Paws On The Road (Cami)

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Quailtail was not the most happy cat right now, she had won a apprentice because Briarclaw had asked a queen to be a mentor, if she had knew earlier she would be ready right now, not pacing in the cave entrance and waiting for Moonpaw to get there.

She flicked her whiskers a little nervous green eyes darting around the camp, where was he anyway?

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The small white tom ran quickly through the territory, jumping over a small rock and landing gracefully on his paws with a small grunt as he continued on, the hot Greenleaf sun beating down on him. He had just heard he was assigned a new mentor since his first mentor was a full time queen. His bright blue eyes finally saw Quailtail in his sight. There she is! My mentor!

Moonpaw was out exploring the territory. Even as a kit he had sneaked out more then once to get into some fun trouble with Brackenkit, so he knew a bit of the territory. He couldn't wait to get started on some hunting and fighting! What would Quailtail want to teach him first, he wondered? He ran towards her, barely skidding to a stop in time. It would have been horrible to start the day off by running into his mentor. "Hey, Quailtail! Sorry I'm late for our date." He winked at her playfully before a huge smile set across his face. He knew it might have been a little inappropriate to flirt with his mentor, but he couldn't help it. That was just the way Moonpaw was. He didn't hold back too much.

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To say the she cat was surprised with his reaction would be not enough, one of her eyebrows were up and she moved her whiskers up and down. "I'm a little too much for you Moonpaw... For now." She chuckled softly feeling more at easy with her new apprentice. "Shall we go to our tour?" Quailtail asked waving her tail and focusing her eyes on the apprentice.

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Moonpaw's mouth dropped open as his eyebrows raised. He quietly turned to all smiles as the surprise at her reaction settled in. He was glad that she wasn't mad at him. He felt pretty comfortable as he nodded towards his mentor. "Yes, mam!" He was all ready to get started now. "Are you going to tell me all about the clan too?" He wanted to know everything and anything that Quailtail was willing to teach him.

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The tabby chuckled. "Eager are you?" She sighed it was going to be a long day, Quailtail started walking leaving the camp behind them, her paws leaving de way to the deas willow.

"Our clan story is quite different than the others." She meowed sending Moonpaw a look with her green eyes. "You see that cave used to be a nest to some mutant birds that attacked the clans, they even kidnapped Ratstar at some point in the war!" Her voice got louder as she got excited with her own story telling.

"The birds were a really big threat to everyone so all the clans decided to unite and fight them off, well, everyone but Leafclan but this is for another tale." She moved her whiskers dismissing it. "All cats fought bravelly and when the last bird was killed, it was decided that a new clan would be build there as a reminder of our victory!" Her eyes were sparkling when she looked at him again.

"This way Talonclan was born, thats why we have a lot of outsiders in our ranks because out clan was created this way, I respect everyone independent of their blood, you mom herself is from Leafclan." She meowed serious this time. "Never despise a cat because of their blood." Her eyes softned a little as she looked at him before turning her attention back to the way. "And here we are, I bet you tried climbing this already." Quailtail meowed looking at the dead willow.

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Moonpaw had heard rumors about the bird war, but he had always wondered if it had really happened. "Wow! The bird war really happened?" He asked as he padded next to Quailtail, trying hard to keep up. Moonpaw was especially small, especially for a tom.

Moonpaw listened in awe. He respected how knowledgeable Quailtail was about Talonclan. "Wow! I never knew my mom was from Leafclan." Moonpaw nodded as his mentor told him to always respect all his clanmates. No matter what their blood. He thought back to what Brackenpaw had said to him about how everyone in Talonclan only cared about themselves. About how Pebblestar was a bad leader.

Moonpaw smiled as Quailtail mentioned that he probably had already tried to climb the willow. "Nope! I've only climbed rocks." He meowed with a big cheesy smile on his face.

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The tabby chuckled. "Then you are not a trouble maker." She made a move for him to follow her and after a small distance they reached the heat pool, one of her favorite places. "Here is the Heat Pool, the water is normally warm and you can come here to relax, it's not a over popular place." She chuckled looking at Moonpaw.

(Cami sorry about the delay, today is my graduation and I'm in a rush @.@)

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Moonpaw smiled and nodded...only he really was a trouble maker. He was Brackenpaw's right hand tom, and Brackenpaw planned on taking on Talonclan someday. Moonpaw had been manipulated. He had been convinced that Talonclan was a horrible place full of horrible mentors. A look came across his face. A look of guilt and disgust. Did he really want to go through with what Brackenpaw had told him? Quailtail made him doubt all of that. She was a good mentor so far, even though they hadn't done much yet. She was kind and seemed to really care about him. "Quailtail..." He said with sadness and guilt on his face, "You're not a bad mentor!" It's like it came out of nowhere. He wondered if he should tell her about Brackenpaw. What would Brackenpaw do if he found out? He was Moonpaw's best friend. He didn't know what to say. He just stood there looking rather scared. For such a brave and intelligent cat, he really wasn't acting like himself.

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The tabby cat looked surprised to her apprentice, not a bad mentor? Quailtail could only wonder what was passing through his mind. "Thank you Moonpaw, but you are a good apprentice as well, this only works if the two sides want to, without your cooperation I would not be able to be a good mentor." The she cat meowed green eyes soft as she looked at him. "C'mon we have a few more places to go before some combat trainning, what you think?" She asked him whisker moving a little excited.

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Moonpaw nodded, a serious look on his face still. If Mudpaw wasn't a bad apprentice....Ivyheart and Pebblestar wouldn't have had such a hard time mentoring him... He wondered if Brackenpaw had just filled his head with lies. How could such an intelligent cat have acted so stupid? He tried hard to give a lighthearted smile to Quailtail, but he found himself looking down at his silver colored paws. He looked back up at her and nodded, forcing the smile. Was it obvious that such a small cat had so much on his mind? "That sounds great!" He meowed trying his best to be excited.

He was excited! He was so happy to finally be an apprentice. So why did he feel so bad. "but Quailtail..." She was just his mentor...but that didn't mean he couldn't confide in her. She seemed rather trustworthy. "I...have this friend...and he told me that Talonclan is a horrible place. He says that our clanmates don't care about us. He said that Pebblestar is a horrible leader and needs to be displaced from her position...Quailtail....do you think Pebblestar is a bad leader? And...if not, then why did Mudpaw have so many problems? Why couldn't Ivyheart mentor him? And then why did Pebblestar also have problems mentoring him?" Moonpaw wanted to trust his clan...but he was still unsure of himself, unsure of his clan mates. Quailtail was the first cat he had actually confided in other then Brackenpaw. Moonpaw didn't even really like his own siblings.

He was starting to think the problem wasn't that mentors were horrible cats that didn't know what they were doing...maybe Mudpaw was the horrible cat...

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The warrior stoped and turned her eyes to Moonpaw, to say she was surprised would not even get close, who was this apprentice? Whoever he or she is, he she had just entered her "I hate you" list. The she cat turned fully and sat down in front of him green eyes serious. "Ivyheart is my sister, what happened with her and Mudpaw is an isolated case, she let him down and that turned him into a bitter cat, consequently into a bad apprentice, Ivyheart is now under Tigerfang supervision and she is trying to become a better mentor but Mudpaw is not accepting her late change..." She sighed. "Do you understand? It's not Pebblestar fault, she is a good leader and is doing her best for all of us, we must also help each other, she is only one cat and can't take care particulary of everyone like she is doing with Mudpaw."

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Moonpaw nodded, his gaze sad as his bright blue eyes set upon Quailtail's eyes. "Yes mam. but...how can I help?" That was the main thing. Moonpaw wanted to help his clan, and he felt useless. He wanted to be the best warrior he could be. He understood her. He felt like she was trying to help him to understand his home here in Talonclan. Moonpaw had no clue that they were sisters so he felt bad for even mentioning Ivyheart.

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The tabby smiled soft and touched his front with her nose. "Be yourself and be sure to give your best in everything you do! If something go wrong for some reason, you will know that you gave everything you had." She purred softly and got up again ready to lead him to The abandoned lookout.

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Moonpaw smiled brightly, his little nose crunching up like a newborn kit's nose when they laughed. He nodded and then stood up, finally ready to move on and push Brackenpaw from his mind. He wasn't sure how he felt about his friend. They were the best of friends! How could he have told Quailtail what Brackenpaw had said. Oh well. Brackenpaw will never know. I didn't tell her his name so it's like I didn't tell her anything at all...kinda. He started his paws padding along before finally speaking up again, "Thank you Quailtail! What is next?" He couldn't wait to learn more about the territory. He had explored it a lot but not all of it yet.

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She chuckled with his eagerness. "We are going to the abandoned lookout, it's a old two legs place, they don't go there anymore and then to the catastrophic chasm, but we won't be getting much close to that one." She shivered thinking about the imense fall. "Tell me about your family." Quailtail meowed smilling softly to him.