crosswinds [tagged]

[Wolf]

(It's alright ^-^)

Briarspring, seeing that her apprentice was struggling, jumped in and helped Fawnpaw, matching their blows with her own skilled hits, ducking down and nipping at the ankles of the LeafClan warrior. "Sorry for leaving you on your own, I didn't want you to bite my head off for helping you fight your own battle." She whispered into the young cat's ear once she stood beside them to battle the small enemy she-cat.
Aspenfrost yowled in fury as the older she-cat jumped in, her green eyes blazing as she took on mentor and apprentice. She thought the mentor would leave her to fight the inexperienced cat and assumed it would be an easy fight but was unhappily surprised when she realized she was outnumbered and overwhelmed.

[Lotus]

They felt relief as Briarspring jumped into the fray beside them, but that would never be known to their mentor. "I could hav-" but they just themselves short. They were wrong, and they knew it. An new apprentice would never be able to beat a seasoned warrior. That's just how it went. Instead, she snapped an answer. "Well you should have been quicker about it!"

A confident smirk slipped onto their face, feeling a surge of power. To see a win in battle so soon, it was exhilarating for them. Even though it was with the help of another. Claws unsheathed, they aim a blow at the warrior.

[Wolf]

With a final hiss of fury as she dodged Fawnpaw's strike, Aspenfrost turned tail and fled across her own border into her own territory when she admitted to herself that she wouldn't win.
Watching the warrior flee, Briarspring fell back onto her four paws and nodded with satisfaction at Fawnpaw. "Well done. You did well, especially for your first fight. Tomorrow we can work on your skills so next time I might not have to help." She responded with a teasing flick of her tail. "You don't seem too tired, want to keep going?" The tabby she-cat questioned, ears flicking.

[Lotus]

A triumphant laugh escaped them as they watched the Leafclanner run back over the border. There was no doubt that Aspenfrost would remember this for for a long time, and Fawnpaw knew they had to be prepared when they clashed again.

The apprentice nodded in acceptance at their mentor's words. Maybe they could get along better than Fawnpaw had thought. "Since we're out here, I want to see all that I can," They decided, looking at Briarspring to continue with the tour.

[Wolf]

Briarspring flicked her ears in satisfaction as Fawnpaw decided that they wanted to continue. "Alright, let's go then." She mewed, leading the way away from the LeafClan border towards Twolegplace. "Where we're going you have to make sure you do exactly as I tell you, okay? One wrong move and you could end up trapped in a Twoleg's nest faster than you can say mouse." The tabby she-cat explained, tail held high in the air as they walked.

[Lotus]

As they listened, Fawnpaw snorted. They could handle this. Compared to the fight just moments before, outrunning a twoleg would be much easier. If the need arose of course- Fawnpaw was sure they could get by without alerting their presence to every hairless mousebrain in the area. "I get it," They murmured a reply, watching Briarspring for her next instructions.

[Wolf]

(OOC: Sorry, this got lost in my list!)

Briarspring flicked her ears and led her apprentice deeper into the forest towards Twolegplace. As the pair reached the border, the tabby she-cat pricked her ears and opened her mouth to scent. "No twolegs have been this far in a while. Can you see those fences over there?" She asked, pointing her tail towards the nests and fences. "Those fences keep their pesky dogs and lazy kittypets in there and out of our territory." She explained.

"Some dogs have gotten out and injured our warriors though," Briarspring continued, a slight growl hardening her voice for a moment before she added, "And curious kittypets, but not as often. It doesn't take much to send them yowling back to their twolegs. Maybe one day you'll get to drive off a soft-bellied kittypet." She mewed to her apprentice with a light-hearted flick of her tail.

[Lotus]

(That's fine! it happens ~)

Following their mentor's gaze, they looked the the treeline, large brown structure blocking their view of beyond it. While it didn't look too high from where they were standing, they were sure it would be a lot larger when they were standing under it. That being said, they had no desire to stand under fence anyway; they wanted to see over it the most. Although, it was dangerous, so Fawnpaw brushed off the idea quickly. Another time, maybe. They thought as they turned away from the fence.

"We should incorporate dog defense into our training then, so we wouldn't be totally squashed by them." The apprentice commented, feeling a bit exasperated toward the clan leader and Sunsetclan's lacking training regimen. There was nothing they could do about, and the word of one warrior was not likely create a whole new system. That's just the way things are.

They scoffed at Briarspring's words. "Well of course. Kittypets can hardly face a mouse- even a twig snapping in the forest would be enough to drive them off." The thought was funny to Fawnpaw, because how could a pampered cat make it out in the world of the clans? They then grinned at the prospect of chasing a timid kittypet through the woods and back over their protective fences.

[Wolf]

Briarspring nodded thoughtfully as her apprentice spoke, twitching her whiskers in amusement as they spoke about timid kittypets. "Some of us have seen some stronger kittypets, they aren't always very timid." She added. "I think we should head back to camp now, you deserve a good meal after that border scuffle earlier." The mentor mewed, licking her lips at the thought of a good meal. "Tomorrow we can go out for hunting practice." The tabby added with a flick of her tail. "Sound good?"

[Lotus]

Fawnpaw scoffed inwardly, the thought of a deadly kittypet was amusing to them. Still, they took note of Briarspring's words. An enemy was an enemy after all.

Drawing their attention back to their mentor, they quickly agreed. They had seen more than they had seen for the first 6 moons of their life, it was almost overwhelming. "Sounds better than anything else right now," They added when their stomach rumbled.

[Wolf]

"Let's go back then. You'll need to get lots of rest if we're going to get started with training." She instructed, though she assumed her apprentice would've guessed that much already. Upon hearing Fawnpaw's belly rumble, she stifled a purr of amusement. "Sounds like your belly knows we're heading home for food." She teased lightly, flicking their shoulder with her tail.

OOC: End thread c: I'll make the hunting thread later if you want