the tree with ease. He kept the the Shadow like a ShadowClanner. Untill, at last, he rached the bird. He lunged, grasping it by the neck, and killed it quickly. Then, he looked down. He smiled, knwoing that most RiverCLan cats weren't teh best at climbing! But, he was not a RiverClan! He was ShadowCLan adn loner! He stod on his branch, looking down a full ten feet down at the warrior adn apprentice below him.

[Vampirecat]

Kestrelpaw growled in anger. "How come you can climb well!!!!"She snapped, anger burned her silver eyes so the became slits and turned a nasty darker shade a flash of crimson glowing in them. She unleashed her long claws and dug them into the ground. "You know what I think!!!!!" She hissed threateningly accompanied with a low intimidating growl. "I think that you are not a true Riverclan cat!!!!"She spat glaring up at the tom. She wasn't going to take his insolence any more. "If you have got a problem with me come down here and make it offical!!!!" She snapped. She tail lashed wildly behind her. All of her fur stood on end and her lips drew back in a fierce snarl. "I'm not gonna let a piece of fox-dung like you stand in my way of training!!!" She was about to lunge herself at the tree but realized that she had no real expierience at climbing, all she could do was wait for Nightpaw to come down to her, then she would give him a piece of her mind. She may be quite timid but she could still fight well.

OCC- Em, well now that Rain is gone Blacklight has said that Blackstar can be Kestrelpaw's new mentor. So I think that the best way to overcome this is to say that these two fought and Blackstar wanted to try and teach Kestrepaw himself to help Kestrelpaw control her anger as, as we already know Rainstorm was suposed to be timid and probably not the best at sorting this all out..

[fleabittengray]

Nightpaw froze. Kestralpaw's word hit him, hit him hard. THey tumbled over adn over through his mind. Over adn over. Untill they roared in his ears, formed a lump in his throat. He dug his claws into the tree bark and turned his icey gaze at the she-cat.

You are right. I don't belong in RiverClan. I should be out in the world, searching for my father. No, I am not a RiverClan cat. I am loner, I am ShadowClan! And you all hat eme for it, don't you? You're all afraid I will betray you! Well, guess what?

He leaped out of teh tree, red pelt flashing between all teh limbs. He landed perfectly, face right infront of Kestralpaw's.

You should be! YOu should always be afraid of teh ones you take no time to care about, to understand! Never take teh time to worry about teh poor kit form WindCLan territory that almost died! Never! YOu wanna know something? No one ever talks to me! No one! I have always been alone, uncared for! And you think you are tough? Do ya? Then kill me!

Nightpaw's vpoce was loud, echoing throughout the forest. He wouldn't have been suprised if his father had heard it. Right then, right there, he decided he would fin dhis father. His ShadowCLan father! He had to, before he went even crazyer. He stared at teh she-cat before him. THe worst part?

He was serious. If she thought she was tough, she shoud just try and kill him. NIghtpaw had defied death once, adn he wasn't afraid to do it again.

ooc-yeah. and i am going to make a shadowclan senior warrior that is going to be his dad. this should be fun!

[Vampirecat]

Kestrelpaw was surprised at the tom cats reaction. Her eyes blazed with an unknown emotion. Was it fear, certainly not, was it bravery, hell no. A low growl irrupted from her throat. She had not real practice or training at fighting, well she had practiced with other apprentices and with a few warriors before she became Rainstorm's apprentice. "I knew it." She spoke quietly as he said about being from Shadowclan. She always knew a flea-bag like that was bound to be a retched Shadowclan scum. She snarled with utmost rage and began to circle the tom. Pure hatred welled in her eyes, her long tail slashed the air with rage. She could attack now, .....no, she would wait, but one thing was clear, she would drive him off Riverclan territory if it was the last stinking thing she did.

She hissed deeply as he said about not taking the time to know him. "I would NEVER take the time to no anyone one like you!!" She snapped. "From the first time I lade my eyes on you, you were always filth!! A parasite!!!" She was deadly serious, anger swelled within her chest, her brain felt like it was going to explode.

Then came the shock. Had Nightpaw actually said for her to kill him?? Every hair in her long, light tabby pelt stood up on end. She opened her mouth to speak but closed it quickly. She then lowered her head and gave a terrifying growl, even for such an inexperience cat. "Leave now Nightpaw, or I swear, I will kill you." There was no doubt in the way she said it but deep down she knew that she would have trouble keeping up with such an experienced apprentice. She knew he would refused, she could just tell, then blood would be split.

[fleabittengray]

Nightpaw's breathing sped up. He was no longer a CLan cat. He was rouge! He unsheathed his claws adn gave a deathly roar, like a TigerClan cat. His sides heaved in and out and he shook with rage. His red pelt consealed the large, hard muscles he had inheairted, along wiht knowledge of great fighting tecnehcs. Little did Kestralpaw know that he had fighting blood in him, to her he was a scum-bag!

I may not be RiverClan, but it is the only thing closet to home I have ever known! I will not abandon them! You are the one that should be afraid!

Nightpaw's voice, suprisingly, was calm. But, his eyes gve him away. THey held the same fire of the father he had never known. THey help the will to fight to the death. The yellow orbs glew so intesnsly!

But he was tryin to keep away the tears that threaented to spill over. He was no scum bag! He was a warrior cat! He was Nightpaw! Why could no one see past the hard outer shell and look deep inside? Why did no noe ever try to help him, no one ever talked to him? Never once did someone go out of their way to say hello to him! The closet he had ever had to a friend was Wewhisker, his preveus mentor. But now tht they were gone, he had nothing.

[Blackstar]

Blackstar wandered throught the forest idly. He was looking for the apprentices. Kestrelpaw and Nightpaw were supposed to be training, and he thought a warrior had gone with them, but upon counting the warriors in the camp, and those on patrol, he couldn't find the one missing warrior. There was no one he hadn't accounted for.
Blacklight knew what Kestrelpaw was like when she got angry, and her anger wasn't always controlable. He hoped that nothing had happened to upset her. Nightpaw was still trying hard to be accepted among his clanmates, and he dreaded what Kestrelpaw might say in her anger.
Suddenly, Blacklight heard yelling ahead, and from the scents he'd been following, it was Kestrelpaw and Nightpaw. Gasping, he leapt forwards, hoping to intervene in whatever conflict they were having. He saw Kestrelpaw standing angrily before Nightpaw, who was tempting her to kill him. Quickly he jumped past the last bushes and landed between them. "Stop!" he yelled over them both, looking angrily at Kestrelpaw. His tail lashed as he looked at her. "Kestrelpaw, control your anger. He's your clanmate, and denmate, and I will have none of this." he told her.
He looked at Nightpaw, carefully becoming calm once more as he stood between them. "Now, tell me what happened." he said to them both. "One at a time." he added, knowing that they wouldn't get anywhere if they spoke all at once. "You may start Nightpaw." he looked encouragingly at the apprentice.

[fleabittengray]

Nightpaw looked up at his leader with firey yellow eyes. He opened his mouth and took a deep, shuddering breath. His red pelt was dampened by sweat in some places and his heart was pounding hard against his rib-cage, and sometimes it felt like it ws in his throat. The red appretnice could hear the opening and closing of the heart valves in his head,. thud..thud...thud...thud.... Then, Blackstar spoke.

So, this is how you act? This is how warirors act? And leaders? You hypocrite!

He thought violently to himself. He knew that no one trusted him. No one! And why was the leader trying to be all ahppy friendly now? Because Nightpaw was to tough for him?

Don't pretend to like me now, Blackstar. I can see that you are just trying to protect your apprentice! And by the way, why have I not receive anothe rmentor? We all know that Wetwhiskers isn't around no more! What, no other warriors want to put up with the half breed?

He hissed at his leader. He wasn't afraid of him. He wasn't afraid of nobody!

[ooc-he is becoming one of my fav caries!!!]

[Vampirecat]

Kestrelpaw's eyes blazed with the fire of a thousand suns. She looked up at her leader with stunned eyes. She had not scented him in the air, she must have been far to busy arguing. She felt ashamed of herself infront of her leader and mentor but she couldn't put up with her fowl and pure hatred for the appretice tom in front of her. She shifted her small paws infront of her eagerly. She was glad on one hand that Blackstar had shown up, she would never be able to fight off Nightpaw without any training, but she had been eager to sink her claws into his fur. She got excited at the thought.

"Sorry Blackstar." She said truthfully, her pelt lying flat along her spine and her ears lay flat to her skull and her head and tail lowered. She was sorry that her leader and newly found mentor had to witness her aggression, but mabey that would help his in his duties as her mentor by seeing the full extent of her anger problems.
Kestrelpaw was not so much shocked at Nightpaw's disrespect for the Riverclan leader. She had asummed that he would be as vile and bold to any cat, not just her. She lifted her head in a deffencive mode. She knew that without a doubt Blackstar could look after himself but she was still going to stand up for him. A low growl urrupted from throat, now dry with all the shouting. She lashed her tail violently and her pelt bristled. "How dare you speak to Blackstar like that!!!!" She spat, before she could control her fierce emotions.

[fleabittengray]

Nightpaw pushed his face right towards Kestralpaw's, untill the two were nose adn nose. His orange nose tapped into her nose as he gorlwed coldly.

How dare I? I dare to do alot of things! And you said so yourself. I am not RiverClan. So, he is not my leader.

He said this only loud enough for Kestralpaw to hear. He stared coldly at her, but talking about how he was not RiverClan blood made a glint of sadness come ot his yellow eyes. And this time, he was not quick enough to hide it. He narrowed his eyes at Kestralpaw, daring her to say something.

And why should I trust him, when all my life I have been untrusted? So you even know waht it is like to wake up, day after day, and lnow that you have no one? No friends, no family, nothing. Just this. Just untrust.

His voice shook as he voice rose higher adn higer untill he was screaming. He couldn't help it!

[Blackstar]

Blackstar looked in surprise at Nightpaw. He had given Nightpaw a new mentor already, though she was unable to train him at the moment. Thinking of this, he'd already decided to ask his sister to step in for a while. As Kestrelpaw heard the way Nightpaw was talking to him, her apology quickly forgotten, she returned to anger once more, trying to defend him. Nightpaw was quick to retaliate, jumped past Blackstar to stand in Kestrelpaw's face.
Blackstar heard Nightpaw ask her why he should trust him. It was time to intervene again. He pushed between them, looking sternly at Kestrelpaw. "It's fine Kestrelpaw. Sit down please." he said. Then he looked back at Nightpaw, calmly. "Risingsun would like to stand in for your present mentor, Flydew. She's going to be pretty disappointed that you don't think you can trust her, though."

OOC//: Rain's back, and she'd like to have her apprentice back, so the story is Blackstar was taking care of Kestrelpaw's training while she was gone. He can still help her work on Kestrelpaw's anger, if you'd like though? This post can continue the way it is as well.

[Vampsnotimetologin]

OCC-Yeah thats fine.Sorry this will not be long, i'm in school.

Kestrelpaw sat down, although her silver eyes held much resistance. She tossed Nightpaw an angry, spitfilled stare. "Blackstar," She began without looking away from the tom. "The reason no one trusts him is because he does not desserve their trust. He," She snapped angrily staring at Nightpaw." Is not loyal!!! Hes not even a Riverclan cat!!!"