Let's get going(Hawk)

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Ravenfeather walked out of the warriors den stretching in front of the warriors den noticing that it was barely passed dawn. She supposed she would be waking up at this time for a while since she now had an apprentice. She liked starting an apprentices training early and that meant waking up right after dawn and then starting the training after she could get her apprentice awake. With a shake of her head she quickly groomed her fur until it shone before heading towards the apprentice den. She didn't know much about Hawkpaw and supposed that she would take her apprentice hunting. Though she preferred fighting she knew that they needed to stock up on prey for leafbare.

She reached the apprentice den and poked her head inside her eyes scanning the nest for her apprentice. She supposed he would be in here since it was barely dawn and she knew a lot of apprentices didn't wake up this early on their own. "Hawkpaw rise and shine," she called into the apprentice den not even sure if her apprentice was in there. She hoped so because she wasn't in the mood to go looking for her apprentice.

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"Hawkpaw rise and shine,"

Hawkpaw was disturbed from his fretful sleep when a voice reached his ears. He gave a protestant groan and rolled onto his back, then realizing that it was a warrior that was calling him he pushed himself to his paws and briskly lapped at his fluffed up pelt. He fought back a yawn and pushed himself through the brambles of the apprentice den, recognizing the warrior as his mentor he sat taller and curled his tail neatly over his paws. He blinked a few times, still trying to rid himself of tiredness. He bit back a retort when noticing that it was barely past dawn. Surveying the she cat quickly the tom stood and could not help but feel a tremor of excitement. He just hoped that she wouldn't be one of the cats who looked at him as if he were a piece of dirt just because he was related to a Dark Forest cat. He flexed his muscles angrily, I'll show them!

He turned back to his mentor, wondering how close they'd be by the time he became a warrior. Or at least he hoped they'd be close, he had heard of one of his friends having a strict mentor who they felt couldn't tell it anything, he thought of mentors as life long friends that you could always confide in. He blinked, and hopefully she wouldn't judge him by his relations. He kneaded the ground impatiently, asking curiously. "What are we doing today!?" He awaited her reply, eyes gleaming with anticipation.

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"About time," Ravenfeather meowed watching Hawkpaw with a narrowed gaze she for once didn't seem to be in as bad as a mood as she usually was. "I know it is barely dawn but you want to be a true warrior don't you. True warriors don't care about the time the get up they just do what ever they can for the clan," she meowed the tip of her tail twitching. She knew of Hawkpaws relation to a dark forest cat but she didn't really care about it. She knew what it was like to try and gain the trust of your clan mates because she had once attacked her own clan mates along with her brothers and sister before she had realized what she was doing was wrong. She sometimes wondered if she had made the right choice to chase away her brother who had started the whole thing.

"Today we'll be hunting, we need to stock up the fresh kill pile for leafbare," she meowed glancing at her apprentice. Then without another word she walked out of camp it was clear that she just expected him to follow her.

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Hawkpaw blinked in surprise at her briskness and just nodded subtly at her words of becoming a true warrior. "Hunting..." he echoed. "OK then" he twitched his tail in slight disappointment as she walked out of camp without another word. Feeling slightly crushed he trailed after her slowly. Breathing in the scents that surrounded him and testing the crisp morning air for prey. Dew coated everything a before long his pelt was soaked from it.


He stopped to run his tongue over it briskly before following quietly. He stopped when hearing a scuffling sound in the undergrowth. "I think I can hear a mouse" he murmured quietly, eyes narrowed as he tasted the air again, yes, definitely a mouse. He turned back to his mentor, quietly awaiting instructions. His enthusiasm missing and he had to admit he felt quite deflated.

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Ravenfeather glanced at her apprentice when he said he though he could hear a mouse and she came to a halt when she heard it too. "Before you hunt that mouse I want to see your haunters crouch," she meowed quietly keeping her eyes on her apprentice. She was always blunt and hoped her apprentice wasn't taking to much offense in her bluntness. She waited for her apprentice to show her his hunters crouch.

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Hawkpaw nodded quickly and dropped into a crouch. His tail held stiff and erect and his rump in the air. He held his paws as lightly as he could, not sure if he'd done this correctly or not. It was his first go though, it wasn't his fault if he got it wrong. He did hope he was doing it right though, then she'd be proud in him! He crouched tensely, almost afraid to breathe as he awaited his mentors next words.

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"That's good, but you need to loosen up," Ravenfeather meowed eying her apprentice flicking her ears back and forth. "You'll never catch anything being all tense like that," she meowed dropping into a crouch herself keeping her body relaxed. She stalked fluently forwards a few paces and then sat up walking back over to her apprentice. "Do you get what I mean?" she asked her apprentice.

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Hawkpaw nodded nodded determinedly at his mentors words, at least she'd said it was a good. In other words, it could've been worse. He forced his tensed muscles to relax and watched Ravenfeather keenly as she stalked forward perfectly. "That was really good!" He murmured, keeping his voice low as not to scare off the mouse that was scuffling about nearby. Keeping his body in a more relaxed state and took a few steps forward, realizing how much more at ease he felt with his muscles no longer tensed. He felt almost as if he was slithering across the wet grass. He could hear the mouse scuffling around again, and smell it's delicious scent. His claws unsheathed, determined to be successful with his first piece of prey. Keeping low, he awaited some signal from Ravenfeather.

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Ravenfeather watched her apprentice glad when he relaxed his muscles and was no longer tense. She watched her apprentice stalk towards the mouse keeping an eye on his movements she had to admit his moments were good. She saw him pause and realized that he must be waiting for a signal from her. Smirking she flicked her tail towards her mentor a signal telling him to catch the mouse.

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Hawkpaw attempted to ignore his mentor's smirk, creeping forward slowly, making sure he was downwind the whole time until he could see the small rodent. Waggling is haunches slowly he tensed his muscles and leapt just as the creature froze and felt the presence of a predator. His paws came crashing down on it and he ended it's life with a swift bite to the neck. He stood up proudly, hopping forward meowing happily "I did it! I'm going to be the best hunter any clan cat has ever seen!" he declared, pouncing on one of the many dead leaves that scattered the forest floor. He looked up at Ravenfeather, his eyes gleaming.

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"You did well," Ravenfeather meowed looking around tasting the air for prey and caught the scent of a sparrow. With narrowed eyes she looked around and finally spotted the sparrow not to far away pecking at the ground. Dropping into a crouch she began to stalk towards the sparrow. However, before she could reach the sparrow the direction of the wind changed carrying her scent to her prey. As the sparrow lifted into the air in alarm she leaped towards the bird batting it out of the air slamming it into the ground. Then she nipped its spine killing it.

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Hawkpaw grinned and dipped his head to her praise, kneading the soil with anticipation. He held his maw opened slightly as he drank in any neighbouring scents. He was just about to tell Ravenfeather of the presence of a sparrow when she dropped into a hunting crouch, obviously she'd already scented the sparrow. He stayed low, watching her curiously as she began advancing on the prey, then just as she was near it Hawkpaw felt the wind change in direction. The bird flapped it's wings and began to take off just as Ravenfeather shot out and caught it, killing it with ease. He grinned and trotted towards her, tail tip twitching. "Good work!" he exclaimed. The sun was steadily making it's way higher into the sky but he could see clouds threatening to cover it getting nearby. He sighed, leafbare wasn't too far off.

He glanced about, wondering how Snowpaw was getting on with his mentor, a sigh escaped him and he wondered if they'd be doing and patrolling or training together soon. "Ravenfeather" He started "will we be going on any patrols?" his tail flicked with excitement at the thought going on a patrol. He sprang at a broken stick, intending to pin it to the ground but instead his paws slipped on the dew covered grass and he crashed right into his mentor with an 'Uff', He sat up slightly dazed before meowing quickly, worried that she'd get angry at him. "I'm sorry!" His mom had always laughed at him when he tumbled into her but this cat didn't seem as playful. He pawed at the ground uncomfortably.

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Ravenfeather jumped back when her apprentice tumble into her and ignored his apology just answering his question. "We'll most likely be on a patrol but when you are is up to Silverstar," she meowed flicking her ears back and forth. She put the bird in some leaves and glanced at her apprentice. "I'll also be teaching you how to catch prey in the trees," she meowed.

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"Meet Silverstar?" he blinked and kneaded the soil even more quicker then before, thinking of what it would be like to meet the clan leader. "When?" he asked curiously, eyes shining. Then he listened as Ravenfeather told him that they were going to catch prey in the trees. He stared at the tall trunks surrounding him with anticipation. "My mom always told me I was a good climber but I've never climbed a tree THAT big" he clawed at a tuft of grass, ripping it from the soil without even noticing. "My moms dad" he murmured quietly, speaking of the cat that he was unlucky enough to share blood with, a dark clan warrior. "He was a very good tree climber" he sighed and scraped at the grass and growled "but I'll be ever better then him!" Ambition flashed in his eyes as he lashed his tail.

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"My brother was a very nice cat and he was very convincing he could make you believe a squirrel was a mouse if he put his mind to it. He convinced me. my sister, and my other brother that it was okay to betray or clan but in the end me and my other siblings teamed up and chased off or brother. I haven't seen him since," Ravenfeather meowed. She didn't tell her apprentice that she wondered if it would have been so bad to betray her own clan. Silverstar had given her a taste of what it was like to kill a cat when they had wiped out Frostclan and she kind of liked it. She shook herself clearing her thoughts. "Come on," she meowed climbing the tree and stopping on a branch and waited for her apprentice to join her.